Wei Tian

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
222 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Wei Tian is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Tian has authored 222 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Building and Construction, 45 papers in Environmental Engineering and 29 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wei Tian's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (53 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (28 papers) and Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (19 papers). Wei Tian is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (53 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (28 papers) and Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (19 papers). Wei Tian collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Wei Tian's co-authors include Pieter de Wilde, Zhanyong Li, Ruchi Choudhary, Godfried Augenbroe, Li Zhu, Da Yan, Jitian Song, Jianbo Ren, Yang Song and Yeonsook Heo and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Wei Tian

205 papers receiving 4.1k 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 review of sensitivity analysis methods in building energy analysis

2013 751 citations Wei Tian profile →
A review of uncertainty analysis in building energy assessment

2018 331 citations Wei Tian, Pieter de Wilde 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 Tian China	35	2.3k	1.6k	636	499	417	222	4.2k
Liping Wang China	28	1.5k 0.7×	985 0.6×	304 0.5×	403 0.8×	335 0.8×	122	2.8k
Jan Carmeliet Switzerland	53	3.0k 1.3×	3.3k 2.1×	739 1.2×	1.8k 3.7×	581 1.4×	187	7.9k
Vahid M. Nik Sweden	35	2.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	348 0.5×	944 1.9×	153 0.4×	80	3.7k
Yu Huang China	25	3.1k 1.3×	1.9k 1.2×	705 1.1×	599 1.2×	552 1.3×	77	3.9k
Pieter de Wilde United Kingdom	34	3.6k 1.5×	1.7k 1.1×	591 0.9×	344 0.7×	275 0.7×	134	4.5k
Sigrid Reiter Belgium	28	2.6k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	489 0.8×	318 0.6×	279 0.7×	107	3.6k
Leslie K. Norford United States	55	3.4k 1.4×	4.4k 2.9×	475 0.7×	2.1k 4.2×	648 1.6×	188	9.0k
Jiangyan Liu China	36	1.2k 0.5×	354 0.2×	386 0.6×	1.0k 2.1×	626 1.5×	129	3.2k
Jimin Kim South Korea	34	1.6k 0.7×	831 0.5×	609 1.0×	345 0.7×	239 0.6×	147	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Tian

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Tian

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Tian

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

All Works

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Niu, Zuoxing, Bo Zheng, Ya Gao, et al.. (2025). Application and Mechanism of Bionic Leaf Vein Chip in the Construction of Bioartificial Kidney. American Journal of Transplantation. 25(8). S316–S316. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Shengping, et al.. (2024). Analysis and prediction of axial force and exit damage in drilling of composites with delamination damage. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 132. 169–188. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Haitao, et al.. (2024). Learning-driven hybrid scaling for multi-type services in cloud. Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing. 189. 104880–104880. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Xudong, Jian‐Jun Sun, Xinmei Zheng, et al.. (2024). Plin4 exacerbates cadmium-decreased testosterone level via inducing ferroptosis in testicular Leydig cells. Redox Biology. 76. 103312–103312. 13 indexed citations

Zhang, Hu, et al.. (2024). Sensitivity analysis of multiple time-scale building energy using Bayesian adaptive spline surfaces. Applied Energy. 363. 123042–123042. 8 indexed citations

Tian, Wei, et al.. (2024). Design and Analysis of a Novel Prefabricated Foundation for Substation Buildings. Buildings. 14(12). 4073–4073. 2 indexed citations

Tian, Wei, et al.. (2024). A novel evaluation method of the aging performance of MEMS flow sensor. Microelectronic Engineering. 293. 112231–112231. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Yong, Hong‐jian Zhao, Yongjian Li, et al.. (2024). Microstructure characterization of a novel nanostructured zirconia-alumina coating prepared by plasma spraying YSZ-Al reactive system. Ceramics International. 50(11). 20035–20047. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Yanwei, Yong Yang, Xingyu Wang, Wei Li, & Wei Tian. (2023). Microstructure and wear properties of in-situ molybdenum composite coatings by plasma spraying Mo-B4C and MoO3-Al-B4C composite powders. Surface and Coatings Technology. 469. 129769–129769. 7 indexed citations

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Tian, Wei, et al.. (2023). Effect of Two-Stage Solution on Microstructure and Mechanical Property of IN718 alloy fabricated by selective laser melting. Materials Research Express. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaodong, Mingqi Yang, Haipeng Zhang, et al.. (2023). A review of CNTs and graphene reinforced YSZ nanocomposites: Preparation, mechanical and anti-irradiation properties. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 167. 27–49. 20 indexed citations

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Tian, Wei, et al.. (2023). Quantifying the effects of different data streams on the calibration of building energy simulation. Energy and Buildings. 296. 113352–113352. 11 indexed citations

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Tian, Wei, et al.. (2022). Impacts of Courtyard Envelope Design on Energy Performance in the Hot Summer–Cold Winter Region of China. Buildings. 12(2). 173–173. 10 indexed citations

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Chen, Wang, et al.. (2022). Ethical Construction and Development of Mining Engineering Based on the Safe, Efficient, Green, and Low-Carbon Concept. Sustainability. 14(21). 13811–13811. 4 indexed citations

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Luo, Xilian, et al.. (2019). Experimental study on local environmental control for historical site in archaeological museum by evaporative cooling system. Renewable Energy. 143. 798–809. 24 indexed citations

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Wilde, Pieter de & Wei Tian. (2011). Building performance simulation for the management of thermal performance risks in buildings subject to climate change. Cambridge University Engineering Department Publications Database. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Jun & Wei Tian. (2011). [Phytoplankton in Yangtze River estuary and its adjacent waters in spring in 2009: species composition and size-fractionated chlorophyll a].. PubMed. 22(1). 235–42. 3 indexed citations

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Bai, Yanzheng, et al.. (2010). High-precision Space-Borne Accelerometer and its Applications. Chinese Journal of Space Science. 30(6). 601–601. 4 indexed citations

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Tian, Wei, et al.. (2005). Research progress on hybrid PV/thermal solar system. Cambridge University Engineering Department Publications Database. 4 indexed citations

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Tian, Wei, et al.. (2005). Technology development of photovoltaic concentrator system. Cambridge University Engineering Department Publications Database. 3 indexed citations

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