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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 44 3720 3573 170 157 409 8218
Computer Science 44 7564 7345 305 291 405 8269

Cheng Li publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Cheng Li between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Cheng Li published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 26.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 90 publications in 2024. 146 of the 738 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 90. Peak 90 publications in 2024. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 2 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 8 publications 2007: 20 publications 2008: 14 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 27 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 30 publications 2013: 22 publications 2014: 33 publications 2015: 30 publications 2016: 34 publications 2017: 47 publications 2018: 46 publications 2019: 54 publications 2020: 41 publications 2021: 42 publications 2022: 38 publications 2023: 70 publications 2024: 90 publications 2025: 56 publications
1998 2025

738 publications in total across all disciplines

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Cheng Li: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 2
2003 1
2004 2
2005 1
2006 8
2007 20
2008 14
2009 15
2010 27
2011 14
2012 30
2013 22
2014 33
2015 30
2016 34
2017 47
2018 46
2019 54
2020 41
2021 42
2022 38
2023 70
2024 90
2025 56
Total 738
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Cheng Li publications per year - data summary

  • Cheng Li, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from Memorial University of Newfoundland, has 738 publications recorded across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1998 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2024, with 90 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1998, 2003 and 2005, with 1 publication each.
  • 3 of the 28 years in the span carry no publications at all (1999, 2000 and 2001).
  • The rate of publication averages 26.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 29.5 per year counting only the 25 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 296 publications, 40% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1998-2007: 35 publications (3.5 per year); 2008-2017: 266 publications (26.6 per year); 2018-2025: 437 publications (54.6 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Cheng Li publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cheng Li sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 34–53 to 1,065+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 445. Most scientists, 445, have 174–193 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 394–413 publications, is where this scientist sits. 34–53 publications: 24 scientists 54–73 publications: 52 scientists 74–93 publications: 114 scientists 94–113 publications: 203 scientists 114–133 publications: 269 scientists 134–153 publications: 355 scientists 154–173 publications: 403 scientists 174–193 publications: 445 scientists 194–213 publications: 430 scientists 214–233 publications: 431 scientists 234–253 publications: 399 scientists 254–273 publications: 366 scientists 274–293 publications: 335 scientists 294–313 publications: 300 scientists 314–333 publications: 276 scientists 334–353 publications: 250 scientists 354–373 publications: 214 scientists 374–393 publications: 187 scientists 394–413 publications: 152 scientists 414–433 publications: 169 scientists 434–453 publications: 147 scientists 454–473 publications: 111 scientists 474–493 publications: 117 scientists 494–513 publications: 103 scientists 514–533 publications: 99 scientists 534–553 publications: 92 scientists 554–573 publications: 75 scientists 574–593 publications: 58 scientists 594–613 publications: 69 scientists 614–633 publications: 50 scientists 634–653 publications: 62 scientists 654–673 publications: 54 scientists 674–693 publications: 44 scientists 694–713 publications: 37 scientists 714–733 publications: 28 scientists 734–753 publications: 26 scientists 754–773 publications: 26 scientists 774–793 publications: 19 scientists 794–813 publications: 23 scientists 814–833 publications: 20 scientists 834–853 publications: 16 scientists 854–873 publications: 20 scientists 874–893 publications: 11 scientists 894–913 publications: 11 scientists 914–933 publications: 16 scientists 934–953 publications: 13 scientists 954–973 publications: 10 scientists 974–993 publications: 11 scientists 994–1,013 publications: 9 scientists 1,014–1,033 publications: 9 scientists 1,034–1,053 publications: 10 scientists 1,054–1,064 publications: 6 scientists 1,065+ publications: 99 scientists
34–53 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 409 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

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Number of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,875 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
34–53 24
54–73 52
74–93 114
94–113 203
114–133 269
134–153 355
154–173 403
174–193 445
194–213 430
214–233 431
234–253 399
254–273 366
274–293 335
294–313 300
314–333 276
334–353 250
354–373 214
374–393 187
394–413 152 409
414–433 169
434–453 147
454–473 111
474–493 117
494–513 103
514–533 99
534–553 92
554–573 75
574–593 58
594–613 69
614–633 50
634–653 62
654–673 54
674–693 44
694–713 37
714–733 28
734–753 26
754–773 26
774–793 19
794–813 23
814–833 20
834–853 16
854–873 20
874–893 11
894–913 11
914–933 16
934–953 13
954–973 10
974–993 11
994–1,013 9
1,014–1,033 9
1,034–1,053 10
1,054–1,064 6
1,065+ 99
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Cheng Li publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 6,875 Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 53 ranges running from 34–53 to 1,065+ publications.
  • Cheng Li, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from Memorial University of Newfoundland, records 409 publications - the 75th percentile of the discipline.
  • 75% of ranked Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Cheng Li, and about 25% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 254–273 publications range, and Cheng Li ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 174–193 publications, holding 445 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 60% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 294–313 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more, 99 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Cheng Li D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cheng Li sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 82 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 111+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 263. Most scientists, 263, have 32 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 44 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 178 scientists 31 D-Index: 257 scientists 32 D-Index: 263 scientists 33 D-Index: 262 scientists 34 D-Index: 244 scientists 35 D-Index: 236 scientists 36 D-Index: 211 scientists 37 D-Index: 220 scientists 38 D-Index: 214 scientists 39 D-Index: 214 scientists 40 D-Index: 205 scientists 41 D-Index: 187 scientists 42 D-Index: 194 scientists 43 D-Index: 201 scientists 44 D-Index: 155 scientists 45 D-Index: 189 scientists 46 D-Index: 148 scientists 47 D-Index: 160 scientists 48 D-Index: 134 scientists 49 D-Index: 130 scientists 50 D-Index: 141 scientists 51 D-Index: 156 scientists 52 D-Index: 108 scientists 53 D-Index: 130 scientists 54 D-Index: 112 scientists 55 D-Index: 97 scientists 56 D-Index: 111 scientists 57 D-Index: 102 scientists 58 D-Index: 108 scientists 59 D-Index: 120 scientists 60 D-Index: 103 scientists 61 D-Index: 93 scientists 62 D-Index: 92 scientists 63 D-Index: 74 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 73 scientists 66 D-Index: 64 scientists 67 D-Index: 69 scientists 68 D-Index: 60 scientists 69 D-Index: 39 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 59 scientists 72 D-Index: 46 scientists 73 D-Index: 49 scientists 74 D-Index: 38 scientists 75 D-Index: 35 scientists 76 D-Index: 32 scientists 77 D-Index: 35 scientists 78 D-Index: 31 scientists 79 D-Index: 22 scientists 80 D-Index: 34 scientists 81 D-Index: 31 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 23 scientists 84 D-Index: 18 scientists 85 D-Index: 30 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 20 scientists 89 D-Index: 8 scientists 90 D-Index: 17 scientists 91 D-Index: 7 scientists 92 D-Index: 14 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 10 scientists 98 D-Index: 10 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 16 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 8 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 13 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 5 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 8 scientists 111+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

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Number of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,875 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 178
31 257
32 263
33 262
34 244
35 236
36 211
37 220
38 214
39 214
40 205
41 187
42 194
43 201
44 155 44
45 189
46 148
47 160
48 134
49 130
50 141
51 156
52 108
53 130
54 112
55 97
56 111
57 102
58 108
59 120
60 103
61 93
62 92
63 74
64 77
65 73
66 64
67 69
68 60
69 39
70 57
71 59
72 46
73 49
74 38
75 35
76 32
77 35
78 31
79 22
80 34
81 31
82 34
83 23
84 18
85 30
86 19
87 19
88 20
89 8
90 17
91 7
92 14
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 12
97 10
98 10
99 12
100 16
101 5
102 7
103 7
104 8
105 9
106 13
107 4
108 5
109 10
110 8
111+ 96
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Cheng Li D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 6,875 Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 82 ranges running from 30 to 111+ D-Index.
  • Cheng Li, a Electronics and Electrical Engineering scholar from Memorial University of Newfoundland, records 44 D-Index - the 47th percentile of the discipline.
  • 47% of ranked Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Cheng Li, and about 53% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 46 D-Index range, and Cheng Li ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 32 D-Index, holding 263 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 60% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 50 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more, 96 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Cheng Li is affiliated with Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada. Their research spans a broad range of topics within engineering and computer science, focusing largely on electrical and electronic engineering, computer networks and communications, aerospace engineering, ocean engineering, and artificial intelligence.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • Path Planning of Mobile Robots Based on a Multi-Population Migration Genetic Algorithm, 2020, Sensors
  • AUV-Aided Localization of Underwater Acoustic Devices Based on Doppler Shift Measurements, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • Quality-Driven Online Task-Bundling-Based Incentive Mechanism for Mobile Crowdsensing, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • A Survey on Resource Management in Joint Communication and Computing-Embedded SAGIN, 2024, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
  • Perinatal Depression of Women Along with 2019 Novel Coronavirus Breakout in China, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

Cheng Li works across several main fields including engineering with 311 publications and computer science with 163 publications. Subfields of study reflect a focus on:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence

The scientist's primary topics of research include:

  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
  • Satellite Communication Systems
  • Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
  • Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing
  • UAV Applications and Optimization

Frequent collaborators in Cheng Li's work include Baoxian Zhang, Shuai Han, Weixiao Meng, Zijun Gong, and Qian Chen. These coauthors have contributed significantly to joint publications with counts ranging from 10 to 42.

The scientist's research has been published predominantly in venues such as:

  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Tumour-infiltrating inflammation and prognosis in colorectal cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Z Mei;Y Liu;C Liu;A Cui

  • CORMAN: A Novel Cooperative Opportunistic Routing Scheme in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

    Zehua Wang;Yuanzhu Chen;Cheng Li

  • Wireless Mesh Networks: A Survey

    Yuting Liu

  • Resource Allocation for Network Slicing in 5G Telecommunication Networks: A Survey of Principles and Models

    Ruoyu Su;Dengyin Zhang;R. Venkatesan;Zijun Gong

  • Early Prediction of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in the Chinese Population via Advanced Machine Learning.

    Yan-Ting Wu;Yan-Ting Wu;Chen-Jie Zhang;Chen-Jie Zhang;Ben Willem Mol;Andrew Kawai

  • Flexible Actuators for Soft Robotics

    Ying Yang;Yanxiao Wu;Cheng Li;Xiaoming Yang

  • A Feature-Scaling-Based $k$ -Nearest Neighbor Algorithm for Indoor Positioning Systems

    Dong Li;Baoxian Zhang;Cheng Li

  • Routing protocols for wireless sensor networks with mobile sinks: a survey

    Sheng Yu;Baoxian Zhang;Cheng Li;Hussein T. Mouftah

  • Risk factors for ectopic pregnancy: a multi-center case-control study

    Cheng Li;Wei-Hong Zhao;Qian Zhu;Shu-Jun Cao

  • PSR: A Lightweight Proactive Source Routing Protocol For Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

    Zehua Wang;Yuanzhu Chen;Cheng Li

  • User pairing algorithm with SIC in non-orthogonal multiple access system

    Han Zhang;De-Kun Zhang;Wei-Xiao Meng;Cheng Li

  • AUV-Aided Joint Localization and Time Synchronization for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks

    Zijun Gong;Cheng Li;Fan Jiang

  • Distributed Minimum-Cost Clustering Protocol for UnderWater Sensor Networks (UWSNs)

    Pu Wang;Cheng Li;Jun Zheng

  • Task Assignment in Mobile Crowdsensing: Present and Future Directions

    Wei Gong;Baoxian Zhang;Cheng Li

  • Location-Based Online Task Assignment and Path Planning for Mobile Crowdsensing

    Wei Gong;Baoxian Zhang;Cheng Li

  • Distributed Data Aggregation Using Slepian–Wolf Coding in Cluster-Based Wireless Sensor Networks

    Jun Zheng;Pu Wang;Cheng Li

  • Molecular phylogenetics of Hippophae L. (Elaeagnaceae) based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of nrDNA

    K. Sun;X. Chen;R. Ma;C. Li

  • Wavelength-Switchable and Wavelength-Tunable All-Normal-Dispersion Mode-Locked Yb-Doped Fiber Laser Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Wall Paper Absorber

    Xiao-Hui Li;Yong-Gang Wang;Yi-Shan Wang;Xiao-Hong Hu

  • Outage Analysis of the Full-Duplex Decode-and-Forward Two-Way Relay System

    Cheng Li;Zhiyong Chen;Yafei Wang;Yao Yao

  • SCMA codebook design based on constellation rotation

    Yongkang Zhou;Qiyue Yu;Weixiao Meng;Cheng Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Weixiao Meng
Weixiao Meng Harbin Institute of Technology
Octavia A. Dobre
Octavia A. Dobre Memorial University of Newfoundland
Zhiyong Chen
Zhiyong Chen Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Hsiao-Hwa Chen
Hsiao-Hwa Chen National Cheng Kung University
Xiaohui Li
Xiaohui Li Shaanxi Normal University
Lei Chen
Lei Chen Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Tao Ding
Tao Ding Xi'an Jiaotong University
Hussein T. Mouftah
Hussein T. Mouftah University of Ottawa
Bin Wang
Bin Wang University of Hawaii at Manoa
Mohsen Guizani
Mohsen Guizani Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence

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