Zichen Lu

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Zichen Lu is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zichen Lu has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 26 papers in Building and Construction and 25 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zichen Lu's work include Concrete and Cement Materials Research (46 papers), Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (27 papers) and Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials (17 papers). Zichen Lu is often cited by papers focused on Concrete and Cement Materials Research (46 papers), Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (27 papers) and Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials (17 papers). Zichen Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Japan. Zichen Lu's co-authors include Xiangming Kong, Yanrong Zhang, Chaoyang Zhang, Shanshan Hou, Daniel Jansen, Zhenlin Zhang, Dietmar Stephan, Feng Xing, Yi Cai and Tamino Hirsch and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, ACS Nano and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Zichen Lu

75 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of the charge characteristics of polycarboxylate ... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 50 100 150 200 250
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. Effects of the charge characteristics of polycarboxylate superplasticizers on the adsorption and the retardation in cement pastes
    2014 291 citations Yanrong Zhang, Zichen Lu 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
Zichen Lu China 23 1.4k 556 465 107 91 82 1.7k
Honglei Chang China 23 1.3k 1.0× 500 0.9× 281 0.6× 52 0.5× 102 1.1× 52 1.5k
Qi Luo China 17 643 0.5× 216 0.4× 232 0.5× 34 0.3× 30 0.3× 74 872
Karim Benzarti France 28 1.0k 0.7× 231 0.4× 849 1.8× 34 0.3× 114 1.3× 75 1.8k
Xiaopeng Li China 20 1.1k 0.8× 191 0.3× 495 1.1× 24 0.2× 85 0.9× 57 1.3k
Haibin Yang China 24 818 0.6× 691 1.2× 324 0.7× 14 0.1× 91 1.0× 69 2.0k
Ahmed Al‐Ostaz United States 20 491 0.4× 547 1.0× 90 0.2× 26 0.2× 26 0.3× 82 1.2k
Guangji Xu China 22 2.1k 1.5× 264 0.5× 92 0.2× 160 1.5× 46 0.5× 65 2.5k
Bülent Yeşilata Türkiye 15 292 0.2× 160 0.3× 348 0.7× 19 0.2× 32 0.4× 39 895

Countries citing papers authored by Zichen Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zichen Lu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zichen Lu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zichen Lu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zichen Lu 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 Zichen Lu. Zichen Lu 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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Zhang, Liheng, et al.. (2025). Further understanding of hydration and mechanical properties of OPC-CSA binary blend with the addition of aluminum sulfate and triethanolamine. Construction and Building Materials. 473. 141035–141035. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yanrong, Xuesong Zhang, Zichen Lu, Kai Wu, & Xiaopei Cai. (2025). New insight into the effects of silane-modified silica fume on the performance of cement pastes. Cement and Concrete Research. 190. 107818–107818. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Junwei, Zhen Xiang, Yongqi Yin, et al.. (2025). Stomata‐Inspired Intelligent High‐Performance Hydrogel With on‐Demand Gateable Electromagnetic‐Interference Shielding. Small. 21(48). e10156–e10156. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yanrong, Kai Wu, Yongqi Hu, et al.. (2025). Static and fatigue performance of the interface between the epoxy resin and cement asphalt mortar for CRTS II slab track. Case Studies in Construction Materials. 22. e04642–e04642.
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Yin, Yanqi, et al.. (2025). Hetero-structured hydrogel with transition layer: Achieving synergistic sensing-actuating integration for intelligent ship. Chemical Engineering Journal. 522. 168137–168137.
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Duan, Zhenhua, et al.. (2025). Investigation on the compatibility between recycled powder and superplasticizers in cementitious materials. Journal of Building Engineering. 113. 114138–114138.
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Wang, Donghao, et al.. (2025). Identification and functional characterization of lncRNAs and mRNAs in response to salt stress in mulberry. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 0–0. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Liheng, Zichen Lu, Yanrong Zhang, et al.. (2024). New insight into the combined effect of aluminum sulfate and triethanolamine on cement hydration. Cement and Concrete Research. 181. 107547–107547. 20 indexed citations
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Zhang, Liheng, Zichen Lu, Pan Ye, et al.. (2024). Toward an enhanced performance of metakaolin blended cement used in shotcrete: Combined effect of triethanolamine and aluminum sulfate. Construction and Building Materials. 451. 138895–138895. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhiwei, Zichen Lu, Liheng Zhang, Pengyu Chen, & Zhenping Sun. (2024). Further understanding of the sensitivity of triethanolamine on the hydration and setting performance of cement: Effect of aging. Cement and Concrete Research. 181. 107550–107550. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yanrong, Liang Gao, Zichen Lu, et al.. (2024). Experimental investigation and fluid-structure interaction modelling of the casting of self-compacting concrete for CRTS III slab track in the curved segments. Journal of Building Engineering. 96. 110557–110557. 4 indexed citations
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Ye, Pan, Zichen Lu, Lei Wang, et al.. (2024). Effect of styrene acrylic latex on the performance of metakaolin blended cement: From hydration to mechanical properties. Construction and Building Materials. 438. 137289–137289. 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhenping, et al.. (2023). Improvement of shrinkage reducing performance of polycarboxylate superplasticizer by butyl acrylate and its mechanism. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 140(28). 4 indexed citations
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Lu, Zichen, et al.. (2023). Influence of mixing speed on the hydration and setting performance of cement paste in the presence of triethanolamine. Construction and Building Materials. 385. 131490–131490. 6 indexed citations
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Lu, Zichen, et al.. (2023). Effect of resting time on rheological properties of glass bead suspensions: Depletion and bridging force among particles. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 107(1). 624–639. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Deqiang, et al.. (2023). Hydration characteristics and mechanism analysis of β-calcium sulfate hemihydrate based on low-field NMR. Journal of Building Engineering. 80. 108077–108077. 2 indexed citations
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Shi, Bi, et al.. (2005). The mechanism of vegetable - Tannin-aldehyde combination tannage. Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association. 100(11). 432–437. 4 indexed citations

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