Hui Tian

9.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
429 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Hui Tian is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hui Tian has authored 429 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 282 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 217 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 59 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hui Tian's work include Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (127 papers), Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (91 papers) and Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (70 papers). Hui Tian is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (127 papers), Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (91 papers) and Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (70 papers). Hui Tian collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United Kingdom. Hui Tian's co-authors include Xinchen Lyu, Wanli Ni, Abbas El Gamal, Boyd Fowler, Ping Zhang, Xuzhen Zhu, Zheng Hu, Ren Ping Liu, Wei Ni and Cigdem Sengul and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence.

In The Last Decade

Hui Tian

392 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

A new user similarity model to improve the accuracy of co... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2016 100 200 300 400
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. A new user similarity model to improve the accuracy of collaborative filtering
    2013 456 citations Hui Tian, Xuzhen Zhu et al. profile →
  2. Multiuser Joint Task Offloading and Resource Optimization in Proximate Clouds
    2016 329 citations Xinchen Lyu, Hui Tian et al. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hui Tian China 37 4.1k 3.3k 1.1k 1.0k 939 429 6.8k
Yong Ren China 45 3.6k 0.9× 4.3k 1.3× 546 0.5× 2.6k 2.5× 1.3k 1.4× 315 8.0k
Narayan B. Mandayam United States 46 7.0k 1.7× 6.3k 1.9× 646 0.6× 630 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 246 9.4k
Yang Yang China 45 6.4k 1.6× 5.6k 1.7× 1.2k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 917 1.0× 658 10.6k
Lei Guo China 47 2.3k 0.6× 4.3k 1.3× 1.3k 1.2× 903 0.9× 1.4k 1.4× 286 7.2k
Xiaofeng Tao China 39 4.3k 1.1× 3.5k 1.1× 504 0.5× 1.0k 1.0× 799 0.9× 540 6.4k
Wei Ni Australia 39 3.2k 0.8× 3.8k 1.2× 1.8k 1.7× 1.3k 1.3× 1.0k 1.1× 340 6.8k
Huaiyu Dai United States 40 4.2k 1.0× 4.2k 1.3× 489 0.5× 1.2k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 250 6.7k
Tomoaki Ohtsuki Japan 39 3.7k 0.9× 2.2k 0.7× 898 0.9× 831 0.8× 2.3k 2.4× 677 7.3k
Kwang‐Cheng Chen Taiwan 49 6.5k 1.6× 6.5k 2.0× 418 0.4× 1.2k 1.2× 723 0.8× 383 9.6k
Qiang Ni United Kingdom 54 6.6k 1.6× 6.1k 1.9× 848 0.8× 1.4k 1.4× 1.1k 1.2× 357 10.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Hui Tian

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hui Tian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hui Tian

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hui Tian. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hui Tian 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 Hui Tian. Hui Tian 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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Tian, Hui, et al.. (2025). Joint Beamforming Design for Multifunctional RIS-Aided Over-the-Air Federated Learning. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 12(12). 21720–21739.
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Tian, Hui, et al.. (2024). Federated Split Learning for Distributed Intelligence with Resource-Constrained Devices. 798–803. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xinran, Hui Tian, Wanli Ni, & Zhaohui Yang. (2024). Deep Reinforcement Learning for Multi-Functional RIS-Aided Over-the-Air Federated Learning in Internet of Robotic Things. 5461–5466. 3 indexed citations
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Tian, Hui, et al.. (2024). Multipath Identification, User Localization, and Environment Mapping in Radio SLAM. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 72(10). 6457–6473. 6 indexed citations
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Tian, Hui, et al.. (2024). Deep Reinforcement Learning Enables Joint Trajectory and Communication in Internet of Robotic Things. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(12). 18154–18168. 7 indexed citations
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Tian, Hui, et al.. (2023). Phase transition phenomena in social propagation with dynamic fashion tendency and individual contact. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 178. 114366–114366. 5 indexed citations
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Ni, Wanli, et al.. (2023). Joint Trajectory and Radio Resource Optimization for Autonomous Mobile Robots Exploiting Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 71(9). 5244–5258. 5 indexed citations
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Ni, Wanli, Yuanwei Liu, Zhaohui Yang, Hui Tian, & Xuemin Shen. (2022). Integrating Over-the-Air Federated Learning and Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access: What Role Can RIS Play?. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 21(12). 10083–10099. 57 indexed citations
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Fan, Shaoshuai, et al.. (2021). Carrier Phase-Based Synchronization and High-Accuracy Positioning in 5G New Radio Cellular Networks. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 70(1). 564–577. 36 indexed citations
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Yang, Luwei, et al.. (2020). Investigation of the clinical significance of detecting PTX3 for community-acquired pneumonia.. PubMed. 24(16). 8477–8482. 5 indexed citations
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Lyu, Xinchen, et al.. (2020). Distributed Online Learning of Cooperative Caching in Edge Cloud. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 20(8). 2550–2562. 27 indexed citations
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Lyu, Xinchen, et al.. (2020). Distributed Online Optimization of Fog Computing for Internet of Things Under Finite Device Buffers. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 7(6). 5434–5448. 15 indexed citations
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Lyu, Xinchen, et al.. (2019). Profitable Cooperative Region for Distributed Online Edge Caching. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 67(7). 4696–4708. 14 indexed citations
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Lyu, Xinchen, et al.. (2019). Optimal Online Data Partitioning for Geo-Distributed Machine Learning in Edge of Wireless Networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 37(10). 2393–2406. 52 indexed citations
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Lyu, Xinchen, et al.. (2018). Multi-Timescale Decentralized Online Orchestration of Software-Defined Networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 36(12). 2716–2730. 28 indexed citations
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Li, Lihua, et al.. (2018). Handover Control in Wireless Systems via Asynchronous Multiuser Deep Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 5(6). 4296–4307. 108 indexed citations
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Fan, Bo, Hui Tian, Li Jiang, & Athanasios V. Vasilakos. (2018). A Social-Aware Virtual MAC Protocol for Energy-Efficient D2D Communications Underlying Heterogeneous Cellular Networks. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 67(9). 8372–8385. 24 indexed citations
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Lyu, Xinchen, Hui Tian, Wei Ni, et al.. (2018). Energy-Efficient Admission of Delay-Sensitive Tasks for Mobile Edge Computing. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 66(6). 2603–2616. 176 indexed citations
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Lyu, Xinchen, Wei Ni, Hui Tian, et al.. (2018). Distributed Online Optimization of Fog Computing for Selfish Devices With Out-of-Date Information. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 17(11). 7704–7717. 32 indexed citations
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Tian, Hui. (2003). Channel Adaptive Shortest Path Routing for Ad Hoc Networks. 3 indexed citations

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