Xiang Zhao

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 975 citations indexed

About

Xiang Zhao is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiang Zhao has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 975 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Computational Mechanics, 11 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 6 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Xiang Zhao's work include Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (12 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (10 papers) and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (9 papers). Xiang Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Lattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies (12 papers), Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis (10 papers) and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics (9 papers). Xiang Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Xiang Zhao's co-authors include William H. Greene, Z. Suo, C. Shu, Sijun Zhang, Liming Yang, Zhen Chen, Sami Bayyuk, Liangzhen Lin, My Ha Dao and Ningyu Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Computational Physics and Renewable Energy.

In The Last Decade

Xiang Zhao

43 papers receiving 941 citations

Hit Papers

A nonlinear field theory of deformable dielectrics 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400
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. A nonlinear field theory of deformable dielectrics
    2007 447 citations Xiang Zhao et al. 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 Zhao China 13 470 324 197 167 156 47 975
Claudio Somaschini Italy 22 431 0.9× 170 0.5× 177 0.9× 172 1.0× 407 2.6× 93 1.4k
Yuanwei Jin United States 19 627 1.3× 146 0.5× 166 0.8× 117 0.7× 127 0.8× 115 1.5k
Stéphane Job France 14 196 0.4× 203 0.6× 119 0.6× 155 0.9× 78 0.5× 27 907
A. Del Vecchio Italy 14 138 0.3× 71 0.2× 156 0.8× 103 0.6× 101 0.6× 81 715
Rogelio Ortigosa United Kingdom 18 559 1.2× 315 1.0× 334 1.7× 91 0.5× 186 1.2× 52 1.0k
Qi Xu China 17 176 0.4× 302 0.9× 81 0.4× 78 0.5× 111 0.7× 64 916
Feng Zhou United States 20 153 0.3× 286 0.9× 210 1.1× 1.0k 6.2× 154 1.0× 72 1.5k
J.K. Chen United States 18 411 0.9× 421 1.3× 117 0.6× 246 1.5× 110 0.7× 37 1.1k
Marc‐André Keip Germany 19 333 0.7× 195 0.6× 302 1.5× 231 1.4× 250 1.6× 63 1.3k
Yusuke Kobayashi Japan 19 181 0.4× 45 0.1× 230 1.2× 178 1.1× 64 0.4× 107 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiang Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiang Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiang Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiang Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiang Zhao 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 Zhao. Xiang Zhao 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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Zhao, Xiang, et al.. (2025). Predictive modeling of wake flow for a floating offshore wind turbine using dynamic mode decomposition. Ocean Engineering. 334. 121590–121590. 2 indexed citations
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Lin, Xuemin, et al.. (2025). $\text {GPUSCAN}^{++}$: Efficient Structural Graph Clustering on GPUs. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems. 36(9). 1890–1903.
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Zhao, Xiang, et al.. (2023). Toward Environmental and Structural Digital Twin of Offshore Wind Turbine. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiang, et al.. (2023). Digital twining of an offshore wind turbine on a monopile using reduced-order modelling approach. Renewable Energy. 206. 531–551. 27 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiang, Liming Yang, & C. Shu. (2022). An implicit lattice Boltzmann flux solver for simulation of compressible flows. Computers & Mathematics with Applications. 107. 82–94. 10 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhen, et al.. (2021). Phase-field-simplified lattice Boltzmann method for modeling solid-liquid phase change. Physical review. E. 103(2). 23308–23308. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhen, C. Shu, Liming Yang, Xiang Zhao, & Ningyu Liu. (2020). Immersed boundary–simplified thermal lattice Boltzmann method for incompressible thermal flows. Physics of Fluids. 32(1). 55 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiang, et al.. (2020). Reduced order modeling-based discrete unified gas kinetic scheme for rarefied gas flows. Physics of Fluids. 32(6). 22 indexed citations
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Yang, Liming, et al.. (2020). Parametric reduced order modeling-based discrete velocity method for simulation of steady rarefied flows. Journal of Computational Physics. 430. 110037–110037. 9 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiang & Taehyoun Kim. (2017). Parametric Model Reduction for Unsteady Flow about Airfoil based on Compressible CFD Solver. 302. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Sijun, Xiang Zhao, & Zhi Yong Yang. (2017). Flow Simulations in a Pebble Bed Reactor by a Combined DEM-CFD Approach. Nuclear Science and Engineering. 189(2). 135–151. 11 indexed citations
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Shen, Shuai, Yuejin Tang, Li Ren, et al.. (2015). Design of Superconductivity Windings of a 35-kV/3.5-MVA Single-Phase HTS-Controllable Reactor. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 25(3). 1–4. 9 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiang, et al.. (2015). Modeling stationary and moving pebbles in a pebble bed reactor. Annals of Nuclear Energy. 80. 52–61. 15 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiang, et al.. (2010). Gas Flow Simulations in Randomly Distributed Pebbles. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power. 133(5). 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiang, et al.. (2009). Learners' Preferences in Using Online Learning Resources. Quarterly review of distance education. 10(3). 299–303. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Sijun & Xiang Zhao. (2004). General Formulations for Rhie-Chow Interpolation. 567–573. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Sijun & Xiang Zhao. (2003). Secondary Pressure Correction to Improve the SIMPLE Method. 2007–2013. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiang, et al.. (2003). Parallel Computing Strategy for Solution Adaptive, Multi-grid Unstructured Flow Solver. 41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. 3 indexed citations

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