Rui Zhu

3.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
58 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Rui Zhu is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Geography, Planning and Development and Signal Processing. According to data from OpenAlex, Rui Zhu has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 14 papers in Geography, Planning and Development and 13 papers in Signal Processing. Recurrent topics in Rui Zhu's work include Geographic Information Systems Studies (14 papers), Data Management and Algorithms (11 papers) and Semantic Web and Ontologies (9 papers). Rui Zhu is often cited by papers focused on Geographic Information Systems Studies (14 papers), Data Management and Algorithms (11 papers) and Semantic Web and Ontologies (9 papers). Rui Zhu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Rui Zhu's co-authors include Amna Kirmani, Joan Meyers‐Levy, Gengchen Mai, Krzysztof Janowicz, Ling Cai, Bo Yan, Ravi Mehta, Amar Cheema, Jennifer Argo and Ni Lao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research and Expert Systems with Applications.

In The Last Decade

Rui Zhu

55 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Traffic transformer: Capturing the continuity and periodicity of time series for traffic forecasting

2020 248 citations Ling Cai, Krzysztof Janowicz et al. Transactions in GIS profile →
A review of location encoding for GeoAI: methods and applications

2022 92 citations Gengchen Mai, Krzysztof Janowicz et al. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems profile →
On the Opportunities and Challenges of Foundation Models for GeoAI (Vision Paper)

2024 45 citations Gengchen Mai, Weiming Huang et al. ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rui Zhu United States	20	490	378	282	250	245	58	1.9k
Daniele Quercia United Kingdom	30	356 0.7×	971 2.6×	213 0.8×	673 2.7×	163 0.7×	144	3.5k
Mark Newman United States	30	80 0.2×	558 1.5×	212 0.8×	232 0.9×	149 0.6×	157	3.4k
Jan Blom Finland	20	117 0.2×	528 1.4×	120 0.4×	194 0.8×	54 0.2×	38	2.0k
Andrew Vande Moere Belgium	27	64 0.1×	500 1.3×	186 0.7×	197 0.8×	74 0.3×	143	2.8k
Bruno Lepri Italy	35	67 0.1×	752 2.0×	465 1.6×	848 3.4×	383 1.6×	149	4.0k
Sven Casteleyn Spain	19	108 0.2×	287 0.8×	36 0.1×	193 0.8×	87 0.4×	84	1.6k
Luigina Ciolfi United Kingdom	24	149 0.3×	881 2.3×	205 0.7×	176 0.7×	27 0.1×	79	2.5k
Henriette Cramer United States	19	79 0.2×	384 1.0×	330 1.2×	497 2.0×	44 0.2×	78	1.6k
John Williams United Kingdom	25	466 1.0×	1.0k 2.7×	499 1.8×	393 1.6×	83 0.3×	73	3.5k
Huy Quan Vu Australia	22	432 0.9×	1.2k 3.3×	133 0.5×	290 1.2×	27 0.1×	53	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Rui Zhu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rui Zhu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rui Zhu

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

Janowicz, Krzysztof, Gengchen Mai, Weiming Huang, et al.. (2025). GeoFM: how will geo-foundation models reshape spatial data science and GeoAI?. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems. 39(9). 1849–1865. 2 indexed citations

Cai, Saihua, et al.. (2024). MIT-FRNet: Modality-invariant temporal representation learning-based feature reconstruction network for missing modalities. Expert Systems with Applications. 249. 123655–123655. 5 indexed citations

Kuang, H. H., et al.. (2024). Unraveling the effect of electricity price on electric vehicle charging behavior: A case study in Shenzhen, China. Sustainable Cities and Society. 115. 105836–105836. 14 indexed citations

Mai, Gengchen, Weiming Huang, Suhang Song, et al.. (2024). On the Opportunities and Challenges of Foundation Models for GeoAI (Vision Paper). ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems. 10(2). 1–46. 45 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Siqin, Tao Hu, Xiao Huang, et al.. (2024). GPT, large language models (LLMs) and generative artificial intelligence (GAI) models in geospatial science: a systematic review. International Journal of Digital Earth. 17(1). 38 indexed citations

Li, Wenwen, Sizhe Wang, Xiaohong Chen, et al.. (2023). GeoGraphVis: A Knowledge Graph and Geovisualization Empowered Cyberinfrastructure to Support Disaster Response and Humanitarian Aid. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 12(3). 112–112. 19 indexed citations

Chen, Zengqiang, et al.. (2022). Modeling and optimization control of networked evolutionary games with heterogeneous memories and switched topologies. Knowledge-Based Systems. 252. 109378–109378. 9 indexed citations

Cai, Ling, Krzysztof Janowicz, Rui Zhu, et al.. (2022). HyperQuaternionE: A hyperbolic embedding model for qualitative spatial and temporal reasoning. GeoInformatica. 27(2). 159–197. 8 indexed citations

Mai, Gengchen, Chiyu Jiang, Weiwei Sun, et al.. (2022). Towards general-purpose representation learning of polygonal geometries. GeoInformatica. 27(2). 289–340. 27 indexed citations

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Zhu, Rui, Krzysztof Janowicz, Ling Cai, & Gengchen Mai. (2022). Reasoning over higher-order qualitative spatial relations via spatially explicit neural networks. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems. 36(11). 2194–2225. 15 indexed citations

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Janowicz, Krzysztof, Cogan Shimizu, Pascal Hitzler, et al.. (2021). Diverse data! Diverse schemata?. Semantic Web. 1–3. 2 indexed citations

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Mai, Gengchen, Krzysztof Janowicz, Bo Yan, et al.. (2020). Multi-Scale Representation Learning for Spatial Feature Distributions using Grid Cells. arXiv (Cornell University). 8 indexed citations

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Li, Zhanglin, et al.. (2019). Integrating data-to-data correlation into inverse distance weighting. Computational Geosciences. 24(1). 203–216. 23 indexed citations

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Zhu, Rui, Krzysztof Janowicz, & Gengchen Mai. (2019). Making direction a first‐class citizen of Tobler's first law of geography. Transactions in GIS. 23(3). 398–416. 14 indexed citations

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Zhu, Rui, Krzysztof Janowicz, Bo Yan, & Yingjie Hu. (2016). Which Kobani? A Case Study on the Role of Spatial Statistics and Semantics for Coreference Resolution Across Gazetteers. 1. 3 indexed citations

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Mehta, Ravi, Rui Zhu, & Joan Meyers‐Levy. (2014). When Does a Higher Construal Level Increase or Decrease Indulgence? Resolving the Myopia versus Hyperopia Puzzle. Journal of Consumer Research. 41(2). 475–488. 26 indexed citations

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Meyers‐Levy, Joan, Rui Zhu, & Lan Jiang. (2009). Context Effects from Bodily Sensations: Examining Bodily Sensations Induced by Flooring and the Moderating Role of Product Viewing Distance. Journal of Consumer Research. 37(1). 1–14. 49 indexed citations

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Monga, Ashwani & Rui Zhu. (2005). Buyers versus Sellers: How They Differ in Their Responses to Framed Outcomes. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Zhu, Rui. (2005). Myth and Philosophy: From a Problem in Phaedo. Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 73(2). 453–473. 2 indexed citations

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Zhu, Rui. (2004). Distinguishing the Public from the Private: Aristotle's Solution to Plato's Paradox. History of Political Thought. 25(2). 231–242. 3 indexed citations

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