Ran Xu

988 total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 776 citations indexed

About

Ran Xu is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ran Xu has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 776 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 11 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ran Xu's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (10 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (5 papers) and Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies (5 papers). Ran Xu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (10 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (5 papers) and Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies (5 papers). Ran Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Ran Xu's co-authors include Luigi Ferrante, Cédric Briens, Franco Berruti, Jie Wang, Qing Zhang, Zhong Lin Wang, Di Liu, Wenjie Dou, Jun Liu and Qing Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Langmuir and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Ran Xu

26 papers receiving 742 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Improving the high-temperature ductility of γ-TiAl matrix composites by incorporation of AlCoCrFeNi high entropy alloy particles

2025 23 citations Rui Li, Xiaolei Song et al. Journal of Alloys and Compounds profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ran Xu China	14	553	254	179	132	118	29	776
Wentao Hao China	17	291 0.5×	277 1.1×	82 0.5×	238 1.8×	116 1.0×	54	916
Linfeng Bai China	16	347 0.6×	242 1.0×	130 0.7×	279 2.1×	93 0.8×	25	861
Pei Lyu China	18	295 0.5×	325 1.3×	71 0.4×	156 1.2×	160 1.4×	46	945
Zhenlin Jiang China	16	316 0.6×	276 1.1×	127 0.7×	142 1.1×	77 0.7×	51	700
Fangxin Zou China	18	276 0.5×	91 0.4×	168 0.9×	182 1.4×	102 0.9×	66	949
Xusheng Li China	17	395 0.7×	165 0.6×	109 0.6×	230 1.7×	130 1.1×	54	850
Huali Xie China	18	277 0.5×	609 2.4×	60 0.3×	276 2.1×	119 1.0×	34	1.1k
Bo Lin China	11	336 0.6×	328 1.3×	71 0.4×	192 1.5×	131 1.1×	35	791
Huige Yang China	15	353 0.6×	154 0.6×	46 0.3×	146 1.1×	170 1.4×	40	804

Countries citing papers authored by Ran Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ran Xu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ran Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ran Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ran 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 Ran Xu. Ran 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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Shi, Wei, et al.. (2025). State-of-charge mediated short-term low-temperature calendar aging impacts the cycling stability of Ni-rich cathodes in pouch full cells. Energy storage materials. 76. 104143–104143. 4 indexed citations

Li, Rui, Xiaolei Song, Yang You, et al.. (2025). Improving the high-temperature ductility of γ-TiAl matrix composites by incorporation of AlCoCrFeNi high entropy alloy particles. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1012. 178515–178515. 23 indexed citations breakdown →

Liu, Jun O., et al.. (2024). Exploring pathways to digital transformation: fsQCA analysis based on the AMO framework. PLoS ONE. 19(12). e0315249–e0315249. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Shiyi, et al.. (2024). Denoising of Transmission Electron Microscopy Images for Atomic Defect Identification. 1–5.

Xu, Ran, Shuo Deng, Zhixun Wang, et al.. (2023). Harvesting and mapping ultrasonic vibration power using semiconducting wire-based tribovoltaic generators. Nano Energy. 116. 108837–108837. 4 indexed citations

Li, Yuguo, Ran Xu, Li Qiao, et al.. (2022). Controlled synthesis of ZnO modified N-doped porous carbon nanofiber membrane for highly efficient removal of heavy metal ions by capacitive deionization. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 338. 111889–111889. 33 indexed citations

Li, Shaoxin, Shuo Deng, Ran Xu, et al.. (2022). High-Frequency Mechanical Energy Harvester with Direct Current Output from Chemical Potential Difference. ACS Energy Letters. 7(9). 3080–3086. 11 indexed citations

Hallil, Hamida, Kang Zhang, Peng Yu, et al.. (2022). Strong Piezoelectricity in 3R‐MoS₂ Flakes. Advanced Electronic Materials. 8(7). 36 indexed citations

Yang, Ruizhe, et al.. (2021). Semiconductor-based dynamic heterojunctions as an emerging strategy for high direct-current mechanical energy harvesting. Nano Energy. 83. 105849–105849. 69 indexed citations

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Deng, Shuo, et al.. (2021). Current degradation mechanism of tip contact metal-silicon Schottky nanogenerator. Nano Energy. 94. 106888–106888. 18 indexed citations

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Deng, Shuo, Ran Xu, Min Li, et al.. (2020). Influences of surface charges and gap width between p-type and n-type semiconductors on charge pumping. Nano Energy. 78. 105287–105287. 10 indexed citations

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Cai, Rong, Fan Yang, Ran Xu, et al.. (2020). Theoretical Study on the Characteristics of Critical Heat Flux in Rectangular Channel of Natural Circulation under Motion Conditions. Science and Technology of Nuclear Installations. 2020. 1–18. 3 indexed citations

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Shao, Liang, Ying Li, Zhonglei Ma, et al.. (2020). Highly Sensitive Strain Sensor Based on a Stretchable and Conductive Poly(vinyl alcohol)/Phytic Acid/NH₂-POSS Hydrogel with a 3D Microporous Structure. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(23). 26496–26508. 125 indexed citations

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Xu, Ran, et al.. (2020). Existing commercial compounds database. China Scientific Data. 5(2). 21.86101.1/csdata.2019.0076.zh–21.86101.1/csdata.2019.0076.zh.

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Xu, Ran, et al.. (2020). Computer-aided blended extractant design and screening for co-extracting phenolic, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and nitrogen heterocyclic compounds pollutants from coal chemical wastewater. Journal of Cleaner Production. 277. 122334–122334. 24 indexed citations

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Sun, Jianchuang, Ran Xu, Zhuohua Zhang, et al.. (2020). Effects of Direct Contact Condensation on Flow Characteristics of Natural Circulation System at Low Pressure. Frontiers in Energy Research. 8. 10 indexed citations

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Xu, Ran, et al.. (2019). Direct current triboelectric cell by sliding an n-type semiconductor on a p-type semiconductor. Nano Energy. 66. 104185–104185. 127 indexed citations

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Xu, Ran, et al.. (2018). On the database-based strategy of candidate extractant generation for de-phenol process in coking wastewater treatment. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. 26(7). 1570–1580. 3 indexed citations

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Xu, Ran. (2010). Development of advanced technologies for biomass pyrolysis. PhDT. 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Ran, Luigi Ferrante, Cédric Briens, & Franco Berruti. (2009). Flash pyrolysis of grape residues into biofuel in a bubbling fluid bed. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 86(1). 58–65. 98 indexed citations

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