Yanan Sun

6.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
91 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Yanan Sun is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanan Sun has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 35 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 8 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Yanan Sun's work include Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (23 papers), Advanced Neural Network Applications (18 papers) and Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (15 papers). Yanan Sun is often cited by papers focused on Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (23 papers), Advanced Neural Network Applications (18 papers) and Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (15 papers). Yanan Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, New Zealand and United States. Yanan Sun's co-authors include Mengjie Zhang, Bing Xue, Gary G. Yen, Zetong Yang, Shu Liu, Jiaya Jia, Jiancheng Lv, Xiaoyong Shen, Yaochu Jin and Handing Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Chemical Communications and Expert Systems with Applications.

In The Last Decade

Yanan Sun

83 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

3DSSD: Point-Based 3D Single Stage Object Detector 2019 2026 2021 2023 2020 2020 2019 2019 200 400 600
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. 3DSSD: Point-Based 3D Single Stage Object Detector
    2020 703 citations Zetong Yang, Yanan Sun et al. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) profile →
  2. Automatically Designing CNN Architectures Using the Genetic Algorithm for Image Classification
    2020 593 citations Yanan Sun, Bing Xue et al. profile →
  3. STD: Sparse-to-Dense 3D Object Detector for Point Cloud
    2019 569 citations Zetong Yang, Yanan Sun et al. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) profile →
  4. Evolving Deep Convolutional Neural Networks for Image Classification
    2019 510 citations Yanan Sun, Bing Xue et al. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation profile →

Peers

Yanan Sun
Siheng Chen China
Shiji Song China
Fazhi He China
Chi‐Man Vong Macao
Xi Li China
Xiao Bai China
Xiaonan Luo China
Xiao‐Jun Wu China
Liwei Wang China
Sen Wang China
Siheng Chen China
Yanan Sun
Citations per year, relative to Yanan Sun Yanan Sun (= 1×) peers Siheng Chen

Countries citing papers authored by Yanan Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanan Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanan Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yanan Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yanan Sun 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 Yanan Sun. Yanan Sun 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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Huang, Junhao, Bing Xue, Yanan Sun, Mengjie Zhang, & Gary G. Yen. (2025). Automated design of neural networks with multi-scale convolutions via multi-path weight sampling. Pattern Recognition. 165. 111605–111605. 1 indexed citations
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Yin, Lu, Yanan Sun, Jianjun Chen, et al.. (2025). A uniform dispersion design method for echelle spectrometer. Optics Communications. 582. 131657–131657.
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Li, Nan, Lianbo Ma, Rui Wang, et al.. (2025). Listwise ranking predictor for evolutionary neural architecture search. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation. 96. 101956–101956.
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Song, Xiaotian, et al.. (2025). Evolutionary Multiobjective Spiking Neural Architecture Search for Image Classification. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 30(1). 106–120. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Yanan, et al.. (2025). Surrogate-Assisted Evolution for Efficient Multi-branch Connection Design in Deep Neural Networks. Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion. 747–750. 1 indexed citations
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Fan, Jiahao, et al.. (2025). A gradient-based lightweight network automated design method for facial expression recognition. Expert Systems with Applications. 296. 129130–129130.
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Sun, Yanan, et al.. (2024). A Lightweight Multidendritic Pyramidal Neuron Model With Neural Plasticity on Image Recognition. IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence. 5(9). 4415–4427. 5 indexed citations
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Sang, Yongsheng, et al.. (2024). Neural Networks Learn Specified Information for Imbalanced Data Classification. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. 36(11). 6719–6730.
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Sun, Yanan, et al.. (2024). A multiscale neural architecture search framework for multimodal fusion. Information Sciences. 679. 121005–121005. 2 indexed citations
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Song, Xiaotian, et al.. (2024). Efficient Evaluation Methods for Neural Architecture Search: A Survey. IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence. 5(12). 5990–6011. 9 indexed citations
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Sun, Yanan, et al.. (2024). Towards Accurate and Robust Architectures via Neural Architecture Search. 5967–5976. 2 indexed citations
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Sang, Yongsheng, et al.. (2023). Neural network with absent minority class samples and boundary shifting for imbalanced data classification. Neural Computing and Applications. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Bo, Yanan Sun, Feng Xiong, et al.. (2022). Electrochemical selenium–π–acid promoted hydration of alkynyl phosphonates. Chemical Communications. 58(54). 7566–7569. 21 indexed citations
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Sun, Yanan, et al.. (2021). Analyze COVID-19 CT images based on evolutionary algorithm with dynamic searching space. Complex & Intelligent Systems. 7(6). 3195–3209. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Zetong, Yanan Sun, Shu Liu, & Jiaya Jia. (2020). 3DSSD: Point-Based 3D Single Stage Object Detector. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 11037–11045. 703 indexed citations breakdown →
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Al-Sahaf, Harith, Ying Bi, Qi Chen, et al.. (2019). A survey on evolutionary machine learning. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 49(2). 205–228. 155 indexed citations
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Yang, Zetong, Yanan Sun, Shu Liu, Xiaoyong Shen, & Jiaya Jia. (2019). STD: Sparse-to-Dense 3D Object Detector for Point Cloud. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 1951–1960. 569 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Bin, Yanan Sun, Bing Xue, & Jun Zhang. (2018). A Hybrid DE Approach to Designing CNN for Image Classification. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yong, Feng Jiao, Yang Xu, et al.. (2013). Preparation, characterization, and in vitro and in vivo investigation of chitosan-coated poly (d,l-lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles for intestinal delivery of exendin-4. International Journal of Nanomedicine. 8. 1141–1141. 50 indexed citations
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Sun, Yanan, et al.. (2006). Customer-Oriented Catalog Segmentation Data Mining Research Based on Weighted BPF Algorithm. Computer Engineering and Applications Journal. 42(18). 224–226. 2 indexed citations

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