Wei Zhou

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
277 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Wei Zhou is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Zhou has authored 277 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 96 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 53 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Wei Zhou's work include Landslides and related hazards (53 papers), Rock Mechanics and Modeling (40 papers) and Concrete and Cement Materials Research (37 papers). Wei Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Landslides and related hazards (53 papers), Rock Mechanics and Modeling (40 papers) and Concrete and Cement Materials Research (37 papers). Wei Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Wei Zhou's co-authors include Gang Ma, Xiaolin Chang, Chuangbing Zhou, Qiao Wang, Xinghong Liu, Dianqing Li, Zi-Jun Cao, Shui‐Hua Jiang, Limin Zhang and Yonggang Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, The Journal of Chemical Physics and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Wei Zhou

239 papers receiving 4.7k 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 multiple response-surface method for slope reliability analysis considering spatial variability of soil properties

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Zhou China	36	2.8k	1.5k	1.1k	747	728	277	4.8k
Gang Wang China	46	3.3k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	753 1.0×	484 0.7×	341	6.1k
Xiuli Du China	40	4.3k 1.6×	1.6k 1.1×	583 0.5×	1.2k 1.6×	681 0.9×	311	5.9k
Gang Ma China	35	2.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	232 0.3×	1.1k 1.6×	207	4.0k
Wei Wu Austria	48	4.3k 1.5×	1.6k 1.1×	2.2k 2.0×	896 1.2×	2.3k 3.1×	281	7.3k
Wenbo Lu China	43	3.5k 1.3×	3.3k 2.2×	1.2k 1.1×	987 1.3×	312 0.4×	247	6.2k
Sheng Zhang China	31	1.9k 0.7×	716 0.5×	718 0.6×	427 0.6×	217 0.3×	197	3.4k
Deyi Jiang China	41	988 0.4×	2.5k 1.7×	773 0.7×	597 0.8×	257 0.4×	152	4.8k
Jianbing Chen China	41	4.0k 1.4×	882 0.6×	196 0.2×	562 0.8×	493 0.7×	247	7.1k
Xiong Zhang China	44	3.4k 1.2×	2.4k 1.6×	459 0.4×	388 0.5×	2.3k 3.2×	361	7.1k
Catherine O’Sullivan United Kingdom	48	5.5k 2.0×	1.7k 1.1×	2.6k 2.3×	421 0.6×	2.5k 3.4×	190	7.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Zhou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Zhou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Zhou

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

All Works

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Zou, Yi, et al.. (2025). MYSM1 attenuates osteoarthritis by recruiting PP2A to deubiquitinate and dephosphorylate RIPK2. Bone Research. 13(1). 3–3. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Tao, et al.. (2025). Enhanced Detection of Pipeline Leaks Based on Generalized Likelihood Ratio with Ensemble Learning. Processes. 13(2). 558–558.

Fan, Xiaoyu, Qiao Wang, Yiming Weng, et al.. (2025). Effect of nanorubber on the properties of silicate cement paste. Construction and Building Materials. 467. 140352–140352.

Ma, Gang, et al.. (2025). Deciphering Landslide Precursors From Spatiotemporal Ground Motion Using Persistent Homology. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 130(2).

Hu, Jinfang, et al.. (2024). Leveraging FDEM simulations of rockfill materials for an improved constitutive model considering hysteretic behavior. Computers and Geotechnics. 174. 106662–106662. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Qiao, et al.. (2024). A coupled phase-field model for sulfate-induced concrete cracking. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 283. 109694–109694. 9 indexed citations

Ma, Gang, et al.. (2024). Graph neural network unveils the spatiotemporal evolution of structural defects in sheared granular materials. International Journal of Plasticity. 184. 104218–104218. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Yan, et al.. (2024). Fault Diagnosis Method for Hydropower Units Based on Dynamic Mode Decomposition and the Hiking Optimization Algorithm–Extreme Learning Machine. Energies. 17(20). 5159–5159. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Shenglai, et al.. (2024). Micromechanism and mathematical model of stress sensitivity in tight reservoirs of binary granular medium. Petroleum Science. 21(3). 1780–1795. 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Wei, et al.. (2024). A network-based investigation on static liquefaction of sheared granular materials. Granular Matter. 26(3). 2 indexed citations

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Ma, Gang, et al.. (2024). Knowledge Extraction via Machine Learning Guides a Topology‐Based Permeability Prediction Model. Water Resources Research. 60(7). 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiao, Wei Zhou, Shengliang Zhai, et al.. (2024). Metal‐Organic Frameworks: Direct Synthesis by Organic Acid‐Etching and Reconstruction Disclosure as Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(11). e202400323–e202400323. 57 indexed citations

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Ma, Gang, et al.. (2023). Spatial clustering of microscopic dynamics governs the slip avalanche of sheared granular materials. International Journal of Plasticity. 163. 103570–103570. 19 indexed citations

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Ma, Gang, et al.. (2023). Modeling shear-induced solid-liquid transition of granular materials using persistent homology. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 176. 105307–105307. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Jiaying, Antoine Wautier, Wei Zhou, François Nicot, & Félix Darve. (2022). Incremental shear strain chain: a mesoscale concept for slip lines in 2D granular materials. Granular Matter. 24(4). 9 indexed citations

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Zhao, Cheng, et al.. (2022). Mesoscopic analysis of heat and moisture coupled transfer in concrete considering phase change under frost action. Journal of Building Engineering. 57. 104888–104888. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Jiaying, Antoine Wautier, François Nicot, Félix Darve, & Wei Zhou. (2022). How meso shear chains bridge multiscale shear behaviors in granular materials: A preliminary study. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 252. 111835–111835. 9 indexed citations

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Ma, Gang, et al.. (2022). Investigation of Flow Characteristics of Landslide Materials Through Pore Space Topology and Complex Network Analysis. Water Resources Research. 58(9). 13 indexed citations

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Wautier, Antoine, et al.. (2021). Microscopic mechanism of particle detachment in granular materials subjected to suffusion in anisotropic stress states. Acta Geotechnica. 16(8). 2575–2591. 36 indexed citations

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Zhou, Wei, Pengjun Wang, Ali Asghar Heidari, et al.. (2021). Metaphor-free dynamic spherical evolution for parameter estimation of photovoltaic modules. Energy Reports. 7. 5175–5202. 48 indexed citations

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