X. Tong

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 893 citations indexed

About

X. Tong is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, X. Tong has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 893 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 7 papers in Materials Chemistry and 5 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in X. Tong's work include Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (5 papers), Solidification and crystal growth phenomena (5 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (2 papers). X. Tong is often cited by papers focused on Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (5 papers), Solidification and crystal growth phenomena (5 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (2 papers). X. Tong collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. X. Tong's co-authors include C. Beckermann, Alain Karma, H.-J. Diepers, Ingo Steinbach, Quanlong Li, Edward Luke, Lian‐Ping Wang, Haibo Ke, Weihua Wang and H. Y. Bai and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Materials and Journal of Computational Physics.

In The Last Decade

X. Tong

11 papers receiving 854 citations

Hit Papers

Modeling Melt Convection in Phase-Field Simulations of So... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Modeling Melt Convection in Phase-Field Simulations of Solidification
    1999 504 citations C. Beckermann, H.-J. Diepers et al. Journal of Computational Physics profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
X. Tong United States 8 700 517 323 305 140 11 893
H.-J. Diepers Germany 9 1.2k 1.7× 935 1.8× 260 0.8× 645 2.1× 234 1.7× 13 1.3k
Kumar Ankit United States 15 404 0.6× 204 0.4× 58 0.2× 282 0.9× 108 0.8× 42 635
Walter Villanueva Sweden 21 453 0.6× 619 1.2× 289 0.9× 181 0.6× 52 0.4× 78 976
Robert Prieler Germany 6 678 1.0× 504 1.0× 42 0.1× 417 1.4× 188 1.3× 9 838
J. Rezende Germany 10 710 1.0× 550 1.1× 42 0.1× 522 1.7× 212 1.5× 17 895
K. Reuther Germany 11 313 0.4× 183 0.4× 63 0.2× 160 0.5× 73 0.5× 24 393
Michael Greenwood Canada 15 821 1.2× 533 1.0× 54 0.2× 293 1.0× 113 0.8× 30 918
Mei‐Jiau Huang Taiwan 18 646 0.9× 34 0.1× 262 0.8× 258 0.8× 73 0.5× 55 1.0k
Greg H. Evans United States 10 145 0.2× 94 0.2× 257 0.8× 99 0.3× 42 0.3× 14 559
Fulong Zhao China 13 105 0.1× 312 0.6× 383 1.2× 195 0.6× 33 0.2× 69 676

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Fields of papers citing papers by X. Tong

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of X. Tong

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of X. Tong. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of X. Tong 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 X. Tong. X. Tong is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Tong, X., Baoshuang Shang, Huaping Zhang, et al.. (2024). Breaking the vitrification limitation of monatomic metals. Nature Materials. 23(9). 1193–1199. 27 indexed citations
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Li, Zezhou, et al.. (2024). Three-dimensional atomic insights into the metal-oxide interface in Zr-ZrO2 nanoparticles. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7624–7624. 3 indexed citations
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Tong, X. & Edward Luke. (2010). Robust and Accurate Eulerian Multiphase Simulations of Icing Collection Efficiency Using Singularity Diffusion Model. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics. 4(4). 483–495. 18 indexed citations
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Tong, X. & Edward Luke. (2004). Turbulence Models and Heat Transfer in Nozzle Flows. AIAA Journal. 42(11). 2391–2393. 20 indexed citations
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Tong, X., C. Beckermann, Alain Karma, & Quanlong Li. (2001). Phase-field simulations of dendritic crystal growth in a forced flow. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 63(6). 61601–61601. 204 indexed citations
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Beckermann, C., Quanlong Li, & X. Tong. (2001). Microstructure evolution in equiaxed dendritic growth. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. 2(1). 117–126. 17 indexed citations
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Tong, X., C. Beckermann, & Alain Karma. (2000). Velocity and shape selection of dendritic crystals in a forced flow. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 61(1). R49–R52. 64 indexed citations
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Beckermann, C., H.-J. Diepers, Ingo Steinbach, Alain Karma, & X. Tong. (1999). Modeling Melt Convection in Phase-Field Simulations of Solidification. Journal of Computational Physics. 154(2). 468–496. 504 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tong, X. & Lian‐Ping Wang. (1999). Two-way coupled particle-laden mixing layer. Part 1: Linear instability. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 25(4). 575–598. 32 indexed citations
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Tong, X. & C. Beckermann. (1998). Technical Note Integral solutions of diffusion-controlled dendrite tip growth. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 41(23). 4025–4029. 3 indexed citations

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