Linyuan Lü

8.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
90 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Linyuan Lü is a scholar working on Geometry and Topology, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics. According to data from OpenAlex, Linyuan Lü has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Geometry and Topology, 42 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 36 papers in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics. Recurrent topics in Linyuan Lü's work include Limits and Structures in Graph Theory (30 papers), Graph theory and applications (30 papers) and Advanced Graph Theory Research (28 papers). Linyuan Lü is often cited by papers focused on Limits and Structures in Graph Theory (30 papers), Graph theory and applications (30 papers) and Advanced Graph Theory Research (28 papers). Linyuan Lü collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Switzerland. Linyuan Lü's co-authors include Fan Chung, William Aiello, Van Vu, David J. Galas, T. Gregory Dewey, Xing Peng, Shing‐Tung Yau, Yong Lin, Jerrold R. Griggs and W. Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Technological Forecasting and Social Change and Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications.

In The Last Decade

Linyuan Lü

82 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

A random graph model for massive graphs 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2002 2002 100 200 300 400 500
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 random graph model for massive graphs
    2000 542 citations Fan Chung, Linyuan Lü et al. profile →
  2. Connected Components in Random Graphs with Given Expected Degree Sequences
    2002 517 citations Fan Chung, Linyuan Lü profile →
  3. The average distances in random graphs with given expected degrees
    2002 479 citations Fan Chung, Linyuan Lü profile →

Peers

Linyuan Lü
Michael Molloy Canada
Oliver Riordan United Kingdom
Steve Smale United States
Elchanan Mossel United States
Mathew D. Penrose United Kingdom
Amir Dembo United States
Miroslav Fiedler Czechia
Colin Cooper United Kingdom
Geoffrey Grimmett United Kingdom
Ofer Zeitouni Israel
Michael Molloy Canada
Linyuan Lü
Citations per year, relative to Linyuan Lü Linyuan Lü (= 1×) peers Michael Molloy

Countries citing papers authored by Linyuan Lü

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Fields of papers citing papers by Linyuan Lü

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Linyuan Lü

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Linyuan Lü. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Linyuan Lü 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 Linyuan Lü. Linyuan Lü 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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Xiang, Min, et al.. (2025). Solvent- and temperature-controlled diastereodivergent [4+2] cyclization of p-QMs and 4-benzylidene-pyrazolones. New Journal of Chemistry. 49(18). 7293–7296. 1 indexed citations
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Lü, Linyuan, et al.. (2025). On the maximum second eigenvalue of outerplanar graphs. Discrete Mathematics. 348(5). 114416–114416.
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Lü, Linyuan. (2024). Unraveling the Linkages: Network Business Skills, Marketing Flexibility, and Competitive Advantage of SMEs. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 43(1). 105–115.
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Li, Zelong, et al.. (2024). On the Maximum Spread of Planar and Outerplanar Graphs. The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics. 31(3). 2 indexed citations
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Deng, Ye, et al.. (2024). Cost-Effective Network Disintegration Through Targeted Enumeration. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 54(12). 7657–7669. 4 indexed citations
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Lü, Linyuan, et al.. (2023). Maximum spread of K2,-minor-free graphs. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 676. 352–373. 1 indexed citations
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Lü, Linyuan, et al.. (2022). Concentration inequalities in spaces of random configurations with positive Ricci curvatures. Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly. 18(6). 2569–2598. 1 indexed citations
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Feng, Li, Y. P. Huang, Jie Zhao, et al.. (2020). Influence of the Flat Field Data Acquisition Interval on the Lyman-alpha Solar Telescope Flat Field Accuracy. Acta Astronomica Sinica. 61(4). 39. 1 indexed citations
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Lü, Linyuan, et al.. (2018). A bound on the spectral radius of hypergraphs with e edges. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 549. 203–218. 10 indexed citations
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Lü, Linyuan, et al.. (2018). Spectral radius of {0,1}-tensor with prescribed number of ones. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 558. 205–235. 1 indexed citations
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Lü, Linyuan, et al.. (2016). Connected hypergraphs with small spectral radius. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 509. 206–227. 37 indexed citations
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Lü, Linyuan. (2014). On crown-free families of subsets. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A. 126. 216–231. 7 indexed citations
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Lü, Linyuan, et al.. (2012). Graphs with diameter n-e minimizing the spectral radius. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 437(11). 2823–2850. 8 indexed citations
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Lin, Yong, Linyuan Lü, & Shing‐Tung Yau. (2011). Ricci curvature of graphs. Tohoku Mathematical Journal. 63(4). 115 indexed citations
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Griggs, Jerrold R., W. Li, & Linyuan Lü. (2011). Diamond-free families. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A. 119(2). 310–322. 23 indexed citations
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Lü, Linyuan & Xing Peng. (2011). On Meyniel's conjecture of the cop number. Journal of Graph Theory. 71(2). 192–205. 39 indexed citations
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Griggs, Jerrold R. & Linyuan Lü. (2009). On Families of Subsets With a Forbidden Subposet. Combinatorics Probability Computing. 18(5). 731–748. 28 indexed citations
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Chung, Fan, Ronald Graham, & Linyuan Lü. (2002). Guessing secrets with inner product questions. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms. 247–253. 6 indexed citations
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Liang, Ke, Zixin Hou, & Linyuan Lü. (2002). On sheets of orbit covers for classical semisimple lie groups. Science China Mathematics. 45(2). 155–164. 1 indexed citations
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Chung, Fan & Linyuan Lü. (2001). The Diameter of Sparse Random Graphs. Advances in Applied Mathematics. 26(4). 257–279. 140 indexed citations

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