Xu Sun

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 718 citations indexed

About

Xu Sun is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Xu Sun has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 718 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Management Information Systems, 8 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 6 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Xu Sun's work include Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis (8 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (5 papers) and Digital Transformation in Industry (4 papers). Xu Sun is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis (8 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (5 papers) and Digital Transformation in Industry (4 papers). Xu Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and China. Xu Sun's co-authors include Hao Yu, Wei Deng Solvang, Xu Zhao, Ward Whitt, Bo Sun, Danny H. K. Tsang, Yi Wang, Kesheng Wang, Gilbert Laporte and C.K.M. Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Xu Sun

25 papers receiving 692 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.

Reverse Logistics Network Design for Effective Management of Medical Waste in Epidemic Outbreaks: Insights from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in Wuhan (China)

2020 239 citations Hao Yu, Xu Sun et al. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xu Sun United States	10	212	207	155	120	100	30	718
Wei Deng Solvang Norway	17	580 2.7×	262 1.3×	404 2.6×	286 2.4×	38 0.4×	72	1.2k
Arash Khalili Nasr Iran	14	415 2.0×	77 0.4×	96 0.6×	94 0.8×	26 0.3×	24	765
Ankur Chauhan India	16	411 1.9×	193 0.9×	232 1.5×	128 1.1×	19 0.2×	35	1.0k
Vijaya Kumar Manupati India	16	378 1.8×	73 0.4×	93 0.6×	341 2.8×	24 0.2×	56	1.0k
Shahrooz Shahparvari Australia	17	207 1.0×	59 0.3×	158 1.0×	260 2.2×	23 0.2×	41	856
Cejun Cao China	13	292 1.4×	90 0.4×	112 0.7×	162 1.4×	15 0.1×	29	813
Nomesh B. Bolia India	18	58 0.3×	56 0.3×	109 0.7×	70 0.6×	33 0.3×	63	808
Amir Aghsami Iran	20	482 2.3×	54 0.3×	76 0.5×	341 2.8×	30 0.3×	96	1.2k
Gholamreza Haseli Iran	19	241 1.1×	44 0.2×	75 0.5×	87 0.7×	25 0.3×	23	780

Countries citing papers authored by Xu Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xu Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xu Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xu Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xu Sun 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 Xu Sun. Xu Sun 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

Rong, Zhaojin, et al.. (2025). A Novel body-fitted free form deformation method for hull form optimization. Ocean Engineering. 342. 122786–122786.

Sun, Xu, et al.. (2025). Hull form optimization with a new three-dimensional deformation strategy. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 41804–41804.

Sun, Xu, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Make-to-Order Manufacturing Agility: When Flexible Capacity Meets Dynamic Pricing. Production and Operations Management. 33(6). 1354–1372.

Yu, Hao & Xu Sun. (2024). Uncertain remanufacturing reverse logistics network design in industry 5.0: Opportunities and challenges of digitalization. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 133. 108578–108578. 15 indexed citations

Sun, Xu, et al.. (2023). Customer Scheduling in Large Service Systems Under Model Uncertainty. Operations Research. 73(2). 949–968. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Xu, et al.. (2023). Expanding Service Capabilities Through an On-Demand Workforce. Operations Research. 73(1). 363–384. 3 indexed citations

Sun, Xu, et al.. (2022). Imaging of karst cave using ground penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography: a case study in Shandong, China. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 1087(1). 12071–12071. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Xu, et al.. (2022). Energy-Aware and Delay-Sensitive Management of a Drone Delivery System. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 24(3). 1294–1310. 8 indexed citations

Sun, Xu, Hao Yu, & Wei Deng Solvang. (2022). Towards the smart and sustainable transformation of Reverse Logistics 4.0: a conceptualization and research agenda. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(46). 69275–69293. 40 indexed citations

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Sun, Xu, Hao Yu, Wei Deng Solvang, Yi Wang, & Kesheng Wang. (2021). The application of Industry 4.0 technologies in sustainable logistics: a systematic literature review (2012–2020) to explore future research opportunities. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(7). 9560–9591. 95 indexed citations

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Sun, Xu, et al.. (2021). A simulation-based analysis for effective distribution of COVID-19 vaccines: A case study in Norway. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. 11. 100453–100453. 48 indexed citations

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Yu, Hao, Xu Sun, Wei Deng Solvang, Gilbert Laporte, & C.K.M. Lee. (2020). A stochastic network design problem for hazardous waste management. Journal of Cleaner Production. 277. 123566–123566. 64 indexed citations

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Yu, Hao, Xu Sun, Wei Deng Solvang, & Xu Zhao. (2020). Reverse Logistics Network Design for Effective Management of Medical Waste in Epidemic Outbreaks: Insights from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in Wuhan (China). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(5). 1770–1770. 239 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Bo, et al.. (2020). Precaution of SARS-CoV-2 infection in ophthalmology medical staff. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Xu & Yunan Liu. (2020). Staffing many‐server queues with autoregressive inputs. Naval Research Logistics (NRL). 68(3). 312–326. 6 indexed citations

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Sun, Bo, Xu Sun, Danny H. K. Tsang, & Ward Whitt. (2019). Optimal battery purchasing and charging strategy at electric vehicle battery swap stations. European Journal of Operational Research. 279(2). 524–539. 99 indexed citations

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Sun, Xu. (2019). Scheduling Queues with Customer Transfers. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Sun, Xu & Ward Whitt. (2018). Delay-Based Service Differentiation with Many Servers and Time-Varying Arrival Rates. Stochastic Systems. 8(3). 230–263. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Xu & Ward Whitt. (2018). Creating Work Breaks from Available Idleness. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 20(4). 721–736. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaojun, Xu Sun, Zhe Hao, & Huijuan Li. (2017). Research on the Construction of Resource Sharing Platform Based on MicroService. 11. 713–717. 4 indexed citations

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