Zhihui Xu

6.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
145 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Zhihui Xu is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhihui Xu has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Plant Science, 39 papers in Molecular Biology and 31 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Zhihui Xu's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (41 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (31 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (28 papers). Zhihui Xu is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (41 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (31 papers) and Hepatitis B Virus Studies (28 papers). Zhihui Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Netherlands and Slovenia. Zhihui Xu's co-authors include Ruifu Zhang, Qirong Shen, Nan Zhang, Weibing Xun, Youzhi Miao, Yunpeng Liu, Jiahui Shao, Haichao Feng, Jianru Liang and Lixiang Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Clinical Oncology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Zhihui Xu

141 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Diversity-triggered deterministic bacterial assembly constrains community functions

2019 381 citations Weibing Xun, Wu Xiong et al. profile →
Bacillus velezensis stimulates resident rhizosphere Pseudomonas stutzeri for plant health through metabolic interactions

2021 280 citations Xinli Sun, Zhihui Xu et al. The ISME Journal profile →
Trophic interactions between predatory protists and pathogen-suppressive bacteria impact plant health

2022 125 citations Sai Guo, Chengyuan Tao et al. The ISME Journal profile →
Root colonization by beneficial rhizobacteria

2023 84 citations Yunpeng Liu, Zhihui Xu et al. FEMS Microbiology Reviews profile →
Beneficial microorganisms: Regulating growth and defense for plant welfare

2024 56 citations Zhihui Xu et al. profile →

Peers

Zhihui Xu

ECOLO

EPIDE

HEPAT

Jerzy Nowak Poland

Zilin Song China

Meng Wang China

Abdellatif Boudabous Tunisia

Qiang Lin China

Wael N. Hozzein Saudi Arabia

Andrea Thürmer Germany

Toshinari Maeda Japan

Kris Willems Belgium

Jacques Theron South Africa

Jerzy Nowak Poland

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6.4k ×3.1

2.2k ×2.3

480 ×0.7

ECOLO

218 ×0.4

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69 ×0.1

HEPAT

Citations per year, relative to Zhihui Xu Zhihui Xu (= 1×) peers Jerzy Nowak

Countries citing papers authored by Zhihui Xu

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhihui Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zhihui 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 Zhihui Xu. The network helps show where Zhihui Xu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhihui Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhihui Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhihui 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 Zhihui Xu. Zhihui 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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20 of 20 papers shown

Gao, Hongcheng, Chen‐Yu Huang, Yi Han, et al.. (2025). MOFs-derived magnetic CoFe bimetallic alloys catalyst radical and non-radical peroxydisulfate activation for efficient rapid organic dye degradation. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 70. 107128–107128. 3 indexed citations

Tao, Lili, Xinli Sun, Pascale B. Beauregard, et al.. (2025). Amino Acids From Root Exudates Induce Bacillus Spore Germination to Enhance Root Colonisation and Plant Growth Promotion. Microbial Biotechnology. 18(6). e70172–e70172. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Zhihui, et al.. (2024). Enhancing federated learning-based social recommendations with graph attention networks. Neurocomputing. 617. 129045–129045. 3 indexed citations

Li, Zhiqiang, Qizhi Yang, Zhihui Xu, et al.. (2024). The effects of ACSM-based exercise on breast cancer-related lymphoedema: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Physiology. 15. 1413764–1413764. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Zhihui, Kun Hao, Zhan Gao, et al.. (2024). Rapid isolation method for extracellular vesicles based on Fe3O4@ZrO2. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 12. 1399689–1399689. 2 indexed citations

Xiong, Qin, Huihui Zhang, Xia Shu, et al.. (2024). Autoinducer-2 relieves soil stress-induced dormancy of Bacillus velezensis by modulating sporulation signaling. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 10(1). 117–117. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Chen, Yue Yang, Ying Yuan, et al.. (2024). Co-inoculation of protist and Bacillus enhances plant growth via reshaping rhizosphere bacterial community composition and function. Pedosphere. 35(5). 893–900. 5 indexed citations

Xie, Jiyu, Xinli Sun, Lili Tao, et al.. (2024). Bridging the Gap: Biofilm-mediated establishment of Bacillus velezensis on Trichoderma guizhouense mycelia. Biofilm. 8. 100239–100239. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Nan, Zhengqi Wang, Jiahui Shao, et al.. (2023). Biocontrol mechanisms of Bacillus : Improving the efficiency of green agriculture. Microbial Biotechnology. 16(12). 2250–2263. 65 indexed citations

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Wang, Zheng, Lei Wu, Zhihui Xu, et al.. (2023). B lymphocytes transdifferentiate into immunosuppressive erythroblast-like cells. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1202943–1202943. 4 indexed citations

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Feng, Haichao, Ruixin Fu, Kun Gao, et al.. (2023). Listening to plant's Esperanto via root exudates: reprogramming the functional expression of plant growth‐promoting rhizobacteria. New Phytologist. 239(6). 2307–2319. 50 indexed citations

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Xu, Zhihui, Yunpeng Liu, Nan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Chemical communication in plant–microbe beneficial interactions: a toolbox for precise management of beneficial microbes. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 72. 102269–102269. 39 indexed citations

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Li, Jingxuan, Chunlan Yang, Alexandre Jousset, et al.. (2023). Engineering multifunctional rhizosphere probiotics using consortia of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens transposon insertion mutants. eLife. 12. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Yunpeng, Zhihui Xu, Lin Chen, et al.. (2023). Root colonization by beneficial rhizobacteria. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 48(1). 84 indexed citations breakdown →

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Huang, Rong, Jiahui Shao, Zhihui Xu, et al.. (2023). A toxin-mediated policing system in Bacillus optimizes division of labor via penalizing cheater-like nonproducers. eLife. 12. 8 indexed citations

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Guo, Sai, Chengyuan Tao, Alexandre Jousset, et al.. (2022). Trophic interactions between predatory protists and pathogen-suppressive bacteria impact plant health. The ISME Journal. 16(8). 1932–1943. 125 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shao, Jiahui, Yu Chen, Hongzhe Wang, et al.. (2021). The volatile cedrene from Trichoderma guizhouense modulates Arabidopsis root development through auxin transport and signalling. Plant Cell & Environment. 45(3). 969–984. 36 indexed citations

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Sun, Xinli, Zhihui Xu, Jiyu Xie, et al.. (2021). Bacillus velezensis stimulates resident rhizosphere Pseudomonas stutzeri for plant health through metabolic interactions. The ISME Journal. 16(3). 774–787. 280 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fang, Di, et al.. (2016). Enhanced catalytic performance of β-FeOOH by coupling with single-walled carbon nanotubes in a visible-light-Fenton-like process. Science and Engineering of Composite Materials. 25(1). 9–15. 10 indexed citations

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Liao, Hao, Xiaodong Li, Yan Liu, et al.. (2016). Intergenotype recombinant analysis of full‐length hepatitis B virus genomes from 516 Chinese patients with different illness categories. Journal of Medical Virology. 89(1). 139–145. 12 indexed citations

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