Ximeng Xu

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Ximeng Xu is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Ximeng Xu has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Soil Science, 25 papers in Ecology and 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Ximeng Xu's work include Soil erosion and sediment transport (26 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (20 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (14 papers). Ximeng Xu is often cited by papers focused on Soil erosion and sediment transport (26 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (20 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (14 papers). Ximeng Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Nepal. Ximeng Xu's co-authors include Fenli Zheng, Qiuhong Tang, Glenn V. Wilson, Chao Qin, Xiaobo Yun, Hongyan Wu, Gebremedhin Gebremeskel Haile, Xingcai Liu, Guoyong Leng and Seyed‐Mohammad Hosseini‐Moghari and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

Ximeng Xu

44 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Projected Impacts of Climate Change on Drought Patterns O... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. Projected Impacts of Climate Change on Drought Patterns Over East Africa
    2020 267 citations Qiuhong Tang, Ximeng Xu et al. profile →

Peers

Ximeng Xu
Zongping Ren China
M. Angulo‐Martínez Spain
Zhongbao Xin China
Chaohao Xu China
Yun Xie China
Ángeles G. Mayor Spain
Pariente Sarah Israel
Claudio Zucca Italy
Pengfei Lin China
Abdul Rahim Nik Malaysia
Zongping Ren China
Ximeng Xu
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Countries citing papers authored by Ximeng Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ximeng Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ximeng Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ximeng Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ximeng Xu 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 Ximeng Xu. Ximeng Xu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ma, Chao, et al.. (2025). Dynamic interactions in energy-water nexus: risk-based framework for balancing electricity expansion and water resource sustainability. Journal of Hydrology. 661. 133563–133563. 1 indexed citations
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Gaffney, Paul P.J., Qiuhong Tang, Jinsong Wang, et al.. (2025). The high-altitude peatland carbon cycle: A review of the impacts of climate change, human disturbance and management. Geography and sustainability. 6(6). 100353–100353.
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Zheng, Fenli, et al.. (2024). Impacts of straw mulching in longitudinal furrows on hillslope soil erosion and deposition in the Chinese Mollisol region. Soil and Tillage Research. 243. 106178–106178. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Yifei, Fenli Zheng, Xuesong Wang, et al.. (2024). Effects of soil erosion–deposition on corn yields in the Chinese Mollisol region. CATENA. 240. 108001–108001. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Shiyu & Ximeng Xu. (2024). Spatiotemporal Variation in Soil Wind Erosion in the Northern Slope of the Tianshan Mountains from 2000 to 2018. Land. 13(10). 1604–1604. 1 indexed citations
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Zheng, Fenli, et al.. (2024). Impacts of topography on the morphological indices of ephemeral gullies in the Chinese mollisol region. International Soil and Water Conservation Research. 13(2). 263–276. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Ziyi, Haifei Liu, Chao Qin, et al.. (2024). Laboratory channel widening quantification using deep learning. Geoderma. 450. 117034–117034.
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Xu, Ximeng, Xiaobo Yun, Qiuhong Tang, et al.. (2023). Projected seasonal changes in future rainfall erosivity over the Lancang-Mekong River basin under the CMIP6 scenarios. Journal of Hydrology. 620. 129444–129444. 31 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yajun, Fenli Zheng, Keyuan Zhong, et al.. (2023). Spatiotemporal distribution of agrometeorological disasters in China and its impact on grain yield under climate change. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 95. 103823–103823. 9 indexed citations
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Baniya, Binod, Qiuhong Tang, Ximeng Xu, et al.. (2023). Rainfall erosivity and sediment dynamics in the Himalaya catchment during the Melamchi flood in Nepal. Journal of Mountain Science. 20(10). 2993–3009. 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Ximeng & Qiuhong Tang. (2021). Spatiotemporal variations in damages to cropland from agrometeorological disasters in mainland China during 1978–2018. The Science of The Total Environment. 785. 147247–147247. 25 indexed citations
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Xu, Ximeng, Fenli Zheng, & Glenn V. Wilson. (2021). Flow hydraulics in an ephemeral gully system under different slope gradients, rainfall intensities and inflow conditions. CATENA. 203. 105359–105359. 20 indexed citations
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Wang, Jie, Qiuhong Tang, Aifang Chen, et al.. (2021). Impacts of Summer Monsoons on flood characteristics in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin. Journal of Hydrology. 604. 127256–127256. 23 indexed citations
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Wang, Lei, et al.. (2018). Soil-bin experiment on effects of contour ridge tillage for controlling hillslope soil erosion in black soil region.. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 34(15). 141–148. 4 indexed citations
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Han, Yong, Fenli Zheng, & Ximeng Xu. (2017). Effects of rainfall regime and its character indices on soil loss at loessial hillslope with ephemeral gully. Journal of Mountain Science. 14(3). 527–538. 30 indexed citations
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Li, Guifang, Fenli Zheng, Lu Jia, et al.. (2016). Inflow Rate Impact on Hillslope Erosion Processes and Flow Hydrodynamics. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 80(3). 711–719. 50 indexed citations

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