Defu Zhang

7.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
150 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Defu Zhang is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Defu Zhang has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 32 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 26 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Defu Zhang's work include Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (35 papers), Optimization and Packing Problems (33 papers) and Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (18 papers). Defu Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (35 papers), Optimization and Packing Problems (33 papers) and Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (18 papers). Defu Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Macao. Defu Zhang's co-authors include Junde Chen, Yaser A. Nanehkaran, Stephen C.H. Leung, Adnan Zeb, Yuandong Sun, Jinxiu Chen, Lijun Wei, Zhenzhen Zhang, Wenhua Zeng and Anwar Ul Haq and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, European Journal of Operational Research and Expert Systems with Applications.

In The Last Decade

Defu Zhang

146 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Using deep transfer learning for image-based plant disease identification

2020 683 citations Junde Chen, Jinxiu Chen et al. profile →
Identification of rice plant diseases using lightweight attention networks

2021 178 citations Junde Chen, Defu Zhang et al. Expert Systems with Applications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Defu Zhang China	39	1.6k	1.3k	961	658	576	150	5.0k
Renato A. Krohling Brazil	29	452 0.3×	124 0.1×	1.3k 1.4×	127 0.2×	982 1.7×	75	3.6k
Saurabh Singh South Korea	29	284 0.2×	101 0.1×	1.3k 1.3×	117 0.2×	163 0.3×	74	4.8k
Shimon Y. Nof United States	32	204 0.1×	2.0k 1.5×	246 0.3×	57 0.1×	210 0.4×	245	3.7k
Darko Stefanović Serbia	18	1.4k 0.9×	76 0.1×	1.1k 1.2×	575 0.9×	51 0.1×	74	4.1k
Muhammad Habib ur Rehman Pakistan	35	517 0.3×	340 0.3×	1.1k 1.1×	164 0.2×	217 0.4×	77	4.5k
Yi‐Bing Lin Taiwan	42	329 0.2×	120 0.1×	358 0.4×	69 0.1×	720 1.3×	401	7.7k
Milan Tuba Serbia	36	85 0.1×	338 0.3×	1.8k 1.9×	46 0.1×	265 0.5×	160	3.7k
Miguel A. Vega‐Rodríguez Spain	27	112 0.1×	246 0.2×	1.0k 1.1×	40 0.1×	114 0.2×	296	3.1k
Pradeep Kumar Singh India	30	295 0.2×	65 0.1×	722 0.8×	97 0.1×	42 0.1×	171	3.3k
Ruhul Sarker Australia	48	76 0.0×	1.4k 1.1×	3.5k 3.7×	24 0.0×	1.1k 1.9×	294	8.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Defu Zhang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Defu Zhang

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Defu, et al.. (2025). Advanced deep learning model for crop-specific and cross-crop pest identification. Expert Systems with Applications. 274. 126896–126896. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Defu, et al.. (2024). Graph contrastive learning with cross-encoder for community discovery. Applied Intelligence. 54(2). 2211–2224. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Junde, et al.. (2023). Data-driven intelligent method for detection of electricity theft. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. 148. 108948–108948. 18 indexed citations

Zhang, Defu, et al.. (2023). Development of a Zero-Dimensional Model for a Low-Speed Two-Stroke Marine Diesel Engine with Exhaust Gas Bypass and Performance Evaluation. Processes. 11(3). 936–936. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Lequan, et al.. (2022). MuRCL: Multi-Instance Reinforcement Contrastive Learning for Whole Slide Image Classification. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging. 42(5). 1337–1348. 30 indexed citations

Yang, Minggang, et al.. (2022). A hybrid improved LSTM-CNN model for Chinese stock price trend prediction. 76–83. 2 indexed citations

Zeb, Adnan, et al.. (2022). Complex graph convolutional network for link prediction in knowledge graphs. Expert Systems with Applications. 200. 116796–116796. 41 indexed citations

Zhao, Rujie, et al.. (2021). Neural Embedding Singular Value Decomposition for Collaborative Filtering. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems. 33(10). 6021–6029. 19 indexed citations

Zheng, Wei, et al.. (2021). Deadline‐constrained cost‐energy aware workflow scheduling in cloud. Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience. 34(6). 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Defu, et al.. (2021). Multi-scale U-like network with attention mechanism for automatic pancreas segmentation. PLoS ONE. 16(5). e0252287–e0252287. 19 indexed citations

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Chen, Junde, Jinxiu Chen, Defu Zhang, Yaser A. Nanehkaran, & Yuandong Sun. (2021). A cognitive vision method for the detection of plant disease images. Machine Vision and Applications. 32(1). 42 indexed citations

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Chen, Junde, et al.. (2020). Identification of plant disease images via a squeeze‐and‐excitation MobileNet model and twice transfer learning. IET Image Processing. 15(5). 1115–1127. 78 indexed citations

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Zeng, Xiangxiang, et al.. (2019). A component overlapping attribute clustering (COAC) algorithm for single-cell RNA sequencing data analysis and potential pathobiological implications. PLoS Computational Biology. 15(2). e1006772–e1006772. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Defu, et al.. (2017). A hybrid swarm algorithm based on ABC and AIS for 2L-HFCVRP. Applied Soft Computing. 64. 468–479. 13 indexed citations

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Leung, Stephen C.H., et al.. (2016). Three-stage heuristic algorithm for three-dimensional irregular packing problem. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 41. 431–444. 17 indexed citations

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Ye, Furong, Liming Zhang, Defu Zhang, Hamido Fujita, & Zhiguo Gong. (2016). A novel forecasting method based on multi-order fuzzy time series and technical analysis. Information Sciences. 367-368. 41–57. 94 indexed citations

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Zhang, Defu. (2012). Study on curves fitting Bama miniature pigs’early-stage growth. Shanghai nongye xuebao. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Yongkai, Defu Zhang, & Francis Y. L. Chin. (2010). A clique-based algorithm for constructing feasible timetables. Optimization methods & software. 26(2). 281–294. 11 indexed citations

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Chen, Qingshan, Defu Zhang, Lijun Wei, & Huowang Chen. (2007). A Modified Genetic Programming for Behavior Scoring Problem. 535–539. 10 indexed citations

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Zhang, Defu, et al.. (2004). Packing Different-sized Circles into a Rectangular Container Using Simulated Annealing Algorithm.. 77(6). 388–391. 3 indexed citations

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