Zhi Xu

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
126 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Zhi Xu is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhi Xu has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 39 papers in Materials Chemistry and 24 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Zhi Xu's work include Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (16 papers), Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (12 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (11 papers). Zhi Xu is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (16 papers), Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications (12 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (11 papers). Zhi Xu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Zhi Xu's co-authors include Jonathan F. Stebbins, Judith Storch, John T. Yates, Noa Noy, George Carman, L. Surnev, Gil‐Soo Han, Sabyasachi Sen, Symeon Siniossoglou and Eleftherios Karanasios and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Zhi Xu

119 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

NMR evidence for excess non-bridging oxygen in an aluminosilicate glass

1997 433 citations Jonathan F. Stebbins, Zhi Xu profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhi Xu United States	35	1.4k	874	769	641	637	126	4.2k
Jan Swenson Sweden	48	3.8k 2.7×	1.4k 1.6×	1.4k 1.9×	1.5k 2.4×	564 0.9×	199	7.2k
Maurizio Leone Italy	32	964 0.7×	1.7k 2.0×	430 0.6×	520 0.8×	218 0.3×	136	3.7k
Ivan Hung United States	37	2.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.3×	370 0.5×	267 0.4×	2.2k 3.4×	187	5.0k
Maria Cristina Menziani Italy	40	2.3k 1.6×	1.3k 1.5×	1.6k 2.1×	260 0.4×	544 0.9×	196	5.6k
J. Teixeira France	41	2.9k 2.0×	1.4k 1.6×	268 0.3×	2.5k 3.9×	771 1.2×	166	6.9k
Daniel C. Harris United States	31	1.1k 0.8×	372 0.4×	485 0.6×	321 0.5×	158 0.2×	111	3.3k
J. O. Thomas Sweden	34	1.3k 0.9×	1.7k 2.0×	161 0.2×	338 0.5×	283 0.4×	125	4.9k
Philip E. Mason United States	41	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.7×	171 0.2×	1.6k 2.5×	913 1.4×	102	5.0k
Takashi Hayashi Japan	48	3.5k 2.4×	2.8k 3.2×	138 0.2×	262 0.4×	513 0.8×	356	7.9k
O. Faurskov Nielsen Denmark	37	1.0k 0.7×	621 0.7×	111 0.1×	1.1k 1.8×	895 1.4×	178	5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhi Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhi Xu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhi Xu

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zeng, Jiamin, Zhi Xu, Yuanlong Hu, et al.. (2025). Quanzhenyiqitang and its polysaccharides alleviate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease inflammatory injury through TLR4/MyD88/MAPK signaling pathway. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 354. 120463–120463.

Xu, Zhi, et al.. (2025). Unscented Kalman filter neural network with double-layer decomposition algorithm applied to the prediction of current efficiency in aluminum electrolysis processes. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 161. 112237–112237.

Zhang, Dongmei, et al.. (2022). A new SOCP relaxation of nonconvex quadratic programming problems with a few negative eigenvalues. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics. 423. 114944–114944. 1 indexed citations

Luo, Jinhui, et al.. (2015). Acute Toxicity and Genotoxicity of Carbendazim, Main Impurities and Metabolite to Earthworms (Eisenia foetida). Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 96(1). 62–69. 50 indexed citations

Han, Zhigang, Zhi Xu, & Lei Chen. (2014). A three-spectrum method for accurate calibration of bi-plate zero-order retarder. Chinese Optics Letters. 12(3). 31202–31204. 3 indexed citations

Han, Zhigang, Zhi Xu, & Lei Chen. (2014). New spectroscopic method for the determination of optical rotatory dispersion. Chinese Optics Letters. 12(8). 81202–81205. 5 indexed citations

Tang, Ling, Zhi Xu, & Yang Ze-Jin. (2013). FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS OF CURRENT-INDUCED SPIN-TRANSFER TORQUES IN MAGNETIC DOMAIN WALLS. International Journal of Modern Physics B. 27(12). 1350092–1350092. 1 indexed citations

Wen, Jinsheng, Qiang Li, M. v. Zimmermann, et al.. (2010). Magnetic-field-induced uniaxial resistivity in a high-Tc superconductor. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

Storch, Judith & Zhi Xu. (2009). Niemann–Pick C2 (NPC2) and intracellular cholesterol trafficking. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1791(7). 671–678. 165 indexed citations

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Montero-Morán, Gabriela M., Jorge Matías Caviglia, Derek B. McMahon, et al.. (2009). CGI-58/ABHD5 is a coenzyme A-dependent lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase. Journal of Lipid Research. 51(4). 709–719. 78 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhi, et al.. (2006). Mechanism of Cholesterol Transfer from the Niemann-Pick Type C2 Protein to Model Membranes Supports a Role in Lysosomal Cholesterol Transport. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281(42). 31594–31604. 163 indexed citations

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Wei, Peng, Xiangdong Bi, Zhe Wu, & Zhi Xu. (2005). Synthesis of Triphenylamine-Cored Dendritic Two-Photon Absorbing Chromophores. Organic Letters. 7(15). 3199–3202. 109 indexed citations

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Fiske, Peter S., W. J. Nellis, Zhi Xu, & Jonathan F. Stebbins. (1998). SHOCKED QUARTZ : A 29SI MAGIC-ANGLE-SPINNING NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE STUDY. American Mineralogist. 83(12). 1285–1292. 7 indexed citations

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Hess, G. B., P. M. Saz Parkinson, Bengen Gong, et al.. (1997). Evolution of subsurface hydrogen from boron-doped Si(100). Applied Physics Letters. 71(15). 2184–2186. 13 indexed citations

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Hu, X., Zhi Xu, Dong-Hwan Lim, et al.. (1997). In situ optical second-harmonic-generation monitoring of disilane adsorption and hydrogen desorption during epitaxial growth on Si(001). Applied Physics Letters. 71(10). 1376–1378. 34 indexed citations

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Baltisberger, Jay H., Zhi Xu, Jonathan F. Stebbins, Shuanhu Wang, & Alexander Pines. (1996). Triple-Quantum Two-Dimensional ²⁷Al Magic-Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Study of Aluminosilicate and Aluminate Crystals and Glasses. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 118(30). 7209–7214. 169 indexed citations

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Teertstra, David K., Barbara L. Sherriff, Zhi Xu, & P. Černý. (1994). MAS and DOR NMR study of Al-Si order in the analcime-pollucite series. The Canadian Mineralogist. 32(1). 69–80. 18 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhi & Barbara L. Sherriff. (1994). 23 Na 27 Al 9 Be 29 Si solid state NMR study of tugtupite. The Canadian Mineralogist. 32(4). 935–943. 8 indexed citations

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Uram, Kevin J., et al.. (1987). Mechanism of CO bond scission at alkali promoter sites—IRAS study of the system CO/K/Ni(111). The Journal of Chemical Physics. 86(11). 6523–6530. 31 indexed citations

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Gu, Bing, et al.. (1984). Infrared absorption of local mode caused by impurity hydrogen in single-crystal silicon. Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography. 40(a1). C199–C199. 1 indexed citations

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