Xiaofeng Wang

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
115 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Xiaofeng Wang is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaofeng Wang has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 31 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 9 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiaofeng Wang's work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (86 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (43 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (32 papers). Xiaofeng Wang is often cited by papers focused on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (86 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (43 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (32 papers). Xiaofeng Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Xiaofeng Wang's co-authors include A. V. Filippenko, Tianmeng Zhang, R. J. Foley, Weidong Li, M. Ganeshalingam, R. Chornock, Saurabh W. Jha, M. Modjaz, D. Poznanski and Jesse Leaman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Xiaofeng Wang

82 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Nearby supernova rates from the Lick Observatory Supernova Search - II. The observed luminosity functions and fractions of supernovae in a complete sample
    2011 390 citations A. V. Filippenko, M. Ganeshalingam et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaofeng Wang China 21 1.3k 428 134 105 89 115 1.7k
Junjie Mao China 18 483 0.4× 139 0.3× 43 0.3× 5 0.0× 277 3.1× 93 1.1k
Boyuan Liu China 18 419 0.3× 89 0.2× 100 0.7× 2 0.0× 126 1.4× 86 1.2k
R. Stephenson United Kingdom 16 51 0.0× 234 0.5× 24 0.2× 12 0.1× 109 1.2× 74 824
Keith T. Smith United Kingdom 11 275 0.2× 18 0.0× 81 0.6× 19 0.2× 32 0.4× 103 463
Daniel Sauer Germany 22 405 0.3× 124 0.3× 18 0.1× 117 1.3× 48 1.5k
Laurent Thomas Germany 21 97 0.1× 187 0.4× 4 0.0× 8 0.1× 56 0.6× 61 1.0k
Shaobo Zhang China 14 403 0.3× 50 0.1× 12 0.1× 2 0.0× 66 0.7× 59 634
Wenrui Xu United States 14 314 0.2× 17 0.0× 9 0.1× 19 0.2× 40 0.4× 32 448
Yifeng Wang China 13 58 0.0× 216 0.5× 8 0.1× 6 0.1× 111 1.2× 59 713

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaofeng Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaofeng Wang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaofeng Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaofeng Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaofeng Wang 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 Xiaofeng Wang. Xiaofeng Wang 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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Wang, Xiaofeng, et al.. (2025). Optical and near-infrared observations of SN 2023ixf for over 600 days after the explosion. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 703. A168–A168.
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Zhang, Jujia, Xiaofeng Wang, Shuai Zha, et al.. (2025). SN 2022acko: a low-luminosity SNe IIP with signs of early circumstellar interaction. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 540(3). 2591–2611.
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Liu, Cheng, Xiaofeng Wang, Lian Ying Zhang, et al.. (2024). The first low-mass eclipsing binary within the fully convective zone from TMTS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 531(1). 1765–1775.
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Guo, Fangzhou, Xiaofeng Wang, Xiaodian Chen, et al.. (2024). Minute-Cadence Observations of the LAMOST Fields with the TMTS: V. Machine Learning Classification of TMTS Catalogues of Periodic Variable Stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaofeng, C. McCully, Ali Esamdin, et al.. (2024). SN 2021wuf: A transitional type Ia supernova with a low-velocity gradient. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 691. A90–A90.
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Wu, Chengyuan, Shuai Zha, Yongzhi Cai, et al.. (2024). Light Curves of the Explosion of ONe White Dwarf + CO White Dwarf Merger Remnant and Type Icn Supernovae. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 967(2). L45–L45. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jujia, Xiaofeng Wang, Zeyi Zhao, et al.. (2023). Circumstellar material ejected violently by a massive star immediately before its death. Science Bulletin. 68(21). 2548–2554. 15 indexed citations
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Xiang, Danfeng, Xiaofeng Wang, Hanna Sai, et al.. (2023). SN 2018hna: Adding a piece to the puzzles of the explosion of blue supergiants. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520(2). 2965–2982. 3 indexed citations
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Wu, Chengyuan, et al.. (2023). Evolution of the Postmerger Remnants from the Coalescence of Oxygen–Neon and Carbon–Oxygen White Dwarf Pairs. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 944(2). L54–L54. 6 indexed citations
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Yu, Wenfei, et al.. (2022). Optical and X-Ray Observations of MAXI J1820+070 During the Early Outburst Phase in 2018: Zooming in the Low Frequency QPOs*. Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. 22(4). 45009–45009. 4 indexed citations
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Pellegrino, C., D. A. Howell, J. Vinkó, et al.. (2022). Circumstellar Interaction Powers the Light Curves of Luminous Rapidly Evolving Optical Transients. The Astrophysical Journal. 926(2). 125–125. 32 indexed citations
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Gangopadhyay, Anjasha, Kuntal Misra, G. Hosseinzadeh, et al.. (2022). Evolution of a Peculiar Type Ibn Supernova SN 2019wep. The Astrophysical Journal. 930(2). 127–127. 3 indexed citations
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Cai, Yongzhi, et al.. (2022). Gap Transients Interacting with Circumstellar Medium. Universe. 8(10). 493–493. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Ling‐Jun, Liang-Duan Liu, Xiaofeng Wang, et al.. (2022). iPTF14hls in the Circumstellar Medium Interaction Model: A Promising Candidate for a Pulsational Pair-instability Supernova. The Astrophysical Journal. 933(1). 102–102. 6 indexed citations
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Yao, Xinyu, Lingzhi Wang, Xiaofeng Wang, et al.. (2019). PHOTOMETRY OF VARIABLE STARS FROM THE THU-NAOC TRANSIENT SURVEY. I. THE FIRST TWO YEARS. OakTrust (Texas A&M University Libraries). 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kaicheng, Xiaofeng Wang, Jujia Zhang, et al.. (2019). OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE TYPE IA SUPERNOVA SN 2011fe IN M101 FOR NEARLY 500 DAYS. OakTrust (Texas A&M University Libraries). 28 indexed citations
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Hosseinzadeh, G., S. Valenti, C. McCully, et al.. (2018). Short-lived Circumstellar Interaction in the Low-luminosity Type IIP SN 2016bkv. The Astrophysical Journal. 861(1). 63–63. 34 indexed citations
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Huang, Fang, Xiaofeng Wang, L. Zampieri, et al.. (2016). OPTICAL AND ULTRAVIOLET OBSERVATIONS OF THE VERY YOUNG TYPE IIP SN 2014cx IN NGC 337. The Astrophysical Journal. 832(2). 139–139. 15 indexed citations
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Shang, Zhaohui, et al.. (2014). Prediscovery Observations of SN 2014J in M82 from the Antarctic Survey Telescope. ATel. 5794. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Li, Xiaofeng Wang, & Tianmeng Zhang. (2013). Supernova 2013dw = Psn J16135884+4241590. 3585. 1.

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