Wenyang Xu

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Wenyang Xu is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenyang Xu has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Biomaterials, 26 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 8 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wenyang Xu's work include Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (25 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (11 papers) and Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (9 papers). Wenyang Xu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (25 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (11 papers) and Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (9 papers). Wenyang Xu collaborates with scholars based in Finland, China and Sweden. Wenyang Xu's co-authors include Chunlin Xu, Stefan Willför, Xiaoju Wang, Jun Liu, Fang Cheng, Qianqian Wang, Jianzhong Sun, Sujie Yu, Lushan Sun and Niklas Sandler and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.

In The Last Decade

Wenyang Xu

45 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Understanding Nanocellulose–Water Interactions: Turning a Detriment into an Asset

2023 270 citations Laleh Solhi, Valentina Guccini et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wenyang Xu Finland	24	1.4k	1.2k	539	274	208	47	2.4k
Kristin Syverud Norway	40	3.6k 2.5×	1.7k 1.3×	367 0.7×	578 2.1×	413 2.0×	93	4.6k
Wuyi Zhou China	31	860 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	499 0.9×	70 0.3×	478 2.3×	86	2.5k
Rubina Ajdary Finland	22	797 0.6×	671 0.5×	244 0.5×	94 0.3×	193 0.9×	32	1.5k
Hossein Baniasadi Finland	26	953 0.7×	784 0.6×	262 0.5×	81 0.3×	206 1.0×	84	2.0k
Azadeh Asefnejad Iran	27	1.1k 0.8×	890 0.7×	187 0.3×	67 0.2×	223 1.1×	64	2.1k
M. Azam Ali New Zealand	23	715 0.5×	552 0.4×	192 0.4×	75 0.3×	223 1.1×	64	1.6k
Sudip Ray New Zealand	24	910 0.6×	687 0.6×	213 0.4×	83 0.3×	197 0.9×	71	2.0k
Oseweuba Valentine Okoro Belgium	29	627 0.4×	993 0.8×	186 0.3×	151 0.6×	118 0.6×	94	2.1k
Leyre Pérez‐Álvarez Spain	33	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	122 0.2×	87 0.3×	259 1.2×	92	2.8k
Hyo Won Kwak South Korea	31	1.5k 1.1×	730 0.6×	86 0.2×	159 0.6×	254 1.2×	117	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Wenyang Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wenyang Xu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenyang Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wenyang Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wenyang 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 Wenyang Xu. Wenyang 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

Xu, Rui, Bo Pang, Jiayun Xu, et al.. (2025). Hemicellulose from mild extraction of biomass: Revealing structural insights and advancing potential value. Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications. 10. 100843–100843. 2 indexed citations

Gan, Langxiong, et al.. (2025). Maritime vessel trajectory prediction based on sequential long short-term memory and U-Net architectures. Ocean Engineering. 334. 121598–121598. 1 indexed citations

Ye, Gaoyuan, Qiwen Yong, Liqiu Hu, et al.. (2025). Molecular engineering of nanocellulose-poly(lactic acid) bio-nanocomposite interface by reactive surface grafting from copolymerization. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 306(Pt 1). 141371–141371. 3 indexed citations

Boeva, Zhanna A., Katarzyna Anna Radaszkiewicz, Věra Kašpárková, et al.. (2024). Stimuli-responsive thin film composites of conducting polymers and cellulose nanocrystals for tissue engineering. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 265(Pt 2). 131036–131036. 6 indexed citations

Xu, Wenyang, et al.. (2024). Employing photocurable biopolymers to engineer photosynthetic 3D-printed living materials for production of chemicals. Green Chemistry. 26(7). 4032–4042. 6 indexed citations

Xu, Wenyang, Oliver Werzer, Karl Mihhels, et al.. (2024). Interfacial Engineering of Soft Matter Substrates by Solid-State Polymer Adsorption. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(25). 32874–32885. 1 indexed citations

Solhi, Laleh, Valentina Guccini, Katja Heise, et al.. (2023). Understanding Nanocellulose–Water Interactions: Turning a Detriment into an Asset. Chemical Reviews. 123(5). 1925–2015. 270 indexed citations breakdown →

Bi, Hongjie, Qingbo Wang, Qiwen Yong, et al.. (2023). Dynamic reversible disulfide bonds hydrogel of thiolated galactoglucomannan/cellulose nanofibril with self-healing property for protein release. Industrial Crops and Products. 206. 117615–117615. 19 indexed citations

Hu, Liqiu, Wenyang Xu, Jan Gustafsson, et al.. (2022). Water-soluble polysaccharides promoting production of redispersible nanocellulose. Carbohydrate Polymers. 297. 119976–119976. 12 indexed citations

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Guo, Shasha, Ya Zhu, Wenyang Xu, et al.. (2022). Heteroaggregation effects on Pickering stabilization using oppositely charged cellulose nanocrystal and nanochitin. Carbohydrate Polymers. 299. 120154–120154. 26 indexed citations

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Wang, Qingbo, Wenyang Xu, Rajesh Koppolu, et al.. (2021). Injectable thiol-ene hydrogel of galactoglucomannan and cellulose nanocrystals in delivery of therapeutic inorganic ions with embedded bioactive glass nanoparticles. Carbohydrate Polymers. 276. 118780–118780. 30 indexed citations

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Xu, Wenyang, Karl Mihhels, Robin H. A. Ras, et al.. (2021). Solid-state polymer adsorption for surface modification: The role of molecular weight. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 605. 441–450. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yongchao, Wenyang Xu, Xiaoju Wang, et al.. (2019). From Biomass to Nanomaterials: A Green Procedure for Preparation of Holistic Bamboo Multifunctional Nanocomposites Based On Formic Acid Rapid Fractionation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(7). 6592–6600. 37 indexed citations

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Liu, Jun, Lushan Sun, Wenyang Xu, et al.. (2018). Current advances and future perspectives of 3D printing natural-derived biopolymers. Carbohydrate Polymers. 207. 297–316. 290 indexed citations

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Li, Bin, Wenyang Xu, Dennis Kronlund, et al.. (2018). Comparable Characterization of Nanocellulose Extracted from Bleached Softwood and Hardwood Pulps. 3(4). 35–44. 7 indexed citations

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Xu, Chunlin, Binbin Zhang, Xiaoju Wang, et al.. (2018). 3D printing of nanocellulose hydrogel scaffolds with tunable mechanical strength towards wound healing application. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 6(43). 7066–7075. 146 indexed citations

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Xu, Wenyang, Andrey Pranovich, Xiaoju Wang, et al.. (2018). Novel biorenewable composite of wood polysaccharide and polylactic acid for three dimensional printing. Carbohydrate Polymers. 187. 51–58. 98 indexed citations

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Vilaplana, Francisco, et al.. (2018). Solubility of Softwood Hemicelluloses. Biomacromolecules. 19(4). 1245–1255. 42 indexed citations

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Wang, Fang, et al.. (2017). [Ecological risk assessment of Taihu Lake basin based on landscape pattern].. PubMed. 28(10). 3369–3377. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Bin, Wenyang Xu, Dennis Kronlund, et al.. (2015). Cellulose nanocrystals prepared via formic acid hydrolysis followed by TEMPO-mediated oxidation. Carbohydrate Polymers. 133. 605–612. 198 indexed citations

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