Yan Qiu

2.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Yan Qiu is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Qiu has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 7 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 4 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Yan Qiu's work include Heat Transfer and Optimization (9 papers), Phase Change Materials Research (6 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (5 papers). Yan Qiu is often cited by papers focused on Heat Transfer and Optimization (9 papers), Phase Change Materials Research (6 papers) and Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (5 papers). Yan Qiu collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Germany. Yan Qiu's co-authors include Amama Shaukat, Grzegorz Trojanowski, Rajesh Tharyan, Mohammed Benlemlih, Yasir Arafat, Yongtao Li, Yujie Zhao, Yali Chen, Yao Yu and Jie Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yan Qiu

24 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Environmental and social disclosures: Link with corporate financial performance

2014 647 citations Yan Qiu, Amama Shaukat et al. The British Accounting Review profile →
Board Attributes, Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy, and Corporate Environmental and Social Performance

2015 556 citations Amama Shaukat, Yan Qiu et al. Journal of Business Ethics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan Qiu China	12	1.2k	738	633	259	133	27	1.8k
Muhammad Zahid Pakistan	23	828 0.7×	498 0.7×	422 0.7×	317 1.2×	150 1.1×	71	1.6k
Asif Saeed Pakistan	15	606 0.5×	316 0.4×	478 0.8×	660 2.5×	48 0.4×	51	1.5k
Huixiang Zeng China	25	1.1k 0.9×	824 1.1×	206 0.3×	776 3.0×	17 0.1×	59	2.0k
Amin Jan Malaysia	17	335 0.3×	225 0.3×	396 0.6×	213 0.8×	87 0.7×	46	967
Marwa Elnahass United Kingdom	21	486 0.4×	245 0.3×	881 1.4×	712 2.7×	71 0.5×	43	1.7k
Ştefan Cristian Gherghina Romania	22	422 0.4×	137 0.2×	498 0.8×	840 3.2×	86 0.6×	88	1.7k
Rui Xue China	22	415 0.4×	276 0.4×	261 0.4×	965 3.7×	11 0.1×	70	1.7k
Farid Ullah China	19	386 0.3×	178 0.2×	330 0.5×	498 1.9×	25 0.2×	59	1.3k
Simone Domenico Scagnelli Italy	14	359 0.3×	218 0.3×	134 0.2×	191 0.7×	29 0.2×	43	1.0k
Wojciech Przychodzeń Spain	14	726 0.6×	608 0.8×	155 0.2×	506 2.0×	20 0.2×	27	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Qiu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Qiu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Qiu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Zhili, Yan Qiu, Wei Song, & Xueyan Liu. (2025). Responses of atmospheric inorganic nitrogen deposition to emissions in a polluted region of southern China. Atmospheric Research. 319. 108026–108026.

Zhao, Hongxia, et al.. (2023). Numerical analysis of topology-optimized cold plates for thermal management of battery packs. Applied Thermal Engineering. 238. 121983–121983. 30 indexed citations

Qiu, Yan, et al.. (2023). Role of nano-copper in discharging performance of latent heat storage unit. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 144. 106748–106748. 9 indexed citations

Qiu, Yan, et al.. (2023). Comparison of Thermal Performance between Annular Fins and Longitudinal Fins in Latent Heat Storage Unit. Journal of Thermal Science. 32(3). 1227–1238. 7 indexed citations

Tian, Ping, Dantong Liu, Mengyu Huang, et al.. (2022). Evidence for Anthropogenic Organic Aerosols Contributing to Ice Nucleation. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(17). 10 indexed citations

Qiu, Yan, et al.. (2022). Research on the energy discharging performance of Y-shaped fin. Journal of Energy Storage. 50. 104704–104704. 21 indexed citations

Ma, Jie, Yan Qiu, Xiaoxue Ouyang, et al.. (2022). Effect of Agricultural Organic Inputs on Nanoplastics Transport in Saturated Goethite-Coated Porous Media: Particle Size Selectivity and Role of Dissolved Organic Matter. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(6). 3524–3534. 110 indexed citations

Qiu, Yan, et al.. (2022). Numerical study on the effect of umbrella‐shaped fins in charging performance of a latent heat storage unit. International Journal of Energy Research. 46(15). 22991–23003. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Jie, Zhijun Wu, Xi Zhao, et al.. (2021). Atmospheric Humic‐Like Substances (HULIS) Act as Ice Active Entities. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(14). 18 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yan, et al.. (2021). Analysis of phase change materials for regulating the thermal environment of greenhouses in different climatic conditions in Highland areas. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 257. 3079–3079. 4 indexed citations

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Yang, Yanqing, et al.. (2021). Analysis of Fouling Characteristics of Diatomite Ceramic Membrane Using Filtration Models. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 233. 1049–1049. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Qi, Rui Wang, Qian He, et al.. (2020). First-Principle Insight Into the Effects of Oxygen Vacancies on the Electronic, Photocatalytic, and Optical Properties of Monoclinic BiVO4(001). Frontiers in Chemistry. 8. 601983–601983. 22 indexed citations

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Qiu, Yan, et al.. (2020). Diverging/converging small channel for condensation heat transfer enhancement under different gravity conditions. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 116. 104714–104714. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Guanmin, et al.. (2019). A new method for heat transfer and fluid flow performance simulation of plate heat exchangers. Numerical Heat Transfer Part B Fundamentals. 75(2). 93–110. 3 indexed citations

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Benlemlih, Mohammed, Amama Shaukat, Yan Qiu, & Grzegorz Trojanowski. (2018). Environmental and Social Disclosures and Firm Risk. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations

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Benlemlih, Mohammed, Amama Shaukat, Yan Qiu, & Grzegorz Trojanowski. (2016). Environmental and Social Disclosures and Firm Risk. Journal of Business Ethics. 152(3). 613–626. 255 indexed citations

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Shaukat, Amama, Yan Qiu, & Grzegorz Trojanowski. (2015). Board Attributes, Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy, and Corporate Environmental and Social Performance. Journal of Business Ethics. 135(3). 569–585. 556 indexed citations breakdown →

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Qiu, Yan, Amama Shaukat, & Rajesh Tharyan. (2014). Environmental and social disclosures: Link with corporate financial performance. The British Accounting Review. 48(1). 102–116. 647 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zheng, Limei, Yun‐Qian Zhang, Yan Qiu, et al.. (2008). Structure of Supramolecular Assemblies Formed by α,δ-Tetramethylcucurbit[6]uril and 4-Nitrophenol. Molecules. 13(11). 2814–2822. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jianguo, et al.. (2007). Characteristics of geological hazards in South China coastal areas and impact on regional sustainable development. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 14(4). 421–427. 5 indexed citations

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