Ping Xu

19.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
481 papers, 15.4k citations indexed

About

Ping Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Ping Xu has authored 481 papers receiving a total of 15.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 313 papers in Molecular Biology, 116 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 69 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Ping Xu's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (160 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (103 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (85 papers). Ping Xu is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (160 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (103 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (85 papers). Ping Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Ping Xu's co-authors include Cuiqing Ma, Hongzhi Tang, Fei Tao, Chao Gao, Zijun Xiao, Dongliang Hua, Bo Yu, Lixiang Li, Zhengbin Zhang and Yu Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Ping Xu

473 papers receiving 15.1k 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.

  1. Transcription Factors Associated with Abiotic and Biotic Stress Tolerance and Their Potential for Crops Improvement
    2019 447 citations Zhengbin Zhang, Ping Xu et al. profile →
  2. Selective autophagy in cancer: mechanisms, therapeutic implications, and future perspectives
    2024 61 citations Ping Xu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ping Xu China 65 9.0k 4.9k 2.1k 1.8k 1.6k 481 15.4k
Bo Mattìasson Sweden 78 12.4k 1.4× 9.2k 1.9× 2.3k 1.1× 1.6k 0.9× 2.1k 1.3× 719 27.4k
Yusuf Chisti New Zealand 73 9.1k 1.0× 11.6k 2.4× 1.4k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 2.0k 1.2× 349 30.3k
Alexander Steinbüchel Germany 83 14.6k 1.6× 5.4k 1.1× 6.2k 3.0× 1.4k 0.8× 2.5k 1.5× 431 24.1k
Guocheng Du China 71 15.9k 1.8× 4.8k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 2.5k 1.4× 4.8k 3.0× 854 24.0k
Attílio Converti Italy 62 5.0k 0.6× 4.4k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 1.7k 1.0× 532 15.9k
Ying‐Jin Yuan China 59 8.3k 0.9× 4.6k 0.9× 887 0.4× 1.6k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 435 12.8k
Christoph Wittmann Germany 73 11.2k 1.2× 5.5k 1.1× 469 0.2× 1.2k 0.7× 1.6k 1.0× 245 15.2k
Satinder Kaur Brar Canada 73 4.3k 0.5× 5.5k 1.1× 5.0k 2.4× 3.7k 2.0× 1.1k 0.7× 475 21.0k
Jung-Kul Lee South Korea 58 5.7k 0.6× 3.6k 0.7× 838 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 344 12.1k
Murray Moo‐Young Canada 56 5.7k 0.6× 6.2k 1.3× 760 0.4× 1.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.9× 307 12.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Ping Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ping Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ping Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ping Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ping 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 Ping Xu. Ping 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, Ping, Xiaoye Zhang, Xuan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Dissection of transcriptome and metabolome insights into the polyphyllin biosynthesis in Paris. BMC Plant Biology. 25(1). 206–206. 3 indexed citations
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Yu, Shan, Ruizhe Pei, Haiyang Hu, et al.. (2025). Characterization of C16–C36 alkane degradation and oily sludge bioremediation by Rhodococcus erythropolis XP. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 91(12). e0212425–e0212425.
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Xue, Wendong, Han Wang, Ping Xu, et al.. (2024). Hypermethylation of Bmp2 and Fgfr2 Promoter Regions in Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Leads to Bone Loss in Prematurely Aged Mice. Aging and Disease. 16(2). 1149–1168. 2 indexed citations
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Cui, Shengnan, et al.. (2023). Spatial-temporal multi-factor decomposition and two-dimensional decoupling analysis of China's carbon emissions: From the perspective of whole process governance. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 103. 107291–107291. 20 indexed citations
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Shah, Syed Bilal, Kashif Hayat, Ping Xu, & Hongzhi Tang. (2023). Bioremediation and stress alleviation of HBCD in plant-soil by bacterial strain HBCD-sjtu. Plant Stress. 10. 100244–100244. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Qiufang, et al.. (2023). Adipose Tissue Exosome circ_sxc Mediates the Modulatory of Adiposomes on Brain Aging by Inhibiting Brain dme-miR-87-3p. Molecular Neurobiology. 61(1). 224–238. 8 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhenzhen, et al.. (2023). Spatial and variety distributions, risk assessment, and prediction model for heavy metals in rice grains in China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(5). 7298–7311. 6 indexed citations
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Tao, Fei, et al.. (2022). Direct carbon capture for the production of high-performance biodegradable plastics by cyanobacterial cell factories. Green Chemistry. 24(11). 4470–4483. 35 indexed citations
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Zhang, Meng, et al.. (2022). Biosynthesis of L ‐5‐methyltetrahydrofolate by genetically engineered Escherichia coli. Microbial Biotechnology. 15(11). 2758–2772. 8 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yingying, et al.. (2022). Biocatalytic CO2 fixation initiates selective oxidative cracking of 1-naphthol under ambient conditions. Green Chemistry. 24(12). 4766–4771. 5 indexed citations
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Zhao, Qi, et al.. (2018). Critical Functions of Region 1-67 and Helix XIII in Retaining the Active Structure of NhaD Antiporter in Halomonas sp. Y2. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 831–831. 7 indexed citations
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Gao, Chao, et al.. (2017). Functional and cooperative stabilization of a two-metal (Ca, Zn) center in α-amylase derived from Flavobacteriaceae species. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17933–17933. 16 indexed citations
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Li, Chenlu, Fangfang Xia, Kan Wang, et al.. (2017). Dendrimer-Modified Gold Nanorods as High Efficient Controlled Gene Delivery Release System under Near-Infrared Light Irradiation. Nano Biomedicine and Engineering. 9(1). 3 indexed citations
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Su, Fei & Ping Xu. (2014). Genomic analysis of thermophilic Bacillus coagulans strains: efficient producers for platform bio-chemicals. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 3926–3926. 49 indexed citations
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Liu, Ziyong, Ying Yu, Fuli Li, Cuiqing Ma, & Ping Xu. (2010). Butanol production by Clostridium beijerinckii ATCC 55025 from wheat bran. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 37(5). 495–501. 148 indexed citations
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Xiao, Zijun, et al.. (2010). Acetoin production associated with the increase of cell biomass in Bacillus pumilus ATCC 14884. African Journal of Microbiology Research. 4(19). 1997–2003. 19 indexed citations
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Pan, Bifeng, Daxiang Cui, Ping Xu, et al.. (2006). Cellular uptake enhancement of polyamidoamine dendrimer modified single walled carbon nanotubes. 541–544. 19 indexed citations

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