Xi Lu

9.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
141 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Xi Lu is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xi Lu has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Environmental Engineering, 41 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 29 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Xi Lu's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (37 papers), Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (27 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (19 papers). Xi Lu is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (37 papers), Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (27 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (19 papers). Xi Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Xi Lu's co-authors include Michael B. McElroy, Chris Nielsen, Juha Kiviluoma, Haikun Wang, Jiming Hao, Shuxiao Wang, Yu Deng, Jia Xing, Chongqing Kang and Shi Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xi Lu

129 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Global potential for wind-generated electricity

2009 402 citations Xi Lu, Michael B. McElroy et al. profile →
Progress of Air Pollution Control in China and Its Challenges and Opportunities in the Ecological Civilization Era

2020 317 citations Xi Lu, Shaojun Zhang et al. profile →
Prospective contributions of biomass pyrolysis to China’s 2050 carbon reduction and renewable energy goals

2021 292 citations Qing Yang, Hewen Zhou et al. Nature Communications profile →
Cost increase in the electricity supply to achieve carbon neutrality in China

2022 287 citations Chris Nielsen, Xi Lu et al. Nature Communications profile →
China’s CO2 peak before 2030 implied from characteristics and growth of cities

2019 261 citations Xi Lu, Chris Nielsen et al. profile →
Type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults: pathogenesis, prevention and therapy

2024 159 citations Xi Lu, Qingxing Xie et al. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy profile →
Integrated biochar solutions can achieve carbon-neutral staple crop production

2023 131 citations Longlong Xia, Liang Cao et al. Nature Food profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xi Lu China	40	1.8k	1.7k	1.3k	1.1k	955	141	6.4k
Chris Nielsen United States	42	1.4k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	1.9k 1.7×	827 0.9×	93	6.3k
Xian Zhang China	52	1.8k 1.0×	3.0k 1.7×	2.9k 2.3×	855 0.7×	1.5k 1.6×	279	9.0k
Kejun Jiang China	32	694 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.1×	466 0.4×	968 1.0×	125	3.8k
Pallav Purohit Austria	38	487 0.3×	886 0.5×	737 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	109	4.4k
Yanpeng Cai China	56	1.2k 0.6×	2.1k 1.3×	842 0.7×	532 0.5×	893 0.9×	414	11.2k
Hancheng Dai China	44	638 0.4×	2.5k 1.5×	3.0k 2.4×	1.3k 1.2×	1.7k 1.8×	103	6.0k
Gang He China	39	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	291 0.3×	751 0.8×	150	5.6k
Leon Clarke United States	55	1.4k 0.8×	2.9k 1.7×	3.6k 2.8×	603 0.5×	2.6k 2.7×	139	9.0k
Fabian Wagner Austria	38	473 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	960 1.0×	131	4.3k
Wenjia Cai China	40	586 0.3×	2.0k 1.2×	1.8k 1.4×	791 0.7×	994 1.0×	137	4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Xi Lu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xi Lu

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

Guo, Jing, Miao Zhao, Xi Lu, et al.. (2025). Identification of a small molecule targeting EPLIN as a novel strategy for the treatment of pediatric neuroblastoma and medulloblastoma. Cell Death and Disease. 16(1). 554–554.

An, Kangxin, Wenjia Cai, Xi Lu, & Can Wang. (2025). High-resolution gridded dataset of China’s offshore wind potential and costs under technical change. Scientific Data. 12(1). 69–69. 4 indexed citations

Su, Yuqi, et al.. (2024). Dietary patterns and transitions in China: Implications for climate impacts across different life stages. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 108. 107589–107589. 4 indexed citations

Lu, Xi, et al.. (2024). Generation and energy storage planning decomposing complexities in modeling networks, binary variables and uncertainties. Applied Energy. 377. 124393–124393. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Chongyu, Xi Lu, Shi Chen, et al.. (2024). Synergies of variable renewable energy and electric vehicle battery swapping stations: Case study for Beijing. eTransportation. 22. 100363–100363. 8 indexed citations

Xiang, Junyi, et al.. (2024). Phase transformation in solid-state reaction of MgO−V2O5 binary system and dissolution behavior of products. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China. 34(6). 1994–2006.

Lu, Xi, Qingxing Xie, Xiaohui Pan, et al.. (2024). Type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults: pathogenesis, prevention and therapy. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 9(1). 262–262. 159 indexed citations breakdown →

Lu, Xi. (2024). Modern Education: Advanced Prediction Techniques for Student Achievement Data. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications. 15(1). 1 indexed citations

Chen, Shi, et al.. (2024). Global disparity in synergy of solar power and vegetation growth. Environmental Research Letters. 20(1). 14066–14066. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wei, Yongzhe Chen, Qinghua Ji, et al.. (2024). Assessing global drinking water potential from electricity-free solar water evaporation device. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6784–6784. 28 indexed citations

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Fan, Jing‐Li, Jingying Fu, Xian Zhang, et al.. (2023). Co-firing plants with retrofitted carbon capture and storage for power-sector emissions mitigation. Nature Climate Change. 13(8). 807–815. 85 indexed citations

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Lu, Xi, Shi Chen, Jiaxing Wang, et al.. (2023). Implication of electrification and power decarbonization in low-carbon transition pathways for China, the U.S. and the EU. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 183. 113493–113493. 21 indexed citations

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Xia, Longlong, Liang Cao, Yi Yang, et al.. (2023). Integrated biochar solutions can achieve carbon-neutral staple crop production. Nature Food. 4(3). 236–246. 131 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Shi, Xi Lu, Chris Nielsen, et al.. (2023). Deploying solar photovoltaic energy first in carbon-intensive regions brings gigatons more carbon mitigations to 2060. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Shi, et al.. (2023). Cost dynamics of onshore wind energy in the context of China's carbon neutrality target. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology. 19. 100323–100323. 18 indexed citations

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Sheng, Jian‐Xiong, Rachel Tunnicliffe, Anita L. Ganesan, et al.. (2021). Sustained methane emissions from China after 2012 despite declining coal production and rice-cultivated area. Environmental Research Letters. 16(10). 104018–104018. 32 indexed citations

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Yang, Qing, Hewen Zhou, Pietro Bartocci, et al.. (2021). Prospective contributions of biomass pyrolysis to China’s 2050 carbon reduction and renewable energy goals. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1698–1698. 292 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schnell, Jordan, Daniel R. Peters, David C. Wong, et al.. (2020). Potential for Electric Vehicle Adoption to Mitigate Extreme Air Quality Events in China. Earth s Future. 9(2). 26 indexed citations

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Logan, Kathryn G., John D. Nelson, Xi Lu, & Astley Hastings. (2020). UK and China: Will electric vehicle integration meet Paris Agreement Targets?. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. 8. 100245–100245. 25 indexed citations

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Lu, Xi. (2002). Application of Mesh Generating in Ship Shafting System Alignment. Chuanbo lixue.

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