Yajin Zhou

7.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
110 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Yajin Zhou is a scholar working on Signal Processing, Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Yajin Zhou has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Signal Processing, 57 papers in Information Systems and 43 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Yajin Zhou's work include Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (64 papers), Security and Verification in Computing (30 papers) and Digital and Cyber Forensics (21 papers). Yajin Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Malware Detection Techniques (64 papers), Security and Verification in Computing (30 papers) and Digital and Cyber Forensics (21 papers). Yajin Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yajin Zhou's co-authors include Xuxian Jiang, Michael Grace, Wu Zhou, Zhi Wang, Shihong Zou, Wu Zhou, Peng Ning, Qiang Zhang, Zhi Wang and Xiapu Luo and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, The EMBO Journal and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Yajin Zhou

95 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Dissecting Android Malwar... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 400 800 1.2k
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. Dissecting Android Malware: Characterization and Evolution
    2012 1.5k citations Yajin Zhou, Xuxian Jiang profile →
  2. Hey, You, Get Off of My Market: Detecting Malicious Apps in Official and Alternative Android Markets
    2012 522 citations Yajin Zhou, Zhi Wang et al. Network and Distributed System Security Symposium profile →
  3. RiskRanker
    2012 428 citations Michael Grace, Yajin Zhou et al. profile →
  4. Detecting repackaged smartphone applications in third-party android marketplaces
    2012 425 citations Yajin Zhou, Xuxian Jiang et al. profile →
  5. Systematic Detection of Capability Leaks in Stock Android Smartphones.
    2012 287 citations Michael Grace, Yajin Zhou et al. Network and Distributed System Security Symposium profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yajin Zhou China 25 4.0k 2.5k 2.4k 1.9k 1.3k 110 4.8k
Paul Ammann United States 31 1.1k 0.3× 1.8k 0.7× 2.5k 1.0× 2.7k 1.4× 709 0.6× 113 4.6k
Zhiqiang Lin United States 31 2.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 544 0.3× 2.0k 1.5× 153 3.2k
Mark Stamp United States 29 2.0k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 347 0.2× 1.1k 0.9× 111 2.9k
Dinghao Wu United States 28 1.4k 0.3× 516 0.2× 1.2k 0.5× 909 0.5× 1.0k 0.8× 103 2.4k
Guoai Xu China 25 890 0.2× 1.2k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 317 0.2× 725 0.6× 119 2.4k
Earl T. Barr United Kingdom 23 647 0.2× 763 0.3× 2.5k 1.0× 2.0k 1.1× 985 0.8× 71 3.4k
Christian Collberg United States 25 2.2k 0.5× 619 0.3× 1.8k 0.7× 654 0.3× 1.7k 1.3× 60 3.1k
Zhenmin Li China 24 431 0.1× 1.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.5× 687 0.4× 637 0.5× 72 2.5k
T.H. Tse Hong Kong 31 354 0.1× 1.2k 0.5× 2.1k 0.9× 2.9k 1.5× 628 0.5× 143 3.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yajin Zhou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yajin Zhou

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All Works

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Wu, Lei, et al.. (2025). Dissecting Payload-based Transaction Phishing on Ethereum. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Zihao, et al.. (2025). Recasting Type Hints from WebAssembly Contracts. Proceedings of the ACM on software engineering.. 2(FSE). 2665–2688.
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Zhou, Yajin, et al.. (2024). Examiner-Pro: Testing Arm Emulators Across Different Privileges. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 50(11). 2786–2806.
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Wu, Lei, et al.. (2024). MFGSCOPE: A Lightweight Framework for Efficient Graph-Based Analysis on Blockchain. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. 22(2). 1224–1238. 3 indexed citations
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Wu, Lei, et al.. (2024). Towards Understanding and Analyzing Instant Cryptocurrency Exchanges. Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems. 8(3). 1–24. 1 indexed citations
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Tyson, Gareth, Xiapu Luo, Lei Wu, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the Paradox of NFT Prosperity. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 167–177. 4 indexed citations
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Luo, Xiapu, et al.. (2024). Understanding Vulnerability Inducing Commits of the Linux Kernel. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology. 33(7). 1–28.
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Tyson, Gareth, et al.. (2024). Piecing Together the Jigsaw Puzzle of Transactions on Heterogeneous Blockchain Networks. Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems. 8(3). 1–27. 2 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yajin, et al.. (2023). DeFiRanger: Detecting DeFi Price Manipulation Attacks. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. 21(4). 4147–4161. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Yuan, et al.. (2023). DxPU: Large-scale Disaggregated GPU Pools in the Datacenter. ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization. 20(4). 1–23.
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Qian, Peng, et al.. (2023). Demystifying Random Number in Ethereum Smart Contract: Taxonomy, Vulnerability Identification, and Attack Detection. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 49(7). 3793–3810. 17 indexed citations
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Wu, Lei, Yajin Zhou, Zhi Wang, et al.. (2020). EthScope: A Transaction-centric Security Analytics Framework to Detect Malicious Smart Contracts on Ethereum.. arXiv (Cornell University). 6 indexed citations
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Cui, Helei, Yajin Zhou, Cong Wang, et al.. (2019). PPSB: An Open and Flexible Platform for Privacy-Preserving Safe Browsing. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. 18(4). 1762–1778. 8 indexed citations
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Xue, Lei, Yajin Zhou, Ting Chen, Xiapu Luo, & Guofei Gu. (2017). Malton: Towards On-Device Non-Invasive Mobile Malware Analysis for {ART}. USENIX Security Symposium. 289–306. 37 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhi, et al.. (2015). SecPod: a framework for virtualization-based security systems. USENIX Annual Technical Conference. 347–360. 30 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yajin & Xuxian Jiang. (2013). Detecting Passive Content Leaks and Pollution in Android Applications.. Network and Distributed System Security Symposium. 131 indexed citations
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Grace, Michael, Yajin Zhou, Zhi Wang, & Xuxian Jiang. (2012). Systematic Detection of Capability Leaks in Stock Android Smartphones.. Network and Distributed System Security Symposium. 287 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhou, Yajin, Zhi Wang, Wu Zhou, & Xuxian Jiang. (2012). Hey, You, Get Off of My Market: Detecting Malicious Apps in Official and Alternative Android Markets. Network and Distributed System Security Symposium. 522 indexed citations breakdown →

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