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D-Index
34
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4467
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7964
National Ranking
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Yixian Xu publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

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

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 197 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Yixian Xu D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yixian Xu is affiliated with Zhejiang University in China and has contributed extensively to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Geophysics. Their research spans multiple subfields including Ocean Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanics of Materials, and Geology.

The scientist's work prominently features topics such as:

  • Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications

Their recent publications include:

  • "Episodic Lithospheric Deformation in Eastern Tibet Inferred From Seismic Anisotropy," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Tomography of the source zone of the great 2011 Tohoku earthquake," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Magnetotelluric imaging of a fossil oceanic plate in northwestern Xinjiang, China," 2020, Geology
  • "A New Instrumental Array in Sichuan, China, to Monitor Vibrations and Perturbations of the Lithosphere, Atmosphere, and Ionosphere," 2021, Surveys in Geophysics
  • "Distinct Orogenic Processes in the South- and North-Central Tien Shan From Receiver Functions," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yixian Xu include:

  • Yi Zhang
  • Xuewei Bao
  • Bo Yang
  • Bingfeng Zhang

Yixian Xu has published repeatedly in several prominent venues, notably:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Geology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • Rayleigh-wave dispersive energy imaging using a high-resolution linear radon transform

    Yinhe Luo;Jianghai Xia;Richard D. Miller;Yixian Xu

  • On the limitations of interstation distances in ambient noise tomography

    Yinhe Luo;Yingjie Yang;Yixian Xu;Hongrui Xu

  • Generating an image of dispersive energy by frequency decomposition and slant stacking

    Jianghai Xia;Yixian Xu;Richard D. Miller

  • Quantitative estimation of minimum offset for multichannel surface-wave survey with actively exciting source

    Yixian Xu;Jianghai Xia;Richard D. Miller

  • Numerical investigation of implementation of air-earth boundary by acoustic-elastic boundary approach

    Yixian Xu;Jianghai Xia;Richard D. Miller

  • Advantages of Using Multichannel Analysis of Love Waves (MALW) to Estimate Near-Surface Shear-Wave Velocity

    Jianghai Xia;Yixian Xu;Yinhe Luo;Richard D. Miller

  • Rayleigh-wave mode separation by high-resolution linear Radon transform

    Yinhe Luo;Jianghai Xia;Richard D. Miller;Yixian Xu

  • A new passive seismic method based on seismic interferometry and multichannel analysis of surface waves

    Feng Cheng;Jianghai Xia;Yixian Xu;Zongbo Xu

  • Episodic Lithospheric Deformation in Eastern Tibet Inferred From Seismic Anisotropy

    Xuewei Bao;Xiaodong Song;Xiaodong Song;David W. Eaton;Yixian Xu

  • Crustal structure beneath the Dabie orogenic belt from ambient noise tomography

    Yinhe Luo;Yixian Xu;Yingjie Yang

  • Feasibility of detecting near-surface feature with Rayleigh-wave diffraction

    Jianghai Xia;Jonathan E. Nyquist;Yixian Xu;Mary J.S. Roth

  • High-frequency Rayleigh-Wave method

    Jianghai Xia;Richard D. Miller;Yixian Xu;Yinhe Luo

  • Simple equations guide high-frequency surface-wave investigation techniques

    Jianghai Xia;Yixian Xu;Chao Chen;Ronald D. Kaufmann

  • Crustal radial anisotropy beneath the Dabie orogenic belt from ambient noise tomography

    Yinhe Luo;Yixian Xu;Yingjie Yang

  • ESTIMATION OF ELASTIC MODULI IN A COMPRESSIBLE GIBSON HALF-SPACE BY INVERTING RAYLEIGH-WAVE PHASE VELOCITY

    Jianghai Xia;Yixian Xu;Richard D. Miller;Chao Chen

  • Reason and Condition for Mode Kissing in MASW Method

    Lingli Gao;Jianghai Xia;Yudi Pan;Yixian Xu

  • Research on the middle-of-receiver-spread assumption of the MASW method

    Yinhe Luo;Jianghai Xia;Jiangping Liu;Yixian Xu

  • P wave anisotropic tomography of the Alps

    Yuanyuan Hua;Yuanyuan Hua;Dapeng Zhao;Yixian Xu

  • Tomography of the source zone of the great 2011 Tohoku earthquake

    Yuanyuan Hua;Dapeng Zhao;Genti Toyokuni;Yixian Xu

  • Love-wave waveform inversion in time domain for shallow shear-wave velocity

    Yudi Pan;Jianghai Xia;Yixian Xu;Lingli Gao

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianghai Xia
Jianghai Xia Zhejiang University
Richard D. Miller
Richard D. Miller University of Kansas
Lupei Zhu
Lupei Zhu Saint Louis University
Yingjie Yang
Yingjie Yang Southern University of Science and Technology
Juan Carlos Afonso
Juan Carlos Afonso University of Twente
Dapeng Zhao
Dapeng Zhao Tohoku University
William L. Griffin
William L. Griffin Macquarie University
J. P. Zheng
J. P. Zheng China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Xin Liu
Xin Liu Ocean University of China

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