Xiaofei Sun

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 742 citations indexed

About

Xiaofei Sun is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaofei Sun has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 742 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 8 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiaofei Sun's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (6 papers), Frequency Control in Power Systems (5 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (5 papers). Xiaofei Sun is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (6 papers), Frequency Control in Power Systems (5 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (5 papers). Xiaofei Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Xiaofei Sun's co-authors include Huaiyong Shao, Baoli Zhu, Jinhui Li, Guoliang Zhang, Haisheng Yu, Wei Xian, Linguo Yuan, Jinpeng Yu, Dongfeng Li and Xudong Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Nature Geoscience and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Xiaofei Sun

26 papers receiving 732 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.

High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability

2022 160 citations Dongfeng Li, Xixi Lu et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaofei Sun China	13	195	139	134	129	127	26	742
Lingling Sang China	8	464 2.4×	103 0.7×	94 0.7×	36 0.3×	91 0.7×	18	791
Zhe Yin China	17	97 0.5×	102 0.7×	232 1.7×	56 0.4×	29 0.2×	47	860
Yanlong Guan China	16	321 1.6×	104 0.7×	64 0.5×	38 0.3×	42 0.3×	32	909
Wang Chen China	26	157 0.8×	38 0.3×	36 0.3×	97 0.8×	297 2.3×	81	2.0k
Bryan K. Mignone United States	18	254 1.3×	112 0.8×	171 1.3×	60 0.5×	17 0.1×	45	953
Chan Xiao China	21	594 3.0×	415 3.0×	138 1.0×	199 1.5×	18 0.1×	52	1.3k
Pasquale Contestabile Italy	25	54 0.3×	185 1.3×	105 0.8×	15 0.1×	108 0.9×	66	1.8k
Xiong Zhou China	19	524 2.7×	255 1.8×	114 0.9×	47 0.4×	16 0.1×	77	1.1k
Aldo Tamburrino Chile	14	49 0.3×	51 0.4×	49 0.4×	22 0.2×	232 1.8×	46	1.0k
Kathrin Menberg Germany	20	84 0.4×	311 2.2×	164 1.2×	444 3.4×	52 0.4×	49	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaofei Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaofei Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaofei Sun

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

Sun, Xiaofei, et al.. (2025). Study on the Vibration Propagation Law and Stress Distribution Characteristics in Double-Arch Tunnels During Blasting. Buildings. 15(1). 139–139. 3 indexed citations

Zhou, Wei, et al.. (2025). A new framework for landslide susceptibility mapping in contiguous impoverished areas using machine learning and catastrophe theory. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 10620–10620. 3 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaofei, et al.. (2024). Tracking sustainable development in mining towns: A novel framework integrating socioeconomic and eco-environmental perspectives through coupling coordination degree. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 109. 107641–107641. 15 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaofei, et al.. (2024). Impacts of mining on vegetation phenology and sensitivity assessment of spectral vegetation indices to mining activities in arid/semi-arid areas. Journal of Environmental Management. 356. 120678–120678. 16 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaofei, et al.. (2022). A novel landslide susceptibility optimization framework to assess landslide occurrence probability at the regional scale for environmental management. Journal of Environmental Management. 322. 116108–116108. 12 indexed citations

Li, Dongfeng, Xixi Lu, Desmond E. Walling, et al.. (2022). High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability. Nature Geoscience. 15(7). 520–530. 160 indexed citations breakdown →

Sun, Xiaofei, et al.. (2022). Quantitative estimation for the impact of mining activities on vegetation phenology and identifying its controlling factors from Sentinel-2 time series. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 111. 102814–102814. 35 indexed citations

Sun, Xiaofei, et al.. (2021). Spatiotemporal change of vegetation coverage recovery and its driving factors in the Wenchuan earthquake-hit areas. Journal of Mountain Science. 18(11). 2854–2869. 9 indexed citations

Liao, Kai, et al.. (2021). A novel bilayer coordinated control scheme for global autonomous economic operation of islanded hybrid AC/DC microgrids. IET Renewable Power Generation. 15(12). 2726–2739. 7 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaofei, et al.. (2021). Integrated decision-making model for groundwater potential evaluation in mining areas using the cusp catastrophe model and principal component analysis. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 37. 100891–100891. 19 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaofei, et al.. (2021). The Active Frequency Control Strategy of the Wind Power Based on Model Predictive Control. Complexity. 2021(1). 3 indexed citations

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Xu, Weilin, Annan Wang, Siyu Lin, et al.. (2020). An internal-resistance-adaptive MPPT circuit for energy harvesting. AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications. 127. 153464–153464. 9 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaofei, Kai Liao, Jianwei Yang, & Zhengyou He. (2019). Model Predictive Control based Load Frequency Control for Power Systems with Wind Turbine Generators. 1387–1392. 12 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaofei, Haisheng Yu, Jinpeng Yu, & Xudong Liu. (2019). Design and implementation of a novel adaptive backstepping control scheme for a PMSM with unknown load torque. IET Electric Power Applications. 13(4). 445–455. 66 indexed citations

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Yang, Jianwei, et al.. (2019). Model predictive control‐based load frequency control for power systems with wind‐turbine generators. IET Renewable Power Generation. 13(15). 2871–2879. 45 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaofei, et al.. (2016). The simulation of mine solid waste generation in Panzhihua City based on system dynamics. International Journal of Environment and Pollution. 59(2/3/4). 213–213. 2 indexed citations

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Xian, Wei, et al.. (2016). The simulation of mine solid waste generation in Panzhihua City based on system dynamics. International Journal of Environment and Pollution. 59(2/3/4). 213–213. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiaofei, et al.. (2016). A Review on the Management of Municipal Solid Waste Fly Ash in American. Procedia Environmental Sciences. 31. 535–540. 115 indexed citations

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Shao, Huaiyong, et al.. (2014). Research on eco-environmental vulnerability evaluation of the Anning River Basin in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Environmental Earth Sciences. 72(5). 1555–1568. 59 indexed citations

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Feng, Qiyan, et al.. (2006). Environmental Effects of Groundwater Development in Xuzhou City, China. Journal of China University of Mining and Technology. 16(1). 13–16. 5 indexed citations

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