Qiang Yang

101.6k total citations · 25 hit papers
860 papers, 62.9k citations indexed

About

Qiang Yang is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Qiang Yang has authored 860 papers receiving a total of 62.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 376 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 203 papers in Information Systems and 130 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Qiang Yang's work include Recommender Systems and Techniques (89 papers), Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (77 papers) and Text and Document Classification Technologies (65 papers). Qiang Yang is often cited by papers focused on Recommender Systems and Techniques (89 papers), Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (77 papers) and Text and Document Classification Technologies (65 papers). Qiang Yang collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Qiang Yang's co-authors include Sinno Jialin Pan, Yu Zhang, Tianjian Chen, Yang Liu, Yongxin Tong, Yong Yu, Gui-Rong Xue, Wenyuan Dai, Xindong Wu and Hao Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Qiang Yang

811 papers receiving 60.4k citations

Hit Papers

A Survey on Transfer Lear... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2009 2007 2019 2006 2020 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k
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 Survey on Transfer Learning
    2009 15.3k citations Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  2. Top 10 algorithms in data mining
    2007 3.9k citations Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  3. Federated Machine Learning
    2019 3.4k citations Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  4. Graph Embedding and Extensions: A General Framework for Dimensionality Reduction
    2006 2.2k citations Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  5. Federated Learning in Mobile Edge Networks: A Comprehensive Survey
    2020 1.6k citations Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  6. A Survey on Multi-Task Learning
    2021 1.3k citations Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  7. Boosting for transfer learning
    2007 1.2k citations Qiang Yang et al. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) profile →
  8. A Survey on Evaluation of Large Language Models
    2024 1.0k citations Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  9. An overview of multi-task learning
    2017 686 citations Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  10. One-Class Collaborative Filtering
    2008 682 citations Qiang Yang et al. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) profile →
  11. Spatiotemporal Multi-Graph Convolution Network for Ride-Hailing Demand Forecasting
    2019 601 citations Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  12. 10 CHALLENGING PROBLEMS IN DATA MINING RESEARCH
    2006 588 citations Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  13. Cross-domain sentiment classification via spectral feature alignment
    2010 503 citations Qiang Yang et al. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) profile →
  14. Collaborative location and activity recommendations with GPS history data
    2010 472 citations Qiang Yang et al. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) profile →
  15. Transfer learning via dimensionality reduction
    2008 409 citations Qiang Yang et al. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) profile →
  16. A Secure Federated Transfer Learning Framework
    2020 397 citations Yan Kang, Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  17. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
    2015 380 citations Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  18. A Full Dive Into Realizing the Edge-Enabled Metaverse: Visions, Enabling Technologies, and Challenges
    2022 371 citations Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  19. SecureBoost: A Lossless Federated Learning Framework
    2021 325 citations Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  20. Proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Big Data
    2013 314 citations Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  21. Privacy and Robustness in Federated Learning: Attacks and Defenses
    2022 264 citations Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  22. Real-time prediction of rock mass classification based on TBM operation big data and stacking technique of ensemble learning
    2021 176 citations Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  23. Realizing the Metaverse with Edge Intelligence: A Match Made in Heaven
    2022 161 citations Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  24. Vertical Federated Learning: Concepts, Advances, and Challenges
    2024 138 citations Yan Kang, Qiang Yang et al. profile →
  25. Federated Learning for Generalization, Robustness, Fairness: A Survey and Benchmark
    2024 56 citations Qiang Yang et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Qiang Yang 32.1k 13.7k 11.1k 6.3k 6.2k 860 62.9k
Sepp Hochreiter 26.8k 0.8× 14.2k 1.0× 4.2k 0.4× 3.6k 0.6× 8.8k 1.4× 109 69.8k
Michael I. Jordan 48.1k 1.5× 19.3k 1.4× 11.6k 1.0× 8.4k 1.3× 3.8k 0.6× 556 96.0k
Andrew Y. Ng 39.6k 1.2× 21.0k 1.5× 8.4k 0.8× 3.0k 0.5× 2.4k 0.4× 208 68.8k
Ruslan Salakhutdinov 26.1k 0.8× 19.9k 1.5× 5.5k 0.5× 2.4k 0.4× 3.9k 0.6× 147 56.5k
Francisco Herrera 53.2k 1.7× 7.9k 0.6× 9.5k 0.9× 3.9k 0.6× 6.2k 1.0× 812 96.6k
Jürgen Schmidhuber 43.5k 1.4× 23.5k 1.7× 5.8k 0.5× 5.4k 0.9× 14.2k 2.3× 240 104.9k
Ilya Sutskever 41.1k 1.3× 36.1k 2.6× 4.9k 0.4× 3.6k 0.6× 7.8k 1.2× 39 95.2k
Philip S. Yu 43.0k 1.3× 12.5k 0.9× 22.9k 2.1× 14.8k 2.3× 2.8k 0.5× 1.6k 75.6k
Ian H. Witten 26.2k 0.8× 8.8k 0.6× 12.4k 1.1× 6.3k 1.0× 2.0k 0.3× 327 52.3k
Zhi‐Hua Zhou 22.7k 0.7× 13.3k 1.0× 4.9k 0.4× 3.1k 0.5× 2.1k 0.3× 399 38.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qiang Yang

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

All Works

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Kang, Yan, et al.. (2025). No free lunch theorem for privacy-preserving LLM inference. Artificial Intelligence. 341. 104293–104293.
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Fan, Jing, Qiang Wang, Xiaoping Long, et al.. (2025). Mo isotope evidence for the significance of subducted continental crust in formation of post-collisional porphyry Cu deposits. Chemical Geology. 680. 122683–122683.
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Li, Shaoxuan, Yu Li, Haonan Liu, et al.. (2025). Pilot study on a physical process for treating petrochemical wastewater. Journal of Environmental Management. 379. 124891–124891. 3 indexed citations
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Yang, Qiang, Peixin Cui, Cun Liu, et al.. (2024). Core–shell CoN@Co ultra-stable nanoparticles on biochar for contamination remediation in water and soil. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 6 indexed citations
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Huang, Bowen, Wenbin Hu, Hui Xu, et al.. (2024). Enhanced catalytic degradation of tetracycline hydrochloride by a NZVI@MOF-545 composite with peroxydisulfate: Performance and mechanism. Applied Surface Science. 661. 160069–160069. 7 indexed citations
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Guo, Sifan, Zhibo Wang, Dandan Xie, et al.. (2024). Berberine Mediates Exosomes Regulating the Lipid Metabolism Pathways to Promote Apoptosis of RA-FLS Cells. Pharmaceuticals. 17(11). 1509–1509. 4 indexed citations
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Dong, Yunsheng, Jie Wang, Xinyi Yu, et al.. (2024). MSCs derived membrane coating nanoparticles targeted delivery itaconic acid to regulate M1 macrophage pyroptosis for osteoarthritis therapy. Applied Materials Today. 39. 102314–102314. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Yang, et al.. (2024). A mechanism design approach for multi-party machine learning. Theoretical Computer Science. 1003. 114618–114618. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xubin, Xiao‐Hong Xiong, Fumin Wang, et al.. (2024). CFD simulation of power characteristics and flow field distribution of different spiral stirring paddles. Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification. 205. 110033–110033.
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Kong, Yun, et al.. (2024). MOF-525 and Fe-loaded MOF-525 for the selective adsorption removal of Cu(Ⅱ) and Cr(VI). Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 339. 124927–124927. 7 indexed citations
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Yang, Qiang, Xubin Zhang, Fumin Wang, et al.. (2024). Numerical simulation of power and flow field characteristics of different spiral stirred reactors. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. 78. 218–231.
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Wang, Shuai, et al.. (2024). Instability in heated water-porous system. European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids. 109. 428–439.
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Yang, Qiang, et al.. (2023). Selective leaching and recovery of neodymium from NdFeB carbonyl residues. Separation and Purification Technology. 329. 125137–125137. 22 indexed citations
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Kong, Yun, Hao Lu, Qiang Yang, et al.. (2023). Adsorption characteristics of tetracycline hydrochloride and oxytetracycline by a MOF-525(Co) metal organic framework. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 677. 132443–132443. 32 indexed citations
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Chan, Chee Seng, et al.. (2021). Protecting Intellectual Property of Generative Adversarial Networks from Ambiguity Attacks. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 3629–3638. 51 indexed citations
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Chen, Shaoqi, Dongyu Xue, Guohui Chuai, Qiang Yang, & Qi Liu. (2020). FL-QSAR: a federated learning-based QSAR prototype for collaborative drug discovery. Bioinformatics. 36(22-23). 5492–5498. 55 indexed citations
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Yang, Qiang, et al.. (2019). Development of sulconazole-loaded nanoemulsions for enhancement of transdermal permeation and antifungal activity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhiyue, et al.. (2017). Measurement and Evaluation of Carbon Emission for Different Types of Carbohydrate-rich Foods in China. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations
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Yin, Jie, Xiaoyong Chai, & Qiang Yang. (2004). High-level goal recognition in a wireless LAN. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 40 indexed citations

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