Xiaoguang Dong

2.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
33 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Xiaoguang Dong is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaoguang Dong has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 19 papers in Condensed Matter Physics and 17 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiaoguang Dong's work include Micro and Nano Robotics (19 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (14 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (9 papers). Xiaoguang Dong is often cited by papers focused on Micro and Nano Robotics (19 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (14 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (9 papers). Xiaoguang Dong collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Türkiye. Xiaoguang Dong's co-authors include Metin Sitti, Wenqi Hu, Ziyu Ren, Guo Zhan Lum, Ye Zhou, Önder Erin, Hamidreza Marvi, Yingdan Wu, Chunxiang Wang and Hui Xie and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xiaoguang Dong

30 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Shape-programmable magnetic soft matter 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2019 2022 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. Shape-programmable magnetic soft matter
    2016 541 citations Guo Zhan Lum, Ye Zhou et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Multi-functional soft-bodied jellyfish-like swimming
    2019 472 citations Ziyu Ren, Wenqi Hu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Wireless soft millirobots for climbing three-dimensional surfaces in confined spaces
    2022 159 citations Yingdan Wu, Xiaoguang Dong et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaoguang Dong United States 16 1.5k 1.4k 1.4k 153 137 33 2.2k
Amirreza Aghakhani Türkiye 18 1.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 945 0.7× 99 0.6× 181 1.3× 42 2.2k
Tian‐Yun Huang China 17 1.5k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 42 0.3× 222 1.6× 44 2.3k
Andrew J. Petruska United States 18 1.6k 1.0× 1.0k 0.7× 1.5k 1.1× 44 0.3× 139 1.0× 55 2.2k
Stefano Palagi Italy 16 1.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 40 0.3× 200 1.5× 40 2.1k
Shuguang Li China 19 1.3k 0.8× 1.4k 1.0× 536 0.4× 173 1.1× 133 1.0× 77 2.1k
Benjamin Gorissen Belgium 22 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 595 0.4× 269 1.8× 58 0.4× 49 2.1k
Ziyu Ren Germany 19 1.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 77 0.5× 94 0.7× 37 2.0k
Andrew T. Conn United Kingdom 24 1.4k 0.9× 685 0.5× 413 0.3× 239 1.6× 209 1.5× 101 1.8k
Lindsey Hines United States 11 1.2k 0.8× 984 0.7× 490 0.4× 89 0.6× 130 0.9× 13 1.7k
Zhengxin Yang China 20 1.0k 0.7× 745 0.5× 945 0.7× 28 0.2× 142 1.0× 54 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaoguang Dong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaoguang Dong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaoguang Dong

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaoguang Dong. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaoguang Dong 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 Xiaoguang Dong. Xiaoguang Dong 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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Pierce, J. Rush, et al.. (2025). Wireless microfluidics-enabled multifunctional miniature soft robots with multimodal locomotion for fluid manipulation. Device. 3(6). 100713–100713. 3 indexed citations
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Lavelle, C.L.B., Yusheng Wang, K. C. Chen, et al.. (2025). Minimally invasive healing of bone implant-cement interfaces by aerogel cement and remote heating. Device. 3(5). 100680–100680. 3 indexed citations
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Dong, Xiaoguang, et al.. (2024). Millimeter-scale soft capsules for sampling liquids in fluid-filled confined spaces. Science Advances. 10(35). eadp2758–eadp2758. 15 indexed citations
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Young, Simon, et al.. (2024). Wirelessly Actuated Microfluidic Pump and Valve for Controlled Liquid Delivery in Dental Implants (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 31/2024). Advanced Healthcare Materials. 13(31). 1 indexed citations
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Edwards, S.B., Namkyoo Park, Fabien Maldonado, et al.. (2024). Sensory artificial cilia for in situ monitoring of airway physiological properties. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(46). e2412086121–e2412086121. 4 indexed citations
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Young, Simon, et al.. (2024). Wirelessly Actuated Microfluidic Pump and Valve for Controlled Liquid Delivery in Dental Implants. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 13(31). e2402373–e2402373. 4 indexed citations
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Kim, Kiyoung, et al.. (2024). Mucosa‐Interfacing Capsule for In Situ Sensing the Elasticity of Biological Tissues. Advanced Materials Technologies. 10(6). 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Chunxiang, Yingdan Wu, Xiaoguang Dong, Milena Armacki, & Metin Sitti. (2023). In situ sensing physiological properties of biological tissues using wireless miniature soft robots. Science Advances. 9(23). eadg3988–eadg3988. 73 indexed citations
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Obstein, Keith L., et al.. (2023). Wireless Millimeter-Size Soft Climbing Robots With Omnidirectional Steerability on Tissue Surfaces. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 8(9). 5720–5726. 16 indexed citations
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Edwards, Steven J, et al.. (2023). Sensing Mucus Physiological Property In Situ by Wireless Millimeter‐Scale Soft Robots. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(8). 19 indexed citations
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Ren, Ziyu, Mingchao Zhang, Zemin Liu, et al.. (2022). Soft-robotic ciliated epidermis for reconfigurable coordinated fluid manipulation. Science Advances. 8(34). eabq2345–eabq2345. 36 indexed citations
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Liu, Zemin, Meng Li, Xiaoguang Dong, et al.. (2022). Creating three-dimensional magnetic functional microdevices via molding-integrated direct laser writing. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2016–2016. 63 indexed citations
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Tang, Yichao, Mingtong Li, Tianlu Wang, et al.. (2022). Wireless Miniature Magnetic Phase‐Change Soft Actuators. Advanced Materials. 34(40). e2204185–e2204185. 105 indexed citations
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Dong, Xiaoguang, Guo Zhan Lum, Wenqi Hu, et al.. (2020). Bioinspired cilia arrays with programmable nonreciprocal motion and metachronal coordination. Science Advances. 6(45). 129 indexed citations
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Fan, Xinjian, Xiaoguang Dong, Alp Can Karacakol, Hui Xie, & Metin Sitti. (2020). Reconfigurable multifunctional ferrofluid droplet robots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(45). 27916–27926. 186 indexed citations
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Ren, Ziyu, Wenqi Hu, Xiaoguang Dong, & Metin Sitti. (2019). Multi-functional soft-bodied jellyfish-like swimming. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2703–2703. 472 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dong, Xiaoguang & Metin Sitti. (2017). Planning spin-walking locomotion for automatic grasping of microobjects by an untethered magnetic microgripper. 6612–6618. 10 indexed citations
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Lum, Guo Zhan, Ye Zhou, Xiaoguang Dong, et al.. (2016). Shape-programmable magnetic soft matter. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(41). E6007–E6015. 541 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dong, Xiaoguang. (2010). Survey of Drag-Free Satellite. Journal of Astronautics. 5 indexed citations

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