Wei–Neng Chen

19.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
203 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Wei–Neng Chen is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei–Neng Chen has authored 203 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 55 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 35 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Wei–Neng Chen's work include Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (81 papers), Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (54 papers) and Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (45 papers). Wei–Neng Chen is often cited by papers focused on Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (81 papers), Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (54 papers) and Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (45 papers). Wei–Neng Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, South Korea and Hong Kong. Wei–Neng Chen's co-authors include Jun Zhang, Yun Li, Zhi‐Hui Zhan, Yue‐Jiao Gong, Qiang Yang, Ying Lin, Tianlong Gu, Huaxiang Zhang, Henry Shu-Hung Chung and Yuhui Shi and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Wei–Neng Chen

191 papers receiving 6.4k 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.

Particle Swarm Optimization With an Aging Leader and Challengers

2012 504 citations Wei–Neng Chen, Jun Zhang et al. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation profile →
A Novel Set-Based Particle Swarm Optimization Method for Discrete Optimization Problems

2009 319 citations Wei–Neng Chen, Jun Zhang et al. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation profile →
Distributed evolutionary algorithms and their models: A survey of the state-of-the-art

2015 272 citations Yue‐Jiao Gong, Wei–Neng Chen et al. Applied Soft Computing profile →
Adaptive Multimodal Continuous Ant Colony Optimization

2016 255 citations Qiang Yang, Wei–Neng Chen et al. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei–Neng Chen China	43	3.6k	2.1k	919	825	669	203	6.5k
Qiuzhen Lin China	43	3.4k 0.9×	2.7k 1.3×	674 0.7×	418 0.5×	464 0.7×	264	5.9k
Farhad Soleimanian Gharehchopogh Iran	48	4.2k 1.2×	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	599 0.7×	1.2k 1.8×	156	7.7k
Yue‐Jiao Gong China	33	2.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	870 0.9×	559 0.7×	586 0.9×	140	4.5k
Dunwei Gong China	51	4.4k 1.2×	2.4k 1.1×	711 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	920 1.4×	286	8.9k
Manuel Lozano Spain	38	4.3k 1.2×	2.3k 1.1×	433 0.5×	700 0.8×	516 0.8×	86	6.4k
Shangce Gao Japan	42	4.2k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	961 1.0×	410 0.5×	1.5k 2.2×	309	6.9k
Liang Feng China	37	3.7k 1.0×	3.0k 1.4×	552 0.6×	683 0.8×	716 1.1×	161	6.2k
Enrique Alba Spain	47	4.1k 1.1×	2.6k 1.2×	1.8k 1.9×	1.1k 1.4×	1.2k 1.7×	303	8.8k
Yongquan Zhou China	41	3.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	577 0.6×	956 1.2×	821 1.2×	302	6.2k
Mohammed Azmi Al‐Betar Jordan	52	4.4k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	859 1.0×	1.7k 2.5×	265	9.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei–Neng Chen

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Ming, Qiang Yang, Wei–Neng Chen, et al.. (2025). A Multimodal Ant Colony Optimization Framework for Multi-Solution Traveling Salesman Problem. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 1–1.

Wan, Rong, Feng-Feng Wei, & Wei–Neng Chen. (2025). GA-ComFit: A Genetic Algorithm With Community Fitness Sharing Niching for Multimodal Opinion Maximization. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence. 9(6). 4161–4174. 1 indexed citations

Jia, Ya-Hui, et al.. (2025). Multistage Particle Swarm Optimization for Heterogeneous Multipoint Dynamic Aggregation. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 55(7). 4614–4628. 1 indexed citations

Hu, Xiao-Min, et al.. (2025). Light-YOLO: a lightweight detection algorithm based on multi-scale feature enhancement for infrared small ship target. Complex & Intelligent Systems. 11(2). 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Qingling, Xiaoqiang Wu, Qiuzhen Lin, & Wei–Neng Chen. (2024). Two-Stage Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning for Enhancing Exploration and Exploitation. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 38(18). 20892–20900. 2 indexed citations

Lin, Lishan, Ge Li, Fengyin Liang, et al.. (2024). Phosphorylation of AQP4 by LRRK2 R1441G impairs glymphatic clearance of IFNγ and aggravates dopaminergic neurodegeneration. npj Parkinson s Disease. 10(1). 31–31. 13 indexed citations

Chen, Wei–Neng, et al.. (2024). Collective Intelligence for Preventing Pandemic Crises: A Model-Centralized Organizational Framework. IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Magazine. 10(3). 31–43. 1 indexed citations

Hu, Xiao-Min, et al.. (2024). A Scalable Parallel Coevolutionary Algorithm With Overlapping Cooperation for Large-Scale Network-Based Combinatorial Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 54(8). 4806–4818. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Wei–Neng, et al.. (2023). A knowledge-based constructive estimation of distribution algorithm for bi-objective portfolio optimization with cardinality constraints. Applied Soft Computing. 146. 110652–110652. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei–Neng, et al.. (2023). Influence Maximization with Reverse Influence Sampling and Evolutionary Algorithm. 783–790. 1 indexed citations

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Zhong, Jinghui, et al.. (2022). Automatic Crowd Navigation Path Planning in Public Scenes Through Multiobjective Differential Evolution. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems. 11(1). 905–918. 5 indexed citations

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Wei, Feng-Feng, Wei–Neng Chen, Qing Li, Sang-Woon Jeon, & Jun Zhang. (2022). Distributed and Expensive Evolutionary Constrained Optimization With On-Demand Evaluation. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 27(3). 671–685. 34 indexed citations

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Zhao, Bowen, Ximeng Liu, An Song, et al.. (2022). PriMPSO: A Privacy-Preserving Multiagent Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 53(11). 7136–7149. 28 indexed citations

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Huang, Ting, Yue‐Jiao Gong, Wei–Neng Chen, Hua Wang, & Jun Zhang. (2020). A Probabilistic Niching Evolutionary Computation Framework Based on Binary Space Partitioning. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 52(1). 51–64. 24 indexed citations

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Gong, Yue‐Jiao, Yiwen Liu, Ying Lin, Wei–Neng Chen, & Jun Zhang. (2019). Real-Time Taxi–Passenger Matching Using a Differential Evolutionary Fuzzy Controller. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 51(5). 2712–2725. 12 indexed citations

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Song, An, Wei–Neng Chen, Tianlong Gu, et al.. (2019). Distributed Virtual Network Embedding System With Historical Archives and Set-Based Particle Swarm Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 51(2). 927–942. 63 indexed citations

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Song, An, Wei–Neng Chen, Tianlong Gu, Huaxiang Zhang, & Jun Zhang. (2019). A Constructive Particle Swarm Optimizer for Virtual Network Embedding. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering. 7(3). 1406–1420. 20 indexed citations

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Liu, Qunfeng, Wei–Neng Chen, Jeremiah D. Deng, et al.. (2017). Benchmarking Stochastic Algorithms for Global Optimization Problems by Visualizing Confidence Intervals. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 47(9). 2924–2937. 21 indexed citations

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Zheng, Hongkun, Jingjing Li, Yue‐Jiao Gong, et al.. (2017). Link mapping-oriented ant colony system for virtual network embedding. 1223–1230. 17 indexed citations

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Lin, Ying, et al.. (2013). An Ant Colony Optimization Approach for Nurse Rostering Problem. 1672–1676. 10 indexed citations

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