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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 60 2188 2088 442 441 308 13507

Yanping Yuan publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yanping Yuan between 1999 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yanping Yuan published across 27 years, from 1999 to 2025, averaging 12.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 43 publications in 2020. 59 of the 344 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 43. Peak 43 publications in 2020. 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 3 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 1 publication 2013: 1 publication 2014: 8 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 20 publications 2017: 30 publications 2018: 31 publications 2019: 26 publications 2020: 43 publications 2021: 26 publications 2022: 41 publications 2023: 36 publications 2024: 24 publications 2025: 35 publications
1999 2025

344 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yanping Yuan: publications per year, 1999 to 2025
Year Publications
1999 1
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 1
2004 0
2005 0
2006 2
2007 1
2008 3
2009 4
2010 2
2011 2
2012 1
2013 1
2014 8
2015 6
2016 20
2017 30
2018 31
2019 26
2020 43
2021 26
2022 41
2023 36
2024 24
2025 35
Total 344
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Yanping Yuan 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 Yanping Yuan sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 804+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 457. Most scientists, 457, have 148–157 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 308–317 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 20 scientists 48–57 publications: 35 scientists 58–67 publications: 96 scientists 68–77 publications: 135 scientists 78–87 publications: 190 scientists 88–97 publications: 259 scientists 98–107 publications: 283 scientists 108–117 publications: 369 scientists 118–127 publications: 341 scientists 128–137 publications: 386 scientists 138–147 publications: 372 scientists 148–157 publications: 457 scientists 158–167 publications: 415 scientists 168–177 publications: 407 scientists 178–187 publications: 421 scientists 188–197 publications: 378 scientists 198–207 publications: 403 scientists 208–217 publications: 317 scientists 218–227 publications: 346 scientists 228–237 publications: 321 scientists 238–247 publications: 260 scientists 248–257 publications: 280 scientists 258–267 publications: 240 scientists 268–277 publications: 214 scientists 278–287 publications: 242 scientists 288–297 publications: 203 scientists 298–307 publications: 166 scientists 308–317 publications: 154 scientists 318–327 publications: 175 scientists 328–337 publications: 159 scientists 338–347 publications: 99 scientists 348–357 publications: 131 scientists 358–367 publications: 106 scientists 368–377 publications: 118 scientists 378–387 publications: 97 scientists 388–397 publications: 108 scientists 398–407 publications: 82 scientists 408–417 publications: 71 scientists 418–427 publications: 64 scientists 428–437 publications: 55 scientists 438–447 publications: 54 scientists 448–457 publications: 60 scientists 458–467 publications: 47 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 30 scientists 488–497 publications: 29 scientists 498–507 publications: 38 scientists 508–517 publications: 40 scientists 518–527 publications: 32 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 28 scientists 548–557 publications: 23 scientists 558–567 publications: 19 scientists 568–577 publications: 16 scientists 578–587 publications: 17 scientists 588–597 publications: 18 scientists 598–607 publications: 22 scientists 608–617 publications: 15 scientists 618–627 publications: 9 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 21 scientists 648–657 publications: 12 scientists 658–667 publications: 9 scientists 668–677 publications: 11 scientists 678–687 publications: 9 scientists 688–697 publications: 6 scientists 698–707 publications: 14 scientists 708–717 publications: 7 scientists 718–727 publications: 8 scientists 728–737 publications: 10 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 5 scientists 758–767 publications: 5 scientists 768–777 publications: 11 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 2 scientists 798–803 publications: 4 scientists 804+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 804+

This scientist: 308 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 20
48–57 35
58–67 96
68–77 135
78–87 190
88–97 259
98–107 283
108–117 369
118–127 341
128–137 386
138–147 372
148–157 457
158–167 415
168–177 407
178–187 421
188–197 378
198–207 403
208–217 317
218–227 346
228–237 321
238–247 260
248–257 280
258–267 240
268–277 214
278–287 242
288–297 203
298–307 166
308–317 154 308
318–327 175
328–337 159
338–347 99
348–357 131
358–367 106
368–377 118
378–387 97
388–397 108
398–407 82
408–417 71
418–427 64
428–437 55
438–447 54
448–457 60
458–467 47
468–477 40
478–487 30
488–497 29
498–507 38
508–517 40
518–527 32
528–537 23
538–547 28
548–557 23
558–567 19
568–577 16
578–587 17
588–597 18
598–607 22
608–617 15
618–627 9
628–637 11
638–647 21
648–657 12
658–667 9
668–677 11
678–687 9
688–697 6
698–707 14
708–717 7
718–727 8
728–737 10
738–747 9
748–757 5
758–767 5
768–777 11
778–787 7
788–797 2
798–803 4
804+ 100
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Yanping Yuan 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 Yanping Yuan sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 107+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 426. Most scientists, 426, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 60 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 59
31 114
32 129
33 189
34 200
35 262
36 311
37 312
38 350
39 385
40 348
41 362
42 426
43 380
44 310
45 341
46 301
47 306
48 271
49 246
50 210
51 253
52 213
53 221
54 195
55 186
56 170
57 167
58 166
59 144
60 152 60
61 141
62 138
63 131
64 118
65 114
66 119
67 95
68 87
69 77
70 89
71 69
72 54
73 46
74 55
75 54
76 49
77 53
78 46
79 28
80 39
81 36
82 24
83 26
84 36
85 18
86 25
87 19
88 26
89 27
90 23
91 15
92 12
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 13
97 13
98 9
99 7
100 7
101 8
102 7
103 7
104 9
105 6
106 9
107+ 99
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Overview

Yanping Yuan is affiliated with Southwest Jiaotong University in China and has contributed extensively to engineering research, particularly within mechanical engineering and renewable energy domains.

Their research spans several main fields including Engineering, with substantial work in subfields such as Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Yanping Yuan's work focuses on a number of interrelated topics, including:

  • Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems
  • Phase Change Materials Research
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Adsorption and Cooling Systems
  • Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications
  • Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies

The scientist has published in a variety of scholarly venues, frequently contributing to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Energy Storage
  • Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Journal of Thermal Science
  • Energy and Built Environment

Some of the recent papers by Yanping Yuan include:

  • "Ultraflexible, cost-effective and scalable polymer-based phase change composites via chemical cross-linking for wearable thermal management," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Aerodynamics of railway train/tunnel system: A review of recent research," 2020, Energy and Built Environment
  • "Computer modelling and experimental investigation of phase change hysteresis of PCMs: The state-of-the-art review," 2020, Applied Energy
  • "Techno-economic performances of clean heating solutions to replace raw coal for heating in Northern rural China," 2021, Energy and Buildings
  • "Synthesis and thermal properties of nanoencapsulation of paraffin as phase change material for latent heat thermal energy storage," 2020, Energy and Built Environment

Yanping Yuan has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Xiaoling Cao
  • Jinzhi Zhou
  • Zutao Zhang
  • Wenhui Ji
  • Chao Zeng

Best Publications

  • Fatty acids as phase change materials: A review

    Yanping Yuan;Nan Zhang;Wenquan Tao;Xiaoling Cao

  • Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage Systems with Solid–Liquid Phase Change Materials: A Review

    Nan Zhang;Yanping Yuan;Xiaoling Cao;Yanxia Du

  • A high-efficiency energy regenerative shock absorber using supercapacitors for renewable energy applications in range extended electric vehicle

    Zutao Zhang;Xingtian Zhang;Weiwu Chen;Yagubov Rasim

  • Preparation and properties of myristic–palmitic–stearic acid/expanded graphite composites as phase change materials for energy storage

    Xiaojiao Yang;Yanping Yuan;Nan Zhang;Xiaoling Cao

  • Experimental investigation on performance comparison of PV/T-PCM system and PV/T system

    Xiaojiao Yang;Liangliang Sun;Yanping Yuan;Xudong Zhao

  • Effect of installation angle of fins on melting characteristics of annular unit for latent heat thermal energy storage

    Yanping Yuan;Xiaoling Cao;Bo Xiang;Yanxia Du

  • A portable high-efficiency electromagnetic energy harvesting system using supercapacitors for renewable energy applications in railroads

    Xingtian Zhang;Zutao Zhang;Hongye Pan;Waleed Salman

  • Preparation and characterization of lauric–myristic–palmitic acid ternary eutectic mixtures/expanded graphite composite phase change material for thermal energy storage

    Nan Zhang;Yanping Yuan;Xi Wang;Xiaoling Cao

  • Experimental studies on the supercooling and melting/freezing characteristics of nano-copper/sodium acetate trihydrate composite phase change materials

    Wenlong Cui;Yanping Yuan;Liangliang Sun;Xiaoling Cao

  • A renewable low-frequency acoustic energy harvesting noise barrier for high-speed railways using a Helmholtz resonator and a PVDF film

    Yuan Wang;Xin Zhu;Tingsheng Zhang;Shehar Bano

  • Lauric–palmitic–stearic acid/expanded perlite composite as form-stable phase change material: Preparation and thermal properties

    Nan Zhang;Yanping Yuan;Yaguang Yuan;Tianyu Li

  • Ultraflexible, cost-effective and scalable polymer-based phase change composites via chemical cross-linking for wearable thermal management

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  • Effect of natural convection on melting performance of eccentric horizontal shell and tube latent heat storage unit

    Xiaoling Cao;Yanping Yuan;Bo Xiang;Fariborz Haghighat

  • Effect of carbon nanotubes on the thermal behavior of palmitic-stearic acid eutectic mixtures as phase change materials for energy storage

    Nan Zhang;Yanping Yuan;Yaguang Yuan;Xiaoling Cao

  • A portable renewable wind energy harvesting system integrated S-rotor and H-rotor for self-powered applications in high-speed railway tunnels

    Hongye Pan;Hai Li;Tingsheng Zhang;Asif Ali Laghari

  • Preparation and properties of palmitic-stearic acid eutectic mixture/expanded graphite composite as phase change material for energy storage

    Nan Zhang;Yanping Yuan;Yanxia Du;Xiaoling Cao

  • A novel PCM of lauric–myristic–stearic acid/expanded graphite composite for thermal energy storage

    Cheng Liu;Yanping Yuan;Nan Zhang;Xiaoling Cao

  • Ground source heat pump system: A review of simulation in China

    Yanping Yuan;Xiaoling Cao;Liangliang Sun;Bo Lei

  • A hierarchical interdigitated flow field design for scale-up of high-performance redox flow batteries

    Yikai Zeng;Fenghao Li;Fei Lu;Xuelong Zhou

  • Thermal performance enhancement of palmitic-stearic acid by adding graphene nanoplatelets and expanded graphite for thermal energy storage: A comparative study

    Yanping Yuan;Nan Zhang;Tianyu Li;Xiaoling Cao

  • Techno-economic analysis of a solar photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) concentrator for building application in Sweden using Monte Carlo method

    Yaxiu Gu;Xingxing Zhang;Jonn Are Myhren;Mengjie Han

  • Photo- and electro-responsive phase change materials based on highly anisotropic microcrystalline cellulose/graphene nanoplatelet structure

    Xiao Wei;Fei Xue;Xiao-dong Qi;Jing-hui Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaoling Cao
Xiaoling Cao Southwest Jiaotong University
Zutao Zhang
Zutao Zhang Southwest Jiaotong University
Xudong Zhao
Xudong Zhao University of Hull
Fariborz Haghighat
Fariborz Haghighat Concordia University
Patrick E. Phelan
Patrick E. Phelan Arizona State University
Da Yan
Da Yan Tsinghua University
Xingxing Zhang
Xingxing Zhang Dalarna University
Zuowan Zhou
Zuowan Zhou Southwest Jiaotong University
Yulong Ding
Yulong Ding University of Birmingham
Jing-hui Yang
Jing-hui Yang Southwest Jiaotong University

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