Angela Xiao Wu

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Angela Xiao Wu is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Angela Xiao Wu has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 10 papers in Communication and 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Angela Xiao Wu's work include Social Media and Politics (9 papers), Heavy metals in environment (7 papers) and China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (7 papers). Angela Xiao Wu is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (9 papers), Heavy metals in environment (7 papers) and China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (7 papers). Angela Xiao Wu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Angela Xiao Wu's co-authors include Harsh Taneja, Mei Lei, Yuan‐Ming Zheng, Tongbin Chen, Zechun Huang, Chen Huang, Keke Fan, Long Zhao, Yiwei Gong and Hong Hou and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Angela Xiao Wu

36 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Assessment of heavy metal pollution in surface soils of u... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Assessment of heavy metal pollution in surface soils of urban parks in Beijing, China
    2005 707 citations Tongbin Chen, Yuan‐Ming Zheng et al. Chemosphere profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Angela Xiao Wu United States 13 1.1k 399 396 348 271 38 1.7k
Avit Kumar Bhowmik Germany 18 306 0.3× 344 0.9× 58 0.1× 49 0.1× 250 0.9× 27 1.4k
Gerhard Wagner Germany 17 313 0.3× 180 0.5× 77 0.2× 52 0.1× 168 0.6× 72 1.0k
Md. Ferdous Alam Bangladesh 20 410 0.4× 331 0.8× 52 0.1× 68 0.2× 41 0.2× 51 1.4k
Theodore H. DeWitt United States 23 481 0.5× 685 1.7× 30 0.1× 20 0.1× 71 0.3× 50 1.7k
G. B. Wiersma United States 17 227 0.2× 151 0.4× 43 0.1× 30 0.1× 109 0.4× 53 1.1k
Wojciech Dmuchowski Poland 18 381 0.4× 324 0.8× 27 0.1× 38 0.1× 16 0.1× 45 1.2k
Lifei Wang China 14 184 0.2× 129 0.3× 20 0.1× 11 0.0× 25 0.1× 41 651
Muhammad Arshad Saudi Arabia 17 125 0.1× 67 0.2× 26 0.1× 15 0.0× 84 0.3× 63 846
Juan A. Correa Chile 13 373 0.4× 347 0.9× 61 0.2× 17 0.0× 14 0.1× 27 963

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Fields of papers citing papers by Angela Xiao Wu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Angela Xiao Wu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Angela Xiao Wu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Angela Xiao Wu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Angela Xiao Wu. Angela Xiao Wu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Weng, Zhixiong, et al.. (2025). Carbon decoupling and drivers decomposition under the carbon neutrality target: Evidence from county-level cities in China. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 222. 108465–108465. 3 indexed citations
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Wu, Angela Xiao. (2024). The Politics of Platforms/Pingtai平台: A Chinese Genealogy. Communication and the Public. 4 indexed citations
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Zhou, Siyuan, Angela Xiao Wu, Yubo Yuan, et al.. (2024). Evolutionary origin and gradual accumulation with plant evolution of the LACS family. BMC Plant Biology. 24(1). 481–481. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Yangyang, Angela Xiao Wu, Xiaohua Wang, et al.. (2023). PusALDH1 gene confers high levels of volatile aroma accumulation in both pear and tomato fruits. Journal of Plant Physiology. 290. 154101–154101. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Angela Xiao, Harsh Taneja, & James G. Webster. (2020). Going with the flow: Nudging attention online. New Media & Society. 23(10). 2979–2998. 26 indexed citations
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Wu, Angela Xiao. (2020). Chinese Computing and Computing China as Global Knowledge Production [Special Section]. Catalyst Feminism Theory Technoscience. 6(2). 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Angela Xiao. (2020). The evolution of regime imaginaries on the Chinese Internet. Journal of Political Ideologies. 25(2). 139–161. 8 indexed citations
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Taneja, Harsh & Angela Xiao Wu. (2019). Web Infrastructures and Online Attention Ecology. International journal of communication. 13. 736–756. 2 indexed citations
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Shi, Taoran, Yunyun Zhang, Yiwei Gong, et al.. (2019). Status of cadmium accumulation in agricultural soils across China (1975–2016): From temporal and spatial variations to risk assessment. Chemosphere. 230. 136–143. 170 indexed citations
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Wu, Angela Xiao & Harsh Taneja. (2019). How did the data extraction business model come to dominate? Changes in the web use ecosystem before mobiles surpassed personal computers. The Information Society. 1–14. 4 indexed citations
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Wu, Angela Xiao, et al.. (2019). What is made-in-China feminism(s)? Gender discontent and class friction in post-socialist China. Critical Asian Studies. 51(4). 471–492. 117 indexed citations
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Shi, Taoran, Jin Ma, Yunyun Zhang, et al.. (2019). Status of lead accumulation in agricultural soils across China (1979–2016). Environment International. 129. 35–41. 135 indexed citations
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Shi, Taoran, Jin Ma, Angela Xiao Wu, et al.. (2018). Inventories of heavy metal inputs and outputs to and from agricultural soils: A review. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 164. 118–124. 175 indexed citations
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Shi, Taoran, Jin Ma, Fuyong Wu, et al.. (2018). Mass balance-based inventory of heavy metals inputs to and outputs from agricultural soils in Zhejiang Province, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 649. 1269–1280. 111 indexed citations
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Taneja, Harsh, Angela Xiao Wu, & Stephanie Edgerly. (2017). Rethinking the generational gap in online news use: An infrastructural perspective. New Media & Society. 20(5). 1792–1812. 51 indexed citations
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Wu, Angela Xiao. (2013). Ideological Polarization Over a China-as-Superpower Mindset: An Exploratory Charting of Belief Systems Among Chinese Internet Users, 2008-2011. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 28 indexed citations
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Wu, Angela Xiao. (2012). Hail the Independent Thinker: The Emergence of Public Debate Culture on the Chinese Internet. International journal of communication. 6. 25. 8 indexed citations
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Wu, Angela Xiao. (2012). Broadening the Scope of Cultural Preferences: Movie Talk and Chinese Pirate Film Consumption from the Mid-1980s to 2005. International journal of communication. 6(1). 501–529. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Angela Xiao. (2012). Piracy Cultures| Broadening the Scope of Cultural Preferences: Movie Talk and Chinese Pirate Film Consumption from the Mid-1980s to 2005. International journal of communication. 6. 29. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Tongbin, Yuan‐Ming Zheng, Mei Lei, et al.. (2005). Assessment of heavy metal pollution in surface soils of urban parks in Beijing, China. Chemosphere. 60(4). 542–551. 707 indexed citations breakdown →

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