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2026

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83
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454
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Zhen-Yu Yin 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 Zhen-Yu Yin sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 434 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhen-Yu Yin 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 Zhen-Yu Yin sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 128 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: 349 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 425 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: 94 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: 24 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: 83 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in China Leader Award

Overview

Zhen-Yu Yin is affiliated with Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China and has a research focus primarily within the field of Engineering, with particular expertise in Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and Computational Mechanics. Their work spans several subfields, including Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, as well as Safety, Risk, Reliability, and Quality.

Their research interests are concentrated in topics related to geotechnical engineering, underground structures, and soil mechanics. Key areas of work include:

  • Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
  • Dam Engineering and Safety
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow

Zhen-Yu Yin has contributed to multiple scholarly journals, with frequent publications appearing in venues such as:

  • Computers and Geotechnics
  • Acta Geotechnica
  • International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
  • Canadian Geotechnical Journal
  • Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Coauthorship has involved collaboration with various researchers, including:

  • Yin-Fu Jin, with 52 joint works
  • Pin Zhang, with 37 joint works
  • Jian-Hua Yin, with 28 joint works
  • Hao Xiong, with 24 joint works
  • Pei Wang, with 20 joint works

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate a focus on both theoretical and applied aspects of engineering and geotechnics. Significant papers include:

  • "Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Liver Cancer (2022 Edition)" (2023, Liver Cancer)
  • "Prediction of Disc Cutter Life During Shield Tunneling with AI via the Incorporation of a Genetic Algorithm into a GMDH-Type Neural Network" (2020, Engineering)
  • "Effect of particle shape on the progressive failure of shield tunnel face in granular soils by coupled FDM-DEM method" (2020, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology)
  • "High performance prediction of soil compaction parameters using multi expression programming" (2020, Engineering Geology)
  • "CT scanning of internal crack mechanism and strength behavior of cement-fiber-tailings matrix composites" (2020, Cement and Concrete Composites)

Best Publications

  • Long-term settlement behaviour of metro tunnels in the soft deposits of Shanghai

    Shui-Long Shen;Huai-Na Wu;Yu-Jun Cui;Zhen-Yu Yin

  • Longitudinal structural modelling of shield tunnels considering shearing dislocation between segmental rings

    Huai-Na Wu;Shui-Long Shen;Shao-Ming Liao;Zhen-Yu Yin

  • An anisotropic elastic-viscoplastic model for soft clays

    Zhen Yu Yin;Zhen Yu Yin;Ching S. Chang;Minna Karstunen;Pierre Yves Hicher

  • Modeling time-dependent behavior of soft sensitive clay

    Zhen-Yu Yin;Minna Karstunen;Ching S. Chang;Mirva Koskinen

  • Optimization techniques for identifying soil parameters in geotechnical engineering: Comparative study and enhancement

    Zhen Yu Yin;Zhen Yu Yin;Yin Fu Jin;Yin Fu Jin;Jack Shuilong Shen;Pierre Yves Hicher

  • Prediction of Disc Cutter Life during Shield Tunneling with AI via the Incorporation of a Genetic Algorithm into a GMDH-Type Neural Network

    Khalid Elbaz;Shui Long Shen;Annan Zhou;Zhen Yu Yin

  • An efficient optimization method for identifying parameters of soft structured clay by an enhanced genetic algorithm and elastic–viscoplastic model

    Zhen Yu Yin;Zhen Yu Yin;Yin Fu Jin;Yin Fu Jin;Shui Long Shen;Hong Wei Huang

  • Effect of particle shape on the progressive failure of shield tunnel face in granular soils by coupled FDM-DEM method

    Zhen Yu Yin;Pei Wang;Fengshou Zhang

  • Interpretation of increased deformation rate in aquifer IV due to groundwater pumping in Shanghai

    Shui-Long Shen;Lei Ma;Ye-Shuang Xu;Zhen-Yu Yin

  • Geotechnical uncertainty, modeling, and decision making

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  • A micromechanics-based model for sand-silt mixtures

    Zhenyu Yin;Zhenyu Yin;Jidong Zhao;Pierre Yves Hicher;Pierre Yves Hicher

  • Micromechanical modelling for effect of inherent anisotropy on cyclic behaviour of sand

    Zhen-Yu Yin;Ching S. Chang;Pierre-Yves Hicher

  • Modelling time-dependent behaviour of Murro test embankment

    Minna Karstunen;Zhen-Yu Yin

  • Elastoplastic Model for Clay with Microstructural Consideration

    Ching S. Chang;Pierre Yves Hicher;Z.Y. Yin;L.R. Kong

  • Modeling Mechanical Behavior of Very Coarse Granular Materials

    Zhen Yu Yin;Pierre Yves Hicher;Christophe Dano;Yin Fu Jin

  • A Novel Hybrid Surrogate Intelligent Model for Creep Index Prediction Based on Particle Swarm Optimization and Random Forest

    Pin Zhang;Pin Zhang;Zhen Yu Yin;Yin Fu Jin;Tommy H.T. Chan

  • Selection of sand models and identification of parameters using an enhanced genetic algorithm

    Yin-Fu Jin;Yin-Fu Jin;Zhen-Yu Yin;Zhen-Yu Yin;Shui-Long Shen;Pierre-Yves Hicher

  • High performance prediction of soil compaction parameters using multi expression programming

    Han Lin Wang;Zhen Yu Yin

  • A constitutive model for granular materials considering grain breakage

    Wei Hu;Zhenyu Yin;Christophe Dano;Pierre Yves Hicher

  • Experimental identification of plastic shakedown behavior of saturated clay subjected to traffic loading with principal stress rotation

    Jian Gu Qian;Yong Gang Wang;Zhen Yu Yin;Zhen Yu Yin;Mao Song Huang

  • Analysis of stress redistribution in soil and earth pressure on tunnel lining using the discrete element method

    Mingjing Jiang;Zhen-Yu Yin

  • Stress–dilatancy behavior for sand under loading and unloading conditions

    Zhen-Yu Yin;Ching S. Chang

  • Characteristics of groundwater seepage with cut-off wall in gravel aquifer. II: Numerical analysis1

    Yong-Xia Wu;Shui-Long Shen;Zhen-Yu Yin;Ye-Shuang Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre-Yves Hicher
Pierre-Yves Hicher École Centrale de Nantes
Shui-Long Shen
Shui-Long Shen Shantou University
Ching S. Chang
Ching S. Chang University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ye-Shuang Xu
Ye-Shuang Xu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Wan-Huan Zhou
Wan-Huan Zhou University of Macau
Huai-Na Wu
Huai-Na Wu Hunan University
Jian-Hua Yin
Jian-Hua Yin Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Suksun Horpibulsuk
Suksun Horpibulsuk Suranaree University of Technology
Hongwei Huang
Hongwei Huang Tongji University
Mingjing Jiang
Mingjing Jiang Tongji University

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