Wei Liu

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
282 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Wei Liu is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Liu has authored 282 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Environmental Engineering, 47 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 40 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wei Liu's work include Wind and Air Flow Studies (63 papers), Infection Control and Ventilation (39 papers) and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (35 papers). Wei Liu is often cited by papers focused on Wind and Air Flow Studies (63 papers), Infection Control and Ventilation (39 papers) and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (35 papers). Wei Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Sweden and United States. Wei Liu's co-authors include Shifu Chen, Qingyan Chen, Wei Zhao, Sujuan Zhang, Zhichun Liu, Chunxiang Xu, Mingliang Wang, Chao‐Hsin Lin, Fangjun Wu and Shuting Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of The Electrochemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Wei Liu

258 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

A comprehensive review of thermal comfort studies in urban open spaces

2020 255 citations Dayi Lai, Wei Liu et al. profile →
A review of data-driven fault detection and diagnostics for building HVAC systems

2023 149 citations Wei Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Liu China	48	2.4k	1.9k	1.8k	1.4k	1.1k	282	7.7k
Yinping Zhang China	61	3.4k 1.4×	1.4k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	1.9k 1.8×	320	12.7k
Meng Liu China	44	2.0k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	582 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	867 0.8×	296	6.5k
Jiaping Liu China	62	1.2k 0.5×	2.4k 1.3×	2.8k 1.6×	854 0.6×	5.7k 5.4×	569	15.4k
Ying Zhang China	50	893 0.4×	2.7k 1.4×	695 0.4×	1.5k 1.1×	248 0.2×	510	9.8k
Lian Zhang China	52	1.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	399 0.2×	1.1k 0.8×	744 0.7×	453	10.7k
Hao Liu China	55	1.7k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	752 0.4×	800 0.6×	571 0.5×	349	10.5k
Li‐Zhi Zhang China	58	2.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	529 0.3×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	302	9.9k
Huan Zhang China	42	2.4k 1.0×	838 0.4×	625 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	915 0.9×	268	5.4k
ChangKyoo Yoo South Korea	50	903 0.4×	515 0.3×	1.4k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	620 0.6×	387	10.9k
Cuiping Wang China	48	925 0.4×	2.1k 1.1×	606 0.3×	753 0.5×	381 0.4×	441	9.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Liu

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

All Works

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Lu, Yanrong, et al.. (2025). Piezo-photocatalytic enhanced microplastic degradation on hetero-interpenetrated Fe1−xS/FeMoO4/ MoS2 by producing H2O2 and self-Fenton action. Chemical Engineering Journal. 508. 160935–160935. 8 indexed citations

Xu, Zhiqiang, Wei Liu, Shufeng Yang, Hui Zhang, & Jingshe Li. (2025). Insight into the Hot Tearing Characteristics and Constitutive Behavior of GH4710 Superalloy During Solidification. International Journal of Metalcasting. 19(5). 3038–3055. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yu & Wei Liu. (2025). Topology analysis and evolution trend prediction of secure propagation networks for short videos based on digital twin model. Discover Computing. 28(1).

Zhao, Hongping, Jiayue Wang, Chunzheng Wu, et al.. (2025). Fast and controllable anatase-to-rutile phase transition irradiated by NIR light. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(11). 110815–110815. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Gang, et al.. (2024). Numerical evaluation of space form design for outpatient waiting space to reduce airborne infection risk in hospitals. Journal of Building Engineering. 83. 108473–108473. 3 indexed citations

Lai, Dayi, et al.. (2024). A computationally affordable and reasonably accurate approach for annual outdoor thermal comfort assessment on an hourly basis. Energy and Buildings. 316. 114323–114323. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Wei, et al.. (2024). Design of 2D/2D ZnIn₂S₄/MgAl-LDH core–shell nanostructures toward enhanced photodegradation of organic dyes. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 10(10). 2589–2596. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Wei, et al.. (2024). Field experiment on transient thermal comfort in a Chinese railway station – High temperature exposures. Building and Environment. 266. 112039–112039. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Gang, et al.. (2023). A framework for airborne infection risk assessment based on real-time occupant distribution prediction in outpatient waiting space. Journal of Building Engineering. 76. 107109–107109. 7 indexed citations

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Lv, Min, et al.. (2023). A comparative analysis of different hair matrixes and matrix reference materials for quantitative hair analysis in drug tests. Forensic Chemistry. 36. 100532–100532. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Xianyang, Jun Zou, Rui Long, Zhichun Liu, & Wei Liu. (2023). Variable period sequence control strategy for an off-grid photovoltaic-PEM electrolyzer hydrogen generation system. Renewable Energy. 216. 119074–119074. 31 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, et al.. (2023). Comparison of the time-dependent characteristics between particle mass and particle number emissions during oil heating and emission mitigation strategies. Building and Environment. 242. 110511–110511. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, et al.. (2023). Temperature-dependent particle number emission rates and emission characteristics during heating processes of edible oils. Environmental Pollution. 333. 122045–122045. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhichun, et al.. (2023). Analysis of Irreversible Dissipation and Optimization on Swallow Tail Longitudinal Swirl Generators for Laminar Flow. 13–13.

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Cui, Jun, et al.. (2023). An efficient hexadecimal network flow watermark method for tracking attack traffic. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 21111–21111. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, et al.. (2023). An open-source and experimentally guided CFD strategy for predicting air distribution in data centers with air-cooling. Building and Environment. 242. 110542–110542. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Yicong, et al.. (2023). Structural parameter design of welded plate heat exchanger based on multi-objective optimization algorithm. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 146. 106900–106900. 16 indexed citations

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Wang, Qiaowei, et al.. (2016). Short-term effects of ambient air pollution on daily outpatient visits for urticaria in Beijing.. The Chinese Journal of Dermatovenereology. 30(7). 737–739. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Guanghua, Wei Liu, Jun Lin, et al.. (2010). [Size distributions of organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) in Shanghai atmospheric particles].. PubMed. 31(9). 1993–2001. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, et al.. (2005). Differences on Flour Quality between HMW-GS 1 and 2~* NILs at the Glu-A1 locus in Wheat. 1 indexed citations

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