Ke‐Wang Xu

599 total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 325 citations indexed

About

Ke‐Wang Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ke‐Wang Xu has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 325 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 26 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 11 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Ke‐Wang Xu's work include Plant Diversity and Evolution (21 papers), Fern and Epiphyte Biology (19 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (16 papers). Ke‐Wang Xu is often cited by papers focused on Plant Diversity and Evolution (21 papers), Fern and Epiphyte Biology (19 papers) and Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions (16 papers). Ke‐Wang Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Vietnam. Ke‐Wang Xu's co-authors include Qiang Fan, Wenbo Liao, Changwei Bi, Li‐Bing Zhang, Shiou Yih Lee, Sufang Chen, Tongming Yin, Fei Shen, Li‐an Xu and Zhiqiang Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Molecular Ecology and Frontiers in Plant Science.

In The Last Decade

Ke‐Wang Xu

35 papers receiving 323 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. PMAT: an efficient plant mitogenome assembly toolkit using low-coverage HiFi sequencing data
    2024 67 citations Changwei Bi, Fei Shen et al. Horticulture Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ke‐Wang Xu China 11 206 169 100 34 28 38 325
Julie Sannier France 10 194 0.9× 202 1.2× 118 1.2× 37 1.1× 14 0.5× 11 288
Josphat K. Saina China 10 223 1.1× 107 0.6× 81 0.8× 71 2.1× 29 1.0× 20 302
Furong Lin China 10 214 1.0× 93 0.6× 98 1.0× 82 2.4× 26 0.9× 23 318
Zhi‐Qiong Mo China 7 186 0.9× 129 0.8× 77 0.8× 54 1.6× 28 1.0× 15 249
Wuqin Xu China 9 167 0.8× 103 0.6× 76 0.8× 72 2.1× 25 0.9× 13 248
Wang Wen-Tsai China 9 267 1.3× 266 1.6× 138 1.4× 48 1.4× 15 0.5× 71 345
Verônica A. Thode Brazil 9 160 0.8× 173 1.0× 85 0.8× 52 1.5× 16 0.6× 21 270
Jun‐Bo Yang China 6 243 1.2× 197 1.2× 185 1.9× 78 2.3× 64 2.3× 12 382
Pieter Asselman Belgium 11 134 0.7× 132 0.8× 119 1.2× 39 1.1× 29 1.0× 27 270
Jun‐Bo Yang China 6 391 1.9× 261 1.5× 121 1.2× 96 2.8× 65 2.3× 8 478

Countries citing papers authored by Ke‐Wang Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ke‐Wang Xu

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ke‐Wang Xu. 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 Ke‐Wang Xu. The network helps show where Ke‐Wang Xu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ke‐Wang Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ke‐Wang Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ke‐Wang 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 Ke‐Wang Xu. Ke‐Wang 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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Wang, Qi, Yawen Bai, Jun-Rong Wei, et al.. (2025). WP-MOD: A multi-omics and taxonomy database for woody plants. Plant Communications. 6(4). 101290–101290. 2 indexed citations
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Bi, Changwei, Fei Shen, Jing Hou, et al.. (2024). PMAT: an efficient plant mitogenome assembly toolkit using low-coverage HiFi sequencing data. Horticulture Research. 11(3). uhae023–uhae023. 67 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xu, Ke‐Wang, et al.. (2023). Hymenasplenium hovenkampii (Aspleniaceae), a new bipinnatisect fern species from Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. Phytotaxa. 595(1). 120–124. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Ke‐Wang, Ngan Thi Lu, Xin‐Mao Zhou, Liang Zhang, & Li‐Bing Zhang. (2021). Asplenium quangbinhense sp. nov. and three new records of Asplenium (Aspleniaceae) from Vietnam. Phytotaxa. 521(2). 113–120.
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Xu, Ke‐Wang, Lulu Wang, & Li‐Bing Zhang. (2021). Taxonomic revision of the Asplenium wrightii complex (Aspleniaceae) with reinstatement of A. alatulum and A. subcrenatum. PhytoKeys. 172. 75–91. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Shiou Yih, Ke‐Wang Xu, Cui‐Ying Huang, et al.. (2021). Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on the complete plastid genomes and nuclear sequences reveal Daphne (Thymelaeaceae) to be non-monophyletic as current circumscription. Plant Diversity. 44(3). 279–289. 13 indexed citations
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Chen, Sufang, Ke‐Wang Xu, Renchao Zhou, et al.. (2021). Phylogenomic analyses based on genome-skimming data reveal cyto-nuclear discordance in the evolutionary history of Cotoneaster (Rosaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 158. 107083–107083. 41 indexed citations
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Xu, Ke‐Wang, Xin‐Mao Zhou, Liang Zhang, et al.. (2018). A global plastid phylogeny uncovers extensive cryptic speciation in the fern genus Hymenasplenium (Aspleniaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127. 203–216. 15 indexed citations
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Xu, Ke‐Wang, Liang Zhang, Ngan Thi Lu, et al.. (2018). Nine new species of Hymenasplenium (Aspleniaceae) from Asia. Phytotaxa. 358(1). 10 indexed citations
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Xu, Ke‐Wang, Lei Jiang, Li‐Bing Zhang, & Wenbo Liao. (2018). Asplenium cyrtosorum (Aspleniaceae), a new fern from Yunnan, China. Phytotaxa. 351(2). 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Ke‐Wang, Xin‐Mao Zhou, Wenbo Liao, & Li‐Bing Zhang. (2018). Hymenasplenium perriei (Aspleniaceae), a new fern species from Fiji. Phytotaxa. 356(2). 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Ke‐Wang, Xin‐Mao Zhou, Li‐Bing Zhang, & Wenbo Liao. (2018). Hymenasplenium hastifolium sp. nov. (Aspleniaceae) from a karst cave in western Guangxi, China. Phytotaxa. 333(2). 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Ke‐Wang, et al.. (2016). Contributions to the botanical journal Sunyatsenia from 1930 to 1948. Phytotaxa. 269(4). 1 indexed citations

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