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Wansheng Pei publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wansheng Pei sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 82 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Wansheng Pei D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wansheng Pei sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

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Overview

Wansheng Pei is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has an extensive publication record primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their research focuses significantly on topics related to climate change, permafrost, and cryospheric studies.

The scientist has contributed to a wide range of topics, including:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Smart Materials for Construction
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Landslides and related hazards

Pei's publications appear frequently in the following venues:

  • Cold Regions Science and Technology
  • Construction and Building Materials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Solar Energy
  • Transportation Geotechnics

Frequent coauthors in Pei's research include Mingyi Zhang, Yuanming Lai, Xusheng Wan, Jianguo Lu, and Yanqiao Zhou. These collaborations reflect long-term research partnerships across multiple studies and publications.

Selected recent publications by Wansheng Pei include:

  • Investigation on frost heave of saturated-unsaturated soils, 2020, Acta Geotechnica
  • Changes in permafrost extent and active layer thickness in the Northern Hemisphere from 1969 to 2018, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Unified Soil Freezing Characteristic for Variably-Saturated Saline Soils, 2020, Water Resources Research
  • A generalized model for calculating the thermal conductivity of freezing soils based on soil components and frost heave, 2020, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Study on the frost heave behavior of the freezing unsaturated silty clay, 2022, Cold Regions Science and Technology

The subfields of study informing Pei's work span:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Pollution
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Mechanical Engineering

This diversified expertise underlines an interdisciplinary approach, integrating environmental and engineering perspectives on frozen ground phenomena and related environmental changes.

Best Publications

  • Study on theory model of hydro-thermal–mechanical interaction process in saturated freezing silty soil

    Yuanming Lai;Wansheng Pei;Mingyi Zhang;Jiazuo Zhou

  • Experimental and numerical analyses of the thermo-mechanical stability of an embankment with shady and sunny slopes in a permafrost region

    Mingyi Zhang;Wansheng Pei;Shuangyang Li;Jianguo Lu

  • Experimental and numerical investigations on frost damage mechanism of a canal in cold regions

    Shuangyang Li;Mingyi Zhang;Yibin Tian;Wansheng Pei

  • Experimental and numerical simulations on heat-water-mechanics interaction mechanism in a freezing soil

    Shuangyang Li;Mingyi Zhang;Wansheng Pei;Yuanming Lai

  • Optimal design of thermal insulation layer of a tunnel in permafrost regions based on coupled heat-water simulation

    Shuangyang Li;Fujun Niu;Yuanming Lai;Wansheng Pei

  • Experimental study on the freezing–thawing deformation of a silty clay

    Jianguo Lu;Mingyi Zhang;Xiyin Zhang;Xiyin Zhang;Wansheng Pei

  • Moisture–temperature changes and freeze–thaw hazards on a canal in seasonally frozen regions

    Shuangyang Li;Yuanming Lai;Wansheng Pei;Shujuan Zhang

  • Evaluating the cooling performance of crushed-rock interlayer embankments with unperforated and perforated ventilation ducts in permafrost regions

    Mingyi Zhang;Xiyin Zhang;Shuangyang Li;Daoyong Wu

  • A new method to model the thermal conductivity of soil-rock media in cold regions: An example from permafrost regions tunnel

    Wansheng Pei;Wenbing Yu;Shuangyang Li;Jiazuo Zhou

  • Investigation on frost heave of saturated–unsaturated soils

    Ruiqiang Bai;Yuanming Lai;Wansheng Pei;Mingyi Zhang

  • The coupled moisture-heat process of permafrost around a thermokarst pond in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau under global warming

    Shuangyang Li;Shuangyang Li;Hongbin Zhan;Yuanming Lai;Zhizhong Sun

  • Evaluation of the ground heat control capacity of a novel air-L-shaped TPCT-ground (ALTG) cooling system in cold regions

    Wansheng Pei;Mingyi Zhang;Yuanming Lai;Zhongrui Yan

  • Numerical study of the thermal characteristics of a shallow tunnel section with a two-phase closed thermosyphon group in a permafrost region under climate warming

    Mingyi Zhang;Wansheng Pei;Yuanming Lai;Fujun Niu

  • Numerical evaluation of the cooling performance of a composite L-shaped two-phase closed thermosyphon (LTPCT) technique in permafrost regions

    Wansheng Pei;Mingyi Zhang;Zhongrui Yan;Shuangyang Li

  • Geotemperature control performance of two-phase closed thermosyphons in the shady and sunny slopes of an embankment in a permafrost region

    Wansheng Pei;Mingyi Zhang;Shuangyang Li;Yuanming Lai

  • A full-scale field experiment to evaluate the cooling performance of a novel composite embankment in permafrost regions

    Mingyi Zhang;Yuanming Lai;Qingbai Wu;Qihao Yu

  • A generalized model for calculating the thermal conductivity of freezing soils based on soil components and frost heave

    Jun Bi;Jun Bi;Jun Bi;Mingyi Zhang;Yuanming Lai;Wansheng Pei

  • Centrifuge and numerical modeling of the frost heave mechanism of a cold-region canal

    Shuangyang Li;Yuanming Lai;Mingyi Zhang;Wansheng Pei

  • Lateral thermal disturbance of embankments in the permafrost regions of the Qinghai-Tibet Engineering Corridor

    Mingyi Zhang;Wansheng Pei;Xiyin Zhang;Jianguo Lu

  • Multi-scale Experimental Investigations on the Deterioration Mechanism of Sandstone Under Wetting–Drying Cycles

    Chong Wang;Wansheng Pei;Mingyi Zhang;Yuanming Lai

  • An anisotropic bounding surface elastoplastic constitutive model for frozen sulfate saline silty clay under cyclic loading

    Yanhu Zhao;Yuanming Lai;Wansheng Pei;Fan Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuanming Lai
Yuanming Lai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fujun Niu
Fujun Niu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jon Harbor
Jon Harbor Purdue University West Lafayette
Qihao Yu
Qihao Yu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hongbin Zhan
Hongbin Zhan Texas A&M University
Qingbai Wu
Qingbai Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huanfeng Shen
Huanfeng Shen Wuhan University

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