Xi Tian

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Xi Tian is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xi Tian has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 18 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 12 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xi Tian's work include Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (20 papers), Extraction and Separation Processes (17 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (9 papers). Xi Tian is often cited by papers focused on Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (20 papers), Extraction and Separation Processes (17 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (9 papers). Xi Tian collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Poland. Xi Tian's co-authors include Yufeng Wu, Tieyong Zuo, Ming Xu, Ziqian Xia, Yaobin Liu, Yu Gong, Sai Liang, Tingting Liu, Yiwei Liu and Shen Qu and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

In The Last Decade

Xi Tian

49 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Nexus and synergy between the low-carbon economy and circular economy: A systematic and critical review

2023 89 citations Ziqian Xia, Xi Tian et al. Environmental Impact Assessment Review profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xi Tian China	21	547	405	245	227	208	52	1.2k
Andrea Thorenz Germany	25	648 1.2×	750 1.9×	321 1.3×	214 0.9×	437 2.1×	50	1.8k
Tomohiro Tasaki Japan	21	869 1.6×	329 0.8×	211 0.9×	81 0.4×	311 1.5×	73	1.6k
Dorota Burchart-Korol Poland	19	186 0.3×	324 0.8×	231 0.9×	283 1.2×	351 1.7×	81	1.3k
Komal Habib Canada	22	825 1.5×	766 1.9×	235 1.0×	102 0.4×	205 1.0×	41	1.5k
Simon Glöser‐Chahoud Germany	15	412 0.8×	518 1.3×	154 0.6×	124 0.5×	233 1.1×	29	935
Jianxin Yang China	23	680 1.2×	543 1.3×	408 1.7×	286 1.3×	424 2.0×	33	1.6k
Christoph Helbig Germany	22	680 1.2×	1.0k 2.5×	308 1.3×	237 1.0×	512 2.5×	37	1.7k
Junbeum Kim France	22	978 1.8×	659 1.6×	266 1.1×	84 0.4×	392 1.9×	79	1.9k
Antoine Beylot France	21	466 0.9×	332 0.8×	113 0.5×	75 0.3×	599 2.9×	50	1.4k
Shijiang Xiao China	19	615 1.1×	382 0.9×	78 0.3×	52 0.2×	181 0.9×	41	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Xi Tian

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xi Tian

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

Lan, Xin, Dandan Yang, Yu Chen, et al.. (2025). New insights into coagulation-enrichment and hydrometallurgical recovery of Sn, Cu, Ni from electroplating wastewater. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 71. 107198–107198. 4 indexed citations

Wen, Huwei, et al.. (2025). Towards ecological sustainability: The progress and spatio-temporal evolution of green development in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 492. 144912–144912. 5 indexed citations

Tian, Xi, Xin Chen, Guoen Wei, et al.. (2025). Management of spent power batteries in China: Progress, policies, and challenges. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 219. 115797–115797. 4 indexed citations

Du, Jing, et al.. (2025). Relationship between leisure activity and depression in Chinese older adults: chain mediating effect of diet and cognition. BMC Geriatrics. 25(1). 14–14. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Aigong, et al.. (2025). A mobile robot position measurement method for indoor low-light scenes based on monocular camera. Measurement. 247. 116870–116870. 1 indexed citations

Tian, Xi, et al.. (2025). IoT-based analysis reveals behavioral differences in public participation in low-value recyclables collection. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 12(1).

Tian, Xi, et al.. (2025). From mining to recycling: Identifying carbon mitigation pathways across the full life cycle of China's lithium-ion battery industry. Journal of Cleaner Production. 518. 145876–145876.

Tian, Xi, Haoyu Li, Peng Fei, et al.. (2024). China-specific unit process dataset for lithium-ion batteries. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 211. 107886–107886. 2 indexed citations

Tian, Xi, et al.. (2024). Agent-based modeling in solid waste management: Advantages, progress, challenges and prospects. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 110. 107723–107723. 8 indexed citations

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Tian, Xi, et al.. (2024). Agent-based modeling for an end-of-life power battery cross-regional recycling system and subregional policy analysis: A case study in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 441. 141054–141054. 13 indexed citations

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Tian, Xi, Na Hu, Lin Lu, Lili Tan, & Peng Li. (2024). Gender differences in major depressive disorder at different ages: a REST-meta-MDD project-based study. BMC Psychiatry. 24(1). 575–575. 4 indexed citations

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Tian, Xi, et al.. (2024). A spiral infinite-life-cycle assessment model for measuring the environmental impacts of circular economy systems. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 108. 107605–107605. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Si, et al.. (2023). Green illusions in self-reporting? Reassessing the intention-behavior gap in waste recycling behaviors. Waste Management. 166. 171–180. 25 indexed citations

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Xia, Ziqian, et al.. (2023). Nexus and synergy between the low-carbon economy and circular economy: A systematic and critical review. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 100. 107077–107077. 89 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tian, Xi, et al.. (2023). Design and simulation of a cross-regional collaborative recycling system for secondary resources: A case of lead-acid batteries. Journal of Environmental Management. 348. 119181–119181. 12 indexed citations

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Tian, Xi, et al.. (2021). Impact of China's waste import policy on the scrap copper recovery pattern and environmental benefits. Waste Management. 135. 287–297. 29 indexed citations

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Tian, Xi, et al.. (2021). Design and simulation of a secondary resource recycling system: A case study of lead-acid batteries. Waste Management. 126. 78–88. 29 indexed citations

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Tian, Xi, Yiwei Liu, Ming Xu, Sai Liang, & Yaobin Liu. (2021). Chinese environmentally extended input-output database for 2017 and 2018. Scientific Data. 8(1). 256–256. 31 indexed citations

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Tian, Xi. (2015). Quantitative Research of Environmental Benefits of Recycling Lead from Obsolete CRT. The Research of Environmental Sciences. 2 indexed citations

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Tian, Xi. (2014). Estimation of the Amount of Lead in Waste of Obsolete CRT TV. Ecological Economy. 4 indexed citations

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