Qiang Duan

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
138 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Qiang Duan is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Qiang Duan has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 44 papers in Information Systems and 40 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Qiang Duan's work include Software-Defined Networks and 5G (51 papers), Caching and Content Delivery (28 papers) and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (27 papers). Qiang Duan is often cited by papers focused on Software-Defined Networks and 5G (51 papers), Caching and Content Delivery (28 papers) and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (27 papers). Qiang Duan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Qiang Duan's co-authors include Jun Huang, Yuhong Yan, Zhihui Lu, Athanasios V. Vasilakos, Nirwan Ansari, Yanxiao Zhao, Shangguang Wang, Yanbing Liu, Jie Wu and Shui Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials.

In The Last Decade

Qiang Duan

127 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

A Fast UAV Trajectory Planning Framework in RIS-Assisted ... 2025 2026 2025 5 10 15
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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 Fast UAV Trajectory Planning Framework in RIS-Assisted Communication Systems With Accelerated Learning via Multithreading and Federating
    2025 18 citations Jun Huang, Qiang Duan et al. profile →

Peers

Qiang Duan
Yinglei Teng China
Jianli Pan United States
Atta ur Rehman Khan Pakistan
S. M. Ahsan Kazmi South Korea
Stefano Secci France
Arif Ahmed India
Bhaskar Prasad Rimal United States
Ismaeel Al Ridhawi Kuwait
Chengzhe Lai China
Isaac Woungang Canada
Yinglei Teng China
Qiang Duan
Citations per year, relative to Qiang Duan Qiang Duan (= 1×) peers Yinglei Teng

Countries citing papers authored by Qiang Duan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qiang Duan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qiang Duan

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

All Works

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Huang, Jun, et al.. (2025). Enhancing Vehicular Platooning With Wireless Federated Learning: A Resource-Aware Control Framework. 34. 1479–1494. 2 indexed citations
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Huang, Jun, et al.. (2025). Real-Time Intelligent Healthcare Enabled by Federated Digital Twins With AoI Optimization. IEEE Network. 40(2). 184–191. 5 indexed citations
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Lu, Zhihui, et al.. (2025). LAECIPS: Large vision model assisted adaptive edge–cloud collaboration for IoT-based embodied intelligence system. Journal of Industrial Information Integration. 48. 100955–100955. 1 indexed citations
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Lu, Zhihui, et al.. (2024). CoLLaRS : A cloud–edge–terminal collaborative lifelong learning framework for AIoT. Future Generation Computer Systems. 158. 447–456. 3 indexed citations
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Lu, Zhihui, et al.. (2024). PBRL-TChain: A performance-enhanced permissioned blockchain for time-critical applications based on reinforcement learning. Future Generation Computer Systems. 154. 301–313. 6 indexed citations
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Xu, Jiuyun, et al.. (2024). Adaptive Idle Model Fusion in Hierarchical Federated Learning for Unbalanced Edge Regions. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering. 11(5). 4603–4616. 5 indexed citations
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Duan, Qiang & Zhihui Lu. (2024). Edge Cloud Computing and Federated–Split Learning in Internet of Things. Future Internet. 16(7). 227–227.
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Jiang, Kai, et al.. (2024). CatBoost-based Intrusion Detection Method for the Physical Layer of Smart Agriculture. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 60. 9–9. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Jiuyun, et al.. (2024). TEG-DI: Dynamic incentive model for Federated Learning based on Tripartite Evolutionary Game. Neurocomputing. 621. 129259–129259. 3 indexed citations
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Guo, Dongsheng, Qiang Duan, Zhaoliang Chen, et al.. (2023). A Study Case of Automatic Archival Research and Compilation using Large Language Models. 52–59.
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Zhang, Hongbin, et al.. (2018). Network Security Situation Awareness Framework based on Threat Intelligence. Cmc-computers Materials & Continua. 56(3). 381–399. 16 indexed citations
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Rawal, Bharat S., et al.. (2016). Anticipatory Cyber Security Research: An Ultimate Technique for the First-Move Advantage. TEM Journal. 3–14. 4 indexed citations
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Duan, Yucong, Qiang Duan, Xiaobing Sun, et al.. (2016). EVERYTHING AS A SERVICE (XAAS) ON THE CLOUD: ORIGINS, CURRENT AND FUTURE TRENDS. 4(2). 32–45. 13 indexed citations
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Duan, Qiang, et al.. (2008). Threat modeling using attack trees. Journal of computing sciences in colleges. 23(4). 124–131. 79 indexed citations
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Duan, Qiang, et al.. (2007). Network service description and discovery for the next generation internet. 509–514. 2 indexed citations
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Duan, Qiang, et al.. (2006). Building an experimental globus-based grid computing system in an university environment. Journal of computing sciences in colleges. 21(5). 188–188. 1 indexed citations

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