Zhen Liu

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
257 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Zhen Liu is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen Liu has authored 257 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 50 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 39 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhen Liu's work include Landslides and related hazards (33 papers), Rock Mechanics and Modeling (33 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (25 papers). Zhen Liu is often cited by papers focused on Landslides and related hazards (33 papers), Rock Mechanics and Modeling (33 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (25 papers). Zhen Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Zhen Liu's co-authors include Cuiying Zhou, C.S. Cai, Duncan S. Wong, Hui Peng, Lihai Zhang, Fengyin Liu, Zhenfu Cao, Wei Huang, Yongxing Zhang and Anand Ranganathan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Zhen Liu

228 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Collapsibility, composition, and microstructure of loess in China

2015 270 citations Zhen Liu et al. profile →

Peers

Zhen Liu

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ME

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Hai‐Bang Ly Vietnam

Xiaojun Li China

Fei Kang China

P.J. Garcı́a Nieto Spain

Mingchao Li China

Huaizhi Su China

Ahmad Safuan A. Rashid Malaysia

Chuanqi Li China

Jian Liu China

Gang Wang China

Hai‐Bang Ly Vietnam

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2.9k ×2.3

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500 ×1.1

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621 ×1.4

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294 ×0.7

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334 ×0.8

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Citations per year, relative to Zhen Liu Zhen Liu (= 1×) peers Hai‐Bang Ly

Countries citing papers authored by Zhen Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhen Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zhen Liu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Zhen Liu. The network helps show where Zhen Liu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhen Liu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Liu, Zhen, et al.. (2025). Experimental study on critical performances of an innovative floating oscillating water column device. Ocean Engineering. 323. 120531–120531. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhen, et al.. (2025). Impact mechanism of fabric changes in different classes of redbeds under static water on their degradation of physical properties. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 100194–100194.

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Zeng, Qinghe, et al.. (2025). Mapping Relationship Between Field and Laboratory Direct Shear Strength Indicators of Soil and Rock Layers at Shallow Depths in Arid–Hot Valley Regions. Applied Sciences. 15(22). 12241–12241.

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Zhao, Yong, et al.. (2024). Dynamic response characteristics of backfill under blasting disturbance simulated through a three-dimensional model. Construction and Building Materials. 443. 137685–137685. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shihao, Shuo Zhang, Zhen Liu, & Keping Yan. (2024). Mechanochemical remediation of 3,4,3′,4′-tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB77) contaminated soil by ball milling and a novel technology combining ball milling with dielectric barrier discharge. Chemical Engineering Journal. 497. 154398–154398. 2 indexed citations

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Pan, Zhiliang, et al.. (2024). HRRPGraphNet: Make HRRPs to be graphs for efficient target recognition. Electronics Letters. 60(22). 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhen, et al.. (2024). Influence of Ground Motion Non-Gaussianity on Seismic Performance of Buildings. Buildings. 14(8). 2364–2364. 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Cuiying, et al.. (2024). Changes in Soil Moisture Improved by High-Performance Ester Materials under Dry–Wet Cycles. Applied Sciences. 14(17). 7715–7715.

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Liu, Zhen, et al.. (2024). Intelligent analysis method for the global vertical displacement field of foundation pits in dense karst cave areas. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 137. 109178–109178. 1 indexed citations

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Su, Jingang, et al.. (2024). Electrical Tree and Partial Discharge Characteristics of Silicone Rubber Under Mechanical Pressure. Energies. 17(22). 5645–5645. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Junjie, Cuiying Zhou, Zhen Liu, & Liang Zeng. (2023). Real-Time Rendering Closure Method for Continuous Cutting of Multilevel TIN Geological Models. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering. 42(5). 3269–3285. 1 indexed citations

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Yu, Lei, Haoqiang Lai, Cuiying Zhou, Zhen Liu, & Lihai Zhang. (2022). Percolation Threshold of Red-Bed Soft Rock during Damage and Destruction. Applied Sciences. 12(15). 7615–7615. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhen, et al.. (2022). Modeling consolidation of soft clay by developing a fractional differential constitutive model in conjunction with an intelligent displacement inversion method. PLoS ONE. 17(9). e0275034–e0275034.

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Zhou, Cuiying, et al.. (2022). Early Risk Warning of Highway Soft Rock Slope Group Using Fuzzy-Based Machine Learning. Sustainability. 14(6). 3367–3367. 11 indexed citations

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Zhou, Cuiying, et al.. (2022). The synthesis of soft rocks based on physical and mechanical properties of red mudstone. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 151. 105037–105037. 14 indexed citations

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Zhou, Cuiying, et al.. (2021). Analysis of microstructure and spatially dependent permeability of soft soil during consolidation deformation. SOILS AND FOUNDATIONS. 61(3). 708–733. 24 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhen, et al.. (2021). Modeling Riverbank Slope Reinforcement Using Anti-Slide Piles with Geocells. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 9(4). 394–394. 8 indexed citations

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Zhou, Cuiying, et al.. (2020). Coupled Seepage and Stress Model and Experiment Verification for Creep Behavior of Soft Rock. International Journal of Geomechanics. 20(9). 31 indexed citations

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Gao, Haibo, et al.. (2013). Method for analyzing articulated torques of heavy-duty six-legged robot. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 26(4). 801–812. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhen, Anand Ranganathan, & Anton Riabov. (2007). A planning approach for message-oriented semantic web service composition. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 1389–1394. 17 indexed citations

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