Xuheng Ding

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 757 citations indexed

About

Xuheng Ding is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Xuheng Ding has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 757 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13 papers in Instrumentation and 4 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Xuheng Ding's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (27 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (15 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (13 papers). Xuheng Ding is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (27 papers), Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations (15 papers) and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (13 papers). Xuheng Ding collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Xuheng Ding's co-authors include Zong‐Hong Zhu, Marek Biesiada, Kai Liao, J. D. Silverman, Simon Birrer, Tommaso Treu, Xiaogang Zheng, Xi-Long Fan, Masafusa Onoue and Shuo Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

In The Last Decade

Xuheng Ding

31 papers receiving 644 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.

Tip of the Iceberg: Overmassive Black Holes at 4 < z < 7 Found by JWST Are Not Inconsistent with the Local M BH - M ⋆ Relation

2025 24 citations Junyao Li, J. D. Silverman 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						Papers	Cites
Xuheng Ding China	16	713	202	125	58	32	35	757
M. Maturi Germany	15	587 0.8×	262 1.3×	122 1.0×	59 1.0×	31 1.0×	44	621
Natasha Maddox United Kingdom	17	700 1.0×	244 1.2×	232 1.9×	38 0.7×	17 0.5×	36	723
Jielai Zhang United States	13	660 0.9×	308 1.5×	119 1.0×	40 0.7×	16 0.5×	28	706
D. Corre France	8	762 1.1×	280 1.4×	116 0.9×	33 0.6×	19 0.6×	11	788
Anowar J. Shajib United States	15	759 1.1×	275 1.4×	180 1.4×	114 2.0×	26 0.8×	39	823
Johnny P. Greco United States	16	804 1.1×	402 2.0×	89 0.7×	60 1.0×	37 1.2×	30	843
L. Y. Aaron Yung United States	16	711 1.0×	432 2.1×	96 0.8×	44 0.8×	18 0.6×	37	751
Atsushi J. Nishizawa Japan	13	523 0.7×	202 1.0×	131 1.0×	48 0.8×	22 0.7×	50	585
Chelsea L. MacLeod United States	16	973 1.4×	159 0.8×	230 1.8×	64 1.1×	10 0.3×	31	1.0k
Allison Merritt United States	12	662 0.9×	354 1.8×	107 0.9×	47 0.8×	14 0.4×	19	690

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xuheng Ding

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All Works

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Fan, Lulu, et al.. (2025). A New Approach to Constraining Properties of Active Galactic Nucleus Host Galaxies by Combining Image and Spectral Energy Distribution Decomposition: Testing upon the M _BH–M _⋆ Relation. The Astrophysical Journal. 978(2). 164–164. 2 indexed citations

Li, Junyao, J. D. Silverman, Yue Shen, et al.. (2025). Tip of the Iceberg: Overmassive Black Holes at 4 < z < 7 Found by JWST Are Not Inconsistent with the Local M BH - M ⋆ Relation. The Astrophysical Journal. 981(1). 19–19. 24 indexed citations breakdown →

Matsuoka, Yoshiki, Masafusa Onoue, K. Iwasawa, et al.. (2025). SHELLQs. Bridging the Gap: JWST Unveils Obscured Quasars in the Most Luminous Galaxies at z > 6. The Astrophysical Journal. 988(1). 57–57. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Lilan, J. D. Silverman, Masamune Oguri, et al.. (2024). Size–mass relation of the brightest cluster galaxies at z ∼ 1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 531(4). 4006–4016. 1 indexed citations

Metha, Benjamin, Simon Birrer, Tommaso Treu, et al.. (2024). A forward-modelling approach to overcome point spread function smearing and fit flexible models to the chemical structure of galaxies. 3(1). 144–154. 1 indexed citations

Tang, Shenli, J. D. Silverman, Hassen M. Yesuf, et al.. (2023). Morphological asymmetries of quasar host galaxies with Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 521(4). 5272–5297. 10 indexed citations

Kalita, Boris S., J. D. Silverman, E. Daddi, et al.. (2023). A Rest-frame Near-IR Study of Clumps in Galaxies at 1 < z < 2 Using JWST/NIRCam: Connection to Galaxy Bulges. The Astrophysical Journal. 960(1). 25–25. 13 indexed citations

Li, Junyao, J. D. Silverman, A. Merloni, et al.. (2023). The eROSITA final equatorial-depth survey (eFEDS): host-galaxy demographics of X-ray AGNs with Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(3). 4690–4704. 5 indexed citations

Millon, Martin, F. Courbin, A. Galan, et al.. (2023). Strong gravitational lensing by AGNs as a probe of the quasar–host relations in the distant Universe. Nature Astronomy. 7(8). 959–966. 2 indexed citations

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Chan, J. H. H., Kenneth C. Wong, Xuheng Ding, et al.. (2023). Survey of gravitationally lensed objects in HSC imaging (SuGOHI) – IX. Discovery of strongly lensed quasar candidates. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(3). 6253–6275. 7 indexed citations

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Silverman, J. D., Tilman Hartwig, Junyao Li, et al.. (2023). A Machine-learning Approach to Assessing the Presence of Substructure in Quasar-host Galaxies Using the Hyper Suprime-cam Subaru Strategic Program. The Astrophysical Journal. 947(1). 30–30. 1 indexed citations

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Bottrell, Connor, Hassen M. Yesuf, Gergö Popping, et al.. (2023). IllustrisTNG in the HSC-SSP: image data release and the major role of mini mergers as drivers of asymmetry and star formation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 527(3). 6506–6539. 33 indexed citations

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Ding, Xuheng, J. D. Silverman, Tommaso Treu, et al.. (2022). Concordance between Observations and Simulations in the Evolution of the Mass Relation between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal. 933(2). 132–132. 9 indexed citations

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Liao, Kai, et al.. (2022). Impact of gravitational lensing on black hole mass function inference with third-generation gravitational wave detectors. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 517(3). 4656–4668. 1 indexed citations

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Silverman, J. D., Junyao Li, & Xuheng Ding. (2022). Inferences on Relations between Distant Supermassive Black Holes and Their Hosts Complemented by the Galaxy Fundamental Plane. The Astrophysical Journal. 933(2). 165–165. 4 indexed citations

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Kawinwanichakij, Lalitwadee, J. D. Silverman, Xuheng Ding, et al.. (2021). Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program: A Mass-dependent Slope of the Galaxy Size−Mass Relation at z < 1. The Astrophysical Journal. 921(1). 38–38. 50 indexed citations

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Li, Junyao, J. D. Silverman, Xuheng Ding, et al.. (2021). Synchronized Co-evolution between Supermassive Black Holes and Galaxies Over the Last Seven Billion Years as Revealed by the Hyper Suprime-Cam. arXiv (Cornell University). 29 indexed citations

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Ding, Xuheng, Kai Liao, Simon Birrer, et al.. (2021). Improved time-delay lens modelling and H0 inference with transient sources. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 504(4). 5621–5628. 25 indexed citations

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Ding, Xuheng, J. D. Silverman, Tommaso Treu, et al.. (2020). The Mass Relations between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies at 1 < z < 2 with HST-WFC3. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 91 indexed citations

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Liao, Kai, Xi-Long Fan, Xuheng Ding, Marek Biesiada, & Zong‐Hong Zhu. (2017). Precision cosmology from future lensed gravitational wave and electromagnetic signals. Jagiellonian University Repository (Jagiellonian University). 102 indexed citations

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