Dr. Ren已发表SCI论文49篇，其中以第一/通讯作者在Applied Energy, Energy Convers. Manage., Desalination, Int. J. Heat Mass Transf., Journal of Applied Physics, J. Phy. D: Appl. Phys., Electrophoresis, Int. J. Thermal Sci.等期刊发表论文32篇，h因子23, 出版英文专著章节1篇。主持国家自然科学基金2项，中国博士后科学基金面上项目1项, 企业横向课题5项。担任Applied Energy, Desalination, Energy Convers. Manage., Int. J. Heat Mass Transf., Int. J. Thermal Sci., Energy, Electrophoresis, Applied Thermal Engineering, Biosensors, Numerical Heat Transfer 等期刊审稿人。