Shan Ren

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Shan Ren is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Management of Technology and Innovation and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Shan Ren has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 7 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 6 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Shan Ren's work include Digital Transformation in Industry (22 papers), Product Development and Customization (6 papers) and Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (6 papers). Shan Ren is often cited by papers focused on Digital Transformation in Industry (22 papers), Product Development and Customization (6 papers) and Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (6 papers). Shan Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, Sweden and Finland. Shan Ren's co-authors include Yang Liu, Yingfeng Zhang, Donald Huisingh, Tomohiko Sakao, Shubin Si, Shuaiyin Ma, Jingxiang Lv, Haidong Yang, C.M.V.B. Almeida and Jin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Cleaner Production and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Shan Ren

37 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

A comprehensive review of big data analytics throughout p... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2018 2016 100 200 300
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. A comprehensive review of big data analytics throughout product lifecycle to support sustainable smart manufacturing: A framework, challenges and future research directions
    2018 363 citations Shan Ren, Yingfeng Zhang et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
  2. A big data analytics architecture for cleaner manufacturing and maintenance processes of complex products
    2016 362 citations Yingfeng Zhang, Shan Ren et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →

Peers

Shan Ren
Sang Do Noh South Korea
Marco Macchi Italy
Damien Trentesaux France
Marco Garetti Italy
Yuchun Xu United Kingdom
Björn Johansson Sweden
Giovanni Miragliotta Italy
Ju Yeon Lee South Korea
Engelbert Westkämper Germany
Adolfo Crespo Márquez Spain
Sang Do Noh South Korea
Shan Ren
Citations per year, relative to Shan Ren Shan Ren (= 1×) peers Sang Do Noh

Countries citing papers authored by Shan Ren

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shan Ren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shan Ren

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Shan Ren. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Shan Ren 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 Shan Ren. Shan Ren 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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Ren, Shan, et al.. (2025). Evolutionary game-based warehousing resources sharing strategy for logistics industry under product-service system paradigm. Advanced Engineering Informatics. 67. 103560–103560. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yang, et al.. (2025). Dual-resource flexible job shop scheduling considering worker proficiency differences. Computers & Operations Research. 184. 107216–107216. 2 indexed citations
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Luo, Fengji, et al.. (2025). A service composition and optimal selection method considering candidate service capabilities in cloud manufacturing. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. 38(12). 1782–1799. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xin, et al.. (2024). Integrating MBD with BOM for consistent data transformation during lifecycle synergetic decision-making of complex products. Advanced Engineering Informatics. 61. 102491–102491. 8 indexed citations
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Gu, Yifeng, Jin Wang, Chuang Wang, & Shan Ren. (2024). A Real-Time Scheduling Method for Flexible Job Shop Considering Machine Fault Prediction. 110–114.
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Ma, Shuaiyin, Wei Ding, Yang Liu, et al.. (2024). Industry 4.0 and cleaner production: A comprehensive review of sustainable and intelligent manufacturing for energy-intensive manufacturing industries. Journal of Cleaner Production. 467. 142879–142879. 46 indexed citations
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Huang, Binbin, et al.. (2022). Architecture and Key Technologies of Digital-twin-driven Intelligent Operation & Maintenance Services for Complex Product. Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 58(12). 250–250. 1 indexed citations
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Ren, Shan, et al.. (2022). A personalised operation and maintenance approach for complex products based on equipment portrait of product-service system. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 80. 102485–102485. 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Jin, Yang Liu, Shan Ren, Chuang Wang, & Wenbo Wang. (2021). Evolutionary game based real-time scheduling for energy-efficient distributed and flexible job shop. Journal of Cleaner Production. 293. 126093–126093. 63 indexed citations
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Ma, Shuaiyin, et al.. (2020). A case-practice-theory-based method of implementing energy management in a manufacturing factory. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. 34(7-8). 829–843. 16 indexed citations
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Ma, Shuaiyin, Yingfeng Zhang, Yang Liu, et al.. (2020). Data-driven sustainable intelligent manufacturing based on demand response for energy-intensive industries. Journal of Cleaner Production. 274. 123155–123155. 159 indexed citations
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Majeed, Arfan, Yingfeng Zhang, Shan Ren, et al.. (2020). A big data-driven framework for sustainable and smart additive manufacturing. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 67. 102026–102026. 211 indexed citations
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Huang, Binbin, Wenbo Wang, Shan Ren, Ray Y. Zhong, & Jingchao Jiang. (2019). A proactive task dispatching method based on future bottleneck prediction for the smart factory. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. 32(3). 278–293. 49 indexed citations
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Ren, Shan, Xibin Zhao, Binbin Huang, Zhe Wang, & Xiaoyu Song. (2018). A framework for shopfloor material delivery based on real-time manufacturing big data. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing. 10(3). 1093–1108. 32 indexed citations
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Ren, Shan. (2018). New Pattern of Lifecycle Big-Data-Driven Smart Manufacturing Service for Complex Product. Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 54(22). 194–194. 6 indexed citations
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Ren, Shan, et al.. (2017). Bearing-based localization for leader-follower formation control. PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0175378–e0175378. 4 indexed citations
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Ren, Shan, et al.. (2010). Microstructure Evolution of Heavy Section Ductile Iron. Advanced materials research. 97-101. 1020–1023. 1 indexed citations

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