Fan Xue

7.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
133 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Fan Xue is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fan Xue has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Building and Construction, 26 papers in Environmental Engineering and 26 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Fan Xue's work include BIM and Construction Integration (40 papers), 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (26 papers) and Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (19 papers). Fan Xue is often cited by papers focused on BIM and Construction Integration (40 papers), 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (26 papers) and Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (19 papers). Fan Xue collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and Australia. Fan Xue's co-authors include Weisheng Lu, Qiping Shen, Ke Chen, Jingke Hong, Clyde Zhengdao Li, Xiao Li, Liupengfei Wu, Rui Zhao, Jinying Xu and Tan Tan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Fan Xue

125 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

An Internet of Things-enabled BIM platform for on-site as... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2018 2017 2019 2021 100 200 300
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. An Internet of Things-enabled BIM platform for on-site assembly services in prefabricated construction
    2018 319 citations Fan Xue, Xiao Li et al. Automation in Construction profile →
  2. Prefabricated construction enabled by the Internet-of-Things
    2017 307 citations Ray Y. Zhong, Fan Xue et al. Automation in Construction profile →
  3. Barriers to Building Information Modeling (BIM) implementation in China's prefabricated construction: An interpretive structural modeling (ISM) approach
    2019 276 citations Ke Chen, Fan Xue et al. profile →
  4. Blockchain-Enabled IoT-BIM Platform for Supply Chain Management in Modular Construction
    2021 171 citations Xiao Li, Weisheng Lu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fan Xue Hong Kong 39 3.0k 1.3k 902 666 661 133 5.2k
Lukumon O. Oyedele United Kingdom 44 3.9k 1.3× 1.6k 1.2× 805 0.9× 488 0.7× 1.0k 1.6× 114 7.1k
Samad M. E. Sepasgozar Australia 39 2.4k 0.8× 992 0.8× 1.0k 1.2× 606 0.9× 505 0.8× 163 5.5k
Olúgbénga O. Akinadé United Kingdom 37 3.7k 1.2× 1.4k 1.1× 607 0.7× 358 0.5× 977 1.5× 65 5.8k
Muhammad Bilal United Kingdom 31 3.0k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 533 0.6× 333 0.5× 792 1.2× 52 4.8k
Mehrdad Arashpour Australia 41 3.5k 1.2× 1.9k 1.5× 731 0.8× 536 0.8× 535 0.8× 193 6.3k
Clyde Zhengdao Li China 33 3.3k 1.1× 1.7k 1.3× 590 0.7× 240 0.4× 600 0.9× 72 4.7k
Mohamed Marzouk Egypt 37 3.0k 1.0× 1.6k 1.2× 507 0.6× 433 0.7× 527 0.8× 241 5.3k
Chimay Anumba United States 37 2.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 689 0.8× 508 0.8× 587 0.9× 193 4.4k
Hakeem A. Owolabi United Kingdom 32 2.6k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 383 0.4× 230 0.3× 691 1.0× 46 4.0k
Heap‐Yih Chong Australia 40 2.6k 0.9× 1.9k 1.5× 388 0.4× 483 0.7× 978 1.5× 189 4.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fan Xue

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fan Xue

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fan Xue. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fan Xue 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 Fan Xue. Fan Xue 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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Wang, Ziran, Michael Grieves, Yonggang Wen, & Fan Xue. (2025). Special Issue on Digital Twins. IEEE Internet Computing. 29(1). 5–7. 1 indexed citations
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Xue, Fan, et al.. (2025). Efficient and accurate assessment of window view distance using City Information Models and 3D Computer Vision. Landscape and Urban Planning. 260. 105389–105389. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Meng, Liang Dong, Jiajia Wang, Bate Bate, & Fan Xue. (2025). Clarity in DEM cementation predictions: Integrating automated machine learning and interpretability analysis of shear wave velocity. Advanced Engineering Informatics. 69. 104060–104060.
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Yuan, Liang, et al.. (2024). Benchmarking computer vision models for automated construction waste sorting. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 213. 108026–108026. 9 indexed citations
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Lu, Weisheng, Jinfeng Lou, Ray Y. Zhong, et al.. (2024). Digital technologies for construction sustainability: Status quo, challenges, and future prospects. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 14 indexed citations
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Lu, Weisheng, et al.. (2024). Harnessing geographic information system and street view imagery for thermal gradient distribution auditing. Urban Climate. 59. 102248–102248. 2 indexed citations
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Xue, Fan, et al.. (2023). Bi-objective analytics of 3D visual-physical nature exposures in high-rise high-density cities for landscape and urban planning. Landscape and Urban Planning. 233. 104714–104714. 17 indexed citations
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Lu, Weisheng, et al.. (2023). Building feature‐based machine learning regression to quantify urban material stocks: A Hong Kong study. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 27(1). 336–349. 31 indexed citations
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Zhao, Rui, Jiajia Wang, & Fan Xue. (2023). A blockchain-based token economic model for incentivizing ESG in the construction industry. Computing in construction. 1 indexed citations
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Xue, Fan, et al.. (2023). SURFACE OR SKELETON? AUTOMATIC HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING OF 3D POINT CLOUDS OF BRONZE FROG DRUMS FOR HERITAGE DIGITAL TWINS. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. X-M-1-2023. 293–299. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Yijie, et al.. (2023). Towards fully automatic Scan-to-BIM: A prototype method integrating deep neural networks and architectonic grammar. Computing in construction. 1 indexed citations
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Lu, Weisheng, Xiao Li, Fan Xue, et al.. (2021). Exploring smart construction objects as blockchain oracles in construction supply chain management. Automation in Construction. 129. 103816–103816. 120 indexed citations
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Xue, Fan, et al.. (2020). Automated mapping from an IFC data model to a relational database model. Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology). 61(2). 152–160. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaohui, et al.. (2020). Eye Tracking in Driving Environment Based on Multichannel Convolutional Neural Network. 141–144. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Jinying, Weisheng Lu, Fan Xue, & Ke Chen. (2019). ‘Cognitive facility management’: Definition, system architecture, and example scenario. Automation in Construction. 107. 102922–102922. 39 indexed citations

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