Xu Yang

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
101 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Xu Yang is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xu Yang has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 14 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 12 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Xu Yang's work include Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation (84 papers), Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (73 papers) and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (12 papers). Xu Yang is often cited by papers focused on Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation (84 papers), Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (73 papers) and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (12 papers). Xu Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Xu Yang's co-authors include Zhanping You, Julian Mills-Beale, Hainian Wang, Can Jin, Xin Wang, Stephen Lau, Qingli Dai, Mohd Rosli Mohd Hasan, Vincent C. S. Lee and Ling Ding and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Xu Yang

98 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Automated pavement crack detection and segmentation based on two-step convolutional neural network

2020 286 citations Jingwei Liu, Xu Yang et al. profile →
Automated Pavement Crack Segmentation Using U-Net-Based Convolutional Neural Network

2020 207 citations Xu Yang, Xin Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xu Yang China	39	4.0k	912	571	316	314	101	4.5k
Hainian Wang China	39	3.4k 0.9×	906 1.0×	534 0.9×	242 0.8×	313 1.0×	150	3.9k
Lingyun You China	40	3.3k 0.8×	681 0.7×	629 1.1×	145 0.5×	606 1.9×	141	4.0k
Yiqiu Tan China	46	5.3k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	833 1.5×	205 0.6×	489 1.6×	306	6.2k
Zejiao Dong China	30	2.4k 0.6×	602 0.7×	511 0.9×	120 0.4×	254 0.8×	148	3.1k
Louay N. Mohammad United States	41	5.4k 1.4×	611 0.7×	717 1.3×	111 0.4×	328 1.0×	300	6.0k
Wei Jiang China	34	2.5k 0.6×	466 0.5×	753 1.3×	182 0.6×	175 0.6×	146	3.7k
Manfred N. Partl Switzerland	43	4.8k 1.2×	755 0.8×	964 1.7×	110 0.3×	318 1.0×	213	5.4k
Markus Oeser Germany	44	5.3k 1.3×	741 0.8×	877 1.5×	248 0.8×	814 2.6×	268	6.4k
Tao Ma China	47	5.2k 1.3×	524 0.6×	817 1.4×	124 0.4×	578 1.8×	258	6.0k
Fereidoon Moghadas Nejad Iran	45	6.1k 1.5×	973 1.1×	839 1.5×	99 0.3×	335 1.1×	230	6.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Xu Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xu Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xu Yang

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

Yang, Xu, et al.. (2025). A critical review on pavement distress detection using images and point clouds from visual features to geometric modeling. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(4). 583–606.

Wang, Hainian, et al.. (2024). Optimized bio-oil emulsification for sustainable asphalt production: A step towards a low-carbon pavement. Construction and Building Materials. 419. 135218–135218. 8 indexed citations

Ge, Dongdong, et al.. (2024). A digital measurement method for mean texture depth of asphalt pavement by virtual sand patch test. Construction and Building Materials. 438. 137308–137308. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Xu, et al.. (2024). Self-adaptive 2D 3D image fusion for automated pixel-level pavement crack detection. Automation in Construction. 168. 105756–105756. 8 indexed citations

Han, Xiao, Jinliang Wu, Dongdong Ge, et al.. (2024). Influence investigation of morphological and distributional properties of surficial aggregates on skid resistance of asphalt pavement. Construction and Building Materials. 457. 139394–139394. 2 indexed citations

Han, Xiao, et al.. (2024). Macroscopic and mesoscopic characterization of asphalt pavement texture for their correlation analysis based on 3-D laser scanning technology. Measurement. 235. 114946–114946. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Ning, et al.. (2024). Effects of pretreatment procedure, compositional feature and reaction condition on the devolatilization characteristics of biomass during pyrolysis process: A review. Journal of the Energy Institute. 118. 101943–101943. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Xu, et al.. (2024). Automation in road distress detection, diagnosis and treatment. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 1–26. 30 indexed citations

Guan, Jinchao, Xu Yang, Pengfei Liu, et al.. (2023). Multi-scale asphalt pavement deformation detection and measurement based on machine learning of full field-of-view digital surface data. Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies. 152. 104177–104177. 11 indexed citations

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Jin, Can, et al.. (2023). Adaptive construction approach for virtual samples of hot mix asphalt based on 3-D structural characterization of laboratory compact specimens. Construction and Building Materials. 408. 133655–133655. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Jingwei, et al.. (2021). A laboratory prototype of automatic pavement crack sealing based on a modified 3D printer. International Journal of Pavement Engineering. 23(9). 2969–2980. 25 indexed citations

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Jin, Can, et al.. (2020). 3-D virtual design and microstructural modeling of asphalt mixture based on a digital aggregate library. Computers & Structures. 242. 106378–106378. 30 indexed citations

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Jin, Can, Shouguo Li, & Xu Yang. (2020). Adaptive Three-Dimensional Aggregate Shape Fitting and Mesh Optimization for Finite-Element Modeling. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering. 34(4). 8 indexed citations

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Yang, Xu, Zhanping You, David L. Perram, et al.. (2018). Emission analysis of recycled tire rubber modified asphalt in hot and warm mix conditions. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 365. 942–951. 159 indexed citations

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Wang, Hainian, Chonghui Wang, Zhanping You, Xu Yang, & Zhihan Huang. (2018). Characterising the asphalt concrete fracture performance from X-ray CT Imaging and finite element modelling. International Journal of Pavement Engineering. 19(3). 307–318. 54 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chen, Hainian Wang, Xu Yang, & Zhanping You. (2018). A Combinational Prediction Model for Transverse Crack of Asphalt Pavement. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering. 22(6). 2109–2117. 6 indexed citations

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Yang, Xu, Zhanping You, Jacob E. Hiller, & David Watkins. (2017). Correlation Analysis between Temperature Indices and Flexible Pavement Distress Predictions Using Mechanistic-Empirical Design. Journal of Cold Regions Engineering. 31(4). 14 indexed citations

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Wang, Hainian, et al.. (2016). The Effect of Morphological Characteristic of Coarse Aggregates Measured with Fractal Dimension on Asphalt Mixture’s High-Temperature Performance. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering. 2016. 1–9. 55 indexed citations

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Yang, Xu. (2014). Analysis of the Latest Development and Tendency of Relative Sea-Level Change in Tianjin,China. Earth and Environment. 1 indexed citations

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Fini, Elham H., et al.. (2013). Rheological Characterization of Nano-particle based Bio-modified Binder. Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual MeetingTransportation Research Board. 31(11). 5137–5144. 36 indexed citations

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