Kehui Xu

9.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
138 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Kehui Xu is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kehui Xu has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 74 papers in Ecology and 56 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Kehui Xu's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (65 papers), Geological formations and processes (64 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (48 papers). Kehui Xu is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (65 papers), Geological formations and processes (64 papers) and Coastal and Marine Dynamics (48 papers). Kehui Xu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Kehui Xu's co-authors include S.L. Yang, John D. Milliman, Zuosheng Yang, Paul Liu, P. Li, Houjie Wang, Samuel J. Bentley, Shangbin Xiao, Anchun Li and Hang Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kehui Xu

135 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

Flux and fate of Yangtze River sediment delivered to the ... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2010 2006 2006 2015 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. Flux and fate of Yangtze River sediment delivered to the East China Sea
    2006 814 citations Kehui Xu et al. profile →
  2. 50,000 dams later: Erosion of the Yangtze River and its delta
    2010 641 citations S.L. Yang, Kehui Xu et al. profile →
  3. Sedimentary features of the Yangtze River-derived along-shelf clinoform deposit in the East China Sea
    2006 482 citations Kehui Xu et al. profile →
  4. Dam impacts on the Changjiang (Yangtze) River sediment discharge to the sea: The past 55 years and after the Three Gorges Dam
    2006 472 citations Kehui Xu et al. Water Resources Research profile →
  5. Decline of Yangtze River water and sediment discharge: Impact from natural and anthropogenic changes
    2015 371 citations S.L. Yang, Kehui Xu et al. profile →
  6. Downstream sedimentary and geomorphic impacts of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River
    2014 360 citations S.L. Yang, Kehui 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
Kehui Xu United States 37 3.9k 3.3k 2.7k 1.5k 1.4k 138 7.7k
Houjie Wang China 42 3.7k 1.0× 2.6k 0.8× 2.1k 0.8× 1.6k 1.1× 1.7k 1.2× 160 7.2k
Zuosheng Yang China 51 4.7k 1.2× 4.1k 1.2× 4.0k 1.5× 1.5k 1.0× 2.2k 1.5× 115 10.1k
Paul Liu United States 37 2.5k 0.6× 3.3k 1.0× 3.4k 1.2× 763 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 91 6.7k
Shu Gao China 46 4.2k 1.1× 4.5k 1.4× 3.0k 1.1× 525 0.3× 1.3k 0.9× 294 7.7k
Mead A. Allison United States 50 4.5k 1.2× 3.8k 1.1× 3.2k 1.2× 385 0.3× 2.4k 1.7× 144 8.0k
S.L. Yang China 40 3.9k 1.0× 2.7k 0.8× 1.1k 0.4× 1.3k 0.9× 834 0.6× 64 5.5k
Robert H. Meade United States 28 3.0k 0.8× 2.6k 0.8× 2.1k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 63 6.9k
Liviu Giosan United States 46 3.4k 0.9× 3.7k 1.1× 4.3k 1.6× 422 0.3× 1.4k 1.0× 157 8.0k
Yoshiki Saito Japan 67 6.9k 1.8× 9.2k 2.8× 9.2k 3.4× 1.5k 1.0× 1.7k 1.2× 228 16.5k
Shuh‐Ji Kao China 46 2.7k 0.7× 928 0.3× 2.7k 1.0× 479 0.3× 2.9k 2.1× 223 7.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kehui Xu

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Lu, Kehui Xu, Wenxiang Zhang, et al.. (2025). Deltaic engineering‐induced accumulation hides erosion in response to fluvial sediment decline in the Yangtze submarine shoal. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 10(4). 527–535. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Kehui, et al.. (2024). CLIM-SEG: A generalizable segmentation model for heat and flood risk mapping. Climate Risk Management. 46. 100654–100654. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Guangming, John R. White, Peng Yao, et al.. (2024). Source and degradation of soil organic matter in different vegetations along a salinity gradient in the Yellow River Delta wetland. CATENA. 248. 108603–108603. 5 indexed citations
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Bentley, Samuel J., Jillian Maloney, Kehui Xu, et al.. (2024). Short-Term Sediment Dispersal on a Large Retreating Coastal River Delta via 234Th and 7Be Sediment Geochronology: The Mississippi River Delta Front. Water. 16(3). 463–463. 1 indexed citations
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Bentley, Samuel J., Jason D. Chaytor, Kehui Xu, et al.. (2024). Sedimentary Processes and Instability on the Mississippi River Delta Front near the Shipwreck of the SS Virginia. Water. 16(3). 421–421. 2 indexed citations
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DeLong, Kristine L., Brian A. Schubert, Sophie Warny, et al.. (2024). Snapshots of Coastal Ecology Using Multiproxy Analysis Reveals Insights Into the Preservation of Swamp and Marsh Environments Since the Late Pleistocene. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 25(7). 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Qin, et al.. (2023). Morphodynamic modeling of Fourleague Bay in Mississippi River Delta: Sediment fluxes across river-estuary-wetland boundaries. Coastal Engineering. 186. 104399–104399. 5 indexed citations
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Tian, Qing, et al.. (2022). Dam Impacts on Seasonality of Water and Sediment Transport in Intensively Managed River Basins: A Case Study of the Yangtze River. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 127(11). 11 indexed citations
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Xu, Kehui, et al.. (2022). Temporal variability in soil organic matter accretion rates in coastal deltaic wetlands under changing depositional environments. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 87(2). 390–403. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Tingting, Li Deng, Shifu Zhang, et al.. (2021). Semen quality and windows of susceptibility: A case study during COVID-19 outbreak in China. Environmental Research. 197. 111085–111085. 19 indexed citations
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DeLong, Kristine L., Samuel J. Bentley, Kehui Xu, et al.. (2021). Late Pleistocene baldcypress (Taxodium distichum) forest deposit on the continental shelf of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Boreas. 50(3). 871–892. 7 indexed citations
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Tian, Qing, Kehui Xu, Changming Dong, et al.. (2021). Declining Sediment Discharge in the Yangtze River From 1956 to 2017: Spatial and Temporal Changes and Their Causes. Water Resources Research. 57(5). 36 indexed citations
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Yang, S.L., Xiangxin Luo, Stijn Temmerman, et al.. (2020). Role of delta‐front erosion in sustaining salt marshes under sea‐level rise and fluvial sediment decline. Limnology and Oceanography. 65(9). 1990–2009. 88 indexed citations
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Xu, Kehui, Sibel Bargu, Samuel J. Bentley, et al.. (2018). Sediment Transport and Water Quality of a Dredge Pit on Louisiana Shelf for Coastal Restoration. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 3 indexed citations
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Moriarty, Julia M., Courtney K. Harris, Katja Fennel, et al.. (2017). The roles of resuspension, diffusion and biogeochemical processes on oxygen dynamics offshore of the Rhône River, France: a numerical modeling study. Biogeosciences. 14(7). 1919–1946. 41 indexed citations
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Fu, Mei R., et al.. (2017). [The Association Between the Polymorphisms of miRNA Biogenesis Related Genes(DICER,DROSHA and RAN)and Unexplained Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion in Chinese Women].. PubMed. 48(6). 880–885. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Hongfang, et al.. (2017). Sediment Transport and Slope Stability of Ship Shoal Borrow Areas for Coastal Restoration of Louisiana. AGUFM. 2017. 2 indexed citations
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Xue, Z. George, et al.. (2017). Quantifying Sediment Characteristics and Infilling Rate within a Ship Shoal Dredge Borrow Area, Offshore Louisiana. AGUFM. 2017. 3 indexed citations
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Twilley, Robert R., Samuel J. Bentley, Qin Chen, et al.. (2016). Co-evolution of wetland landscapes, flooding, and human settlement in the Mississippi River Delta Plain. Sustainability Science. 11(4). 711–731. 115 indexed citations
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Yue, Huanxun, Fuping Li, Min Jiang, Li Lin, & Kehui Xu. (2005). [Influence of cryoprotectant with glycerol and freezing-thawing procedure on the motility of human sperm].. PubMed. 11(3). 204–6. 1 indexed citations

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