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Zhiqiang (John) Zhai 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 Zhiqiang (John) Zhai sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 180 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Zhiqiang (John) Zhai 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 Zhiqiang (John) Zhai sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Zhiqiang (John) Zhai is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and environmental science, with a focus on mechanical engineering, environmental engineering, building and construction, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

Their research topics cover a range of areas related to building energy, air flow, infection control, and material science. Key topics include:

  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation
  • Phase Change Materials Research
  • Cellular and Composite Structures

Zhiqiang Zhai has frequently published research in several prominent venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Building and Environment
  • Energy and Buildings
  • Energy
  • Sustainable Cities and Society
  • Buildings

Recent papers associated with Zhai's research include:

  • The efficacy of social distance and ventilation effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 transmission, 2020, Sustainable Cities and Society
  • Facial mask: A necessity to beat COVID-19, 2020, Building and Environment
  • Advances in research for underground buildings: Energy, thermal comfort and indoor air quality, 2020, Energy and Buildings
  • Application and improvement of Canny edge-detection algorithm for exterior wall hollowing detection using infrared thermal images, 2022, Energy and Buildings
  • Accuracy of CFD simulations in urban aerodynamics and microclimate: Progress and challenges, 2023, Building and Environment

Zhai has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Quan Zhang
  • Ke Zhong
  • Liangzhu Wang
  • He Li
  • Youdong Xing

In addition to journal articles, Zhai has contributed to book publications. One such work published by Springer Nature is the Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of Various Turbulence Models in Predicting Airflow and Turbulence in Enclosed Environments by CFD: Part 2—Comparison with Experimental Data from Literature

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  • The efficacy of social distance and ventilation effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 transmission

    Chanjuan Sun;Chanjuan Sun;Zhiqiang Zhai

  • Evaluation of Various Turbulence Models in Predicting Airflow and Turbulence in Enclosed Environments by CFD: Part 1—Summary of Prevalent Turbulence Models

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  • On approaches to couple energy simulation and computational fluid dynamics programs

    Zhiqiang Zhai;Qingyan Chen;Philip Haves;Joseph H. Klems

  • Particle swarm optimization for redundant building cooling heating and power system

    Jiangjiang Wang;Zhiqiang (John) Zhai;Youyin Jing;Chunfa Zhang

  • Modeling phase change materials embedded in building enclosure: A review

    Saleh Nasser AL-Saadi;Zhiqiang (John) Zhai

  • Ancient vernacular architecture: characteristics categorization and energy performance evaluation

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  • Performance comparison of combined cooling heating and power system in different operation modes

    Jiang-Jiang Wang;You-Yin Jing;Chun-Fa Zhang;Zhiqiang (John) Zhai

  • Performance of coupled building energy and CFD simulations

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  • Improving cooling efficiency of dry-cooling towers under cross-wind conditions by using wind-break methods

    Z. Zhai;S. Fu

  • Advances in building simulation and computational techniques: A review between 1987 and 2014

    Haidong Wang;Zhiqiang (John) Zhai

  • Solution characters of iterative coupling between energy simulation and CFD programs

    Zhiqiang Zhai;Qingyan (Yan) Chen

  • Implications of climate changes to building energy and design

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  • Assessment of natural and hybrid ventilation models in whole-building energy simulations

    Zhiqiang (John) Zhai;Mary-Hall Johnson;Moncef Krarti

  • Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics in Building Design: Aspects and Trends

    Zhiqiang Zhai

  • Inverse modeling methods for indoor airborne pollutant tracking: literature review and fundamentals

    X. Liu;Z. Zhai

  • Experimental and numerical investigation on thermal and electrical performance of a building integrated photovoltaic–thermal collector system

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  • Thermal performance of an active-passive ventilation wall with phase change material in solar greenhouses

    Chao Chen;Haoshu Ling;Haoshu Ling;Zhiqiang (John) Zhai;Yin Li

  • Numerical investigation on thermal performance and correlations of double skin façade with buoyancy-driven airflow

    Alexandra Pappas;Zhiqiang Zhai

  • Location identification for indoor instantaneous point contaminant source by probability-based inverse Computational Fluid Dynamics modeling.

    X. Liu;Z. Zhai

  • Influence analysis of building types and climate zones on energetic, economic and environmental performances of BCHP systems

    Jiangjiang Wang;Zhiqiang (John) Zhai;Youyin Jing;Chunfa Zhang

  • Numerical determination and treatment of convective heat transfer coefficient in the coupled building energy and CFD simulation

    Zhiqiang Zhai;Qingyan (Yan) Chen

  • Modeling and measuring the nocturnal drainage flow in a high‐elevation, subalpine forest with complex terrain

    Chuixiang Yi;Russell K. Monson;Zhiqiang Zhai;Dean E. Anderson

  • CFD simulation on the heat transfer and flow characteristics of a microchannel separate heat pipe under different filling ratios

    Chang Yue;Quan Zhang;Zhiqiang Zhai;Li Ling

  • Facial mask: A necessity to beat COVID-19

    Zhiqiang Zhai

  • Inverse prediction and optimization of flow control conditions for confined spaces using a CFD-based genetic algorithm

    Yu Xue;Zhiqiang (John) Zhai;Zhiqiang (John) Zhai;Qingyan Chen;Qingyan Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Qingyan Chen
Qingyan Chen Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jiangjiang Wang
Jiangjiang Wang North China Electric Power University
Moncef Krarti
Moncef Krarti University of Colorado Boulder
Russell K. Monson
Russell K. Monson University of Colorado Boulder
Brian Lamb
Brian Lamb Washington State University
Sean P. Burns
Sean P. Burns University of Colorado Boulder
Jinyue Yan
Jinyue Yan Mälardalen University
Li Lan
Li Lan Duke University
Shen Wei
Shen Wei University College London
Robert A. Taylor
Robert A. Taylor University of New South Wales

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