Ya‐Feng Liu

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
177 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Ya‐Feng Liu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ya‐Feng Liu has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 75 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 26 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ya‐Feng Liu's work include Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (66 papers), Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (36 papers) and Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (22 papers). Ya‐Feng Liu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (66 papers), Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (36 papers) and Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (22 papers). Ya‐Feng Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Ya‐Feng Liu's co-authors include Yu‐Hong Dai, Zhi‐Quan Luo, Wei Yu, Fan Liu, Christos Masouros, Ang Li, Yonina C. Eldar, Jie Xu, Mingyi Hong and Hailiang Xie and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Ya‐Feng Liu

167 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Cramér-Rao Bound Optimization for Joint Radar-Communicati... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 100 200 300 400
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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. Cramér-Rao Bound Optimization for Joint Radar-Communication Beamforming
    2021 441 citations Fan Liu, Ya‐Feng Liu et al. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ya‐Feng Liu China 32 2.4k 1.3k 964 306 281 177 4.1k
He Chen China 34 3.2k 1.3× 1.8k 1.3× 499 0.5× 212 0.7× 188 0.7× 250 4.4k
Bin Li China 29 2.0k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 574 0.6× 435 1.4× 491 1.7× 326 3.5k
Kai Huang China 29 713 0.3× 690 0.5× 358 0.4× 368 1.2× 427 1.5× 336 3.6k
Chuan Zhang China 29 3.4k 1.4× 2.1k 1.6× 581 0.6× 924 3.0× 296 1.1× 362 5.1k
Xiang Ji China 30 1.1k 0.5× 926 0.7× 379 0.4× 338 1.1× 123 0.4× 308 3.8k
Liang Liu China 29 1.7k 0.7× 972 0.7× 440 0.5× 319 1.0× 299 1.1× 308 4.0k
Luigi Glielmo Italy 36 2.0k 0.8× 350 0.3× 235 0.2× 237 0.8× 136 0.5× 211 5.0k
Mahamod Ismail Malaysia 32 4.0k 1.7× 2.6k 2.0× 735 0.8× 485 1.6× 335 1.2× 472 5.7k
Yu Tang China 32 1.0k 0.4× 227 0.2× 199 0.2× 199 0.7× 233 0.8× 183 3.5k
Quan Quan China 36 806 0.3× 406 0.3× 1.0k 1.0× 384 1.3× 300 1.1× 245 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ya‐Feng Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ya‐Feng Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ya‐Feng Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ya‐Feng Liu 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 Ya‐Feng Liu. Ya‐Feng Liu 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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Hu, Changpeng�, Huyue Zhou, Wuyi Liu, et al.. (2025). L-methionine promotes CD8+ T cells killing hepatocellular carcinoma by inhibiting NR1I2/PCSK9 signaling. Neoplasia. 64. 101160–101160.
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Wang, Ziyue, Yang Li, Ya‐Feng Liu, & Junjie Ma. (2025). Covariance-Based Device Activity Detection With Massive MIMO for Near-Field Correlated Channels. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 25. 4326–4342. 1 indexed citations
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Dong, Yongsheng, Ya‐Feng Liu, & Xuelong Li. (2024). MRMNet: Multi-scale residual multi-branch neural network for object detection. Neurocomputing. 596. 127886–127886. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei‐Kun, et al.. (2024). CI-Based QoS-Constrained Transmit Signal Design for DFRC Systems with One-Bit DACs. 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Zou, Jiaqi, Songlin Sun, Christos Masouros, et al.. (2024). Energy-Efficient Beamforming Design for Integrated Sensing and Communications Systems. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 72(6). 3766–3782. 42 indexed citations
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Liu, Ya‐Feng, Tsung‐Hui Chang, Mingyi Hong, et al.. (2024). A Survey of Recent Advances in Optimization Methods for Wireless Communications. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 42(11). 2992–3031. 44 indexed citations
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Li, Yang & Ya‐Feng Liu. (2024). HPE Transformer: Learning to Optimize Multi-Group Multicast Beamforming Under Nonconvex QoS Constraints. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 72(9). 5581–5594. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Yang, Ya‐Feng Liu, Fan Xu, Qingjiang Shi, & Tsung‐Hui Chang. (2024). Learning to Optimize QoS-Constrained Beamforming in Multi-User Systems: A Penalty-Dual Framework. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(11). 16123–16138. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Ya‐Feng, et al.. (2023). Extension A unit in D-A polymer donor leads to higher JSC and FF for non-fullerene organic solar cells. Dyes and Pigments. 218. 111498–111498. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Ya‐Feng, et al.. (2023). CSI Sensing From Heterogeneous User Feedbacks: A Constrained Phase Retrieval Approach. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 22(10). 6930–6945. 7 indexed citations
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Pu, Wenqiang, Ya‐Feng Liu, & Zhi‐Quan Luo. (2023). Efficient Estimation of Sensor Biases for the 3-D Asynchronous Multi-Sensor System. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. 71. 2420–2433. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Fan, Ya‐Feng Liu, Christos Masouros, Ang Li, & Yonina C. Eldar. (2022). A Joint Radar-Communication Precoding Design Based on Cramér-Rao Bound Optimization. 1–6. 15 indexed citations
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Li, Yang, et al.. (2022). Asynchronous Activity Detection for Cell-Free Massive MIMO: From Centralized to Distributed Algorithms. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 22(4). 2477–2492. 31 indexed citations
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Li, Renwang, et al.. (2022). Joint Design of Hybrid Beamforming and Reflection Coefficients in RIS-Aided mmWave MIMO Systems. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 70(4). 2404–2416. 100 indexed citations
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Liu, Liang, et al.. (2021). Uplink-Downlink Duality Between Multiple-Access and Broadcast Channels With Compressing Relays. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 67(11). 7304–7337. 19 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhilin, Foad Sohrabi, Ya‐Feng Liu, & Wei Yu. (2021). Phase Transition Analysis for Covariance-Based Massive Random Access With Massive MIMO. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 68(3). 1696–1715. 38 indexed citations
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Guo, Zehua, Yang Xu, Ya‐Feng Liu, et al.. (2020). AggreFlow: Achieving Power Efficiency, Load Balancing, and Quality of Service in Data Center Networks. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. 1–17. 23 indexed citations
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Domenico, Antonio De, Ya‐Feng Liu, & Wei Yu. (2020). Optimal Virtual Network Function Deployment for 5G Network Slicing in a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 19(12). 7942–7956. 37 indexed citations
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Dai, Binbin, Ya‐Feng Liu, & Wei Yu. (2018). Optimized Base-Station Cache Allocation for Cloud Radio Access Network With Multicast Backhaul. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 36(8). 1737–1750. 44 indexed citations
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Xu, Chen, et al.. (2018). Automatic Modal Wavefront Estimation and Correction for Optical Aberration. IEEE photonics journal. 11(1). 1–9. 2 indexed citations

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