Xiaojun Shen

6.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
111 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Xiaojun Shen is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaojun Shen has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 17 papers in Biomaterials and 16 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Xiaojun Shen's work include Lignin and Wood Chemistry (56 papers), Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (34 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (24 papers). Xiaojun Shen is often cited by papers focused on Lignin and Wood Chemistry (56 papers), Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (34 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (24 papers). Xiaojun Shen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Xiaojun Shen's co-authors include Tong‐Qi Yuan, Jia‐Long Wen, Run‐Cang Sun, Buxing Han, Qingqing Mei, Huizhen Liu, Si Hong, Xue Chen, Feng Wang and Dan Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Xiaojun Shen

107 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

Facile fractionation of lignocelluloses by biomass-derived deep eutectic solvent (DES) pretreatment for cellulose enzymatic hydrolysis and lignin valorization

2018 592 citations Xiaojun Shen, Jia‐Long Wen et al. Green Chemistry profile →
Lignin-enzyme interaction: A roadblock for efficient enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosics

2021 309 citations Caoxing Huang, Xiao Jiang et al. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews profile →
Catalytic Strategies and Mechanism Analysis Orbiting the Center of Critical Intermediates in Lignin Depolymerization

2023 207 citations Xiaojun Shen et al. profile →
Catalytic self-transfer hydrogenolysis of lignin with endogenous hydrogen: road to the carbon-neutral future

2022 182 citations Xiaojun Shen, Buxing Han et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaojun Shen China	38	3.6k	818	777	746	639	111	5.3k
Ling‐Ping Xiao China	36	3.1k 0.9×	666 0.8×	708 0.9×	552 0.7×	629 1.0×	126	4.3k
Zhengjun Shi China	36	2.4k 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	469 0.6×	647 0.9×	1000 1.6×	167	4.9k
Lu Lin China	47	5.0k 1.4×	947 1.2×	1.5k 2.0×	1.3k 1.8×	404 0.6×	163	6.4k
Xuefei Cao China	39	3.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.8×	320 0.4×	582 0.8×	541 0.8×	99	4.7k
Chuanfu Liu China	50	3.5k 1.0×	2.7k 3.3×	444 0.6×	877 1.2×	726 1.1×	192	7.1k
Zheng Li China	39	3.0k 0.9×	887 1.1×	785 1.0×	850 1.1×	180 0.3×	174	4.8k
Xindong Mu China	48	3.8k 1.1×	1.8k 2.2×	1.2k 1.5×	1.3k 1.7×	401 0.6×	107	6.2k
Xuliang Lin China	36	1.7k 0.5×	558 0.7×	406 0.5×	646 0.9×	283 0.4×	119	3.6k
Jian Sun China	36	1.9k 0.5×	474 0.6×	301 0.4×	969 1.3×	256 0.4×	129	4.1k
Xueming Zhang China	42	2.5k 0.7×	1.9k 2.4×	354 0.5×	933 1.3×	512 0.8×	131	4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaojun Shen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaojun Shen

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xi, Wei, Yifeng Lei, Xiaojun Shen, et al.. (2025). Uncovering miRNA-mRNA regulatory modules of cotton in response to cadmium stress. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 222. 109614–109614. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Yike, Xin Yu, Bin Zhang, et al.. (2025). Zn Microenvironment Engineering for Aryl-C(sp²) Cleavage to Phenols and Tertiary Amines. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(41). 37255–37264.

Hong, Si, Ziyue Chen, Qian Sun, et al.. (2024). Sustainable recycling of phenol-assisted deep eutectic solvent for efficient lignocellulose fractionation and enzymatic hydrolysis. Industrial Crops and Products. 223. 120173–120173. 8 indexed citations

Xu, Ling‐Hua, Ying Xu, Jing Liu, et al.. (2024). A combined genetic modification and chemical engineering strategy for designing high-performance cellulose nanofibrils separators. Chemical Engineering Journal. 503. 158402–158402. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Wei, Yuxuan Wu, Xiaojun Shen, et al.. (2024). Atomically dispersed cobalt catalysts for tandem synthesis of primary benzylamines from oxidized β-O-4 segments. Chemical Science. 15(28). 10954–10962. 2 indexed citations

Xiong, Shaojun, Sijie Zhou, Han-Min Wang, et al.. (2023). A strong, tough and cost-effective biodegradable PBAT/lignin composite filmviaintrinsic multiple noncovalent interactions. Green Chemistry. 25(8). 3175–3186. 30 indexed citations

He, Xuedong, Yujian Zhang, Juan Wang, et al.. (2022). Biomass-Derived Fe₂N@NCNTs from Bioaccumulation as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction and Zn–Air Battery. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(28). 9105–9112. 21 indexed citations

Wang, Jia, Jianchun Jiang, Xiaobo Wang, et al.. (2022). Polyethylene upcycling to fuels: Narrowing the carbon number distribution in n-alkanes by tandem hydropyrolysis/hydrocracking. Chemical Engineering Journal. 444. 136360–136360. 39 indexed citations

Huang, Caoxing, Xiao Jiang, Xiaojun Shen, et al.. (2021). Lignin-enzyme interaction: A roadblock for efficient enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosics. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 154. 111822–111822. 309 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tan, Dongxing, Xiuyan Cheng, Jianling Zhang, et al.. (2021). Photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction coupled with benzylamine oxidation over Zn-Bi₂WO₆ microflowers. Green Chemistry. 23(8). 2913–2917. 28 indexed citations

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Zhang, Feng, Safak Bulut, Xiaojun Shen, et al.. (2021). Halogen-free fixation of carbon dioxide into cyclic carbonates via bifunctional organocatalysts. Green Chemistry. 23(3). 1147–1153. 72 indexed citations

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Pang, Bo, Su Shiung Lam, Xiaojun Shen, et al.. (2020). Valorization of Technical Lignin for the Production of Desirable Resins with High Substitution Rate and Controllable Viscosity. ChemSusChem. 13(17). 4446–4454. 22 indexed citations

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Hong, Si, Xiaojun Shen, Zhimin Xue, Zhuohua Sun, & Tong‐Qi Yuan. (2020). Structure–function relationships of deep eutectic solvents for lignin extraction and chemical transformation. Green Chemistry. 22(21). 7219–7232. 240 indexed citations

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Yang, Youdi, Yanyan Wang, Shaopeng Li, et al.. (2020). Selective hydrogenation of aromatic furfurals into aliphatic tetrahydrofurfural derivatives. Green Chemistry. 22(15). 4937–4942. 47 indexed citations

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Tang, Bolin, et al.. (2020). Magnetic-Field-Assisted Cellular Osteogenic Differentiation on Magnetic Zinc Ferrite Coatings via MEK/ERK Signaling Pathways. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 6(12). 6864–6873. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Shaopeng, Xiaojun Shen, Yanyan Wang, et al.. (2020). Selective aerobic oxidation of cyclic ethers to lactones over Au/CeO₂ without any additives. Chemical Communications. 56(17). 2638–2641. 6 indexed citations

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Shen, Xiaojun, Qinglei Meng, Qingqing Mei, et al.. (2020). The production of 4-ethyltoluene via directional valorization of lignin. Green Chemistry. 22(7). 2191–2196. 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Yanyan, Shaopeng Li, Youdi Yang, et al.. (2019). A fully heterogeneous catalyst Br-LDH for the cycloaddition reactions of CO₂ with epoxides. Chemical Communications. 55(48). 6942–6945. 38 indexed citations

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Meng, Qinglei, Jiang Yan, Huizhen Liu, et al.. (2019). Self-supported hydrogenolysis of aromatic ethers to arenes. Science Advances. 5(11). eaax6839–eaax6839. 53 indexed citations

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Shen, Xiaojun, Qinglei Meng, Qingqing Mei, et al.. (2019). Selective catalytic transformation of lignin with guaiacol as the only liquid product. Chemical Science. 11(5). 1347–1352. 96 indexed citations

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