Xu Yan

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Xu Yan is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xu Yan has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 17 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 9 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xu Yan's work include Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (13 papers), Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (9 papers) and Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (6 papers). Xu Yan is often cited by papers focused on Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (13 papers), Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (9 papers) and Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (6 papers). Xu Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, South Korea and Yemen. Xu Yan's co-authors include Luyang Liang, Chuntai Liu, Changyu Shen, Yuezhan Feng, Yaming Wang, Xingping Zhou, Qianming Li, Xiaolin Xie, Haobin Zhang and Mingjian Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as ACS Nano, Scientific Reports and Carbon.

In The Last Decade

Xu Yan

38 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xu Yan China	17	979	749	345	339	265	38	1.6k
Hai Lin China	21	616 0.6×	458 0.6×	622 1.8×	278 0.8×	495 1.9×	105	1.6k
Nurbek Kakenov Türkiye	13	1.0k 1.0×	588 0.8×	441 1.3×	358 1.1×	518 2.0×	22	1.6k
Junfei Ding China	18	723 0.7×	494 0.7×	153 0.4×	244 0.7×	157 0.6×	44	1.2k
Kaikai Du China	14	845 0.9×	363 0.5×	304 0.9×	261 0.8×	424 1.6×	26	1.5k
Yurui Qu China	19	908 0.9×	379 0.5×	545 1.6×	309 0.9×	543 2.0×	38	2.1k
Shipeng Wang China	25	725 0.7×	484 0.6×	1.1k 3.1×	447 1.3×	185 0.7×	78	2.0k
Chuwen Lan China	24	1.0k 1.0×	676 0.9×	450 1.3×	170 0.5×	517 2.0×	67	1.5k
Quanhong Fu China	26	1.7k 1.7×	1.1k 1.4×	549 1.6×	225 0.7×	955 3.6×	69	2.3k
Lin Xiao China	19	511 0.5×	269 0.4×	640 1.9×	679 2.0×	402 1.5×	44	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xu Yan

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

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Cheng, Mingjian, et al.. (2025). Characterizing propagation and vortex-splitting dynamics of Bessel-Gaussian beams in short-range atmospheric conditions. Optics Express. 33(2). 2878–2878. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Xiaokuo, et al.. (2024). Magnetization switching and performance of an optimized bicomponent multiferroic nanomagnet. AIP Advances. 14(4). 2 indexed citations

Yan, Xu, Lixin Guo, & Jia Li. (2024). Focus tunable vector autofocusing Airy vortex beams resist atmospheric turbulence. Optics Express. 32(15). 26245–26245. 1 indexed citations

Cheng, Mingjian, et al.. (2024). Introduction of a modified anomalous vortex beam with self-focusing properties. Optics Express. 32(22). 39429–39429. 8 indexed citations

Yang, Xiaokuo, et al.. (2024). Ultra-low power magneto-elastic analog-to-digital converter based on magnetic tunnel junctions and bicomponent multiferroic nanomagnet. Acta Physica Sinica. 73(13). 137502–137502. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Yibo, Xin Dai, Liupeng Zhao, et al.. (2024). Ultra-thin and sensitive pressure sensor based on MXene/PVDF-HFP composite fiber TENG for self-diagnosis of ligament injuries. Nano Energy. 132. 110372–110372. 27 indexed citations

Yan, Xu, et al.. (2022). Mitigating Vortex Splitting by Controlling the Wavefront Isophase Line Curvature of Vector Autofocusing Airy Vortex Beams in Free Space. Photonics. 9(5). 325–325. 1 indexed citations

Yan, Xu, Liang Qiao, Hao Tan, et al.. (2022). Effect of Carbon Nanotubes on the Mechanical, Crystallization, Electrical and Thermal Conductivity Properties of CNT/CCF/PEKK Composites. Materials. 15(14). 4950–4950. 9 indexed citations

Cao, Changqing, et al.. (2021). Application of DBN and GWO-SVM in analog circuit fault diagnosis. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 7969–7969. 33 indexed citations

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Huang, Xiaoxiao, et al.. (2021). Carbonized wood with ordered channels decorated by NiCo2O4 for lightweight and high-performance microwave absorber. Journal of Advanced Ceramics. 11(1). 105–119. 79 indexed citations

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Tan, Hongsheng, et al.. (2021). Crystallization and mechanical properties of carbon nanotube/continuous carbon fiber/metallocene polypropylene composites. Materials Research Express. 9(1). 15302–15302. 7 indexed citations

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Yan, Xu, et al.. (2021). Crystallization and Dynamic Mechanical Behavior of Coir Fiber Reinforced Poly(Butylene Succinate) Biocomposites. JOURNAL OF RENEWABLE MATERIALS. 10(4). 1039–1048. 6 indexed citations

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Yan, Xu, et al.. (2020). Fabrication and characterization of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate- co -3-hydroxyhexanoate) modified with nano-montmorillonite biocomposite. e-Polymers. 21(1). 38–46. 8 indexed citations

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Yan, Xu, Xiaoxiao Huang, Yanting Chen, et al.. (2020). A theoretical strategy of pure carbon materials for lightweight and excellent absorption performance. Carbon. 174. 662–672. 129 indexed citations

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Cheng, Mingjian, et al.. (2018). Average intensity and spreading of a radially polarized multi-Gaussian Schell-model beam in anisotropic turbulence. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 218. 12–20. 16 indexed citations

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Cheng, Mingjian, et al.. (2018). Effects of Asymmetry Atmospheric Eddies on Spreading and Wander of Bessel–Gaussian Beams in Anisotropic Turbulence. IEEE photonics journal. 10(3). 1–10. 22 indexed citations

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Li, Jiangting, et al.. (2017). Remote sensing for aerosol particles in marine atmosphere using scattering of optical vortex. 23–23. 3 indexed citations

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Fu, Haiwei, Na Zhao, Min Shao, et al.. (2015). In-Fiber Quasi-Michelson Interferometer Based on Waist-Enlarged Fiber Taper for Refractive Index Sensing. IEEE Sensors Journal. 15(12). 6869–6874. 26 indexed citations

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Hegelich, B. M., Liang Yin, B. J. Albright, et al.. (2010). Laser-driven Ion-, electron- and photon-beams from relativistically overdense plasmas. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 52. 1 indexed citations

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Yan, Xu, et al.. (2010). A passivity enforcement algorithm for multiconductor transmission line based on the method of characteristics. 181–184. 3 indexed citations

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