Xian Xu

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Xian Xu is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xian Xu has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Biomaterials, 3 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xian Xu's work include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (3 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (3 papers) and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (2 papers). Xian Xu is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (3 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (3 papers) and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (2 papers). Xian Xu collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. Xian Xu's co-authors include Xinqiao Jia, Amit K. Jha, Mary C. Farach‐Carson, Daniel A. Harrington, Randall L. Duncan, Chandran R. Sabanayagam, Kevin J. McHugh, Róbert Langer, Matthew Taylor and Aaron C. Anselmo and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Biomaterials and Acta Biomaterialia.

In The Last Decade

Xian Xu

10 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels: from a natural polysaccharide to complex networks

2012 471 citations Xian Xu, Amit K. Jha et al. Soft Matter profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xian Xu United States	8	476	392	212	208	208	10	1.1k
Amir Fakhari United States	12	272 0.6×	350 0.9×	183 0.9×	217 1.0×	125 0.6×	15	1.1k
Brandon L. Seal United States	12	447 0.9×	561 1.4×	160 0.8×	215 1.0×	107 0.5×	12	1.1k
Kyu Back Lee South Korea	17	652 1.4×	328 0.8×	178 0.8×	188 0.9×	189 0.9×	37	1.2k
Anirudha Singh United States	18	497 1.0×	422 1.1×	114 0.5×	208 1.0×	139 0.7×	29	1.3k
Catarina A. Custódio Portugal	25	942 2.0×	656 1.7×	213 1.0×	214 1.0×	152 0.7×	58	1.8k
Han Shih United States	16	841 1.8×	490 1.3×	414 2.0×	182 0.9×	176 0.8×	19	1.5k
Rajiv M. Desai United States	9	843 1.8×	412 1.1×	318 1.5×	241 1.2×	396 1.9×	9	1.4k
Junseok Yeom South Korea	13	745 1.6×	640 1.6×	407 1.9×	146 0.7×	153 0.7×	20	1.5k
Marko Mihajlovic Netherlands	12	348 0.7×	259 0.7×	240 1.1×	84 0.4×	126 0.6×	17	759
Lindsay Riley United States	7	793 1.7×	409 1.0×	368 1.7×	127 0.6×	93 0.4×	9	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Xian Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xian Xu

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xian Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xian Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xian 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 Xian Xu. Xian 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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10 of 10 papers shown

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Xu, Xian, Jianjun Wang, Jingjing Jiang, et al.. (2022). Mass drug administration in response to vivax malaria resurgence in Anhui Province of Huanghuai Plain, China. Advances in Parasitology. 116. 115–152. 7 indexed citations

2.

Li, Weidong, Xiaofeng Wang, Yanling Wang, et al.. (2022). Study on influential factors and reference values for thyroid volume in Chinese children aged 6–12 years. British Journal Of Nutrition. 129(6). 1037–1045. 2 indexed citations

3.

McHugh, Kevin J., David Yang, Adam M. Behrens, et al.. (2017). Fabrication of fillable microparticles and other complex 3D microstructures. Science. 357(6356). 1138–1142. 174 indexed citations

4.

Akkiraju, Hemanth, et al.. (2017). CK2.1, a bone morphogenetic protein receptor type Ia mimetic peptide, repairs cartilage in mice with destabilized medial meniscus. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 8(1). 82–82. 20 indexed citations

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Xu, Xian, Chandran R. Sabanayagam, Daniel A. Harrington, Mary C. Farach‐Carson, & Xinqiao Jia. (2014). A hydrogel-based tumor model for the evaluation of nanoparticle-based cancer therapeutics. Biomaterials. 35(10). 3319–3330. 100 indexed citations

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Xu, Xian, Amit K. Jha, Daniel A. Harrington, Mary C. Farach‐Carson, & Xinqiao Jia. (2012). Hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels: from a natural polysaccharide to complex networks. Soft Matter. 8(12). 3280–3280. 471 indexed citations breakdown →

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Krishnan, Vinu, Xian Xu, Sonali P. Barwe, et al.. (2012). Dexamethasone-Loaded Block Copolymer Nanoparticles Induce Leukemia Cell Death and Enhance Therapeutic Efficacy: A Novel Application in Pediatric Nanomedicine. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 10(6). 2199–2210. 71 indexed citations

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Jha, Amit K., Xian Xu, Randall L. Duncan, & Xinqiao Jia. (2011). Controlling the adhesion and differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells using hyaluronic acid-based, doubly crosslinked networks. Biomaterials. 32(10). 2466–2478. 91 indexed citations

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Xu, Xian, Amit K. Jha, Randall L. Duncan, & Xinqiao Jia. (2011). Heparin-decorated, hyaluronic acid-based hydrogel particles for the controlled release of bone morphogenetic protein 2. Acta Biomaterialia. 7(8). 3050–3059. 123 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaoying, Lisa A. Gurski, Sheng Zhong, et al.. (2011). Amphiphilic Block Co-polyesters Bearing Pendant Cyclic Ketal Groups as Nanocarriers for Controlled Release of Camptothecin. Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer Edition. 22(10). 1275–1298. 12 indexed citations

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