Xihua Zhou

752 total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 549 citations indexed

About

Xihua Zhou is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xihua Zhou has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 549 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ocean Engineering, 18 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 13 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xihua Zhou's work include Coal Properties and Utilization (25 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (15 papers) and Combustion and Detonation Processes (11 papers). Xihua Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Coal Properties and Utilization (25 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (15 papers) and Combustion and Detonation Processes (11 papers). Xihua Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, Brunei and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Xihua Zhou's co-authors include Gang Bai, Chaojun Fan, Jun Su, Lijun Zhou, Fei Gao, Jianbin Zhou, Chunsheng Guo, Mingxu Han, Lei Yang and Mingkun Luo and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Energy.

In The Last Decade

Xihua Zhou

43 papers receiving 543 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.

  1. Preparation modification and water resistance optimization of Cu-Mn CO catalyst
    2025 24 citations Yanyan Zhu, Li Xu et al. Applied Surface Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xihua Zhou China 13 421 292 119 98 76 45 549
Ling Qiao China 12 406 1.0× 191 0.7× 116 1.0× 54 0.6× 71 0.9× 33 485
Shixiang Tian China 13 424 1.0× 359 1.2× 125 1.1× 52 0.5× 104 1.4× 34 576
Zhijin Yu China 13 452 1.1× 274 0.9× 226 1.9× 58 0.6× 74 1.0× 30 624
Dariusz Obracaj Poland 11 287 0.7× 153 0.5× 117 1.0× 39 0.4× 68 0.9× 37 370
Dingding Yang China 15 489 1.2× 387 1.3× 236 2.0× 49 0.5× 43 0.6× 39 631
Gaoming Wei China 16 707 1.7× 375 1.3× 290 2.4× 103 1.1× 100 1.3× 40 849
Jingna Xie China 9 449 1.1× 329 1.1× 66 0.6× 54 0.6× 88 1.2× 12 529

Countries citing papers authored by Xihua Zhou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xihua Zhou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xihua Zhou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xihua Zhou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xihua Zhou 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 Xihua Zhou. Xihua Zhou 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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Bai, Gang, et al.. (2025). Study on the catalytic mechanism and water resistance of Cu-Mn-Snx catalyst for CO elimination. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 3775–3775. 3 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yanyan, et al.. (2025). Preparation modification and water resistance optimization of Cu-Mn CO catalyst. Applied Surface Science. 708. 163768–163768. 24 indexed citations breakdown →
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Teng, Yifei, Jiahui Wen, Ziqi He, et al.. (2024). Facile one-step solvothermal synthesis of Co3O4/CuO nanoflowers as an excellent catalyst for CO oxidation in coal mines. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1003. 175666–175666. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Chengyu, et al.. (2024). Mathematical model of permeability evolution of liquid CO2 pressurized coal. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 26314–26314. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Jue, et al.. (2024). Experimental study on flow characteristics of jet ventilation in crossflow in confined mine spaces. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 8022–8022. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Jue, et al.. (2024). Head-neck local ventilation mode for long-narrow mine working face. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 19663–19663. 3 indexed citations
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Bai, Gang, et al.. (2023). Experimental study on damage law of liquid CO2 cyclic freeze–thaw coal. Energy. 284. 128532–128532. 6 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xihua, et al.. (2023). Research on controlling gas overrun in a working face based on gob-side entry retaining by utilizing ventilation type “Y”. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 9199–9199. 11 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xihua, et al.. (2022). Analysis of the Construction of an Enterprise Emergency Management System under Government Supervision: The View of Evolutionary Game Theory. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2022. 1–20. 2 indexed citations
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Bai, Gang, Jun Su, Chunsheng Guo, et al.. (2022). Step-by-step CO2 injection pressure for enhanced coal seam gas recovery: A laboratory study. Energy. 260. 125197–125197. 40 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xihua, et al.. (2021). Simulation and optimization of fire safety emergency evacuation in university library. AIP Advances. 11(6). 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaowen, Xihua Zhou, Gang Bai, & Cheng Wang. (2021). Influence of air supply on coal spontaneous combustion during support withdrawal in fully mechanized coal mining and its prevention. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 19330–19330. 8 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xihua, et al.. (2021). Removal of CO Generated by a Gas Explosion Using a Cu–Mn Elimination Agent. ACS Omega. 6(24). 16140–16150. 4 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xihua, et al.. (2020). Test and analysis of displacement efficiency of CO2 replacing CH4. Zhongguo anquan kexue xuebao. 30(2). 8. 1 indexed citations
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Luo, Mingkun, et al.. (2020). Experimental study on permeability enhancement of coal seam with high mineral content by acid fracturing. Energy Sources Part A Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects. 46(1). 7770–7783. 27 indexed citations
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Bai, Gang, et al.. (2017). Research on coal's combustion characteristics and kinetics parameters as a function of its metamorphic degree. Zhongguo anquan kexue xuebao. 27(9). 63. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xihua, et al.. (2016). Numerical simulation and the monitoring activities for the spontaneous combustion in the goaf of the fully mechanized cave-mining isolated working face. 16(1). 28. 2 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xihua. (2007). Comparison of saturation vapor pressure formulas. Journal of Liaoning Technical University. 5 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xihua. (2004). Numerical Simulation of Gas Drainage During Open Region Movement in Goaf. Journal of China University of Mining and Technology. 6 indexed citations

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