Yan Xu

35.5k total citations · 13 hit papers
780 papers, 26.3k citations indexed

About

Yan Xu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Xu has authored 780 papers receiving a total of 26.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 597 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 335 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 88 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in Yan Xu's work include Microgrid Control and Optimization (222 papers), Optimal Power Flow Distribution (186 papers) and Smart Grid Energy Management (167 papers). Yan Xu is often cited by papers focused on Microgrid Control and Optimization (222 papers), Optimal Power Flow Distribution (186 papers) and Smart Grid Energy Management (167 papers). Yan Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Australia. Yan Xu's co-authors include Zhao Yang Dong, Zhengmao Li, David J. Hill, Kit Po Wong, Cuo Zhang, Weicong Kong, Yu Wang, Ziming Yan, Youwei Jia and Ke Meng and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Yan Xu

721 papers receiving 25.5k citations

Hit Papers

Short-Term Residential Lo... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2017 2017 2016 2013 2015 500 1000 1.5k
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. Short-Term Residential Load Forecasting Based on LSTM Recurrent Neural Network
    2017 1.8k citations Zhao Yang Dong, David J. Hill et al. profile →
  2. Short-Term Residential Load Forecasting Based on Resident Behaviour Learning
    2017 475 citations Zhao Yang Dong, David J. Hill et al. profile →
  3. A review on supercooling of Phase Change Materials in thermal energy storage systems
    2016 466 citations Yan Xu et al. profile →
  4. Electric Vehicle Battery Charging/Swap Stations in Distribution Systems: Comparison Study and Optimal Planning
    2013 424 citations Zhao Yang Dong, Yan Xu et al. profile →
  5. Bidding Strategy for Microgrid in Day-Ahead Market Based on Hybrid Stochastic/Robust Optimization
    2015 382 citations Yan Xu et al. profile →
  6. Catalytic Oxidation of Biorefinery Lignin to Value‐added Chemicals to Support Sustainable Biofuel Production
    2014 368 citations Yan Xu et al. profile →
  7. A Two-Layer Energy Management System for Microgrids With Hybrid Energy Storage Considering Degradation Costs
    2017 367 citations Yan Xu et al. profile →
  8. The Needs–Affordances–Features Perspective for the Use of Social Media1
    2018 317 citations Yan Xu et al. profile →
  9. A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning-Based Data-Driven Method for Home Energy Management
    2020 282 citations Yan Xu et al. profile →
  10. State-of-Health Estimation and Remaining-Useful-Life Prediction for Lithium-Ion Battery Using a Hybrid Data-Driven Method
    2020 269 citations Yan Xu et al. profile →
  11. A Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Method for Cooperative Load Frequency Control of a Multi-Area Power System
    2020 247 citations Yan Xu et al. profile →
  12. Distributed tri-layer risk-averse stochastic game approach for energy trading among multi-energy microgrids
    2022 139 citations Zhengmao Li, Yan Xu et al. Applied Energy profile →
  13. Aggregator-Network Coordinated Peer-to-Peer Multi-Energy Trading via Adaptive Robust Stochastic Optimization
    2024 50 citations Yan Xu et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Yan Xu 19.7k 10.8k 3.0k 2.6k 2.2k 780 26.3k
Zhao Yang Dong 24.4k 1.2× 13.0k 1.2× 3.0k 1.0× 3.6k 1.4× 2.4k 1.1× 711 30.7k
João P. S. Catalào 24.9k 1.3× 10.2k 0.9× 3.4k 1.1× 2.5k 1.0× 2.7k 1.2× 933 29.4k
Jianhui Wang 28.5k 1.4× 14.7k 1.4× 2.2k 0.7× 1.6k 0.6× 1.8k 0.8× 484 33.6k
Chongqing Kang 17.3k 0.9× 5.8k 0.5× 948 0.3× 1.3k 0.5× 2.4k 1.1× 400 20.0k
Pierluigi Siano 19.0k 1.0× 11.5k 1.1× 1.9k 0.7× 1.0k 0.4× 1.4k 0.6× 716 23.1k
Tomonobu Senjyu 15.7k 0.8× 8.8k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 2.0k 0.8× 2.7k 1.2× 961 19.5k
Yonghua Song 14.5k 0.7× 5.6k 0.5× 3.1k 1.0× 1.2k 0.5× 1.6k 0.7× 529 17.1k
Goran Štrbac 19.8k 1.0× 8.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.5× 633 0.2× 2.0k 0.9× 637 22.4k
Dipti Srinivasan 10.7k 0.5× 6.3k 0.6× 1.7k 0.6× 3.6k 1.4× 823 0.4× 444 16.4k
M. A. Hannan 14.3k 0.7× 5.0k 0.5× 9.5k 3.2× 905 0.4× 1.8k 0.8× 395 20.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Xu

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

All Works

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Zhou, Zhigang, Gening Jiang, Xiaoxia Yin, et al.. (2025). Air Conditioning Heat Exchanger Intelligent Production Line: Design Methodologies and Applications. 2(2). 10024–10024. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan, Xinyu Zhang, & Kai Wang. (2025). Stakeholder interaction in the digital transformation of China's electric power sector: An evolutionary game model. Utilities Policy. 94. 101902–101902. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Cuo, Yan Xu, Pierluigi Siano, et al.. (2024). Editorial − Advances in Volt/Var control for active distribution networks with high-level intermittent renewable energy resources. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. 164. 110423–110423.
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Xu, Yan, Fei Zhang, Bingye Xu, et al.. (2024). Enhanced VOC emission with increased temperature contributes to the shift of O3-precursors relationship and optimal control strategy. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 150. 218–229. 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan, et al.. (2024). Decentralized energy management of a hybrid building cluster via peer-to-peer transactive energy trading. Applied Energy. 372. 123803–123803. 10 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan, et al.. (2023). Research On Multi-source Collaborative Distribution Network Fault Recovery Technology. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2564(1). 12015–12015. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wenxu, et al.. (2023). Popcorn-based dual-monomer copolymerized temperature/pH-sensitive core-shell hydrogels. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(2). 109510–109510. 9 indexed citations
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Hao, Haiyang, et al.. (2023). Rheological and mechanical properties of oil-well cement reinforced by hybrid inorganic fibers. Construction and Building Materials. 377. 131002–131002. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Zhengmao, Yan Xu, Peng Wang, & Gaoxi Xiao. (2023). Coordinated preparation and recovery of a post-disaster Multi-energy distribution system considering thermal inertia and diverse uncertainties. Applied Energy. 336. 120736–120736. 66 indexed citations
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Sun, Lishan, et al.. (2023). Modeling and analysis of human-machine mixed traffic flow considering the influence of the trust level toward autonomous vehicles. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory. 125. 102741–102741. 10 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan, et al.. (2022). Hollow Spherical NiCo 2 O 4 and Gold Nanoparticle Composite for Electrochemical Non-Enzymatic Glucose and H 2 O 2 Sensing. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 169(12). 126508–126508. 5 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan, Jiale Ma, Taoli Jiang, et al.. (2022). Tuning electrolyte solvation structures to enable stable aqueous Al/MnO2 battery. Energy storage materials. 47. 113–121. 28 indexed citations
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Ren, Chao & Yan Xu. (2022). A Universal Defense Strategy for Data-Driven Power System Stability Assessment Models Under Adversarial Examples. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 10(9). 7568–7576. 16 indexed citations
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Xia, Yang, Yan Xu, Yu Wang, & Souvik Dasgupta. (2020). A Distributed Control in Islanded DC Microgrid based on Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning. IECON 2020 The 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. 2359–2363. 19 indexed citations
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Li, Zhengmao & Yan Xu. (2017). Dynamic dispatch of grid-connected multi-energy microgrids considering opportunity profit. 1–5. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Shu, Yan Xu, Zhao Yang Dong, et al.. (2016). A stochastic collaborative planning approach for electric vehicle charging stations and power distribution system. 1–5. 17 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan, et al.. (2008). Primary Study of Tiron as Active Materials for the Redox Flow Battery. Dian hua xue. 14(4). 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Yan. (2002). 3G Licensing in Hong Kong: The Debate. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 1 indexed citations

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