Xinyi Hou

887 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 466 citations indexed

About

Xinyi Hou is a scholar working on Information Systems, Computer Networks and Communications and Information Systems and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Xinyi Hou has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 466 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Information Systems, 3 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 2 papers in Information Systems and Management. Recurrent topics in Xinyi Hou's work include Digital Rights Management and Security (4 papers), Software Engineering Research (3 papers) and Web Data Mining and Analysis (2 papers). Xinyi Hou is often cited by papers focused on Digital Rights Management and Security (4 papers), Software Engineering Research (3 papers) and Web Data Mining and Analysis (2 papers). Xinyi Hou collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Singapore. Xinyi Hou's co-authors include Haoyu Wang, Yanjie Zhao, Xiapu Luo, Kailong Wang, Li Li, David Lo, John Grundy, Zhou Yang, Yue Liu and Jianguo Fang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Natural Products, Frontiers in Public Health and ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology.

In The Last Decade

Xinyi Hou

7 papers receiving 455 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.

  1. Large Language Models for Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review
    2024 281 citations Xinyi Hou, Yanjie Zhao et al. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xinyi Hou China 4 138 116 114 112 69 11 466
Wei‐Jen Li Taiwan 11 166 1.2× 97 0.8× 120 1.1× 15 0.1× 10 0.1× 26 544
Adel Mahfoudhi Tunisia 12 53 0.4× 123 1.1× 36 0.3× 8 0.1× 26 0.4× 53 412
Shilpa Sharma India 10 54 0.4× 34 0.3× 67 0.6× 15 0.1× 25 0.4× 50 297
Anjali Goyal India 11 108 0.8× 124 1.1× 9 0.1× 29 0.3× 47 0.7× 45 374
Seema Sharma India 11 88 0.6× 83 0.7× 27 0.2× 20 0.2× 6 0.1× 53 553
Mohit Arora India 11 69 0.5× 25 0.2× 45 0.4× 27 0.2× 33 0.5× 24 392
Saima Jabeen Pakistan 11 63 0.5× 132 1.1× 84 0.7× 6 0.1× 8 0.1× 28 441
Manuel J. Barranco Spain 10 278 2.0× 137 1.2× 29 0.3× 4 0.0× 27 0.4× 17 569
Archit Gupta India 10 119 0.9× 191 1.6× 57 0.5× 41 0.4× 5 0.1× 52 815

Countries citing papers authored by Xinyi Hou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xinyi Hou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xinyi Hou

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Hou, Xinyi, et al.. (2026). Model Context Protocol (MCP): Landscape, Security Threats, and Future Research Directions. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology.
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Hou, Xinyi, et al.. (2025). A meta-synthesis of qualitative studies on cardiovascular disease patients’ experiences using digital health tools. Frontiers in Public Health. 13. 1709562–1709562.
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Zhao, Yanjie, et al.. (2025). DeclarUI: Bridging Design and Development with Automated Declarative UI Code Generation. Proceedings of the ACM on software engineering.. 2(FSE). 219–241.
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Hou, Xinyi, et al.. (2025). On the (In)Security of LLM App Stores. 317–335. 1 indexed citations
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Hou, Xinyi, et al.. (2025). LLM App Squatting and Cloning. 64–74. 1 indexed citations
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Hou, Xinyi, Yanjie Zhao, Yue Liu, et al.. (2024). Large Language Models for Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology. 33(8). 1–79. 281 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhao, Yanjie, et al.. (2024). LLM App Store Analysis: A Vision and Roadmap. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology. 34(5). 1–25. 5 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yanjie, et al.. (2024). Large Language Model Supply Chain: A Research Agenda. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology. 34(5). 1–46. 7 indexed citations
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Hou, Xinyi, Qingyi Tong, Chunyang Shi, et al.. (2015). Suppression of Inflammatory Responses by Dihydromyricetin, a Flavonoid from Ampelopsis grossedentata, via Inhibiting the Activation of NF-κB and MAPK Signaling Pathways. Journal of Natural Products. 78(7). 1689–1696. 168 indexed citations

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