Aifeng Ren

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
75 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Aifeng Ren is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Aifeng Ren has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 32 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 13 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Aifeng Ren's work include Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies (18 papers), Wireless Body Area Networks (14 papers) and Terahertz technology and applications (9 papers). Aifeng Ren is often cited by papers focused on Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies (18 papers), Wireless Body Area Networks (14 papers) and Terahertz technology and applications (9 papers). Aifeng Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Aifeng Ren's co-authors include Xiaodong Yang, Rajive Bagrodia, Mineo Takai, Jay Martin, Nan Zhao, Dou Fan, Syed Aziz Shah, Qammer H. Abbasi, Zhiya Zhang and Fangming Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and Trends in Food Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Aifeng Ren

69 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Directional virtual carrier sensing for directional anten... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Directional virtual carrier sensing for directional antennas in mobile ad hoc networks
    2002 366 citations Aifeng Ren et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aifeng Ren China 24 614 546 475 285 235 75 1.7k
Hassan Mostafa Egypt 20 1.3k 2.1× 301 0.6× 463 1.0× 113 0.4× 165 0.7× 271 1.9k
Julius Georgiou Cyprus 21 999 1.6× 150 0.3× 585 1.2× 224 0.8× 776 3.3× 139 2.3k
Ricardo Carmona‐Galán Spain 18 964 1.6× 454 0.8× 189 0.4× 170 0.6× 129 0.5× 162 1.5k
Sabira Khatun Malaysia 14 448 0.7× 280 0.5× 242 0.5× 136 0.5× 261 1.1× 140 1.0k
Brian McGinley Ireland 23 462 0.8× 88 0.2× 431 0.9× 42 0.1× 294 1.3× 56 1.5k
Qiang Fang Australia 22 422 0.7× 84 0.2× 690 1.5× 63 0.2× 338 1.4× 153 1.7k
Ching‐Hsing Luo Taiwan 28 1.3k 2.2× 166 0.3× 1.5k 3.1× 670 2.4× 185 0.8× 152 2.7k
Claudio Turchetti Italy 23 604 1.0× 233 0.4× 439 0.9× 29 0.1× 197 0.8× 161 1.8k
Koushik Maharatna United Kingdom 28 705 1.1× 213 0.4× 618 1.3× 43 0.2× 714 3.0× 115 2.6k
Wei Tang United States 21 394 0.6× 80 0.1× 445 0.9× 111 0.4× 143 0.6× 85 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Aifeng Ren

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aifeng Ren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aifeng Ren

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Aifeng Ren. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Aifeng Ren based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Aifeng Ren. Aifeng Ren is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ren, Aifeng, et al.. (2025). Two-step deep reinforcement learning for traffic signal control to improve pedestrian safety using connected vehicle data. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 222. 108161–108161.
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Ren, Aifeng, et al.. (2024). Human Motion Recognition by Micro-Doppler Features and Concatenated CNN-LSTM Network. IEEE Sensors Journal. 25(7). 12294–12302. 2 indexed citations
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Shi, Ling‐Feng, Adnan Zahid, Aifeng Ren, et al.. (2023). The perspectives and trends of THz technology in material research for future communication - a comprehensive review. Physica Scripta. 98(6). 65006–65006. 11 indexed citations
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Fan, Dou, et al.. (2019). Small-Scale Perception in Medical Body Area Networks. IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. 7. 1–11. 12 indexed citations
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Ren, Aifeng, Dou Fan, Nan Zhao, et al.. (2019). An efficient monitoring of eclamptic seizures in wireless sensors networks. Computers & Electrical Engineering. 75. 16–30. 30 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaodong, Dou Fan, Aifeng Ren, et al.. (2019). Non-Contact Early Warning of Shaking Palsy. IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. 7. 1–8. 8 indexed citations
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Abbas, Hasan, Aifeng Ren, Ahmed Zoha, et al.. (2019). Machine learning driven non-invasive approach of water content estimation in living plant leaves using terahertz waves. Plant Methods. 15(1). 138–138. 46 indexed citations
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Ren, Aifeng, Adnan Zahid, Dou Fan, et al.. (2019). State-of-the-art in terahertz sensing for food and water security – A comprehensive review. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 85. 241–251. 116 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaodong, et al.. (2018). Posture-Specific Breathing Detection. Sensors. 18(12). 4443–4443. 8 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaodong, Syed Aziz Shah, Aifeng Ren, et al.. (2018). Detection of Essential Tremor at the $S$ -Band. IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. 6. 1–7. 23 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaodong, Dou Fan, Aifeng Ren, et al.. (2018). Sleep Apnea Syndrome Sensing at C-Band. IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. 6. 1–8. 47 indexed citations
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Ren, Aifeng, et al.. (2017). RSSI indoor localization through a Bayesian strategy. University of Bedfordshire Repository (University of Bedfordshire). 1975–1979. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Jun, et al.. (2016). Structural attributes of the temporal lobe predict face recognition ability in youth. Neuropsychologia. 84. 1–6. 5 indexed citations
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Zhao, Nan, Aifeng Ren, Fangming Hu, et al.. (2016). Double Threshold Authentication Using Body Area Radio Channel Characteristics. IEEE Communications Letters. 20(10). 2099–2102. 9 indexed citations
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Ren, Aifeng, et al.. (2014). On the improved MB-OFDM system for wireless personal area networks. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Liyu, et al.. (2014). Altered effective connectivity patterns of the default mode network in Alzheimer's disease: An fMRI study. Neuroscience Letters. 578. 171–175. 68 indexed citations
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Ren, Aifeng, et al.. (2011). Edge detection based on genetic algorithm and sobel operator in image. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8285. 828572–828572. 2 indexed citations

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