Xuefeng Chu

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
131 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Xuefeng Chu is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Soil Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Xuefeng Chu has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Water Science and Technology, 41 papers in Soil Science and 39 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Xuefeng Chu's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (74 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (37 papers) and Water resources management and optimization (34 papers). Xuefeng Chu is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (74 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (37 papers) and Water resources management and optimization (34 papers). Xuefeng Chu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iran and China. Xuefeng Chu's co-authors include Iman Ahmadianfar, Omid Bozorg‐Haddad, Huiling Chen, Ali Asghar Heidari, Amir H. Gandomi, Alan D. Steinman, Jun Yang, Mehdi Jamei, Miguel A. Mariño and Babak Zolghadr‐Asli and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Xuefeng Chu

131 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

RUN beyond the metaphor: An efficient optimization algorithm based on Runge Kutta method

2021 840 citations Iman Ahmadianfar, Xuefeng Chu et al. Expert Systems with Applications profile →
Gradient-based optimizer: A new metaheuristic optimization algorithm

2020 685 citations Iman Ahmadianfar, Omid Bozorg‐Haddad et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xuefeng Chu United States	28	1.5k	1.0k	954	712	526	131	4.2k
Hojat Karami Iran	31	950 0.6×	382 0.4×	576 0.6×	829 1.2×	1.0k 2.0×	127	2.9k
Christine A. Shoemaker United States	41	1.7k 1.1×	1.1k 1.1×	952 1.0×	1.8k 2.5×	797 1.5×	177	6.5k
Rutuparna Panda India	37	716 0.5×	912 0.9×	634 0.7×	413 0.6×	163 0.3×	166	4.4k
Iman Ahmadianfar Iran	36	636 0.4×	1.6k 1.6×	352 0.4×	573 0.8×	624 1.2×	95	4.5k
Vladan Babovic Singapore	39	1.6k 1.1×	436 0.4×	1.6k 1.7×	1.9k 2.6×	383 0.7×	104	4.0k
D. Nagesh Kumar India	44	2.3k 1.6×	412 0.4×	2.6k 2.7×	1.7k 2.4×	1.0k 1.9×	164	6.1k
Sinan Q. Salih Vietnam	36	931 0.6×	679 0.7×	737 0.8×	1.2k 1.6×	452 0.9×	79	3.2k
Saeed Farzin Iran	31	944 0.6×	409 0.4×	590 0.6×	837 1.2×	763 1.5×	103	2.7k
Hoang Nguyen Vietnam	56	869 0.6×	895 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	1.1k 1.6×	3.0k 5.7×	158	8.5k
Saman Razavi Canada	35	1.6k 1.1×	284 0.3×	1.5k 1.5×	1.4k 1.9×	537 1.0×	99	4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Xuefeng Chu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xuefeng Chu

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chu, Xuefeng, et al.. (2025). Dynamic Partial Contributing Area (DPCA) approach: Improved hydrologic modeling for depression-dominated watersheds. Journal of Hydrology. 658. 133077–133077. 2 indexed citations

Samadi-Koucheksaraee, Arvin & Xuefeng Chu. (2024). Development of a novel modeling framework based on weighted kernel extreme learning machine and ridge regression for streamflow forecasting. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 30910–30910. 26 indexed citations

Chu, Xuefeng, et al.. (2023). A Modified SCS Curve Number Method for Temporally Varying Rainfall Excess Simulation. Water. 15(13). 2374–2374. 8 indexed citations

Otte, Marinus L., et al.. (2023). Incorporating Wetland Delineation and Impacts in Watershed-Scale Hydrologic Modeling. Water. 15(14). 2518–2518. 7 indexed citations

Jamei, Mehdi, Masoud Karbasi, Mumtaz Ali, et al.. (2023). A novel global solar exposure forecasting model based on air temperature: Designing a new multi-processing ensemble deep learning paradigm. Expert Systems with Applications. 222. 119811–119811. 15 indexed citations

Jamei, Mehdi, Mumtaz Ali, Masoud Karbasi, et al.. (2023). A high dimensional features-based cascaded forward neural network coupled with MVMD and Boruta-GBDT for multi-step ahead forecasting of surface soil moisture. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 120. 105895–105895. 32 indexed citations

Otte, Marinus L., et al.. (2023). Assessing the Impacts of Wetlands on Discharge and Nutrient Loading: Insights from Restoring Past Wetlands with GIS-Based Analysis and Modeling. Wetlands. 43(8). 4 indexed citations

Bozorg‐Haddad, Omid, et al.. (2022). System dynamics modeling of lake water management under climate change. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 5828–5828. 11 indexed citations

Shabani, Afshin Alizadeh, Xiaodong Zhang, Xuefeng Chu, & Haochi Zheng. (2021). Automatic Calibration for CE-QUAL-W2 Model Using Improved Global-Best Harmony Search Algorithm. Water. 13(16). 2308–2308. 4 indexed citations

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Abdi, Babak, Omid Bozorg‐Haddad, & Xuefeng Chu. (2021). Uncertainty analysis of model inputs in riverine water temperature simulations. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 19908–19908. 8 indexed citations

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Bozorg‐Haddad, Omid, et al.. (2021). A robust multiple-objective decision-making paradigm based on the water–energy–food security nexus under changing climate uncertainties. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 20927–20927. 18 indexed citations

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Jamei, Mehdi, Iman Ahmadianfar, Xuefeng Chu, & Zaher Mundher Yaseen‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬. (2020). Prediction of surface water total dissolved solids using hybridized wavelet-multigene genetic programming: New approach. Journal of Hydrology. 589. 125335–125335. 80 indexed citations

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Ahmadianfar, Iman, Mehdi Jamei, & Xuefeng Chu. (2020). A novel Hybrid Wavelet-Locally Weighted Linear Regression (W-LWLR) Model for Electrical Conductivity (EC) Prediction in Surface Water. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 232. 103641–103641. 68 indexed citations

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Ahmadianfar, Iman, Mehdi Jamei, & Xuefeng Chu. (2019). Prediction of local scour around circular piles under waves using a novel artificial intelligence approach. Marine Georesources and Geotechnology. 39(1). 44–55. 37 indexed citations

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Bozorg‐Haddad, Omid, et al.. (2019). Assessment of potential of intraregional conflicts by developing a transferability index for inter-basin water transfers, and their impacts on the water resources. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 192(1). 40–40. 13 indexed citations

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Shabani, Afshin Alizadeh, et al.. (2018). SWAT Modeling of Non-Point Source Pollution in Depression-Dominated Basins under Varying Hydroclimatic Conditions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15(11). 2492–2492. 30 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yaqin, Xuefeng Chu, & Binsheng Yang. (2017). Electrochemical behavior of hemin binding with human centrin 3. Bioelectrochemistry. 117. 15–22. 8 indexed citations

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Chu, Xuefeng, Jianli Zhang, Yaping Chi, & Jun Yang. (2010). An Improved Method for Watershed Delineation and Computation of Surface Depression Storage. 4 indexed citations

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Steinman, Alan D., et al.. (2007). Environmental analysis of groundwater in Mecosta County, Michigan. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 134(1-3). 177–189. 3 indexed citations

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Chu, Xuefeng & Miguel A. Mariño. (2006). Simulation of Infiltration and Surface Runoff: A Windows-Based Hydrologic Modeling System HYDROL-INF. 1–8. 14 indexed citations

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