Lei Gu

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Lei Gu is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Gu has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 10 papers in Materials Chemistry and 7 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Lei Gu's work include Concrete and Cement Materials Research (13 papers), Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications (7 papers) and Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance (6 papers). Lei Gu is often cited by papers focused on Concrete and Cement Materials Research (13 papers), Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications (7 papers) and Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance (6 papers). Lei Gu collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Singapore. Lei Gu's co-authors include Togay Ozbakkaloglu, Terry Bennett, Phillip Visintin, Hui Liu, Pinghua Zhu, Zhong Zhang, Ali Fallah Pour, Shaofeng Liu, Xinjie Wang and Aliakbar Gholampour and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Construction and Building Materials and Tetrahedron.

In The Last Decade

Lei Gu

23 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Use of recycled plastics in concrete: A critical review 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Use of recycled plastics in concrete: A critical review
    2016 497 citations Lei Gu, Togay Ozbakkaloglu Waste Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lei Gu China 15 843 688 198 142 115 24 1.2k
Luciana Restuccia Italy 22 1.0k 1.2× 600 0.9× 201 1.0× 143 1.0× 41 0.4× 57 1.3k
Adewumi John Babafemi South Africa 26 1.6k 1.9× 1.4k 2.1× 208 1.1× 104 0.7× 70 0.6× 92 2.0k
Ismail Luhar India 20 1.2k 1.4× 807 1.2× 320 1.6× 65 0.5× 95 0.8× 30 1.6k
Maciej Szeląg Poland 19 740 0.9× 437 0.6× 150 0.8× 91 0.6× 41 0.4× 56 985
Mazen J. Al‐Kheetan Jordan 26 972 1.2× 663 1.0× 211 1.1× 132 0.9× 30 0.3× 71 1.4k
Abdulaziz Alaskar Saudi Arabia 14 759 0.9× 577 0.8× 120 0.6× 70 0.5× 43 0.4× 25 990
José Carlos Lopes Ribeiro Brazil 19 982 1.2× 472 0.7× 215 1.1× 254 1.8× 25 0.2× 63 1.2k
Hamed Allahyari Iran 13 756 0.9× 575 0.8× 95 0.5× 58 0.4× 44 0.4× 22 1.0k
Farshid Maghool Australia 15 846 1.0× 516 0.8× 69 0.3× 64 0.5× 145 1.3× 28 1.1k
Stefania Manzi Italy 16 1.2k 1.4× 882 1.3× 327 1.7× 52 0.4× 46 0.4× 49 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Gu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lei Gu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Gu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lei Gu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lei Gu 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 Lei Gu. Lei Gu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gu, Lei, Dhanendra Kumar, Cise Unluer, Paulo J.M. Monteiro, & En‐Hua Yang. (2025). Autogenous healing efficiency of calcium (OPC) and magnesium (MgO) binder-based strain-hardening cementitious composite (SHCC). Cement and Concrete Composites. 160. 106071–106071.
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Zhang, Dong, et al.. (2025). Enhanced carbonation of steel slag blocks using various chemical additives. Journal of Building Engineering. 105. 112518–112518. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chenyu, et al.. (2025). Synergistic MXene/GO composites for flexible capacitive humidity sensors with ultrahigh sensitivity and fast response. Surfaces and Interfaces. 72. 106948–106948. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaoxiang, et al.. (2025). Optimizing the properties of carbonated steel slag brick based on response surface method (RSM). Construction and Building Materials. 473. 140921–140921. 2 indexed citations
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Huang, Xiaoyun, et al.. (2025). Bridging the gaps: Overcoming challenges of implementing AI in healthcare. Med. 6(4). 100666–100666. 1 indexed citations
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Gu, Lei, et al.. (2024). Developing sustainable steel slag-based aerated concrete: Effects of accelerated carbonation on performance and carbon emissions. Journal of Building Engineering. 98. 111051–111051. 14 indexed citations
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Gu, Lei, Dhanendra Kumar, Cise Unluer, En‐Hua Yang, & Paulo J.M. Monteiro. (2024). Investigation of non-uniform carbonation in strain-hardening magnesia composite (SHMC) and its impacts on fiber-matrix interface and fiber-bridging properties. Cement and Concrete Composites. 153. 105726–105726. 3 indexed citations
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Han, Jinsheng, et al.. (2023). Conductive behavior of engineered geopolymer composite with addition of carbon fiber and nano-carbon black. Ceramics International. 49(19). 32035–32048. 19 indexed citations
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Kizilkanat, Ahmet B., et al.. (2022). Hydration kinetics and performance of sodium carbonate-activated slag-based systems containing reactive MgO and metakaolin under carbonation. Cement and Concrete Composites. 132. 104617–104617. 42 indexed citations
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Aiken, Timothy A., Lei Gu, Jacek Kwasny, et al.. (2022). Acid resistance of alkali-activated binders: A review of performance, mechanisms of deterioration and testing procedures. Construction and Building Materials. 342. 128057–128057. 50 indexed citations
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Gu, Lei, Phillip Visintin, & Terry Bennett. (2020). Sulphuric Acid Resistance of Cementitious Materials: Multiscale Approach to Assessing the Degradation. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 32(7). 8 indexed citations
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Zhu, Pinghua, et al.. (2020). Durability evaluation of recycled aggregate concrete in a complex environment. Journal of Cleaner Production. 273. 122569–122569. 74 indexed citations
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Zhu, Pinghua, et al.. (2019). Durability evaluation of three generations of 100% repeatedly recycled coarse aggregate concrete. Construction and Building Materials. 210. 442–450. 92 indexed citations
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Gu, Lei, Terry Bennett, & Phillip Visintin. (2018). Sulphuric acid exposure of conventional concrete and alkali-activated concrete: Assessment of test methodologies. Construction and Building Materials. 197. 681–692. 81 indexed citations
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Gu, Lei & Togay Ozbakkaloglu. (2016). Use of recycled plastics in concrete: A critical review. Waste Management. 51. 19–42. 497 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ozbakkaloglu, Togay, Lei Gu, & Ali Fallah Pour. (2016). Normal- and high-strength concretes incorporating air-cooled blast furnace slag coarse aggregates: Effect of slag size and content on the behavior. Construction and Building Materials. 126. 138–146. 45 indexed citations
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Li, Heping, et al.. (2013). Development of Cast Steel for Brake Disc of High-Speed Train. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 419. 370–375. 19 indexed citations
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Gu, Lei, et al.. (2012). Groundwater Flow Simulation and Resource Evaluation of the Affected Zone along the Yellow River (Henan Section). Advanced materials research. 610-613. 2713–2718. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yumei, et al.. (2009). Engine lubricant warning system based on the dielectric constant. 1–205. 8 indexed citations
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Tang, Long‐Cheng, et al.. (2009). Wear-resistant and transparent acrylate-based coating with highly filled nanosilica particles. Tribology International. 43(1-2). 83–91. 53 indexed citations

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