Yongping Chen

10.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
306 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Yongping Chen is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yongping Chen has authored 306 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 92 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 71 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Yongping Chen's work include Heat Transfer and Optimization (64 papers), Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (46 papers) and Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (45 papers). Yongping Chen is often cited by papers focused on Heat Transfer and Optimization (64 papers), Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (46 papers) and Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (45 papers). Yongping Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yongping Chen's co-authors include Chengbin Zhang, Mingheng Shi, Xiangdong Liu, Ping Cheng, Zilong Deng, Wei Gao, Yuanjin Zhao, Liangyu Wu, G. P. Peterson and Yongping Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Applied Physics Letters and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Yongping Chen

284 papers receiving 8.1k 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.

Heat transfer and pressure drop in fractal tree-like microchannel nets

2002 368 citations Yongping Chen et al. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer profile →
Improving the energy discharging performance of a latent heat storage (LHS) unit using fractal-tree-shaped fins

2019 315 citations Chengbin Zhang, Yongping Chen et al. Applied Energy profile →
Tesla valves and capillary structures-activated thermal regulator

2023 105 citations Wenming Li, Yongping Chen et al. profile →
Emerging Materials and Strategies for Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling

2023 97 citations Wei Gao, Yongping Chen profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yongping Chen China	51	4.2k	2.5k	1.8k	1.4k	1.3k	306	8.4k
Yuanyuan Duan China	55	3.8k 0.9×	2.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	1.9k 1.4×	2.0k 1.6×	410	9.7k
Hans Müller‐Steinhagen Germany	52	4.0k 1.0×	1.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	819 0.7×	268	8.5k
G.H. Tang China	46	1.9k 0.4×	1.7k 0.7×	2.9k 1.6×	534 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	251	6.9k
Fei Duan Singapore	44	3.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	2.3k 1.2×	776 0.6×	1.6k 1.3×	287	6.6k
He‐Ping Tan China	46	1.6k 0.4×	1.9k 0.8×	3.2k 1.7×	1.7k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	322	7.9k
Sylvie Lorente France	45	5.3k 1.3×	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	992 0.7×	536 0.4×	249	8.4k
Li Wang China	47	4.1k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	824 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	610	8.7k
Xiaoze Du China	56	7.7k 1.9×	2.5k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	4.4k 3.2×	2.5k 2.0×	621	14.2k
Junjie Yan China	52	4.9k 1.2×	2.2k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	2.0k 1.6×	480	10.4k
G.F. Naterer Canada	53	4.1k 1.0×	2.9k 1.1×	1.1k 0.6×	2.2k 1.6×	2.7k 2.1×	398	10.5k

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Chen, Jun, Xiangdong Liu, Yongping Chen, & Qiang Chen. (2025). Analysis of coupling relationship between Marangoni and Rayleigh-Bénard effects in Rayleigh-Bénard-Marangoni convection during mass transfer between two planar liquid layers. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 168. 109427–109427.

Chen, Li, et al.. (2025). Emerging colored and transparent radiative cooling: Fundamentals, progress, and challenges. Materials Today. 83. 355–381. 13 indexed citations

Chen, Yongping, et al.. (2025). Coupling of non-hydrostatic model with unresolved point-particle model for simulating particle-laden free surface flows. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 142. 115962–115962.

Zhang, Chengbin, et al.. (2024). Thermodynamic analysis of liquid air energy storage system integrating LNG cold energy. Energy. 299. 131485–131485. 14 indexed citations

Liu, Xiangdong, et al.. (2024). Asymmetric droplet splitting in a T-junction under a pressure difference. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 180. 104967–104967. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Chengbin, et al.. (2024). Dynamic thermal response behaviors of pumped two-phase loop with latent heat storage. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 225. 125382–125382. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Chengbin, et al.. (2024). Dynamic operation characteristics of ocean thermal energy conversion using Kalina cycle. Renewable Energy. 231. 120909–120909. 4 indexed citations

Deng, Zilong, Suchen Wu, & Yongping Chen. (2024). Theoretical study on sequential splitting of droplets flowing through fractal tree-shaped microchannel networks. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 180. 104953–104953. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Suchen, et al.. (2024). Dynamic response characteristics of microchannel evaporator in a mechanically pumped two-phase loop under hypergravity environment. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 233. 125999–125999.

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Li, Deming, et al.. (2024). Insulation optimization of liquid hydrogen storage tank using dynamic analysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 110. 588–597. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Lei, et al.. (2023). Electric-field-controlled deformation and spheroidization of compound droplet in an extensional flow. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 168. 104559–104559. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Jiadian, et al.. (2023). Thermodynamic process control of ocean thermal energy conversion. Renewable Energy. 210. 810–821. 11 indexed citations

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Huo, Erguang, Dong Xu, Shukun Wang, & Yongping Chen. (2023). Thermal decomposition mechanism and thermal stability prediction of n-pentane/n-butane mixture. Energy. 284. 128585–128585. 6 indexed citations

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Han, Qun, et al.. (2023). Enhance flow boiling in Tesla-type microchannels by inhibiting two-phase backflow. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 214. 124471–124471. 14 indexed citations

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Huang, Yongping, Zilong Deng, Yongping Chen, & Chengbin Zhang. (2023). Performance investigation of a biomimetic latent heat thermal energy storage device for waste heat recovery in data centers. Applied Energy. 335. 120745–120745. 119 indexed citations

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Deng, Zilong, et al.. (2023). Experimental study of the absorption refrigeration using ocean thermal energy and its under-lying prospects. Renewable Energy. 213. 47–62. 13 indexed citations

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Zhan, Ziheng, Zhaolong Wang, Mingzhu Xie, Yongping Chen, & Huigao Duan. (2023). Programmable Droplet Bouncing on Bionic Functional Surfaces for Continuous Electricity Generation. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(1). 16 indexed citations

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Fan, Chengcheng, et al.. (2023). Experimental study of a miniature organic Rankine cycle unit using ocean thermal energy. Energy Conversion and Management. 293. 117494–117494. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Jiangxia, Shunqi Pan, Yongping Chen, & Yi Pan. (2017). Assessment of tropical cyclones in Ecmwf Reanalysis Data over Northwest Pacific Ocean. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiangdong, et al.. (2012). Numerical study on flow patterns and void fraction distribution in gas-liquid two-phase flow in horizontal pipe under different gravities. Chinese Journal of Space Science. 32(3). 383–383. 1 indexed citations

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