Nan Xu

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
161 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Nan Xu is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nan Xu has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 28 papers in Atmospheric Science and 28 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nan Xu's work include Flood Risk Assessment and Management (24 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (23 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (23 papers). Nan Xu is often cited by papers focused on Flood Risk Assessment and Management (24 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (23 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (23 papers). Nan Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Nan Xu's co-authors include Yue Ma, Xiao Hua Wang, Song Li, Fanlin Yang, Conghong Huang, Peng Gong, Bisheng Yang, Xiaodan Sun, Zhen Liu and Le Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Nan Xu

145 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Satellite-derived bathymetry using the ICESat-2 lidar and Sentinel-2 imagery datasets

2020 278 citations Yue Ma, Nan Xu et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

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David Z. Zhu Canada

Rong Wang China

Daniel J. Bain United States

Xingong Li China

Fei Yang China

Yichi Zhang China

Weiqi Wang China

Chen Zhang China

Jialin Li China

Feng Zhang China

David Z. Zhu Canada

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643 ×0.8

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1.1k ×1.4

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1.8k ×3.3

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Countries citing papers authored by Nan Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nan Xu

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Nan 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 Nan Xu. The network helps show where Nan Xu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nan Xu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Yu, Peiheng, Yang Ou, Yiyun Chen, et al.. (2025). Nature-based solutions in coastal urbanization: Addressing environmental and socio-economic challenges. 3(1). 100032–100032. 3 indexed citations

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Wu, Jialei, et al.. (2025). Preoperative prediction of pituitary neuroendocrine tumor invasion using multiparametric MRI radiomics. Frontiers in Oncology. 14. 1475950–1475950. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Lei, et al.. (2025). A Denoising Algorithm for ICESat-2 Bathymetric Photons Based on Point Cloud Gridding. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 63. 1–22. 1 indexed citations

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Feng, Wei, et al.. (2025). Deriving Intertidal Topography From SWOT Data and Sentinel‐2 Data. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(21).

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Yang, Jian, et al.. (2025). Ranging Bias Correction of Fully Saturated Data Over Waters for ICESat-2 Photon-Counting Lidar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 63. 1–15.

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Chen, Bingkun, Nan Xu, Jiahui Xu, et al.. (2024). Two-stage framework for reconstructing spectral images from diffraction-blurred images. Optics and Lasers in Engineering. 186. 108789–108789. 1 indexed citations

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Hu, Haiquan, Nan Xu, Zhihai Xu, et al.. (2024). Mid-wave infrared multispectral imaging by DOE. Infrared Physics & Technology. 137. 105198–105198. 3 indexed citations

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Mo, Fan, Xinming Tang, Yingbao Yang, et al.. (2024). Preliminary Analysis of Jitter Detection and Causes on the Ziyuan3 (ZY3) Satellite Series Platforms. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 22. 1–5.

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Zhang, Qian, Zhen Zhang, Nan Xu, & Yangfan Li. (2023). Fully automatic training sample collection for detecting multi-decadal inland/seaward urban sprawl. Remote Sensing of Environment. 298. 113801–113801. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Changlong, et al.. (2023). Method of Peanut Pod Quality Detection Based on Improved ResNet. Agriculture. 13(7). 1352–1352. 7 indexed citations

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Dou, Yu, et al.. (2023). Prediction of high-grade soft-tissue sarcoma using a combined intratumoural and peritumoural MRI-based radiomics nomogram. Clinical Radiology. 78(12). e1032–e1040. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Yaohui, et al.. (2023). Post-earthquake recovery and its driving forces of ecological environment quality using remote sensing and GIScience, a case study of 2015 Ms8.1 Nepal earthquake. Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk. 14(1). 12 indexed citations

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He, Xiufeng, et al.. (2023). Methods to Improve the Accuracy and Robustness of Satellite-Derived Bathymetry through Processing of Optically Deep Waters. Remote Sensing. 15(22). 5406–5406. 11 indexed citations

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Xu, Nan, et al.. (2023). Machine Learning Based Estimation of Coastal Bathymetry From ICESat-2 and Sentinel-2 Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 17. 1748–1755. 34 indexed citations

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Lü, Hui, Kun Yang, Deliang Chen, et al.. (2023). Substantial increase in future fluvial flood risk projected in China’s major urban agglomerations. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 47 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhengjia, Nan Xu, & Jieyong Wang. (2020). Satellite-Observed Evolution Dynamics of the Yellow River Delta in 1984–2018. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 13. 6044–6050. 13 indexed citations

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Ma, Chunyang, Le Jiang, Ying‐Jin Wang, et al.. (2019). 3D Printing of Conductive Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Containing Polypyrrole Nanoparticles with Different Morphologies and Concentrations. Materials. 12(15). 2491–2491. 43 indexed citations

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Xu, Nan, Jingyun Wang, Dan Wang, et al.. (2019). Loading Graphene Quantum Dots into Optical-Magneto Nanoparticles for Real-Time Tracking In Vivo. Materials. 12(13). 2191–2191. 7 indexed citations

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Yan, Hao, Xiaodan Sun, Lingyun Zhao, et al.. (2018). Neoadjuvant nano-photothermal therapy used before operation effectively assists in surgery for breast cancer. Nanoscale. 11(2). 706–716. 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Heyu, et al.. (2014). Differential expression of MST4, STK25 and PDCD10 between benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer.. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology. 7(11). 8105–11. 23 indexed citations

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