Chaowei Yang

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
187 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Chaowei Yang is a scholar working on Signal Processing, Geography, Planning and Development and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Chaowei Yang has authored 187 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Signal Processing, 45 papers in Geography, Planning and Development and 35 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Chaowei Yang's work include Data Management and Algorithms (53 papers), Geographic Information Systems Studies (45 papers) and Scientific Computing and Data Management (19 papers). Chaowei Yang is often cited by papers focused on Data Management and Algorithms (53 papers), Geographic Information Systems Studies (45 papers) and Scientific Computing and Data Management (19 papers). Chaowei Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Chaowei Yang's co-authors include Qunying Huang, Zhenlong Li, Manzhu Yu, Fei Hu, R. Raskin, Yun Li, Kai Liu, Yongyao Jiang, Wenwen Li and Mark Gahegan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Chaowei Yang

175 papers receiving 4.2k citations

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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.

Big Data and cloud computing: innovation opportunities and challenges

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chaowei Yang United States	35	1.1k	886	875	848	677	187	4.3k
Qunying Huang United States	30	455 0.4×	524 0.6×	460 0.5×	497 0.6×	538 0.8×	113	3.5k
Shaowen Wang United States	36	635 0.6×	319 0.4×	671 0.8×	568 0.7×	1.0k 1.5×	223	5.6k
Shashi Shekhar United States	37	2.2k 2.1×	1.4k 1.6×	658 0.8×	1.4k 1.6×	352 0.5×	219	6.8k
Wenwen Li China	37	556 0.5×	287 0.3×	730 0.8×	225 0.3×	876 1.3×	259	4.8k
Massimo Craglia Italy	27	342 0.3×	322 0.4×	730 0.8×	210 0.2×	368 0.5×	78	2.4k
Mark Gahegan United States	28	654 0.6×	284 0.3×	943 1.1×	152 0.2×	379 0.6×	93	3.0k
Huayi Wu China	30	375 0.4×	287 0.3×	390 0.4×	291 0.3×	606 0.9×	213	3.0k
Min Chen China	37	347 0.3×	123 0.1×	853 1.0×	286 0.3×	1.2k 1.8×	270	4.7k
Gilberto Câmara Brazil	34	623 0.6×	200 0.2×	627 0.7×	177 0.2×	2.0k 2.9×	146	4.9k
Shu‐Ching Chen United States	35	821 0.8×	656 0.7×	96 0.1×	829 1.0×	286 0.4×	299	6.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chaowei Yang

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Wong, David W. S., Fengxiu Zhang, Saba Siddiki, & Chaowei Yang. (2025). Spatial variabilities in factors affecting electric vehicle adoption across Virginia: A county-level analysis. Applied Geography. 178. 103600–103600. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Chaowei, et al.. (2025). Coupled effects of cyclic loading and slope on nearshore pile safety: Insights from model testing. Marine Georesources and Geotechnology. 44(2). 450–459. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Donglian, et al.. (2025). Optimizing GAIN model to improve AOD imputation using MODIS MAIAC data and multi-source data fusion as an example. GIScience & Remote Sensing. 62(1).

Li, Yitong, Chaowei Yang, & Wenying Ji. (2024). Enhanced prediction of highway flood inundation through Bayesian generalized linear geostatistical models. Advanced Engineering Informatics. 61. 102451–102451. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Chaowei, Xikun Zou, Ziyi Wang, et al.. (2024). Towards promoting plant growth and fruit maturation: a highly efficient and thermally stable Cr³⁺ doped far-red phosphor. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(32). 12451–12457. 10 indexed citations

Jiang, Yongyao & Chaowei Yang. (2024). Is ChatGPT a Good Geospatial Data Analyst? Exploring the Integration of Natural Language into Structured Query Language within a Spatial Database. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 13(1). 26–26. 17 indexed citations

Yang, Chaowei, et al.. (2024). Luminescence properties and energy transfer of Ce3+, Tb3+ codoped Ba2GaB4O9Cl Phosphor. Materials Research Bulletin. 176. 112797–112797. 4 indexed citations

Zhao, Minghua, et al.. (2023). Seismic stability and failure mode of the slope containing a two-pile foundation. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 82(1). 6 indexed citations

Liu, Jiping, et al.. (2022). Personalized city region of interests recommendation method based on city block and check-in data. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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Zhao, Minghua, et al.. (2022). Kinematic limit analysis of the slope encapsulating a laterally loaded pile. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 81(5). 5 indexed citations

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Zhao, Minghua, et al.. (2021). Seismic Stability of the Slope Containing a Laterally Loaded Pile by Finite-Element Limit Analysis. International Journal of Geomechanics. 22(1). 17 indexed citations

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Li, Yun, et al.. (2020). A Query Understanding Framework for Earth Data Discovery. Applied Sciences. 10(3). 1127–1127. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Yun, Yongyao Jiang, Mingyue Lu, et al.. (2019). A Cloud-Based Framework for Large-Scale Log Mining through Apache Spark and Elasticsearch. Applied Sciences. 9(6). 1114–1114. 9 indexed citations

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Jiang, Yongyao, et al.. (2018). A Smart Web-Based Geospatial Data Discovery System with Oceanographic Data as an Example. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 7(2). 62–62. 11 indexed citations

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Jiang, Yongyao, et al.. (2016). Reconstructing Sessions from Data Discovery and Access Logs to Build a Semantic Knowledge Base for Improving Data Discovery. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 5(5). 54–54. 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiuping, Baoxing Liu, Chaowei Yang, & Qin Mao. (2014). AB220. Effect of WuziYanzong Pillon Cox7a2 gene and Claudin-11 expression in rats with kidney essence deficiency syndrome. Translational Andrology and Urology. 3. 220–220. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Chen, David W. S. Wong, & Chaowei Yang. (2013). Evaluating the “geographical awareness” of individuals: an exploratory analysis of twitter data. Cartography and Geographic Information Science. 40(2). 103–115. 42 indexed citations

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Yang, Chaowei, Wenwen Li, Jibo Xie, & Bin Zhou. (2008). Distributed geospatial information processing: sharing distributed geospatial resources to support Digital Earth. International Journal of Digital Earth. 1(3). 259–278. 61 indexed citations

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Li, Wenwen, Chaowei Yang, & R. Raskin. (2008). A semantic enhanced search for spatial Web portals. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 47–50. 11 indexed citations

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Bambacus, Myra, et al.. (2007). AN INTEROPERABLE PORTAL SUPPORTING PROTOTYPING GEOSPATIAL APPLICATIONS. 19(2). 33. 8 indexed citations

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