Yan Chen

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
299 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Yan Chen is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Chen has authored 299 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 121 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 82 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yan Chen's work include Advanced Materials and Mechanics (97 papers), Structural Analysis and Optimization (95 papers) and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (46 papers). Yan Chen is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Materials and Mechanics (97 papers), Structural Analysis and Optimization (95 papers) and Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (46 papers). Yan Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Singapore. Yan Chen's co-authors include Zhong You, Jiayao Ma, Rui Peng, Guoxing Lu, Huijuan Feng, Jie Song, Sicong Liu, Tibor Tarnai, Joseph M. Gattas and Chaoyang Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Yan Chen

272 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Origami of thick panels

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Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Yan Chen	4.0k	2.8k	1.4k	1.3k	397	299	5.9k
Jian Feng	3.0k 0.7×	3.4k 1.2×	901 0.6×	789 0.6×	113 0.3×	273	5.0k
Yao Chen	2.8k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	546 0.4×	364 0.9×	219	6.2k
Guilin Wen	2.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	725 0.5×	625 0.5×	265 0.7×	152	4.5k
Gang Wang	1.3k 0.3×	1.0k 0.4×	1.9k 1.4×	778 0.6×	687 1.7×	294	4.6k
Jie Liu	1.2k 0.3×	1.6k 0.6×	746 0.5×	474 0.4×	386 1.0×	213	3.9k
Kamran Behdinan	1.5k 0.4×	1.6k 0.6×	709 0.5×	979 0.8×	257 0.6×	257	4.9k
Kexiang Wei	2.5k 0.6×	1.0k 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	757 0.6×	2.3k 5.7×	198	5.9k
Yang Yu	982 0.2×	2.3k 0.8×	452 0.3×	494 0.4×	593 1.5×	305	4.9k
Zhibo Yang	1.5k 0.4×	1.9k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	981 0.8×	1.9k 4.8×	275	5.8k
Nam Ho Kim	1.5k 0.4×	1.3k 0.5×	430 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	695 1.8×	272	5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Chen

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

All Works

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Wang, Shuai, et al.. (2025). Experimental study on startup-shutdown process of a planar expansion deflection nozzle. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics. 38(7). 103471–103471.

Xu, Kun, et al.. (2025). Tracked but not trapped: Negotiating body tracking technologies for embodiment and privacy protection in VR. Computers in Human Behavior. 170. 108706–108706. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yan, Xiao Hu, Zhonghai Jin, et al.. (2025). Optimized GNSS tropospheric delay model for high-precision dam deformation monitoring in large height difference environments. Array. 28. 100600–100600.

Chen, Yan, et al.. (2024). Study on the performances of epoxy asphalt binders influenced by the dosage of epoxy resin and its application to steel bridge deck pavement. Construction and Building Materials. 432. 136683–136683. 16 indexed citations

Liu, Weiqi, et al.. (2024). Mountain-valley crease reconfiguration of 4-crease origami vertices and tessellations. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 273. 109224–109224. 14 indexed citations

Da, Bo, et al.. (2024). Experimental and numerical investigations on the mechanical properties of coral aggregate seawater concrete. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 310. 110498–110498. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiao, et al.. (2024). The rigid and flat-foldable kirigami cubes. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 282. 109605–109605. 5 indexed citations

Ma, Jiayao, et al.. (2024). An origami metamaterial with distinct mechanical properties in three orthotropic directions. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 283. 109713–109713. 18 indexed citations

Xu, Xin, Xue Bai, Yunpeng Zhang, et al.. (2024). Sulfur-resistant catalytic NO oxidation over surface-disproportionated CaMnO3 perovskites. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 364. 124851–124851. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Ge, et al.. (2024). Numerical investigation of annular expansion-deflection nozzle flow under varying backpressure changing rate. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics. 38(5). 103201–103201. 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Chengyu, et al.. (2024). Data-driven two-dimensional integrated control for nonlinear batch processes. Journal of Process Control. 135. 103160–103160. 1 indexed citations

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Tang, Xuexi, et al.. (2024). A lightweight model combining convolutional neural network and Transformer for driver distraction recognition. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 132. 107910–107910. 19 indexed citations

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Chen, Yan, et al.. (2023). Control Performance Verification – The Hidden Opportunity of Ensuring High Performance of Building Control System. Building Simulation Conference proceedings. 18.

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Li, Ming, et al.. (2023). Deployable structure based on double-layer Miura-ori pattern. Mechanics Research Communications. 131. 104152–104152. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Ming, et al.. (2023). Thick-panel origami-based parabolic cylindrical antenna. Mechanism and Machine Theory. 182. 105233–105233. 27 indexed citations

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Gao, Zhibin, Lei Hu, Zhen Zhang, et al.. (2023). Kirigami-Inspired Thermal Regulator. Physical Review Applied. 19(1). 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiao, et al.. (2023). Hamiltonian-path based constraint reduction for deployable polyhedral mechanisms. Mechanism and Machine Theory. 193. 105563–105563. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiao, et al.. (2023). Sarrus-inspired deployable polyhedral mechanisms. Mechanism and Machine Theory. 193. 105564–105564. 12 indexed citations

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Ma, Jiayao, et al.. (2020). Folding of Tubular Waterbomb. Research. 2020. 1735081–1735081. 45 indexed citations

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Feng, Huijuan, et al.. (2020). Helical structures with switchable and hierarchical chirality. Applied Physics Letters. 116(19). 12 indexed citations

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