Li Wei

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Li Wei is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Li Wei has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 21 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 16 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Li Wei's work include Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (23 papers), Antenna Design and Analysis (11 papers) and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (10 papers). Li Wei is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (23 papers), Antenna Design and Analysis (11 papers) and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (10 papers). Li Wei collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United Arab Emirates. Li Wei's co-authors include Chongwen Huang, Chau Yuen, George C. Alexandropoulos, Zhaoyang Zhang, Mérouane Debbah, Zhaohui Yang, Kai Xiong, Wei E. I. Sha, Tierui Gong and H. Vincent Poor and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Li Wei

55 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Multi-hop RIS-Empowered Terahertz Communications: A DRL-based Hybrid Beamforming Design

2021 328 citations Chongwen Huang, Zhaohui Yang et al. arXiv (Cornell University) profile →
Holographic MIMO Communications: Theoretical Foundations, Enabling Technologies, and Future Directions

2023 154 citations Tierui Gong, Chongwen Huang et al. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Li Wei China	12	976	539	163	71	61	57	1.2k
Kangda Zhi China	14	1.4k 1.5×	835 1.5×	263 1.6×	138 1.9×	47 0.8×	34	1.7k
Bin Lyu China	19	1.1k 1.1×	368 0.7×	250 1.5×	75 1.1×	58 1.0×	72	1.2k
Zijian Zhang China	16	1.3k 1.3×	821 1.5×	269 1.7×	117 1.6×	128 2.1×	59	1.7k
Hei Victor Cheng Canada	14	1.0k 1.0×	385 0.7×	229 1.4×	61 0.9×	53 0.9×	39	1.1k
Jiancheng An Singapore	24	1.4k 1.5×	881 1.6×	242 1.5×	85 1.2×	60 1.0×	93	1.9k
Ibrahim Hemadeh United Kingdom	16	1.1k 1.1×	473 0.9×	181 1.1×	38 0.5×	33 0.5×	40	1.2k
Telex M. N. Ngatched Canada	22	1.5k 1.5×	367 0.7×	378 2.3×	119 1.7×	83 1.4×	114	1.6k
Xiuhong Wei China	7	1.0k 1.1×	588 1.1×	113 0.7×	58 0.8×	22 0.4×	7	1.1k
Gangcan Sun China	17	855 0.9×	376 0.7×	186 1.1×	49 0.7×	51 0.8×	56	968
Yuanbin Chen China	15	875 0.9×	612 1.1×	285 1.7×	36 0.5×	38 0.6×	48	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Li Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Li Wei

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Li Wei

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wei, Li, et al.. (2025). WirelessMathBench: A Mathematical Modeling Benchmark for LLMs in Wireless Communications. 10984–11009. 1 indexed citations

Wei, Li, Shuai Yuan, Chongwen Huang, et al.. (2025). Electromagnetic Channel Modeling and Capacity Analysis for HMIMO Communications. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 24(5). 4500–4514. 1 indexed citations

Yuan, Shuai, Li Wei, Xiaoming Chen, Chongwen Huang, & Wei E. I. Sha. (2025). Electromagnetic Normalization of Channel Matrix for Holographic MIMO Communications. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 24(6). 4706–4720. 2 indexed citations

Shi, Huaguang, et al.. (2025). Multi-channel real-time access with starvation avoidance for heterogeneous data in smart factories. Computer Networks. 264. 111236–111236.

Wei, Li, et al.. (2025). Random Virtual Antenna Arrays Assisted DoA Sensing in Passive Movement Scenarios. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 14(9). 3012–3016. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Chongwen, Li Wei, Zhaohui Yang, et al.. (2024). Hashing Beam Training for Integrated Ground-Air-Space Wireless Networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 42(12). 3477–3489. 4 indexed citations

Gong, Tierui, Li Wei, Chongwen Huang, et al.. (2024). Holographic MIMO Communications With Arbitrary Surface Placements: Near-Field LoS Channel Model and Capacity Limit. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 42(6). 1549–1566. 31 indexed citations

Huang, Chongwen, Li Wei, Yongxu Zhu, et al.. (2024). Coverage and Rate Analysis for Distributed RISs-Assisted mmWave Communications. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(10). 15070–15082. 5 indexed citations

Wei, Li, Chongwen Huang, Yongxu Zhu, et al.. (2024). Stochastic Geometry Analysis for Distributed RISs-Assisted mmWave Communications. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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Wei, Li, Chongwen Huang, George C. Alexandropoulos, et al.. (2023). Tri-Polarized Holographic MIMO Surfaces for Near-Field Communications: Channel Modeling and Precoding Design. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 22(12). 8828–8842. 41 indexed citations

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Gong, Tierui, Li Wei, Zhijia Yang, Mérouane Debbah, & Chau Yuen. (2023). A Generalized Electromagnetic-Domain Channel Modeling for LOS Holographic MIMO with Arbitrary Surface Placements. 1222–1227. 4 indexed citations

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Wei, Li, Chongwen Huang, George C. Alexandropoulos, et al.. (2023). Channel Modeling and Multi-User Precoding for Tri-Polarized Holographic MIMO Communications. 20. 2037–2042. 3 indexed citations

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Gong, Tierui, Chongwen Huang, George C. Alexandropoulos, et al.. (2023). Holographic MIMO Communications: Theoretical Foundations, Enabling Technologies, and Future Directions. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. 26(1). 196–257. 154 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wei, Li, Chongwen Huang, Qinghua Guo, et al.. (2022). Joint Channel Estimation and Signal Recovery for RIS-Empowered Multiuser Communications. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 70(7). 4640–4655. 94 indexed citations

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Wei, Li, Chongwen Huang, George C. Alexandropoulos, et al.. (2022). Multi-User Holographic MIMO Surfaces: Channel Modeling and Spectral Efficiency Analysis. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing. 16(5). 1112–1124. 108 indexed citations

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Huang, Chongwen, Zhaohui Yang, George C. Alexandropoulos, et al.. (2021). Multi-hop RIS-Empowered Terahertz Communications: A DRL-based Hybrid Beamforming Design. arXiv (Cornell University). 328 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wei, Li, et al.. (2021). Key Technologies for Beamforming in Millimeter Wave Communication System. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2031(1). 12029–12029. 1 indexed citations

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Huang, Chongwen, Zhaohui Yang, George C. Alexandropoulos, et al.. (2020). Hybrid Beamforming for RIS-Empowered Multi-hop Terahertz Communications: A DRL-based Method. 1–6. 57 indexed citations

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Lu, Di, Ming Yu, N. Scott Barker, et al.. (2019). Advanced Synthesis of Wide-Tuning-Range Frequency-Adaptive Bandpass Filter With Constant Absolute Bandwidth. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 67(11). 4362–4375. 30 indexed citations

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Wei, Li & Chang Seop Koh. (2010). Design of the Thomson-coil actuator of an arc eliminator using adaptive equivalent circuit method. International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems. 1721–1724. 2 indexed citations

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