Tian Xia

53.6k total citations · 15 hit papers
330 papers, 41.0k citations indexed

About

Tian Xia is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tian Xia has authored 330 papers receiving a total of 41.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Materials Chemistry, 77 papers in Molecular Biology and 67 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tian Xia's work include Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (74 papers), Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (42 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (27 papers). Tian Xia is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (74 papers), Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (42 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (27 papers). Tian Xia collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Tian Xia's co-authors include André E. Nel, Lutz Mädler, Ning Li, Jeffrey I. Zink, Huan Meng, Zhaoxia Ji, Michael Kovochich, Monty Liong, Eric M.V. Hoek and Vince Castranova and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Tian Xia

315 papers receiving 40.2k citations

Hit Papers

Toxic Potential of Materials at the Nanolevel 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2009 2008 2008 2006 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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. Toxic Potential of Materials at the Nanolevel
    2006 7.2k citations André E. Nel, Tian Xia et al. profile →
  2. Understanding biophysicochemical interactions at the nano–bio interface
    2009 5.7k citations André E. Nel, Tian Xia et al. profile →
  3. Comparison of the Mechanism of Toxicity of Zinc Oxide and Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Based on Dissolution and Oxidative Stress Properties
    2008 2.0k citations Tian Xia, Jeffrey I. Zink et al. ACS Nano profile →
  4. Multifunctional Inorganic Nanoparticles for Imaging, Targeting, and Drug Delivery
    2008 1.6k citations Tian Xia, André E. Nel et al. ACS Nano profile →
  5. Comparison of the Abilities of Ambient and Manufactured Nanoparticles To Induce Cellular Toxicity According to an Oxidative Stress Paradigm
    2006 1.6k citations Tian Xia, André E. Nel et al. profile →
  6. Engineered Design of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles to Deliver Doxorubicin and P-Glycoprotein siRNA to Overcome Drug Resistance in a Cancer Cell Line
    2010 759 citations Huan Meng, Tian Xia et al. ACS Nano profile →
  7. Polyethyleneimine Coating Enhances the Cellular Uptake of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles and Allows Safe Delivery of siRNA and DNA Constructs
    2009 743 citations Tian Xia, Huan Meng et al. ACS Nano profile →
  8. The role of oxidative stress in ambient particulate matter-induced lung diseases and its implications in the toxicity of engineered nanoparticles
    2008 725 citations Tian Xia, André E. Nel et al. profile →
  9. Use of Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Band Gap To Develop a Predictive Paradigm for Oxidative Stress and Acute Pulmonary Inflammation
    2012 680 citations Tian Xia, Huan Meng et al. ACS Nano profile →
  10. Physicochemical Properties Determine Nanomaterial Cellular Uptake, Transport, and Fate
    2012 634 citations Huan Meng, Tian Xia et al. profile →
  11. A density-based method for adaptive LDA model selection
    2008 571 citations Tian Xia et al. profile →
  12. Cationic Polystyrene Nanosphere Toxicity Depends on Cell-Specific Endocytic and Mitochondrial Injury Pathways
    2007 549 citations Tian Xia, Jeffrey I. Zink et al. ACS Nano profile →
  13. Autonomous in Vitro Anticancer Drug Release from Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles by pH-Sensitive Nanovalves
    2010 511 citations Huan Meng, Tian Xia et al. profile →
  14. Codelivery of an Optimal Drug/siRNA Combination Using Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles To Overcome Drug Resistance in Breast Cancer in Vitro and in Vivo
    2013 501 citations Huan Meng, Tian Xia et al. ACS Nano profile →
  15. Nanomaterial Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century: Use of a Predictive Toxicological Approach and High-Throughput Screening
    2012 434 citations André E. Nel, Tian Xia 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
Tian Xia United States 83 21.5k 13.5k 8.8k 8.0k 5.8k 330 41.0k
Chunying Chen China 117 21.8k 1.0× 20.6k 1.5× 10.5k 1.2× 10.8k 1.4× 3.8k 0.7× 749 46.7k
André E. Nel United States 103 21.8k 1.0× 13.8k 1.0× 9.7k 1.1× 11.1k 1.4× 12.8k 2.2× 273 52.6k
Iseult Lynch United Kingdom 75 13.2k 0.6× 9.3k 0.7× 10.7k 1.2× 7.6k 1.0× 2.2k 0.4× 380 30.9k
Yuliang Zhao China 128 29.0k 1.3× 25.5k 1.9× 10.5k 1.2× 13.5k 1.7× 2.6k 0.5× 622 54.5k
Ying Liu China 100 11.9k 0.6× 13.5k 1.0× 6.7k 0.8× 12.6k 1.6× 2.4k 0.4× 1.7k 63.4k
Kenneth A. Dawson Ireland 84 15.2k 0.7× 11.9k 0.9× 15.4k 1.7× 11.2k 1.4× 1.7k 0.3× 325 37.4k
Lutz Mädler Germany 64 17.4k 0.8× 8.7k 0.6× 4.2k 0.5× 3.1k 0.4× 3.1k 0.5× 257 28.8k
Na Li China 108 21.6k 1.0× 12.8k 0.9× 3.6k 0.4× 14.2k 1.8× 1.9k 0.3× 1.9k 60.8k
Feng Chen China 92 12.1k 0.6× 15.2k 1.1× 8.7k 1.0× 3.8k 0.5× 1.0k 0.2× 740 33.8k
Lin Li China 99 11.7k 0.5× 12.0k 0.9× 6.5k 0.7× 16.7k 2.1× 997 0.2× 2.0k 55.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tian Xia

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tian Xia

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xia, Tian, Jiawei Wan, Xuxia Zhou, et al.. (2025). Enzyme-like adaptive Fe-oxo-Co motifs boost oxygen reduction reaction for efficient Zn-air batteries. Nano Research. 18(4). 94907311–94907311. 1 indexed citations
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Xia, Tian, et al.. (2025). In-situ synthesis of hollow core/shell ZnOx/a-ZnO@Mn3O4 nanocages for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitor. Journal of Power Sources. 656. 238076–238076.
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Xia, Tian, Suyun Jie, Hao Li, et al.. (2024). Efficient synthesis of the cyclo-olefin copolymers at high temperature and pressure in a homogeneous mini-tubular reactor. Chemical Engineering Journal. 497. 154602–154602. 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Shuangshuang, Weihua Qiao, Yixuan Wang, et al.. (2024). A Contemporary Simple Risk Score for Prediction of Severe Acute Kidney Injury After Heart Transplantation. ESC Heart Failure. 12(2). 1166–1175. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Jingyao, et al.. (2024). Effect of budesonide–formoterol powder inhalation on cough and lung function following thoracoscopic pulmonary surgery: a retrospective cohort study. Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery. 40(5). 1 indexed citations
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Li, Jiulong, et al.. (2023). Design of nanoformulation of specialized pro-resolving mediators to facilitate inflammation resolution and disease treatment. Nano Today. 52. 101978–101978. 7 indexed citations
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Bondarenko, Olesja, Monika Mortimer, Anne Kahru, et al.. (2021). Nanotoxicology and nanomedicine: The Yin and Yang of nano-bio interactions for the new decade. Nano Today. 39. 101184–101184. 87 indexed citations
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Song, Jie, Yangchao Chen, Dalin He, et al.. (2020). Astragalus Polysaccharide Promotes Adriamycin-Induced Apoptosis in Gastric Cancer Cells. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Khademhosseini, Ali, André E. Nel, Christopher J. DeSantis, et al.. (2019). Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at UCLA. ACS Nano. 13(6). 6127–6129. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xuan, Runnan Wang, Tian Xia, et al.. (2019). A Facile One-pot Synthesis of Substituted Quinolines via Cascade Friedlander Reaction from Isoxazoles with Ammonium Formate-Pd/C and Ketones. Letters in Organic Chemistry. 17(3). 211–215. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Xi, Wen Jiang, Clare S. Mahon, et al.. (2018). Engineering Protective Polymer Coatings for Liver Microtissues. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 32(1). 49–56. 3 indexed citations
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Xia, Tian, et al.. (2013). Direct 0-1 Loss Minimization and Margin Maximization with Boosting. Neural Information Processing Systems. 26. 872–880. 10 indexed citations
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Xia, Tian. (2010). Analysis of Nutch's Plug-in Mechanism. Journal of Guangxi Normal University. 1 indexed citations
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Luo, Weihua, et al.. (2008). ICT-Crossn: The System of Cross-lingual Information Retrieval of ICT in NTCIR-7. NTCIR. 1 indexed citations
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Xia, Tian. (2007). Study on Chinese Words Semantic Similarity Computation. Jisuanji gongcheng. 18 indexed citations
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Xia, Tian, et al.. (2004). [Experimental study on xiaoliu decoction in treating tumor and modulating immune function].. PubMed. 24(12). 1114–7. 1 indexed citations

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