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D-Index
47
Citations
9470
World Ranking
4765
National Ranking
412

Xiao-Ning Xu publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xiao-Ning Xu sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 90 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Xiao-Ning Xu D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Xiao-Ning Xu is a researcher affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their work broadly spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a focus on cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, epidemiology, hepatology, and pharmacology.

Their research covers several main topics including action observation and synchronization, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, tactile and sensory interactions, hepatitis B virus studies, hepatitis C virus research, pharmacological effects of natural compounds, and applications and impacts of virtual reality.

Recent publications by Xiao-Ning Xu and collaborators include:

  • "Event-Related EEG Desynchronization Reveals Enhanced Motor Imagery From the Third Person Perspective by Manipulating Sense of Body Ownership With Virtual Reality for Stroke Patients" (2024), published in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
  • "Synthesis and evaluation of pentacyclic triterpenoids conjugates as novel HBV entry inhibitors targeting NTCP receptor" (2024), published in Bioorganic Chemistry
  • "Enhancing motor imagery in the third-person perspective by manipulating sense of body ownership with virtual reality" (2024), published in European Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Molecularly imprinted polymer for solid-phase extraction of oleanolic acid from Ligustrum lucidum fruit" (2025), published in Journal of Chromatographic Science
  • "A facile synthesis of low-temperature polyamine-based demulsifiers for the treatment of crude oil emulsions" (2025), published in Separation and Purification Technology

Frequently collaborating coauthors include Xiaoya Fan, Jiaoyang Dong, Xiting Zhang, Zhe Song, and Fang Pu.

Xiao-Ning Xu's work has been disseminated across several publication venues such as:

  • IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
  • Bioorganic Chemistry
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Journal of Chromatographic Science
  • Separation and Purification Technology

Best Publications

  • Preexisting influenza-specific CD4+ T cells correlate with disease protection against influenza challenge in humans

    T M Wilkinson;Li Ckf.;Chui Csc.;Huang Aky.;Huang Aky.

  • Original antigenic sin and apoptosis in the pathogenesis of dengue hemorrhagic fever.

    Juthathip Mongkolsapaya;Wanwisa Dejnirattisai;Xiao-ning Xu;Sirijitt Vasanawathana

  • T Cell Responses to Whole SARS Coronavirus in Humans

    Chris Ka Fai Li;Hao Wu;Huiping Yan;Shiwu Ma

  • TRICK2, a new alternatively spliced receptor that transduces the cytotoxic signal from TRAIL

    Gavin R. Screaton;Juthathip Mongkolsapaya;Xiao-Ning Xu;Alison E. Cowper

  • Induction of Fas ligand expression by HIV involves the interaction of Nef with the T cell receptor zeta chain.

    Xiao-Ning Xu;Bernd Laffert;Gavin R. Screaton;Michael Kraft

  • T Cell Responses in Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: Are Cross-Reactive T Cells Suboptimal?

    Juthathip Mongkolsapaya;Thaneeya Duangchinda;Wanwisa Dejnirattisai;Sirijit Vasanawathana

  • LARD: a new lymphoid-specific death domain containing receptor regulated by alternative pre-mRNA splicing.

    Gavin R. Screaton;Xiao Ning Xu;Anna L. Olsen;Alison E. Cowper

  • Effect of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection on humoral and T-cell responses to single-dose BNT162b2 vaccine.

    Maria Prendecki;Maria Prendecki;Candice Clarke;Jonathan Brown;Alison Cox

  • Evasion of Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte (CTL) Responses by Nef-dependent Induction of Fas Ligand (CD95L) Expression on Simian Immunodeficiency Virus–infected Cells

    Xiao Ning Xu;Gavin R. Screaton;Frances M. Gotch;Tao Dong

  • Molecular determinants of human neutralizing antibodies isolated from a patient infected with Zika virus

    Qihui Wang;Huabing Yang;Huabing Yang;Xiaoqing Liu;Lianpan Dai

  • Expression of TRAIL and TRAIL receptors in normal and malignant tissues

    Raymond A Daniels;Helen Turley;Fiona C Kimberley;Xue Song Liu

  • Lymphocyte inhibitor of TRAIL (TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand): a new receptor protecting lymphocytes from the death ligand TRAIL.

    Juthathip Mongkolsapaya;Alison E. Cowper;Xiao Ning Xu;Gwilym Morris

  • HIV-1 down-regulates the expression of CD1d via Nef

    Nan Chen;Corinna McCarthy;Hal Drakesmith;Demin Li

  • Homozygous L-SIGN (CLEC4M) plays a protective role in SARS coronavirus infection

    Vera S.F. Chan;Kelvin Y.K. Chan;Yongxiong Chen;Leo L.M. Poon

  • HIV-specific Cytotoxic T Cells from Long-Term Survivors Select a Unique T Cell Receptor

    T Dong;G Stewart-Jones;N Chen;P Easterbrook

  • Rapid death of adoptively transferred T cells in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

    Rusung Tan;Xiaoning Xu;Graham S. Ogg;Pokrath Hansasuta

  • LICOS, a primordial costimulatory ligand?

    D Brodie;A V Collins;A Iaboni;J A Fennelly

  • T cell life and death signalling via TNF-receptor family members.

    Gavin Screaton;Xiao-Ning Xu

  • The Open Reading Frame 3a Protein of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Associated Coronavirus Promotes Membrane Rearrangement and Cell Death

    Eric C. Freundt;Li Yu;Cynthia S. Goldsmith;Sarah Welsh

  • Molecular determinants for subcellular localization of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus open reading frame 3b protein.

    Eric C. Freundt;Li Yu;Elizabeth Park;Michael J. Lenardo

Frequent Co-Authors

Gavin R. Screaton
Gavin R. Screaton University of Oxford
Andrew J. McMichael
Andrew J. McMichael University of Oxford
Juthathip Mongkolsapaya
Juthathip Mongkolsapaya University of Oxford
Tao Dong
Tao Dong University of Oxford
Prida Malasit
Prida Malasit National Science and Technology Development Agency
Sarah Rowland-Jones
Sarah Rowland-Jones University of Sheffield
Daniel C. Douek
Daniel C. Douek National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Simon J. Davis
Simon J. Davis University of Oxford
Boquan Jin
Boquan Jin Air Force Medical University
John I. Bell
John I. Bell Ellison Institute of Technology

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