Yuanwei Liu

37.8k total citations · 26 hit papers
694 papers, 26.4k citations indexed

About

Yuanwei Liu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuanwei Liu has authored 694 papers receiving a total of 26.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 511 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 268 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 114 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Yuanwei Liu's work include Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (339 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (123 papers) and Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (118 papers). Yuanwei Liu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (339 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (123 papers) and Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (118 papers). Yuanwei Liu collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Hong Kong. Yuanwei Liu's co-authors include Zhiguo Ding, Xidong Mu, Arumugam Nallanathan, Maged Elkashlan, Lajos Hanzo, Xiao Liu, Zhijin Qin, Jiaqi Xu, H. Vincent Poor and Naofal Al‐Dhahir and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yuanwei Liu

634 papers receiving 26.1k citations

Hit Papers

Application of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in LTE and ... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2017 2021 2017 2021 2017 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. Application of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in LTE and 5G Networks
    2017 1.5k citations Zhiguo Ding, Yuanwei Liu et al. profile →
  2. Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: Principles and Opportunities
    2021 1.1k citations Yuanwei Liu, Xiao Liu et al. profile →
  3. Nonorthogonal Multiple Access for 5G and Beyond
    2017 1.0k citations Yuanwei Liu, Zhiguo Ding et al. profile →
  4. Simultaneously Transmitting And Reflecting (STAR) RIS Aided Wireless Communications
    2021 564 citations Xidong Mu, Yuanwei Liu et al. arXiv (Cornell University) profile →
  5. Enhancing the Physical Layer Security of Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access in Large-Scale Networks
    2017 499 citations Yuanwei Liu, Lajos Hanzo et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  6. STAR: Simultaneous Transmission and Reflection for 360° Coverage by Intelligent Surfaces
    2021 468 citations Yuanwei Liu, Xidong Mu et al. profile →
  7. Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning-Based Resource Allocation for UAV Networks
    2019 393 citations Jingjing Cui, Yuanwei Liu et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  8. Evolution of NOMA Toward Next Generation Multiple Access (NGMA) for 6G
    2022 374 citations Yuanwei Liu, Shuowen Zhang et al. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications profile →
  9. STAR-RISs: Simultaneous Transmitting and Reflecting Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
    2021 356 citations Jiaqi Xu, Yuanwei Liu et al. profile →
  10. Nonorthogonal Multiple Access in Large-Scale Underlay Cognitive Radio Networks
    2016 313 citations Yuanwei Liu, Zhiguo Ding et al. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology profile →
  11. Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided NOMA Networks
    2020 274 citations Tianwei Hou, Yuanwei Liu et al. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications profile →
  12. Trajectory Design and Power Control for Multi-UAV Assisted Wireless Networks: A Machine Learning Approach
    2019 274 citations Xiao Liu, Yuanwei Liu et al. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology profile →
  13. Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces for wireless communications: Overview of hardware designs, channel models, and estimation techniques
    2022 250 citations Yuanwei Liu et al. profile →
  14. Near-Field Communications: A Tutorial Review
    2023 249 citations Yuanwei Liu, Zhaolin Wang et al. profile →
  15. Reinforcement Learning in Multiple-UAV Networks: Deployment and Movement Design
    2019 236 citations Xiao Liu, Yuanwei Liu et al. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology profile →
  16. Machine Learning Empowered Trajectory and Passive Beamforming Design in UAV-RIS Wireless Networks
    2020 227 citations Xiao Liu, Yuanwei Liu et al. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications profile →
  17. Coverage Characterization of STAR-RIS Networks: NOMA and OMA
    2021 170 citations Yuanwei Liu, Xidong Mu et al. profile →
  18. NOMA Empowered Integrated Sensing and Communication
    2022 156 citations Zhaolin Wang, Yuanwei Liu et al. profile →
  19. Joint Design for Simultaneously Transmitting and Reflecting (STAR) RIS Assisted NOMA Systems
    2022 146 citations Yuanwei Liu, Zhiguo Ding et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  20. Near-Field Integrated Sensing and Communications
    2023 138 citations Zhaolin Wang, Xidong Mu et al. profile →
  21. STARS Enabled Integrated Sensing and Communications
    2023 130 citations Zhaolin Wang, Xidong Mu et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  22. Crystal Facet Engineering on SrTiO3 Enhances Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting
    2024 95 citations Yuanwei Liu et al. profile →
  23. Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for 6G: Emerging Hardware Architectures, Applications, and Open Challenges
    2024 81 citations Yuanwei Liu, Robert Schober et al. IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine profile →
  24. Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Near-Field Communications for 6G: Opportunities and Challenges
    2024 72 citations Xidong Mu, Jiaqi Xu et al. IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine profile →
  25. Next Generation Advanced Transceiver Technologies for 6G and Beyond
    2025 32 citations Yuanwei Liu, Marco Di Renzo et al. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications profile →
  26. Array Gain for Pinching-Antenna Systems (PASS)
    2025 25 citations Chongjun Ouyang, Zhaolin Wang et al. profile →

Peers

Yuanwei Liu
Feifei Gao China
Cheng‐Xiang Wang China
Liang Xiao China
Zhaoyang Zhang China
Xianbin Wang Canada
Rui Zhang Singapore
Qingqing Wu China
Xiang Cheng China
Ying–Jun Angela Zhang Hong Kong
Jiayi Zhang China
Feifei Gao China
Yuanwei Liu
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Countries citing papers authored by Yuanwei Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yuanwei Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuanwei Liu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yuanwei Liu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yuanwei 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 Yuanwei Liu. Yuanwei 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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Ghadi, Farshad Rostami, Kai‐Kit Wong, Masoud Kaveh, et al.. (2025). Phase-Mismatched STAR-RIS With FAS-Assisted RSMA Users. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 74. 2032–2046. 2 indexed citations
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Mu, Xidong, et al.. (2025). Pinching-Antenna S(PASS)-enabled Multicast Communications. 2 indexed citations
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Ouyang, Chongjun, et al.. (2025). Multiuser Beamforming for Pinching-Antenna Systems: An Element-Wise Optimization Framework. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 25. 6538–6552. 1 indexed citations
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Ouyang, Chongjun, Zhaolin Wang, Xingqi Zhang, & Yuanwei Liu. (2025). Linear Receive Beamforming for CAPA Systems. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 25. 1030–1047. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhaolin, Chongjun Ouyang, & Yuanwei Liu. (2025). Beamforming Design for Continuous Aperture Array (CAPA)-Based MIMO Systems. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 25. 2167–2182. 1 indexed citations
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Ouyang, Chongjun, et al.. (2025). Downlink and Uplink ISAC in Continuous-Aperture Array (CAPA) Systems. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 25. 3592–3609. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhaolin, et al.. (2025). Cramér–Rao Bound Optimization for Near-Field Sensing With Continuous-Aperture Arrays. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 25. 7032–7047. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tiankui, et al.. (2025). Joint Semantic Transmission and Resource Allocation for Intelligent Computation Task Offloading in MEC Systems. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 24(10). 8756–8770. 1 indexed citations
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Quan, Hongping, Wanli Ni, Xiangyu Ye, et al.. (2025). Large Language Model Agents for Radio Map Generation and Wireless Network Planning. IEEE Networking Letters. 7(3). 166–170. 5 indexed citations
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Hao, Yanling, et al.. (2025). LWiHS: A Lightweight Wi-Fi-Enabled Human Sensing Using Feature Fusion Strategy. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 74. 1–15.
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Liu, Yuanwei, et al.. (2024). SPI1-mediated transcriptional activation of CEP55 promotes the malignant growth of triple-negative breast cancer and M2 macrophage polarization. Pathology - Research and Practice. 262. 155544–155544. 2 indexed citations
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An, Simin, et al.. (2024). M2AST:MLP-mixer-based adaptive spatial-temporal graph learning for human motion prediction. Multimedia Systems. 30(4). 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Guanding, et al.. (2024). Semantic Feature Scheduling and Rate Control in Multi-Modal Distributed Network. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(12). 19199–19214. 2 indexed citations
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Xie, Ziyi, Yuanwei Liu, Wenqiang Yi, Xuanli Wu, & Arumugam Nallanathan. (2023). Physical Layer Security for STAR-RIS-NOMA: A Stochastic Geometry Approach. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(6). 6030–6044. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuanwei, Shuowen Zhang, Xidong Mu, et al.. (2022). Evolution of NOMA Toward Next Generation Multiple Access (NGMA) for 6G. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 40(4). 1037–1071. 374 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wu, Jia‐Min, Yao Sun, Fanglin Niu, et al.. (2020). Influence of CMTM8 polymorphisms on lung cancer susceptibility in the Chinese Han population. Pharmacogenetics and Genomics. 31(4). 89–95. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuanwei, Xidong Mu, Tianwei Hou, et al.. (2020). Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: Principles and Opportunities. arXiv (Cornell University). 15 indexed citations
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Wang, Qiang, et al.. (2020). Three-Dimension Trajectory Design for Multi-UAV Wireless Network With Deep Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 70(1). 600–612. 55 indexed citations
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Cui, Jingjing, Yuanwei Liu, Zhiguo Ding, et al.. (2019). Next-Generation mm-Wave Small-Cell Networks: Multiple Access, Caching, and Resource Management. IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine. 15(1). 46–53. 2 indexed citations

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