Zhenping Sun

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 947 citations indexed

About

Zhenping Sun is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenping Sun has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 947 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 12 papers in Materials Chemistry and 8 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Zhenping Sun's work include Concrete and Cement Materials Research (33 papers), Concrete Properties and Behavior (19 papers) and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (15 papers). Zhenping Sun is often cited by papers focused on Concrete and Cement Materials Research (33 papers), Concrete Properties and Behavior (19 papers) and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (15 papers). Zhenping Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Netherlands and Belgium. Zhenping Sun's co-authors include Yanliang Ji, Jingbin Yang, Didier Snoeck, Nele De Belie, Heng Liu, L. Pel, Chunjing Li, Xu Yang, Haijing Yang and Biyun Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Cement and Concrete Research, Construction and Building Materials and Cement and Concrete Composites.

In The Last Decade

Zhenping Sun

42 papers receiving 931 citations

Hit Papers

A novel method for semi-quantitative analysis of hydratio... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150
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 novel method for semi-quantitative analysis of hydration degree of cement by 1H low-field NMR
    2020 174 citations Zhenping Sun, Jingbin Yang et al. Cement and Concrete Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhenping Sun China 17 853 216 170 93 80 45 947
Yanliang Ji China 15 664 0.8× 201 0.9× 165 1.0× 73 0.8× 74 0.9× 38 770
Go Igarashi Japan 14 784 0.9× 112 0.5× 180 1.1× 84 0.9× 34 0.4× 54 921
Zijian Jia China 21 820 1.0× 667 3.1× 246 1.4× 110 1.2× 73 0.9× 61 1.2k
Sung-Chul Yang South Korea 14 677 0.8× 390 1.8× 119 0.7× 160 1.7× 94 1.2× 58 1.0k
Roman Loser Switzerland 18 1.1k 1.3× 329 1.5× 265 1.6× 162 1.7× 27 0.3× 23 1.4k
Fangzhou Ren China 8 443 0.5× 71 0.3× 100 0.6× 45 0.5× 40 0.5× 16 524
Fabien Georget Germany 14 877 1.0× 214 1.0× 366 2.2× 40 0.4× 12 0.1× 35 1.0k
Gözde İnan Sezer Türkiye 11 607 0.7× 229 1.1× 135 0.8× 54 0.6× 8 0.1× 24 699
Kalliopi K. Aligizaki United States 5 619 0.7× 153 0.7× 206 1.2× 56 0.6× 9 0.1× 12 737
Paul D. Tennis United States 6 643 0.8× 103 0.5× 168 1.0× 108 1.2× 6 0.1× 12 743

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhenping Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenping Sun

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sun, Zhenping, et al.. (2025). Influence of hooked-end steel fiber shape parameters on fiber-matrix bond strength: A quantitative analysis. Journal of Building Engineering. 111. 113608–113608.
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Ji, Yanliang, Xiaoxiao Zhang, L. Pel, & Zhenping Sun. (2024). NMR investigations on Cl− and Na+ ion binding during the early hydration process of C3S, C3A and cement paste: A combined modelling and experimental study. Composites Part B Engineering. 283. 111624–111624. 11 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhenping, et al.. (2024). Study on water absorption of cement-based materials containing water repellent by using low-field nuclear magnetic resonance. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2825(1). 12041–12041. 1 indexed citations
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Pel, L., et al.. (2024). Non-Destructive Measurement of Chloride Profiles in Cementitious Materials Using NMR. Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation. 44(1). 1 indexed citations
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Zou, Shuang, Zhenping Sun, Zichen Lu, et al.. (2024). Fresh and hardened properties of cement paste under the synergistic influence of polycarboxylate superplasticizer and anionic polyacrylamide. Case Studies in Construction Materials. 21. e03895–e03895. 1 indexed citations
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Ye, Pan, Zichen Lu, Liheng Zhang, et al.. (2024). Investigation of Using Calcined Coal Gangue as the Co-Blended Precursor in the Alkali-Activated Metakaolin. Materials. 17(14). 3610–3610. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Jingbin, Zhenping Sun, Nele De Belie, & Didier Snoeck. (2023). Self-healing ability of cracks in alkali-activated slag systems incorporating superabsorbent polymers. Cement and Concrete Research. 170. 107183–107183. 40 indexed citations
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Yang, Jingbin, Zhenping Sun, Nele De Belie, & Didier Snoeck. (2023). Internal curing and its application to alkali-activated materials: A literature review. Cement and Concrete Composites. 145. 105360–105360. 24 indexed citations
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Yang, Jingbin, Didier Snoeck, Nele De Belie, & Zhenping Sun. (2021). Effect of superabsorbent polymers and expansive additives on the shrinkage of alkali-activated slag. Cement and Concrete Composites. 123. 104218–104218. 59 indexed citations
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Ji, Yanliang, L. Pel, & Zhenping Sun. (2019). The microstructure development during bleeding of cement paste: An NMR study. Cement and Concrete Research. 125. 105866–105866. 69 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhenping, et al.. (2019). Effects of Polycarboxylate Superplasticizers with Different Functional Units on Early Hydration Behavior of Cement Paste. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 31(5). 11 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhenping, et al.. (2018). The Influence of Alkalinity on the Properties of the Accelerated Cement Pastes. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Sa, et al.. (2016). The Study of the Reliability of High Strain Dynamic Testing based on Probability Distribution. 12(5). 1430. 1 indexed citations
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Ji, Yanliang, et al.. (2015). Assessment and mechanism study of bleeding process in cement paste by 1H low-field NMR. Construction and Building Materials. 100. 255–261. 99 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhenping, et al.. (2013). Probing development of microstructure of early cement paste using 1H low-field NMR. Journal of Wuhan University of Technology-Mater Sci Ed. 28(5). 963–967. 19 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhenping. (2008). Investigation on relative performance of cement based self-leveling mortar added with polycarboxylate based superplasticizer. New Building Materials. 2 indexed citations

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