Fen Xu

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Fen Xu is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fen Xu has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Social Psychology, 16 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 13 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Fen Xu's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (12 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (10 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (7 papers). Fen Xu is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (12 papers), Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (10 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (7 papers). Fen Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Fen Xu's co-authors include Kang Lee, Mark A. Sabbagh, Stephanie M. Carlson, Louis J. Moses, Fengling Ma, Genyue Fu, Catherine Ann Cameron, Angela D. Evans, Kang Lee and Gail D. Heyman and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

Fen Xu

37 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Development of Executive Functioning and Theory of Mind 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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. The Development of Executive Functioning and Theory of Mind
    2005 516 citations Mark A. Sabbagh, Fen Xu et al. profile →

Peers

Fen Xu
Susan Birch Canada
Vikram K. Jaswal United States
Suzanne Hala Canada
Michelle D. Leichtman United States
Jeremy I. M. Carpendale Canada
Margaret‐Ellen Pipe New Zealand
Tim P. German United States
Markus Paulus Germany
Serena Lecce Italy
Karen Bartsch United States
Susan Birch Canada
Fen Xu
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Countries citing papers authored by Fen Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fen Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fen Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fen Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fen 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 Fen Xu. Fen Xu 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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Zhu, Sijing, et al.. (2024). Wearable thermoelectric cooler encapsulated with low thermal conductivity filler and honeycomb structure for high cooling effect. Materials Today Physics. 46. 101491–101491. 8 indexed citations
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Ma, Fengling, et al.. (2019). Apologies Repair Trust via Perceived Trustworthiness and Negative Emotions. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 758–758. 17 indexed citations
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Ma, Fengling, Biyun Chen, Fen Xu, Kang Lee, & Gail D. Heyman. (2018). Generalized trust predicts young children’s willingness to delay gratification. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 169. 118–125. 25 indexed citations
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Ma, Fengling, et al.. (2018). Apologies repair children’s trust: The mediating role of emotions. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 176. 1–12. 8 indexed citations
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Ma, Fengling, Gail D. Heyman, Ying Fu, et al.. (2017). Promoting honesty in young children through observational learning. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 167. 234–245. 33 indexed citations
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Ma, Fengling, et al.. (2016). Children's Facial Trustworthiness Judgments: Agreement and Relationship with Facial Attractiveness. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. 499–499. 24 indexed citations
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Ren, Xuezhu, Karl Schweizer, Tengfei Wang, & Fen Xu. (2015). The Prediction of Students’ Academic Performance With Fluid Intelligence in Giving Special Consideration to the Contribution of Learning. Advances in Cognitive Psychology. 11(3). 97–105. 28 indexed citations
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Ma, Fengling, et al.. (2015). To lie or not to lie? The influence of parenting and theory-of-mind understanding on three-year-old children’s honesty. Journal of Moral Education. 44(2). 198–212. 50 indexed citations
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Xu, Fen, et al.. (2013). Developmental Differences in the Structure of Executive Function in Middle Childhood and Adolescence. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e77770–e77770. 92 indexed citations
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Heyman, Gail D., et al.. (2013). Young children’s use of honesty as a basis for selective trust. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 117. 59–72. 28 indexed citations
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Fu, Genyue, Angela D. Evans, Fen Xu, & Kang Lee. (2012). Young children can tell strategic lies after committing a transgression. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 113(1). 147–158. 35 indexed citations
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Evans, Angela D., Fen Xu, & Kang Lee. (2011). When all signs point to you: Lies told in the face of evidence.. Developmental Psychology. 47(1). 39–49. 95 indexed citations
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Xu, Fen, et al.. (2011). Neural correlates of evaluations of lying and truth-telling in different social contexts. Brain Research. 1389. 115–124. 22 indexed citations
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Xu, Fen. (2010). Relationships among Attention,Working memory,and Reasoning in Children. Xinli fazhan yu jiaoyu. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Fengling, Fen Xu, Gail D. Heyman, & Kang Lee. (2010). Chinese children’s evaluations of white lies: Weighing the consequences for recipients. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 108(2). 308–321. 44 indexed citations
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Xu, Fen, et al.. (2010). Lying and Truth-Telling in Children: From Concept to Action. Child Development. 81(2). 581–596. 111 indexed citations
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Xu, Fen, Yang Luo, Genyue Fu, & Kang Lee. (2009). Children's and adults' conceptualization and evaluation of lying and truth‐telling. Infant and Child Development. 18(4). 307–322. 23 indexed citations
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Harada, Tokiko, Shoji Itakura, Fen Xu, et al.. (2008). Neural correlates of the judgment of lying: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Neuroscience Research. 63(1). 24–34. 40 indexed citations
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Fu, Genyue, et al.. (2007). Cross-cultural differences in children's choices, categorizations, and evaluations of truths and lies.. Developmental Psychology. 43(2). 278–293. 105 indexed citations
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