Junfang Tian

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Junfang Tian is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Transportation and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Junfang Tian has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 57 papers in Transportation and 35 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Junfang Tian's work include Traffic control and management (57 papers), Transportation Planning and Optimization (54 papers) and Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques (34 papers). Junfang Tian is often cited by papers focused on Traffic control and management (57 papers), Transportation Planning and Optimization (54 papers) and Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques (34 papers). Junfang Tian collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Junfang Tian's co-authors include Bin Jia, Rui Jiang, Shoufeng Ma, Christian Lochert, Martin Mauve, Hannes Hartenstein, Ning Jia, Ziyou Gao, Martin Treiber and Zhenzhou Yuan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Energy Policy and Energy.

In The Last Decade

Junfang Tian

115 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

A routing strategy for vehicular ad hoc networks in city ... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 200 400 600
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 routing strategy for vehicular ad hoc networks in city environments
    2004 617 citations Junfang Tian et al. profile →

Peers

Junfang Tian
Mashrur Chowdhury United States
Xuegang Ban United States
Edward Chung Australia
Jun-Seok Oh United States
Dong Ngoduy Australia
Ryan Herring United States
Baher Abdulhai Canada
Yu Nie United States
Changxi Ma China
Stephen G. Ritchie United States
Mashrur Chowdhury United States
Junfang Tian
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Countries citing papers authored by Junfang Tian

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Fields of papers citing papers by Junfang Tian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junfang Tian

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Junfang Tian. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Junfang 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 Junfang Tian. Junfang 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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Treiber, Martin, et al.. (2025). On the calibration of stochastic car following models. Transportation Research Part B Methodological. 196. 103224–103224. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shaohua, Hongxin Zou, Ye Yao, et al.. (2025). From demonstration to diffusion: Community dynamics and incentives analysis in household solar photovoltaic adoption. Energy. 333. 137302–137302.
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Zhang, Jing, et al.. (2025). A stochastic car-following model in the framework of Kerner’s three-phase traffic theory. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 675. 130798–130798.
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Wang, Tao, et al.. (2024). Bus dwell time estimation and overtaking maneuvers analysis: A stochastic process approach. Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review. 186. 103577–103577. 4 indexed citations
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Tian, Junfang, et al.. (2024). Variable time headway spacing strategy for connected vehicles platoon based on sliding mode control. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 637. 129588–129588. 8 indexed citations
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Xie, Lili, et al.. (2024). MiKey: Human Key-points Detection Using Millimeter Wave Radar. 1–6. 2 indexed citations
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Tian, Junfang, et al.. (2023). Experimental features of emissions and fuel consumption in a car-following platoon. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 121. 103823–103823. 13 indexed citations
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Wang, Tao, et al.. (2023). A driving guidance strategy with pre-stop line at signalized intersection: Collaborative optimization of capacity and fuel consumption. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 626. 129068–129068. 9 indexed citations
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Feng, Jianghong, et al.. (2023). The two-stage integrated allocation model for local emergency supplies. 5(4). 317–331. 3 indexed citations
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Xie, Min, Wei Zhao, Tijian Wang, et al.. (2023). Quantifying the seasonal variations in and regional transport of PM 2.5 in the Yangtze River Delta region, China: characteristics, sources, and health risks. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 23(17). 9837–9852. 17 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jing, et al.. (2023). Analysis of car–following behaviors based on data–driven and theory–driven car–following models: Heterogeneity and asymmetry. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 632. 129324–129324. 8 indexed citations
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Yan, Yingying, Shiquan Zhong, Junfang Tian, & Ning Jia. (2022). An empirical study on consumer automobile purchase intentions influenced by the COVID-19 outbreak. Journal of Transport Geography. 104. 103458–103458. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Yu, Xiaopeng Li, Junfang Tian, & Rui Jiang. (2020). Stability Analysis of Stochastic Linear Car-Following Models. Transportation Science. 54(1). 274–297. 57 indexed citations
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Jiang, Rui, Cheng‐Jie Jin, Junfang Tian, et al.. (2017). Experimental and Empirical Investigations of Traffic Flow Instability. Transportation research procedia. 23. 157–173. 29 indexed citations
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Shao, Chunfu, et al.. (2016). Cellular Automata Approach for Modeling Lane Changing Execution.. 11. 339–350. 2 indexed citations
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Tian, Junfang, et al.. (2016). Cellular Automaton Model with Dynamical 2D Speed-Gap Relation. Transportation Science. 51(3). 807–822. 48 indexed citations
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Yuan, Zhenzhou, et al.. (2015). Randomness analysis of lane formation in pedestrian counter flow based on improved lattice gas model. Acta Physica Sinica. 64(1). 18903–18903. 8 indexed citations
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Tian, Junfang. (2012). Characteristics of Traffic Flow at Non-Signalized T-Shaped Intersection. Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology. 2 indexed citations

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