Dawei Zhao

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
162 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Dawei Zhao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Dawei Zhao has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 39 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 38 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Dawei Zhao's work include Complex Network Analysis Techniques (31 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (28 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (25 papers). Dawei Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Complex Network Analysis Techniques (31 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (28 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (25 papers). Dawei Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Japan. Dawei Zhao's co-authors include Zhen Wang, Lianhai Wang, Chengyi Xia, Haipeng Peng, Yixian Yang, Lixiang Li, Bin Dai, Guanrong Chen, Wenbo Liu and Lijuan Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Dawei Zhao

143 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Deep Reinforcement Learning: A Survey 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 2024 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. Deep Reinforcement Learning: A Survey
    2022 340 citations Dawei Zhao et al. profile →
  2. Reinforcement learning and collective cooperation on higher-order networks
    2024 36 citations Juan Wang, Dawei Zhao et al. Knowledge-Based Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dawei Zhao China 25 718 574 455 437 339 162 2.4k
Liang Wang China 25 363 0.5× 423 0.7× 582 1.3× 366 0.8× 163 0.5× 196 2.4k
Wee Peng Tay Singapore 26 535 0.7× 1.2k 2.0× 867 1.9× 983 2.2× 377 1.1× 189 2.8k
Ivan Zelinka Czechia 26 486 0.7× 568 1.0× 1.4k 3.1× 292 0.7× 378 1.1× 235 2.7k
Robert E. Kooij Netherlands 23 1.0k 1.5× 656 1.1× 96 0.2× 243 0.6× 172 0.5× 105 2.3k
Chenquan Gan China 22 457 0.6× 418 0.7× 907 2.0× 118 0.3× 82 0.2× 87 2.0k
Lu‐Xing Yang China 30 1.2k 1.7× 1.0k 1.8× 174 0.4× 80 0.2× 175 0.5× 96 2.4k
Salman A. AlQahtani Saudi Arabia 24 313 0.4× 754 1.3× 333 0.7× 604 1.4× 104 0.3× 237 2.4k
Yan Wan United States 36 263 0.4× 1.7k 3.0× 564 1.2× 558 1.3× 1.2k 3.5× 258 4.1k
Shudong Li China 23 501 0.7× 451 0.8× 430 0.9× 86 0.2× 65 0.2× 103 1.6k
S. S. Ravi United States 27 258 0.4× 1.1k 1.9× 456 1.0× 484 1.1× 92 0.3× 125 2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Dawei Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dawei Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Dawei Zhao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Dawei Zhao. The network helps show where Dawei Zhao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dawei Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dawei Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dawei Zhao 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 Dawei Zhao. Dawei Zhao 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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Zhao, Dawei, et al.. (2025). Reset observer-based containment protocol via event-triggered strategy for multi-agent networks against aperiodic DoS attacks. Applied Mathematics and Computation. 500. 129415–129415. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Dawei, et al.. (2025). An intrusion response approach based on multi-objective optimization and deep Q network for industrial control systems. Expert Systems with Applications. 272. 126664–126664. 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yuying, et al.. (2025). The impact of feedbacks on evolutionary game dynamics in structured populations. Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. 35(6). 10 indexed citations
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Zhao, Dawei, et al.. (2025). Reinforcement Learning Can Be a Double-Edged Sword for Cooperation on Higher-Order Networks. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 56(1). 231–244.
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Hu, Xin, et al.. (2024). Coupled propagation between one communicable disease and related two types of information on multiplex networks with simplicial complexes. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 645. 129832–129832. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Juan, et al.. (2024). Reinforcement learning and collective cooperation on higher-order networks. Knowledge-Based Systems. 301. 112326–112326. 36 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xu, Lijuan, et al.. (2024). TFHSVul:A Fine-Grained Hybrid Semantic Vulnerability Detection Method Based on Self-Attention Mechanism in IOT. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 1–1. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Dawei, et al.. (2024). Dynamic multi-dose vaccination with initial immunity on higher-order networks. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 480(2300). 7 indexed citations
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Zhao, Dawei, et al.. (2024). Designing incoherent unit norm tight frames via block coordinate descent-based alternating projection. Applied Mathematics and Computation. 474. 128687–128687. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Dawei, et al.. (2024). Dual-domain sampling and feature-domain optimization network for image compressive sensing. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 137. 109099–109099. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Huashan, et al.. (2024). A Novel Network Protocol Syntax Extracting Method for Grammar-Based Fuzzing. Applied Sciences. 14(6). 2409–2409. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Juan, et al.. (2023). Role of second-order reputation evaluation in the multi-player snowdrift game on scale-free simplicial complexes. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 172. 113539–113539. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Xuezhu, et al.. (2023). Evolutionary dynamics with the second-order reputation in the networked N-player trust game. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 175. 114042–114042. 9 indexed citations
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Xu, Lijuan, et al.. (2023). GRU-Based Interpretable Multivariate Time Series Anomaly Detection in Industrial Control System. Computers & Security. 127. 103094–103094. 71 indexed citations
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Zhao, Dawei, et al.. (2023). Image-Based Malware Classification Method with the AlexNet Convolutional Neural Network Model. Security and Communication Networks. 2023. 1–15. 7 indexed citations
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Zhao, Dawei, et al.. (2023). A New Framework for Visual Classification of Multi-Channel Malware Based on Transfer Learning. Applied Sciences. 13(4). 2484–2484. 11 indexed citations
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Xia, Chengyi, et al.. (2023). Epidemic trajectories and awareness diffusion among unequals in simplicial complexes. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 173. 113657–113657. 40 indexed citations
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Li, Haoran, et al.. (2022). A Prediction Model of Human Resources Recruitment Demand Based on Convolutional Collaborative BP Neural Network. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience. 2022. 1–10. 3 indexed citations
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Zhao, Dawei, et al.. (2022). Diffusion of resources and their impact on epidemic spreading in multilayer networks with simplicial complexes. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 164. 112734–112734. 63 indexed citations
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Ma, Wenda, Xitian Wang, Da Xie, et al.. (2020). Defining SSO Power and Characterizing SSO Propagation in Power System With Wind Farms Integration. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 36(4). 3531–3540. 16 indexed citations

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