Lei Xi

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
138 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Lei Xi is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Xi has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 44 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 35 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Lei Xi's work include Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (105 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (55 papers) and Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques (41 papers). Lei Xi is often cited by papers focused on Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (105 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (55 papers) and Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques (41 papers). Lei Xi collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Lei Xi's co-authors include Heng Guo, Weizhi Qi, Huabei Jiang, Huabei Jiang, Tian Jin, Huikai Xie, Qian Chen, Kai Li, Xuejiao Song and Aihui Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Lei Xi

132 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

An All‐Round Athlete on the Track of Phototheranostics: Subtly Regulating the Balance between Radiative and Nonradiative Decays for Multimodal Imaging‐Guided Synergistic Therapy

2020 374 citations Zhijun Zhang, Wenhan Xu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Mo₂C‐Derived Polyoxometalate for NIR‐II Photoacoustic Imaging‐Guided Chemodynamic/Photothermal Synergistic Therapy

2019 347 citations Gongyuan Liu, Jiawei Zhu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lei Xi China	33	3.1k	1.0k	825	806	405	138	3.6k
Christopher Favazza United States	23	2.1k 0.7×	361 0.3×	836 1.0×	618 0.8×	230 0.6×	86	2.8k
Lidai Wang Hong Kong	43	5.5k 1.8×	682 0.7×	1.7k 2.1×	2.2k 2.7×	503 1.2×	158	6.2k
Junhui Shi China	30	2.6k 0.8×	355 0.3×	985 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	253 0.6×	118	3.5k
Jun Xia United States	39	4.0k 1.3×	654 0.6×	1.8k 2.1×	1.3k 1.7×	432 1.1×	133	4.8k
Xiaoquan Yang China	36	2.3k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	471 0.6×	229 0.3×	667 1.6×	107	4.0k
Geng Ku United States	31	5.2k 1.7×	542 0.5×	2.3k 2.8×	2.1k 2.7×	547 1.4×	62	5.7k
Manojit Pramanik Singapore	44	6.3k 2.0×	1.4k 1.4×	2.0k 2.5×	1.9k 2.3×	872 2.2×	185	7.1k
Xiaojing Gong China	25	1.3k 0.4×	353 0.3×	356 0.4×	381 0.5×	221 0.5×	78	1.8k
Shin-ichiro Umemura Japan	27	2.0k 0.7×	927 0.9×	645 0.8×	224 0.3×	128 0.3×	105	2.4k
Paul Kumar Upputuri Singapore	27	3.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	543 0.7×	475 0.6×	657 1.6×	60	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Xi

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All Works

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Sun, He, Xiao Liang, Yuanlong Zhao, et al.. (2025). Dual-Scanning Photoacoustic Endomicroscopy for High-Speed Gastrointestinal Microvascular Imaging. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 44(6). 2709–2717. 1 indexed citations

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Liang, Xiao, Yuanlong Zhao, He Sun, et al.. (2025). Multi-scenario photoacoustic endoscopy for in vivo functional imaging. Photoacoustics. 45. 100750–100750.

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Song, Xiaoxia, Hongkai Zhao, Lijun Fang, et al.. (2025). Hybrid Membrane Biomimetic Photothermal Nanorobots for Enhanced Chemodynamic-Chemotherapy-Immunotherapy. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(4). 5784–5798. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Tingting, Yifan Chen, Xiao Liang, et al.. (2025). High‐Efficiency Photoacoustic Microscopy for Ultrafast Hemodynamic Imaging. Laser & Photonics Review. 19(11). 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Yutong, Zeliang Yang, Hui Luo, & Lei Xi. (2023). Preparation, characterization, and properties of asphalt modified by surface-treated anhydrous calcium sulfate whiskers. Construction and Building Materials. 384. 131370–131370. 23 indexed citations

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Xie, Huilin, Chen Zhang, Tingting Li, et al.. (2023). Fast Delivery of Multifunctional NIR‐II Theranostic Nanoaggregates Enabled by the Photoinduced Thermoacoustic Process. Advanced Science. 10(19). e2301104–e2301104. 14 indexed citations

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Liu, Qiang, Xiao Liang, Tingting Li, et al.. (2023). Split Ring Resonator Topology Based Microwave Induced Thermoacoustic Imaging (SRR-MTAI). IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 42(8). 2425–2438. 7 indexed citations

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Jin, Tian, Weizhi Qi, Xiao Liang, et al.. (2023). Photoacoustic Imaging of Brain Functions: Wide Field‐of‐View Functional Imaging with High Spatiotemporal Resolution. Laser & Photonics Review. 17(4). 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Qiang, Xiao Liang, Weizhi Qi, et al.. (2022). Biomedical microwave-induced thermoacoustic imaging. Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences. 15(4). 21 indexed citations

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Sun, Aihui, Yaxi Li, Wenhui Xie, et al.. (2022). Multicolor Photoacoustic Volumetric Imaging of Subcellular Structures. ACS Nano. 16(2). 3231–3238. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Tingting, Heng Guo, Ye Liu, et al.. (2021). All‐in‐One Photoacoustic Theranostics Using Multi‐Functional Nanoparticles. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(6). 8 indexed citations

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Sun, Aihui, Tingting Li, Tian Jin, et al.. (2021). Acoustic Standing Wave Aided Multiparametric Photoacoustic Imaging Flow Cytometry. Analytical Chemistry. 93(44). 14820–14827. 9 indexed citations

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Wen, Haifei, Zhijun Zhang, Miaomiao Kang, et al.. (2021). One-for-all phototheranostics: Single component AIE dots as multi-modality theranostic agent for fluorescence-photoacoustic imaging-guided synergistic cancer therapy. Biomaterials. 274. 120892–120892. 78 indexed citations

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Xu, Wenhan, Zhijun Zhang, Miaomiao Kang, et al.. (2020). Making the Best Use of Excited-State Energy: Multimodality Theranostic Systems Based on Second Near-Infrared (NIR-II) Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens (AIEgens). ACS Materials Letters. 2(8). 1033–1040. 74 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhijun, Wenhan Xu, Miaomiao Kang, et al.. (2020). An All‐Round Athlete on the Track of Phototheranostics: Subtly Regulating the Balance between Radiative and Nonradiative Decays for Multimodal Imaging‐Guided Synergistic Therapy. Advanced Materials. 32(36). e2003210–e2003210. 374 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Gongyuan, Jiawei Zhu, Heng Guo, et al.. (2019). Mo₂C‐Derived Polyoxometalate for NIR‐II Photoacoustic Imaging‐Guided Chemodynamic/Photothermal Synergistic Therapy. Angewandte Chemie. 131(51). 18814–18819. 21 indexed citations

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Liu, Gongyuan, Jiawei Zhu, Heng Guo, et al.. (2019). Mo₂C‐Derived Polyoxometalate for NIR‐II Photoacoustic Imaging‐Guided Chemodynamic/Photothermal Synergistic Therapy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(51). 18641–18646. 347 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xi, Lei. (2015). Infl uence of Texture on Fatigue Crack Propagation of Ercontaining Aluminum Alloy. Materials for Mechanical Engineering. 2 indexed citations

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Xi, Lei. (2015). Impact of perforation on hydraulic fracture initiation and propagation in tight gas reservoir. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhijuan, Qing Ruan, Song Han, et al.. (2014). Discovery of structure-based small molecular inhibitor of αB-crystallin against basal-like/triple-negative breast cancer development in vitro and in vivo. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 145(1). 45–59. 27 indexed citations

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