Xiang Hu

6.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
174 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Xiang Hu is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiang Hu has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 34 papers in Materials Chemistry and 32 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Xiang Hu's work include Concrete and Cement Materials Research (102 papers), Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (53 papers) and Concrete Properties and Behavior (31 papers). Xiang Hu is often cited by papers focused on Concrete and Cement Materials Research (102 papers), Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (53 papers) and Concrete Properties and Behavior (31 papers). Xiang Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Xiang Hu's co-authors include Caijun Shi, Jianhui Liu, Zuhua Zhang, Zemei Wu, Zhenguo Shi, Pingping He, Sarra Drissi, Yifan Zhao, Geert De Schutter and Xiaoying Pan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Cancer and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Xiang Hu

165 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

A review on seawater sea-sand concrete: Mixture proportion, hydration, microstructure and properties

2021 216 citations Yifan Zhao, Xiang Hu et al. Construction and Building Materials profile →
Effect of temperature on CO2 curing, compressive strength and microstructure of cement paste

2022 186 citations Bao Lu, Sarra Drissi et al. Cement and Concrete Research profile →
Trends toward lower-carbon ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) – A review

2024 87 citations Xuanhan Zhang, Zemei Wu et al. Construction and Building Materials profile →

Peers

Xiang Hu

CSE

Jun Chang China

Kaffayatullah Khan Saudi Arabia

Peng Liu China

Zhiyong Liu China

Marwa Hassan United States

M. Iqbal Khan Saudi Arabia

Rishi Gupta Canada

Abdeliazim Mustafa Mohamed Saudi Arabia

N.H. Ramli Sulong Malaysia

Furqan Farooq Pakistan

Jun Chang China

Xiang Hu

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CSE

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1.6k ×1.1

554 ×1.1

234 ×1.0

Citations per year, relative to Xiang Hu Xiang Hu (= 1×) peers Jun Chang

Countries citing papers authored by Xiang Hu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiang Hu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiang Hu

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

Huang, Yan, Jian Zhang, Xiang Hu, et al.. (2025). Effect of early CO2 curing and subsequent water curing on the interfacial transition zone between cement paste and aggregates. Construction and Building Materials. 460. 139857–139857. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Hongwei, Zemei Wu, Huiyuan Liu, et al.. (2025). Insight into the effect of sand size, sand-to-binder ratio, and water-to-binder ratio on micro- and macro-mechanical properties of HS-ECC. Cement and Concrete Composites. 164. 106285–106285. 1 indexed citations

Mao, Yuguang, et al.. (2025). Chloride binding of cement paste containing wet carbonated recycled concrete fines. Cement and Concrete Research. 191. 107823–107823. 2 indexed citations

Mao, Yuguang, Sarra Drissi, Xiang Hu, Jian Zhang, & Caijun Shi. (2024). Effect of wet carbonated recycled cement paste powder on the rheology of cement paste. Cement and Concrete Research. 181. 107553–107553. 19 indexed citations

Hu, Xiang, et al.. (2024). Simulation, experiment and application of the damage analysis in the sheet plate forming based on modified Lemaitre model. Materials Today Communications. 40. 109715–109715.

Li, Huang, Nima Farzadnia, Yifan Zhao, Xiang Hu, & Caijun Shi. (2024). Effects of SCMs on chloride binding capacity of ultra-low water-to-binder ratio cement paste with internally introduced chloride. Construction and Building Materials. 413. 134725–134725. 10 indexed citations

Mao, Yuguang, Xiang Hu, Sarra Drissi, Wei Chen, & Caijun Shi. (2024). Wet carbonation of recycled cement paste powder using a CO2-loaded monoethanolamine solvent as an internal CO2 source. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 212. 107901–107901. 8 indexed citations

Hu, Xiang, et al.. (2024). Assessment on the heterogeneity and roughness of fracture surface of steel fiber reinforced concrete. Construction and Building Materials. 438. 137025–137025. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Ying‐Yong, Shijie Fan, Hong Zhu, et al.. (2024). Podocyte OTUD5 alleviates diabetic kidney disease through deubiquitinating TAK1 and reducing podocyte inflammation and injury. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5441–5441. 17 indexed citations

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Mao, Yuguang, Pingping He, Sarra Drissi, et al.. (2023). Effect of conditions on wet carbonation products of recycled cement paste powder. Cement and Concrete Composites. 144. 105307–105307. 68 indexed citations

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Xie, Jing, Zemei Wu, Xuanhan Zhang, Xiang Hu, & Caijun Shi. (2023). Trends and developments in low-heat portland cement and concrete: A review. Construction and Building Materials. 392. 131535–131535. 43 indexed citations

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Tan, Kang Hai, Yunxing Du, Jie Su, et al.. (2023). Comparison of axial behavior of RC columns using alkali-activated slag-based concrete and OPC concrete during and after fire. Journal of Building Engineering. 77. 107444–107444. 3 indexed citations

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Hwang, Hyeon‐Jong, Yuguang Mao, Yunxing Du, et al.. (2023). Bond performance of steel rebar in alkali-activated slag-based concrete after exposure to elevated temperature. Construction and Building Materials. 394. 132281–132281. 7 indexed citations

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Mao, Yuguang, Sarra Drissi, Pingping He, et al.. (2023). Quantifying the effects of wet carbonated recycled cement paste powder on the properties of cement paste. Cement and Concrete Research. 175. 107381–107381. 52 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiang, et al.. (2023). Synergistic effect of characteristics of raw materials on controlling the mechanical properties of fly ash-based geopolymers. Cement and Concrete Composites. 145. 105368–105368. 18 indexed citations

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He, Pingping, Sarra Drissi, Xiang Hu, Jianhui Liu, & Caijun Shi. (2023). Investigation on the influential mechanism of FA and GGBS on the properties of CO2-cured cement paste. Cement and Concrete Composites. 142. 105186–105186. 71 indexed citations

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Tang, Jinhui, Xiang Hu, Cheng Yu, et al.. (2023). The influence of curing regimes on hydration, microstructure and compressive strength of ultra-high performance concrete: A review. Journal of Building Engineering. 76. 107401–107401. 56 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yufei, et al.. (2023). An iron “nano-fishnet” for the rapid removal and surface clean-up of micro/nanoplastics from seawater. Environmental Science Nano. 10(9). 2566–2577. 8 indexed citations

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Song, Baixing, Xiang Hu, Songhui Liu, & Caijun Shi. (2022). Chloride binding of early CO2-cured Portland cement-fly ash-GGBS ternary pastes. Cement and Concrete Composites. 134. 104793–104793. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, Yue, Bao Lu, Xiang Hu, et al.. (2021). Effect of CO2 surface treatment on penetrability and microstructure of cement-fly ash–slag ternary concrete. Cement and Concrete Composites. 123. 104194–104194. 57 indexed citations

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