Zhenjun Ma

12.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
273 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Zhenjun Ma is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenjun Ma has authored 273 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 120 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 118 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Zhenjun Ma's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (116 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (64 papers) and Adsorption and Cooling Systems (57 papers). Zhenjun Ma is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (116 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (64 papers) and Adsorption and Cooling Systems (57 papers). Zhenjun Ma collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and Hong Kong. Zhenjun Ma's co-authors include Shengwei Wang, Paul Cooper, Wenye Lin, Daniel Daly, Laia Ledo Gomis, Haoshan Ren, Georgios Kokogiannakis, Fenghao Wang, Zhihua Wang and Shugang Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Zhenjun Ma

260 papers receiving 9.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Existing building retrofits: Methodology and state-of-the-art

2012 922 citations Zhenjun Ma et al. Energy and Buildings profile →
Supervisory and Optimal Control of Building HVAC Systems: A Review

2008 365 citations Zhenjun Ma et al. profile →
A state-of-the art review on advancing battery thermal management systems for fast-charging

2023 200 citations Amrit Kumar Thakur, A.K. Pandey et al. Applied Thermal Engineering profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenjun Ma

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A numerical heat transfer model and performance evaluation of coaxial geothermal heat exchanger under soil freezing conditions 2025 ·Applied Thermal Engineering ·Ruijia Liu, Wenshuo Zhang, Shaoqing Han, Han Du, Ping Cui, Zhenjun Ma, (unknown), (unknown)	1
2	Multi-objective optimization of an advanced multiscale full spectrum concentrated solar photovoltaic/thermal system with nanofluid beam splitter 2025 ·Renewable Energy ·Chenyu Zhang, Ning Wang, Zhiguo Qu, Zhenjun Ma, Hongtao Xu	2
3	A new framework for evaluating and enhancing the performance of district heating systems integrated with data centres using short-term thermal energy storage 2025 ·Energy ·(unknown), (unknown), Nataša Nord, (unknown), Ping Cui, Zhenjun Ma	6
4	Demand flexibility characterisation in non-residential buildings: A review 2025 ·Applied Energy ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Duane Robinson, (unknown), Stephen D. White, Mark Goldsworthy, Subbu Sethuvenkatraman, Sheikh Khaleduzzaman Shah, (unknown), Zhenjun Ma	0
5	Online learning-enhanced data-driven model predictive control for optimizing HVAC energy consumption, indoor air quality and thermal comfort 2025 ·Applied Energy ·(unknown), Zhenjun Ma, Subbu Sethuvenkatraman, Wanqing Li	18
6	Comprehensive pollutant emission prediction models from hydrogen-enriched methane combustion in a gas-fired boiler based on box-behnken design method 2024 ·International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ·(unknown), Xiaowei Liao, Zhenjun Ma, Hongtao Xu, Feng Liu	4
7	Multi-objective design optimization of multiple energy systems in net/nearly zero energy buildings under uncertainty correlations 2024 ·Applied Energy ·(unknown), Yongjun Sun, Zhenjun Ma	26
8	Design of flexible energy systems for nearly/net zero energy buildings under uncertainty characteristics: A review 2024 ·Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ·Ming Lu, Yongjun Sun, Georgios Kokogiannakis, Zhenjun Ma	14
9	Towards net-zero energy/emission buildings for sustainable development 2024 ·Energy Sustainable Development ·Zhenjun Ma, Müslüm Arıcı, Yongjun Sun, Sanjeet Singh, Amin Shahsavar	10
10	Experimental and modeling investigation of thermally activated building systems integrated with ground source heat pump systems 2024 ·Energy and Buildings ·Yixuan Li, (unknown), (unknown), Zhenjun Ma	6
11	Multi-faceted performance analysis and optimization of a hybrid deep borehole heat exchanger heating system with latent heat thermal energy storage 2024 ·Energy Conversion and Management ·Zeyuan Wang, Fenghao Wang, (unknown), Sheng Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Yizhen Li, Jùn Líu, Wanlong Cai, Yixuan Zhang, Zhenjun Ma	15
12	Experimental investigation of the effect of mechanical vibration and rotating magnetic field on the hydrothermal performance of water-Fe3O4 ferrofluid inside a rifled tube 2023 ·Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials ·Amin Shahsavar, Ighball Baniasad Askari, Maryam Ghodrat, Müslüm Arıcı, Sandro Nižetić, Tauseef‐ur Rehman, Zhenjun Ma	17
13	Research on airflow convergence patterns and air distribution characteristics under multi-column attachment ventilation 2023 ·Building and Environment ·(unknown), Haiguo Yin, Jiali Wang, (unknown), Jingying Zhang, Xue Tian, Zhenjun Ma, Angui Li	4
14	Data-driven surrogate optimization for deploying heterogeneous multi-energy storage to improve demand response performance at building cluster level 2023 ·Applied Energy ·Haoshan Ren, Dian-ce Gao, Zhenjun Ma, Sheng Zhang, Yongjun Sun	17
15	Energy storage performance of hydrogen fuel cells operating in a marine salt spray environment using experimental evaluation 2023 ·International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ·(unknown), Dandan Zhu, Anna Hnydiuk-Stefan, Zhenjun Ma, Grzegorz Królczyk, Zhixiong Li	6
16	Renewable energy potential towards attainment of net-zero energy buildings status – A critical review 2023 ·Journal of Cleaner Production ·Sathiya Satchi Christopher, Muthuraman Ponrajan Vikram, Chirodeep Bakli, Amrit Kumar Thakur, (unknown), Zhenjun Ma, Huijin Xu, Pınar Mert Cuce, Erdem Cüce, Punit Singh	86
17	An analytical solution for a phase change nano-capsule cooled by forced convection 2023 ·International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer ·Shugang Wang, (unknown), Jihong Wang, Shuang Jiang, Tengfei Zhang, Zhenjun Ma	2
18	Simulation and optimum control of a two-stage compression air source heat pump system: A comparison of two kinds of variable volume approaches 2023 ·Applied Thermal Engineering ·Shuang Jiang, Yao Yu, Shuangshuang Li, Shugang Wang, Zhenjun Ma, Jihong Wang	10
19	A characteristic-oriented strategy for ranking and near-optimal selection of phase change materials for thermal energy storage in building applications 2022 ·Journal of Energy Storage ·Muhammad Bilal Awan, Zhenjun Ma, Wenye Lin, A.K. Pandey, V.V. Tyagi	15
20	Flow and heat transfer investigation of supercritical carbon dioxide in a novel biomimetic honeycomb fractal gas cooler of transcritical CO2 heat pumps 2022 ·Thermal Science and Engineering Progress ·Zhihua Wang, (unknown), Yujia Zhang, Fenghao Wang, (unknown), Zhenjun Ma	13

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