Zhen He

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Zhen He is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen He has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 12 papers in Building and Construction and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhen He's work include Concrete and Cement Materials Research (36 papers), Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (23 papers) and Concrete Properties and Behavior (9 papers). Zhen He is often cited by papers focused on Concrete and Cement Materials Research (36 papers), Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (23 papers) and Concrete Properties and Behavior (9 papers). Zhen He collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Hong Kong. Zhen He's co-authors include Yixin Shao, Vahid Rostami, Andrew J. Boyd, Xinhua Cai, Shengwen Tang, Yamin Wang, Shaowei Hu, Lingling Hu, Rongjin Cai and Lei Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Engineering Journal, Cement and Concrete Research and Construction and Building Materials.

In The Last Decade

Zhen He

42 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Microstructure of cement paste subject to early carbonation curing

2011 517 citations Yixin Shao, Zhen He et al. profile →
Collagen fiber-reinforced, tough and adaptive conductive organohydrogel e-skin for multimodal sensing applications

2024 68 citations Zhen He, Jialu Shen et al. Journal of Materials Chemistry B profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhen He China	24	1.5k	497	477	265	136	46	1.8k
Peng Du China	24	1.3k 0.9×	394 0.8×	545 1.1×	242 0.9×	89 0.7×	71	1.6k
Qiang Ren China	26	1.4k 0.9×	714 1.4×	486 1.0×	124 0.5×	77 0.6×	74	1.8k
Zonghui Zhou China	25	1.7k 1.1×	557 1.1×	651 1.4×	287 1.1×	62 0.5×	54	1.9k
Tiefeng Chen China	21	1.8k 1.2×	587 1.2×	666 1.4×	542 2.0×	69 0.5×	50	2.1k
Yanfeng Fang China	18	1.2k 0.8×	418 0.8×	526 1.1×	340 1.3×	74 0.5×	29	1.4k
Gérard Platret France	9	1.9k 1.3×	584 1.2×	769 1.6×	340 1.3×	82 0.6×	18	2.3k
Jiuwen Bao China	27	1.9k 1.3×	913 1.8×	456 1.0×	139 0.5×	143 1.1×	102	2.4k
Patrick Juilland Switzerland	11	2.4k 1.6×	698 1.4×	892 1.9×	235 0.9×	64 0.5×	16	2.6k
Yi Fang China	21	1.0k 0.7×	531 1.1×	375 0.8×	109 0.4×	67 0.5×	51	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhen He

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

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Shao, Pei, et al.. (2025). Selective separation and stepwise enrichment of Li, Ga, and REEs from high-alumina fly ash via oxalic acid leaching. Separation and Purification Technology. 376. 134128–134128. 1 indexed citations

He, Zhen, et al.. (2025). Ultrahigh‐Surface Area Hierarchically Porous Carbon Derived From Sweet Potato Extraction Residue‐Syrup for High Performance Supercapacitor. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 20(12). e202401971–e202401971.

He, Zhen, et al.. (2024). Nano ZnO modified amorphous carbon materials enabling long-cycle performance and high-capacity for lithium/sodium-ion batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 500. 157389–157389. 5 indexed citations

Qi, Mengyao, Zhen He, Fujian Lv, et al.. (2024). Highly active nitrogen-doped biochar for catalytic reduction of 4-nitrophenol: Kinetic, thermodynamic and mechanism investigation. Applied Surface Science. 678. 161113–161113. 3 indexed citations

He, Zhen, et al.. (2024). Collagen fiber-reinforced, tough and adaptive conductive organohydrogel e-skin for multimodal sensing applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 12(28). 6940–6958. 68 indexed citations breakdown →

He, Zhen, Hongyin Zhang, Jian Xue, et al.. (2024). Optimization of Insulation Arrangement Parameters and Technical-Economic Evaluation of Inner Pipe in Deep Borehole Heat Exchanger. 972–976.

Liu, Shaoyan, Zhen He, & Lingling Hu. (2022). Interfacial microstructure between ultrahigh-performance concrete–normal concrete in fresh-on-fresh casting. Construction and Building Materials. 322. 126476–126476. 38 indexed citations

Tang, Shengwen, Desheng Huang, & Zhen He. (2021). A review of autogenous shrinkage models of concrete. Journal of Building Engineering. 44. 103412–103412. 74 indexed citations

Li, Zhen, et al.. (2019). The Performance of Carbonation-Cured Concrete. Materials. 12(22). 3729–3729. 35 indexed citations

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He, Zhen, Rongjin Cai, E. Chen, & Shengwen Tang. (2019). The investigation of early hydration and pore structure for limestone powder wastes blended cement pastes. Construction and Building Materials. 229. 116923–116923. 40 indexed citations

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Yang, Huamei, Zhen He, Yixin Shao, & Lei Li. (2018). Improving Freeze-Thaw Resistance and Strength Gain of Roller Compacted Fly Ash Concretes with Modified Absorbent Polymer. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 30(3). 14 indexed citations

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He, Zhen, Lingling Hu, Yang Li, Jun Hu, & Yixin Shao. (2018). Use of sandstone powder as a mineral additive for concrete. Construction and Building Materials. 186. 276–286. 27 indexed citations

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He, Zhen, et al.. (2018). Dynamic Rheological Behavior of Low Water-to-binder Ratio Mortars under Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear (LAOS). Journal of Wuhan University of Technology-Mater Sci Ed. 33(3). 608–618. 7 indexed citations

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Cai, Rongjin, Zhen He, Shengwen Tang, Tao Wu, & E. Chen. (2018). The early hydration of metakaolin blended cements by non-contact impedance measurement. Cement and Concrete Composites. 92. 70–81. 51 indexed citations

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He, Zhen, Zhen Li, & Yixin Shao. (2017). Effect of Carbonation Mixing on CO2 Uptake and Strength Gain in Concrete. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 29(10). 60 indexed citations

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Cai, Xinhua, et al.. (2016). Macro- and micro- characteristics of cement binders containing high volume fly ash subject to electrochemical accelerated leaching. Construction and Building Materials. 116. 25–35. 36 indexed citations

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Shao, Yixin, et al.. (2014). Carbon Dioxide–Activated Steel Slag for Slag-Bonded Wallboard Application. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 27(3). 20 indexed citations

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He, Zhen, Huamei Yang, & Meiyan Liu. (2014). Hydration mechanism of sulphoaluminate cement. Journal of Wuhan University of Technology-Mater Sci Ed. 29(1). 70–74. 38 indexed citations

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He, Zhen, et al.. (2006). The Application of Interactive Evolutionary Algorithm in Product Design. 6758–6762. 3 indexed citations

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He, Zhen, Xiangming Zhou, & Zongjin Li. (2004). New Experimental Method for Studying Early-Age Cracking of Cement-Based Materials. ACI Materials Journal. 101(1). 24 indexed citations

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