Shaobo Zhang

14.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
175 papers, 9.8k citations indexed

About

Shaobo Zhang is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications and Computer Science Applications. According to data from OpenAlex, Shaobo Zhang has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 9.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 55 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 42 papers in Computer Science Applications. Recurrent topics in Shaobo Zhang's work include Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (55 papers), Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing (42 papers) and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (32 papers). Shaobo Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (55 papers), Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing (42 papers) and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (32 papers). Shaobo Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Shaobo Zhang's co-authors include Robert C. MacCallum, Sehee Hong, Keith F. Widaman, Derek D. Rucker, Kristopher J. Preacher, Tian Wang, Anfeng Liu, Guojun Wang, Naixue Xiong and In Jae Myung and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Psychological Review and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

In The Last Decade

Shaobo Zhang

161 papers receiving 9.3k 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.

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1999 3.4k citations Shaobo Zhang et al. profile →
On the practice of dichotomization of quantitative variables.

2002 2.5k citations Shaobo Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shaobo Zhang China	34	1.4k	1.4k	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	175	9.8k
Anna L. Cox United Kingdom	41	257 0.2×	2.2k 1.5×	517 0.4×	706 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	301	7.9k
Ahmed K. Elmagarmid United States	47	1.6k 1.1×	2.9k 2.1×	3.5k 2.5×	634 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	236	22.7k
Chin‐Chung Tsai Taiwan	91	573 0.4×	611 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	3.9k 3.1×	455	26.9k
Andrew T. Campbell United States	66	1.0k 0.7×	8.7k 6.1×	1.6k 1.1×	867 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	312	20.1k
Mourad Ouzzani United States	31	1.5k 1.1×	982 0.7×	1.9k 1.4×	624 0.5×	972 0.8×	129	18.4k
Sunny Consolvo United States	39	330 0.2×	514 0.4×	589 0.4×	330 0.3×	1.9k 1.5×	86	7.3k
Isabel de la Torre Díez Spain	43	433 0.3×	634 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	326 0.2×	457 0.4×	318	8.0k
Maureen Lahiff United States	23	1.9k 1.3×	250 0.2×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	1.9k 1.5×	70	16.2k
Patrick Olivier United Kingdom	57	408 0.3×	286 0.2×	559 0.4×	488 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	454	13.3k
Daniel Johnson Australia	38	910 0.6×	250 0.2×	429 0.3×	1.5k 1.1×	2.4k 1.9×	219	6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Shaobo Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shaobo Zhang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shaobo Zhang

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

Song, Houbing, et al.. (2025). A trust and bundling-based task allocation scheme to enhance completion rate and data quality for mobile crowdsensing. Computer Networks. 262. 111189–111189.

Tang, Jianheng, Yuhao Zheng, Naixue Xiong, et al.. (2025). PUWR-TSSG: A CMAB-based post-unknown worker recruitment scheme for Three-Stage Stackelberg Games in Mobile Crowd Sensing. Information Sciences. 723. 122693–122693.

He, Qian, et al.. (2025). An Anonymous, Trust and Fairness Based Privacy Preserving Service Construction Framework in Mobile Crowdsourcing. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing. 18(2). 618–632. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Shaobo, et al.. (2024). Promoting electroreduction of nitrite to ammonia over electron-deficient Pd modulated by rectifying Schottky contacts. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 98. 524–530. 8 indexed citations

Xiong, Naixue, et al.. (2024). A trust and privacy-preserving intelligent big data collection scheme in mobile edge-cloud crowdsourcing. Future Generation Computer Systems. 157. 145–163. 7 indexed citations

Liu, Anfeng, et al.. (2024). VLR-BPP: An intelligent virtual location replacement based bilateral privacy-preserving architecture for edge cloud systems. Future Generation Computer Systems. 163. 107488–107488. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Shaobo, et al.. (2024). Proposal and comprehensive analysis of a new high-efficiency combined cycle for simultaneous power generation, refrigeration, or heating to meet seasonal energy demand. Energy Conversion and Management. 301. 118036–118036. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Lingyi, Mingfeng Huang, Xiaoheng Deng, et al.. (2023). RLTD: A Reinforcement Learning-based Truth Data Discovery scheme for decision support systems under sustainable environments. Applied Soft Computing. 143. 110369–110369. 10 indexed citations

Tang, Jianheng, et al.. (2023). Credit and quality intelligent learning based multi-armed bandit scheme for unknown worker selection in multimedia MCS. Information Sciences. 647. 119444–119444. 31 indexed citations

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Chen, Lingyi, et al.. (2023). DTC-MDD: A spatiotemporal data acquisition technology for privacy-preserving in MCS. Information Sciences. 658. 120018–120018. 4 indexed citations

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Zeng, Zhiwen, et al.. (2023). A decentralized trust inference approach with intelligence to improve data collection quality for mobile crowd sensing. Information Sciences. 644. 119286–119286. 15 indexed citations

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Tang, Jianheng, et al.. (2023). A Semi-supervised Sensing Rate Learning based CMAB scheme to combat COVID-19 by trustful data collection in the crowd. Computer Communications. 206. 85–100. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Luying, Anfeng Liu, Naixue Xiong, et al.. (2023). SD-SRF: An Intelligent Service Deployment Scheme for Serverless-operated Cloud-Edge Computing in 6G Networks. Future Generation Computer Systems. 151. 242–259. 16 indexed citations

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Wei, Yin, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of building arrangement on natural ventilation potential in ideal building arrays. Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering. 22(6). 3759–3781. 1 indexed citations

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Gui, Jinsong, Guosheng Huang, Mianxiong Dong, et al.. (2023). A Low-Cost UAV Task Offloading Scheme Based on Trustable and Trackable Data Routing. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. 9(9). 5797–5812. 7 indexed citations

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Tang, Jianheng, et al.. (2023). CRL-MABA: A Completion Rate Learning-Based Accurate Data Collection Scheme in Large-Scale Energy Internet. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 11(14). 24400–24413. 7 indexed citations

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Peng, Tao, et al.. (2023). Spatiotemporal-Aware Privacy-Preserving Task Matching in Mobile Crowdsensing. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 11(2). 2394–2406. 21 indexed citations

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Zeng, Zhiwen, et al.. (2022). TANTO: An Effective Trust-Based Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Computing System for the Internet of Things. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 10(7). 5644–5661. 33 indexed citations

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Huang, Shaobo, Anfeng Liu, Shaobo Zhang, Tian Wang, & Naixue Xiong. (2020). BD-VTE: A Novel Baseline Data Based Verifiable Trust Evaluation Scheme for Smart Network Systems. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering. 8(3). 2087–2105. 118 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shaobo. (2000). Applications of geometric complexity and the minimum description length principle in mathematical modeling of cognition /. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 1 indexed citations

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