Xi Kang

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
106 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Xi Kang is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xi Kang has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 54 papers in Instrumentation and 17 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Xi Kang's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (82 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (53 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (29 papers). Xi Kang is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (82 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (53 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (29 papers). Xi Kang collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Xi Kang's co-authors include Andrea V. Macciò, Frank C. van den Bosch, Aaron A. Dutton, H. J. Mo, Yipeng Jing, Xiaohu Yang, Camilla Penzo, Gregory S. Stinson, Peng Wang and Simone M. Weinmann and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

In The Last Decade

Xi Kang

99 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

The Milky Way’s Circular Velocity Curve to 60 kpc and an Estimate of the Dark Matter Halo Mass from the Kinematics of ∼2400 SDSS Blue Horizontal‐Branch Stars

2008 428 citations Xiang-Xiang Xue, Gang Zhao et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
NIHAO project – I. Reproducing the inefficiency of galaxy formation across cosmic time with a large sample of cosmological hydrodynamical simulations

2015 288 citations Andrea V. Macciò, Xi Kang et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers

Xi Kang

AA

INSTR

NHEP

ECOLO

SNP

Elmo Tempel Estonia

Gerard Lemson Germany

J. E. Geach United Kingdom

E. Ellingson United States

Michael J. West United States

Andrew Hearin United States

Nicholas P. Ross United States

B. Milvang‐Jensen Denmark

Benedikt Diemer United States

Joshua A. Frieman United States

Elmo Tempel Estonia

Xi Kang

2.9k ×0.9

AA

1.4k ×0.8

INSTR

605 ×1.1

NHEP

289 ×1.5

ECOLO

219 ×1.2

SNP

Citations per year, relative to Xi Kang Xi Kang (= 1×) peers Elmo Tempel

Countries citing papers authored by Xi Kang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xi Kang

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xi Kang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xi Kang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xi Kang 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 Xi Kang. Xi Kang 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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Zhu, Ling, Xi Kang, Xiang-Xiang Xue, et al.. (2026). A vertically orientated dark matter halo marks a flip of the Galactic disc. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 706. A193–A193.

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Kang, Xi, Shilin Wu, Zhen Wang, et al.. (2025). Can GRPO Boost Complex Multimodal Table Understanding?. 12642–12655.

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Wang, Peng, et al.. (2025). Observed Antiparallel Correlation between Spiral Galaxy and Cosmic Filament Spins. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 987(2). L30–L30. 3 indexed citations

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Chang, R. S. F., et al.. (2024). Open science readiness index: Theory and simulations. Fundamental Research. 5(2). 902–910.

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Yu, Hao-Ran, et al.. (2024). Spin speed correlations and the evolution of galaxy-halo systems. Physical review. D. 109(12). 2 indexed citations

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Kang, Xi, et al.. (2024). NIHAO-RiNG: A Comparison of Simulated Disk Galaxies from GASOLINE and GIZMO. The Astrophysical Journal. 977(2). 233–233. 1 indexed citations

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Qu, Han, Zhen Yuan, Nicolas F. Martin, et al.. (2023). Local Group dwarf galaxy detection limit in the CSST survey. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 523(1). 876–886. 6 indexed citations

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Cowgill, Bo, Hyunjin Kim, Xi Kang, et al.. (2023). Digitization and Platforms: Bridging Market and Nonmarket Strategy. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2023(1). 1 indexed citations

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Kang, Xi, et al.. (2023). The Spherical Fast Multipole Method (sFMM) for Gravitational Lensing Simulation. The Astrophysical Journal. 948(1). 56–56. 1 indexed citations

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Kang, Xi, et al.. (2023). Relieving the S8 tension: Exploring the surface-type DBI model as a dark matter paradigm. Physical review. D. 108(12). 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiangkun, et al.. (2022). Effects of Galaxy Intrinsic Alignment on Weak Lensing Peak Statistics. The Astrophysical Journal. 940(2). 96–96. 9 indexed citations

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Xu, Haiguang, Yuanyuan Zhao, Chengze Liu, et al.. (2021). The Merger Dynamics of the Galaxy Cluster A1775: New Insights from Chandra and XMM-Newton for a Cluster Simultaneously Hosting a Wide-angle Tail and a Narrow-angle Tail Radio Source. The Astrophysical Journal. 913(1). 8–8. 6 indexed citations

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Song, Xiaoming, Qihang Yang, Yun Bai, et al.. (2021). Comprehensive analysis of SSRs and database construction using all complete gene-coding sequences in major horticultural and representative plants. Horticulture Research. 8(1). 122–122. 33 indexed citations

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Macciò, Andrea V., Keri L. Dixon, Tobias Buck, et al.. (2020). Creating a galaxy lacking dark matter in a dark matter-dominated universe. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 501(1). 693–700. 29 indexed citations

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Chang, Jiang, Zhen Yuan, Xiang-Xiang Xue, et al.. (2020). Is NGC 5824 the Core of the Progenitor of the Cetus Stream?. The Astrophysical Journal. 905(2). 100–100. 20 indexed citations

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Kang, Xi, et al.. (2018). Physical activity of children and adolescents and its influencing factors. Zhonghua xingwei yixue yu naokexue zazhi. 27(12). 1127–1132. 1 indexed citations

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Romeo, A. D., Xi Kang, Emanuele Contini, et al.. (2015). A study on the multicolour evolution of red-sequence galaxy populations: insights from hydrodynamical simulations and semi-analytical models. Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations

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Contini, Elisa, G. De Lucia, N. A. Hatch, S. Borgani, & Xi Kang. (2015). Semi-analytic model predictions of the galaxy population in protoclusters. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 456(2). 1924–1935. 18 indexed citations

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Li, Lu, et al.. (2012). Yunnan-III models for evolutionary population synthesis. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 428(4). 3390–3408. 4 indexed citations

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Macciò, Andrea V., Xi Kang, Fabio Fontanot, et al.. (2009). Luminosity function and radial distribution of Milky Way satellites in a ΛCDM Universe. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 402(3). 1995–2008. 123 indexed citations

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