Xidian University

1 paper in the last 7 days · country: China · web domain: xidian.edu.cn

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Key findings#

Xidian University was involved in 20 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-04 to 2026-11-02), ranking #27 of 3,191 institutions.
Most of them appeared in Pattern Recognition (7), Expert Systems with Applications (3) and Information Fusion (2).
Countries: China (20), Canada (1) and France (1).
From 2023 to 2025, Xidian University ranks #39 among all institutions publishing in the tracked journals and #8 in AI.
From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Xidian University took part in 2,039 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (1,757), operations research (155) and information systems (39).
363 of them were published in 2025, against 61 in 2017.
Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Northwestern Polytechnical University (74), Guangzhou Institute of Technology (72) and Xi'an Jiaotong University (51).
The journals publishing most of them were Pattern Recognition (193), Expert Systems with Applications (166) and Knowledge-Based Systems (129).
The most-cited of them is “A survey on federated learning” (Knowledge-Based Systems, 2021), with 1,899 citations.
Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Xidian University has 87,135 works with 3,944,501 citations (h-index 389).
The tracked journals hold 1,700 of its 50,227 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (3.4%).
Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques (5,863), Antenna Design and Analysis (5,757) and Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (5,150).

In the rankings#

Top institutions, 2023–2025: #39 overall · #8 in AI

Papers per year#

20172026 (so far)

Papers per publication year and category
Category	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026 (so far)
AI	48	74	90	128	152	177	204	255	328	301
Operations Research	9	21	23	11	10	14	14	19	21	13
Information Systems	1	4	7	3	3	5	3	4	4	5
Economics	1	3	2	1	3	2	4	6	2	6
Management	1	6	1	1	3	5	2	3	3	3
Higher Education and Research	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	4
Finance	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	3
Marketing	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Statistics	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Tourism and Hospitality	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Accounting	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
All categories	61	109	128	145	171	203	228	292	363	339

Where the papers come from and its co-authors#

Journals with the most papers, since 2023
#	Journal	Papers
1	Pattern Recognition	193
2	Expert Systems with Applications	166
3	Knowledge-Based Systems	129
4	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	124
5	Neural Networks	83
6	Information Fusion	73
7	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	61
8	IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering	54
9	Applied Intelligence	46
10	IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation	46

Institutions with the most papers, since 2023
#	Institution	Papers
1	Northwestern Polytechnical University	74
2	Guangzhou Institute of Technology	72
3	Xi'an Jiaotong University	51
4	Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications	50
5	Chinese Academy of Sciences	31
6	National University of Defense Technology	25
7	Tsinghua University	23
8	Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications	23
9	Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine	20

Countries with the most papers, since 2023
#	Country	Papers
1	China	1,222
2	Australia	67
3	United States	67
4	United Kingdom	54
5	Hong Kong	30
6	Singapore	26
7	Macao	23
8	Canada	22
9	Japan	14
10	Poland	11

Keywords with the most papers, since 2023
#	Keyword	Papers
1	large language models	36
2	multimodal fusion	36
3	graph neural networks	34
4	knowledge distillation	33
5	attention mechanism	29
6	contrastive learning	28
7	federated learning	28
8	few-shot learning	27
9	vision-language models	25
10	self-supervised learning	23

Most-cited papers#

Most-cited papers since 2017
#	Citations	Per month	Title	Journal	Published	Authors
1	1,899	27.4	A survey on federated learning	Knowledge-Based Systems	2021-01-21	Chen Bo Calvin Zhang, Yu Xie, Hang Bai et al.
2	968	19.7	Deep Reinforcement Learning: A Survey	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	2022-09-28	Xu Wang, Sen Wang, Xingxing Liang et al.
3	690	7.1	Data-Driven Evolutionary Optimization: An Overview and Case Studies	IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation	2018-09-06	Yaochu Jin, Handing Wang, Tinkle Chugh et al.
4	677	8.2	A survey on machine learning for data fusion	Information Fusion	2019-12-10	Tong Meng, Xuyang Jing, Zheng Yan et al.
5	523	5.1	Predicting citywide crowd flows using deep spatio-temporal residual networks	Artificial Intelligence	2018-03-19	Junbo Zhang, Yu Zheng, Dekang Qi et al.
6	517	5.3	Denoising Prior Driven Deep Neural Network for Image Restoration	IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence	2018-10-04	Weisheng Dong, Peiyao Wang, Wotao Yin et al.
7	501	4.4	Sparse representation based multi-sensor image fusion for multi-focus and multi-modality images: A review	Information Fusion	2017-06-09	Qiang Zhang, Yi Liu, Rick S. Blum et al.
8	469	11.0	Snow ablation optimizer: A novel metaheuristic technique for numerical optimization and engineering design	Expert Systems with Applications	2023-04-12	Lingyun Deng, Sanyang Liu
9	393	3.4	Consensus of Hybrid Multi-Agent Systems	IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems	2017-01-27	Yuanshi Zheng, Jingying Ma, Long Wang
10	355	3.3	A survey on the fusion process in opinion dynamics	Information Fusion	2017-11-21	Yucheng Dong, Min Zhan, Gang Kou et al.

In OpenAlex#

Xidian University in OpenAlex
Item	Value
Type	University
Location	Xi'an, China
Also known as	University of Electronic Science and Technology at Xi'an, Xīān Diànzǐ Kējì Dàxué, 西安电子科技大学
Units listed in OpenAlex	1
Works in OpenAlex	87,135
Citations	3,944,501
h-index	389
i10-index	85,795
2-year mean citedness	4.56
Website	www.xidian.edu.cn
ROR	ror.org/05s92vm98
Wikidata	www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q649906
OpenAlex	openalex.org/I149594827

Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)
#	Topic	Field	Works
1	Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques	Engineering	5,863
2	Antenna Design and Analysis	Engineering	5,757
3	Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies	Engineering	5,150
4	Radar Systems and Signal Processing	Engineering	5,127
5	Advanced Neural Network Applications	Computer Science	4,551

Works and citations per year in OpenAlex, and its papers in the tracked journals
Year	Works in OpenAlex	Citations received	In the tracked journals	Share
2026 (so far)	7,271	145,969	339	4.7%
2025	8,489	204,159	363	4.3%
2024	7,682	181,365	292	3.8%
2023	6,407	149,380	228	3.6%
2022	5,900	128,446	203	3.4%
2021	5,270	108,379	171	3.2%
2020	4,421	85,542	145	3.3%
2019	4,724	69,031	128	2.7%
2018	4,068	51,901	109	2.7%
2017	3,266	38,168	61	1.9%

From OpenAlex's own record of the institution (CC0), read again monthly. Works and citations count everything OpenAlex indexes, not only the tracked journals; topics are OpenAlex's classification of those works.

Papers, newest first.
Date	Title	Journal	Authors	Affiliations
2026-10-28	Capsule network-based adaptive feature fusion for multimodal continuous authentication with data augmentation	Expert Systems with Applications	Guichuan Zhao, Youliang Tian, Qi Jiang et al.	Guizhou University; Xidian University
2026-10-26	Who benefits from LLMs? Prompt engineering competence and equity in higher education	International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education	Zhengdao Li, Yezi Liu, Jianan Jiang et al.	Guangdong University of Foreign Studies; Guangzhou University; Xidian University
2026-10-24	RAM-Fashion: Retrieval-augmented multimodal diffusion for fashion image generation	Pattern Recognition	Xuan Zhou, Kaibing Zhang, Hui Zhang et al.	Xi'an Polytechnic University; Xidian University
2026-10-24	Deep generative models for SAR-to-optical image translation: A survey, taxonomy, and perspective	Information Fusion	Peng Wang, Yongkang Chen, Bo Huang et al.	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics; University of Hong Kong; Southeast University; …
2026-10-23	Lead-aware ECG image representation for Attribute-Invariant cardiomyopathy classification	Pattern Recognition	Bo Chen, Xiazhen Qin, Junjie Cai et al.	Chinese PLA General Hospital; Chinese People's Liberation Army; Xidian University
2026-10-21	MAVT: Modality-specific enhancement and adaptive fusion screening for video-level frame-event tracking	Expert Systems with Applications	Ruke Xiong, 刘贵喜 Liu Guixi, Yinghao Li et al.	Xidian University; Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications
2026-10-19	Set-aware complementary API discovery via query-adaptive multi-relational reasoning	Information Processing & Management	Zhen Chen, J Y Chen, Heng Wang et al.	Yanshan University; Xidian University
2026-10-18	VLSAM: Prompting SAM with vision and language for referring expression segmentation	Pattern Recognition	Xianzhu Pan, Zefang Han, Qingzhe Pan et al.	Xidian University; Guangzhou Institute of Technology; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
2026-10-17	EcSMNet: edge-structured sparse mask modeling for knowledge-efficient hyperspectral reconstruction	Knowledge-Based Systems	Mengqian Chen, Jie Li, Shibin Ma et al.	Xi'an Jiaotong University; Baidu (China); Xidian University
2026-10-14	Federated multi-view information fusion based on prototype and feature distillation: A privacy-performance tradeoff method for data heterogeneity	Information Fusion	Hui Lin, Tianyi Zhou, Jingjing Guo et al.	Fujian Normal University; Xidian University; Xi'an Jiaotong University
2026-10-13	Unified dual-decoder autoencoder for federated multi-modal clustering with arbitrary modality missingness	Neural Networks	Zhenhao Xu, Huazhu Chen, Weiwei Wang et al.	Zhongyuan University of Technology; Xidian University
2026-10-13	Dual-prompt semantic decoupling and transfer for long-tailed recognition	Neural Networks	Xiaohua Chen, Yue Wang, Yanbiao Ma	Communication University of China; Xidian University; Renmin University of China
2026-10-12	Emergent collaborative scheduling in satellite swarms: A distributed multi-agent reinforcement learning approach with adaptive experience evolution	Expert Systems with Applications	Qing Yang, Guohua Wu, Weiyi Yang et al.	Xidian University; National University of Defense Technology; Jiangsu University of Technology
2026-10-11	Trilemma constraints and policy space: Geopolitical risk, capital flow dynamics, and exchange rate adjustment in a panel of China and OECD countries	Economic Analysis and Policy	Yuchen Shen, Yifeng Wang	Xidian University
2026-10-10	CheXPO-v2: Preference optimization for chest X-ray VLMs with knowledge graph consistency	Pattern Recognition	Yuxuan An, Xiao Liang, Di Wang et al.	Xidian University; Capital Medical University
2026-10-10	Domain-Shared Learning and Gradual Alignment for Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Visible–Infrared person Re-Identification	Pattern Recognition	Nianchang Huang, Yi Xu, Ruida Xi et al.	Xidian University
2026-10-09	Edit-Your-Interest: Efficient video editing via Feature Most-Similar Propagation	Pattern Recognition	Yi Zuo, Zitao Wang, Lingling Li et al.	Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China; Xidian University
2026-10-06	Prototype-Guided Dynamic Diffusion Network for few-shot radar HRRP target recognition	Pattern Recognition	Zekun Guo, Zheng Liu, Rong Xie et al.	Xidian University
2026-10-06	Promoting the green transition through green credit and environmental policy coordination: A DSGE analysis	Economic Modelling	可欣冯, JunJie Guo, Jiansuer Julaiti et al.	Xidian University; Central University of Finance and Economics
2026-10-06	A topic semantic relational knowledge-enhanced conversational model for improving response accuracy	Knowledge and Information Systems	Kai Li, Xinyao Guo, Shuquan Zhang et al.	Xidian University

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Scholar4AI. (2026). Xidian University. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/xidian-university

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