Yifan Yang

561 total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 396 citations indexed

About

Yifan Yang is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Automotive Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Yifan Yang has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 396 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 4 papers in Automotive Engineering and 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Yifan Yang's work include Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety (4 papers), Smart Parking Systems Research (2 papers) and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (2 papers). Yifan Yang is often cited by papers focused on Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety (4 papers), Smart Parking Systems Research (2 papers) and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques (2 papers). Yifan Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Yifan Yang's co-authors include Xingda Qu, Guofa Li, Shen Li, Nengchao Lyu, Shengbo Eben Li, Dongpu Cao, Tingru Zhang, Bo Cheng, Keqiang Li and Daniel Sánchez and has published in prestigious journals such as Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies, The European Physical Journal B and Computers Environment and Urban Systems.

In The Last Decade

Yifan Yang

8 papers receiving 384 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. Decision making of autonomous vehicles in lane change scenarios: Deep reinforcement learning approaches with risk awareness
    2021 198 citations Guofa Li, Yifan Yang et al. Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yifan Yang China 4 265 186 72 70 69 12 396
Jiqian Dong United States 10 228 0.9× 215 1.2× 73 1.0× 52 0.7× 83 1.2× 13 407
Shengyin Shen United States 9 262 1.0× 199 1.1× 82 1.1× 62 0.9× 104 1.5× 13 497
Martin Liebner Germany 8 238 0.9× 105 0.6× 73 1.0× 88 1.3× 52 0.8× 9 383
Heye Huang China 11 301 1.1× 154 0.8× 138 1.9× 78 1.1× 51 0.7× 39 448
François Aioun France 13 346 1.3× 214 1.2× 89 1.2× 173 2.5× 65 0.9× 35 471
Changxi You United States 10 278 1.0× 188 1.0× 32 0.4× 111 1.6× 92 1.3× 13 432
Samyeul Noh South Korea 9 247 0.9× 179 1.0× 84 1.2× 74 1.1× 42 0.6× 19 345
Haojie Zhu China 5 223 0.8× 119 0.6× 51 0.7× 56 0.8× 101 1.5× 10 385
Yujie Li United States 6 197 0.7× 172 0.9× 53 0.7× 33 0.5× 40 0.6× 9 323

Countries citing papers authored by Yifan Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yifan Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yifan Yang

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

All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Yang, Yifan, et al.. (2025). Hyperlocal disaster damage assessment using bi-temporal street-view imagery and pre-trained vision models. Computers Environment and Urban Systems. 121. 102335–102335.
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Feldmann, Axel, et al.. (2024). Azul: An Accelerator for Sparse Iterative Solvers Leveraging Distributed On-Chip Memory. 643–656. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Yifan, et al.. (2023). The effect of thermal stress on crack-inclusion problem in inhomogeneous superconducting cylinder. The European Physical Journal B. 96(11). 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Yifan, et al.. (2022). Automatic parking paths planning research based on scattering points six-degree polynomial and easement curve. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part D Journal of Automobile Engineering. 237(2-3). 529–543. 5 indexed citations
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Yang, Yifan, et al.. (2022). Research on automated parking perception based on a multi-sensor method. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part D Journal of Automobile Engineering. 237(5). 1021–1046. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Yifan, Joel Emer, & Daniel Sánchez. (2021). SpZip: Architectural Support for Effective Data Compression In Irregular Applications. 1069–1082. 20 indexed citations
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Li, Guofa, Yifan Yang, Shen Li, et al.. (2021). Decision making of autonomous vehicles in lane change scenarios: Deep reinforcement learning approaches with risk awareness. Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies. 134. 103452–103452. 198 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Guofa, Yifan Yang, Tingru Zhang, et al.. (2020). Risk assessment based collision avoidance decision-making for autonomous vehicles in multi-scenarios. Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies. 122. 102820–102820. 168 indexed citations

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