Rang Liu

2.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
99 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Rang Liu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Rang Liu has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 60 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Rang Liu's work include Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (37 papers), Radar Systems and Signal Processing (29 papers) and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (18 papers). Rang Liu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (37 papers), Radar Systems and Signal Processing (29 papers) and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (18 papers). Rang Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Rang Liu's co-authors include Ming Li, Qian Liu, A. Lee Swindlehurst, Yang Liu, Qingqing Wu, Gui Zhou, Cunhua Pan, Hongyu Li, Dejiang Wang and Sifan Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Proceedings of the IEEE and IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.

In The Last Decade

Rang Liu

92 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Joint Transmit Waveform and Passive Beamforming Design for RIS-Aided DFRC Systems

2022 225 citations Rang Liu, Ming Li et al. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing profile →
Channel Estimation With Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces—A General Framework

2022 179 citations A. Lee Swindlehurst, Rang Liu et al. profile →
Integrated Sensing and Communication with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: Opportunities, Applications, and Future Directions

2023 157 citations Rang Liu, Ming Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rang Liu China	22	1.4k	1.1k	250	137	96	99	1.9k
Jiancheng An Singapore	24	1.4k 1.1×	881 0.8×	242 1.0×	85 0.6×	124 1.3×	93	1.9k
Gui Zhou China	19	2.3k 1.7×	1.4k 1.3×	379 1.5×	234 1.7×	82 0.9×	52	2.7k
Kangda Zhi China	14	1.4k 1.1×	835 0.8×	263 1.1×	138 1.0×	53 0.6×	34	1.7k
Zijian Zhang China	16	1.3k 0.9×	821 0.8×	269 1.1×	117 0.9×	35 0.4×	59	1.7k
Yu Han China	23	3.0k 2.2×	1.8k 1.7×	456 1.8×	192 1.4×	99 1.0×	97	3.4k
Christos Liaskos Greece	20	1.5k 1.1×	944 0.9×	389 1.6×	109 0.8×	93 1.0×	95	2.0k
Li Wei China	12	976 0.7×	539 0.5×	163 0.7×	71 0.5×	61 0.6×	57	1.2k
Wanming Hao China	28	2.4k 1.8×	959 0.9×	639 2.6×	116 0.8×	69 0.7×	136	2.7k
Zhaocheng Wang China	29	4.0k 2.9×	977 0.9×	851 3.4×	112 0.8×	167 1.7×	162	4.2k
Xianghao Yu Hong Kong	25	3.5k 2.6×	1.7k 1.6×	497 2.0×	194 1.4×	101 1.1×	67	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Rang Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rang Liu

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Zhu, Jia, et al.. (2025). Active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Assisted Integrated Sensing, Communications and Computation Energy-Constrained Networks. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(12). 14548–14561.

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Xu, Jiaqi, et al.. (2025). Non-Reciprocal Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 14(10). 3329–3333. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Ming, et al.. (2024). Low-Range-Sidelobe Waveform Design for MIMO-OFDM ISAC Systems. 909–914. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Rang, et al.. (2024). Deep Learning for SLP-based ISAC Waveform Design. 2270–2275. 4 indexed citations

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Yang, Yun, Zhiping Lu, Ming Li, Rang Liu, & Qian Liu. (2024). A Practical Beamforming Design for Active RIS-assisted MU-MISO Systems. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Rang, et al.. (2024). End-to-End Learning for SLP-based ISAC Systems. 1–6. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Sifan, et al.. (2024). Cooperative Cell-Free ISAC Networks: Joint BS Mode Selection and Beamforming Design. 1–6. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Ming, et al.. (2024). A Novel Dynamic Hybrid Beamforming Design for ELAA Systems. 4494–4499. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Rang, et al.. (2024). Exploitation of Symmetrical Non-Convexity for Symbol-Level DFRC Signal Design. 299–304. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Qian, et al.. (2023). DRL-Based Secrecy Rate Optimization for RIS-Assisted Secure ISAC Systems. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 72(12). 16871–16875. 38 indexed citations

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Liu, Qian, et al.. (2023). A novel channel estimation strategy for practical RIS-aided wideband OFDMA communications. Wireless Networks. 29(7). 3075–3089. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Sifan, Rang Liu, Ming Li, Yang Liu, & Qian Liu. (2022). Joint BS-RIS-User Association and Beamforming Design for RIS-Assisted Cellular Networks. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 72(5). 6113–6128. 32 indexed citations

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Liu, Rang, et al.. (2022). Joint Beamforming Design for RIS-Assisted Integrated Sensing and Communication Systems. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 71(12). 13393–13397. 106 indexed citations

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Li, Ming, et al.. (2022). Joint Beamforming Designs for Active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface: A Sub-Connected Array Architecture. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 70(11). 7628–7643. 21 indexed citations

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Liu, Rang, et al.. (2022). Joint Secure Transmit Beamforming Designs for Integrated Sensing and Communication Systems. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 72(4). 4778–4791. 52 indexed citations

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Liu, Rang, Ming Li, Yang Liu, Qingqing Wu, & Qian Liu. (2022). Joint Transmit Waveform and Passive Beamforming Design for RIS-Aided DFRC Systems. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing. 16(5). 995–1010. 225 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Rang, et al.. (2022). Low-Complexity Designs of Symbol-Level Precoding for MU-MISO Systems. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 70(7). 4624–4639. 7 indexed citations

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Cai, Wenhao, Rang Liu, Ming Li, et al.. (2022). IRS-Assisted Multicell Multiband Systems: Practical Reflection Model and Joint Beamforming Design. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 70(6). 3897–3911. 29 indexed citations

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Cai, Wenhao, Rang Liu, Yang Liu, Ming Li, & Qian Liu. (2021). Joint Beamforming Designs for Intelligent Omni Surface Assisted Wireless Communication Systems. 2021 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). 1–6. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Rang, et al.. (2020). The Cognitive Communication based Anti-jamming Method for UAV Swarm Communication. IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering. 799(1). 12043–12043. 1 indexed citations

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