Xiao Ren

5.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
46 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Xiao Ren is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiao Ren has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Materials Chemistry, 18 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 17 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Xiao Ren's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (15 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (8 papers) and Electromagnetic wave absorption materials (7 papers). Xiao Ren is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (15 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (8 papers) and Electromagnetic wave absorption materials (7 papers). Xiao Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Xiao Ren's co-authors include Zhichuan J. Xu, Haitao Yang, Yuanmiao Sun, Shengnan Sun, Shibo Xi, Yonghua Du, Tianze Wu, Hongjun Gao, Ye Zhou and José Gracia and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Xiao Ren

46 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Spin-polarized oxygen evolution reaction under magnetic f... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2021 2021 100 200 300 400 500
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. Spin-polarized oxygen evolution reaction under magnetic field
    2021 516 citations Xiao Ren, Tianze Wu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Spin pinning effect to reconstructed oxyhydroxide layer on ferromagnetic oxides for enhanced water oxidation
    2021 352 citations Tianze Wu, Xiao Ren et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Engineering High‐Spin State Cobalt Cations in Spinel Zinc Cobalt Oxide for Spin Channel Propagation and Active Site Enhancement in Water Oxidation
    2021 270 citations Yuanmiao Sun, Xiao Ren et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiao Ren China 25 2.5k 2.1k 1.6k 988 555 46 4.2k
Chien‐Te Chen Taiwan 35 1.3k 0.5× 2.4k 1.1× 1.6k 1.0× 1.4k 1.4× 247 0.4× 161 4.1k
Zhongquan Liao Germany 30 3.0k 1.2× 2.5k 1.2× 2.5k 1.6× 670 0.7× 250 0.5× 74 5.1k
Haruyuki Nakanishi Japan 17 2.4k 1.0× 2.3k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 560 0.6× 296 0.5× 32 3.9k
Usman Khan China 30 1.4k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 1.7k 1.1× 627 0.6× 184 0.3× 89 3.1k
Caozheng Diao Singapore 24 2.1k 0.9× 1.8k 0.9× 1.5k 1.0× 440 0.4× 388 0.7× 64 3.1k
Aleksey Ruditskiy United States 21 1.8k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 2.6k 1.7× 1.3k 1.4× 346 0.6× 26 4.2k
Tofik Ahmed Shifa China 38 2.7k 1.1× 3.4k 1.6× 3.6k 2.3× 757 0.8× 271 0.5× 69 5.7k
Nian‐Tzu Suen China 19 6.1k 2.5× 4.9k 2.3× 2.0k 1.3× 864 0.9× 1.3k 2.3× 61 7.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiao Ren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiao Ren

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiao Ren. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiao Ren 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 Xiao Ren. Xiao Ren 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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Zhu, Siyuan, Qian Wu, Chencheng Dai, et al.. (2025). Cooperative spin alignment enhances dimerization in the electrochemical ammonia oxidation reaction. Nature Chemistry. 18(2). 258–265. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuwei, Qiucheng Xu, Songzhu Luo, et al.. (2025). Remote Iron dynamics of NiFe (oxy)hydroxides toward robust active sites in water oxidation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5601–5601. 12 indexed citations
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Wu, Tianze, Jingjie Ge, Qian Wu, et al.. (2024). Tailoring atomic chemistry to refine reaction pathway for the most enhancement by magnetization in water oxidation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(19). e2318652121–e2318652121. 19 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiao, Tianze Wu, Jianling Meng, et al.. (2023). The origin of magnetization-caused increment in water oxidation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2482–2482. 82 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiao, Qi Zhang, Yanxia Zuo, et al.. (2022). The Emergent Integrated Constructed Wetland-Reservoir (CW-R) Is Being Challenged by 2-Methylisoborneol Episode—A Case Study in Yanlonghu CW-R. Water. 14(17). 2670–2670. 6 indexed citations
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Wu, Tianze, Xiao Ren, Yuanmiao Sun, et al.. (2021). Spin pinning effect to reconstructed oxyhydroxide layer on ferromagnetic oxides for enhanced water oxidation. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3634–3634. 352 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ren, Xiao, Tianze Wu, Yuanmiao Sun, et al.. (2021). Spin-polarized oxygen evolution reaction under magnetic field. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2608–2608. 516 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ge, Jingjie, Riccardo Ruixi Chen, Xiao Ren, et al.. (2021). Ferromagnetic–Antiferromagnetic Coupling Core–Shell Nanoparticles with Spin Conservation for Water Oxidation. Advanced Materials. 33(42). e2101091–e2101091. 127 indexed citations
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Chen, Riccardo Ruixi, Gao Chen, Xiao Ren, et al.. (2021). SmCo5 with a Reconstructed Oxyhydroxide Surface for Spin‐Selective Water Oxidation at Elevated Temperature. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(49). 25884–25890. 83 indexed citations
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Meng, Jianling, et al.. (2020). The Amorphization of Monolayer MoS2 Induced by Strong Oxygen Plasma Treatment. Materials Science. 26(2). 143–146. 1 indexed citations
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Duan, Yan, Shengnan Sun, Shibo Xi, et al.. (2017). Tailoring the Co 3d-O 2p Covalency in LaCoO3 by Fe Substitution To Promote Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Chemistry of Materials. 29(24). 10534–10541. 328 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kenan, Changhua Bao, Qiangqiang Gu, et al.. (2016). Raman signatures of inversion symmetry breaking and structural phase transition in type-II Weyl semimetal MoTe2. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13552–13552. 124 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiao, Haitao Yang, Zian Li, et al.. (2016). An effective way to increase the high-frequency permeability of Fe3O4nanorods. Nanoscale. 8(26). 12910–12916. 13 indexed citations
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Hu, Yuwen, Xiao Ren, Rui Zhang, et al.. (2016). Nematic magnetoelastic effect contrasted betweenBa(Fe1−xCox)2As2and FeSe. Physical review. B.. 93(6). 10 indexed citations
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Geng, Sai, Haitao Yang, Xiao Ren, et al.. (2016). Anisotropic Magnetite Nanorods for Enhanced Magnetic Hyperthermia. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 11(21). 2996–3000. 36 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiao, Haitao Yang, Jun Zhou, et al.. (2015). Controlled growth of LaFeO3nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide for highly efficient photocatalysis. Nanoscale. 8(2). 752–756. 93 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiao, Lian Duan, Yuwen Hu, et al.. (2015). Nematic Crossover inBaFe2As2under Uniaxial Stress. Physical Review Letters. 115(19). 197002–197002. 26 indexed citations
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Li, Yongfeng, Sai Geng, Chen Zhou, et al.. (2015). Preparation of flexible reduced graphene oxide/poly(vinyl alcohol) film with superior microwave absorption properties. RSC Advances. 5(108). 88958–88964. 75 indexed citations
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Yang, Haitao, Xiao Ren, Zi‐An Li, et al.. (2013). Non-monotonic size change of monodisperse Fe3O4 nanoparticles in the scale-up synthesis. Nanoscale. 5(7). 2804–2804. 24 indexed citations
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Song, Ningning, Haitao Yang, Haoliang Liu, et al.. (2013). Exceeding natural resonance frequency limit of monodisperse Fe3O4 nanoparticles via superparamagnetic relaxation. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 3161–3161. 111 indexed citations

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