Fei Xu

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Fei Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Fei Xu has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 19 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 18 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Fei Xu's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (13 papers), stochastic dynamics and bifurcation (12 papers) and Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (10 papers). Fei Xu is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (13 papers), stochastic dynamics and bifurcation (12 papers) and Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (10 papers). Fei Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Fei Xu's co-authors include Elizabeth S. Spelke, Jianwei Shuai, Fuwei Yu, Junjian Li, Tingting Fang, Jiqian Zhang, Hang Su, Jun Jin, Hong Qi and Maosheng Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Fei Xu

81 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Large number discrimination in 6-month-old infants 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 250 500 750
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. Large number discrimination in 6-month-old infants
    2000 982 citations Fei Xu et al. profile →

Peers

Fei Xu
Chunqi Chang China
Paul P. Wang United States
Eric L. Schwartz United States
Pingping Liu China
Thomas Sanocki United States
Andreas Mueller Austria
Ronald van den Berg Netherlands
Chunqi Chang China
Fei Xu
Citations per year, relative to Fei Xu Fei Xu (= 1×) peers Chunqi Chang

Countries citing papers authored by Fei Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fei Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fei Xu

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

All Works

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Liu, Yaming, et al.. (2025). Structural design and performance study of an energy-harvesting damper optimized by multi-objective gray wolf algorithm. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 239(19). 7745–7757.
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Wang, Jun, et al.. (2025). The Existence of Stratified Linearly Steady Two-Mode Water Waves with Stagnation Points. Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics. 27(1).
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Xin, Qing, Fei Xu, Zegang Ma, & Jie Wu. (2024). β-Caryophyllene mitigates ischemic stroke-induced white matter lesions by inhibiting pyroptosis. Experimental Cell Research. 442(1). 114214–114214. 1 indexed citations
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Feng, Zhen, Fei Xu, Jie Lyu, et al.. (2024). SCTC: inference of developmental potential from single-cell transcriptional complexity. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(11). 6114–6128. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhilong, et al.. (2024). The network structural entropy for single-cell RNA sequencing data during skin aging. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 26(1). 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jiqian, et al.. (2024). Frequency chimera state induced by time delays in FitzHugh-Nagumo neural networks. Chinese Journal of Physics. 92. 115–123. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Fei, Hao Wang, Xinyi Wei, et al.. (2024). Ecological processes in separated structures of electroactive wetlands: Determinism versus stochasticity. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(5). 113347–113347. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Jialing, et al.. (2024). An adaptive backstepping control strategy based on radial basis function neural networks for the magnetorheological semi-active suspension. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part D Journal of Automobile Engineering. 239(8). 3278–3292. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaojing, Luoyan Ai, Li Liang, et al.. (2024). Tislelizumab plus cetuximab and irinotecan in refractory microsatellite stable and RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer: a single-arm phase 2 study. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7255–7255. 16 indexed citations
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Yang, Gang, et al.. (2024). An adaptive robust sliding mode control strategy based on radial basis function neural networks for the magnetorheological semi-active suspension. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 239(4). 1131–1142.
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Zhu, Bing, et al.. (2024). Research on robust backstepping sliding mode control strategy for magnetorheological semi-active suspension based on quantized input signals. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 239(4). 1118–1130. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Fei, et al.. (2024). Design and performance analysis of an energy harvesting suspension system utilizing Halbach-like permanent magnet arrays. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part D Journal of Automobile Engineering. 239(10-11). 4909–4923. 1 indexed citations
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Yao, Chenggui, Fei Xu, Xiangdong Tang, et al.. (2023). A physical understanding and quantification for the regulation of orexin on sleep. Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. 33(7). 5 indexed citations
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Feng, Zhen, Jinyan Cheng, Jie Lyu, et al.. (2023). Gene function and cell surface protein association analysis based on single-cell multiomics data. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 157. 106733–106733. 89 indexed citations
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Ding, Jian, Zheng Ye, Fei Xu, et al.. (2021). Effects of top-down influence suppression on behavioral and V1 neuronal contrast sensitivity functions in cats. iScience. 25(1). 103683–103683. 10 indexed citations
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Xu, Fei, et al.. (2019). Nontrivial Effect of Time-Varying Migration on the Three Species Prey-Predator System*. Communications in Theoretical Physics. 71(1). 127–127. 3 indexed citations
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Bramley, Neil R, Eric Schulz, Fei Xu, & Joshua B. Tenenbaum. (2018). Learning as program induction. PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints). 2 indexed citations
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Jiang, Shumin, et al.. (2017). Dynamics of a Duopoly Game with Two Different Delay Structures. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society. 2017. 1–12. 3 indexed citations

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