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New Zealand
2026

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
76
Citations
24075
World Ranking
694
National Ranking
3

Xun Xu publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Xun Xu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 322 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Xun Xu D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

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

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 93rd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Xun Xu is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand and specializes in engineering, with a primary focus on industrial and manufacturing engineering. Their research spans several subfields, including mechanical engineering, management information systems, strategy and management, and automotive engineering.

Their scholarly output includes a significant number of publications, reflecting extensive work in areas such as digital transformation in industry, manufacturing process and optimization, flexible and reconfigurable manufacturing systems, additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, sustainable supply chain management, scheduling and optimization algorithms, and industrial vision systems and defect detection.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Xun Xu include:

  • Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0-Inception, conception and perception (2021, Journal of Manufacturing Systems)
  • Digital Twin as a Service (DTaaS) in Industry 4.0: An Architecture Reference Model (2020, Advanced Engineering Informatics)
  • Outlook on human-centric manufacturing towards Industry 5.0 (2022, Journal of Manufacturing Systems)
  • Smart manufacturing process and system automation - A critical review of the standards and envisioned scenarios (2020, Journal of Manufacturing Systems)
  • IoT-enabled smart appliances under industry 4.0: A case study (2020, Advanced Engineering Informatics)

Xun Xu frequently collaborates with other researchers. Common coauthors include Lihui Wang, Yuqian Lu, Ray Y. Zhong, Jan Polzer, and Robert X. Gao.

Their work is often published in journals and venues central to manufacturing and engineering, including the Journal of Manufacturing Systems, SSRN Electronic Journal, arXiv (Cornell University), Manufacturing Letters, and Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing.

Best Publications

  • Intelligent Manufacturing in the Context of Industry 4.0: A Review

    Ray Y. Zhong;Xun Xu;Eberhard Klotz;Stephen T. Newman

  • From cloud computing to cloud manufacturing

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  • Digital Twin as a Service (DTaaS) in Industry 4.0: An Architecture Reference Model

    Shohin Aheleroff;Xun Xu;Ray Y. Zhong;Yuqian Lu

  • Support Structures for Additive Manufacturing: A Review

    Jingchao Jiang;Xun Xu;Jonathan Stringer

  • Smart manufacturing process and system automation – A critical review of the standards and envisioned scenarios

    Yuqian Lu;Xun Xu;Lihui Wang

  • Computer-aided process planning-A critical review of recent developments and future trends

    Xun Xu;Lihui Wang;Stephen T. Newman

  • Making CNC machine tools more open, interoperable and intelligent: a review of the technologies

    X. W. Xu;S. T. Newman

  • A systematic design approach for service innovation of smart product-service systems

    Pai Zheng;Pai Zheng;Tzu Jui Lin;Chun Hsien Chen;Xun Xu

  • Industry 4.0 and Cloud Manufacturing: A Comparative Analysis

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  • An interoperable solution for Cloud manufacturing

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  • IoT-enabled smart appliances under industry 4.0: A case study

    Shohin Aheleroff;Xun Xu;Yuqian Lu;Mauricio Aristizabal

  • Scheduling in cloud manufacturing: state-of-the-art and research challenges

    Yongkui Liu;Lihui Wang;Xi Vincent Wang;Xun Xu

  • Cloud-based manufacturing equipment and big data analytics to enable on-demand manufacturing services

    Yuqian Lu;Xun Xu

  • Review: Virtual machine tools and virtual machining-A technological review

    Aini Abdul Kadir;Xun Xu;Enrico Hämmerle

  • Workload-based multi-task scheduling in cloud manufacturing

    Yongkui Liu;Xun Xu;Lin Zhang;Long Wang

  • Visualisation of the digital twin data in manufacturing by using augmented reality

    Zexuan Zhu;Chao Liu;Xun Xu

  • FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: SYSTEMS, IMPLEMENTATIONS, AND FUTURE RESEARCH

    Ray Y. Zhong;Xun Xu;Lihui Wang

  • Development of a Hybrid Manufacturing Cloud

    Yuqian Lu;Xun Xu;Jenny Xu

  • Life cycle assessment of wood-fibre-reinforced polypropylene composites

    Xun Xu;Krishnan Jayaraman;Caroline Morin;Nicolas Pecqueux

  • Strategic advantages of interoperability for global manufacturing using CNC technology

    S. T. Newman;A. Nassehi;X. W. Xu;R. S. U. Rosso

  • Manufacturing Service Management in Cloud Manufacturing: Overview and Future Research Directions

    Fei Tao;Lin Zhang;Yongkui Liu;Yongkui Liu;Ying Cheng

  • Machine Tool 4.0 for the new era of manufacturing

    Xun Xu

  • A Cyber-Physical Machine Tools Platform using OPC UA and MTConnect

    Chao Liu;Hrishikesh Vengayil;Yuqian Lu;Xun Xu

  • Realization of STEP-NC enabled machining

    X.W. Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Shi Xue Dou
Shi Xue Dou University of Wollongong
Yi Du
Yi Du University of Wollongong
Xiaolin Wang
Xiaolin Wang University of Wollongong
Jung Ho Kim
Jung Ho Kim University of Wollongong
Lihui Wang
Lihui Wang Royal Institute of Technology
Pai Zheng
Pai Zheng Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Ray Y. Zhong
Ray Y. Zhong University of Hong Kong
Sheng Quan Xie
Sheng Quan Xie University of Leeds
Zhongchao Bai
Zhongchao Bai Taiyuan University of Technology
Nana Wang
Nana Wang University of Wollongong

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