Wei Ni

6.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
295 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Wei Ni is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Ni has authored 295 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 110 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 76 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wei Ni's work include UAV Applications and Optimization (48 papers), Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (38 papers) and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (37 papers). Wei Ni is often cited by papers focused on UAV Applications and Optimization (48 papers), Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (38 papers) and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (37 papers). Wei Ni collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United States. Wei Ni's co-authors include Izumi Takagi, Chang‐Shou Lin, Abbas Jamalipour, Xin Yuan, Kai Li, Lixia Yang, Bingqian Guo, Shuyan Hu, Xin Wang and Xin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials and Expert Systems with Applications.

In The Last Decade

Wei Ni

260 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Large amplitude stationary solutions to a chemotaxis system 1988 2026 2000 2013 1988 2022 2023 100 200 300 400 500
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. Large amplitude stationary solutions to a chemotaxis system
    1988 554 citations Wei Ni et al. profile →
  2. When Internet of Things Meets Metaverse: Convergence of Physical and Cyber Worlds
    2022 147 citations Kai Li, Xin Yuan et al. IEEE Internet of Things Journal profile →
  3. Machine Learning-Aided Operations and Communications of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Contemporary Survey
    2023 99 citations Kai Li, Wei Ni et al. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials 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 Ni Australia 34 1.5k 1.4k 1.1k 750 606 295 4.4k
Shiji Song China 29 920 0.6× 524 0.4× 269 0.2× 1.4k 1.9× 1.3k 2.1× 111 4.4k
Yan Ye China 31 939 0.6× 1.5k 1.1× 899 0.8× 1.9k 2.5× 474 0.8× 262 5.7k
M. Vidyasagar India 28 932 0.6× 619 0.5× 572 0.5× 661 0.9× 1.1k 1.8× 141 7.5k
Yun Zhang China 48 2.7k 1.9× 1.5k 1.1× 475 0.4× 702 0.9× 974 1.6× 464 8.8k
Sanyang Liu China 32 554 0.4× 544 0.4× 176 0.2× 708 0.9× 2.7k 4.5× 389 6.2k
Chun Yin China 30 679 0.5× 479 0.3× 223 0.2× 244 0.3× 479 0.8× 127 3.1k
Antonio Vicino Italy 39 419 0.3× 1.6k 1.2× 524 0.5× 542 0.7× 561 0.9× 279 6.8k
Zhi‐Hong Guan China 56 7.5k 5.2× 930 0.7× 369 0.3× 1.2k 1.6× 1.1k 1.8× 400 11.3k
Wanquan Liu Australia 33 278 0.2× 257 0.2× 278 0.3× 1.7k 2.3× 787 1.3× 369 5.0k
Hyo‐Sung Ahn South Korea 42 4.6k 3.2× 1.1k 0.8× 1.4k 1.3× 525 0.7× 583 1.0× 372 9.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Ni

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Ni

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wei Ni. 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 Ni. The network helps show where Wei Ni may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Ni

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Jingjing, et al.. (2025). FLARE: A New Federated Learning Framework With Adjustable Learning Rates Over Resource-Constrained Wireless Networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 24(8). 6674–6689.
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Sun, Chao, et al.. (2025). Proximal Policy Optimization With Adaptive Weight Adjustment for Airborne Integrated Sensing and Communication. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 14(6). 1703–1707.
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Liu, Erwu, Wei Ni, Zhijun Fang, et al.. (2025). Through-the-Earth Magnetic Induction Communication and Networking: A Comprehensive Survey. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. 28. 2263–2305.
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Huang, Sunan, Lifeng Wang, Xin Wang, et al.. (2025). Edge Intelligence in Satellite-Terrestrial Networks With Hybrid Quantum Computing. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 14(5). 1341–1345.
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Li, Lulu, et al.. (2025). A Trustworthy IoT-Based Supply Chain Traceability System With Semantic Multichain and Preblockchain Data Verification. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 12(14). 28245–28258. 1 indexed citations
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Du, Gaoming, et al.. (2024). A fast hardware accelerator for nighttime fog removal based on image fusion. Integration. 99. 102256–102256. 5 indexed citations
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Ni, Wei, et al.. (2024). Over-the-air federated learning: Status quo, open challenges, and future directions. Fundamental Research. 5(4). 1710–1724. 15 indexed citations
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Wang, Yulong, et al.. (2024). Minimizing Adversarial Training Samples for Robust Image Classifiers: Analysis and Adversarial Example Generator Design. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 19. 9613–9628. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Bo, et al.. (2023). CFMB-T: A cross-frequency multi-branch transformer for low-quality infrared remote sensing image super-resolution. Infrared Physics & Technology. 133. 104861–104861. 9 indexed citations
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Sun, Chao, Wei Ni, Zhiyong Bu, & Xin Wang. (2022). Energy Minimization for Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Assisted Mobile Edge Computing. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 21(8). 6329–6344. 36 indexed citations
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Hu, Shuyan, Xin Yuan, Wei Ni, & Xin Wang. (2022). Trajectory Planning of Cellular-Connected UAV for Communication-Assisted Radar Sensing. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 70(9). 6385–6396. 59 indexed citations
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Li, Kai, Wei Ni, Xin Yuan, Alam Noor, & Abbas Jamalipour. (2022). Deep-Graph-Based Reinforcement Learning for Joint Cruise Control and Task Offloading for Aerial Edge Internet of Things (EdgeIoT). IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 9(21). 21676–21686. 51 indexed citations
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Ni, Wei, et al.. (2022). Three-Dimensional Cooperative Positioning for Internet of Things Provenance. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 9(20). 19945–19958. 8 indexed citations
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Sun, Chao, Wei Ni, Zhiyong Bu, & Xin Wang. (2021). Energy Minimization for Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Assisted Mobile Edge Computing. 254–259. 8 indexed citations
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Sun, Chao, Wei Ni, & Xin Wang. (2021). Joint Computation Offloading and Trajectory Planning for UAV-Assisted Edge Computing. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 20(8). 5343–5358. 104 indexed citations
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Nakashima, Kimie, et al.. (2015). Non-local effects in an integro-PDE model from population genetics. European Journal of Applied Mathematics. 28(1). 1–41. 9 indexed citations
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Ni, Wei & Tok Wang Ling. (2007). Update XML data by using graphical languages. 209–214. 3 indexed citations
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Ni, Wei. (1983). On a singular elliptic equation. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 88(4). 614–616. 13 indexed citations

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