Kun Xu

15.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
509 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Kun Xu is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Applied Mathematics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Xu has authored 509 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 235 papers in Computational Mechanics, 216 papers in Applied Mathematics and 141 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kun Xu's work include Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (215 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (195 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (91 papers). Kun Xu is often cited by papers focused on Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory (215 papers), Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (195 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (91 papers). Kun Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Kun Xu's co-authors include Zhaoli Guo, Juan-Chen Huang, Chang Liu, Yajun Zhu, K. H. Prendergast, Liang Pan, Chengwen Zhong, Ruijie Wang, Qibing Li and Pubing Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kun Xu

474 papers receiving 10.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

A Gas-Kinetic BGK Scheme for the Navier–Stokes Equations and Its Connection with Artificial Dissipation and Godunov Method

2001 534 citations Kun Xu Journal of Computational Physics profile →
A unified gas-kinetic scheme for continuum and rarefied flows

2010 483 citations Kun Xu et al. Journal of Computational Physics profile →
Discrete unified gas kinetic scheme for all Knudsen number flows: Low-speed isothermal case

2013 351 citations Zhaoli Guo, Kun Xu et al. profile →
Discrete unified gas kinetic scheme for all Knudsen number flows. II. Thermal compressible case

2015 227 citations Zhaoli Guo, Kun Xu et al. profile →
A unified gas-kinetic scheme for continuum and rarefied flows IV: Full Boltzmann and model equations

2016 173 citations Chang Liu, Kun Xu et al. Journal of Computational Physics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kun Xu China	51	6.9k	5.5k	2.1k	1.8k	930	509	11.3k
C. Shu Singapore	70	13.4k 1.9×	1.1k 0.2×	5.7k 2.7×	3.2k 1.8×	417 0.4×	529	22.1k
D. D. Joseph United States	60	8.0k 1.2×	938 0.2×	1.2k 0.6×	524 0.3×	246 0.3×	222	13.9k
F. Durst Germany	69	12.1k 1.7×	424 0.1×	2.0k 1.0×	2.8k 1.6×	559 0.6×	501	17.5k
Vigor Yang United States	63	10.0k 1.5×	545 0.1×	810 0.4×	7.4k 4.2×	184 0.2×	402	15.6k
Suhas V. Patankar United States	46	10.5k 1.5×	887 0.2×	857 0.4×	2.7k 1.6×	118 0.1×	210	16.4k
Jun Zhang China	40	1.4k 0.2×	682 0.1×	601 0.3×	697 0.4×	142 0.2×	264	5.4k
J. U. Brackbill United States	39	8.5k 1.2×	423 0.1×	1.7k 0.8×	974 0.6×	562 0.6×	92	13.3k
Jason M. Reese United Kingdom	42	3.0k 0.4×	2.4k 0.4×	643 0.3×	952 0.5×	468 0.5×	169	5.2k
Yonghao Zhang China	45	3.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.2×	1.5k 0.7×	617 0.4×	328 0.4×	245	6.1k
Xudong Liu China	24	3.1k 0.5×	972 0.2×	642 0.3×	458 0.3×	57 0.1×	113	5.3k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xu, Kun, et al.. (2024). Design and analysis of a novel deployable grasping manipulator for space object capture. Acta Astronautica. 224. 266–280. 1 indexed citations

Ding, Xiaoxi, et al.. (2024). Knowledge-informed FIR-based cross-category filtering framework for interpretable machinery fault diagnosis under small samples. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 254. 110610–110610. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Shunjiang, et al.. (2024). A novel scenario generation and forecasting method for multiple future states at source side based on combinatorial models. Energy Conversion and Management. 310. 118464–118464. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Kun, Xiaofu Sun, Shuaiqiang Jia, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical CO2 reduction to C2+ products with ampere-level current on carbon-modified copper catalysts. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica. 41(3). 100024–100024. 3 indexed citations

Wei, Yinghui, Ming Jin, Shuhong Huang, et al.. (2024). Enhanced C‐To‐T and A‐To‐G Base Editing in Mitochondrial DNA with Engineered DdCBE and TALED (Adv. Sci. 3/2024). Advanced Science. 11(3). 1 indexed citations

Liang, Zhaofeng, et al.. (2023). Design and Analysis of a Burrowing Mechanism Inspired by Mole Incisors for Planetary Exploration. 1912–1917. 1 indexed citations

Ji, Xing, et al.. (2023). Direct modeling for computational fluid dynamics and the construction of high-order compact scheme for compressible flow simulations. Journal of Computational Physics. 477. 111921–111921. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Yaqing, Liang Pan, & Kun Xu. (2023). Three-dimensional third-order gas-kinetic scheme on hybrid unstructured meshes for Euler and Navier–Stokes equations. Computers & Fluids. 255. 105834–105834. 10 indexed citations

Guo, Zhaoli, Jiequan Li, & Kun Xu. (2023). Unified preserving properties of kinetic schemes. Physical review. E. 107(2). 25301–25301. 25 indexed citations

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Li, Wenfei, et al.. (2021). Estimation of Vehicle Dynamic Parameters Based on the Two-Stage Estimation Method. Sensors. 21(11). 3711–3711. 9 indexed citations

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Pan, Liang, et al.. (2021). High-order gas-kinetic scheme with parallel computation for direct numerical simulation of turbulent flows. Journal of Computational Physics. 448. 110739–110739. 17 indexed citations

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Ji, Xing, et al.. (2021). A compact high-order gas-kinetic scheme on unstructured mesh for acoustic and shock wave computations. Journal of Computational Physics. 449. 110812–110812. 17 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yajun, Chengwen Zhong, & Kun Xu. (2021). Numerical Transport Process of Splitting Kinetic Schemes in the Navier–Stokes–Fourier Limit. International journal of computational fluid dynamics. 35(8). 653–665. 3 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yanhui, Amparo Lázaro, Huan Liang, et al.. (2021). Morphological trait‐matching in plant–Hymenoptera and plant–Diptera mutualisms across an elevational gradient. Journal of Animal Ecology. 91(1). 196–209. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Weiming, Chang Liu, Yajun Zhu, Jiwei Zhang, & Kun Xu. (2020). Unified gas-kinetic wave-particle methods III: Multiscale photon transport. Journal of Computational Physics. 408. 109280–109280. 33 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yajun, et al.. (2020). A three-dimensional unified gas-kinetic wave-particle solver for flow computation in all regimes. Physics of Fluids. 32(9). 41 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yajun, Chengwen Zhong, & Kun Xu. (2020). Ray effect in rarefied flow simulation. Journal of Computational Physics. 422. 109751–109751. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Yichuan, et al.. (2019). Hypoxia-active nanoparticles used in tumor theranostic. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yajun, Chengwen Zhong, & Kun Xu. (2016). Implicit unified gas-kinetic scheme for steady state solutions in all flow regimes. Journal of Computational Physics. 315. 16–38. 105 indexed citations

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Josyula, Eswar, William F. Bailey, & Kun Xu. (2004). Nonequilibrium Relaxation in High Speed Flows. 11 indexed citations

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