Keyao Zhu

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Keyao Zhu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Keyao Zhu has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 13 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 2 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Keyao Zhu's work include Advanced Optical Network Technologies (29 papers), Optical Network Technologies (25 papers) and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (14 papers). Keyao Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Optical Network Technologies (29 papers), Optical Network Technologies (25 papers) and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (14 papers). Keyao Zhu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and India. Keyao Zhu's co-authors include Biswanath Mukherjee, Hui Zang, Hongyue Zhu, B. Mukherjee, Canhui Ou, L.H. Sahasrabuddhe, Jing Zhang, Jing Zhang, Norman Matloff and Jing Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Journal of Lightwave Technology and Applied Soft Computing.

In The Last Decade

Keyao Zhu

32 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Traffic grooming in an optical WDM mesh network

2002 458 citations Keyao Zhu, Biswanath Mukherjee IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keyao Zhu United States	19	1.8k	823	14	11	11	33	1.8k
D.O. Awduche United States	10	693 0.4×	577 0.7×	10 0.7×	5 0.5×	12 1.1×	19	836
Jean‐François Labourdette United States	15	676 0.4×	303 0.4×	15 1.1×	4 0.4×	3 0.3×	52	742
Soung-Chang Liew Hong Kong	11	284 0.2×	311 0.4×	17 1.2×	8 0.7×	14 1.3×	18	367
Peerapon Siripongwutikorn Thailand	7	253 0.1×	234 0.3×	8 0.6×	6 0.5×	11 1.0×	24	345
Aradhana Narula‐Tam United States	11	533 0.3×	416 0.5×	13 0.9×	7 0.6×	10 0.9×	46	663
Krishna N. Ramachandran United States	9	448 0.3×	1.0k 1.3×	6 0.4×	3 0.3×	5 0.5×	12	1.1k
Łukasz Budzisz Germany	11	287 0.2×	337 0.4×	8 0.6×	14 1.3×	11 1.0×	26	405
S. Kandukuri United States	6	551 0.3×	572 0.7×	11 0.8×	11 1.0×		11	673
Sanjoy Sen United States	12	421 0.2×	505 0.6×	10 0.7×		19 1.7×	22	522
Ljubica Blažević Switzerland	10	266 0.1×	653 0.8×	5 0.4×	3 0.3×	12 1.1×	21	690

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keyao Zhu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Keyao Zhu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Keyao Zhu 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 Keyao Zhu. Keyao Zhu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shang, Ronghua, et al.. (2025). Hyperspectral image classification based on mixed similarity graph convolutional network and pixel refinement. Applied Soft Computing. 170. 112657–112657. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Keyao, et al.. (2025). Polarimetric SAR image classification based on superpixel content-aware and semi-supervised ViT network. Applied Soft Computing. 186. 114040–114040.

Shang, Ronghua, Keyao Zhu, Jie Feng, et al.. (2023). Reg-Superpixel Guided Convolutional Neural Network of PolSAR Image Classification Based on Feature Selection and Receptive Field Reconstruction. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 16. 4312–4327. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Jing, Keyao Zhu, Hui Zang, Norman Matloff, & Biswanath Mukherjee. (2007). Availability-Aware Provisioning Strategies for Differentiated Protection Services in Wavelength-Convertible WDM Mesh Networks. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. 15(5). 1177–1190. 86 indexed citations

Wang, Shuang, Keyao Zhu, Lei Song, et al.. (2007). Optimized routing for fault management in optical burst-switched WDM networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 25(6). 111–120. 3 indexed citations

Ou, Canhui, L.H. Sahasrabuddhe, Keyao Zhu, Charles U. Martel, & B. Mukherjee. (2006). Survivable virtual concatenation for data over SONET/SDH in optical transport networks. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. 14(1). 218–231. 35 indexed citations

Zhu, Keyao, Hongyue Zhu, & Biswanath Mukherjee. (2005). Traffic Grooming in Optical WDM Mesh Networks (Optical Networks). Springer eBooks. 92(2). 52–6. 10 indexed citations

Zhu, Keyao, Jing Zhang, & Biswanath Mukherjee. (2005). Ethernet-over-SONET(EoS) over WDM in Optical Wide-Area Networks (WANs): Benefits and Challenges. Photonic Network Communications. 10(1). 107–118. 10 indexed citations

Ye, Tong, Yikai Su, Keyao Zhu, et al.. (2005). SLEA: a novel scheme for routing in overlay IP/WDM networks. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 23(10). 2934–2944. 5 indexed citations

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Ou, Canhui, Keyao Zhu, Jing Zhang, et al.. (2004). Traffic grooming for survivable WDM networks: dedicated protection [Invited]. Journal of Optical Networking. 3(1). 50–50. 33 indexed citations

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Mukherjee, Biswanath, Canhui Ou, Hongyue Zhu, et al.. (2004). Traffic grooming in mesh optical networks. 2. 20 indexed citations

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Zhu, Keyao, et al.. (2004). A new provisioning framework to provide availability-guaranteed service in WDM mesh networks. 2. 1484–1488. 60 indexed citations

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Zhu, Keyao, Jing Zhang, & B. Mukherjee. (2004). Inverse multiplexing in optical transport networks with the support of SONET/SDH virtual concatenation. 1. 319. 2 indexed citations

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Zhu, Keyao, et al.. (2003). Service provisioning to provide per-connection-based availability guarantee in WDM mesh networks. 622–624 vol.2. 39 indexed citations

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Zhu, Hongyue, Hui Zang, Keyao Zhu, & B. Mukherjee. (2003). A novel generic graph model for traffic grooming in heterogeneous WDM mesh networks. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. 11(2). 285–299. 231 indexed citations

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Ou, Canhui, Keyao Zhu, Hui Zang, L.H. Sahasrabuddhe, & Biswanath Mukherjee. (2003). Traffic grooming for survivable WDM networks-shared protection. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 21(9). 1367–1383. 111 indexed citations

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Zhu, Keyao, Hui Zang, & Biswanath Mukherjee. (2003). A comprehensive study on next-generation optical grooming switches. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 21(7). 1173–1186. 84 indexed citations

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Zhu, Keyao & Biswanath Mukherjee. (2002). Traffic grooming in an optical WDM mesh network. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 20(1). 122–133. 458 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhu, Keyao, L.H. Sahasrabuddhe, & Biswanath Mukherjee. (2001). Topology design and upgrade of an optical network by bottleneck‐cut identification. Journal of High Speed Networks. 10(4). 293–301. 2 indexed citations

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Zhu, Keyao & Biswanath Mukherjee. (2001). Dynamic traffic grooming in optical WDM mesh networks with distributed control. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 4585. 71–71. 4 indexed citations

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