Lihui Wang

44.0k total citations · 24 hit papers
963 papers, 30.0k citations indexed

About

Lihui Wang is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lihui Wang has authored 963 papers receiving a total of 30.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 366 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 211 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 154 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lihui Wang's work include Manufacturing Process and Optimization (224 papers), Digital Transformation in Industry (145 papers) and Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (121 papers). Lihui Wang is often cited by papers focused on Manufacturing Process and Optimization (224 papers), Digital Transformation in Industry (145 papers) and Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (121 papers). Lihui Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, Sweden and United States. Lihui Wang's co-authors include Xun Xu, Xi Vincent Wang, Yuqian Lu, Hongyi Liu, Fei Tao, Pai Zheng, Weiming Shen, A.Y.C. Nee, Robert X. Gao and Qinglin Qi and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Lihui Wang

898 papers receiving 28.9k citations

Hit Papers

Industry 4.0 and Industry... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2021 2019 2019 2015 2022 400 800 1.2k
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. Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0—Inception, conception and perception
    2021 1.2k citations Xun Xu, Lihui Wang et al. Journal of Manufacturing Systems profile →
  2. Enabling technologies and tools for digital twin
    2019 933 citations Lihui Wang et al. Journal of Manufacturing Systems profile →
  3. Digital Twins and Cyber–Physical Systems toward Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0: Correlation and Comparison
    2019 816 citations Lihui Wang et al. profile →
  4. Current status and advancement of cyber-physical systems in manufacturing
    2015 644 citations Lihui Wang et al. Journal of Manufacturing Systems profile →
  5. Industry 5.0: Prospect and retrospect
    2022 612 citations Jiewu Leng, Pai Zheng et al. Journal of Manufacturing Systems profile →
  6. Cloud-based design and manufacturing: A new paradigm in digital manufacturing and design innovation
    2014 462 citations Lihui Wang et al. profile →
  7. Symbiotic human-robot collaborative assembly
    2019 378 citations Lihui Wang, Xi Vincent Wang et al. profile →
  8. Outlook on human-centric manufacturing towards Industry 5.0
    2022 376 citations Xun Xu, Lihui Wang et al. Journal of Manufacturing Systems profile →
  9. Smart manufacturing process and system automation – A critical review of the standards and envisioned scenarios
    2020 344 citations Xun Xu, Lihui Wang et al. Journal of Manufacturing Systems profile →
  10. Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0—Comparison, complementation and co-evolution
    2022 332 citations Pai Zheng, Lihui Wang et al. Journal of Manufacturing Systems profile →
  11. Agent-based distributed manufacturing process planning and scheduling: a state-of-the-art survey
    2006 310 citations Weiming Shen, Lihui Wang et al. profile →
  12. Gesture recognition for human-robot collaboration: A review
    2017 298 citations Lihui Wang et al. profile →
  13. Cloud-enabled prognosis for manufacturing
    2015 272 citations Lihui Wang et al. profile →
  14. Human Digital Twin in the context of Industry 5.0
    2023 210 citations Pai Zheng, Lihui Wang et al. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing profile →
  15. Toward human-centric smart manufacturing: A human-cyber-physical systems (HCPS) perspective
    2022 203 citations Pai Zheng, Yue Yin et al. Journal of Manufacturing Systems profile →
  16. Deep reinforcement learning in smart manufacturing: A review and prospects
    2022 176 citations Pai Zheng, Yue Yin et al. profile →
  17. A state-of-the-art survey on Augmented Reality-assisted Digital Twin for futuristic human-centric industry transformation
    2022 153 citations Yue Yin, Pai Zheng et al. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing profile →
  18. Proactive human–robot collaboration: Mutual-cognitive, predictable, and self-organising perspectives
    2022 150 citations Pai Zheng, Sichao Liu et al. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing profile →
  19. Systematic review on tool breakage monitoring techniques in machining operations
    2022 141 citations Xianli Liu, Steven Y. Liang et al. profile →
  20. Human centric platforms for personalized value creation in metaverse
    2022 126 citations Lihui Wang et al. Journal of Manufacturing Systems profile →
  21. Robot learning towards smart robotic manufacturing: A review
    2022 121 citations Zhihao Liu, Lihui Wang et al. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing profile →
  22. Toward cognitive predictive maintenance: A survey of graph-based approaches
    2022 101 citations Pai Zheng, Lihui Wang et al. Journal of Manufacturing Systems profile →
  23. Unlocking the power of industrial artificial intelligence towards Industry 5.0: Insights, pathways, and challenges
    2024 82 citations Jiewu Leng, Pai Zheng et al. Journal of Manufacturing Systems profile →
  24. Industrial Metaverse for Smart Manufacturing: Model, Architecture, and Applications
    2024 41 citations Lihui Wang et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Lihui Wang 14.6k 5.2k 4.4k 2.9k 2.7k 963 30.0k
A.Y.C. Nee 10.8k 0.7× 4.1k 0.8× 1.8k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 1.3k 0.5× 421 18.7k
Fei Tao 17.2k 1.2× 2.2k 0.4× 2.0k 0.5× 1.9k 0.7× 925 0.3× 345 25.7k
Jay Lee 6.9k 0.5× 4.3k 0.8× 7.8k 1.7× 2.5k 0.8× 720 0.3× 350 21.4k
Xun Xu 13.1k 0.9× 3.2k 0.6× 1.2k 0.3× 1.1k 0.4× 1.1k 0.4× 459 20.8k
George Chryssolouris 7.1k 0.5× 4.0k 0.8× 1.8k 0.4× 1.2k 0.4× 1.8k 0.7× 254 13.9k
MengChu Zhou 16.5k 1.1× 2.0k 0.4× 5.6k 1.3× 6.0k 2.1× 1.2k 0.4× 1.3k 51.0k
Weiming Shen 5.3k 0.4× 2.3k 0.4× 2.7k 0.6× 1.5k 0.5× 924 0.3× 592 15.6k
Duc Truong Pham 4.2k 0.3× 2.7k 0.5× 2.0k 0.4× 1.4k 0.5× 1.7k 0.6× 546 11.6k
Sakshi Agarwal 4.4k 0.3× 4.4k 0.8× 4.1k 0.9× 5.7k 2.0× 1.4k 0.5× 27 34.1k
Amrit Pratap 4.4k 0.3× 4.4k 0.8× 4.1k 0.9× 5.7k 2.0× 1.4k 0.5× 5 34.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lihui Wang

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All Works

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Liu, Zhihao, et al.. (2025). Robot digital twin systems in manufacturing: Technologies, applications, trends and challenges. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 97. 103103–103103. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Sichao, et al.. (2025). Multimodal human-robot collaboration: advancements and future directions. International Journal of Manufacturing Research. 20(5). 1–47. 1 indexed citations
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Fan, Junming, et al.. (2025). Vision-language model-based human-robot collaboration for smart manufacturing: A state-of-the-art survey. Frontiers of Engineering Management. 12(1). 177–200. 11 indexed citations
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Lan, Shulin, Chen Yang, Lihui Wang, et al.. (2025). Knowledge Guided DRL for Intelligent Reconfiguration and Scheduling in Customized and Personalized Manufacturing Workshop. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 22(1). 429–440.
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Leng, Jiewu, Richard Li, Xueliang Zhou, et al.. (2025). Federated learning-empowered smart manufacturing and product lifecycle management: A review. Advanced Engineering Informatics. 65. 103179–103179. 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Xi Vincent, et al.. (2024). A literature survey of smart manufacturing systems for medical applications. Journal of Manufacturing Systems. 76. 502–519. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhenni, et al.. (2024). Common structure of saccades and microsaccades in visual perception. Journal of Vision. 24(4). 20–20. 2 indexed citations
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Qu, Konggang, Zhifei Chen, Lihui Wang, et al.. (2024). Covalent organic framework assisted low‐content ultrafine Ru on porous N‐doped carbon for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction. Rare Metals. 44(3). 2094–2102. 10 indexed citations
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Zhu, Penghui, et al.. (2024). Analysis of blade noise with different root boundary conditions considering fluid-structure interaction effect. Fluid Dynamics Research. 56(2). 25504–25504.
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Zhou, Jiaqi, et al.. (2024). BDTM-Net: A tool wear monitoring framework based on semantic segmentation module. Journal of Manufacturing Systems. 77. 576–590. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Dehua, Yingguang Li, Changqing Liu, Xu Liu, & Lihui Wang. (2024). An online inference method for condition identification of workpieces with complex residual stress distributions. Journal of Manufacturing Systems. 73. 192–204. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Lihui, et al.. (2023). Construction of ZnFe2O4/g-C3N4 nanocomposite catalyst for degradation of organic compound through photodegradation and heterogeneous Fenton oxidation. Materials Today Sustainability. 24. 100514–100514. 14 indexed citations
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Duan, Ning, et al.. (2023). Special Rural Sewage Treatment Plan in Jiangxia District, Wuhan City, China. Sustainability. 15(3). 1764–1764. 12 indexed citations
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Guo, Ran, et al.. (2023). An Arbitrary Polygonal Stress Hybrid Element for Structural Dynamic Response Analysis. Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica. 36(5). 692–701.
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Wang, Lihui, et al.. (2023). Analysis of Macro Environment and Development Countermeasures of the Education Industry Based on the PEST Model. Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences. 8(2). 2755–2764.
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Bao, Junjie, et al.. (2023). Fatigue crack propagation characteristics of segmented egg-shaped pressure shells. Ocean Engineering. 287. 115940–115940. 3 indexed citations
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Giorgio, Andrea de, et al.. (2023). Systematic review of class imbalance problems in manufacturing. Journal of Manufacturing Systems. 71. 620–644. 28 indexed citations
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Liu, Xianli, et al.. (2018). Experimental Evaluation on Grinding Texture on Flank Face in Chamfer Milling of Stainless Steel. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 31(1). 7 indexed citations
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Xu, Xun, Lihui Wang, & Stephen T. Newman. (2010). Computer-aided process planning – A critical review of recent developments and future trends. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. 24(1). 1–31. 277 indexed citations

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