ZiKang Meng

874 total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 761 citations indexed

About

ZiKang Meng is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, ZiKang Meng has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 761 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 2 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 2 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in ZiKang Meng's work include Phase Change Materials Research (3 papers), Adsorption and Cooling Systems (2 papers) and Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer (2 papers). ZiKang Meng is often cited by papers focused on Phase Change Materials Research (3 papers), Adsorption and Cooling Systems (2 papers) and Nanofluid Flow and Heat Transfer (2 papers). ZiKang Meng collaborates with scholars based in China. ZiKang Meng's co-authors include Peng Zhang, Hao Zhu, Yong-Lei Wang, Xin Xiao, Min Li, Weidong Cui, Shuanghui Deng, Zongqing Bai, Xuebin Wang and Fengqin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Energy, Nanomaterials and Journal of the Energy Institute.

In The Last Decade

ZiKang Meng

5 papers receiving 749 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.

Melting heat transfer characteristics of a composite phase change material fabricated by paraffin and metal foam

2015 425 citations ZiKang Meng, Hao Zhu et al. Applied Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
ZiKang Meng China	4	719	428	154	103	61	5	761
Z.G. Wu China	10	727 1.0×	373 0.9×	113 0.7×	151 1.5×	78 1.3×	14	811
Zengxu Guo China	8	485 0.7×	281 0.7×	144 0.9×	104 1.0×	20 0.3×	9	547
Manar Al-Jethelah Iraq	10	583 0.8×	343 0.8×	83 0.5×	148 1.4×	37 0.6×	25	626
Mustafa Yusuf Yazıcı Türkiye	10	603 0.8×	427 1.0×	61 0.4×	70 0.7×	36 0.6×	21	674
Davide Ercole Italy	13	455 0.6×	239 0.6×	140 0.9×	144 1.4×	33 0.5×	28	531
Navin Kumar United States	13	446 0.6×	208 0.5×	66 0.4×	117 1.1×	98 1.6×	38	567
Kumar Venkateshwar Canada	12	348 0.5×	189 0.4×	73 0.5×	65 0.6×	68 1.1×	17	417
Xusheng Hu France	11	427 0.6×	178 0.4×	117 0.8×	70 0.7×	61 1.0×	19	468
Y. Pahamli Iran	12	658 0.9×	430 1.0×	47 0.3×	124 1.2×	26 0.4×	19	722
R. Pakrouh Iran	10	611 0.8×	383 0.9×	41 0.3×	65 0.6×	74 1.2×	12	743

Countries citing papers authored by ZiKang Meng

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Fields of papers citing papers by ZiKang Meng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of ZiKang Meng

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

All Works

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Chen, Hongbin, et al.. (2024). Tribological and Heat Transfer Investigation of Graphene Oxide Coatings on Nylon Rotating Bands in an Artillery System. Nanomaterials. 14(23). 1943–1943. 1 indexed citations

2.

Ahmad, Muhammad Bilal, ZiKang Meng, Fengqin Wang, et al.. (2024). Experimental study on co-combustion of domestic garbage and sewage sludge: Evaluation of synergistic effect and thermo-kinetic behavior. Journal of the Energy Institute. 114. 101658–101658. 8 indexed citations

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Meng, ZiKang & Peng Zhang. (2017). Experimental and numerical investigation of a tube-in-tank latent thermal energy storage unit using composite PCM. Applied Energy. 190. 524–539. 181 indexed citations

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Meng, ZiKang, et al.. (2015). Melting heat transfer characteristics of a composite phase change material fabricated by paraffin and metal foam. Applied Energy. 185. 1971–1983. 425 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Peng, Xin Xiao, ZiKang Meng, & Min Li. (2014). Heat transfer characteristics of a molten-salt thermal energy storage unit with and without heat transfer enhancement. Applied Energy. 137. 758–772. 146 indexed citations

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