Xiaotian Xu

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 933 citations indexed

About

Xiaotian Xu is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Condensed Matter Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaotian Xu has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 933 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 2 papers in Condensed Matter Physics. Recurrent topics in Xiaotian Xu's work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (7 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (7 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (7 papers). Xiaotian Xu is often cited by papers focused on Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (7 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (7 papers) and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research (7 papers). Xiaotian Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Xiaotian Xu's co-authors include Youjin Deng, Xiong-Jun Liu, Jian-Wei Pan, Wei Sun, Bao‐Zong Wang, Long Zhang, Shuai Chen, Si-Cong Ji, Shuai Chen and Chang-Rui Yi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xiaotian Xu

23 papers receiving 857 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.

Realization of two-dimensional spin-orbit coupling for Bose-Einstein condensates

2016 553 citations Wei Sun, Xiaotian Xu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaotian Xu China	10	723	176	129	58	52	26	933
Thomas Bilitewski United States	13	458 0.6×	38 0.2×	195 1.5×	9 0.2×	64 1.2×	28	566
Giovanni Ferioli France	10	783 1.1×	63 0.4×	74 0.6×	22 0.4×	157 3.0×	14	864
Mathilde Hugbart France	10	722 1.0×	16 0.1×	102 0.8×	9 0.2×	49 0.9×	20	758
Raphael Lopes France	15	882 1.2×	41 0.2×	71 0.6×	3 0.1×	249 4.8×	29	912
Anders Kastberg Sweden	13	586 0.8×	34 0.2×	23 0.2×	10 0.2×	158 3.0×	51	676
Shunji Matsuura Japan	15	391 0.5×	179 1.0×	122 0.9×	2 0.0×	155 3.0×	23	682
M. Sweeny Canada	10	376 0.5×	88 0.5×	127 1.0×	2 0.0×	34 0.7×	22	557
Sergej Moroz Germany	19	613 0.8×	108 0.6×	234 1.8×		65 1.3×	42	785
Oren Lahav Israel	8	428 0.6×	98 0.6×	5 0.0×	11 0.2×	28 0.5×	13	481
Yu. Makhlin Russia	8	470 0.7×	67 0.4×	217 1.7×		90 1.7×	15	563

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaotian Xu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xu, Xiaotian, et al.. (2025). Enhancing high-rate and long-cycle performance of single-crystal Ni-rich layered oxide cathode materials via Al & W synergy modulation strategy. Journal of Energy Storage. 141. 119460–119460.

Deliyannis, Constantine P., Barbara J. Anthony-Twarog, Bruce A. Twarog, et al.. (2025). Subgiants in NGC 188 reveal that rotationally induced mixing creates the main sequence Li-Dip. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9729–9729. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Xiaotian, Chen Wang, A. Schootemeijer, et al.. (2025). Populations of evolved massive binary stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 704. A218–A218. 3 indexed citations

Luo, Wei, Xiang Wang, Xiaotian Xu, et al.. (2025). The impact of low-level cobalt doping on ultra-high nickel cathode materials: From the perspective of structure and electrochemical properties. Journal of Energy Storage. 119. 116433–116433. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Xiaotian, Xinwei Lin, Wen‐Feng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Circulating cytokine profiling and clustering identify biomarker predicting efficacy of ICI in combination with chemotherapy. Cancer Letters. 631. 217918–217918.

Xu, Xiaotian, D. J. Lennon, Matthias U. Kruckow, et al.. (2025). Populations of evolved massive binary stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 704. A219–A219. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Chen, L. R. Patrick, A. Schootemeijer, et al.. (2025). Using Detailed Single-star and Binary-evolution Models to Probe the Large Observed Luminosity Spread of Red Supergiants in Young Open Star Clusters. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 981(1). L16–L16. 5 indexed citations

Olejak, Aleksandra, Jakub Klencki, Xiaotian Xu, et al.. (2024). Unequal-mass highly spinning binary black hole mergers in the stable mass transfer formation channel. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 689. A305–A305. 13 indexed citations

Liu, Zili, Xiaotian Xu, Linlin Wei, et al.. (2024). Glucose-Enhanced Tumor Oxidative Phosphorylation and the Efficacy of Hypofractionated Radiotherapy through IFN-I Pathway. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 120(2). e402–e403. 1 indexed citations

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Qiao, Yi, et al.. (2024). Bethe ansatz solutions of the 1D extended Hubbard-model. Communications in Theoretical Physics. 76(4). 45005–45005.

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Wang, Chen, J. Bodensteiner, Xiaotian Xu, et al.. (2024). Stripped Helium Star and Compact Object Binaries in Coeval Populations: Predictions Based on Detailed Binary Evolution Models. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 975(1). L20–L20. 5 indexed citations

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Xu, Xiaotian, et al.. (2023). Back to the Starting Point: On the Simulation of the Initial Magnetic Fields and Spin Periods of Nonaccreting Pulsars. The Astrophysical Journal. 947(2). 76–76. 5 indexed citations

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Xu, Xiaotian, et al.. (2023). High proportion of circulating CD8 + CD28- senescent T cells is an independent predictor of distant metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy. Journal of Translational Medicine. 21(1). 64–64. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Chen, N. Langer, A. Schootemeijer, et al.. (2022). Stellar mergers as the origin of the blue main-sequence band in young star clusters. Nature Astronomy. 6(4). 480–487. 47 indexed citations

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Xu, Xiaotian, et al.. (2022). Thermodynamic limit and boundary energy of the spin-1 Heisenberg chain with non-diagonal boundary fields. SciPost Physics. 12(2). 3 indexed citations

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Langer, N., et al.. (2022). The spins of stripped B stars support magnetic internal angular momentum transport. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 667. A122–A122. 10 indexed citations

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Sen, K., N. Langer, Pablo Marchant, et al.. (2021). Detailed models of interacting short-period massive binary stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 659. A98–A98. 58 indexed citations

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Sen, K., et al.. (2021). Comprehensive population synthesis predictions for massive binary stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud. bonndoc (University of Bonn). 2 indexed citations

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Antoniadis, John, David R. Aguilera-Dena, Alejandro Vigna-Gómez, et al.. (2021). Explodability fluctuations of massive stellar cores enable asymmetric compact object mergers such as GW190814. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 657. L6–L6. 13 indexed citations

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Xu, Xiaotian, Chang-Rui Yi, Bao‐Zong Wang, et al.. (2018). Precision mapping the topological bands of 2D spin-orbit coupling with microwave spin-injection spectroscopy. Science Bulletin. 63(22). 1464–1469. 3 indexed citations

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