Lingen Chen

26.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
778 papers, 23.7k citations indexed

About

Lingen Chen is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lingen Chen has authored 778 papers receiving a total of 23.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 605 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 531 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 171 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lingen Chen's work include Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (531 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (326 papers) and Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems (237 papers). Lingen Chen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (531 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (326 papers) and Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems (237 papers). Lingen Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Iran. Lingen Chen's co-authors include Fengrui Sun, Chih Wu, Yanlin Ge, Huijun Feng, Shaojun Xia, Zhihui Xie, Fankai Meng, Huijun Feng, Zemin Ding and Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Lingen Chen

770 papers receiving 22.4k 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.

Finite Time Thermodynamic Optimization or Entropy Generation Minimization of Energy Systems

1999 748 citations Lingen Chen, Chih Wu et al. profile →
Thermoelectric cooler and thermoelectric generator devices: A review of present and potential applications, modeling and materials

2019 438 citations Lingen Chen et al. Energy profile →
Progress in study on constructal theory and its applications

2012 238 citations Lingen Chen Science China Technological Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lingen Chen China	66	17.5k	13.3k	4.9k	3.5k	2.5k	778	23.7k
Fengrui Sun China	56	11.4k 0.7×	9.7k 0.7×	3.6k 0.7×	2.0k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	520	14.8k
Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi Iran	74	10.8k 0.6×	3.2k 0.2×	831 0.2×	1.5k 0.4×	4.9k 2.0×	442	18.2k
S.C. Kaushik India	66	7.9k 0.4×	2.1k 0.2×	1.4k 0.3×	1.9k 0.5×	1.6k 0.6×	360	16.0k
Christos N. Markides United Kingdom	64	7.6k 0.4×	1.8k 0.1×	680 0.1×	695 0.2×	2.0k 0.8×	402	13.1k
Ya‐Ling He China	78	12.7k 0.7×	1.0k 0.1×	630 0.1×	2.2k 0.6×	3.5k 1.4×	446	20.1k
Mehdi Mehrpooya Iran	73	9.2k 0.5×	2.2k 0.2×	255 0.1×	2.1k 0.6×	2.6k 1.0×	317	14.6k
Yunus A. Çengel United States	24	5.2k 0.3×	878 0.1×	636 0.1×	815 0.2×	1.8k 0.7×	71	10.4k
Alibakhsh Kasaeian Iran	71	7.5k 0.4×	580 0.0×	783 0.2×	873 0.3×	4.9k 1.9×	259	14.4k
Bekir Sami Yilbaş Saudi Arabia	50	7.4k 0.4×	440 0.0×	1.5k 0.3×	3.3k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	775	13.7k
Xudong Zhao China	63	6.3k 0.4×	359 0.0×	2.9k 0.6×	2.4k 0.7×	709 0.3×	313	12.5k

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Feng, Huijun, et al.. (2025). Constructal design of a T-shaped porous fin adopting minimum composite function, ANN and NSGA-II. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 162. 108581–108581. 15 indexed citations

Chen, Lingen, Tan Wang, Yanlin Ge, & Huijun Feng. (2025). Power-maximization of an irreversible simple Brayton cycle space nuclear power plant. Progress in Nuclear Energy. 184. 105708–105708. 3 indexed citations

Xie, Tian, Lingen Chen, Huijun Feng, & Yanlin Ge. (2024). Constructal design for a composite structure with an “X”-shaped high conductivity channel and a “T”-shaped fin. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 159. 107985–107985. 9 indexed citations

Feng, Huijun, et al.. (2024). Design of a multi-scale cylindrical porous fin based on constructal theory. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 153. 107352–107352. 31 indexed citations

Feng, Huijun, et al.. (2024). Constructal design of a hybrid heat sink with rectangular microchannel and porous fin in a 3D electronic device with artificial neural-network, NSGA-II and different decision-making methods. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 158. 107954–107954. 23 indexed citations

Feng, Huijun, et al.. (2024). Constructal design for H-shaped compound heat transfer path in a rectangular heat generation body. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 225. 125442–125442. 29 indexed citations

Zhu, Hongwei, Lingen Chen, Huijun Feng, & Yanlin Ge. (2024). Constructal design of comb-shaped high thermal conductivity channel in a stacked chip. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 155. 107557–107557. 7 indexed citations

Huang, Lu, Peng Fei Liu, Xiantao Zhang, et al.. (2024). Solar-driven hydrogen production based on moisture adsorption-desorption cycle. Nano Energy. 128. 109879–109879. 25 indexed citations

Chen, Lingen, et al.. (2024). Seven New Species of Entoloma Subgenus Cubospora (Entolomataceae, Agaricales) from Subtropical Regions of China. Journal of Fungi. 10(8). 594–594. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Lingen & Shaojun Xia. (2024). Entropy-generation-minimization path for one-way isothermal and isobaric mass-transport-processes with mass-resistance and mass-leakage. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 235. 126211–126211. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wenlong, Lingen Chen, Huijun Feng, & Yanlin Ge. (2024). Adding branched fin angle as degree-of-freedom improves performance of a T-Y-shaped fin. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 61. 105031–105031. 7 indexed citations

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Feng, Huijun, et al.. (2024). A tree-shaped high thermal conductivity channel in a stacked chip with minimizing maximum temperature difference and entropy generation rate. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 66. 105734–105734. 1 indexed citations

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Feng, Huijun, et al.. (2023). Power and efficiency optimizations of a simple irreversible supercritical organic Rankine cycle. Energy. 278. 127755–127755. 67 indexed citations

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Chen, Lingen & Shaojun Xia. (2023). Power maximization for a discrete-model of multistage dynamic irreversible isothermal-chemical-engine with linear mass-transfer law. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 149. 107153–107153. 17 indexed citations

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Liu, Peng, Tingting Ren, Yanlin Ge, Wei Liu, & Lingen Chen. (2023). Performance analyses of a novel finned parabolic trough receiver with inner tube for solar cascade heat collection. Science China Technological Sciences. 66(5). 1417–1434. 18 indexed citations

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Chen, Lingen, Shuangshuang Shi, Yanlin Ge, & Huijun Feng. (2023). Power density performances and multi-objective optimizations for an irreversible Otto cycle with five specific heat models of working fluid. Energy. 282. 128817–128817. 56 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaowei, Lingen Chen, & Zemin Ding. (2017). Fundamental performance optimization of an irreversible quantum spin 1/2 Brayton refrigerator. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress. 4. 30–34. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Bo, Lingen Chen, & Fengrui Sun. (2011). Performance analysis and optimization for an endoreversible Carnot heat pump cycle with finite speed of the piston. 2(6). 1133–1140. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Lingen, Shaojun Xia, & Fengrui Sun. (2010). Maximum efficiency of an irreversible heat engine with a distributed working fluid and linear phenomenological heat transfer law. Revista Mexicana de Física. 56(3). 231–238. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Lingen, Junlin Zheng, Fengrui Sun, & Chih Wu. (2001). Power density analysis and optimization of a regenerated closed variable-temperature heat reservoir Brayton cycle. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 34(11). 1727–1739. 69 indexed citations

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