Xinrui Niu

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Xinrui Niu is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Xinrui Niu has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 17 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Xinrui Niu's work include Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (9 papers), Dental materials and restorations (7 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (6 papers). Xinrui Niu is often cited by papers focused on Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (9 papers), Dental materials and restorations (7 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (6 papers). Xinrui Niu collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Xinrui Niu's co-authors include G. Glinka, Qi Wang, Quli Fan, Wei Huang, Jie Cai, Jingzeng Xu, Qingming Shen, W. O. Soboyejo, Gang-Feng Wang and Lei Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, Nano Energy and Construction and Building Materials.

In The Last Decade

Xinrui Niu

54 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

  1. All‐in‐One Phototheranostics: Single Laser Triggers NIR‐II Fluorescence/Photoacoustic Imaging Guided Photothermal/Photodynamic/Chemo Combination Therapy
    2019 343 citations Qi Wang, Yeneng Dai et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xinrui Niu China 18 736 552 307 270 206 55 1.5k
Yibin Liu China 20 667 0.9× 346 0.6× 214 0.7× 122 0.5× 94 0.5× 41 1.5k
Liliang Chen China 21 406 0.6× 436 0.8× 230 0.7× 778 2.9× 91 0.4× 51 1.5k
Yao Yang China 25 492 0.7× 1.1k 2.0× 296 1.0× 547 2.0× 210 1.0× 64 2.3k
Sung Ho Lee South Korea 17 614 0.8× 454 0.8× 175 0.6× 97 0.4× 81 0.4× 60 1.2k
Caixia Sun China 22 725 1.0× 1.1k 1.9× 94 0.3× 216 0.8× 143 0.7× 53 1.9k
Jagannathan Sankar United States 27 534 0.7× 1.0k 1.9× 348 1.1× 606 2.2× 104 0.5× 100 2.1k
Jason P. Killgore United States 23 817 1.1× 421 0.8× 263 0.9× 386 1.4× 88 0.4× 88 1.8k
Stéphane Turgeon Canada 24 387 0.5× 690 1.3× 326 1.1× 255 0.9× 46 0.2× 62 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Xinrui Niu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xinrui Niu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xinrui Niu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xinrui Niu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xinrui Niu 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 Xinrui Niu. Xinrui Niu 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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Ding, Yue, et al.. (2025). Relaxation and creep responses of biological materials under spherical indentation considering surface tension. Mechanics of Materials. 202. 105257–105257. 2 indexed citations
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Niu, Xinrui, et al.. (2025). The Effects of Surface Tension on Spherical Oscillatory Indentation of Viscoelastic Materials. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 92(3).
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Niu, Xinrui, et al.. (2025). A practical approach to determining mechanical degradation of corroded steel bars considering the corrosion environment conditions. Construction and Building Materials. 487. 142090–142090. 1 indexed citations
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Yuan, Weike, Jingyi Zhang, Xinrui Niu, & Gang-Feng Wang. (2024). Axisymmetric Hertzian contact problem accounting for surface tension and strain gradient elasticity. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 137. 115698–115698. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Lianchao, Krzysztof K. Dudek, Gwenn Ulliac, et al.. (2024). Multistep and Elastically Stable Mechanical Metamaterials. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 91(11). 3 indexed citations
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Yuan, Weike, et al.. (2024). Analytical Expression for the Atomic Friction of a Single Asperity Based on the Prandtl–Tomlinson Model. Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica. 37(3). 416–422. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Qi, Xinrui Niu, Linqiang Yang, et al.. (2021). Asymmetric small organic molecule-based NIR-II fluorophores for high performance tumor phototheranostics. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 5(15). 5689–5697. 12 indexed citations
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Xu, Jingzeng, Bin Xia, Xinrui Niu, et al.. (2019). Amphiphilic semiconducting oligomer for single NIR laser induced photothermal/photodynamic combination therapy. Dyes and Pigments. 170. 107664–107664. 23 indexed citations
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Yang, Yong, Xinrui Niu, Jian Lü, et al.. (2017). Resonance ultrasonic actuation and local structural rejuvenation in metallic glasses. Physical review. B.. 95(23). 20 indexed citations
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Ding, Yue, Xinrui Niu, Gang-Feng Wang, Xi‐Qiao Feng, & Shou-Wen Yu. (2016). Surface effects on nanoindentation of soft solids by different indenters. Materials Research Express. 3(11). 115021–115021. 17 indexed citations
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Ding, Yue, Xinrui Niu, & Gang-Feng Wang. (2016). Compression of Hyperelastic Cells at Finite Deformation with Surface Energy. International Journal of Applied Mechanics. 8(6). 1650080–1650080. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Yong, Kaiyang Li, Tao Luo, et al.. (2015). Powder metallurgical low-modulus Ti–Mg alloys for biomedical applications. Materials Science and Engineering C. 56. 241–250. 85 indexed citations
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Guo, Fenglin, et al.. (2015). Analysis of vapor pressure and void volume fraction evolution in porous polymers: A micromechanics approach. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 66. 133–139. 7 indexed citations
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Bian, Jianjun, Xinrui Niu, Hao Zhang, & Gang-Feng Wang. (2014). Atomistic deformation mechanisms in twinned copper nanospheres. Nanoscale Research Letters. 9(1). 335–335. 7 indexed citations
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Du, Jing, Xinrui Niu, Nima Rahbar, & W. O. Soboyejo. (2012). Bio-inspired dental multilayers: Effects of layer architecture on the contact-induced deformation. Acta Biomaterialia. 9(2). 5273–5279. 41 indexed citations
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Huang, Min, Xinrui Niu, & W. O. Soboyejo. (2007). Creep induced rate effects on radial cracks in multilayered structures. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine. 18(1). 65–69. 11 indexed citations
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Zhou, Jianzhong, Min Huang, Xinrui Niu, & W. O. Soboyejo. (2007). Substrate creep on the fatigue life of a model dental multilayer structure. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials. 82B(2). 374–382. 2 indexed citations
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Niu, Xinrui & W. O. Soboyejo. (2006). Effects of loading rate on the deformation and cracking of dental multilayers: Experiments and models. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 21(4). 970–975. 9 indexed citations
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Niu, Xinrui, Simin Yu, & Xi‐Qiao Feng. (2001). Finite element simulation of thermally-induced failure of interfaces. Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology). 41(4). 104–107. 5 indexed citations

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