Tian Chen

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
110 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Tian Chen is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tian Chen has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 18 papers in Automotive Engineering and 15 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tian Chen's work include Advanced Materials and Mechanics (25 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (11 papers) and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (11 papers). Tian Chen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Materials and Mechanics (25 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (11 papers) and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (11 papers). Tian Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Switzerland and United States. Tian Chen's co-authors include Kristina Shea, Mark V. Pauly, Pedro M. Reis, Osama R. Bilal, Chiara Daraio, Marius A. Wagner, Julian Panetta, J. Howard Mueller, Robert J. Lang and Thomas S. Lumpe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Tian Chen

103 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

A reprogrammable mechanical metamaterial with stable m... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2021 2018 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 reprogrammable mechanical metamaterial with stable memory
    2021 389 citations Tian Chen, Mark V. Pauly et al. Nature profile →
  2. Harnessing bistability for directional propulsion of soft, untethered robots
    2018 341 citations Tian Chen, Osama R. Bilal et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tian Chen China 22 1.5k 702 511 201 191 110 2.4k
Abdolhamid Akbarzadeh Canada 21 954 0.6× 758 1.1× 363 0.7× 33 0.2× 155 0.8× 61 1.9k
Qian Zhang China 31 958 0.6× 999 1.4× 1.1k 2.1× 56 0.3× 63 0.3× 198 4.4k
Hongying Zhang China 22 577 0.4× 565 0.8× 289 0.6× 67 0.3× 124 0.6× 75 1.5k
Jun Xie China 25 867 0.6× 337 0.5× 201 0.4× 63 0.3× 139 0.7× 105 2.3k
Yan Han China 23 454 0.3× 619 0.9× 851 1.7× 100 0.5× 48 0.3× 149 4.0k
Xu Wang China 32 1.0k 0.7× 556 0.8× 781 1.5× 20 0.1× 364 1.9× 155 2.4k
Xiaohu Yang China 47 5.9k 4.0× 1.1k 1.6× 247 0.5× 16 0.1× 398 2.1× 246 7.6k
Xun Zhang China 24 768 0.5× 334 0.5× 687 1.3× 27 0.1× 60 0.3× 100 1.5k
Yao Yao China 38 3.1k 2.1× 499 0.7× 1.6k 3.1× 147 0.7× 81 0.4× 346 6.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Tian Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tian Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Tian 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 Tian Chen. The network helps show where Tian Chen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tian Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tian Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tian 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 Tian Chen. Tian Chen 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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Chen, Tian, Yu Li, Yuteng Gong, Chuan Wu, & Ying Bai. (2025). Insights and Applications of Electrochemical Techniques and Devices in Rechargeable Batteries. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 8(8). 4915–4931. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Tian, et al.. (2024). Data Decomposition Modeling Based on Improved Dung Beetle Optimization Algorithm for Wind Power Prediction. Data. 9(12). 146–146. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Tian, et al.. (2024). Study on the temperature dissipation performance of brake pads with different surface patterns. Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering. 48(4). 700–710. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yue, et al.. (2023). Shape reconfiguring bistable structures using heat activated fibers. Engineering Structures. 295. 116792–116792. 9 indexed citations
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Roshdy, Mohamed A., Tian Chen, Serge Nakhmanson, & Osama R. Bilal. (2023). Tunable ferroelectric auxetic metamaterials for guiding elastic waves in three-dimensions. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 59. 101966–101966. 14 indexed citations
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Chen, Tian, Weiqi Wang, Hongjun Wang, Huai Chen, & Jianqing Tian. (2023). Plant invasion mediates the regulation of topsoil organic carbon sequestration by the fungal community in coastal wetlands. CATENA. 227. 107118–107118. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Tian, et al.. (2023). Leveraging the Snap Buckling of Bistable Magnetic Shells to Design a Refreshable Braille Dot. Advanced Materials Technologies. 9(3). 13 indexed citations
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Chen, Tian, et al.. (2023). Study on the influence of running parameters on the temperature field of disc brake on long downhill road. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part D Journal of Automobile Engineering. 238(10-11). 3386–3398. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Tian, et al.. (2023). Indentation and stability of woven domes. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 59. 101968–101968. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Tian, et al.. (2022). Study on prediction of tensile-shear strength of weld spot based on an improved neural network algorithm. Welding in the World. 67(3). 741–752. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Tian, et al.. (2021). Bistable auxetic surface structures. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 40(4). 1–9. 66 indexed citations
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Chen, Tian, et al.. (2021). Smooth Triaxial Weaving with Naturally Curved Ribbons. Physical Review Letters. 127(10). 104301–104301. 23 indexed citations
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Chen, Tian, Mark V. Pauly, & Pedro M. Reis. (2021). A reprogrammable mechanical metamaterial with stable memory. Nature. 589(7842). 386–390. 389 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chong, Zhaohui, et al.. (2017). Numerical Investigation of Acoustic Emission Events of Argillaceous Sandstones under Confining Pressure. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2017(1). 9 indexed citations
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Zhou, Dongdong, Shusen Cheng, Ruixuan Zhang, Yan Li, & Tian Chen. (2017). Study of the combustion behaviour and temperature of pulverised coal in a tuyere zone of blast furnace. Ironmaking & Steelmaking Processes Products and Applications. 45(7). 665–671. 12 indexed citations
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Li, Jing, Jiang He, Wu Cai, et al.. (2017). Spatio-temporal assessments of rockburst hazard combining b values and seismic tomography. Acta Geophysica. 65(1). 77–88. 26 indexed citations
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Liu, Tingting, Zhen Liu, Minhua Ma, et al.. (2017). An Information Perception-Based Emotion Contagion Model for Fire Evacuation. 3D Research. 8(1). 20 indexed citations
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Zhong, Linsheng, et al.. (2015). [Ecological security early-warning in Zhoushan Islands based on variable weight model].. PubMed. 26(6). 1854–62. 5 indexed citations
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Gao, Hui, Yajun Lv, Gang Liu, & Tian Chen. (2012). Study on relation between layout of building and wind speed ratio based on numerical simulation. World Automation Congress. 1–5. 2 indexed citations

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