Pengfei Wei

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
125 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Pengfei Wei is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Civil and Structural Engineering and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Pengfei Wei has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 36 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 23 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Pengfei Wei's work include Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design (80 papers), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (23 papers) and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (22 papers). Pengfei Wei is often cited by papers focused on Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design (80 papers), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (23 papers) and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (22 papers). Pengfei Wei collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United Kingdom. Pengfei Wei's co-authors include Jingwen Song, Zhenzhou Lü, Michael Beer, Marcos A. Valdebenito, Chao Dang, Matthias G.R. Faes, Zhufeng Yue, Matteo Broggi, Fuchao Liu and Wenrui Hao and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Pengfei Wei

120 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Variable importance analysis: A comprehensive review

2015 373 citations Pengfei Wei, Zhenzhou Lü et al. Reliability Engineering & System Safety profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pengfei Wei China	30	1.7k	865	553	438	318	125	2.8k
Zhenzhou Lü China	34	3.4k 1.9×	1.8k 2.1×	1.1k 2.0×	1.1k 2.6×	536 1.7×	198	4.5k
Patrick Koch United States	19	1.0k 0.6×	452 0.5×	1.4k 2.6×	170 0.4×	110 0.3×	72	3.2k
Faisal Khan Ireland	21	1.1k 0.6×	284 0.3×	41 0.1×	135 0.3×	389 1.2×	59	2.1k
Jian Liu China	23	236 0.1×	346 0.4×	63 0.1×	221 0.5×	45 0.1×	184	2.0k
Irwin Guttman Canada	27	725 0.4×	70 0.1×	142 0.3×	70 0.2×	105 0.3×	150	2.6k
R.E. Uhrig United States	19	196 0.1×	177 0.2×	54 0.1×	134 0.3×	78 0.2×	88	2.3k
Imad A. Basheer United States	19	51 0.0×	748 0.9×	106 0.2×	207 0.5×	221 0.7×	53	3.5k
Yuan Yao Taiwan	33	455 0.3×	284 0.3×	73 0.1×	889 2.0×	26 0.1×	234	4.0k
Isis Didier Lins Brazil	16	263 0.2×	97 0.1×	24 0.0×	77 0.2×	255 0.8×	69	1.1k
Yong Zhao China	24	45 0.0×	551 0.6×	104 0.2×	227 0.5×	286 0.9×	144	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Pengfei Wei

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pengfei Wei

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hu, Zhenlin, et al.. (2025). Bivariate Bayesian hierarchical extreme value modeling using multi-type traffic conflict for crash estimation on freeway horizontal curves. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 215. 108019–108019. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Yan, et al.. (2025). Depositional age and source material of banded iron formations in the Western Shandong Province, North China Craton: Constraints from geochemistry, zircon U Pb geochronology and Sm Nd isotope composition. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 271. 107691–107691.

Li, Xinyu, Guangming Li, Shanshan Wu, et al.. (2025). Sensitive and Rapid Electrochemiluminescent Detection of Choline Based on Luminol Derivate-Doped Silica Nanoparticles. Journal of Analysis and Testing. 9(3). 421–427. 2 indexed citations

Wei, Pengfei. (2025). Transitional active learning of small probabilities. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 444. 118144–118144. 1 indexed citations

Li, Siming, Pengfei Wei, Wei Zhao, et al.. (2025). Impregnation of ionic liquid into porous Fe-N-C electrocatalyst to improve electrode kinetics and mass transport for polymer electrolyte fuel cells. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 72. 277–288. 2 indexed citations

Song, Jingwen, et al.. (2024). Sampling-based adaptive Bayesian quadrature for probabilistic model updating. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 433. 117467–117467. 9 indexed citations

Wei, Pengfei, et al.. (2024). Sampling and active learning methods for network reliability estimation using K-terminal spanning tree. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 250. 110309–110309. 4 indexed citations

Song, Jingwen, Yifan Cui, Pengfei Wei, et al.. (2024). Directional filter combined with active learning for rare failure events. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 428. 117105–117105. 3 indexed citations

Wei, Pengfei, et al.. (2024). A sequential sampling-based Bayesian numerical method for reliability-based design optimization. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 244. 109939–109939. 15 indexed citations

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Wei, Pengfei, et al.. (2024). Efficient variational Bayesian model updating by Bayesian active learning. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 224. 112113–112113. 12 indexed citations

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Song, Jingwen, Shuang Zhang, & Pengfei Wei. (2024). Investigating correlation effects of uncertain input variables in reliability-oriented sensitivity analysis for planar linkage mechanism. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering. 46(9). 1 indexed citations

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Wei, Pengfei, Xiaofeng Liu, Wei Yao, et al.. (2023). Optimization of rear-side passivation for enhancing the performance of bifacial PERC+ solar cells. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 170. 107947–107947. 3 indexed citations

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Wei, Pengfei, et al.. (2023). Combining data and physical models for probabilistic analysis: A Bayesian Augmented Space Learning perspective. Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics. 73. 103474–103474. 2 indexed citations

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Fu, Jiangfeng, et al.. (2023). Combining Bayesian active learning and conditional Gaussian process simulation for propagating mixed uncertainties through expensive computer simulators. Aerospace Science and Technology. 139. 108363–108363. 4 indexed citations

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Dang, Chao, Marcos A. Valdebenito, Matthias G.R. Faes, et al.. (2023). Structural reliability analysis by line sampling: A Bayesian active learning treatment. Structural Safety. 104. 102351–102351. 28 indexed citations

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Zheng, Han, et al.. (2023). Adaptive Policy Learning for Offline-to-Online Reinforcement Learning. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 37(9). 11372–11380. 7 indexed citations

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Liao, Wenxiong, Bi Zeng, Jianqi Liu, et al.. (2021). Multi-level graph neural network for text sentiment analysis. Computers & Electrical Engineering. 92. 107096–107096. 50 indexed citations

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Wei, Pengfei, et al.. (2018). A probabilistic procedure for quantifying the relative importance of model inputs characterized by second-order probability models. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. 98. 78–95. 11 indexed citations

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Wei, Pengfei, et al.. (2016). Characteristics and controlling factors of microscopic pore structure of Longmaxi Formation in Sichuan Basin and its periphery. Zhongguo shiyou kantan. 21(5). 42–51. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Bo, et al.. (2013). Group synchronization of complex networks with nonlinear dynamics via pinning control. Chinese Control Conference. 235–240. 1 indexed citations

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