Bei Xu

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Bei Xu is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bei Xu has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Geophysics, 34 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 14 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Bei Xu's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (59 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (34 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (29 papers). Bei Xu is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (59 papers), Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping (34 papers) and High-pressure geophysics and materials (29 papers). Bei Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, France and United States. Bei Xu's co-authors include Pan Zhao, Yan Chen, Bin Chen, Bor‐ming Jahn, Guanzhong Shi, Simon A. Wilde, Jacques Charvet, Michel Faure, Haibo Zou and Lifei Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Tectonophysics and Precambrian Research.

In The Last Decade

Bei Xu

63 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Middle Paleozoic convergent orogenic belts in western Inner Mongolia (China): framework, kinematics, geochronology and implications for tectonic evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt

2012 492 citations Bei Xu, Jacques Charvet et al. Gondwana Research profile →
The pre-Devonian tectonic framework of Xing’an–Mongolia orogenic belt (XMOB) in north China

2014 289 citations Bei Xu, Pan Zhao et al. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bei Xu China	27	3.3k	2.0k	422	337	253	64	3.4k
Laicheng Miao China	28	4.3k 1.3×	2.8k 1.4×	521 1.2×	216 0.6×	301 1.2×	76	4.4k
D. V. Alexeiev Russia	22	5.4k 1.7×	3.4k 1.7×	547 1.3×	320 0.9×	428 1.7×	50	5.6k
Qing‐guo Zhai China	30	2.5k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	332 0.8×	348 1.0×	253 1.0×	88	2.7k
Yigui Han Hong Kong	30	2.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	279 0.7×	248 0.7×	272 1.1×	81	2.9k
К. Е. Degtyarev Russia	23	2.4k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	237 0.6×	170 0.5×	359 1.4×	111	2.5k
Fu‐Ping Pei China	36	4.7k 1.4×	2.7k 1.4×	626 1.5×	217 0.6×	283 1.1×	66	4.9k
Keda Cai China	36	4.9k 1.5×	3.3k 1.6×	770 1.8×	201 0.6×	223 0.9×	102	5.0k
Paul R. Eizenhöfer Hong Kong	27	2.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	272 0.6×	203 0.6×	220 0.9×	36	2.6k
Jinlong Yao China	25	2.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	377 0.9×	263 0.8×	381 1.5×	61	2.9k
Chao-Ming Xie China	29	1.9k 0.6×	874 0.4×	307 0.7×	238 0.7×	165 0.7×	75	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bei Xu

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All Works

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Lv, Pei, Shengyao Yu, Yinbiao Peng, et al.. (2025). Petrogenesis of late Paleoproterozoic I- and A-type granitoids in the southwestern Tarim Craton, NW China: Implications for post-collisional magmatism and tectonic evolution. Precambrian Research. 418. 107698–107698.

Xu, Bei, Hao Liu, & Jie Xu. (2025). Origin and evolution of large-scale sublacustrine fans in a lacustrine rift basin: a case study from the Liaozhong Depression (Bohai Bay Basin, E China). Journal of Palaeogeography. 14(2). 431–451. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Bei, et al.. (2023). Late Paleozoic sedimentary and tectonic evolution of the Linxi basin in the eastern Inner Mongolia, eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Gondwana Research. 126. 112–128. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Pan, et al.. (2023). Late Triassic initial closure of the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean in the western segment: Constraints from sedimentological, detrital zircon ages and paleomagnetic evidence. Gondwana Research. 125. 110–129. 5 indexed citations

Zhao, Pan, Bei Xu, & Yan Chen. (2023). Evolution and final closure of the Mongol-Okhotsk Ocean. Science China Earth Sciences. 66(11). 2497–2513. 6 indexed citations

Xu, Bei, et al.. (2021). The Late Paleozoic extending and thinning processes of the Xing'an-Mongolia orogenic belt: Geochemical evidence from the plutons in Linxi area, Inner Mongolia. Acta Petrologica Sinica. 37(7). 2029–2050. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Yanjie, et al.. (2020). Sedimentary and geochronology study on the Late Carboniferous-Late Permian strata from Ejin Banner area and its tectonic setting. Acta Petrologica Sinica. 36(4). 1253–1273. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Zhiwei, et al.. (2020). Geochronology and geochemistry of the Early Carboniferous volcanic rocks in Sonid Zuoqi, Inner Mongolia: Implication for the Carboniferous tectonic evolution and crustal nature of the eastern Central Asia Orogenic Belt. Acta Petrologica Sinica. 36(3). 799–819. 7 indexed citations

Zhao, Pan, Erwin Appel, & Bei Xu. (2020). An Inclination Shallowing‐Corrected Early Triassic Paleomagnetic Pole for the North China Craton: Implication for the Mesozoic Geography of Proto‐Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 125(10). 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jiaming, et al.. (2019). Evolution of the Heihe-Nenjiang Ocean in the eastern Paleo-Asian Ocean: Constraints of sedimentological, geochronological and geochemical investigations from Early-Middle Paleozoic Heihe-Dashizhai Orogenic Belt in the northeast China. Gondwana Research. 81. 339–361. 10 indexed citations

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Xia, Bin, Lifei Zhang, Zhixue Du, & Bei Xu. (2017). Petrology and age of Precambrian Aksu blueschist, NW China. Precambrian Research. 326. 295–311. 42 indexed citations

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Zhao, Pan, Michel Faure, Yan Chen, Guanzhong Shi, & Bei Xu. (2015). A new Triassic shortening-extrusion tectonic model for Central-Eastern Asia: Structural, geochronological and paleomagnetic investigations in the Xilamulun Fault (North China). Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 426. 46–57. 44 indexed citations

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Xu, Bei & Pan Zhao. (2014). The pre-Mesozoic tectonic unit division of the Xing-Meng orogenic belt (XMOB). EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2314. 8 indexed citations

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Zhao, Pan, et al.. (2014). Early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Xing-Meng Orogenic Belt: Constraints from detrital zircon geochronology of western Erguna–Xing’an Block, North China. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 95. 136–146. 28 indexed citations

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Wu, Guang, Yuchuan Chen, Fengyue Sun, et al.. (2014). Geochronology, geochemistry, and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes of the early Paleozoic igneous rocks in the Duobaoshan area, NE China, and their geological significance. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 97. 229–250. 112 indexed citations

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Xu, Bei, Jacques Charvet, Yan Chen, Pan Zhao, & Guanzhong Shi. (2012). Middle Paleozoic convergent orogenic belts in western Inner Mongolia (China): framework, kinematics, geochronology and implications for tectonic evolution of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Gondwana Research. 23(4). 1342–1364. 492 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yang, Hua, et al.. (2004). Petroleum geological role of magmatic activities in Xin′gang prospect area, Beitang Sag. Petroleum Exploration and Development. 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Bei. (2000). Tectonic Units in the Western Dabie Orogenic Belt. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Bin, Bor‐ming Jahn, Simon A. Wilde, & Bei Xu. (2000). Two contrasting paleozoic magmatic belts in northern Inner Mongolia, China: petrogenesis and tectonic implications. Tectonophysics. 328(1-2). 157–182. 483 indexed citations

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Xu, Bei & Bin Chen. (1997). Framework and evolution of the middle Paleozoic orogenic belt between Siberian and North China Plates in northern Inner Mongolia. Science in China Series D Earth Sciences. 40(5). 463–469. 146 indexed citations

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