Difa Xu

73 papers and 6.1k indexed citations i.

About

Difa Xu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Difa Xu has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 57 papers in Materials Chemistry and 33 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Difa Xu’s work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (61 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (19 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (17 papers). Difa Xu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (61 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (19 papers) and Copper-based nanomaterials and applications (17 papers). Difa Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong. Difa Xu's co-authors include Bei Cheng, Jiaguo Yu, Tianyou Peng, Weilai Yu, Chuanjia Jiang, Rongan He, Weikang Wang, Shiying Zhang, Shaowen Cao and Jiaguo Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Langmuir and Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Difa Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Difa Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Difa Xu 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 Difa Xu. Difa Xu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Fields of papers citing papers by Difa Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Difa Xu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Difa Xu. The network helps show where Difa Xu may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Difa Xu

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This map shows the geographic impact of Difa Xu's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Difa Xu with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Difa Xu more than expected).

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