Yimin Chen

558 total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 345 citations indexed

About

Yimin Chen is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Control and Systems Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Yimin Chen has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 345 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Building and Construction, 14 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 6 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Yimin Chen's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (20 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (9 papers) and Energy Efficiency and Management (6 papers). Yimin Chen is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (20 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (9 papers) and Energy Efficiency and Management (6 papers). Yimin Chen collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Yimin Chen's co-authors include Guanjing Lin, Jin Wen, Jessica Granderson, Marco Pritoni, Ojas Pradhan, Zhelun Chen, Xing Lu, Zheng O’Neill, Teresa Wu and Wei Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Energy, Energy and Buildings and Building and Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yimin Chen

26 papers receiving 338 citations

Hit Papers

A review of data-driven fault detection and diagnostics f... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 40 80 120
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.

  1. A review of data-driven fault detection and diagnostics for building HVAC systems
    2023 149 citations Zhelun Chen, Zheng O’Neill et al. Applied Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yimin Chen United States 9 157 140 85 62 44 30 345
Zhelun Chen United States 9 163 1.0× 87 0.6× 96 1.1× 52 0.8× 42 1.0× 19 329
Roberto Chiosa Italy 5 123 0.8× 79 0.6× 77 0.9× 56 0.9× 25 0.6× 7 262
Rui Yan China 7 250 1.6× 102 0.7× 140 1.6× 62 1.0× 46 1.0× 10 433
Ojas Pradhan United States 7 106 0.7× 101 0.7× 51 0.6× 53 0.9× 25 0.6× 12 251
Timothy Mulumba United Arab Emirates 6 151 1.0× 127 0.9× 49 0.6× 58 0.9× 36 0.8× 9 326
Zhenxin Zhou China 10 210 1.3× 126 0.9× 131 1.5× 67 1.1× 98 2.2× 11 386
Denchai Woradechjumroen Thailand 6 248 1.6× 99 0.7× 63 0.7× 34 0.5× 86 2.0× 14 376
Francesco Simmini Italy 9 153 1.0× 165 1.2× 78 0.9× 68 1.1× 89 2.0× 13 334
Jeffrey Schein United States 7 237 1.5× 178 1.3× 46 0.5× 50 0.8× 42 1.0× 7 391
Soomin Woo South Korea 8 130 0.8× 104 0.7× 94 1.1× 27 0.4× 22 0.5× 30 345

Countries citing papers authored by Yimin Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yimin Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yimin Chen

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Yimin, et al.. (2025). Integration of a thermoelectric subcooler with an air‑source heat pump to enhance heating capacity and dehumidification. Applied Thermal Engineering. 286. 129329–129329.
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Lin, Guanjing, et al.. (2025). Active multi-mode data analysis to improve fault diagnosis in AHUs. Energy and Buildings. 337. 115621–115621. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Yimin, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of HVAC & refrigeration system fault behaviors and impacts: A systematic review. Journal of Building Engineering. 112. 113609–113609. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Yimin, et al.. (2024). A novel evaluation method of measurement sensitivities on common faults in VAV HVAC systems. Building and Environment. 261. 111683–111683. 3 indexed citations
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Wan, Shanshan, et al.. (2023). A novel data-driven relationship inference approach for automatic data tagging in building heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Building and Environment. 246. 110968–110968. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhelun, Zheng O’Neill, Jin Wen, et al.. (2023). A review of data-driven fault detection and diagnostics for building HVAC systems. Applied Energy. 339. 121030–121030. 149 indexed citations breakdown →
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Granderson, Jessica, Guanjing Lin, Yimin Chen, et al.. (2023). A labeled dataset for building HVAC systems operating in faulted and fault-free states. Scientific Data. 10(1). 342–342. 14 indexed citations
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Chen, Yimin, et al.. (2023). Empirical analysis of the prevalence of HVAC faults in commercial buildings. Science and Technology for the Built Environment. 29(10). 1027–1038. 10 indexed citations
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Pritoni, Marco, et al.. (2022). From fault-detection to automated fault correction: A field study. Building and Environment. 214. 108900–108900. 17 indexed citations
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Chen, Yimin, Jin Wen, Ojas Pradhan, L. James Lo, & Teresa Wu. (2022). Using discrete Bayesian networks for diagnosing and isolating cross-level faults in HVAC systems. Applied Energy. 327. 120050–120050. 31 indexed citations
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Chen, Yimin, et al.. (2022). Integration of FDD data to aid HVAC system maintenance. 492–495. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Yimin, et al.. (2020). https://escholarship.org/uc/item/351568bv. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Yimin, et al.. (2019). Coordination of Behind-the-Meter Energy Storage and Building Loads. 492–499. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Yimin, et al.. (2013). Integrated analog dimming controller for 0–10V dimming system. 147–149. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Yimin, et al.. (2011). A Tube Length Measurement Device Based on Acoustic Method. 6. 256–259. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Yimin. (2007). GA application strategy of multi-objective optimization. Journal of Lanzhou University of Technology. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Yimin, et al.. (2002). Safety Assessment of Hydroforming Equipment on Semi-quantitative Risk-based Analysis.

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