Kelai Xi

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Kelai Xi is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Geology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kelai Xi has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 29 papers in Geology and 17 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Kelai Xi's work include Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (66 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (20 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies (14 papers). Kelai Xi is often cited by papers focused on Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (66 papers), Geological Studies and Exploration (20 papers) and Geological and Geophysical Studies (14 papers). Kelai Xi collaborates with scholars based in China, Norway and United Kingdom. Kelai Xi's co-authors include Yingchang Cao, Guanghui Yuan, Rukai Zhu, Yanzhong Wang, Helge Hellevang, Jens Jahren, Keyu Liu, Beyene Girma Haile, Jon Gluyas and Tian Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Earth-Science Reviews and International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

In The Last Decade

Kelai Xi

70 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A review of feldspar alteration and its geological significance in sedimentary basins: From shallow aquifers to deep hydrocarbon reservoirs

2019 225 citations Guanghui Yuan, Yingchang Cao et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kelai Xi China	22	1.8k	705	626	485	343	74	2.0k
Suyun Hu China	25	1.9k 1.0×	631 0.9×	625 1.0×	729 1.5×	204 0.6×	63	2.2k
Xuanjun Yuan China	24	2.5k 1.4×	1.0k 1.4×	920 1.5×	876 1.8×	251 0.7×	48	2.9k
Xiaorong Luo China	24	1.7k 1.0×	784 1.1×	743 1.2×	409 0.8×	132 0.4×	110	2.2k
Huayao Zou China	25	2.6k 1.4×	496 0.7×	637 1.0×	910 1.9×	176 0.5×	100	2.8k
Shang Xu China	25	1.5k 0.9×	440 0.6×	585 0.9×	563 1.2×	322 0.9×	75	2.0k
Chao Liang China	22	1.4k 0.8×	343 0.5×	325 0.5×	502 1.0×	200 0.6×	55	1.7k
Luofu Liu China	27	1.7k 0.9×	599 0.8×	643 1.0×	529 1.1×	89 0.3×	129	2.2k
Shizhen Tao China	28	3.3k 1.8×	1.2k 1.7×	1.1k 1.8×	1.0k 2.1×	219 0.6×	90	3.6k
Wenxuan Hu China	24	1.4k 0.8×	305 0.4×	258 0.4×	491 1.0×	142 0.4×	64	1.7k
Khalid Al‐Ramadan Saudi Arabia	22	1.2k 0.7×	510 0.7×	356 0.6×	289 0.6×	583 1.7×	101	1.9k

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Cao, Yingchang, Kelai Xi, Guanghui Yuan, et al.. (2025). Variability in carbonate cementation induced by multistage fluid evolution in coal measures: Insights from the tight sandstones of the lower Jurassic Yangxia Formation, Kuqa Depression, Tarim Basin, China. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 174. 107329–107329.

Cui, Zhongguang, Kelai Xi, Yingchang Cao, et al.. (2025). Feldspar dissolution controlled by coal-measure fluids and the impacts on pore structure of tight sandstone reservoirs: The case of the Jurassic Badaowan Formation in the Junggar Basin, Northwestern China. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 178. 107419–107419. 1 indexed citations

Li, Hui, et al.. (2025). Mesozoic Tectonic Setting and Evolution in Kuqa Depression of the Tarim Basin: A Study of Detrital Zircons and Geochemistry. ACS Omega. 10(13). 13193–13208.

Li, Zilong, Kelai Xi, Yingchang Cao, et al.. (2025). Origin and controls on shale oil enrichment of bedding-parallel fractures in the Chang 73 lacustrine shales, Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 182. 107590–107590.

Wang, Hao, et al.. (2025). The formation mechanism of high-quality clastic rock reservoir controlled by coupling of “structure-lithofacies-fluid” in the foreland thrust belt in northern Kuqa, Tarim Basin, Northwestern China. Petroleum Science. 22(11). 4357–4380.

Li, Ke, et al.. (2024). Diagenetic alterations induced by lamina-scale mass transfer and the impacts on shale oil reservoir formation in carbonate-rich shale of the Permian Lucaogou Formation, Jimusar Sag. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 162. 106709–106709. 1 indexed citations

Masoudi, Mohammad, Mohammad Nooraiepour, Richard Blom, et al.. (2024). Impact of hydration on hydrogen sorption in clay minerals and shale caprocks: Implications for hydrogen energy and waste storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 99. 661–670. 8 indexed citations

Lin, Miruo, Kelai Xi, Yingchang Cao, et al.. (2024). Palaeoenvironmental changes in the Late Triassic lacustrine facies of the Ordos Basin of Northwest China were driven by multistage volcanic activity: Implications for the understanding the Carnian Pluvial Event. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 637. 112012–112012. 9 indexed citations

Xi, Kelai, Xiaobing Niu, Miruo Lin, et al.. (2024). Lamina-scale diagenetic mass transfer in lacustrine organic-rich shales and impacts on shale oil reservoir formation. AAPG Bulletin. 108(7). 1327–1356. 8 indexed citations

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Xi, Kelai, et al.. (2024). The influence of pore throat heterogeneity and fractal characteristics on reservoir quality: A case study of chang 8 member tight sandstones, Ordos Basin. 5. 100123–100123. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Zilong, Kelai Xi, Xiaobing Niu, et al.. (2024). How bedding-parallel fractures affect fluid activity in a relatively closed lacustrine shales system: Evidence from calcite veins. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 173. 107276–107276. 3 indexed citations

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Lin, Miruo, Kelai Xi, Yingchang Cao, et al.. (2024). Recognition of muddy hyperpycnites in deep-lacustrine settings: Depositional model for muddy hyperpycnal flows in lacustrine basins. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 137(5-6). 2315–2334. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yifan, Kelai Xi, Yingchang Cao, et al.. (2023). Evidence of deep fluid activity in Jurassic tight sandstone reservoirs in the Northern Kuqa Depression. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 153. 106284–106284. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Keyu, et al.. (2023). Variations and causes of in-situ stress orientations in the Dibei-Tuziluoke Gas Field in the Kuqa Foreland Basin, western China. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 158. 106528–106528. 4 indexed citations

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Ma, Weijiao, Yingchang Cao, Kelai Xi, et al.. (2023). The effect of lamina and lithofacies assemblage on molecular maturity of oil in a shale source-rock reservoir. International Journal of Coal Geology. 279. 104373–104373. 4 indexed citations

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Ma, Weijiao, Yingchang Cao, Kelai Xi, Keyu Liu, & Jinzhong Liu. (2023). Differential evolution of extracted bitumen and solid bitumen in a hybrid shale system. Organic Geochemistry. 180. 104603–104603. 3 indexed citations

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Lin, Miruo, et al.. (2020). Experimental study of the influence of oil-wet calcite cements on oil migration and implications for clastic reservoirs. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 118. 104427–104427. 6 indexed citations

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Cao, Yingchang, Keyu Liu, Jens Jahren, et al.. (2018). Characterization of lacustrine mixed fine-grained sedimentary rocks using coupled chemostratigraphic-petrographic analysis: A case study from a tight oil reservoir in the Jimusar Sag, Junggar Basin. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 99. 453–472. 50 indexed citations

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Wang, Yanzhong, Miruo Lin, Kelai Xi, et al.. (2018). Characteristics and origin of the major authigenic minerals and their impacts on reservoir quality in the Permian Wutonggou Formation of Fukang Sag, Junggar Basin, western China. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 97. 241–259. 24 indexed citations

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Xi, Kelai, Yingchang Cao, Yanzhong Wang, et al.. (2015). Diagenesis and porosity-permeability evolution of low permeability reservoirs: A case study of Jurassic Sangonghe Formation in Block 1, central Junggar Basin, NW China. Petroleum Exploration and Development. 42(4). 475–485. 32 indexed citations

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