Kexin Ren

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Kexin Ren is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Ecology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kexin Ren has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Materials Chemistry, 11 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kexin Ren's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (8 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (7 papers). Kexin Ren is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (8 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (7 papers). Kexin Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Kexin Ren's co-authors include Jun Yang, Huihuang Chen, Alain Isabwe, Min Liu, Weidong Chen, Feng Peng, Yuanyuan Xue, Erik Jeppesen, Yuanyuan Mo and Xiaofei Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kexin Ren

43 papers receiving 1.6k 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. Stochastic processes shape microeukaryotic community assembly in a subtropical river across wet and dry seasons
    2019 605 citations Kexin Ren, Huihuang Chen et al. Microbiome profile →
  2. Low shifts in salinity determined assembly processes and network stability of microeukaryotic plankton communities in a subtropical urban reservoir
    2021 338 citations Yuanyuan Mo, Feng Peng et al. Microbiome profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kexin Ren China 16 792 478 214 195 163 49 1.6k
Caiyun Yang China 25 597 0.8× 343 0.7× 229 1.1× 273 1.4× 419 2.6× 69 2.3k
Sophie Mieszkin France 20 308 0.4× 322 0.7× 269 1.3× 102 0.5× 81 0.5× 30 2.1k
Mukan Ji China 23 1.2k 1.6× 629 1.3× 209 1.0× 82 0.4× 87 0.5× 86 2.2k
Xiyang Dong China 25 1.0k 1.3× 513 1.1× 517 2.4× 84 0.4× 482 3.0× 69 3.1k
Hajime Sugita Japan 24 352 0.4× 819 1.7× 134 0.6× 67 0.3× 155 1.0× 95 3.2k
Bradley S. Stevenson United States 25 753 1.0× 848 1.8× 227 1.1× 68 0.3× 135 0.8× 63 2.1k
Wenwen Fang Finland 22 340 0.4× 569 1.2× 254 1.2× 50 0.3× 78 0.5× 45 1.6k
Inka Vanwonterghem Australia 17 1.1k 1.3× 965 2.0× 546 2.6× 164 0.8× 37 0.2× 27 2.7k
Oona Snoeyenbos-West United States 20 620 0.8× 602 1.3× 306 1.4× 92 0.5× 92 0.6× 26 2.5k
Nils-Kåre Birkeland Norway 23 732 0.9× 1.1k 2.2× 313 1.5× 55 0.3× 195 1.2× 65 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Kexin Ren

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kexin Ren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kexin Ren

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kexin Ren. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kexin Ren 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 Kexin Ren. Kexin Ren 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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Li, Shuzhen, Huihuang Chen, Erik Jeppesen, et al.. (2025). Cyanobacterial blooms specifically alter the dispersal-mediated taxonomic and functional vertical similarity of microbial communities in a subtropical reservoir. Water Research. 281. 123574–123574. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhiyuan, Haicheng Cao, Kexin Ren, et al.. (2025). 2.3-μm deep UV micro-LEDs fabricated by self-aligned selective thermal oxidation process. Optics Letters. 50(11). 3628–3628.
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Gong, Zhenbin, et al.. (2025). Pseudo-Landau levels splitting triggers quantum friction at folded graphene edge. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5558–5558. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Hongjun, et al.. (2024). Design of a three-channel pixelated phase mask and single-frame phase extraction technique. Optics and Lasers in Engineering. 177. 108127–108127. 2 indexed citations
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Tang, Xiao, et al.. (2024). Toward crack-free AlN growth on silicon (111) by introducing boron incorporated buffer layer via MOCVD. Applied Physics Letters. 125(17). 3 indexed citations
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Ren, Kexin, et al.. (2024). Orientation Engineering of Nanoporous BiVO 4 Photoanodes Toward Boosted Glycerol Valorization and Hydrogen Generation. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(24). 5 indexed citations
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Xu, Lijuan, et al.. (2024). Reversed self-steepening in Si3N4-organic hybrid slot waveguides with engineered nonlinearity. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 57(46). 465105–465105.
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Ren, Kexin, Yuanyuan Mo, Peng Xiao, et al.. (2024). Microeukaryotic plankton evolutionary constraints in a subtropical river explained by environment and bacteria along differing taxonomic resolutions. ISME Communications. 4(1). ycae026–ycae026. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Jianfei, et al.. (2023). Alginate: Microbial production, functionalization, and biomedical applications. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 242(Pt 3). 125048–125048. 55 indexed citations
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Chhattal, Muhammad, Andreas Rosenkranz, Kexin Ren, et al.. (2023). Unveiling the tribological potential of MXenes-current understanding and future perspectives. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. 321. 103021–103021. 65 indexed citations
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Wu, Wenchao, Muhammad Chhattal, Kexin Ren, et al.. (2023). Superlubricity of Titanium Alloy Enabled by MoS2 Flakes and a-C:H Film. Coatings. 13(5). 820–820. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Shuzhen, Kexin Ren, Xue Yan, et al.. (2023). Linking biodiversity and ecological function through extensive microeukaryotic movement across different habitats in six urban parks. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). e103–e103. 22 indexed citations
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Ren, Kexin, et al.. (2023). A Bibliometric Analysis of Creative Cities: Research Hotspots, Trends, and Outlooks. Buildings. 13(8). 1991–1991. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Lei, Chengsong Ye, Bing Gao, et al.. (2022). Applying struvite as a N-fertilizer to mitigate N2O emissions in agriculture: Feasibility and mechanism. Journal of Environmental Management. 330. 117143–117143. 26 indexed citations
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Mo, Yuanyuan, Feng Peng, Xiaofei Gao, et al.. (2021). Low shifts in salinity determined assembly processes and network stability of microeukaryotic plankton communities in a subtropical urban reservoir. Microbiome. 9(1). 128–128. 338 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ginzburg, Jonathan, et al.. (2019). Characterizing the Response Space of Questions: a Corpus Study for English and Polish. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 320–330. 3 indexed citations
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