Helin Yang

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
110 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Helin Yang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Helin Yang has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 39 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 38 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Helin Yang's work include Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (38 papers), Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (29 papers) and UAV Applications and Optimization (26 papers). Helin Yang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (38 papers), Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (29 papers) and UAV Applications and Optimization (26 papers). Helin Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Canada. Helin Yang's co-authors include Xianzhong Xie, Chen Chen, Wen‐De Zhong, Zehui Xiong, Arokiaswami Alphones, Jun Zhao, Pengfei Du, Dusit Niyato, Liang Xiao and Michel Kadoch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Optics Express and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Helin Yang

98 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Artificial-Intelligence-Enabled Intelligent 6G Networks

2020 359 citations Helin Yang, Arokiaswami Alphones et al. profile →
Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning for UAV-Enabled Networks: Learning-Based Joint Scheduling and Resource Management

2021 219 citations Helin Yang, Jun Zhao et al. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helin Yang China	30	2.3k	908	659	381	148	110	3.0k
Mohamed Abdallah Qatar	31	2.6k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	449 0.7×	540 1.4×	171 1.2×	237	3.6k
Basem Shihada Saudi Arabia	28	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 1.2×	557 0.8×	174 0.5×	127 0.9×	173	2.5k
Xavier Fernando Canada	25	1.7k 0.7×	843 0.9×	328 0.5×	157 0.4×	136 0.9×	210	2.3k
Shuping Dang United Kingdom	28	2.1k 0.9×	806 0.9×	631 1.0×	401 1.1×	105 0.7×	194	2.8k
Y. Ahmet Şekercioğlu Australia	23	1.8k 0.8×	1.5k 1.7×	265 0.4×	178 0.5×	186 1.3×	87	2.8k
Weixiao Meng China	32	2.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	888 1.3×	364 1.0×	502 3.4×	264	3.5k
Myungsik Yoo South Korea	23	3.0k 1.3×	1.4k 1.5×	206 0.3×	126 0.3×	200 1.4×	132	3.4k
Fuqiang Liu China	24	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	161 0.2×	227 0.6×	239 1.6×	186	2.6k
Adnan Shahid Belgium	21	1.5k 0.7×	703 0.8×	428 0.6×	214 0.6×	68 0.5×	93	2.0k
Anna Maria Vegni Italy	21	1.3k 0.6×	578 0.6×	170 0.3×	149 0.4×	60 0.4×	119	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Helin Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helin Yang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Helin, et al.. (2025). Intelligent Computation Offloading and Trajectory Planning for 3-D Target Search in Low-Altitude Economy Scenarios. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 14(4). 949–953. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Yihui, et al.. (2025). Energy Efficient UAV-RIS-Aided Integrated Sensing and Communication Systems Using Deep Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 75(1). 1613–1618. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Helin, et al.. (2025). Intelligent Latency-Oriented Optimization for Multi-UAV-Assisted Mobile Edge Computing in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(12). 13384–13398. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yihui, et al.. (2024). Joint Channel Selection and Power Control for Multi-UAV-Enabled Anti-Jamming Communications Based on Game Guided Reinforcement Learning. 1485–1490.

Yang, Helin, et al.. (2024). Game-Guided Matching Theory-Based Resource Allocation for Secure Semantic Communications. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 74(5). 8357–8362. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Helin, et al.. (2024). UAV-Enabled Semantic Communication in Mobile Edge Computing Under Jamming Attacks: An Intelligent Resource Management Approach. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(11). 17493–17507. 7 indexed citations

Kang, Jiawen, Minrui Xu, Helin Yang, et al.. (2024). Deep Reinforcement Learning based Multi-attribute Auction Model for Resource Allocation in Vehicular AIGC Services. Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast). 36–42. 1 indexed citations

Xiao, Liang, et al.. (2024). Efficient Beacon-Aided AUV Localization: A Reinforcement Learning Based Approach. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 73(6). 7799–7811. 6 indexed citations

Yang, Helin, et al.. (2024). Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Resource Management for UAV-Assisted Mobile Edge Computing Against Jamming. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 23(12). 13358–13374. 11 indexed citations

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Yang, Helin, et al.. (2024). Learning-Based Resource Management Optimization for UAV-Assisted MEC Against Jamming. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 72(8). 4873–4886. 12 indexed citations

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Yang, Helin, Sheng Zhang, Arokiaswami Alphones, et al.. (2023). An Advanced Integrated Visible Light Communication and Localization System. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 71(12). 7149–7162. 14 indexed citations

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Yang, Helin, et al.. (2022). Energy-Efficient Collaborative Inference in MEC: A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Based Approach. 407–412. 3 indexed citations

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Xiao, Liang, et al.. (2022). Reinforcement Learning Based Energy-Efficient Collaborative Inference for Mobile Edge Computing. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 71(2). 864–876. 48 indexed citations

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Xie, Xianzhong, et al.. (2022). Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation for Short Packet Transmission in MISO Multicarrier NOMA. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 71(12). 12797–12810. 13 indexed citations

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Yang, Helin, Kwok‐Yan Lam, Liang Xiao, et al.. (2022). Lead federated neuromorphic learning for wireless edge artificial intelligence. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4269–4269. 69 indexed citations

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Yang, Helin, Jun Zhao, Zehui Xiong, et al.. (2021). Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning for UAV-Enabled Networks: Learning-Based Joint Scheduling and Resource Management. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 39(10). 3144–3159. 219 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xie, Xianzhong, et al.. (2021). Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted Wireless Information and Power Transfer With X-Duplex for 6G Networks. IEEE Systems Journal. 16(4). 5894–5905. 5 indexed citations

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Xie, Xianzhong, et al.. (2021). Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Multidimensional Resource Management for Energy Harvesting Cognitive NOMA Communications. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 70(5). 3110–3125. 45 indexed citations

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Chen, Chen, Helin Yang, Pengfei Du, et al.. (2020). User-Centric MIMO Techniques for Indoor Visible Light Communication Systems. IEEE Systems Journal. 14(3). 3202–3213. 37 indexed citations

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Yang, Yanbing, Chen Chen, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2018). Secure and private NOMA VLC using OFDM with two-level chaotic encryption. Optics Express. 26(26). 34031–34031. 35 indexed citations

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