Cheng He

7.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
193 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Cheng He is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng He has authored 193 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 48 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 33 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Cheng He's work include Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (45 papers), Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (40 papers) and Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (26 papers). Cheng He is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (45 papers), Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (40 papers) and Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (26 papers). Cheng He collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Cheng He's co-authors include Ran Cheng, Yaochu Jin, Ye Tian, Christophe Dhalluin, Lei Zeng, Aneel K. Aggarwal, Ming‐Ming Zhou, Xingyi Zhang, Linqiang Pan and Handing Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Cheng He

172 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Structure and ligand of a histone acetyltransferase bromo... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2018 2021 2019 2021 400 800 1.2k
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. Structure and ligand of a histone acetyltransferase bromodomain
    1999 1.3k citations Cheng He et al. profile →
  2. A Classification-Based Surrogate-Assisted Evolutionary Algorithm for Expensive Many-Objective Optimization
    2018 281 citations Linqiang Pan, Cheng He et al. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation profile →
  3. Evolutionary Large-Scale Multi-Objective Optimization: A Survey
    2021 255 citations Ye Tian, Xingyi Zhang et al. profile →
  4. Accelerating Large-Scale Multiobjective Optimization via Problem Reformulation
    2019 237 citations Cheng He, Lianghao Li et al. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation profile →
  5. A Kriging-Assisted Two-Archive Evolutionary Algorithm for Expensive Many-Objective Optimization
    2021 172 citations Zhenshou Song, Handing Wang et al. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cheng He China 32 2.0k 1.8k 1.6k 409 345 193 5.4k
Zexuan Zhu China 40 2.9k 1.5× 1.8k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 336 0.8× 227 0.7× 165 5.7k
Ka‐Chun Wong Hong Kong 36 1.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 1.6k 1.0× 90 0.2× 122 0.4× 220 4.1k
Martin Pelikán United States 31 2.8k 1.4× 1.2k 0.6× 763 0.5× 304 0.7× 197 0.6× 86 4.4k
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay India 45 5.2k 2.6× 1.5k 0.8× 2.8k 1.7× 337 0.8× 325 0.9× 239 10.3k
Yufeng Liu China 34 997 0.5× 236 0.1× 1.0k 0.7× 101 0.2× 262 0.8× 281 4.6k
Mai S. Mabrouk Egypt 18 1.7k 0.9× 710 0.4× 383 0.2× 162 0.4× 78 0.2× 103 3.6k
Giuseppe De Nicolao Italy 46 827 0.4× 415 0.2× 789 0.5× 232 0.6× 104 0.3× 277 8.3k
Andreas Zell Germany 45 680 0.3× 846 0.5× 1.9k 1.2× 62 0.2× 87 0.3× 376 6.7k
Yanchun Liang China 37 2.1k 1.1× 615 0.3× 1.4k 0.9× 569 1.4× 202 0.6× 267 6.0k
Ujjwal Maulik India 47 4.9k 2.5× 1.5k 0.8× 2.4k 1.5× 294 0.7× 360 1.0× 264 10.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cheng He

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng He

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Lingxiao, Cheng He, Zhenyu Ou, & Cheng Zhao. (2025). TNF-α drives bladder cancer metastasis via METTL3-mediated m6A modification to promote CLASP2/IQGAP1-dependent cytoskeleton remodeling. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1871(5). 167811–167811. 4 indexed citations
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Sun, Yizhou, et al.. (2025). Oyster aquaculture enhances marine carbon sequestration by driving phytoplankton-derived particulate organic carbon. Journal of Environmental Management. 396. 128165–128165.
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Liu, Yali, et al.. (2024). Is myeloid-derived growth factor a ligand of the sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 2?. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 706. 149766–149766. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiangtao, et al.. (2024). CSPGNet: Cross-scale spatial perception guided network for tiny object detection in remote sensing images. Digital Signal Processing. 154. 104674–104674. 1 indexed citations
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Gu, Haoran, Handing Wang, Cheng He, Bo Yuan, & Yaochu Jin. (2024). Large-Scale Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm Guided by Low-Dimensional Surrogates of Scalarization Functions. Evolutionary Computation. 33(3). 309–334. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Hongbin, et al.. (2024). Supervised Reconstruction for High-Dimensional Expensive Multiobjective Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence. 8(2). 1814–1827. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Lianghao, et al.. (2024). Clustering-based genetic offspring generation for solving multi-objective optimization problems with intricate Pareto sets. Applied Soft Computing. 154. 111341–111341. 4 indexed citations
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Han, Jiaqi, Cheng He, & Dmitry E. Pelinovsky. (2024). Algebraic solitons in the massive Thirring model. Physical review. E. 110(3). 34202–34202. 3 indexed citations
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Pan, Linqiang, et al.. (2024). Computationally Expensive High-Dimensional Multiobjective Optimization via Surrogate-Assisted Reformulation and Decomposition. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 29(4). 921–935. 9 indexed citations
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He, Cheng, et al.. (2024). Asymptotic stability of peakons for the two-component Novikov equation. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 65(6).
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Zhang, Kai, Cheng He, Yuan Qiu, et al.. (2023). ASSOCIATION OF ORAL MICROBIOTA AND PERIODONTAL DISEASE WITH LUNG CANCER: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS. Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice. 23(3). 101897–101897. 8 indexed citations
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He, Cheng, et al.. (2023). Mining credible attribute rules in dynamic attributed graphs. Expert Systems with Applications. 246. 123012–123012. 4 indexed citations
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Lu, Tianyu, et al.. (2023). Microbiome and function alterations in the gastric mucosa of asymptomatic patients with Helicobacter pylori infection. Helicobacter. 28(3). e12965–e12965. 6 indexed citations
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He, Cheng & Changzheng Qu. (2021). Global conservative weak solutions for the two-component Novikov equation. Journal of Mathematical Physics. 62(10). 1 indexed citations
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Song, Zhenshou, Handing Wang, Cheng He, & Yaochu Jin. (2021). A Kriging-Assisted Two-Archive Evolutionary Algorithm for Expensive Many-Objective Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 25(6). 1013–1027. 172 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pan, Linqiang, Lianghao Li, Cheng He, & Kay Chen Tan. (2020). A Subregion Division-Based Evolutionary Algorithm With Effective Mating Selection for Many-Objective Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 50(8). 3477–3490. 27 indexed citations
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Tian, Ye, Cheng He, Ran Cheng, & Xingyi Zhang. (2019). A Multistage Evolutionary Algorithm for Better Diversity Preservation in Multiobjective Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 51(9). 5880–5894. 98 indexed citations
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He, Cheng, Lianghao Li, Ye Tian, et al.. (2019). Accelerating Large-Scale Multiobjective Optimization via Problem Reformulation. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 23(6). 949–961. 237 indexed citations breakdown →
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He, Cheng, Ye Tian, Yaochu Jin, Xingyi Zhang, & Linqiang Pan. (2017). A radial space division based evolutionary algorithm for many-objective optimization. Applied Soft Computing. 61. 603–621. 81 indexed citations
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He, Cheng. (2007). GEOLOGICAL CONTROL FACTORS OF CHANGXING ORGANIC REEF DISTRIBUTION AND SEISMIC PREDICTION TECHNIQUES,EAST SICHUAN BASIN. Tianranqi diqiu kexue. 3 indexed citations

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