Xiang Chen

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
249 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Xiang Chen is a scholar working on Information Systems, Software and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiang Chen has authored 249 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Information Systems, 105 papers in Software and 79 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Xiang Chen's work include Software Engineering Research (113 papers), Software Reliability and Analysis Research (74 papers) and Software Testing and Debugging Techniques (71 papers). Xiang Chen is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Research (113 papers), Software Reliability and Analysis Research (74 papers) and Software Testing and Debugging Techniques (71 papers). Xiang Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Xiang Chen's co-authors include Qing Gu, Yuguang Fang, Hongqiang Zhai, Daoxu Chen, Chao Ni, Zhanqi Cui, Yingquan Zhao, Wangshu Liu, Xiaolin Ju and Zhuwei Qin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Free Radical Biology and Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Xiang Chen

221 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

GRACE: Empowering LLM-based software vulnerability detect... 2024 2026 2025 2024 10 20 30 40
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.

  1. GRACE: Empowering LLM-based software vulnerability detection with graph structure and in-context learning
    2024 46 citations Xiaolin Ju, Xiang Chen et al. Journal of Systems and Software profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiang Chen China 31 1.7k 1.4k 1.0k 910 360 249 3.3k
Yuming Zhou China 29 2.2k 1.3× 1.7k 1.2× 796 0.8× 857 0.9× 197 0.5× 161 3.2k
Zhen Ming Jiang Canada 33 1.9k 1.1× 960 0.7× 1.6k 1.5× 768 0.8× 117 0.3× 100 3.1k
Cristina Videira Lopes United States 33 2.7k 1.5× 986 0.7× 1.2k 1.1× 1.5k 1.6× 315 0.9× 136 4.1k
Ali Ouni Canada 33 2.2k 1.3× 1.3k 0.9× 651 0.6× 758 0.8× 662 1.8× 124 3.5k
Ding Yuan China 26 1.3k 0.7× 683 0.5× 1.3k 1.3× 572 0.6× 226 0.6× 145 2.7k
Lei Ma Japan 32 1.0k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 426 0.4× 2.2k 2.4× 266 0.7× 148 3.7k
Dong Seong Kim South Korea 33 1.6k 0.9× 228 0.2× 2.7k 2.6× 804 0.9× 381 1.1× 236 3.7k
Gang Tan United States 30 740 0.4× 336 0.2× 716 0.7× 1.4k 1.5× 207 0.6× 133 2.4k
Jianwei Yin China 35 2.1k 1.2× 154 0.1× 2.2k 2.1× 1.3k 1.4× 576 1.6× 309 4.7k
Yan Xiao China 22 570 0.3× 311 0.2× 263 0.3× 445 0.5× 100 0.3× 141 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiang Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiang Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiang Chen

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ju, Xiaolin, et al.. (2025). Improving distributed learning-based vulnerability detection via multi-modal prompt tuning. Journal of Systems and Software. 226. 112442–112442. 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Zheng, et al.. (2025). Enhancing concurrency vulnerability detection through AST-based static fuzz mutation. Journal of Systems and Software. 222. 112352–112352. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiang, et al.. (2025). Evaluating and improving LLM-based competitive program generation. Information and Software Technology. 191. 107977–107977.
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Yang, Guang, Yu Zhou, Xiang Chen, et al.. (2025). Less Is More: DocString Compression in Code Generation. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology. 35(2). 1–31.
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Yang, Guang, Yu Zhou, Xiang Chen, et al.. (2025). Defending Code Language Models against Backdoor Attacks with Deceptive Cross-Entropy Loss. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology. 35(2). 1–27.
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Chen, Xiang, et al.. (2024). CSVD-TF: Cross-project software vulnerability detection with TrAdaBoost by fusing expert metrics and semantic metrics. Journal of Systems and Software. 213. 112038–112038. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Hengyuan, et al.. (2024). Integrating neural mutation into mutation-based fault localization: A hybrid approach. Journal of Systems and Software. 221. 112281–112281.
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Chen, Xiang, et al.. (2024). Automatic smart contract comment generation via large language models and in-context learning. Information and Software Technology. 168. 107405–107405. 11 indexed citations
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Ju, Xiaolin, et al.. (2024). GRACE: Empowering LLM-based software vulnerability detection with graph structure and in-context learning. Journal of Systems and Software. 212. 112031–112031. 46 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Xiang, et al.. (2024). GBSR: Graph-based suspiciousness refinement for improving fault localization. Journal of Systems and Software. 218. 112189–112189.
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Liu, Yuhang, Siqi Zhang, Wen Ni, et al.. (2024). The influence of alkaline activation on coal gasification slag–MSWI FA based binder and its associated hydration mechanism. Construction and Building Materials. 453. 139112–139112. 7 indexed citations
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Wu, Xiaoxue, et al.. (2024). ISTA+: Test case generation and optimization for intelligent systems based on coverage analysis. Science of Computer Programming. 234. 103078–103078.
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Zhao, Tong, Siqi Zhang, Huifen Yang, et al.. (2024). The influences of MSWI fly ash washing and blast furnace slag/bottom ash ratio on low-carbon cementitious materials. Journal of Cleaner Production. 473. 143547–143547. 20 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiang, et al.. (2024). Making vulnerability prediction more practical: Prediction, categorization, and localization. Information and Software Technology. 171. 107458–107458. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiang, et al.. (2024). Automatic title completion for Stack Overflow posts and GitHub issues. Empirical Software Engineering. 29(5). 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiang, et al.. (2023). Boosting multi-objective just-in-time software defect prediction by fusing expert metrics and semantic metrics. Journal of Systems and Software. 206. 111853–111853. 10 indexed citations
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Zhang, Juan, et al.. (2023). Empowering Domain Experts With Formal Methods for Consistency Verification of Safety Requirements. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 24(12). 15146–15157. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhichao, et al.. (2022). Exploring Better Black-Box Test Case Prioritization via Log Analysis. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology. 32(3). 1–32. 16 indexed citations

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