Linyuan Lü

13.7k total citations · 9 hit papers
96 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Linyuan Lü is a scholar working on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Linyuan Lü has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, 18 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 15 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Linyuan Lü's work include Complex Network Analysis Techniques (67 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (41 papers) and Recommender Systems and Techniques (13 papers). Linyuan Lü is often cited by papers focused on Complex Network Analysis Techniques (67 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (41 papers) and Recommender Systems and Techniques (13 papers). Linyuan Lü collaborates with scholars based in China, Switzerland and United States. Linyuan Lü's co-authors include Tao Zhou, Yi‐Cheng Zhang, Chi Ho Yeung, Duanbing Chen, Weiping Liu, Mingsheng Shang, H. Eugene Stanley, Qian-Ming Zhang, Zi‐Ke Zhang and Yicheng Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Linyuan Lü

87 papers receiving 9.4k 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.

Link prediction in complex networks: A survey

2010 1.9k citations Linyuan Lü, Tao Zhou Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications profile →
Predicting missing links via local information

2009 1.2k citations Tao Zhou, Linyuan Lü et al. profile →
Identifying influential nodes in complex networks

2011 900 citations Duanbing Chen, Linyuan Lü et al. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications profile →
Recommender systems

2012 712 citations Linyuan Lü, Matúš Medo et al. Physics Reports profile →
Leaders in Social Networks, the Delicious Case

2011 691 citations Linyuan Lü, Yi‐Cheng Zhang et al. profile →
Similarity index based on local paths for link prediction of complex networks

2009 503 citations Linyuan Lü, Tao Zhou et al. profile →
The H-index of a network node and its relation to degree and coreness

2016 481 citations Linyuan Lü, Tao Zhou et al. profile →
Link prediction based on local random walk

2010 423 citations Linyuan Lü et al. profile →
Toward link predictability of complex networks

2015 283 citations Linyuan Lü, Tao Zhou et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Linyuan Lü	7.0k	3.7k	2.2k	1.5k	1.3k	96	9.8k
Andrea Lancichinetti	5.5k 0.8×	1.9k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	456 0.3×	1.3k 1.0×	19	7.1k
Jie Tang	3.6k 0.5×	7.2k 1.9×	1.3k 0.6×	4.1k 2.7×	1.2k 0.9×	384	12.8k
David Liben‐Nowell	3.9k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	666 0.3×	1.5k 1.0×	3.0k 2.3×	30	7.8k
Gergely Palla	4.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.3×	1.7k 0.8×	421 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	54	6.3k
Peng Cui	3.7k 0.5×	7.1k 1.9×	1.2k 0.5×	2.5k 1.6×	1.2k 0.9×	219	10.4k
Hanghang Tong	3.3k 0.5×	5.7k 1.5×	1.1k 0.5×	2.1k 1.4×	1.9k 1.4×	327	10.5k
Yizhou Sun	3.5k 0.5×	7.2k 1.9×	1.1k 0.5×	3.6k 2.3×	1.6k 1.2×	206	10.5k
Eytan Adar	2.4k 0.4×	2.8k 0.7×	625 0.3×	1.9k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	106	7.6k
Wenwu Zhu	3.4k 0.5×	7.1k 1.9×	1.1k 0.5×	2.5k 1.6×	3.3k 2.5×	410	13.9k
Illés J. Farkas	3.3k 0.5×	1.2k 0.3×	2.1k 0.9×	316 0.2×	1.2k 0.9×	42	10.3k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Huang, Zhenhua, et al.. (2025). SEHG: Bridging Interpretability and Prediction in Self-Explainable Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks. 1292–1304. 2 indexed citations

Lü, Linyuan, et al.. (2025). Modeling Emotional Dynamics in Social Networks: Uncovering the Positive Role of Information Cocoons in Group Emotional Stabilization. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems. 13(1). 881–889.

Xiong, Jun, Xiao-Long Ren, & Linyuan Lü. (2025). Finding Key Nodes in Complex Networks Through Quantum Deep Reinforcement Learning. Entropy. 27(4). 382–382.

Lü, Linyuan, et al.. (2025). Cluster synchronization on sparse simplicial complexes with higher-order repulsive coupling. New Journal of Physics. 27(4). 43012–43012.

Expert, Paul, Linyuan Lü, H. Eugene Stanley, et al.. (2024). Local dominance unveils clusters in networks. Communications Physics. 7(1). 21 indexed citations

Xu, Xiao-Ke, et al.. (2024). Uncovering patterns of multichannel mobile communications. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 636. 129546–129546. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Xiaoqun, Bing Mao, Jun-an Lu, et al.. (2024). Synchronization in multiplex networks. Physics Reports. 1060. 1–54. 39 indexed citations

Lü, Linyuan, et al.. (2024). Network Higher-Order Structure Dismantling. Entropy. 26(3). 248–248. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Hao, et al.. (2024). Identifying key players in complex networks via network entanglement. Communications Physics. 7(1). 12 indexed citations

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Zeng, Yujie, et al.. (2024). Influential simplices mining via simplicial convolutional networks. Information Processing & Management. 61(5). 103813–103813. 7 indexed citations

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Xu, Mengqiao, et al.. (2023). Assessing and improving the structural robustness of global liner shipping system: A motif-based network science approach. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 240. 109576–109576. 43 indexed citations

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Wu, Leilei, Lingling Yi, Xiao-Long Ren, & Linyuan Lü. (2023). Predicting the Popularity of Information on Social Platforms without Underlying Network Structure. Entropy. 25(6). 916–916.

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Bianconi, Ginestra, Àlex Arenas, Jacob Biamonte, et al.. (2023). Complex systems in the spotlight: next steps after the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics. Journal of Physics Complexity. 4(1). 10201–10201. 48 indexed citations

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Xia, Xin, Yansen Su, Linyuan Lü, et al.. (2022). Machine learning prediction of network dynamics with privacy protection. Physical Review Research. 4(4). 4 indexed citations

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Ren, Xiao-Long, et al.. (2019). Efficient Network Dismantling via Node Explosive Percolation*. Communications in Theoretical Physics. 71(6). 764–764. 7 indexed citations

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Zeng, Xiangxiang, Li Liu, Linyuan Lü, & Quan Zou. (2018). Prediction of potential disease-associated microRNAs using structural perturbation method. Bioinformatics. 34(14). 2425–2432. 210 indexed citations

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Wu, Leilei, Zhuo-Ming Ren, Xiao-Long Ren, Jianlin Zhang, & Linyuan Lü. (2018). Eliminating the Effect of Rating Bias on Reputation Systems. Complexity. 2018(1). 7 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yanbo, Linyuan Lü, & Menghui Li. (2012). Quantifying the influence of scientists and their publications: distinguishing between prestige and popularity. reroDoc Digital Library. 74 indexed citations

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Lü, Linyuan, Duanbing Chen, & Tao Zhou. (2012). small world yields the most effective information spreading. reroDoc Digital Library. 185 indexed citations

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Lü, Linyuan, Matúš Medo, Yi‐Cheng Zhang, & Damien Challet. (2009). Emergence of product differentiation from consumer heterogeneity and asymmetric information. reroDoc Digital Library. 9 indexed citations

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