Yong Cheng

1.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
51 papers, 850 citations indexed

About

Yong Cheng is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Cheng has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 850 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Ocean Engineering, 21 papers in Computational Mechanics and 21 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Yong Cheng's work include Wave and Wind Energy Systems (28 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (21 papers) and Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (11 papers). Yong Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Wave and Wind Energy Systems (28 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (21 papers) and Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (11 papers). Yong Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Yong Cheng's co-authors include Zhiming Yuan, Saishuai Dai, Atilla İncecik, Chunyan Ji, Maurizio Collu, Lei Fu, Oleg Gaidai, Lin Cui, Renchuan Ye and Xiaosen Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Applied Energy and Energy Conversion and Management.

In The Last Decade

Yong Cheng

47 papers receiving 812 citations

Hit Papers

Experimental and numerical investigation of WEC-type floa... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 2022 2024 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. Experimental and numerical investigation of WEC-type floating breakwaters: A single-pontoon oscillating buoy and a dual-pontoon oscillating water column
    2022 123 citations Yong Cheng, Lei Fu et al. profile →
  2. Experimental and numerical analysis of a hybrid WEC-breakwater system combining an oscillating water column and an oscillating buoy
    2022 119 citations Yong Cheng, Lei Fu et al. profile →
  3. Hydrodynamic investigation on a single-point moored offshore cage-wave energy converter hybrid system
    2024 39 citations Yong Cheng, Jian Zhang et al. Ocean Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yong Cheng China 15 619 395 305 132 94 51 850
Chongwei Zhang China 18 749 1.2× 687 1.7× 500 1.6× 123 0.9× 81 0.9× 61 1000
Zhi Quan Leong Australia 14 942 1.5× 635 1.6× 501 1.6× 173 1.3× 55 0.6× 62 1.1k
Claudio A. Rodríguez Brazil 15 559 0.9× 346 0.9× 123 0.4× 150 1.1× 42 0.4× 55 688
Byoung Wan Kim South Korea 12 289 0.5× 251 0.6× 75 0.2× 283 2.1× 77 0.8× 37 640
Ryan G. Coe United States 21 786 1.3× 332 0.8× 209 0.7× 233 1.8× 87 0.9× 87 985
Xiaoxian Guo China 16 391 0.6× 233 0.6× 56 0.2× 183 1.4× 55 0.6× 52 617
Yoon Hyeok Bae South Korea 14 550 0.9× 362 0.9× 133 0.4× 312 2.4× 85 0.9× 60 656
Wenyue Lu China 16 383 0.6× 306 0.8× 57 0.2× 269 2.0× 72 0.8× 51 736

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yong Cheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yong Cheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yong Cheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yong Cheng 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 Yong Cheng. Yong Cheng 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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Cheng, Yong, et al.. (2025). Hydroelastic performance of a flexible pontoon-type floating breakwater embedded with multiple oscillating-water-column devices. Renewable Energy. 259. 125065–125065. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiao, et al.. (2025). A time-domain BEM for instantaneous interaction by two ships head-on encountering in incident waves. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements. 172. 106128–106128. 1 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yong, et al.. (2025). Broadband wave conversion by a “Pan Flute”-type multi-oscillating-water-column (M−OWC) breakwater system. Energy Conversion and Management. 333. 119820–119820. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Weifeng, Yong Cheng, Saishuai Dai, Zhiming Yuan, & Atilla İncecik. (2025). Wave energy harvesting performance of a novel dual-mode oscillating Buoy- parabolic oscillating water column (DOB-POWC) hybrid system. Renewable Energy. 248. 123157–123157. 3 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yong, Weifeng Liu, Saishuai Dai, Zhiming Yuan, & Atilla İncecik. (2024). Wave energy conversion by multi-mode exciting wave energy converters arrayed around a floating platform. Energy. 313. 133621–133621. 12 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yong, et al.. (2024). Hydrodynamic investigation on a single-point moored offshore cage-wave energy converter hybrid system. Ocean Engineering. 299. 116848–116848. 39 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yuan, Zhiming, et al.. (2023). Interference effects on the upstream wave generated by the catamaran moving across a depth change. Ocean Engineering. 287. 115939–115939. 3 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yong, et al.. (2023). Broadband wave energy extraction by a dual-PTO hybrid system of a comb-type breakwater and an oscillating flap. Energy Conversion and Management. 297. 117670–117670. 8 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yong, Saishuai Dai, Chunyan Ji, et al.. (2021). Wave energy extraction and hydroelastic response reduction of modular floating breakwaters as array wave energy converters integrated into a very large floating structure. Applied Energy. 306. 117953–117953. 52 indexed citations
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Gaidai, Oleg, Xiaosen Xu, Prasanta K. Sahoo, Renchuan Ye, & Yong Cheng. (2021). Extreme hawser tension assessment for FPSO vessel during offloading operation in Bohai bay. Marine Structures. 76. 102917–102917. 5 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaosen, et al.. (2021). Wind Farm Support Vessel Extreme Roll Assessment While Docking in the Bohai Sea. China Ocean Engineering. 35(2). 308–316. 13 indexed citations
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Bai, Xu, Chuanyu Han, & Yong Cheng. (2020). Parametric Analysis of an Energy-Harvesting Device for a Riser Based on Vortex-Induced Vibrations. Energies. 13(2). 414–414. 6 indexed citations
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Gaidai, Oleg, Xiaosen Xu, Arvid Næss, et al.. (2020). Bivariate statistics of wind farm support vessel motions while docking. Ships and Offshore Structures. 16(2). 135–143. 26 indexed citations
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Fan, Tianhui, Nianxin Ren, Yong Cheng, Chaohe Chen, & Jinping Ou. (2017). Applicability analysis of truncated mooring system based on static and damping equivalence. Ocean Engineering. 147. 458–475. 16 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yong. (2006). A Self-Organization Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Networks. Acta Automatica Sinica. 3 indexed citations

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