Zhilu Xu

62 total papers · 2.3k total citations
35 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Zhilu Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhilu Xu has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Infectious Diseases and 7 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Zhilu Xu’s work include Gut microbiota and health (20 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (12 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (6 papers). Zhilu Xu is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (20 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (12 papers) and Diet and metabolism studies (6 papers). Zhilu Xu collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Zhilu Xu's co-authors include Siew C. Ng, Francis K.L. Chan, Nicolas Barnich, Robert Hirten, Gwladys Sevrin, Caroline Chevarin, Jean–Frédéric Colombel, Joana Torres, Carolina Palmela and Wenli Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Gastroenterology and Gut.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhilu Xu

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

Zhilu Xu

35 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Zhilu Xu

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Countries citing papers authored by Zhilu Xu

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Zhilu Xu's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Zhilu Xu with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Zhilu Xu more than expected).

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar’s output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Rankless by CCL
2026