2026 Ke-Qing Xia: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	58	783	712	100	100	186	8992

Overview

Ke-Qing Xia is affiliated with the Southern University of Science and Technology in China. The primary area of research spans engineering, with a focus on computational mechanics. Their work covers several subfields including molecular biology, global and planetary change, environmental engineering, and mechanical engineering.

The research topics frequently addressed by Ke-Qing Xia include:

Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
Wind and Air Flow Studies
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Combustion and Flame Dynamics
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Ke-Qing Xia has published extensively in several scientific venues, with notable frequent publications in:

Journal of Fluid Mechanics (18 publications)
Physical Review Fluids (6 publications)
SSRN Electronic Journal (3 publications)
Physical Review Letters (2 publications)
National Science Review (1 publication)

The scientist has contributed to multiple papers recently, including:

"Vortices as Brownian particles in turbulent flows," 2020, Science Advances
"Tuning heat transport via coherent structure manipulation: recent advances in thermal turbulence," 2023, National Science Review
"Heat-transport scaling and transition in geostrophic rotating convection with varying aspect ratio," 2021, Physical Review Fluids
"On the effective horizontal buoyancy in turbulent thermal convection generated by cell tilting," 2021, Journal of Fluid Mechanics
"Flow states and heat transport in liquid metal convection," 2022, Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Collaboration with other researchers forms an important part of their work. Frequent coauthors include Lu Zhang, Guang-Yu Ding, Yi-Chao Xie, Kai Leong Chong, and Jin-Qiang Zhong.

Best Publications

Small-Scale Properties of Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard Convection

Detlef Lohse;Ke Qing Xia

932
Citations
From laminar plumes to organized flows: the onset of large-scale circulation in turbulent thermal convection

Heng-Dong Xi;Siu Lam;Ke-Qing Xia

290
Citations
Flow reversals in thermally driven turbulence.

K. Sugiyama;K. Sugiyama;Rui Ni;Richard Johannes Antonius Maria Stevens;Tak Shing Chan;Tak Shing Chan

243
Citations
Particle image velocimetry measurement of the velocity field in turbulent thermal convection.

Ke-Qing Xia;Chao Sun;Sheng-Qi Zhou

204
Citations
Current trends and future directions in turbulent thermal convection

Ke-Qing Xia

187
Citations
Heat-flux measurement in high-Prandtl-number turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection.

Ke-Qing Xia;Siu Lam;Sheng-Qi Zhou

186
Citations
Measured local heat transport in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection.

Xiaodong Shang;Xinliang Qiu;Penger Tong;Ke-Qing Xia

184
Citations
Three-dimensional flow structures and dynamics of turbulent thermal convection in a cylindrical cell

Chao Sun;Ke-Qing Xia;Penger Tong

172
Citations
Origin of the Temperature Oscillation in Turbulent Thermal Convection

Heng-Dong Xi;Sheng-Qi Zhou;Quan Zhou;Tak-Shing Chan

156
Citations
Flow mode transitions in turbulent thermal convection

Heng-Dong Xi;Ke-Qing Xia

153
Citations
Azimuthal motion of the mean wind in turbulent thermal convection.

Heng-Dong Xi;Quan Zhou;Ke-Qing Xia

149
Citations
INCORPORATION OF A DIFFERENTIAL REFRACTOMETER INTO A LASER LIGHT-SCATTERING SPECTROMETER

Chi Wu;Ke‐Qing Xia

148
Citations
Cessations and reversals of the large-scale circulation in turbulent thermal convection.

Heng-Dong Xi;Ke-Qing Xia

145
Citations
Turbulent Convection over Rough Surfaces

Y. Shen;Penger Tong;K.Q. Xia

144
Citations
Spatial structure of the thermal boundary layer in turbulent convection

Siu-Lung Lui;Ke-Qing Xia

143
Citations
Morphological evolution of thermal plumes in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection.

Quan Zhou;Chao Sun;Ke-Qing Xia

140
Citations
Confinement-induced heat-transport enhancement in turbulent thermal convection.

Shi Di Huang;Matthias Kaczorowski;Rui Ni;Ke Qing Xia

134
Citations
Azimuthal symmetry, flow dynamics, and heat transport in turbulent thermal convection in a cylinder with an aspect ratio of 0.5.

Chao Sun;Heng-Dong Xi;Ke-Qing Xia

133
Citations
Experimental studies of the viscous boundary layer properties in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection

Chao Sun;Yin-Har Cheung;Ke-Qing Xia

133
Citations
Heat transport by turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection in 1 m diameter cylindrical cells of widely varying aspect ratio

Chao Sun;Li-Yuan Ren;Hao Song;Ke-Qing Xia

122
Citations
Prandtl number dependence of the viscous boundary layer and the Reynolds numbers in Rayleigh-Bénard convection.

Siu Lam;Xiao-Dong Shang;Sheng-Qi Zhou;Ke-Qing Xia

119
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Chao Sun Tsinghua University

Detlef Lohse University of Twente

Siegfried Grossmann Philipp University of Marburg

Richard J. A. M. Stevens University of Twente

Hong Guo McGill University

Roberto Verzicco University of Rome Tor Vergata

Chi Wu Chinese University of Hong Kong

Andreas D. Wieck Ruhr University Bochum

External Links

Personal website of Ke-Qing Xia Google Scholar page

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