Hongwei Li

11.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
323 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

Hongwei Li is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongwei Li has authored 323 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 204 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 69 papers in Information Systems and 47 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Hongwei Li's work include Cryptography and Data Security (130 papers), Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (114 papers) and Cloud Data Security Solutions (35 papers). Hongwei Li is often cited by papers focused on Cryptography and Data Security (130 papers), Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (114 papers) and Cloud Data Security Solutions (35 papers). Hongwei Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Hongwei Li's co-authors include Guowen Xu, Xiaodong Lin, Rongxing Lu, Xuemin Shen, Kan Yang, Sen Liu, Robert H. Deng, Yuanshun Dai, Haomiao Yang and Yinbin Miao and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Astrophysical Journal and International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

In The Last Decade

Hongwei Li

298 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

VerifyNet: Secure and Verifiable Federated Learning 2018 2026 2020 2023 2019 2019 2018 2021 2022 100 200 300 400 500
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. VerifyNet: Secure and Verifiable Federated Learning
    2019 552 citations Guowen Xu, Hongwei Li et al. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security profile →
  2. Efficient and Privacy-Enhanced Federated Learning for Industrial Artificial Intelligence
    2019 413 citations Meng Hao, Hongwei Li et al. profile →
  3. Secure Multi-Party Computation: Theory, practice and applications
    2018 267 citations Hongwei Li et al. profile →
  4. Privacy-Enhanced Federated Learning Against Poisoning Adversaries
    2021 215 citations Hongwei Li, Guowen Xu et al. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security profile →
  5. Privacy-Preserving Byzantine-Robust Federated Learning via Blockchain Systems
    2022 173 citations Yinbin Miao, Hongwei Li et al. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security profile →

Peers

Hongwei Li
Ximeng Liu China
Liehuang Zhu China
Hui Li China
Kan Yang China
H. Brendan McMahan United States
Jiguo Yu China
Zhenfu Cao China
Robert H. Deng Singapore
Kunal Talwar United States
Kai Zheng China
Ximeng Liu China
Hongwei Li
Citations per year, relative to Hongwei Li Hongwei Li (= 1×) peers Ximeng Liu

Countries citing papers authored by Hongwei Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hongwei Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Hongwei Li. 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 Hongwei Li. The network helps show where Hongwei Li may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongwei Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hongwei Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hongwei Li 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 Hongwei Li. Hongwei Li 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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Jiang, Wenbo, Hongwei Li, Jiaming He, et al.. (2025). I2I Backdoor: Backdoor Attacks Against Image-to-Image Tasks. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. 22(6). 7996–8010. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Li, Yinbin Miao, Zhiquan Liu, et al.. (2025). Enhanced Model Poisoning Attack and Multi-Strategy Defense in Federated Learning. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 20. 3877–3892. 8 indexed citations
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Wu, Pingbo, et al.. (2024). Experimental study on the residual life of high speed trains axles considering initial defects. Engineering Failure Analysis. 168. 109078–109078. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuan, et al.. (2024). Beyond Security: Achieving Fairness in Mailmen-Assisted Timed Data Delivery. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 19. 6425–6440. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Hongwei, et al.. (2024). Stealthy Targeted Backdoor Attacks Against Image Captioning. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 19. 5655–5667. 9 indexed citations
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Qian, Xinyuan, Hongwei Li, Guowen Xu, et al.. (2024). Privacy-Preserving Data Evaluation via Functional Encryption, Revisited. 11–20. 1 indexed citations
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Miao, Yinbin, et al.. (2024). Efficient and Secure Geometric Range Search Over Encrypted Spatial Data in Mobile Cloud. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 24(3). 1621–1635. 2 indexed citations
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Miao, Yinbin, Xinghua Li, Shujiang Xu, et al.. (2024). Privacy-Preserving Asynchronous Federated Learning Under Non-IID Settings. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 19. 5828–5841. 3 indexed citations
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Chang, Zheng, et al.. (2024). BASUV: A Blockchain-Enabled UAV Authentication Scheme for Internet of Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 19. 9055–9069. 13 indexed citations
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Song, Chao, et al.. (2023). A distributed streaming framework for edge–cloud triangle counting in graph streams. Knowledge-Based Systems. 278. 110878–110878. 2 indexed citations
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Miao, Yinbin, Xinghua Li, Zhiquan Liu, et al.. (2023). Time-Controllable Keyword Search Scheme With Efficient Revocation in Mobile E-Health Cloud. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 23(5). 3650–3665. 40 indexed citations
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Miao, Yinbin, Wei Zheng, Xinghua Li, et al.. (2023). Secure Model-Contrastive Federated Learning With Improved Compressive Sensing. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 18. 3430–3444. 10 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yushu, et al.. (2023). A Reversible Framework for Efficient and Secure Visual Privacy Protection. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 18. 3334–3349. 19 indexed citations
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Ren, Yanzhi, et al.. (2022). Acoustic-Sensing-Based Location Semantics Identification Using Smartphones. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 9(20). 20640–20650. 6 indexed citations
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Ren, Hao, Hongwei Li, Dongxiao Liu, Guowen Xu, & Xuemin Shen. (2021). Enabling Secure and Versatile Packet Inspection With Probable Cause Privacy for Outsourced Middlebox. IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. 10(4). 2580–2594. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuan, Chunxiang Xu, Hongwei Li, et al.. (2020). PROTECT: Efficient Password-Based Threshold Single-Sign-On Authentication for Mobile Users against Perpetual Leakage. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 20(6). 2297–2312. 80 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zheng, et al.. (2018). National Supervision of Third Party Hazardous Chemical Inspection Institution by Evolutionary Game. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Hongwei, et al.. (2011). Research of combined effect of small space debris and atomic oxygen. Chinese Journal of Space Science. 31(4). 503–503. 1 indexed citations

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