Yifan Zhou

876 total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 669 citations indexed

About

Yifan Zhou is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Yifan Zhou has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 669 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 13 papers in Materials Chemistry and 11 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Yifan Zhou's work include Concrete and Cement Materials Research (10 papers), Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications (8 papers) and Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production (7 papers). Yifan Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Concrete and Cement Materials Research (10 papers), Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications (8 papers) and Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production (7 papers). Yifan Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Yifan Zhou's co-authors include Chi Sun Poon, Jiangshan Li, Guanghua Cai, Christopher Cheeseman, Qiang Xue, Xin Chen, Jian‐Xin Lu, Qi Sun, Zhen Chen and Lei Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Yifan Zhou

23 papers receiving 656 citations

Hit Papers

Hydration and Fractal Analysis on Low-Heat Portland Cemen... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75
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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.

  1. Hydration and Fractal Analysis on Low-Heat Portland Cement Pastes Using Thermodynamics-Based Methods
    2023 84 citations Yifan Zhou, Wenwei Li et al. Fractal and Fractional profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yifan Zhou China 13 361 294 178 99 83 25 669
Huinan Wei China 14 515 1.4× 320 1.1× 162 0.9× 47 0.5× 48 0.6× 16 885
Shiping Zhang China 13 443 1.2× 329 1.1× 112 0.6× 47 0.5× 72 0.9× 41 732
Dezhi Wang China 13 423 1.2× 176 0.6× 165 0.9× 57 0.6× 86 1.0× 35 703
Xiaodong Zhu China 8 310 0.9× 170 0.6× 307 1.7× 49 0.5× 68 0.8× 16 664
Yanming Liu China 15 478 1.3× 224 0.8× 291 1.6× 63 0.6× 79 1.0× 29 838
Parjaree Thavorniti Thailand 16 375 1.0× 230 0.8× 364 2.0× 39 0.4× 143 1.7× 34 799
Zhengyao Qu China 15 464 1.3× 133 0.5× 303 1.7× 58 0.6× 113 1.4× 35 853
Yunhui Niu China 18 724 2.0× 380 1.3× 433 2.4× 35 0.4× 110 1.3× 26 1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yifan Zhou

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhu, Danlei, Yifan Zhou, Jiuyao Du, et al.. (2025). Deep-blue light-emitting diodes based on perovskite single-crystal thin films. Science Advances. 11(50). eadz8060–eadz8060.
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Zhou, Yifan, Congcong Chen, Kezhou Fan, et al.. (2025). Structure–Emission Property Relationship of Bilayer 2D Hybrid Perovskites. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(23). 19902–19910. 2 indexed citations
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Zhumekenov, Ayan A., Yongxin Li, Yifan Zhou, et al.. (2024). Solvent-Templated Methylammonium-Based Ruddlesden–Popper Perovskites with Short Interlayer Distances. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(10). 6706–6720. 8 indexed citations
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Yu, Wenzhi, et al.. (2024). Simulation of low-heat Portland cement permeability and thermal conductivity using thermodynamics. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Transport. 178(6). 404–414. 8 indexed citations
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Cai, Guanghua, Caihong Zhang, Yifan Zhou, Jiangshan Li, & Chi Sun Poon. (2024). Mechanical behavior and microstructure mechanism of artificially stabilized marine sediment under high water content. Construction and Building Materials. 420. 135484–135484. 5 indexed citations
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Wei, Qi, Hui Ren, Jinjie Liu, et al.. (2023). Long-Lived Hot Carriers in Two-Dimensional Perovskites: The Role of Alternating Cations in Interlayer Space. ACS Energy Letters. 8(10). 4315–4322. 10 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yifan, Wenwei Li, Yuxiang Peng, et al.. (2023). Hydration and Fractal Analysis on Low-Heat Portland Cement Pastes Using Thermodynamics-Based Methods. Fractal and Fractional. 7(8). 606–606. 84 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Qi, Qi Wei, Hui Ren, et al.. (2023). Circular polarization-resolved ultraviolet photonic artificial synapse based on chiral perovskite. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7179–7179. 73 indexed citations
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Azad, Sina Kazemzadeh, et al.. (2023). PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN OF STAINLESS‐STEEL COMPOSITE STRUCTURES – BEAMS, COLUMNS AND JOINTS. ce/papers. 6(1). 302–313.
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Gao, Yang, Yifan Zhou, Meng Yang, et al.. (2022). Enhance Fracture Toughness and Fatigue Resistance of Hydrogels by Reversible Alignment of Nanofibers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(43). 49389–49397. 33 indexed citations
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Cai, Guanghua, Yifan Zhou, Chi Sun Poon, & Jiangshan Li. (2022). Engineering performance and microstructure characteristics of natural marine sediment stabilized with quicklime-activated GGBS under different lime proportions. Marine Georesources and Geotechnology. 41(8). 858–872. 13 indexed citations
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Chen, Yuyun, et al.. (2021). The effect of dissolved natural organic matter on adsorption of phenolic compounds on suspended sediments. Environmental Technology. 43(22). 3366–3377. 7 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yifan, Jian‐Xin Lu, Jiangshan Li, Christopher Cheeseman, & Chi Sun Poon. (2021). Effect of NaCl and MgCl2 on the hydration of lime-pozzolan blend by recycling sewage sludge ash. Journal of Cleaner Production. 313. 127759–127759. 13 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yifan, Brian Uy, Jia Wang, & Dongxu Li. (2021). Behaviour and design of welded stainless steel beams with compact sections under flexure and shear. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. 187. 106996–106996. 6 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yifan, Guanghua Cai, Christopher Cheeseman, Jiangshan Li, & Chi Sun Poon. (2021). Sewage sludge ash-incorporated stabilisation/solidification for recycling and remediation of marine sediments. Journal of Environmental Management. 301. 113877–113877. 55 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yifan, Jian Hu, Pingping Zhao, et al.. (2021). Flaw-sensitivity of a tough hydrogel under monotonic and cyclic loads. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 153. 104483–104483. 36 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yifan, Brian Uy, Jia Wang, et al.. (2021). Behaviour and design of stainless steel-concrete composite beams. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. 185. 106863–106863. 18 indexed citations
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Li, Jiangshan, Yifan Zhou, Xin Chen, et al.. (2020). Engineering and microstructure properties of contaminated marine sediments solidified by high content of incinerated sewage sludge ash. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 13(3). 643–652. 26 indexed citations
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Lu, Jian‐Xin, Yifan Zhou, Pingping He, et al.. (2019). Sustainable reuse of waste glass and incinerated sewage sludge ash in insulating building products: Functional and durability assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production. 236. 117635–117635. 60 indexed citations

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