Ying‐Jun Xu

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
74 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Ying‐Jun Xu is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Ying‐Jun Xu has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 18 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 14 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Ying‐Jun Xu's work include Flame retardant materials and properties (53 papers), Synthesis and properties of polymers (22 papers) and Fire dynamics and safety research (18 papers). Ying‐Jun Xu is often cited by papers focused on Flame retardant materials and properties (53 papers), Synthesis and properties of polymers (22 papers) and Fire dynamics and safety research (18 papers). Ying‐Jun Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, France and United States. Ying‐Jun Xu's co-authors include Yu‐Zhong Wang, Yun Liu, Ping Zhu, Li Chen, Ping Li, Bin Wang, Min Qi, Zhiming Jiang, Wenhui Rao and Chaohong Dong and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Journal of Cleaner Production and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ying‐Jun Xu

68 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Biopolymer‐Based Flame Retardants and Flame‐Retardant Materials
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ying‐Jun Xu China 35 3.6k 864 681 599 597 74 4.1k
Yajun Chen China 37 2.8k 0.8× 597 0.7× 653 1.0× 381 0.6× 953 1.6× 112 3.8k
Ping Zhu China 35 2.6k 0.7× 658 0.8× 587 0.9× 268 0.4× 1.0k 1.7× 90 3.9k
Fouad Laoutid Belgium 32 3.5k 1.0× 810 0.9× 834 1.2× 353 0.6× 1.2k 2.0× 77 4.3k
Zongmin Zhu China 32 2.2k 0.6× 407 0.5× 546 0.8× 460 0.8× 506 0.8× 63 2.8k
Lijun Qian China 44 5.9k 1.6× 1.5k 1.7× 1.2k 1.7× 879 1.5× 877 1.5× 181 6.4k
Zhu‐Bao Shao China 23 1.8k 0.5× 373 0.4× 475 0.7× 362 0.6× 291 0.5× 59 2.2k
Chuigen Guo China 30 2.0k 0.6× 361 0.4× 405 0.6× 495 0.8× 579 1.0× 91 3.0k
Jie Yu China 35 2.0k 0.6× 269 0.3× 764 1.1× 532 0.9× 1.1k 1.8× 218 3.7k
Ehsan Naderi Kalali China 25 2.0k 0.5× 290 0.3× 862 1.3× 403 0.7× 384 0.6× 36 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Ying‐Jun Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ying‐Jun Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ying‐Jun Xu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ying‐Jun Xu. The network helps show where Ying‐Jun Xu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ying‐Jun Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ying‐Jun Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ying‐Jun 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 Ying‐Jun Xu. Ying‐Jun 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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Mao, B., et al.. (2025). N-chlorination of urea-formaldehyde resin microspheres for antibacterial regenerated cellulose fibers. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 296. 139549–139549. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Ping, Yuanlin Ren, Ying‐Jun Xu, & Yun Liu. (2025). One-step and multi-functional polyester/cotton fabrics with phosphorylation chitosan: Its flame retardancy, anti-bacteria, hydrophobicity, and flame-retardant mechanism. Progress in Organic Coatings. 203. 109179–109179. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Nan, et al.. (2025). Janus cotton with unidirectional-wicking, tri-mold cooling and antibacterial performance for personal thermal-moisture management. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 310(Pt 3). 143342–143342. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiao-Zheng, et al.. (2025). Efficient Recovery of Waste Cotton Fabrics Using Ionic Liquid Methods. Polymers. 17(7). 900–900.
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Mu, Wenlong, et al.. (2025). Flame retardancy and smoke suppression of unsaturated polyester resins enabled by 1-vinylimidazole phosphite salts. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 238. 111353–111353. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Jiaxiang, Ying‐Jun Xu, Yanjun Zheng, Wan-Meng Song, & Yun Liu. (2025). A P-N-B flame retardant synergistically improving fire safety and mechanical properties of ramie fabric/epoxy composites. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 245. 111856–111856.
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Li, Ping, et al.. (2024). Eco-friendly flame-retardant coatings based on γ-ureidopropyltriethoxysilane for cotton fabrics with improved flame retardancy and mechanical properties. Sustainable materials and technologies. 39. e00821–e00821. 11 indexed citations
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Xu, Ying‐Jun, et al.. (2024). Simultaneous strengthening and toughening of PLA with full recyclability enabled by resin-microsphere-modified L-lactide oligomers. Chemical Engineering Journal. 500. 156743–156743. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Bin, et al.. (2023). Facile construction of H3PO3-modified chitosan/montmorillonite coatings for highly efficient flame retardation of polyester–cotton fabrics. Progress in Organic Coatings. 184. 107864–107864. 33 indexed citations
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Ding, Xiao‐Min, Li Chen, Ying‐Jun Xu, et al.. (2023). Robust Epoxy Vitrimer with Simultaneous Ultrahigh Impact Property, Fire Safety, and Multipath Recyclability via Rigid-Flexible Imine Networks. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 11(39). 14445–14456. 50 indexed citations
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Lu, Jiahui, Ying‐Jun Xu, Li Chen, et al.. (2022). Facile fabrication of intrinsically fire-safety epoxy resin cured with phosphorus-containing transition metal complexes for flame retardation, smoke suppression, and latent curing behavior. Chemical Engineering Journal. 442. 136097–136097. 71 indexed citations
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Li, Ping, Bin Wang, Yanyan Liu, et al.. (2020). Fully bio-based coating from chitosan and phytate for fire-safety and antibacterial cotton fabrics. Carbohydrate Polymers. 237. 116173–116173. 266 indexed citations
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Shi, Xiao-Hui, Ying‐Jun Xu, Jia-Wei Long, et al.. (2018). Layer-by-layer assembled flame-retardant architecture toward high-performance carbon fiber composite. Chemical Engineering Journal. 353. 550–558. 111 indexed citations
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Xu, Ying‐Jun, Li Chen, Wenhui Rao, et al.. (2018). Latent curing epoxy system with excellent thermal stability, flame retardance and dielectric property. Chemical Engineering Journal. 347. 223–232. 215 indexed citations
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Qi, Min, Ying‐Jun Xu, Wenhui Rao, et al.. (2018). Epoxidized soybean oil cured with tannic acid for fully bio-based epoxy resin. RSC Advances. 8(47). 26948–26958. 102 indexed citations
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Xu, Ying‐Jun, Jie Wang, Yi Tan, et al.. (2017). A novel and feasible approach for one-pack flame-retardant epoxy resin with long pot life and fast curing. Chemical Engineering Journal. 337. 30–39. 252 indexed citations
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Xu, Peng, et al.. (2012). Molecular Mapping and Identification of QTLs for Fiber Micronaire on Chromosome 7 from Gossypium klotzschianum. ACTA AGRONOMICA SINICA. 38(3). 447–453. 6 indexed citations

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