Zhi Ding

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Zhi Ding is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and General Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhi Ding has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 31 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 10 papers in General Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhi Ding's work include Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (48 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (30 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (26 papers). Zhi Ding is often cited by papers focused on Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures (48 papers), Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis (30 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (26 papers). Zhi Ding collaborates with scholars based in China, Macao and Hong Kong. Zhi Ding's co-authors include Shao-Heng He, Tangdai Xia, Yifei Sun, Wan‐Huan Zhou, Xinjiang Wei, Peng Yu, Xingang Wang, Meisam Goudarzy, Xiao Zhang and Weiyun Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Construction and Building Materials and Sensors.

In The Last Decade

Zhi Ding

79 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Effect of soil microstructure on the small-strain shear m... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 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. Effect of soil microstructure on the small-strain shear modulus of saline soil
    2021 189 citations Tangdai Xia, Zhi Ding et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhi Ding China 19 986 387 143 143 123 87 1.3k
Haobo Fan China 19 806 0.8× 561 1.4× 201 1.4× 183 1.3× 75 0.6× 42 1.2k
Louis Ge Taiwan 26 1.4k 1.4× 372 1.0× 150 1.0× 243 1.7× 151 1.2× 93 1.7k
Giuseppe Modoni Italy 22 1.3k 1.3× 598 1.5× 155 1.1× 234 1.6× 131 1.1× 59 1.5k
Huayang Lei China 22 1.2k 1.2× 335 0.9× 108 0.8× 161 1.1× 37 0.3× 113 1.4k
Guoliang Dai China 25 1.8k 1.8× 475 1.2× 236 1.7× 297 2.1× 240 2.0× 200 2.0k
Tangdai Xia China 13 787 0.8× 418 1.1× 176 1.2× 90 0.6× 48 0.4× 56 1.1k
Fayun Liang China 25 1.9k 1.9× 300 0.8× 127 0.9× 96 0.7× 63 0.5× 132 2.1k
Tong Liu China 25 1.1k 1.1× 711 1.8× 332 2.3× 260 1.8× 93 0.8× 68 1.5k
L. Sebastian Bryson United States 16 631 0.6× 341 0.9× 73 0.5× 230 1.6× 78 0.6× 87 1.1k
Siyue He China 17 780 0.8× 585 1.5× 245 1.7× 186 1.3× 62 0.5× 27 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhi Ding

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhi Ding

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhi Ding. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhi Ding 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 Zhi Ding. Zhi Ding 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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He, Chuan, Haiyang Zheng, Zhi Ding, & Feng Huang. (2025). Theoretical study on the soil additional stress and principal stress axis deflection during shield tunneling. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 159. 106511–106511. 2 indexed citations
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He, Shaoheng, et al.. (2025). Impact of plane strain state on the long-term cyclic behavior of sand under true triaxial tests. Transportation Geotechnics. 52. 101512–101512. 2 indexed citations
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He, Shaoheng, et al.. (2025). Face mask chips-reinforced sands under monotonic and cyclic torsional shearing. Géotechnique. 75(11). 1429–1444. 7 indexed citations
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Ding, Zhi, et al.. (2024). Influences of interface bonding behavior on the arresting performance of CFRP buckle arrestors - Part I: Experiments. Ocean Engineering. 313. 119462–119462. 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Lijie, et al.. (2024). Self-Powered Intelligent Water Droplet Monitoring Sensor Based on Solid–Liquid Triboelectric Nanogenerator. Sensors. 24(6). 1761–1761. 8 indexed citations
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Hou, B., Ye Zhu, Weidong Wang, et al.. (2024). A 3D-printed microhemispherical shell resonator with electrostatic tuning for a Coriolis vibratory gyroscope. Microsystems & Nanoengineering. 10(1). 32–32. 3 indexed citations
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He, Shaoheng, et al.. (2024). Particle morphology and principal stress direction dependent strength anisotropy through torsional shear testing. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 62. 1–23. 15 indexed citations
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Yuan, Lin, et al.. (2023). Confined buckle propagation of offshore pipelines under external pressure. Structures. 57. 105299–105299. 12 indexed citations
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He, Shao-Heng, Zhen‐Yu Yin, & Zhi Ding. (2023). Cyclic liquefaction of granular materials with varied forms under multidirectional loads. Géotechnique. 75(2). 243–257. 7 indexed citations
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He, Shao-Heng, Meisam Goudarzy, Zhi Ding, & Yifei Sun. (2023). Strength, Deformation, and Particle Breakage Behavior of Calcareous Sand: Role of Anisotropic Consolidation. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 149(3). 31 indexed citations
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Ding, Zhi, et al.. (2023). Investigating the long-term deformation behaviour and non-coaxiality of siliceous sand under traffic cyclic loading. Construction and Building Materials. 408. 133672–133672. 6 indexed citations
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He, Shao-Heng, Zhi Ding, Meisam Goudarzy, Yifei Sun, & Zhen‐Yu Yin. (2023). Effect of variable confining pressure on the long-term cyclic behaviour of calcareous sand: experimental observation and microstructural interpretation. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 61(2). 311–327. 11 indexed citations
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He, Shao-Heng, Zhi Ding, Yifei Sun, Weiyun Chen, & Tangdai Xia. (2022). Cumulative deformations and particle breakage in calcareous sand subjected to drained high-cyclic loading: Experimental investigation. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. 161. 107417–107417. 31 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiao, et al.. (2022). An Experimental Study on the Microstructure Evolution of Soil under Lateral Consolidation Compression. Applied Sciences. 12(16). 8331–8331. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhen, et al.. (2022). Study on the Vector Quadrilateral Isoparametric Shell Element with Shear Deformation. Advances in Civil Engineering. 2022(1).
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Sun, Miaomiao, et al.. (2021). Numerical Model about the Influence of Cyclic Load on the Hydraulic Conductivity of Soft Clay. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering. 25(11). 4159–4172. 8 indexed citations
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He, Shao-Heng, et al.. (2021). Effect of Grain Size on Microscopic Pore Structure and Fractal Characteristics of Carbonate-Based Sand and Silicate-Based Sand. Fractal and Fractional. 5(4). 152–152. 24 indexed citations
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Jiang, Jiqing, et al.. (2020). Dynamic Analysis of Metro Train-Monolithic Bed Track System under Tunnel Differential Settlement. Shock and Vibration. 2020. 1–12. 5 indexed citations
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He, Shao-Heng, et al.. (2020). Experimental and Estimation Studies of Resilient Modulus of Marine Coral Sand under Cyclic Loading. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 8(4). 287–287. 22 indexed citations

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