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D-Index
36
Citations
4560
World Ranking
7289
National Ranking
465

Best Publications

  • Macromolecular and pore structures of Chinese tectonically deformed coal studied by atomic force microscopy

    Jienan Pan;Haitao Zhu;Quanlin Hou;Haichao Wang

  • Coalbed methane sorption related to coal deformation structures at different temperatures and pressures

    Jienan Pan;Quanlin Hou;Yiwen Ju;Heling Bai

  • Micrometer-scale fractures in coal related to coal rank based on micro-CT scanning and fractal theory

    Xinghua Shi;Jienan Pan;Quanlin Hou;Yi Jin

  • The closed pores of tectonically deformed coal studied by small-angle X-ray scattering and liquid nitrogen adsorption

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  • Micro-pores and fractures of coals analysed by field emission scanning electron microscopy and fractal theory

    Jienan Pan;Kai Wang;Quanlin Hou;Qinghe Niu

  • Anisotropic characteristics of low-rank coal fractures in the Fukang mining area, China

    Zhenzhi Wang;Jienan Pan;Quanlin Hou;Bensheng Yu

  • The characteristics and origins of cleat in coal from Western North China

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  • Influences of hydraulic fracturing on microfractures of high-rank coal under different in-situ stress conditions

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  • Coal strength and Young's modulus related to coal rank, compressional velocity and maceral composition

    Jienan Pan;Zhaoping Meng;Quanlin Hou;Yiwen Ju

  • The evolution and formation mechanisms of closed pores in coal

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  • Effect of N2/CO2 injection and alternate injection on volume swelling/shrinkage strain of coal

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  • Coal Pores: Methods, Types, and Characteristics

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  • Effects of Metamorphism and Deformation on the Coal Macromolecular Structure by Laser Raman Spectroscopy

    Jienan Pan;Minmin Lv;Heling Bai;Quanlin Hou

  • Nanoscale Pores in Coal Related to Coal Rank and Deformation Structures

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  • Characterizing the shape, size, and distribution heterogeneity of pore-fractures in high rank coal based on X-ray CT image analysis and mercury intrusion porosimetry

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  • Coal microcrystalline structural changes related to methane adsorption/desorption

    Jienan Pan;Minmin Lv;Quanlin Hou;Yuzhen Han

  • The role of structure defects in the deformation of anthracite and their influence on the macromolecular structure

    Yuzhen Han;Jin Wang;Yijing Dong;Quanlin Hou

  • Fracture variation in high-rank coal induced by hydraulic fracturing using X-ray computer tomography and digital volume correlation

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  • A new approach to estimate fugitive methane emissions from coal mining in China

    Yiwen Ju;Yue Sun;Zhanyou Sa;Jienan Pan

  • Potential impact of CO2 injection into coal matrix in molecular terms

    Kai Wang;Jienan Pan;Enying Wang;Quanlin Hou

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