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Ningsheng Xu

Ningsheng Xu

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
78
Citations
27547
World Ranking
2916
National Ranking
940

Ningsheng Xu publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ningsheng Xu sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 628 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Ningsheng Xu D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ningsheng Xu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Ningsheng Xu is affiliated with Fudan University in China and has established a research profile primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work encompasses various specialized subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of advanced subjects such as Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research, Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies, Nanowire Synthesis and Applications, Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications, Strong Light-Matter Interactions, ZnO doping and properties, and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing.

Ningsheng Xu has contributed papers to several publication venues, with frequent appearances in these journals and archives:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Advanced Materials
  • IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
  • Advanced Science
  • Advanced Optical Materials

Some notable recent papers include:

  • Controlling and Focusing In-Plane Hyperbolic Phonon Polaritons in α-MoO3 with a Curved Plasmonic Antenna, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Fast-response X-ray detector based on nanocrystalline Ga2O3 thin film prepared at room temperature, 2021, Applied Surface Science
  • Fully vacuum-sealed addressable nanowire cold cathode flat-panel x-ray source, 2021, Applied Physics Letters
  • Firing feature-driven neural circuits with scalable memristive neurons for robotic obstacle avoidance, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Polariton waveguide modes in two-dimensional van der Waals crystals: an analytical model and correlative nano-imaging, 2021, Nanoscale

Ningsheng Xu has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, with the most frequent being Shaozhi Deng, Huanjun Chen, Jun Chen, Zebo Zheng, and Wuchao Huang.

The scientist has been recognized with the award of Fellow by The World Academy of Sciences in 2011.

Best Publications

  • First result from the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station: precision measurement of the positron fraction in primary cosmic rays of 0.5-350 GeV.

    M Aguilar;G Alberti;B Alpat;A Alvino

  • Piezoelectric field effect transistor and nanoforce sensor based on a single ZnO nanowire.

    Xudong Wang;Jun Zhou;Jinhui Song;Jin Liu

  • Origin of laser-induced near-subwavelength ripples: interference between surface plasmons and incident laser

    Min Huang;Fuli Zhao;Ya Cheng;Ningsheng Xu

  • Precision Measurement of the Proton Flux in Primary Cosmic Rays from Rigidity 1 GV to 1.8 TV with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station

    M. Aguilar;D. Aisa;B. Alpat;A. Alvino

  • Dissolving Behavior and Stability of ZnO Wires in Biofluids: A Study on Biodegradability and Biocompatibility of ZnO Nanostructures

    Jun Zhou;Jun Zhou;Ningsheng Xu;Zhong L. Wang

  • Novel cold cathode materials and applications

    N.S. Xu;S. Ejaz Huq

  • High Statistics Measurement of the Positron Fraction in Primary Cosmic Rays of 0.5-500 GeV with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station

    L. Accardo;M. Aguilar;D. Aisa;D. Aisa;B. Alpat

  • Electron and Positron Fluxes in Primary Cosmic Rays Measured with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station

    M. Aguilar;D. Aisa;A. Alvino;G. Ambrosi

  • Fabrication of a SnO2 Nanowire Gas Sensor and Sensor Performance for Hydrogen

    B. Wang;L. F. Zhu;Y. H. Yang;N. S. Xu

  • Precision Measurement of the Helium Flux in Primary Cosmic Rays of Rigidities 1.9 GV to 3 TV with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station

    M. Aguilar;D. Aisa;B. Alpat;A. Alvino

  • Large‐Area Nanowire Arrays of Molybdenum and Molybdenum Oxides: Synthesis and Field Emission Properties

    Jun Zhou;Ning-Sheng Xu;Shao-Zhi Deng;Jun Chen

  • Ultrasensitive and highly selective gas sensors using three-dimensional tungsten oxide nanowire networks

    Andrea Ponzoni;Elisabetta Comini;Giorgio Sberveglieri;Jun Zhou

  • Precision Measurement of the $\left({e}^{+}+{e}^{-} ight)$ Flux in Primary Cosmic Rays from 0.5 GeV to 1 TeV with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station

    M. Aguilar;A. Piluso;A. Lebedev;U. Becker

  • A mid-infrared biaxial hyperbolic van der Waals crystal

    Zebo Zheng;Ningsheng Xu;Stefano L. Oscurato;Michele Tamagnone

  • Room-Temperature Strong Light–Matter Interaction with Active Control in Single Plasmonic Nanorod Coupled with Two-Dimensional Atomic Crystals

    Jinxiu Wen;Hao Wang;Weiliang Wang;Zexiang Deng

  • Needle-shaped silicon carbide nanowires: Synthesis and field electron emission properties

    Z. S. Wu;S. Z. Deng;N. S. Xu;Jian Chen

  • Vapor-solid growth and characterization of aluminum nitride nanocones

    Chun Liu;Zheng Hu;Qiang Wu;Xizhang Wang

  • Electrical and Photosensitive Characteristics of a-IGZO TFTs Related to Oxygen Vacancy

    Jianke Yao;Ningsheng Xu;Shaozhi Deng;Jun Chen

  • Field emission from crystalline copper sulphide nanowire arrays

    Jun Chen;S. Z. Deng;N. S. Xu;Suhua Wang

  • In Situ Field Emission of Density-Controlled ZnO Nanowire Arrays

    Xudong Wang;Jun Zhou;Jun Zhou;Changshi Lao;Jinhui Song

  • High Statistics Measurement of the Positron Fraction in Primary Cosmic Rays of 0.5–500 GeV with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station

    L. Accardo;M. Aguilar;D. Aisa;B. Alpat

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaozhi Deng
Shaozhi Deng Sun Yat-sen University
Huanjun Chen
Huanjun Chen Sun Yat-sen University
Hong-Jun Gao
Hong-Jun Gao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dmitri Golberg
Dmitri Golberg Queensland University of Technology
Enge Wang
Enge Wang Peking University
Yoshio Bando
Yoshio Bando University of Wollongong
Guowei Yang
Guowei Yang Sun Yat-sen University
Shihe Yang
Shihe Yang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Weiguang Xie
Weiguang Xie Jinan University
Chuan Liu
Chuan Liu Sun Yat-sen University

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