Kaiyang Xu

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 955 citations indexed

About

Kaiyang Xu is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaiyang Xu has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 955 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 10 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 10 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Kaiyang Xu's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (13 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (5 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (5 papers). Kaiyang Xu is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (13 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (5 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (5 papers). Kaiyang Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Portugal and United States. Kaiyang Xu's co-authors include Liza S. Comita, Stephen J. Murphy, Simon A. Queenborough, Meghna Krishnadas, Noelle G. Beckman, Jenalle L. Eck, Yan Zhu, Angel Hsu, Amy Weinfurter and Wanhui Ye and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Kaiyang Xu

30 papers receiving 933 citations

Hit Papers

Testing predictions of the Janzen–Connell hypothesis: a m... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400
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. Testing predictions of the Janzen–Connell hypothesis: a meta‐analysis of experimental evidence for distance‐ and density‐dependent seed and seedling survival
    2014 484 citations Kaiyang Xu 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
Kaiyang Xu China 13 451 327 255 178 178 36 955
Trevor S. Fristoe United States 14 214 0.5× 264 0.8× 117 0.5× 232 1.3× 109 0.6× 22 839
Yongfan Wang China 15 382 0.8× 166 0.5× 283 1.1× 105 0.6× 183 1.0× 31 923
Neil O. Anderson United States 21 319 0.7× 325 1.0× 930 3.6× 481 2.7× 94 0.5× 145 1.8k
Zhijie Zhang China 17 356 0.8× 346 1.1× 488 1.9× 144 0.8× 58 0.3× 24 1.1k
Tero Toivanen Finland 16 137 0.3× 174 0.5× 197 0.8× 183 1.0× 351 2.0× 41 907
Wenwen Liu China 18 185 0.4× 145 0.4× 223 0.9× 308 1.7× 59 0.3× 50 899
Matthias H. Hoffmann Germany 24 374 0.8× 708 2.2× 783 3.1× 220 1.2× 71 0.4× 76 1.8k
Melinda M. J. de Jonge Netherlands 7 163 0.4× 95 0.3× 61 0.2× 254 1.4× 161 0.9× 10 696
Guangqi Zhang China 19 209 0.5× 63 0.2× 178 0.7× 127 0.7× 134 0.8× 86 973
Mingming Zhang China 13 164 0.4× 85 0.3× 80 0.3× 205 1.2× 86 0.5× 55 556

Countries citing papers authored by Kaiyang Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kaiyang Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kaiyang Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kaiyang Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kaiyang 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 Kaiyang Xu. Kaiyang 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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Xu, Yaowen, Kaiyang Xu, Hao Tan, et al.. (2025). Multimetallic layered double hydroxides as efficient and durable oxygen evolution catalysts for anion exchange membrane water electrolysis at high current densities. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(20). 14822–14835. 2 indexed citations
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Xia, Zhonghong, Yan Wang, Kaiyang Xu, et al.. (2025). Cavities-Induced Compressive Strain in Unique Nanotubes Boosts the C1 Pathway of Ethanol Oxidation Electrocatalysis. ACS Nano. 19(7). 7379–7390. 10 indexed citations
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Qiu, Huamin, Hao Jia, Jun Wang, et al.. (2025). Exceptional Battery‐level Safety of High Energy Density Lithium‐Ion Batteries through Non‐Flammable and Low‐Exothermic Localize High Concentration Electrolytes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(15). e202423554–e202423554. 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Kaiyang, Chenyue Zhang, Yang Lü, et al.. (2025). Deoxygenation‐Induced Lattice Distortion in CuO x for Efficient Methane Diolate Anion Oxidation and Bipolar Hydrogen Evolution. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(34). 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yang, Haoliang Huang, Zhipeng Yu, et al.. (2025). Atomic dispersion of scandium in electrochemically reduced copper oxide nanosheets for efficient electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to C2+ products. Chemical Engineering Journal. 524. 169132–169132.
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Yu, Zhipeng, Danil W. Boukhvalov, Hao Tan, et al.. (2024). Sulfur and phosphorus co-doped FeCoNiCrMn high-entropy alloys as efficient sulfion oxidation reaction catalysts enabling self-powered asymmetric seawater electrolysis. Chemical Engineering Journal. 494. 153094–153094. 25 indexed citations
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Chen, Lepeng, Rongxin Cui, Weisheng Yan, Yang Li, & Kaiyang Xu. (2024). Optimal Gait Planning and Thruster Force Allocation for Rough Terrain Climbing of an Underwater Hexapod Robot. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 22. 6340–6353. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Kaiyang, Lecheng Liang, Kaixiang Shi, et al.. (2024). Tracking methanol oxidation reaction from OH* as guiding agent. Chemical Engineering Science. 292. 119991–119991.
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Wang, Jingwei, Lejuan Cai, Zhipeng Yu, et al.. (2024). Oxygen-defective ruthenium oxide as an efficient and durable electrocatalyst for acidic oxygen evolution reaction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(1). 312–324. 8 indexed citations
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Xu, Kaiyang, Lecheng Liang, Tong Li, et al.. (2024). Pt1.8Pd0.2CuGa Intermetallic Nanocatalysts with Enhanced Methanol Oxidation Performance for Efficient Hybrid Seawater Electrolysis. Advanced Materials. 36(31). e2403792–e2403792. 45 indexed citations
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Li, Keke, Yajie Sun, Kaixiang Shi, et al.. (2023). Competing polysulfides conversion between edge-N and embedded CoS2 within multichannel carbon nanofibers. Chemical Engineering Science. 282. 119236–119236. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Wen, Shaoqing Li, Jun Tao, et al.. (2007). Proteomic Analysis of Anthers from Honglian Cytoplasmic Male Sterility Line Rice and Its Corresponding Maintainer and Hybrid. Botanical studies. 48(3). 293–309. 19 indexed citations
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Ye, Wanhui, et al.. (2005). Seed germination eco-physiology of Mikania micrantha H.B.K. Zhōngyāng yánjiūyuàn zhíwùxué huikān/Zhōngyāng yánjiūyuàn zhíwùxué huikān. 46(4). 293–299. 23 indexed citations
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Xu, Kaiyang, et al.. (2005). Phenotypic plasiticity in response to soil water content in the invasive species Alternanthera philoxeroides. 39(1). 100–103. 5 indexed citations
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Xu, Kaiyang, et al.. (2004). The Role of Diversity and Functional Traits of Species in Community Invasibility. Zhōngyāng yánjiūyuàn zhíwùxué huikān/Zhōngyāng yánjiūyuàn zhíwùxué huikān. 45(2). 149–157. 26 indexed citations
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Deng, Xiong, et al.. (2004). Gas Exchange Characteristics of the Invasive Species Mikania Micrantha and its Indigenous Congener M. Cordata (Asteraceae) in South China. Zhōngyāng yánjiūyuàn zhíwùxué huikān/Zhōngyāng yánjiūyuàn zhíwùxué huikān. 45(3). 213–220. 44 indexed citations
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Ye, Wanhui, et al.. (2003). A Study on the Control of Exotic Weed Mikania micrantha by Using Parasitic Cuscuta campestris. Redai yaredai zhiwu xuebao. 11(2). 117–122. 9 indexed citations
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Ye, Wanhui, et al.. (2002). Characteristics of exotic plant invasion and their damages in China. Shengtai kexue. 21(3). 269–274. 1 indexed citations

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