Nian Xu

31 total papers · 851 total citations
25 papers, 497 citations indexed

About

Nian Xu is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nian Xu has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 497 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 9 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films and 8 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Nian Xu’s work include Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (12 papers), Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (9 papers) and Heat Transfer and Optimization (7 papers). Nian Xu is often cited by papers focused on Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (12 papers), Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (9 papers) and Heat Transfer and Optimization (7 papers). Nian Xu collaborates with scholars based in China. Nian Xu's co-authors include Huaqiang Chu, Hantao Jiang, Xinyu Yu, Dongdong Wang, Xinyu Yu, Fen Qiao, Zilong Liu, Ya Liu, Junchao Xu and Jian Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Carbon and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nian Xu

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

Nian Xu

23 papers receiving 487 citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Nian Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Countries citing papers authored by Nian Xu

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