Lichao Nie

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Lichao Nie is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Geophysics and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Lichao Nie has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Ocean Engineering, 45 papers in Geophysics and 27 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Lichao Nie's work include Geophysical Methods and Applications (44 papers), Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (31 papers) and Rock Mechanics and Modeling (23 papers). Lichao Nie is often cited by papers focused on Geophysical Methods and Applications (44 papers), Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (31 papers) and Rock Mechanics and Modeling (23 papers). Lichao Nie collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Lichao Nie's co-authors include Bin Liu, Shucai Li, Xinji Xu, Zhengyu Liu, Lei Chen, Kerui Fan, Jie Song, Huaifeng Sun, Zhenhao Xu and Qian Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioresource Technology, Construction and Building Materials and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Lichao Nie

68 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

An overview of ahead geological prospecting in tunneling 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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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. An overview of ahead geological prospecting in tunneling
    2017 334 citations Bin Liu, Xinji Xu et al. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lichao Nie China 21 871 662 619 546 246 71 1.5k
Mohammad Ghafoori Iran 22 534 0.6× 585 0.9× 311 0.5× 647 1.2× 181 0.7× 105 1.4k
Maoxin Su China 18 412 0.5× 570 0.9× 276 0.4× 496 0.9× 462 1.9× 65 1.2k
Giovanni Cascante Canada 21 400 0.5× 1.2k 1.8× 381 0.6× 405 0.7× 98 0.4× 88 1.6k
Ali Moradzadeh Iran 22 868 1.0× 257 0.4× 569 0.9× 554 1.0× 73 0.3× 85 1.6k
Carlo G. Lai Italy 24 413 0.5× 1.5k 2.2× 1.0k 1.6× 133 0.2× 240 1.0× 95 2.1k
Ernst Niederleithinger Germany 21 728 0.8× 601 0.9× 709 1.1× 646 1.2× 30 0.1× 132 1.6k
Kenneth H. Stokoe United States 28 677 0.8× 2.5k 3.8× 1.1k 1.8× 299 0.5× 166 0.7× 136 3.2k
Xiaofei Liu China 25 959 1.1× 296 0.4× 418 0.7× 1.3k 2.3× 322 1.3× 103 1.8k
Jianzhong Li China 18 729 0.8× 319 0.5× 160 0.3× 1.8k 3.3× 135 0.5× 51 2.2k
Bahman Bohloli Norway 18 520 0.6× 311 0.5× 339 0.5× 622 1.1× 55 0.2× 53 1.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lichao Nie

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Nie, Lichao, et al.. (2025). Real-time detection of water-bearing structures in tunneling using the long-electrode while-drilling resistivity method. Automation in Construction. 180. 106528–106528. 1 indexed citations
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Nie, Lichao, et al.. (2024). Detection method for water-bearing structure in tunnel by DC resistivity based on directional indicating variable mesh. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 149. 105820–105820. 9 indexed citations
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Nie, Lichao, et al.. (2024). Estimation of rock mass permeability using relaxation time and P‐wave velocity. Geophysical Prospecting. 72(9). 3371–3380. 1 indexed citations
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Nie, Lichao, et al.. (2023). Prediction of Rock Mass Parameters Based on PCA and Random Forest Method. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 41(8). 4629–4640. 5 indexed citations
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Nie, Lichao, et al.. (2023). Relationships between induced polarization relaxation time and permeability of sandstone. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 82(7). 3 indexed citations
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Li, Ningbo, Dong Zhao, Zhengyu Liu, et al.. (2021). Synthetic Study of Boulder Detection Using Multi-Configuration Combination of Cross-Hole ERT and Its Field Application in Xiamen Metro, China. Applied Sciences. 11(24). 11860–11860. 2 indexed citations
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Ma, Zhao, et al.. (2021). Ant Colony Optimization Inversion Using the L1 Norm in Advanced Tunnel Detection. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2021. 1–7. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhengyu, Xinxin Zhang, Lichao Nie, et al.. (2021). Time Series Data Inversion and Monitoring Method for Cross-Hole ERT Based on an Improved Extended Kalman Filter. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. 26(3). 209–225.
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Chen, Lei, Chao Fu, Xinji Xu, & Lichao Nie. (2020). Imaging the Geology Ahead of a Tunnel Using Seismics and Adaptive Polarization Analysis. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. 25(2). 189–198. 1 indexed citations
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Nie, Lichao, Zhao Ma, Bin Liu, et al.. (2020). A Weighting Function-Based Method for Resistivity Inversion in Subsurface Investigations. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. 25(1). 129–138. 1 indexed citations
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Nie, Lichao, et al.. (2020). Cross-hole ERT Configuration Assessment for Boulder Detection: A Full-scale Physical Model Test. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. 25(4). 569–579. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhengyu, et al.. (2020). Multiscale Constrained Inversion Method for Direct Current Resistivity Tomography Based on Haar Wavelet Transform. IEEE Access. 8. 170195–170202. 2 indexed citations
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Guo, Qian, et al.. (2020). Adaptive Convolution Neural Networks for Electrical Resistivity Inversion. IEEE Sensors Journal. 21(2). 2055–2066. 18 indexed citations
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Zhang, Fengkai, Bin Liu, Jing Wang, et al.. (2020). Two-dimensional Time-domain Full Waveform Inversion of On-ground Common-offset GPR Data Based on Integral Preprocessing. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. 25(3). 369–380. 8 indexed citations
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Nie, Lichao, et al.. (2019). Integrated ERT, Seismic, and Electrical Resistivity Imaging for Geological Prospecting on Metro Line R3 in Qingdao, China. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. 24(4). 537–547. 9 indexed citations
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Hu, Zhen, Yinan Wang, Jian Zhang, et al.. (2018). Optimization of a nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation (n-damo) process by enhancing methane availability. Bioresource Technology. 275. 101–108. 32 indexed citations
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Fang, Yingke, Zhen Hu, Yina Zou, et al.. (2017). Improving nitrogen utilization efficiency of aquaponics by introducing algal-bacterial consortia. Bioresource Technology. 245(Pt A). 358–364. 37 indexed citations
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Li, Yao, et al.. (2016). Imaging method of ground penetrating radar for rock fracture detection based on improved back projection algorithm. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. 38(8). 1425–1433. 3 indexed citations
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Nie, Lichao, et al.. (2012). An advanced detection study of frequency domain induced polarization method for water-bearing structure of tunnel. Rock and Soil Mechanics. 33(4). 1151–1160. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Liping, et al.. (2010). 3D FEM numerical forward modeling of direct current electrical resistivity based on PCG algorithm. Chinese Journal of Geotechnical Engineering. 32(12). 1846–1853.

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