Lihua Xu

14.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
455 papers, 10.7k citations indexed

About

Lihua Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lihua Xu has authored 455 papers receiving a total of 10.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 184 papers in Molecular Biology, 83 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 81 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Lihua Xu's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (136 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (75 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (72 papers). Lihua Xu is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (136 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (75 papers) and Schizophrenia research and treatment (72 papers). Lihua Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Lihua Xu's co-authors include Wen‐Jun Li, Cheng‐Lin Jiang, Yu‐Qin Zhang, Shu‐Kun Tang, Hua-Hong Chen, Peter Schümann, Erko Stackebrandt, Tianhong Zhang, Ping Xu and Guozhong Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Lihua Xu

435 papers receiving 10.5k 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.

Naxibacter alkalitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family ‘Oxalobacteraceae’ isolated from China

2005 776 citations Wen‐Jun Li, Shu‐Kun Tang et al. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY profile →
Georgenia ruanii sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from forest soil in Yunnan (China), and emended description of the genus Georgenia

2007 750 citations Wen‐Jun Li, Yu‐Qin Zhang et al. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY profile →
Assessment methods of urban system resilience: From the perspective of complex adaptive system theory

2021 155 citations Lihua Xu et al. profile →
Exploring the scale effect of urban thermal environment through XGBoost model

2024 63 citations Lihua Xu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lihua Xu China	45	5.1k	2.4k	2.3k	1.9k	1.1k	455	10.7k
Yonghong Liu China	48	3.5k 0.7×	564 0.2×	4.2k 1.9×	1.6k 0.8×	662 0.6×	729	11.5k
Wataru Fujibuchi Japan	25	18.4k 3.6×	2.2k 0.9×	873 0.4×	2.9k 1.5×	844 0.7×	69	27.4k
David Wheeler United States	25	9.9k 1.9×	1.7k 0.7×	340 0.2×	1.9k 1.0×	593 0.5×	86	14.0k
Ruiqiang Li China	31	9.6k 1.9×	1.7k 0.7×	413 0.2×	4.4k 2.3×	552 0.5×	81	15.3k
Li Lin China	62	7.5k 1.5×	746 0.3×	359 0.2×	1.2k 0.6×	580 0.5×	679	18.3k
Jun Yu China	54	9.0k 1.8×	1.2k 0.5×	251 0.1×	4.7k 2.4×	449 0.4×	340	14.5k
Zhong Wang China	35	12.9k 2.5×	3.1k 1.3×	362 0.2×	3.5k 1.8×	466 0.4×	142	20.1k
Bin Wang China	63	8.1k 1.6×	300 0.1×	959 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	420 0.4×	583	13.8k
Ana Conesa Spain	51	10.3k 2.0×	1.3k 0.5×	507 0.2×	5.0k 2.5×	784 0.7×	165	17.5k
Jia Wang China	64	7.7k 1.5×	330 0.1×	817 0.4×	2.2k 1.1×	614 0.5×	1.0k	19.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lihua Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lihua Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lihua 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 Lihua Xu. Lihua Xu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Gao, Rui, et al.. (2025). Platelet membrane-cloaked biomimetic nanoparticles for targeted acute lung injury therapy. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 250. 114542–114542. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Wei, Fei Su, Yuan Fu, et al.. (2025). Bacillus subtilis spores displaying Toxoplasma gondii GRA12 induce immunity against acute toxoplasmosis. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1457560–1457560. 1 indexed citations

Yie, Kendrick Hii Ru, Haobo Sun, Yang Liu, et al.. (2024). Enhancing osseointegration and angiogenesis of Titanium implants through KMnO4-Modified Montmorillonite nano-clay coating. Chemical Engineering Journal. 498. 155034–155034. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Tianhong, Lihua Xu, XiaoChen Tang, et al.. (2023). Comprehensive review of multidimensional biomarkers in the ShangHai At Risk for Psychosis (SHARP) program for early psychosis identification. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). e152–e152. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Zhi, Tianhong Zhang, Jijun Wang, et al.. (2023). Atypical Salient Regions Enhancement Network for visual saliency prediction of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Signal Processing Image Communication. 115. 116968–116968. 2 indexed citations

Su, Fei, et al.. (2023). Integrative transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis in mice reveals the mechanism by which ginseng stem-leaf saponins enhance mucosal immunity induced by a porcine epidemic diarrhea virus vaccination. Vaccine. 41(42). 6379–6390. 2 indexed citations

Su, Wenjun, Yingying Tang, Tianhong Zhang, et al.. (2023). The effect of initial antipsychotic treatment on hippocampal and amygdalar volume in first-episode schizophrenia is influenced by age. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 126. 110780–110780. 2 indexed citations

Cui, HuiRu, Zhenying Qian, Lihua Xu, et al.. (2023). Comparing the efficacies of transcranial magnetic stimulation treatments using different targeting methods in major depressive disorder: protocol for a network meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 13(12). e075525–e075525. 1 indexed citations

Xie, Fei, Linlin Zhou, Qiang Hu, et al.. (2023). Cardiovascular variations in patients with major depressive disorder versus bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 341. 219–227. 4 indexed citations

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Wei, YanYan, Jieqiong Liu, Tingyu Zhang, et al.. (2022). Reduced interpersonal neural synchronization in right inferior frontal gyrus during social interaction in participants with clinical high risk of psychosis: An fNIRS-based hyperscanning study. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 120. 110634–110634. 22 indexed citations

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Fu, Yuan, Xiufang Yuan, Junxing Li, et al.. (2022). Molecular Detection and Genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii from Pigs for Human Consumption in Zhejiang and Jiangsu Provinces, Eastern China. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 19(10). 686–692. 1 indexed citations

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Jiang, Yuchao, Yingchan Wang, Huan Huang, et al.. (2021). Antipsychotics Effects on Network-Level Reconfiguration of Cortical Morphometry in First-Episode Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 48(1). 231–240. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Yingchan, Yuchao Jiang, Guusje Collin, et al.. (2021). The effects of antipsychotics on interactions of dynamic functional connectivity in the triple-network in first episode schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 236. 29–37. 13 indexed citations

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Xu, Lihua, HuiRu Cui, Yingying Tang, et al.. (2018). Identification and prediction of clinical high risk of psychosis in Chinese outpatients using two-stage screening. Schizophrenia Research. 202. 284–290. 10 indexed citations

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Huang, Huan, Yuchao Jiang, Yingying Tang, et al.. (2017). Increased resting-state global functional connectivity density of default mode network in schizophrenia subjects treated with electroconvulsive therapy. Schizophrenia Research. 197. 192–199. 39 indexed citations

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Zhang, Tianhong, Lihua Xu, Yingying Tang, et al.. (2017). Duration of untreated prodromal symptoms in a Chinese sample at a high risk for psychosis: demographic, clinical, and outcome. Psychological Medicine. 48(8). 1274–1281. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Jijun, Jijun Wang, Yingying Tang, et al.. (2016). Reducedγ-Aminobutyric Acid and Glutamate+Glutamine Levels in Drug-Naïve Patients with First-Episode Schizophrenia but Not in Those at Ultrahigh Risk. Neural Plasticity. 2016. 1–9. 27 indexed citations

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Chen, Yi‐Guang, et al.. (2010). Nocardiopsis terrae sp. nov., a halophilic actinomycete isolated from saline soil. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 98(1). 31–38. 20 indexed citations

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Li, Jialun, G.-Z. Zhao, H.-H. Chen, et al.. (2008). Antitumour and antimicrobial activities of endophytic streptomycetes from pharmaceutical plants in rainforest. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 47(6). 574–580. 126 indexed citations

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Hozzein, Wael N., Wen‐Jun Li, Ola Hammouda, et al.. (2004). Nocardiopsis alkaliphila sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic actinomycete isolated from desert soil in Egypt. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 54(1). 247–252. 48 indexed citations

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