Zhen Yan

525 total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 410 citations indexed

About

Zhen Yan is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen Yan has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 410 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 7 papers in Environmental Engineering and 5 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhen Yan's work include Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (9 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (7 papers) and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (4 papers). Zhen Yan is often cited by papers focused on Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (9 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (7 papers) and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (4 papers). Zhen Yan collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Zhen Yan's co-authors include Desong Fan, Mingzhang Li, Qiang Li, D. D. Fan, Qiang Li, Qiang Li, Jun Xu, Bin Wang, Dan Xu and Yuanyuan Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, Chemical Engineering Journal and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

In The Last Decade

Zhen Yan

17 papers receiving 398 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.

  1. A trimode textile designed with hierarchical core-shell nanofiber structure for all-weather radiative personal thermal management
    2023 99 citations Zhen Yan, Desong Fan et al. Nano Today profile →
  2. Biological optics, photonics and bioinspired radiative cooling
    2024 52 citations Zhen Yan, D. D. Fan et al. Progress in Materials Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhen Yan China 8 268 167 130 69 59 18 410
Vahid Arab Maleki Iran 13 208 0.8× 9 0.1× 75 0.6× 34 0.5× 26 0.4× 26 438
Wen Xue Wang Japan 10 40 0.1× 42 0.3× 30 0.2× 38 0.6× 12 0.2× 20 352
Chengwei Wang China 14 299 1.1× 12 0.1× 23 0.2× 58 0.8× 15 0.3× 25 588
Ren Wei China 13 446 1.7× 14 0.1× 258 2.0× 57 0.8× 29 0.5× 50 647
C.G. Wang China 14 303 1.1× 18 0.1× 34 0.3× 31 0.4× 25 0.4× 29 548
Jiabin Zhang China 13 137 0.5× 29 0.2× 85 0.7× 497 7.2× 15 0.3× 31 763
N.J. Siakavellas Greece 11 87 0.3× 15 0.1× 12 0.1× 48 0.7× 20 0.3× 27 343
Zhou Zhou China 11 182 0.7× 9 0.1× 10 0.1× 48 0.7× 16 0.3× 47 404

Countries citing papers authored by Zhen Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhen Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zhen Yan. 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 Yan. The network helps show where Zhen Yan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhen Yan

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Yan, Zhen, et al.. (2025). Scalable manufacture of ultratough physical cross-linked hybrid films for durable radiative cooling. Chemical Engineering Journal. 518. 164568–164568. 5 indexed citations
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Yan, Zhen, et al.. (2025). Genetic algorithm-driven design of NIR-Reflective transparent colored multilayers for enhanced radiative cooling. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 285. 113519–113519. 5 indexed citations
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Yao, Wenjin, et al.. (2025). Revolutionizing personal thermal management technologies with advanced materials and strategies. Applied Materials Today. 44. 102719–102719. 3 indexed citations
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Yan, Zhen, et al.. (2024). Bioinspired Metafabric with Dual‐Gradient Janus Design for Personal Radiative and Evaporative Cooling. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(2). 49 indexed citations
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Yan, Zhen, et al.. (2024). Biological optics, photonics and bioinspired radiative cooling. Progress in Materials Science. 144. 101291–101291. 52 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yan, Zhen, et al.. (2023). A trimode textile designed with hierarchical core-shell nanofiber structure for all-weather radiative personal thermal management. Nano Today. 51. 101897–101897. 99 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Mingzhang, Zhen Yan, & Desong Fan. (2023). Flexible Radiative Cooling Textiles Based on Composite Nanoporous Fibers for Personal Thermal Management. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(14). 17848–17857. 81 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2021). Experimental study on the performance of a novel hybrid indirect evaporative cooling/thermoelectric cooling system. Building and Environment. 207. 108539–108539. 16 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2021). Numerical Investigation of a Novel Plate-Fin Indirect Evaporative Cooling System Considering Condensation. Processes. 9(2). 332–332. 2 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2021). Experimental and numerical evaluation of a two-stage indirect/thermoelectric assisted direct evaporative cooling system. Energy Conversion and Management. 248. 114780–114780. 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhenxing, et al.. (2020). Simulation Model of Streamer Discharge in Dielectric Liquid under Positive Nanosecond Pulse. 2020 5th Asia Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering (ACPEE). 62. 1933–1939. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Bin, Jun Xu, Dan Xu, & Zhen Yan. (2017). Implementation of an estimator-based adaptive sliding mode control strategy for a boost converter based battery/supercapacitor hybrid energy storage system in electric vehicles. Energy Conversion and Management. 151. 562–572. 45 indexed citations
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Wang, Bin, Jun Xu, Zhen Yan, Binggang Cao, & Qingxia Yang. (2017). Duty-ratio Based Adaptive Sliding-mode Control Method for Boost Converter in a Hybrid Energy Storage System. Energy Procedia. 105. 2360–2365. 6 indexed citations
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Yan, Zhen, et al.. (2015). Engaging with globalisation: Chinese perspectives. Third World Quarterly. 36(11). 2002–2022. 2 indexed citations
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Yan, Zhen, et al.. (2012). A Survey of Vibration Energy Harvesters for Wireless Sensor Networks. 1 indexed citations
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Cong, Qian, et al.. (2008). The Wettability and Mechanism of Geometric Non-Smooth Structure of Dragonfly Wing Surface. Journal of Bionic Engineering. 5(S1). 40–45. 22 indexed citations
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Yan, Zhen, et al.. (1991). Calculation and measurement of field parameters during live-line maintenance. IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. 6(3). 1187–1195. 7 indexed citations

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