Mingwei Xia

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Mingwei Xia is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mingwei Xia has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 5 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 4 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mingwei Xia's work include Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (16 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (9 papers) and Biodiesel Production and Applications (8 papers). Mingwei Xia is often cited by papers focused on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (16 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (9 papers) and Biodiesel Production and Applications (8 papers). Mingwei Xia collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Canada. Mingwei Xia's co-authors include Hanping Chen, Yingquan Chen, Wei Chen, Haiping Yang, Xu Chen, Zhiqun Chen, Haiping Yang, Yang Fang, Meng Gong and Haoyu Xiao and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

Mingwei Xia

24 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Insight into KOH activation mechanism during biomass pyrolysis: Chemical reactions between O-containing groups and KOH

2020 443 citations Wei Chen, Meng Gong et al. Applied Energy profile →
Transformation of Nitrogen and Evolution of N-Containing Species during Algae Pyrolysis

2017 350 citations Wei Chen, Haiping Yang et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mingwei Xia China	17	1.5k	566	545	462	378	24	2.5k
Zhi-Xiang Xu China	29	1.3k 0.9×	540 1.0×	327 0.6×	391 0.8×	456 1.2×	71	2.3k
Chuan Yuan China	26	1.1k 0.8×	499 0.9×	287 0.5×	359 0.8×	332 0.9×	63	2.0k
Feiqiang Guo China	34	2.0k 1.4×	1.1k 1.9×	730 1.3×	642 1.4×	417 1.1×	96	3.5k
Yi Wei China	31	2.0k 1.4×	960 1.7×	359 0.7×	399 0.9×	213 0.6×	71	3.0k
Omid Norouzi Canada	27	994 0.7×	483 0.9×	414 0.8×	235 0.5×	211 0.6×	54	2.1k
Humair Ahmed Baloch Australia	24	1.4k 1.0×	604 1.1×	227 0.4×	322 0.7×	256 0.7×	46	2.3k
Jianbin Zhou China	26	1.9k 1.3×	576 1.0×	288 0.5×	348 0.8×	181 0.5×	82	2.7k
Charlie Farrell United Kingdom	18	556 0.4×	301 0.5×	407 0.7×	444 1.0×	297 0.8×	21	2.0k
Bin Cao China	28	1.4k 0.9×	582 1.0×	167 0.3×	274 0.6×	204 0.5×	73	2.1k
Abdul Hai United Arab Emirates	32	1.2k 0.8×	344 0.6×	312 0.6×	745 1.6×	953 2.5×	75	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Mingwei Xia

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mingwei Xia

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mingwei Xia

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Zhiqiang, Ziyue Tang, Yingquan Chen, et al.. (2025). Characterizing potassium-assisted lignocellulose pyrolysis process based on the multi-parallel compensation-simplified distributed activated energy model (CS-DAEM). Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 190. 107167–107167. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Hanping, Zhiqiang Chen, Mingwei Xia, et al.. (2025). Study on preparation of high yield lignin-based carbon dots by hydrothermal oxidation process and optical regulation. Biomass and Bioenergy. 194. 107661–107661. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Zhiqiang, Mingwei Xia, Ying Gao, et al.. (2024). Study of the effect of nitric acid on the structure and optical properties of alkali lignin-based carbon dots. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12. 100218–100218. 7 indexed citations

Xia, Mingwei, Zhiqiang Chen, Ziyue Tang, et al.. (2024). Revealing the anion-dependent effects on potassium-assisted biomass pyrolysis. Fuel. 369. 131681–131681. 5 indexed citations

Tang, Ziyue, Wei Chen, Xu Chen, et al.. (2023). Thermal behavior and kinetic mechanism of microalgae and model compounds. Fuel. 344. 128037–128037. 13 indexed citations

Xia, Mingwei, et al.. (2023). Quality attributes and functional properties of whole wheat bread baked from frozen dough with the addition of enzymes and hydrocolloids. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 104(4). 1928–1941. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Haiping, Wei Chen, Mingwei Xia, et al.. (2022). Insight into the formation mechanism of N, P co-doped mesoporous biochar from H3PO4 activation and NH3 modification of biomass. Fuel Processing Technology. 230. 107215–107215. 75 indexed citations

Liu, Juping, Xu Chen, Wei Chen, et al.. (2022). Biomass pyrolysis mechanism for carbon-based high-value products. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 39(3). 3157–3181. 88 indexed citations

Zhang, Han, Mingwei Xia, Xiaotao Bi, et al.. (2021). Effects of phosphorous precursors and speciation on reducing bioavailability of heavy metal in paddy soil by engineered biochars. Environmental Pollution. 285. 117459–117459. 58 indexed citations

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Xia, Mingwei, Wei Chen, Jing Wu, et al.. (2021). Organic salt-assisted pyrolysis for preparation of porous carbon from cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin: New insight from structure evolution. Fuel. 291. 120185–120185. 53 indexed citations

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Xia, Mingwei, Wei Chen, Jing Wu, et al.. (2021). The critical role of anions in the porous biochar structure and potassium release during the potassium-assisted pyrolysis process. Green Chemistry. 23(23). 9589–9599. 15 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, Yingquan Chen, Sunwen Xia, et al.. (2019). Mechanism of biomass activation and ammonia modification for nitrogen-doped porous carbon materials. Bioresource Technology. 280. 260–268. 140 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, Yang Fang, Zhiqun Chen, et al.. (2019). Bamboo wastes catalytic pyrolysis with N-doped biochar catalyst for phenols products. Applied Energy. 260. 114242–114242. 196 indexed citations

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Chen, Hanping, Yingpu Xie, Wei Chen, et al.. (2019). Investigation on co-pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass and amino acids using TG-FTIR and Py-GC/MS. Energy Conversion and Management. 196. 320–329. 133 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, Mingwei Xia, Yingquan Chen, et al.. (2018). Influence of NH3 concentration on biomass nitrogen-enriched pyrolysis. Bioresource Technology. 263. 350–357. 89 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, et al.. (2018). Influence of Biochar Addition on Nitrogen Transformation during Copyrolysis of Algae and Lignocellulosic Biomass. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(16). 9514–9521. 129 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, Mingwei Xia, Haiping Yang, et al.. (2018). Catalytic deoxygenation co-pyrolysis of bamboo wastes and microalgae with biochar catalyst. Energy. 157. 472–482. 137 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, Yingquan Chen, Haiping Yang, et al.. (2017). Co-pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass and microalgae: Products characteristics and interaction effect. Bioresource Technology. 245(Pt A). 860–868. 210 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, Haiping Yang, Yingquan Chen, et al.. (2017). Transformation of Nitrogen and Evolution of N-Containing Species during Algae Pyrolysis. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(11). 6570–6579. 350 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Wei, Haiping Yang, Yingquan Chen, et al.. (2017). Algae pyrolytic poly-generation: Influence of component difference and temperature on products characteristics. Energy. 131. 1–12. 129 indexed citations

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