Yiren Sun

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Yiren Sun is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yiren Sun has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 22 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 20 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yiren Sun's work include Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation (77 papers), Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (58 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (20 papers). Yiren Sun is often cited by papers focused on Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation (77 papers), Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (58 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (20 papers). Yiren Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yiren Sun's co-authors include Baoshan Huang, Hongren Gong, Jingyun Chen, Weiying Wang, Jingyun Chen, Xiang Shu, Cong Du, Hongren Gong, Mingyang Gong and Wei Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Construction and Building Materials and Composite Structures.

In The Last Decade

Yiren Sun

86 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Investigation of performance evolution in recycled asphalt mixtures: The impact of virgin and RAP binder blending

2025 22 citations Yiren Sun et al. Construction and Building Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yiren Sun China	26	1.9k	336	330	222	161	89	2.0k
Yongli Zhao China	24	1.8k 1.0×	278 0.8×	283 0.9×	97 0.4×	226 1.4×	113	2.1k
Jiwang Jiang China	26	2.0k 1.1×	281 0.8×	225 0.7×	236 1.1×	179 1.1×	118	2.3k
Emad Kassem United States	26	1.6k 0.9×	331 1.0×	220 0.7×	99 0.4×	102 0.6×	87	1.8k
M. Emin Kutay United States	26	1.9k 1.0×	330 1.0×	247 0.7×	82 0.4×	108 0.7×	99	2.1k
S H Carpenter United States	30	2.7k 1.5×	466 1.4×	249 0.8×	152 0.7×	170 1.1×	98	2.9k
Ala Abbas United States	23	1.6k 0.9×	201 0.6×	289 0.9×	74 0.3×	90 0.6×	82	1.8k
Mostafa A. Elseifi United States	30	3.2k 1.7×	695 2.1×	225 0.7×	191 0.9×	253 1.6×	165	3.4k
Terhi Pellinen Finland	19	1.8k 1.0×	401 1.2×	179 0.5×	76 0.3×	102 0.6×	63	2.0k
Clara Celauro Italy	21	1.0k 0.5×	155 0.5×	112 0.3×	137 0.6×	122 0.8×	53	1.3k
Mulian Zheng China	25	1.6k 0.9×	252 0.8×	412 1.2×	163 0.7×	398 2.5×	110	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yiren Sun

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All Works

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Hu, Mingjun, et al.. (2025). Understanding the low-temperature fracture behavior of rejuvenated high viscosity modified asphalt utilizing a combined microstructure-component analysis. Construction and Building Materials. 471. 140717–140717. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Yiren, et al.. (2024). Insight into the salt damage mechanism to the asphalt-aggregate interface in recycled asphalt mixtures at different salt environments using molecular dynamics and DFT simulations. Construction and Building Materials. 445. 137931–137931. 14 indexed citations

Wei, Xin, Yiren Sun, Mingjun Hu, Feng Jiang, & Jingyun Chen. (2024). Mesomechanical modeling of asphalt concrete considering full aggregate size range and conjunctive shell mechanism of interface transition zones. Powder Technology. 446. 120155–120155. 4 indexed citations

Wei, Xin, Yiren Sun, Hongren Gong, Yuhua Li, & Jingyun Chen. (2024). 3D identification and characterization of force chains in asphalt concrete based on continuum mesomechanics. Computers & Structures. 297. 107329–107329. 8 indexed citations

Gong, Mingyang, Yiren Sun, & Jingyun Chen. (2024). Analysis of coupled thermo-mechanical response and damage behaviour of curved ramp bridge deck pavement using a 3D multiscale method. Road Materials and Pavement Design. 25(11). 2335–2357. 9 indexed citations

Hu, Mingjun, Daquan Sun, Bernhard Hofko, et al.. (2024). Multiscale optimization on polymer-based rejuvenators for the efficient recycling of aged high-viscosity modified asphalt: Molecular dynamics simulation and experimental analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production. 449. 141736–141736. 19 indexed citations

Gong, Mingyang, Yiren Sun, & Jingyun Chen. (2024). Critical response analysis of asphalt pavement on concrete curved ramp bridge deck considering tire-bridge interaction. International Journal of Pavement Engineering. 25(1).

Wei, Xin, Yiren Sun, Hongren Gong, & Jingyun Chen. (2024). Determining appropriate level of detail of 3D aggregate model for accurate and efficient mesoscopic simulation of asphalt concrete. Road Materials and Pavement Design. 25(12). 2729–2746. 2 indexed citations

Gong, Hongren, et al.. (2024). Automated high-resolution asphalt pavement crack segmentation using deep convolutional neural networks with repeated hierarchical feature fusion. International Journal of Pavement Engineering. 25(1). 2 indexed citations

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Hu, Mingjun, et al.. (2023). A novel aging acceleration rate equation for accelerated weather aging test of high viscosity modified asphalt: Theoretical derivation and experimental correction. Construction and Building Materials. 407. 133525–133525. 7 indexed citations

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Xu, Hui, Yiren Sun, Jingyun Chen, et al.. (2023). Investigation into Rheological Behavior of Warm-Mix Recycled Asphalt Binders with High Percentages of RAP Binder. Materials. 16(4). 1599–1599. 12 indexed citations

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Ren, Minda, et al.. (2023). Fatigue damage investigation on asphalt concrete under cyclic freeze–thaw using a combined energy and viscoelasticity method. Construction and Building Materials. 388. 131707–131707. 3 indexed citations

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Wei, Xin, Yiren Sun, Hongren Gong, & Jingyun Chen. (2023). Fast 3D Voronoi and Voxel–Based Mesostructure Modeling Method for Asphalt Concrete. Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 149(9). 9 indexed citations

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Pan, Baofeng, et al.. (2023). A novel insight into the interface fracture between magnesium phosphate cement mortar and cement concrete. International Journal of Pavement Engineering. 24(1). 6 indexed citations

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Sun, Yiren, Bin Lv, Hongren Gong, et al.. (2023). Approach for accurately characterizing nonlinear viscoelastic and nonrecoverable properties of asphalt binders based on MSCR test. Construction and Building Materials. 403. 133098–133098. 14 indexed citations

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Sun, Yiren, Zhuang Zhang, Hongren Gong, et al.. (2022). 3D Multiscale Modeling of Asphalt Pavement Responses under Coupled Temperature–Stress Fields. Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 148(3). 27 indexed citations

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Gong, Hongren, et al.. (2022). Investigating long-term performance of flexible pavement using Bayesian multilevel models. Road Materials and Pavement Design. 24(8). 1995–2009. 6 indexed citations

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Yan, Shiao, Changjun Zhou, & Yiren Sun. (2022). Evaluation of Rejuvenated Aged-Asphalt Binder by Waste-Cooking Oil with Secondary Aging Considered. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 34(8). 28 indexed citations

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Song, Weimin, Hongren Gong, Cong Lin, et al.. (2021). Field performance evaluation of open-graded asphalt friction courses: A survival data analysis. Construction and Building Materials. 306. 124745–124745. 9 indexed citations

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Gong, Mingyang, Yiren Sun, & Jingyun Chen. (2021). Mechanical response analysis of asphalt pavement on curved concrete bridge deck using a mesostructure-based multi-scale method. Construction and Building Materials. 285. 122858–122858. 19 indexed citations

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