Xiaobo Liu

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
126 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Xiaobo Liu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaobo Liu has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Ecology and 17 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Xiaobo Liu's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (26 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (19 papers) and Building materials and conservation (16 papers). Xiaobo Liu is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (26 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (19 papers) and Building materials and conservation (16 papers). Xiaobo Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Xiaobo Liu's co-authors include Ji‐Dong Gu, Xiaobin Yu, Liang Shi, Yoko Katayama, Qiuya Gu, Chunli Liao, Ji-Dong Gu, Robert J. Koestler, Thomas Warscheid and Yongqin Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Xiaobo Liu

114 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Microbial deterioration and sustainable conservation of s... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150
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. Microbial deterioration and sustainable conservation of stone monuments and buildings
    2020 188 citations Xiaobo Liu, Ji-Dong Gu et al. profile →

Peers

Xiaobo Liu
Igor Tiago Portugal
Kathleen E. Duncan United States
Elisabetta Zanardini Italy
Lorenzo Brusetti Italy
Pilar Junier Switzerland
C. Sorlini Italy
Julia W. Neilson United States
Federica Villa Italy
Stefano Fedi Italy
M. Carmen Portillo Spain
Igor Tiago Portugal
Xiaobo Liu
Citations per year, relative to Xiaobo Liu Xiaobo Liu (= 1×) peers Igor Tiago

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaobo Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaobo Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaobo Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaobo Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaobo Liu 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 Xiaobo Liu. Xiaobo Liu 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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Fu, Xiaomei, Fasi Wu, & Xiaobo Liu. (2025). Bio‐Archive of Cultural Heritage Microbiomes for Sustainable Conservation in the Multi‐Omics Era. PubMed. 6(4). e00046–e00046.
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Wang, Huanye, David B. Kemp, Hu Liu, et al.. (2025). Terrestrial temperature history reveals Late Miocene rapid uplift of the northern Tibetan Plateau. Science Advances. 11(28). eadu5030–eadu5030.
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Fan, Huiping, et al.. (2024). Environmental Impact of Xenobiotic Aromatic Compounds and Their Biodegradation Potential in Comamonas testosteroni. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(24). 13317–13317. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiaobo, Mingming Hu, Wenqi Peng, et al.. (2024). Resolving spatially complex interactions between hydrodynamics and biogeochemical processing in a large reservoir with metalimnetic oxygen deficits. Journal of Hydrology. 644. 132060–132060.
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Zhao, Hanqing, et al.. (2023). New hyperbolic tangent formula for mixing layer in vegetated flow. Journal of Hydrology. 617. 129061–129061. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Weijie, et al.. (2023). Analytical solutions of flow velocity profile based on the morphological response of flexible vegetation. Journal of Hydrology. 624. 129839–129839. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Xinjian, et al.. (2023). Identification of Bacterial Communities Involved in Bioweathering Crusts on Limestone Sculptures of the Longmen Grottoes. Coatings. 13(9). 1506–1506. 5 indexed citations
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Meng, Shanshan, Youfen Qian, Xiaobo Liu, et al.. (2023). Community structures and biodeterioration processes of epilithic biofilms imply the significance of micro-environments. The Science of The Total Environment. 876. 162665–162665. 17 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaoping, et al.. (2023). Light absorption of brown carbon and nitrated phenols in aerosols in a city of South Asia: From sources to atmosphere. Applied Geochemistry. 152. 105666–105666. 1 indexed citations
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Gu, Qiuya, Yu Lu, Jianli Zhou, et al.. (2023). Enhancement of catalytic performance of alginate lyase through combinational site-directed mutagenesis. Process Biochemistry. 126. 72–79. 8 indexed citations
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Sun, Yuanyuan, Hu Liu, Jun Liu, et al.. (2023). Mid-Miocene sea level altitude of the Qaidam Basin, northern Tibetan Plateau. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 9 indexed citations
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Zhou, Jianli, Peng Xu, Chunxiao Wang, et al.. (2023). Airborne microorganisms and key environmental factors shaping their community patterns in the core production area of the Maotai-flavor Baijiu. The Science of The Total Environment. 912. 169010–169010. 25 indexed citations
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Xu, Qi, Kaichao Chen, Bill Chan, et al.. (2022). A Siderophore-Encoding Plasmid Encodes High-Level Virulence in Escherichia coli. Microbiology Spectrum. 10(3). e0252821–e0252821. 12 indexed citations
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Zhu, Feng, et al.. (2022). Community structure and co-occurrence network analysis of bacteria and fungi in wheat fields vs fruit orchards. Archives of Microbiology. 204(8). 453–453. 10 indexed citations
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Wu, Fasi, Yong Zhang, Dongpeng He, et al.. (2021). Community structures of bacteria and archaea associated with the biodeterioration of sandstone sculptures at the Beishiku Temple. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 164. 105290–105290. 46 indexed citations
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Hu, Yidan, et al.. (2019). Optogenetic Modulation of a Catalytic Biofilm for the Biotransformation of Indole into Tryptophan. ChemSusChem. 12(23). 5142–5148. 27 indexed citations
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Feng, Yuqing, Qinnan Yang, Lingfang Wang, et al.. (2015). Survey of Microbial Contamination and Characterization of Escherichia coli in Kiwifruit Orchards in Shaanxi, China, 2013. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 12(10). 857–863. 3 indexed citations

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