Xiaohan Liu

9.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
151 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Xiaohan Liu is a scholar working on Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaohan Liu has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Oceanography, 36 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 30 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Xiaohan Liu's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (53 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (29 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (20 papers). Xiaohan Liu is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (53 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (29 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (20 papers). Xiaohan Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Xiaohan Liu's co-authors include Yunlin Zhang, Kun� Shi, Boqiang Qin, Yongqiang Zhou, Philippe Hervé Leloup, Robin Lacassin, Urs Schärer, Shaocheng Ji, Jian Zi and Lei Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Xiaohan Liu

142 papers receiving 7.6k 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.

The Ailao Shan-Red River shear zone (Yunnan, China), Tertiary transform boundary of Indochina

1995 1.1k citations Philippe Hervé Leloup, Xiaohan Liu et al. profile →
The Ailao Shan/Red River metamorphic belt: Tertiary left-lateral shear between Indochina and South China

1990 902 citations Philippe Hervé Leloup, Xiaohan Liu et al. profile →
Global loss of aquatic vegetation in lakes

2017 317 citations Yunlin Zhang, Xiaohan Liu et al. profile →
Circularly Polarized States Spawning from Bound States in the Continuum

2019 302 citations Wenzhe Liu, Bo Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaohan Liu China	41	2.3k	2.0k	1.6k	1.2k	1.0k	151	7.9k
Liane G. Benning United Kingdom	63	940 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	2.0k 1.3×	2.2k 1.8×	1.2k 1.2×	257	13.3k
Jens Hartmann Germany	56	3.1k 1.4×	863 0.4×	2.8k 1.8×	1.9k 1.5×	2.1k 2.0×	196	13.8k
Robert H. Byrne United States	67	5.6k 2.4×	1.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	876 0.8×	259	14.3k
David Rickard United Kingdom	50	632 0.3×	1.9k 0.9×	3.3k 2.0×	588 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	142	11.9k
Antonio C. Lasaga United States	53	439 0.2×	3.6k 1.8×	2.5k 1.5×	394 0.3×	786 0.8×	116	13.8k
Huifang Xu United States	55	171 0.1×	1.0k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	399 0.3×	628 0.6×	257	10.7k
Ray F. Weiss United States	70	8.1k 3.6×	803 0.4×	3.6k 2.2×	2.8k 2.3×	580 0.6×	223	21.4k
Taro Takahashi United States	68	11.1k 4.9×	1.6k 0.8×	2.3k 1.4×	3.1k 2.5×	102 0.1×	162	18.5k
Samuel M. Webb United States	55	306 0.1×	732 0.4×	1.6k 1.0×	610 0.5×	554 0.5×	181	10.4k
Fred T. Mackenzie United States	65	5.8k 2.5×	1.4k 0.7×	2.5k 1.6×	3.7k 3.0×	628 0.6×	161	14.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Simis, Stefan, Xiaohan Liu, Nick Selmes, et al.. (2025). A novel cyanobacteria occurrence index derived from optical water types in a tropical lake. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 223. 58–77.

Liu, Xiaohan, Yaqi Wang, Helin Wang, et al.. (2025). Synergistic interaction between microbial nitrogen fixation and iron reduction in the environment. The ISME Journal. 19(1).

Yu, Changhui, Peng Shang, Yuening Zhang, et al.. (2024). Evolution of template-assisted two-dimensional porphyrin chiral grating structure by directed self-assembly using chiral second harmonic generation microscopy. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(10). 109805–109805.

Liu, Xiaohan, et al.. (2024). Industrial restructuring and corporate income distribution gap. Finance research letters. 67. 105896–105896. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Xinhao, Yi Zuo, Feifan Wang, et al.. (2024). Broadband Complete Polarization Control via Inverse‐Designed Photonic Crystal Slabs. Advanced Optical Materials. 12(16).

Zhang, Weiyue, Xiaohan Liu, Yunlei Zhang, et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal dynamics of bacterioplankton communities in the estuaries of two differently contaminated coastal areas: Composition, driving factors and ecological process. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 201. 116263–116263. 4 indexed citations

Feng, Juan, et al.. (2023). Simulation of the long-term variability of the Hadley circulation in CMIP6 models. Atmospheric Research. 287. 106716–106716. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaohan, Yuyang Liu, Zhaoyang Chai, Zhangxi Hu, & Ying Zhong Tang. (2023). A combined approach detected novel species diversity and distribution of dinoflagellate cysts in the Yellow Sea, China. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 187. 114567–114567. 18 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaohan, Helin Wang, Lili Han, et al.. (2023). Nitrogen fixation and diazotroph diversity in groundwater systems. The ISME Journal. 17(11). 2023–2034. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Helin, Ping Li, Xiaohan Liu, et al.. (2023). An overlooked influence of reactive oxygen species on ammonia-oxidizing microbial communities in redox-fluctuating aquifers. Water Research. 233. 119734–119734. 28 indexed citations

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Lee, Zhongping, Gavin H. Tilstone, Xiaohan Liu, et al.. (2023). Revised spectral optimization approach to remove surface-reflected radiance for the estimation of remote-sensing reflectance from the above-water method. Optics Express. 31(14). 22964–22964. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Jiajun, Maoxiong Zhao, Wenzhe Liu, et al.. (2021). Shifting beams at normal incidence via controlling momentum-space geometric phases. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6046–6046. 46 indexed citations

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Zhao, Maoxiong, Mu Ku Chen, Yiwen Zhang, et al.. (2021). Phase characterisation of metalenses. Light Science & Applications. 10(1). 52–52. 80 indexed citations

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Shi, Zhiqiang, Yunlin Zhang, Mingzhu Wang, & Xiaohan Liu. (2013). [Characteristics of diffuse attenuation coefficient of underwater irradiance in the lakes in the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze river ].. PubMed. 34(2). 517–24. 2 indexed citations

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Leloup, Philippe Hervé, Gweltaz Mahéo, Nicolas Arnaud, et al.. (2010). Timing of the end of motion along the South Tibet Detachment shear zone. An important constraint on collision models.. EGUGA. 7203. 1 indexed citations

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Leloup, Philippe Hervé, E. Kali, Xiaohan Liu, et al.. (2009). Miocene (~12 Ma) transition from E-W to N-S syn-convergence normal faulting in the central Himalayas (Ama Drime range).. EGUGA. 9690. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaohan. (2002). The East Antarctic Block in the Tectonic Evolution of the Rodinia-Gondwana Super Continents. World Sci-tech R & D. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yue, Song Biao, Zongqing Zhang, et al.. (1995). Early Paleozoic (Pan African) thermal event of the Larsemann Hills and its neighbours, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica. Science China Chemistry. 38(1). 74–84. 15 indexed citations

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Liu, Chun, et al.. (1992). PALEOMAGNETISM OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS AND EARLY TERTIARY ROCKS FROM FILDES PENINSULA, WEST ANTARCTICA, AND ITS GEOTECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE. ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE. 40–49. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaohan, et al.. (1990). GEOLOGY OF FILDES PENINSULA, KING GEORGE ISLAND, WEST ANTARCTICA-A Study on the Stratigraphy and Volcanism. ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE. 8–19. 2 indexed citations

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