Zhen Sun

1.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
73 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Zhen Sun is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen Sun has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 19 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 16 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhen Sun's work include Concrete Corrosion and Durability (16 papers), Wind Energy Research and Development (13 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (12 papers). Zhen Sun is often cited by papers focused on Concrete Corrosion and Durability (16 papers), Wind Energy Research and Development (13 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (12 papers). Zhen Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Denmark and Ethiopia. Zhen Sun's co-authors include Yalin Li, Li Su, Weidong He, Ditao Niu, Shijie Xie, Yaqi Li, Yuxi Yang, Lishan Cui, Ying Yang and Shijie Hao and has published in prestigious journals such as Acta Materialia, Food Chemistry and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Zhen Sun

67 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Splitting tensile strength of basalt fiber reinforced cor... 2024 2026 2025 2024 2025 2025 25 50 75 100
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. Splitting tensile strength of basalt fiber reinforced coral aggregate concrete: Optimized XGBoost models and experimental validation
    2024 108 citations Zhen Sun, Yalin Li et al. Construction and Building Materials profile →
  2. Electrical resistivity prediction model for basalt fibre reinforced concrete: hybrid machine learning model and experimental validation
    2025 28 citations Zhen Sun, Ditao Niu et al. profile →
  3. Pipeline deformation monitoring based on long-gauge FBG sensing system: missing data recovery and deformation calculation
    2025 24 citations Zhen Sun, Huang Huang et al. profile →

Peers

Zhen Sun
Rujin Ma China
Yuguo Yu Australia
Qinghua Li China
Sen Han China
Hao Jin China
Qinghua Han China
Glauco Feltrin Switzerland
Yu Wan China
Rujin Ma China
Zhen Sun
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Countries citing papers authored by Zhen Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhen Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhen Sun

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

All Works

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Li, Yalin, Zhen Sun, Yaqi Li, et al.. (2025). A vision transformer-based method for predicting seismic damage states of RC piers: Database development and efficient assessment. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 263. 111287–111287. 16 indexed citations
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Li, Yalin, Zhen Sun, Sujith Mangalathu, et al.. (2025). Seismic damage states prediction of in-service bridges using feature-enhanced swin transformer without reliance on damage indicators. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 159. 111651–111651. 17 indexed citations
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Wu, Jiaying, Zhen Sun, Weijun Zhu, et al.. (2025). A New Modified Blade Element Momentum Method for Calculating the Aerodynamic Performance of a Wind Turbine in Yaw. Energies. 18(5). 1063–1063. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhen, Tingting Meng, Ren Wang, et al.. (2024). Preparation of whole-wheat instant powder from dehulled wheat by ethanolic extrusion. Journal of Cereal Science. 121. 104064–104064. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhen, et al.. (2024). One-pot preparation of V-type porous starch by thermal-stable amylase hydrolysis of normal maize starch in hot aqueous ethanol solution. Carbohydrate Polymers. 347. 122706–122706. 3 indexed citations
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Su, Li, et al.. (2024). Corrosion characteristics of basalt-polypropylene hybrid fiber concrete under the compound salt and drying-wetting cycles. Construction and Building Materials. 419. 135529–135529. 14 indexed citations
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Zhu, Weijun, et al.. (2024). Design and analysis of a novel oscillating flow generator connected to an offshore wind turbine tower. Ocean Engineering. 295. 116761–116761. 5 indexed citations
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Zhu, Weijun, et al.. (2024). An aero-structure-acoustics evaluation framework of wind turbine blade cross-section based on Gradient Boosting regression tree. Composite Structures. 337. 118055–118055. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Tao, Dan Xu, Zhen Sun, et al.. (2024). Influence of calcination temperature on Brønsted acidity and activity of amorphous silica-alumina for n-hexadecane hydroisomerization. Fuel. 381. 133222–133222. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhen, et al.. (2024). Compressive strength resistance coefficient of sustainable concrete in sulfate environments: Hybrid machine learning model and experimental verification. Materials Today Communications. 39. 108667–108667. 12 indexed citations
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Wu, Huibin, Junping Wu, Jun Hong, et al.. (2024). Direct quenching and tempering to achieve high strength and toughness of GPa-Grade nano-precipitated steel: The effect of precipitation behavior and variant selectivity. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 33. 1140–1154. 7 indexed citations
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Song, Ning, et al.. (2024). Preparation of Ultra-thin Copper Foil with Low Profile and High Tensile Strength on Surface of 18-µm Carrier Copper Foil. Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals. 77(9). 2583–2591. 3 indexed citations
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Tang, Yun‐Zhi, et al.. (2023). Quantitative analysis of organic additives in acid copper plating solution. Chemical Physics Letters. 828. 140700–140700. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhen, Ditao Niu, Daming Luo, et al.. (2023). Hybrid machine learning-based prediction model for the bond strength of corroded Cr alloy-reinforced coral aggregate concrete. Materials Today Communications. 35. 106141–106141. 20 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhen, Yalin Li, Yaqi Li, Li Su, & Weidong He. (2023). Prediction of chloride ion concentration distribution in basalt-polypropylene fiber reinforced concrete based on optimized machine learning algorithm. Materials Today Communications. 36. 106565–106565. 35 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhen, Yalin Li, Yaqi Li, Li Su, & Weidong He. (2023). Investigation on compressive strength of coral aggregate concrete: Hybrid machine learning models and experimental validation. Journal of Building Engineering. 82. 108220–108220. 57 indexed citations
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Song, Chengyu, Shan Zhu, Yanyan Liu, et al.. (2023). DCNAS-Net: deformation convolution and neural architecture search detection network for bone marrow oedema. BMC Medical Imaging. 23(1). 45–45. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhen, et al.. (2022). Accurate Stall Prediction for Thick Airfoil by Delayed Detached-Eddy Simulations. Atmosphere. 13(11). 1804–1804. 4 indexed citations

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