Ming Xu

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
143 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Ming Xu is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming Xu has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 83 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 14 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ming Xu's work include Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (95 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (80 papers) and Space Satellite Systems and Control (62 papers). Ming Xu is often cited by papers focused on Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (95 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (80 papers) and Space Satellite Systems and Control (62 papers). Ming Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Ming Xu's co-authors include Xue Bai, Shijie Xu, Yuying Liang, Yanchao He, Qinglong Li, Shijie Xu, Xiao Pan, Tian Tan, Xiaoyu Fu and Yue Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.

In The Last Decade

Ming Xu

128 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Trajectory-battery integrated design and its application ... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150
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. Trajectory-battery integrated design and its application to orbital maneuvers with electric pump-fed engines
    2022 161 citations Xue Bai, Ming Xu et al. Advances in Space Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ming Xu China 18 800 507 193 137 83 143 1.3k
Gang Zhang China 20 647 0.8× 275 0.5× 117 0.6× 59 0.4× 56 0.7× 90 1.1k
Walter Fichter Germany 20 649 0.8× 269 0.5× 355 1.8× 108 0.8× 178 2.1× 169 1.3k
Shinichi Nakasuka Japan 18 1.0k 1.3× 320 0.6× 161 0.8× 306 2.2× 97 1.2× 230 1.5k
Marcus J. Holzinger United States 15 441 0.6× 160 0.3× 131 0.7× 186 1.4× 74 0.9× 77 1.1k
Malcolm Macdonald United Kingdom 24 1.5k 1.9× 1.0k 2.1× 87 0.5× 97 0.7× 57 0.7× 140 1.9k
Lucy Berthoud United Kingdom 14 487 0.6× 539 1.1× 85 0.4× 131 1.0× 77 0.9× 57 1.1k
Tyler Reid United States 13 498 0.6× 170 0.3× 213 1.1× 178 1.3× 33 0.4× 44 954
Shijie Xu China 24 801 1.0× 337 0.7× 971 5.0× 86 0.6× 215 2.6× 137 1.6k
Aijun Li China 18 249 0.3× 93 0.2× 238 1.2× 52 0.4× 95 1.1× 96 1.0k
Rizwan-uddin Rizwan-uddin United States 23 455 0.6× 123 0.2× 55 0.3× 80 0.6× 381 4.6× 86 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Ming Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ming Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ming Xu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ming Xu. The network helps show where Ming Xu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ming Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ming Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ming 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 Ming Xu. Ming 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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Sun, Xiucong, et al.. (2025). Relative orbit transfer using constant-vector thrust acceleration. Acta Astronautica. 229. 715–735. 6 indexed citations
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Yan, Yun, Xue Bai, Wenge Chen, et al.. (2025). Behavior recognition of spatial non-cooperative targets via geometric feature extraction: A random forest approach with deep neural network comparison. Aerospace Science and Technology. 168. 110902–110902. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Jikai, et al.. (2025). Low-orbit Space Debris Warning and Autonomous Collision Avoidance for Space Environment Governance. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 3015(1). 12005–12005.
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Shi, Jinhong, et al.. (2025). Analysis of the nonlinear dynamic characteristics of the combustion instability in a methanol/diesel dual-fuel engine. Journal of the Energy Institute. 123. 102248–102248.
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Zhang, Jingrui, et al.. (2024). Two-Dimensional Reachability of Low-Thrust Spacecraft. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 60(3). 3698–3706. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jingrui, et al.. (2024). Generic Homotopic Smoothing for Low-Thrust Optimal Control Problems With Power Constraints. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 32(4). 1487–1494. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Ming, Mengyuan Huang, Gerd Mutschke, et al.. (2024). Impact of wettability onto the growth of air bubbles at micro-cavities on silicon wafers: Experiments, simulations, and analytical solutions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 683(Pt 1). 879–889. 4 indexed citations
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Bai, Xue & Ming Xu. (2024). Phase-space density control based on configuration invariant of spacecraft swarm. Advances in Space Research. 75(2). 2271–2288.
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Bai, Xue, et al.. (2024). Optimal Guidance for Quasi-Planar Lunar Ascent Based on Local Degradation. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 61(2). 4070–4087.
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Ding, Jixin, Xue Bai, & Ming Xu. (2024). Homotopy Method with Initial Costate Evaluation for Low-Thrust Fuel-Optimal Homoclinic Halo Orbit Transfer. Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 38(1).
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Lin, Rui, Xiang Zhang, Ming Xu, & Ting‐Feng Yi. (2024). Design and Optimize of Soft Robotic Manipulator Based on Cable-Driven Bellows Structure. 71–82.
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Zhang, Jingrui, et al.. (2023). Family of Relative Drifts: A Practical Alternative to Design Relative Orbits. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 61(2). 611–621.
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Xu, Ming, et al.. (2021). Design and Control of an Omnidirectional Mobile Wall-Climbing Robot. Applied Sciences. 11(22). 11065–11065. 11 indexed citations
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Liang, Yuying, Ming Xu, & Shijie Xu. (2017). Bounded Motions near Contact Binary Asteroids by Hamiltonian Structure-Preserving Control. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 41(2). 401–416. 8 indexed citations
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Xu, Ming, et al.. (2014). Direct determination of cone-beam geometric parameters using the helical phantom. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 59(19). 5667–5690. 13 indexed citations
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Xu, Ming & Colin R. McInnes. (2012). Constellation design for responsive revisiting. Neuron. 25(2). 473–80.
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Xu, Ming, et al.. (2012). Robust adaptive strategy for stationkeeping of Halo orbit. 3086–3091. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Songyou, et al.. (2006). Density Functional Calculations for Ferromagnetic Mn3Ge with a Cu3Au-Type Structure. Journal of the Korean Physical Society. 49(5). 2188–2191. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Ming, et al.. (2001). Ferromagnetic Fe-based amorphous alloy with high glass-forming ability. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 17(2). 260–262. 3 indexed citations

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