Wenbo Du

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
151 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Wenbo Du is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenbo Du has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 41 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Wenbo Du's work include Complex Network Analysis Techniques (33 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (28 papers) and Air Traffic Management and Optimization (27 papers). Wenbo Du is often cited by papers focused on Complex Network Analysis Techniques (33 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (28 papers) and Air Traffic Management and Optimization (27 papers). Wenbo Du collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Wenbo Du's co-authors include Xianbin Cao, Xianbin Cao, Kaiquan Cai, Mao-Bin Hu, Gang Yan, Oriol Lordan, Zhihai Rong, Ke Tang, Yumeng Li and Hong Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Wenbo Du

143 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Analysis of the Chinese Airline Network as multi-layer ne... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 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. Analysis of the Chinese Airline Network as multi-layer networks
    2016 253 citations Wenbo Du, Yanbo Zhu 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
Wenbo Du China 36 1.2k 944 874 746 535 151 4.1k
Hussein A. Abbass Australia 39 225 0.2× 257 0.3× 576 0.7× 528 0.7× 90 0.2× 297 6.4k
Péter Molnár Norway 29 277 0.2× 369 0.4× 132 0.2× 231 0.3× 62 0.1× 122 9.4k
Jie Cao China 44 1.2k 1.0× 362 0.4× 484 0.6× 1.7k 2.3× 42 0.1× 298 6.3k
Sebastian Wandelt China 32 559 0.5× 143 0.2× 802 0.9× 245 0.3× 32 0.1× 145 3.2k
Karl Tuyls Netherlands 29 185 0.2× 520 0.6× 285 0.3× 600 0.8× 124 0.2× 163 3.2k
Chao Gao China 28 928 0.8× 240 0.3× 67 0.1× 379 0.5× 37 0.1× 165 2.5k
Jing Liu China 45 1.3k 1.0× 388 0.4× 125 0.1× 1.1k 1.5× 62 0.1× 369 6.9k
Hui‐Jia Li China 28 1.7k 1.3× 455 0.5× 19 0.0× 491 0.7× 137 0.3× 108 2.7k
Mao-Bin Hu China 34 1.3k 1.1× 531 0.6× 27 0.0× 616 0.8× 340 0.6× 168 4.1k
Graham Kendall United Kingdom 48 48 0.0× 391 0.4× 144 0.2× 894 1.2× 108 0.2× 245 7.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Wenbo Du

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wenbo Du

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenbo Du

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wenbo Du. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wenbo Du 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 Wenbo Du. Wenbo Du 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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Guo, Tong, et al.. (2025). Learning-Aided Neighborhood Search for Vehicle Routing Problems. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 47(7). 5930–5944. 2 indexed citations
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Guo, Tong, Yi Mei, Mengjie Zhang, et al.. (2025). Enhanced Evolution of Parallel Algorithm Portfolio for Vehicle Routing Problem via Transfer Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 1–1.
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Cui, Yuanhao, et al.. (2025). Cooperative Pursuit-Evasion With Low Altitude Wireless Network: A Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Approach. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 25(4). 5716–5729. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Zhishuai, et al.. (2024). MAST-GNN: A multimodal adaptive spatio-temporal graph neural network for airspace complexity prediction. Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies. 160. 104521–104521. 14 indexed citations
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Guo, Tong, et al.. (2024). Genetic Programming With Multifidelity Surrogates for Large-Scale Dynamic Air Traffic Flow Management. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 29(6). 2671–2685. 1 indexed citations
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Du, Wenbo, et al.. (2024). Flight Delay Prediction via Learning Long Short-Term Relationship Between Airports. IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine. 17(5). 6–19.
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Li, Yumeng, Tong Guo, Jun Chen, et al.. (2024). Urban Air Mobility: A Review and Challenges. IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine. 17(3). 67–87. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Tao, et al.. (2024). Multi-UAV Collaborative Surveillance Network Recovery via Deep Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 11(21). 34528–34540. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Tao, Wenbo Du, Chunxiao Jiang, Yumeng Li, & Haijun Zhang. (2024). Safety Constrained Trajectory Optimization for Completion Time Minimization for UAV Communications. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 11(21). 34482–34491. 4 indexed citations
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Mei, Yi, et al.. (2024). A Collaborative Drone-Truck Delivery System With Memetic Computing Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 54(6). 3618–3630. 7 indexed citations
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Yao, Zhengjun, et al.. (2023). Biomimetic micro-laminated structure endows cermet with excellent strength and toughness using CoCrCuFeNi as infiltration layers. Ceramics International. 49(24). 39875–39885. 2 indexed citations
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Du, Wenbo, et al.. (2023). The Effect of Parental Autonomy Support on Grit: The Mediating Role of Basic Psychological Needs and the Moderating Role of Achievement Motivation. Psychology Research and Behavior Management. Volume 16. 939–948. 9 indexed citations
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Cai, Kaiquan, et al.. (2023). Multiairport Departure Scheduling via Multiagent Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine. 16(2). 102–116. 6 indexed citations
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Guo, Tong, Yi Mei, Yumeng Li, et al.. (2023). A multi-objective memetic algorithm with adaptive local search for airspace complexity mitigation. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation. 83. 101400–101400. 8 indexed citations
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Ma, Yan, Wenbo Du, Jun Chen, et al.. (2022). A Spatiotemporal Neural Network Model for Estimated-Time-of-Arrival Prediction of Flights in a Terminal Maneuvering Area. IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine. 15(1). 285–299. 17 indexed citations
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Du, Wenbo, et al.. (2022). A Spatiotemporal Hybrid Model for Airspace Complexity Prediction. IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine. 15(2). 217–224. 10 indexed citations
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Du, Wenbo, et al.. (2021). A Deep Unsupervised Learning Approach for Airspace Complexity Evaluation. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 23(8). 11739–11751. 19 indexed citations
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Yang, Peng, Xianbin Cao, Xing Xi, et al.. (2019). Three-Dimensional Continuous Movement Control of Drone Cells for Energy-Efficient Communication Coverage. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 68(7). 6535–6546. 38 indexed citations
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Li, Yumeng, Wenbo Du, Peng Yang, et al.. (2018). A Satisficing Conflict Resolution Approach for Multiple UAVs. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 6(2). 1866–1878. 48 indexed citations
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Du, Wenbo, Mingyuan Zhang, Matjaž Perc, et al.. (2018). The networked evolutionary algorithm: A network science perspective. Applied Mathematics and Computation. 338. 33–43. 57 indexed citations

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