Nian Li

1.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 644 citations indexed

About

Nian Li is a scholar working on Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Nian Li has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 644 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Information Systems, 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 7 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Nian Li's work include Recommender Systems and Techniques (9 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (4 papers) and Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (3 papers). Nian Li is often cited by papers focused on Recommender Systems and Techniques (9 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (4 papers) and Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (3 papers). Nian Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Nian Li's co-authors include Chen Gao, Yong Li, Depeng Jin, Jinghua Piao, Yuhan Quan, Yu Zheng, Jianxin Chang, Xiangnan He, Yinfeng Li and Yiming Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM Computing Surveys, Frontiers in Psychology and IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Nian Li

25 papers receiving 618 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.

A Survey of Graph Neural Networks for Recommender Systems: Challenges, Methods, and Directions

2023 312 citations Chen Gao, Yu Zheng et al. profile →
Large language models empowered agent-based modeling and simulation: a survey and perspectives

2024 51 citations Chen Gao, Nian Li et al. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nian Li China	11	327	276	93	56	53	26	644
Lin Yue China	12	501 1.5×	153 0.6×	52 0.6×	43 0.8×	39 0.7×	31	736
Hao He China	14	323 1.0×	298 1.1×	168 1.8×	28 0.5×	526 9.9×	46	919
Krishna Kumar Mohbey India	17	295 0.9×	156 0.6×	115 1.2×	25 0.4×	29 0.5×	56	640
Ming Dong United States	12	275 0.8×	73 0.3×	144 1.5×	46 0.8×	19 0.4×	38	494
Jingnian Chen China	5	364 1.1×	189 0.7×	95 1.0×	46 0.8×	25 0.5×	16	526
Chi Wang United States	12	403 1.2×	222 0.8×	98 1.1×	55 1.0×	170 3.2×	23	1.0k
P. Deepa Shenoy India	12	439 1.3×	187 0.7×	58 0.6×	17 0.3×	76 1.4×	77	698
Devendra K. Tayal India	14	363 1.1×	178 0.6×	44 0.5×	20 0.4×	60 1.1×	75	623
Xinjiang Lu China	13	211 0.6×	148 0.5×	65 0.7×	18 0.3×	132 2.5×	46	619
Youli Qu China	7	596 1.8×	343 1.2×	134 1.4×	45 0.8×	38 0.7×	27	784

Countries citing papers authored by Nian Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nian Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nian Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nian Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nian Li 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 Nian Li. Nian Li 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

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Feng, Huaiqu, et al.. (2025). TD-CFD-DPM Coupled method for multi-objective optimization of collision pollination parameters in hybrid rice seed production. Smart Agricultural Technology. 12. 101130–101130. 1 indexed citations

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Ding, Jingtao, Jie Feng, Yuan Yuan, et al.. (2025). Understanding World or Predicting Future? A Comprehensive Survey of World Models. ACM Computing Surveys. 58(3). 1–38. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Nian, et al.. (2024). EconAgent: Large Language Model-Empowered Agents for Simulating Macroeconomic Activities. 15523–15536. 10 indexed citations

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Gao, Chen, Nian Li, Yuan Yuan, et al.. (2024). Large language models empowered agent-based modeling and simulation: a survey and perspectives. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 11(1). 51 indexed citations breakdown →

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Huang, Yinghui, Siwei Jiang, Nian Li, et al.. (2024). Effects of simulated multi-sensory stimulation integration on physiological and psychological restoration in virtual urban green space environment. Frontiers in Psychology. 15. 1382143–1382143. 15 indexed citations

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Jiang, Siwei, Hao Luo, Ping Zhang, et al.. (2024). Effects of Urban Greenway Environmental Types and Landscape Characteristics on Physical and Mental Health Restoration. Forests. 15(4). 679–679. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Nian, Chen Gao, Peng Jiang, et al.. (2024). Modeling User Fatigue for Sequential Recommendation. arXiv (Cornell University). 996–1005. 3 indexed citations

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Yu, Bo, et al.. (2024). Links between Quantum Distinguishers Based on Simon’s Algorithm and Truncated Differentials. IACR Transactions on Symmetric Cryptology. 2024(2). 296–321. 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Chen, et al.. (2024). Uncovering the Deep Filter Bubble: Narrow Exposure in Short-Video Recommendation. arXiv (Cornell University). 4727–4735. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Nian, et al.. (2024). Full-stage Diversified Recommendation: Large-scale Online Experiments in Short-video Platform. 4565–4574.

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Wang, Yuqian, Mingyan Jiang, Qibing Chen, et al.. (2023). Effects of forest spatial types, element compositions and forest stands on restorative potential and aesthetic preference. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 6. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Nian, Chen Gao, Yong Li, & Qingmin Liao. (2023). Large Language Model-Empowered Agents for Simulating Macroeconomic Activities. SSRN Electronic Journal. 13 indexed citations

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Gao, Chen, Yu Zheng, Nian Li, et al.. (2023). A Survey of Graph Neural Networks for Recommender Systems: Challenges, Methods, and Directions. 1(1). 1–51. 312 indexed citations breakdown →

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Quan, Yuhan, Jingtao Ding, Chen Gao, et al.. (2023). Alleviating Video-length Effect for Micro-video Recommendation. ACM Transactions on Information Systems. 42(2). 1–24. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Nian, et al.. (2021). The Research on Single Page Application Front-end development Based on Vue. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 1883(1). 12030–12030. 5 indexed citations

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Gao, Chen, et al.. (2021). Cross-platform Item Recommendation for Online Social E-Commerce. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. 1–1. 25 indexed citations

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Lin, Wei, Qibing Chen, Xiaoxia Zhang, et al.. (2020). Effects of Different Bamboo Forest Spaces on Psychophysiological Stress and Spatial Scale Evaluation. Forests. 11(6). 616–616. 24 indexed citations

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Gao, Chen, et al.. (2020). Social Recommendation with Characterized Regularization. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. 1–1. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Lili, Wenhao Zhang, Nian Li, Boning Zhang, & Voicu Popescu. (2017). Intermediate shadow maps for interactive many-light rendering. The Visual Computer. 34(10). 1415–1426. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Nian. (1997). A matrix inverse eigenvalue problem and its application. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 266. 143–152. 53 indexed citations

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