Xin Ren

4.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
114 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Xin Ren is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xin Ren has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 27 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 10 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xin Ren's work include Planetary Science and Exploration (65 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (45 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (17 papers). Xin Ren is often cited by papers focused on Planetary Science and Exploration (65 papers), Astro and Planetary Science (45 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (17 papers). Xin Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Macao. Xin Ren's co-authors include Chunlai Li, Wei Zuo, Weibin Wen, Jianjun Liu, Xu Tan, Xingguo Zeng, Yan Su, Xiaoxia Zhang, Wei Yan and Ziyuan Ouyang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Xin Ren

103 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Nature of the lunar far-side samples returned by the Chang'E-6 mission

2024 77 citations Chunlai Li, Hao Hu et al. profile →
Landing site of the Chang’e-6 lunar farside sample return mission from the Apollo basin

2023 77 citations Xingguo Zeng, Dawei Liu et al. Nature Astronomy profile →
Lunar farside volcanism 2.8 billion years ago from Chang’e-6 basalts

2024 52 citations Qin Zhou, Xin Ren et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xin Ren China	25	1.3k	475	245	243	216	114	2.2k
P. A. Davidson United Kingdom	26	658 0.5×	334 0.7×	408 1.7×	314 1.3×	187 0.9×	83	3.1k
Chunlai Li China	29	2.7k 2.1×	896 1.9×	378 1.5×	85 0.3×	424 2.0×	156	3.5k
Takashi Yabe Japan	27	329 0.3×	455 1.0×	262 1.1×	256 1.1×	222 1.0×	98	3.6k
Jianzhong Liu China	26	1.8k 1.4×	512 1.1×	293 1.2×	131 0.5×	66 0.3×	166	2.8k
Yi Xu China	24	590 0.5×	111 0.2×	248 1.0×	97 0.4×	514 2.4×	123	1.9k
K. Zacny United States	24	1.7k 1.3×	788 1.7×	157 0.6×	84 0.3×	175 0.8×	259	2.3k
David B. Goldstein United States	24	714 0.6×	600 1.3×	148 0.6×	60 0.2×	201 0.9×	132	1.8k
Geoffrey A. Landis United States	28	1.8k 1.4×	1.1k 2.3×	187 0.8×	190 0.8×	65 0.3×	285	3.4k
Patrice Le Gal France	31	541 0.4×	318 0.7×	250 1.0×	99 0.4×	112 0.5×	102	2.5k
Yongliao Zou China	21	1.5k 1.1×	455 1.0×	163 0.7×	60 0.2×	161 0.7×	96	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Xin Ren

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xin Ren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xin Ren

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ren, Xin, Yueqiang Cao, Xiaoming Zheng, et al.. (2025). Acid-mediated construction of oxygen-free Ir-Re coordination for matching configuration of glycerol to selective hydrogenolysis. Chemical Engineering Journal. 508. 160976–160976. 2 indexed citations

Yan, Wei, Xingguo Zeng, Xin Ren, et al.. (2025). Geological characteristics of Chang’E-6 landing area in micro-scale unveiled by new observation data. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4219–4219. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Jingjing, Xin Ren, Yuan Chen, et al.. (2024). Potential formational scenarios of the mud volcanoes in the Zhurong landing area in Utopia Planitia, observed by Tianwen-1. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 647. 119024–119024. 2 indexed citations

Ren, Xin, et al.. (2024). Experimental Study on the Water Absorption, Compaction Effect, and Pull-Out Bearing Characteristics of Water-Absorbing and Compaction Anchoring Bolts. Applied Sciences. 14(16). 6960–6960. 1 indexed citations

Yan, Wei, Xin Ren, Xingguo Zeng, et al.. (2024). A New Global Reference Frame for Mars From Tianwen-1 Moderate Resolution Images. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 21. 1–5. 3 indexed citations

Ren, Xin, Dawei Liu, Bin Liu, et al.. (2024). Chang'E‐5 In Situ Spectra Reveal Photometric Properties of the Lunar Surface. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 129(2). 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Zongyu, et al.. (2023). Revealing regolith substructure by Chang’E-5 LRPR with optimized cable delay calibration method. Icarus. 402. 115630–115630. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Qing, Dawei Liu, Xin Ren, et al.. (2023). Dust Deposition at Zhurong Landing Site From Multispectral Camera Observations. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(13). 3 indexed citations

Zeng, Xingguo, Dawei Liu, Yuan Chen, et al.. (2023). Landing site of the Chang’e-6 lunar farside sample return mission from the Apollo basin. Nature Astronomy. 7(10). 1188–1197. 77 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ren, Xin, Zhaopeng Chen, Wangli Chen, et al.. (2023). Wavelength Calibration for the LIBS Spectra of the Zhurong Mars Rover. Remote Sensing. 15(6). 1494–1494. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Chen, Lorenzo Bruzzone, Bin Liu, et al.. (2023). Comprehensive mapping of lunar surface chemistry by adding Chang'e-5 samples with deep learning. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7554–7554. 27 indexed citations

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Chaal, Meriam, Xin Ren, Ahmad BahooToroody, et al.. (2023). Research on risk, safety, and reliability of autonomous ships: A bibliometric review. Safety Science. 167. 106256–106256. 64 indexed citations

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Ren, Xin, et al.. (2022). Experimental Study on the Influence of Soil Structure Index on Loess Permeability. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering. 2022. 1–12. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Xing, Jianjun Liu, Dawei Liu, et al.. (2022). Dusty Mafic Rocks Along the Path of Chang'E‐4 Rover: Initial Analysis of the Image Cubes of the Onboard Visible and Near‐Infrared Imaging Spectrometer. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(2). 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Jianjun, et al.. (2018). Ground Research and Application System of China's First Mars Exploration Mission. 5(5). 414–425. 4 indexed citations

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Ren, Xin, et al.. (2018). Preliminary Scientific Exploration Programs for Mars Surface Composition Detection Package of China's First Mars Exploration. European Planetary Science Congress. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Jianjun, et al.. (2013). Lunar Image Data Preprocessing and Quality Evaluation of CCD Stereo Camera on Chang'E-2. Wuhan Daxue xuebao. Xinxi kexue ban. 38(2). 186–190. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Yi, Xin Ren, & Robert Horton. (2012). Influence of various soil textures and layer positions on infiltration characteristics of layered soils.. 30(4). 485–490. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Zhen & Xin Ren. (2006). Modeling Envisat-1 Dual-Polarized Data and Its Applications. National Remote Sensing Bulletin. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Zhen, et al.. (2005). Soil Moisture Mapping with C Band Multi-Polarization SAR Imagery. 572. 1 indexed citations

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