Wei Lu

10.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
103 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Wei Lu is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Lu has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 32 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 16 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Wei Lu's work include Network Security and Intrusion Detection (26 papers), Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting (19 papers) and Complex Network Analysis Techniques (14 papers). Wei Lu is often cited by papers focused on Network Security and Intrusion Detection (26 papers), Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting (19 papers) and Complex Network Analysis Techniques (14 papers). Wei Lu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Wei Lu's co-authors include Ali A. Ghorbani, Mahbod Tavallaee, Ebrahim Bagheri, Laks V. S. Lakshmanan, Amit Goyal, Issa Traoré, Liwei Chen, Bassam Sayed, Wei Chen and Kenneth Chiu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nano Letters and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Wei Lu

92 papers receiving 6.2k 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.

A detailed analysis of the KDD CUP 99 data set

2009 3.1k citations Wei Lu et al. profile →
CELF++

2011 595 citations Amit Goyal, Wei Lu et al. profile →
SIMPATH: An Efficient Algorithm for Influence Maximization under the Linear Threshold Model

2011 350 citations Amit Goyal, Wei Lu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Lu United States	32	4.4k	3.8k	2.1k	1.3k	919	103	6.6k
Zhi-Li Zhang United States	46	5.8k 1.3×	1.4k 0.4×	918 0.4×	279 0.2×	1.1k 1.2×	360	7.9k
Vyas Sekar United States	55	8.8k 2.0×	2.3k 0.6×	2.5k 1.2×	242 0.2×	2.0k 2.2×	177	11.6k
Li Guo China	34	1.1k 0.3×	3.2k 0.8×	481 0.2×	659 0.5×	1.1k 1.2×	333	6.2k
Yongdae Kim United States	37	2.5k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	665 0.3×	124 0.1×	1.1k 1.2×	172	4.4k
Paul Barford United States	35	6.0k 1.4×	2.4k 0.6×	753 0.4×	381 0.3×	1.1k 1.3×	151	6.9k
Christopher Ré United States	38	1.7k 0.4×	3.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	131 0.1×	1.1k 1.2×	153	5.3k
Steve Uhlig United Kingdom	34	6.8k 1.6×	1.8k 0.5×	403 0.2×	352 0.3×	1.1k 1.1×	162	7.9k
Azer Bestavros United States	39	7.5k 1.7×	1.0k 0.3×	349 0.2×	654 0.5×	1.3k 1.4×	244	8.5k
Jin-Hee Cho United States	27	2.4k 0.6×	866 0.2×	411 0.2×	175 0.1×	822 0.9×	172	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Lu

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wei Lu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Wei Lu. The network helps show where Wei Lu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Lu

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

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Solanki, Dhaval, et al.. (2025). Invisible Leaks: Covert Channel Exploitation in In-Sensor Computing System. PubMed. 2025. 397–398.

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Lu, Wei, et al.. (2025). XAPT: Explainable Anomaly-Driven Prediction of Threat Stages in APT Campaigns. IEEE Access. 13. 199737–199756.

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Lu, Wei, et al.. (2024). The impact of party building on science and technology innovation: Evidence from Chinese listed companies. Procedia Computer Science. 242. 829–836. 1 indexed citations

4.

Lu, Wei, et al.. (2024). Lion: Minimizing Distributed Transactions Through Adaptive Replica Provision. 2012–2025. 2 indexed citations

5.

Yuan, Huan, Hongwei Li, & Wei Lu. (2023). A new design of seat suspension using different models of negative stiffness structure. Vibroengineering PROCEDIA. 50. 84–90.

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Lu, Wei. (2023). A Lightweight Botnet Exploiting HTTP for Control Flow Denial on Open-Source Medical Systems. Lecture notes on data engineering and communications technologies. 176. 188–199.

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Lu, Wei & Ling Xue. (2021). A Perceptron Mixture Model of Intrusion Detection for Safeguarding Electronic Health Record System. Lecture notes in networks and systems. 313. 202–212. 1 indexed citations

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Lu, Wei, et al.. (2018). Detecting Network Intrusions Using a Confidence-Based Reward System. 1. 175–180. 1 indexed citations

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Rokni, Hossein & Wei Lu. (2017). Layer-by-Layer Insight into Electrostatic Charge Distribution of Few-Layer Graphene. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 42821–42821. 20 indexed citations

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Sorensen, Mathew D., Michael R. Bailey, Ryan S. Hsi, et al.. (2013). Focused Ultrasonic Propulsion of Kidney Stones. Videourology. 27(6). 1 indexed citations

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Lu, Wei, Oleg A. Sapozhnikov, Michael R. Bailey, Peter Kaczkowski, & Lawrence A. Crum. (2013). Evidence for Trapped Surface Bubbles as the Cause for the Twinkling Artifact in Ultrasound Imaging. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 39(6). 1026–1038. 46 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, Yuebin Li, Chun Li, et al.. (2011). CuS Nanoparticles for Photothermal Ablation of Tumor Cells. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2011. 2 indexed citations

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Goyal, Amit, Wei Lu, & Laks V. S. Lakshmanan. (2011). CELF++. 47–48. 595 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lu, Wei, Yao Xiong, & Liwei Chen. (2009). Length-Dependent Dielectric Polarization in Metallic Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 113(24). 10337–10340. 14 indexed citations

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Liu, Zongde, et al.. (2007). BXSA for fast processing of scientific data. Spring Simulation Multiconference. 441–446. 1 indexed citations

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Lu, Wei. (2005). A novel framework for network intrusion detection using learning techniques. 458–461. 1 indexed citations

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Lu, Wei & Issa Traoré. (2005). Determining the optimal number of clusters using a new evolutionary algorithm. 2 pp.–713. 8 indexed citations

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Lu, Wei & Issa Traoré. (2005). An unsupervised approach for detecting DDOS attacks based on traffic-based metrics. 462–465. 5 indexed citations

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Lu, Wei & Issa Traoré. (2005). A New Evolutionary Algorithm for Determining the Optimal Number of Clusters. 648–653. 5 indexed citations

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Lu, Wei & Issa Traoré. (2003). Detecting new forms of network intrusion using genetic programming. 2165–2172 Vol.3. 18 indexed citations

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