Huan Xia

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 686 citations indexed

About

Huan Xia is a scholar working on Anthropology, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Huan Xia has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 686 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Anthropology, 13 papers in Paleontology and 9 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Huan Xia's work include Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (8 papers). Huan Xia is often cited by papers focused on Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (8 papers). Huan Xia collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Huan Xia's co-authors include Dongju Zhang, Fahu Chen, Jian Wang, Hui Wang, Frido Welker, Matthew M. Skinner, Chuan‐Chou Shen, Inga Bergmann, Qiaomei Fu and Sarah E. Freidline and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Huan Xia

26 papers receiving 650 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.

  1. A late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan mandible from the Tibetan Plateau
    2019 278 citations Fahu Chen, Frido Welker et al. Nature profile →
  2. Sustainable intensification of millet–pig agriculture in Neolithic North China
    2022 53 citations Jishuai Yang, Dongju Zhang et al. Nature Sustainability profile →

Peers

Huan Xia
Tsai-Luen Yu Taiwan
Cheng Zhu China
Izumi Shimada United States
G. Jin China
Vasant Shinde India
Jay K. Johnson United States
Federica Fontana Italy
Gilliane Monnier United States
Richard V. Prigodich United States
Jonathan Ericson United States
Tsai-Luen Yu Taiwan
Huan Xia
Citations per year, relative to Huan Xia Huan Xia (= 1×) peers Tsai-Luen Yu

Countries citing papers authored by Huan Xia

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Fields of papers citing papers by Huan Xia

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Huan Xia. 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 Huan Xia. The network helps show where Huan Xia may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Huan Xia

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Huan Xia. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Huan Xia 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 Huan Xia. Huan Xia 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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Xia, Huan, Dongju Zhang, Zandra Fagernäs, et al.. (2024). Middle and Late Pleistocene Denisovan subsistence at Baishiya Karst Cave. Nature. 632(8023). 108–113. 20 indexed citations
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Xia, Huan, et al.. (2024). New insights from the latest Denisovan fossil discovery on the Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version). 69(35). 5155–5160. 2 indexed citations
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Sinet‐Mathiot, Virginie, Jakob Lerche Hansen, Dorothea Mylopotamitaki, et al.. (2024). Increasing sustainability in palaeoproteomics by optimizing digestion times for large-scale archaeological bone analyses. iScience. 27(4). 109432–109432. 5 indexed citations
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Yao, Juanting, et al.. (2023). The evolution of prehistoric arrowheads in northern China and its influential factors. Science China Earth Sciences. 66(9). 2109–2124. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Jishuai, Dongju Zhang, Weiwei Wang, et al.. (2022). Sustainable intensification of millet–pig agriculture in Neolithic North China. Nature Sustainability. 5(9). 780–786. 53 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xia, Huan, Suijuan Zhong, Yaoyao Shi, et al.. (2021). Thymic Egress Is Regulated by T Cell-Derived LTβR Signal and via Distinct Thymic Portal Endothelial Cells. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 707404–707404. 4 indexed citations
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Xia, Huan, et al.. (2020). HIV Gene Therapy Strategies and Safety: What do we know from the Recent Publications?. PubMed. 22(4). 195–202. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Dongju, Xuke Shen, Ting Cheng, et al.. (2020). New advances in the study of prehistoric human activity on the Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version). 65(6). 475–482. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Dongju, Huan Xia, Ting Cheng, & Fahu Chen. (2019). New portraits of the Denisovans. Science Bulletin. 65(1). 1–3. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Fahu, Frido Welker, Chuan‐Chou Shen, et al.. (2019). A late Middle Pleistocene Denisovan mandible from the Tibetan Plateau. Nature. 569(7756). 409–412. 278 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Zhiping, Jianbao Liu, Xiaokang Liu, et al.. (2019). Seasonal variations in the lake-water oxygen isotope composition of four lakes in the East Asian summer monsoon region: Implications for the interpretation of paleo-isotope records. Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment. 44(4). 572–588. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Jian, Huan Xia, Juanting Yao, et al.. (2019). Subsistence strategies of prehistoric hunter-gatherers on the Tibetan Plateau during the Last Deglaciation. Science China Earth Sciences. 63(3). 395–404. 34 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhiping, Jianbao Liu, Shengqian Chen, et al.. (2018). Nonlagged Response of Vegetation to Climate Change During the Younger Dryas: Evidence from High‐Resolution Multiproxy Records from an Alpine Lake in Northern China. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(14). 7065–7075. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Dongju, Huan Xia, & Fahu Chen. (2018). Early human occupation of the Tibetan Plateau. Science Bulletin. 63(24). 1598–1600. 13 indexed citations
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Liu, Yijie, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of nanoV 3.6 Mo 2.4 O 16 and their catalytic activity in the selective oxidation of toluene. Micro & Nano Letters. 14(1). 28–32. 6 indexed citations
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Wu, Weiwei, et al.. (2017). Epithelial LTβR signaling controls the population size of the progenitors of medullary thymic epithelial cells in neonatal mice. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 44481–44481. 19 indexed citations
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Shi, Yaoyao, Weiwei Wu, Qian Chai, et al.. (2016). LTβR controls thymic portal endothelial cells for haematopoietic progenitor cell homing and T-cell regeneration. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12369–12369. 31 indexed citations
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