Xiaolei Sun

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
120 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Xiaolei Sun is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaolei Sun has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 32 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 26 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Xiaolei Sun's work include Market Dynamics and Volatility (43 papers), Global Energy Security and Policy (18 papers) and Antenna Design and Analysis (15 papers). Xiaolei Sun is often cited by papers focused on Market Dynamics and Volatility (43 papers), Global Energy Security and Policy (18 papers) and Antenna Design and Analysis (15 papers). Xiaolei Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Spain. Xiaolei Sun's co-authors include Jianping Li, Mingxi Liu, Xiuwen Chen, Jun Hao, T. I. Yuk, S. W. Cheung, Dengsheng Wu, Qiang Ji, Jun Wang and Jianming Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Energy Policy and Expert Systems with Applications.

In The Last Decade

Xiaolei Sun

115 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

A novel cryptocurrency price trend forecasting model base... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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. A novel cryptocurrency price trend forecasting model based on LightGBM
    2018 376 citations Xiaolei Sun, Mingxi Liu et al. Finance research letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaolei Sun China 32 1.4k 488 455 442 384 120 2.8k
Xiangyun Gao China 37 2.2k 1.6× 212 0.4× 230 0.5× 251 0.6× 390 1.0× 134 3.8k
Sami Ben Jabeur France 25 1.4k 1.0× 345 0.7× 155 0.3× 275 0.6× 161 0.4× 78 2.4k
Kaijian He China 25 1.7k 1.3× 259 0.5× 665 1.5× 769 1.7× 160 0.4× 78 2.6k
Paul J. Burke Australia 33 1.2k 0.9× 61 0.1× 581 1.3× 308 0.7× 130 0.3× 112 3.3k
Richard de Neufville United States 34 775 0.6× 678 1.4× 190 0.4× 669 1.5× 609 1.6× 143 3.6k
Werner Kristjanpoller Chile 21 1.3k 1.0× 582 1.2× 360 0.8× 825 1.9× 197 0.5× 82 2.1k
Jun Yu Singapore 33 3.3k 2.4× 2.9k 5.9× 618 1.4× 378 0.9× 1.3k 3.3× 173 5.6k
Rabin K. Jana India 23 1.3k 0.9× 315 0.6× 115 0.3× 277 0.6× 104 0.3× 65 1.8k
Lion Hirth Germany 28 996 0.7× 235 0.5× 3.5k 7.6× 113 0.3× 40 0.1× 74 4.8k
Xiong Xiong China 24 596 0.4× 423 0.9× 306 0.7× 192 0.4× 68 0.2× 127 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaolei Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaolei Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Xiaolei Sun. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Xiaolei Sun. The network helps show where Xiaolei Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaolei Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaolei Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaolei 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 Xiaolei Sun. Xiaolei Sun 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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Qiu, Yuan, Xiaolei Sun, Xiong Xiong, & Shubin Si. (2025). Systemic financial risk analysis of the U.S. based on the complex network. Journal of Management Science and Engineering. 10(3). 414–433.
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Sun, Xiaolei, et al.. (2025). Climate risk expressions of public views and government responses in China. Scientific Data. 12(1). 877–877. 1 indexed citations
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Shen, Yiran, et al.. (2025). Inter-industry risk spillovers in the Chinese stock market under epidemic outbreaks. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance. 46. 101054–101054.
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Meng, Kesheng, et al.. (2025). Evaporation and kinematic characteristics of biodiesel-ethanol‑aluminum secondary droplet during micro-explosion. Powder Technology. 462. 121144–121144. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaolei, et al.. (2024). Dynamic spillovers of green, brown, and financial industries under the low-carbon transition: Evidence from China. Energy Economics. 139. 107901–107901. 8 indexed citations
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Shen, Yiran, et al.. (2024). Stability and risk contagion in the global sovereign CDS market under Russia-Ukraine conflict. The North American Journal of Economics and Finance. 74. 102204–102204. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Jingyu, et al.. (2024). Green credit efficiency of commercial banks in China: Evidence from a multi-period leader-follower model with preference. International Review of Financial Analysis. 96. 103604–103604. 1 indexed citations
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Guo, Kun, Fengqi Liu, Xiaolei Sun, Dayong Zhang, & Qiang Ji. (2023). Predicting natural gas futures’ volatility using climate risks. Finance research letters. 55. 103915–103915. 18 indexed citations
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Hao, Jun, Qian Feng, Jianping Li, & Xiaolei Sun. (2023). A bi‐level ensemble learning approach to complex time series forecasting: Taking exchange rates as an example. Journal of Forecasting. 42(6). 1385–1406. 42 indexed citations
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Shen, Yiran, Xiaolei Sun, Qiang Ji, & Dayong Zhang. (2023). Climate events matter in the global natural gas market. Energy Economics. 125. 106887–106887. 16 indexed citations
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Li, Guowen, et al.. (2022). Identification of tourists’ dynamic risk perception—the situation in Tibet. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 9(1). 312–312. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Jianping, et al.. (2020). Tourism companies' risk exposures on text disclosure. Annals of Tourism Research. 84. 102986–102986. 55 indexed citations
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Liu, Chang, Xiaolei Sun, Jun Wang, Jianping Li, & Jianming Chen. (2020). Multiscale information transmission between commodity markets: An EMD-Based transfer entropy network. Research in International Business and Finance. 55. 101318–101318. 36 indexed citations
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Hao, Jun, Jianping Li, Dengsheng Wu, & Xiaolei Sun. (2020). Portfolio optimisation of material purchase considering supply risk – A multi-objective programming model. International Journal of Production Economics. 230. 107803–107803. 19 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaolei, et al.. (2019). Spillovers among sovereign CDS, stock and commodity markets: A correlation network perspective. International Review of Financial Analysis. 68. 101271–101271. 70 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaolei, et al.. (2018). Cross-cultural empirical aesthetics. Progress in brain research. 237. 77–103. 43 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaolei, et al.. (2018). A novel cryptocurrency price trend forecasting model based on LightGBM. Finance research letters. 32. 101084–101084. 376 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Xiaolei, et al.. (2017). Aerodynamic performance analysis and optimization of a turbine duct with low degree of partial admission. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part G Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 232(5). 988–1001. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaolei, S. W. Cheung, & T. I. Yuk. (2013). Generating a Reconfigurable Notch Band for Planar UWB Monopole Antennas. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. 55(12). 2906–2910. 9 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaolei, et al.. (2012). A small patch antenna using a single CRLH TL unit cell. The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong). 3. 299–302. 5 indexed citations

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