Xiwei Liu

7.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
175 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Xiwei Liu is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiwei Liu has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 29 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 20 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Xiwei Liu's work include Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization (75 papers), Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (52 papers) and Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (27 papers). Xiwei Liu is often cited by papers focused on Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization (75 papers), Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation (52 papers) and Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (27 papers). Xiwei Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Finland. Xiwei Liu's co-authors include Tianping Chen, Wenlian Lu, Yufeng Zheng, Zhongjie Pu, Yinghong Yang, Jianke Sun, Feiyu Zhou, Kejin Qiu, Gang Xiong and Li Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Xiwei Liu

156 papers receiving 5.8k 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.

Pinning Complex Networks by a Single Controller

2007 846 citations Xiwei Liu et al. profile →
Synchronization of Complex Networks via Aperiodically Intermittent Pinning Control

2015 318 citations Xiwei Liu et al. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control profile →
Synchronization of Nonlinear Coupled Networks via Aperiodically Intermittent Pinning Control

2014 227 citations Xiwei Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiwei Liu China	34	3.6k	1.5k	800	705	667	175	5.9k
Jia Wang China	39	3.3k 0.9×	320 0.2×	83 0.1×	2.0k 2.8×	144 0.2×	270	6.8k
Yue Wang China	38	913 0.3×	84 0.1×	170 0.2×	1.0k 1.4×	183 0.3×	400	6.8k
Kuan Zhang China	47	3.4k 0.9×	133 0.1×	93 0.1×	2.2k 3.2×	159 0.2×	292	8.1k
Chun‐Wei Tsai Taiwan	27	1.7k 0.5×	95 0.1×	147 0.2×	584 0.8×	175 0.3×	152	3.8k
Jianping Wang China	42	3.2k 0.9×	111 0.1×	92 0.1×	3.0k 4.2×	131 0.2×	547	7.9k
Jun Wang China	33	229 0.1×	696 0.5×	125 0.2×	1.2k 1.7×	181 0.3×	258	4.4k
Yidong Li China	39	498 0.1×	50 0.0×	636 0.8×	298 0.4×	189 0.3×	285	4.7k
Wenfeng Li China	32	1.1k 0.3×	60 0.0×	187 0.2×	651 0.9×	141 0.2×	227	4.2k
Xiaoming Fu Germany	37	5.9k 1.6×	268 0.2×	72 0.1×	2.4k 3.4×	104 0.2×	328	7.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiwei Liu

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Xiwei, et al.. (2025). Synchronization and pinning control of T-S fuzzy complex dynamical networks by using membership-function-dependent method. Neurocomputing. 652. 131070–131070.

Li, Wengen, et al.. (2025). LLM4HRS: LLM-Based Spatiotemporal Imputation Model for Highly Sparse Remote Sensing Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 63. 1–17. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Xiwei, et al.. (2025). Synchronization time and energy consumption for multiweighted complex networks. Information Sciences. 706. 122019–122019. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Xinglong, et al.. (2024). Improving resilience to high temperature in drought: water replenishment enhances sucrose and amino acid metabolisms in maize grain. The Plant Journal. 119(2). 658–675. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Xiwei, et al.. (2024). Finite/fixed-time cluster synchronization for directed and multiplex coupled dynamic networks. Information Sciences. 679. 121136–121136. 3 indexed citations

Li, Wengen, et al.. (2024). Self-Supervised Spatiotemporal Imputation Model for Highly Sparse Chl-a Data via Fusing Multisource Satellite Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 62. 1–16. 5 indexed citations

Li, Huafang, Pengyu Wang, & Xiwei Liu. (2024). Effect of rare earth elements Ce and Yb on the in vitro properties of biodegradable Zn alloys. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 30. 8228–8239. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Xiwei, et al.. (2024). Synchronization for Directed Multi-Level Complex Networks With Multiple Weights. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I Regular Papers. 71(12). 5756–5769. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Xiwei, et al.. (2023). Successive Lag Synchronization for Multilayer Complex Networks With Multiple Weights. IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs. 70(9). 3514–3518. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiwei, et al.. (2023). Event‐triggered synchronization and H∞$$ {\mathcal{H}}_{\infty } $$ synchronization of coupled delayed reaction‐diffusion memristive neural networks. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences. 46(8). 9079–9102. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Huafang, Wubin Wu, Xiwei Liu, & Cuié Wen. (2023). A comprehensive review on metallic biomaterials for airway stenosis repair. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 152. 148–158. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiwei, et al.. (2023). Passivity and Control for Multiweighted and Directed Fractional-Order Network Systems. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I Regular Papers. 70(4). 1733–1746. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiwei, et al.. (2023). Prescribed-Time Synchronization of Multiweighted and Directed Complex Networks. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 68(12). 8208–8215. 26 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiwei, et al.. (2022). Cluster Synchronization for Multiweighted and Directed Fractional-Order Networks With Cooperative-Competitive Interactions. IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs. 69(11). 4359–4363. 12 indexed citations

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Tao, Zhiqiang, Peng Yan, Xuepeng Zhang, et al.. (2022). Physiological Mechanism of Abscisic Acid-Induced Heat-Tolerance Responses to Cultivation Techniques in Wheat and Maize—Review. Agronomy. 12(7). 1579–1579. 10 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiwei, et al.. (2022). Event-triggered passivity and synchronization of coupled reaction–diffusion neural networks with and without time-varying delay. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control. 44(11). 2117–2140. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiwei & Zihan Li. (2020). Finite time anti-synchronization of complex-valued neural networks with bounded asynchronous time-varying delays. Neurocomputing. 387. 129–138. 32 indexed citations

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Li, Zihan & Xiwei Liu. (2020). Finite Time Anti-synchronization of Quaternion-Valued Neural Networks with Asynchronous Time-Varying Delays. Neural Processing Letters. 52(3). 2253–2274. 16 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiwei, et al.. (2019). Global $\mu$ -Stability of Quaternion-Valued Neural Networks With Unbounded and Asynchronous Time-Varying Delays. IEEE Access. 7. 9128–9141. 23 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiwei & Shaohua Li. (2017). Cluster Synchronization for Linearly Coupled Nonidentical Systems With Delays via Aperiodically Intermittent Pinning Control. IEEE Access. 5. 4179–4189. 13 indexed citations

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