Chao Liu

9.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
200 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Chao Liu is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao Liu has authored 200 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 51 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 29 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Chao Liu's work include Digital Transformation in Industry (32 papers), Manufacturing Process and Optimization (29 papers) and Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (17 papers). Chao Liu is often cited by papers focused on Digital Transformation in Industry (32 papers), Manufacturing Process and Optimization (29 papers) and Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (17 papers). Chao Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Chao Liu's co-authors include Xun Xu, Yuqian Lu, Huiyue Huang, Kevin I‐Kai Wang, Pai Zheng, Ray Y. Zhong, Shiqiang Yu, Lei Wu, Khamdi Mubarok and Baicun Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Chao Liu

183 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

Digital Twin-driven smart... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2019 2018 2020 2022 2023 250 500 750
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. Digital Twin-driven smart manufacturing: Connotation, reference model, applications and research issues
    2019 952 citations Chao Liu et al. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing profile →
  2. Smart manufacturing systems for Industry 4.0: Conceptual framework, scenarios, and future perspectives
    2018 639 citations Ray Y. Zhong, Chao Liu et al. profile →
  3. Smart Manufacturing and Intelligent Manufacturing: A Comparative Review
    2020 319 citations Chao Liu et al. profile →
  4. Modified adaptive ant colony optimization algorithm and its application for solving path planning of mobile robot
    2022 180 citations Lei Wu, Chao Liu et al. profile →
  5. Digital twin-assisted imbalanced fault diagnosis framework using subdomain adaptive mechanism and margin-aware regularization
    2023 99 citations Shen Yan, Xiang Zhong et al. Reliability Engineering & System Safety profile →
  6. An improved heuristic mechanism ant colony optimization algorithm for solving path planning
    2023 87 citations Chao Liu, Lei Wu et al. Knowledge-Based Systems profile →
  7. Multi-strategy adaptable ant colony optimization algorithm and its application in robot path planning
    2024 69 citations Lei Wu, Chao Liu et al. Knowledge-Based Systems profile →
  8. Integrating large language model and digital twins in the context of industry 5.0: Framework, challenges and opportunities
    2025 29 citations Chao Liu et al. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chao Liu China 36 2.8k 1.1k 815 721 518 200 6.2k
Jianrong Tan China 39 2.1k 0.8× 1.7k 1.6× 741 0.9× 623 0.9× 529 1.0× 425 6.1k
Yuqian Lu New Zealand 38 4.9k 1.8× 750 0.7× 595 0.7× 274 0.4× 404 0.8× 134 7.3k
Zhuming Bi United States 40 2.5k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 1.0k 1.3× 442 0.6× 683 1.3× 232 6.4k
Xi Vincent Wang Sweden 30 2.2k 0.8× 586 0.5× 815 1.0× 344 0.5× 442 0.9× 146 3.9k
Ashutosh Tiwari United Kingdom 44 1.9k 0.7× 907 0.8× 557 0.7× 266 0.4× 349 0.7× 270 6.8k
Weidong Li China 42 2.8k 1.0× 1.6k 1.5× 689 0.8× 242 0.3× 422 0.8× 327 5.8k
Zhenyu Liu China 34 1.1k 0.4× 1.0k 1.0× 802 1.0× 570 0.8× 277 0.5× 336 4.5k
Lei Ren China 38 2.2k 0.8× 695 0.6× 1.4k 1.8× 477 0.7× 224 0.4× 150 6.1k
Gang Xiong China 35 916 0.3× 784 0.7× 1.0k 1.3× 594 0.8× 376 0.7× 447 5.5k
S. K. Ong Singapore 49 3.0k 1.1× 1.4k 1.3× 847 1.0× 3.1k 4.3× 381 0.7× 237 7.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Chao Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chao Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chao Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chao Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chao Liu 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 Chao Liu. Chao Liu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lin, M. C., Jianan Chen, Zeyu Liu, et al.. (2025). Synthesis, photophysics and photosensitizing hydrogen evolution of a near-infrared heavy-atom-free sensitizer. New Journal of Chemistry. 49(18). 7647–7654. 1 indexed citations
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Song, Dandan & Chao Liu. (2025). A facial expression recognition network using hybrid feature extraction. PLoS ONE. 20(1). e0312359–e0312359. 1 indexed citations
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Teng, Shuai, Airong Liu, Jiyang Fu, et al.. (2024). Review of intelligent detection and health assessment of underwater structures. Engineering Structures. 308. 117958–117958. 32 indexed citations
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Chen, Bingyang, et al.. (2024). Health management of power batteries in low temperatures based on Adaptive Transfer Enformer framework. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 254. 110613–110613. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Kang, Chengfu Wang, Wenliang Yao, et al.. (2024). Embedding P2P transaction into demand response exchange: A cooperative demand response management framework for IES. Applied Energy. 367. 123319–123319. 35 indexed citations
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Guo, Zhiqing, et al.. (2024). Medical image segmentation network based on feature filtering with low number of parameters. Applied Soft Computing. 167. 112399–112399.
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Yan, Shen, Xiang Zhong, Haidong Shao, et al.. (2023). Digital twin-assisted imbalanced fault diagnosis framework using subdomain adaptive mechanism and margin-aware regularization. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 239. 109522–109522. 99 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Chao, et al.. (2023). An improved heuristic mechanism ant colony optimization algorithm for solving path planning. Knowledge-Based Systems. 271. 110540–110540. 87 indexed citations breakdown →
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Keung, K. L., et al.. (2023). A cyber-physical robotic mobile fulfillment system in smart manufacturing: The simulation aspect. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 83. 102578–102578. 15 indexed citations
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Guo, Kehua, Zheng Wu, Weizheng Wang, et al.. (2023). GRTR: Gradient Rebalanced Traffic Sign Recognition for Autonomous Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 21(3). 2349–2361. 28 indexed citations
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Chen, Chong, et al.. (2023). Lightweight Convolutional Transformers Enhanced Meta-Learning for Compound Fault Diagnosis of Industrial Robot. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 72. 1–12. 31 indexed citations
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Liu, Chao, et al.. (2022). A Conceptual Framework of Cyber-Physical Remanufacturing System. 5. 1–6. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Feng, et al.. (2020). Frequencies estimation of gearbox vibration signal based on normalized lattice filter with RLS-based algorithm. Measurement Science and Technology. 32(1). 15104–15104. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Chao, Chao Liu, Xi Gu, et al.. (2019). Establishment and Verification of a Bagged-Trees-Based Model for Prediction of Sentinel Lymph Node Metastasis for Early Breast Cancer Patients. Frontiers in Oncology. 9. 282–282. 20 indexed citations
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Liu, Chao & Tao Tang. (2011). Epsilon-based model transformation and verification of train control system specification. Chinese Control Conference. 5562–5567. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Chao & Jiawei Han. (2006). Failure proximity. 46–56. 105 indexed citations
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Liu, Chao. (2002). Mineral property valuation. 1 indexed citations

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