Wei Cai

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
131 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Wei Cai is a scholar working on Information Systems, Computer Networks and Communications and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Cai has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Information Systems, 51 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 26 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Wei Cai's work include Blockchain Technology Applications and Security (46 papers), IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (26 papers) and Cloud Computing and Resource Management (24 papers). Wei Cai is often cited by papers focused on Blockchain Technology Applications and Security (46 papers), IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (26 papers) and Cloud Computing and Resource Management (24 papers). Wei Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Hong Kong. Wei Cai's co-authors include Victor C. M. Leung, Zehua Wang, Zhen Hong, Min Chen, Jason B. Ernst, Chen Feng, Qiang Liu, Wentao Zhao, Shui Yu and Pan Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Access and IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wei Cai

118 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Decentralized Applications: The Blockchain-Empowered Soft... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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. Decentralized Applications: The Blockchain-Empowered Software System
    2018 290 citations Wei Cai, Zehua Wang et al. profile →
  2. A Survey on Security Threats and Defensive Techniques of Machine Learning: A Data Driven View
    2018 268 citations Wei Cai, Victor C. M. Leung et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wei Cai China 23 1.1k 928 457 369 231 131 2.1k
Tommi Mikkonen Finland 28 1.5k 1.4× 1.0k 1.1× 883 1.9× 278 0.8× 286 1.2× 290 3.1k
Prasad Calyam United States 26 692 0.6× 1.2k 1.3× 367 0.8× 372 1.0× 269 1.2× 201 2.0k
Davy Preuveneers Belgium 19 609 0.5× 729 0.8× 510 1.1× 411 1.1× 162 0.7× 134 1.6k
Ivano Malavolta Netherlands 26 1.4k 1.2× 1.1k 1.2× 927 2.0× 143 0.4× 248 1.1× 133 2.3k
Jun Han Australia 27 1.6k 1.5× 903 1.0× 1.2k 2.6× 195 0.5× 130 0.6× 201 2.5k
Lo’ai Tawalbeh United States 26 1.2k 1.1× 1.5k 1.6× 758 1.7× 420 1.1× 380 1.6× 115 2.6k
Judith Kelner Brazil 21 578 0.5× 1.3k 1.4× 511 1.1× 358 1.0× 271 1.2× 171 1.9k
Nahid Shahmehri Sweden 22 765 0.7× 575 0.6× 417 0.9× 180 0.5× 128 0.6× 123 1.6k
Paddy Nixon Ireland 17 524 0.5× 713 0.8× 480 1.1× 457 1.2× 178 0.8× 115 1.5k
Ralph Deters Canada 26 1.4k 1.3× 1.3k 1.4× 509 1.1× 294 0.8× 188 0.8× 158 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Cai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Cai

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

All Works

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Duan, Haihan, Tengfei Ma, Yuan Qin, et al.. (2025). DeRelayL: Sustainable Decentralized Relay Learning. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 24(9). 8913–8929.
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Abdallah, Maha, et al.. (2025). Web3 Multimedia Applications: Under the Impact of Decentralization. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications. 21(7). 1–38.
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Cai, Wei, et al.. (2024). Incentive Mechanism for Redactable Blockchain Governance: An Evolutionary Game Approach. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems. 11(5). 6953–6965. 3 indexed citations
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Tyson, Gareth, Xiapu Luo, Lei Wu, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the Paradox of NFT Prosperity. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 167–177. 4 indexed citations
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Cai, Wei, et al.. (2024). ARTEMIS: Detecting Airdrop Hunters in NFT Markets with a Graph Learning System. 1824–1834. 2 indexed citations
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Duan, Haihan, Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, & Wei Cai. (2024). Incentive Mechanism Design Toward a Win–Win Situation for Generative Art Trainers and Artists. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems. 11(6). 7528–7540. 3 indexed citations
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Duan, Haihan, et al.. (2024). Meetor: A Human-Centered Automatic Video Editing System for Meeting Recordings. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications. 20(9). 1–23. 1 indexed citations
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Duan, Haihan, et al.. (2023). Web3 Metaverse: State-of-the-Art and Vision. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications. 20(4). 1–42. 22 indexed citations
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Sun, Xinyao, et al.. (2023). BranchClash: A Fully On-Chain Tower Defense Blockchain Game with New Collaboration Mechanism. 9385–9387. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Xinyao, et al.. (2023). Harnessing Web3 on Carbon Offset Market for Sustainability: Framework and a Case Study. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Yuen, Ho Yin, et al.. (2022). Facilitating Serverless Match-based Online Games with Novel Blockchain Technologies. ACM Transactions on Internet Technology. 23(1). 1–26. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Lei, et al.. (2021). Partitioning Stateful Data Stream Applications in Dynamic Edge Cloud Environments. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing. 15(4). 2368–2381. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Zehua, et al.. (2020). Application and evaluation of payment channel in hybrid decentralized ethereum token exchange. Blockchain Research and Applications. 1(1-2). 100001–100001. 7 indexed citations
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Cai, Wei, et al.. (2019). Blockchain Games: A Survey. 1–8. 76 indexed citations
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Han, Yiwen, et al.. (2019). QoE-Oriented Resource Optimization for Mobile Cloud Gaming: A Potential Game Approach. 1–6. 10 indexed citations
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Hong, Zhen, Zehua Wang, Wei Cai, & Victor C. M. Leung. (2017). Connectivity-Aware Task Outsourcing and Scheduling in D2D Networks. 1–9. 9 indexed citations
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Cai, Wei, Longlong Zhang, Zhisheng Zhang, Yan‐Feng Li, & Yuan‐Jian Yang. (2013). FMECA of key components of circular truss antenna. 17. 337–341. 2 indexed citations
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Cai, Wei, et al.. (2009). Angle Gap (AG) based Grouping Algorithm for Multi-Mobile Agents Itinerary Planning in Wireless Sensor Networks. 한국통신학회 학술대회논문집. 305–306. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaofei, Wei Cai, Yan Ye, et al.. (2009). A framework of distributed dynamic multi-radio multi-channel multi-path routing protocol in Wireless Mesh Networks. 112–116. 3 indexed citations

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