Wei Xie

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
56 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Wei Xie is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Civil and Structural Engineering and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Xie has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 10 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Wei Xie's work include Disaster Management and Resilience (10 papers), Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis (10 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (9 papers). Wei Xie is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Management and Resilience (10 papers), Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis (10 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (9 papers). Wei Xie collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Poland. Wei Xie's co-authors include Tariq Ali, Qi Cui, Jikun Huang, Kyle Frankel Davis, Xiaomeng Cui, Jinxia Wang, Jidong Wu, Ning Li, Wei Wei and Dabo Guan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Wei Xie

54 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Crop switching can enhance environmental sustainability and farmer incomes in China

2023 149 citations Wei Xie, Tariq Ali et al. profile →
Half of twenty-first century global irrigation expansion has been in water-stressed regions

2024 95 citations Piyush Mehta, Stefan Siebert et al. profile →

Peers

Wei Xie

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Anders Branth Pedersen Denmark

Sylvain Perret France

Petra Hellegers Netherlands

Alisher Mirzabaev Germany

Suren Kulshreshtha Canada

Tariq Ali China

Muhammad Ejaz Qureshi Australia

Simón Cook Australia

Alvaro Calzadilla United Kingdom

David O. Yawson Ghana

Anders Branth Pedersen Denmark

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292 ×0.8

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316 ×1.0

PS

140 ×0.5

EEBS

176 ×0.7

ECOLO

355 ×1.5

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Citations per year, relative to Wei Xie Wei Xie (= 1×) peers Anders Branth Pedersen

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Xie

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Xie

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Xie

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei Xie. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei Xie 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 Wei Xie. Wei Xie 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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Xie, Wei, et al.. (2025). Association between normal weight obesity and comorbidities and events of cardiovascular diseases among adults in South China. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0316346–e0316346. 4 indexed citations

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Kebede, Asfaw, Stefan Siebert, Piyush Mehta, et al.. (2025). A global open-source dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas (MIRCA-OS) for the 21st century. Scientific Data. 12(1). 208–208. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhixiong, Wei Xie, Qiang Huang, et al.. (2025). Discovery of STING antagonists targeting cGAS-STING pathway to alleviate IMQ-induced psoriasis-like dermatitis. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 210. 107091–107091. 1 indexed citations

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Ali, Tariq, Davide Danilo Chiarelli, Landon Marston, et al.. (2025). Deepening water scarcity in breadbasket nations. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1110–1110. 14 indexed citations

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Huang, Sheng, Ping Yang, Xin Wang, et al.. (2025). Integrated metagenome and metabolome analysis reveals a disease signature of gut microbiota and the key gut microbiota-associated metabolite proline in schizophrenia. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 193. 223–235.

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Xie, Wei, et al.. (2024). Relationship between physical activity and abdominal obesity and metabolic markers in postmenopausal women. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 26496–26496. 1 indexed citations

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Ali, Tariq, et al.. (2024). A framework for analyzing climate change impacts on agricultural value chain. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 9400005–9400005. 1 indexed citations

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Xie, Wei, et al.. (2024). Photovoltaic installations are extensively deployed in areas at risk of extremely low production. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Ya, Yuli Shan, Dabo Guan, et al.. (2020). Sharing tableware reduces waste generation, emissions and water consumption in China’s takeaway packaging waste dilemma. Nature Food. 1(9). 552–561. 91 indexed citations

10.

Xie, Wei, Wei Xiong, Jie Pan, et al.. (2018). Decreases in global beer supply due to extreme drought and heat. Nature Plants. 4(11). 964–973. 163 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhengtao, Ning Li, Wei Xie, et al.. (2017). Assessment of the ripple effects and spatial heterogeneity of total losses in the capital of China after a great catastrophic shock. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 17(3). 367–379. 13 indexed citations

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Xie, Wei, et al.. (2016). Lasting History: A Literature Review of Organizational Imprinting and Prospects. Waiguo jingji yu guanli. 38(12). 91–102. 2 indexed citations

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Xie, Wei, et al.. (2014). Modeling the economic costs of disasters and recovery: analysis using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 14(4). 757–772. 35 indexed citations

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Wu, Jidong, Ning Li, Wei Xie, et al.. (2013). Post‐Disaster Recovery and Economic Impact of Catastrophes in China. Earthquake Spectra. 30(4). 1825–1846. 12 indexed citations

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Xie, Wei, et al.. (2013). Modeling economic costs of disasters and recovery involving positive effects of reconstruction: analysis using a dynamic CGE model. 6 indexed citations

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Xie, Wei, Ning Li, Zhonghui Ji, & Jidong Wu. (2012). Spatial and economic impacts analysis of an emergency event. 254–259. 3 indexed citations

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Wu, Jidong, et al.. (2012). Economic recovery measurement of 2005 hurricane Katrina in Louisiana. 383–388. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Ning, Xueqin Liu, Wei Xie, Jidong Wu, & Peng Zhang. (2012). The Return Period Analysis of Natural Disasters with Statistical Modeling of Bivariate Joint Probability Distribution. Risk Analysis. 33(1). 134–145. 42 indexed citations

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Xie, Wei. (2008). Comparing analysis of experimental and theoretical study on bi-prestressed concrete simple beam. Concrete. 1 indexed citations

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Xie, Wei. (2006). DYNAMIC DESALTING OF CRUDE OIL EMULSIONS VIA ULTRASOUND. Acta Petrolei Sinica(Petroleum Processing Section). 1 indexed citations

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