Ke Chen

6.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
203 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Ke Chen is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Civil and Structural Engineering and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ke Chen has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Building and Construction, 43 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 20 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Ke Chen's work include BIM and Construction Integration (43 papers), Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (20 papers) and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (20 papers). Ke Chen is often cited by papers focused on BIM and Construction Integration (43 papers), Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (20 papers) and 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (20 papers). Ke Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Ke Chen's co-authors include Weisheng Lu, Fan Xue, George Q. Huang, Ling Ma, Feng Jiang, Tim Broyd, Tan Tan, Hanbin Luo, Qingan Qiu and Yuhan Niu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Physics Letters and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Ke Chen

190 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Digital twin and its implementations in the civil engineering sector

2021 309 citations Ke Chen et al. Automation in Construction profile →
Barriers to Building Information Modeling (BIM) implementation in China's prefabricated construction: An interpretive structural modeling (ISM) approach

2019 276 citations Ke Chen, Weisheng Lu et al. profile →
Developing an integrative framework for digital twin applications in the building construction industry: A systematic literature review

2024 43 citations Zhikang Bao, Ke Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ke Chen China	39	2.1k	915	731	651	591	203	4.9k
Jun Wang China	50	3.8k 1.8×	1.1k 1.2×	1.8k 2.5×	689 1.1×	849 1.4×	372	8.9k
Mohamed Marzouk Egypt	37	3.0k 1.4×	1.6k 1.7×	1.1k 1.5×	507 0.8×	433 0.7×	241	5.3k
Nan Li China	50	2.5k 1.2×	770 0.8×	915 1.3×	287 0.4×	611 1.0×	373	8.7k
Peng Wu Australia	49	3.8k 1.8×	1.7k 1.8×	910 1.2×	586 0.9×	501 0.8×	164	7.5k
Mohamed Al‐Hussein Canada	45	3.9k 1.9×	1.5k 1.7×	1.2k 1.6×	1.5k 2.4×	836 1.4×	309	6.6k
Frank Schultmann Germany	36	2.0k 1.0×	844 0.9×	756 1.0×	516 0.8×	982 1.7×	241	5.9k
Mehrdad Arashpour Australia	41	3.5k 1.7×	1.9k 2.1×	1.6k 2.2×	731 1.1×	536 0.9×	193	6.3k
Ying Zhou China	36	1.6k 0.7×	382 0.4×	927 1.3×	203 0.3×	523 0.9×	137	4.1k
Haijiang Li United Kingdom	41	1.6k 0.8×	354 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	313 0.5×	408 0.7×	173	5.7k
Xiaowei Luo Hong Kong	40	1.3k 0.6×	517 0.6×	783 1.1×	243 0.4×	180 0.3×	211	5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Ke Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ke Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ke Chen. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ke Chen. The network helps show where Ke Chen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ke Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ke Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ke Chen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ke Chen. Ke Chen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sun, Mei, Ke Chen, Hanmei Hu, et al.. (2025). An E-SERS sensor with pyroelectric effect for ultrasensitive detection of melamine in milk. Microchemical Journal. 213. 113801–113801. 2 indexed citations

Zhong, Hua, et al.. (2025). Dynamic risk assessment of tower crane operations by integrating functional resonance analysis method and Bayesian network. Developments in the Built Environment. 23. 100699–100699. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Ke, et al.. (2025). Strategic planning and control in industrialized construction. Automation in Construction. 177. 106340–106340.

Chen, Ke, et al.. (2024). Perceptions and Uses of Public Open Spaces During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Prevention Measures as Endangering Possibilities of Active Ageing. SAGE Open. 14(2).

Chen, Ke, et al.. (2024). IFC data extension for real-time safety monitoring of automated construction in high-rise building projects. Automation in Construction. 162. 105408–105408. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Ke, et al.. (2024). Prediction of Hydrogen Production from Solid Oxide Electrolytic Cells Based on ANN and SVM Machine Learning Methods. Atmosphere. 15(11). 1344–1344. 2 indexed citations

Li, Chen, et al.. (2024). Hybrid knowledge and data driven approach for prioritizing sewer sediment cleaning. Automation in Construction. 165. 105577–105577. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Ke, et al.. (2023). The Impact of Forestry Carbon Sink on Land Use Space Based on FLUS Model. Processes. 11(2). 608–608. 9 indexed citations

Guo, Yuanyuan, Can Liu, Hao Liu, Ke Chen, & He Dan. (2023). Financial Literacy, Borrowing Behavior and Rural Households’ Income: Evidence from the Collective Forest Area, China. Sustainability. 15(2). 1153–1153. 7 indexed citations

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Zheng, Linzi, Lu Zhang, Ke Chen, & Qingsong He. (2022). Unmasking unexpected health care inequalities in China using urban big data: Service-rich and service-poor communities. PLoS ONE. 17(2). e0263577–e0263577. 6 indexed citations

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Chen, Ke, Shan Gao, & Yu Liu. (2021). Optimization of Multi-time-scale Peak Shaving Considering Controllable Margin of Flexible Load. Electric Power Construction. 42(4). 69. 1 indexed citations

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Ma, Yanli, et al.. (2020). Freight Transportation and Economic Growth for Zones: Sustainability and Development Strategy in China. Sustainability. 12(24). 10450–10450. 15 indexed citations

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Zhai, Yue, Ke Chen, Jason Xin Zhou, et al.. (2018). An internet of things-enabled BIM platform for modular integrated construction. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Shuai, Ke Chen, Wen‐Juan Hao, et al.. (2017). Ag/Brønsted Acid Co-Catalyzed Spiroketalization of β-Alkynyl Ketones toward Spiro[chromane-2,1′-isochromene] Derivatives. Organic Letters. 19(14). 3831–3834. 96 indexed citations

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Hua, Yan, et al.. (2017). Design and Parameter Optimization of Seedling Expeller Mechanism Based on Matlab. Journal of Agricultural Mechanization Research. 39(1). 142–146. 1 indexed citations

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Shi, Xiaoliang, et al.. (2016). Evaluation on Service Value of Forest Ecosystem in Jilin Province. 36(5). 325. 1 indexed citations

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Du, Shiqiang, et al.. (2015). Detecting Flood Variations in Shanghai over 1949–2009 with Mann-Kendall Tests and a Newspaper-Based Database. Water. 7(5). 1808–1824. 49 indexed citations

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Chen, Ke. (2006). Analysis of Several Cases of Wetland Protection and Use at Home and Abroad and Their Inspiration for Eco-tour of the Jinghu National Urban Wetland Park in Zhejiang Province. Shidi kexue. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Ke. (2005). Possible Solution on Management and Construction of Wetlands Park. Shidi kexue. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Ke. (2002). Sustainable Exploitation of Sea Island Resources of China. 1 indexed citations

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