Yan Lin

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 946 citations indexed

About

Yan Lin is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Lin has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 946 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 29 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 9 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Yan Lin's work include Wireless Communication Security Techniques (14 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (14 papers) and Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (9 papers). Yan Lin is often cited by papers focused on Wireless Communication Security Techniques (14 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (14 papers) and Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (9 papers). Yan Lin collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Yan Lin's co-authors include Lajos Hanzo, Bo Ai, Jiayi Zhang, ShuaiFei Chen, Jiakang Zheng, Feng Shu, Rong Zhang, Chunguo Li, Yijin Zhang and Jun Li and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Access, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications and IEEE Transactions on Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yan Lin

46 papers receiving 932 citations

Hit Papers

Cell-Free Massive MIMO: A New Next-Generation Paradigm 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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. Cell-Free Massive MIMO: A New Next-Generation Paradigm
    2019 367 citations Yan Lin, Lajos Hanzo 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
Yan Lin China 17 732 408 181 104 54 60 946
Kechen Zheng China 19 631 0.9× 585 1.4× 158 0.9× 67 0.6× 40 0.7× 53 904
Junhui Zhao China 15 594 0.8× 430 1.1× 146 0.8× 125 1.2× 121 2.2× 99 919
Ying Ju China 15 523 0.7× 371 0.9× 199 1.1× 123 1.2× 117 2.2× 50 834
Basem M. ElHalawany Egypt 22 999 1.4× 340 0.8× 301 1.7× 124 1.2× 62 1.1× 82 1.2k
Omar Alhussein United Arab Emirates 11 436 0.6× 526 1.3× 271 1.5× 137 1.3× 68 1.3× 31 801
Kaifeng Han China 16 836 1.1× 404 1.0× 451 2.5× 92 0.9× 32 0.6× 62 1.2k
Zhi Yan China 17 764 1.0× 658 1.6× 171 0.9× 50 0.5× 19 0.4× 41 978
Liseng Fan China 19 569 0.8× 520 1.3× 160 0.9× 160 1.5× 91 1.7× 22 853
Cunqing Hua China 19 729 1.0× 792 1.9× 256 1.4× 86 0.8× 45 0.8× 112 1.1k
Fan Jiang China 14 423 0.6× 372 0.9× 118 0.7× 48 0.5× 46 0.9× 91 700

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Lin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Lin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Lin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yan Lin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yan Lin 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 Yan Lin. Yan Lin 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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Lin, Yan, et al.. (2025). Multi-Agent Computing-Energy-Efficiency Optimization in Vehicular Edge Computing: Non-Cooperative Versus Cooperative Solutions. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 24(7). 5461–5476. 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yiwen, et al.. (2025). Age-Gain-Dependent Random Access for Event-Driven Periodic Updating. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(8). 5774–5787. 1 indexed citations
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Hong, Guang, Yan Lin, Pengju G. Luo, & Ruoyu Wang. (2025). Energy-Saving System for Wireless Networks: A Time-Series-Based and Neural Network Approach. 1–7.
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Lin, Yan, et al.. (2024). Content Caching-Assisted Vehicular Edge Computing Using Multi-Agent Graph Attention Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 74(2). 3509–3514.
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Li, Jun, Zhe Wang, Yuwen Qian, et al.. (2024). UAV Communication Against Intelligent Jamming: A Stackelberg Game Approach With Federated Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking. 8(4). 1796–1808. 11 indexed citations
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Lin, Yan, et al.. (2023). Dynamic Random Access Without Observation Under Deadline-Constrained Periodic Traffic. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 73(1). 1503–1508. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yijin, et al.. (2023). Achieving Maximum Urgency-Dependent Throughput in Random Access. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 71(11). 6435–6450. 4 indexed citations
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Lin, Yan, et al.. (2023). Privacy-Preserving Joint Edge Association and Power Optimization for the Internet of Vehicles via Federated Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 72(6). 8256–8261. 12 indexed citations
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Lin, Yan, et al.. (2022). AoI-Aware Joint Spectrum and Power Allocation for Internet of Vehicles: A Trust Region Policy Optimization-Based Approach. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 9(20). 19916–19927. 28 indexed citations
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Qian, Yuwen, Wei Li, Yan Lin, et al.. (2022). Antenna Coding and Rate Optimization for Covert Wireless Communications. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 10(3). 2459–2472. 7 indexed citations
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Lin, Yan, et al.. (2022). Collaborative Multiagent Reinforcement Learning Aided Resource Allocation for UAV Anti-Jamming Communication. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 9(23). 23995–24008. 37 indexed citations
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Lin, Yan, Yijin Zhang, Jun Li, Feng Shu, & Chunguo Li. (2021). Popularity-Aware Online Task Offloading for Heterogeneous Vehicular Edge Computing Using Contextual Clustering of Bandits. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 9(7). 5422–5433. 28 indexed citations
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Xia, Guiyang, Yan Lin, Xiaobo Zhou, Lichuan Gu, & Feng Shu. (2021). Alleviating Secrecy Outage Events via Power Optimization for Finite-Alphabet Inputs. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 11(2). 352–356. 2 indexed citations
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Lin, Yan, et al.. (2020). Distributed Vehicle Tracking in Wireless Sensor Network: A Fully Decentralized Multiagent Reinforcement Learning Approach. IEEE Sensors Letters. 5(1). 1–4. 22 indexed citations
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Lin, Yan, et al.. (2020). What determines volatility smile in China?. Economic Modelling. 96. 326–335. 4 indexed citations
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Dong, Xiaohu, et al.. (2019). Quantitative Characterization of Pore Structure of Lucaogou Formation in Jimsar Sag. 40(3). 284–289. 7 indexed citations
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Xiao, Chun, et al.. (2019). Bibliometrics Research on Medical Application of Infrared Thermal Imaging Technology Based on Wanfang and CNKI Database. 34(7). 165–169.

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