Xuejian Shen

1.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
49 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Xuejian Shen is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xuejian Shen has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 17 papers in Instrumentation and 15 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Xuejian Shen's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (35 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (17 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (15 papers). Xuejian Shen is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (35 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (17 papers) and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (15 papers). Xuejian Shen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Xuejian Shen's co-authors include Mark Vogelsberger, Claude‐André Faucher‐Giguère, Philip F. Hopkins, Sandro Tacchella, Michael Boylan-Kolchin, Lars Hernquist, Nicholas P. Ross, Gordon T. Richards, D. M. Alexander and Christopher C. Hayward and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Xuejian Shen

44 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

The bolometric quasar luminosity function at z = 0–7 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2023 2023 2024 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. The bolometric quasar luminosity function at z = 0–7
    2020 200 citations Xuejian Shen, Philip F. Hopkins et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  2. Bursty Star Formation Naturally Explains the Abundance of Bright Galaxies at Cosmic Dawn
    2023 86 citations Guochao Sun, Claude‐André Faucher‐Giguère et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters profile →
  3. The impact of UV variability on the abundance of bright galaxies at z ≥ 9
    2023 82 citations Xuejian Shen, Mark Vogelsberger et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  4. Enhanced Subkiloparsec-scale Star Formation: Results from a JWST Size Analysis of 341 Galaxies at 5 < z < 14
    2024 46 citations Takahiro Morishita, M. Stiavelli et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xuejian Shen United States 18 1.0k 436 309 53 39 49 1.2k
John A. Regan Ireland 20 1.5k 1.5× 305 0.7× 409 1.3× 45 0.8× 55 1.4× 45 1.6k
Alejandro Benítez-Llambay United Kingdom 20 1.4k 1.3× 597 1.4× 401 1.3× 66 1.2× 48 1.2× 38 1.4k
Davidé Martizzi United States 19 1.3k 1.3× 466 1.1× 332 1.1× 27 0.5× 32 0.8× 31 1.4k
Isabelle Pâris France 23 1.5k 1.5× 407 0.9× 325 1.1× 38 0.7× 44 1.1× 32 1.6k
Enrico Garaldi Germany 16 703 0.7× 274 0.6× 225 0.7× 42 0.8× 16 0.4× 40 821
L. Felipe Barrientos Chile 18 975 0.9× 457 1.0× 197 0.6× 40 0.8× 54 1.4× 64 1.0k
Andrew B. Pace United States 19 1.2k 1.1× 472 1.1× 329 1.1× 40 0.8× 35 0.9× 40 1.3k
Chao‐Wei Tsai China 19 1.4k 1.3× 499 1.1× 284 0.9× 18 0.3× 45 1.2× 74 1.4k
M. Rossetti Italy 23 1.4k 1.4× 377 0.9× 552 1.8× 61 1.2× 30 0.8× 63 1.5k
Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo Canada 22 1.2k 1.2× 284 0.7× 390 1.3× 24 0.5× 40 1.0× 67 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xuejian Shen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xuejian Shen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Narayanan, Desika, Daniel P. Stark, Steven L. Finkelstein, et al.. (2025). The Ultraviolet Slopes of Early Universe Galaxies: The Impact of Bursty Star Formation, Dust, and Nebular Continuum Emission. The Astrophysical Journal. 982(1). 7–7. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Z., Xuejian Shen, Mark Vogelsberger, et al.. (2025). The thesan-zoom project: star formation efficiency from giant molecular clouds to galactic scale in high-redshift starbursts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 544(3). 2675–2697. 2 indexed citations
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Zier, Oliver, Aaron Smith, Mark Vogelsberger, et al.. (2025). High-redshift AGN population in radiation-hydrodynamics simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 544(1). 355–371. 1 indexed citations
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Jiang, Fangzhou, et al.. (2025). Formation of the Little Red Dots from the Core Collapse of Self-interacting Dark Matter Halos. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 996(1). L19–L19. 4 indexed citations
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Zier, Oliver, Rahul Kannan, Aaron Smith, et al.. (2025). The thesan–zoom project: long-term imprints of external reionization on galaxy evolution. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 544(1). 391–409. 3 indexed citations
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Shen, Xuejian, Rahul Kannan, Ewald Puchwein, et al.. (2025). The thesan-zoom project: star formation efficiencies in high-redshift galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 545(4).
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McClymont, William, Sandro Tacchella, Aaron Smith, et al.. (2025). The thesan-zoom project: burst, quench, repeat – unveiling the evolution of high-redshift galaxies along the star-forming main sequence. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 544(1). 513–534. 7 indexed citations
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Shen, Xuejian, J. P. Barron, Mariangela Lisanti, et al.. (2025). Aggressively Dissipative Dark Dwarfs: The Effects of Atomic Dark Matter on the Inner Densities of Isolated Dwarf Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 982(2). 175–175. 3 indexed citations
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Shen, Xuejian, et al.. (2024). Varying primordial state fractions in exo- and endothermic SIDM simulations of Milky Way-mass haloes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 531(1). 1440–1453. 4 indexed citations
10.
Morishita, Takahiro, M. Stiavelli, Ranga‐Ram Chary, et al.. (2024). Enhanced Subkiloparsec-scale Star Formation: Results from a JWST Size Analysis of 341 Galaxies at 5 < z < 14. The Astrophysical Journal. 963(1). 9–9. 46 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shen, Xuejian, Philip F. Hopkins, Lina Necib, et al.. (2024). Dissipative Dark Matter on FIRE. II. Observational Signatures and Constraints from Local Dwarf Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 966(1). 131–131. 8 indexed citations
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Shen, Xuejian, et al.. (2024). Dissipative Dark Substructure: The Consequences of Atomic Dark Matter on Milky Way Analog Subhalos. The Astrophysical Journal. 967(1). 21–21. 13 indexed citations
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Emami, Razieh, Xuejian Shen, Lars Hernquist, et al.. (2024). Gas Morphology of Milky Way–like Galaxies in the TNG50 Simulation: Signals of Twisting and Stretching. The Astrophysical Journal. 961(2). 193–193.
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Hopkins, Philip F., Alexander B. Gurvich, Xuejian Shen, et al.. (2023). What causes the formation of discs and end of bursty star formation?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 525(2). 2241–2286. 57 indexed citations
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Sun, Guochao, Claude‐André Faucher‐Giguère, Christopher C. Hayward, et al.. (2023). Bursty Star Formation Naturally Explains the Abundance of Bright Galaxies at Cosmic Dawn. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 955(2). L35–L35. 86 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sun, Guochao, Claude‐André Faucher‐Giguère, Christopher C. Hayward, & Xuejian Shen. (2023). Seen and unseen: bursty star formation and its implications for observations of high-redshift galaxies with JWST. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 526(2). 2665–2672. 43 indexed citations
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Shen, Xuejian, Mark Vogelsberger, Michael Boylan-Kolchin, Sandro Tacchella, & Rahul Kannan. (2023). The impact of UV variability on the abundance of bright galaxies at z ≥ 9. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 525(3). 3254–3261. 82 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shen, Xuejian, et al.. (2023). Simulating Atomic Dark Matter in Milky Way Analogs. The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 954(2). L40–L40. 20 indexed citations
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Shen, Xuejian, Josh Borrow, Mark Vogelsberger, et al.. (2023). thesan-hr: galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization in warm dark matter, fuzzy dark matter, and interacting dark matter. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(2). 2835–2857. 18 indexed citations
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Shen, Xuejian, Mark Vogelsberger, Dylan Nelson, et al.. (2022). High-redshift predictions from IllustrisTNG – III. Infrared luminosity functions, obscured star formation, and dust temperature of high-redshift galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 510(4). 5560–5578. 29 indexed citations

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