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 "type": "collaboration",
 "question": "How are Xiawu Zheng and Rongrong Ji connected?",
 "url": "https://researcher-atlas.com/collaboration/rongrong-ji-a5016080094--xiawu-zheng-a5054226277/",
 "data_version": "2026.07-r1",
 "updated": "2026-07-28",
 "source": "OpenAlex (CC0)",
 "answer": "Xiawu Zheng and Rongrong Ji have co-authored 74 distinct works together, with recorded publication years from 2016 to 2026.",
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  {
   "name": "Rongrong Ji",
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  }
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 "recorded_last_year": 2026,
 "typed_papers_first_year": 2023,
 "typed_papers_last_year": 2026,
 "period_caveat": "Publication type is absent for most records, so the typed-paper range is a lower bound, not the full collaboration period.",
 "later_edition_years": [],
 "dedup_rule": "DOI > OpenAlex Work ID > normalized title + author count; grouped works are dated by earliest publication year",
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  {
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  {
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  {
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  {
   "year": 2021,
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  {
   "year": 2022,
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  {
   "year": 2023,
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  {
   "year": 2024,
   "papers": 19
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  {
   "year": 2025,
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  {
   "year": 2026,
   "papers": 5
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 ]
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