Li Xu

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Li Xu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Li Xu has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 42 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 20 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Li Xu's work include Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods (31 papers), Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research (28 papers) and Microwave Engineering and Waveguides (25 papers). Li Xu is often cited by papers focused on Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods (31 papers), Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research (28 papers) and Microwave Engineering and Waveguides (25 papers). Li Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Li Xu's co-authors include Susan C. Hagness, B.D. Van Veen, E. Bond, Lan Xiao, Shuang‐Ying Wu, Daniel W. van der Weide, Quan Hu, Tao Huang, Zhang Wen and Vadim Backman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hydrology, Energy Conversion and Management and Renewable Energy.

In The Last Decade

Li Xu

66 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Microwave imaging via space-time beamforming for early de... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 100 200 300 400 500
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. Microwave imaging via space-time beamforming for early detection of breast cancer
    2003 584 citations Li Xu et al. profile →

Peers

Li Xu
Xiao-Jun Gu United Kingdom
He Ming Yao Hong Kong
Jun Sun China
Chao‐An Lin Taiwan
Rajesh Kumar Singh India
Masoud Darbandi Iran
Ajay K. Agrawal United States
Chuanlong Xu China
David L. S. Hung China
Mauro Sbragaglia Italy
Xiao-Jun Gu United Kingdom
Li Xu
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Countries citing papers authored by Li Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Li Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Li Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Li Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Li 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 Li Xu. Li Xu 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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Xu, Li, et al.. (2025). A Fast Electromagnetic Radiation Simulation Tool for Finite Periodic Array Antenna and Universal Array Antenna. International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering. 2025(1). 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Li, et al.. (2024). A discontinuous Galerkin Method based on POD model reduction for Euler equation. Networks and Heterogeneous Media. 19(1). 86–105. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Yulu, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Broadband Helix TWT Performance Using Hollow Electron Beam. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 52(7). 2692–2698. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Li, et al.. (2024). 非完整井对单井注抽试验测算地下水流速影响机理. Earth Science-Journal of China University of Geosciences. 49(1). 288–288.
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Xu, Li, et al.. (2022). A New Explicit–Implicit Hybridizable Discontinuous Galerkin Time-Domain Method for Electromagnetics. IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters. 32(11). 1263–1266. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Xing, et al.. (2019). A new implicit hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin time-domain method for solving the 3-D electromagnetic problems. Applied Mathematics Letters. 93. 124–130. 12 indexed citations
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Xu, Li, et al.. (2019). Skin effect on single-well push-pull tests with the presence of regional groundwater flow. Journal of Hydrology. 577. 123931–123931. 17 indexed citations
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Xu, Li, et al.. (2018). Impact of skin effect on single-well push-pull tests with the presence of regional groundwater flow. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Li. (2014). Geochemical characteristics and zircon U-Pb SHRIMP age of igneous rocks in Erentaolegai silver deposit,Inner Mongolia. Acta Petrologica Sinica. 10 indexed citations
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Xiao, Xia, et al.. (2013). A double constrained robust capon beamforming based imaging method for early breast cancer detection. Chinese Physics B. 22(9). 94101–94101. 24 indexed citations
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Xu, Li, Xia Xiao, & Takamaro Kikkawa. (2012). Ultra-wide band microwave image reconstruction for early breast cancer detection by norm constrained capon beamforming. Mathematical and Computer Modelling. 58(1-2). 403–408. 7 indexed citations
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Xu, Li, Xia Xiao, Liang Wang, & Takamaro Kikkawa. (2011). Ultra-wide band microwave image reconstruction for early breast cancer detection by double constrained robust capon beamforming. 1–2. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Bin, et al.. (2010). Physics and simulation of terahertz folded waveguide traveling wave tube regenerative feedback oscillators. Acta Physica Sinica. 59(12). 8484–8484. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhonghai, Bin Li, Li Xu, et al.. (2009). Impedance calculation of helical slow-wave structure using HFCS-I and MAFIA. 445–446.
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Xu, Li, et al.. (2008). Prediction of Electromagnetic Compatibility problems based on artificial neural networks. World Automation Congress. 1–4. 2 indexed citations
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Ma, Xiaolei, et al.. (2007). The Simulation and Research on Electromagnetic Character and Coupling Degree of Vehicle Whip Antennas. 31. 1371–1374. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Li, Zhigang Chen, Allen Taflove, & Vadim Backman. (2004). Equiphase-sphere approximation for analysis of light scattering by arbitrarily shaped nonspherical particles. Applied Optics. 43(23). 4497–4497. 15 indexed citations

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