The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where ChengXiang Zhai sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 483 publications — 92nd percentile
92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where ChengXiang Zhai sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 96 D-Index — 97th percentile
97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.
ChengXiang Zhai is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Computer Science, with a significant focus on Artificial Intelligence, supported by contributions in Information Systems, Molecular Biology, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, as well as Sociology and Political Science.
The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably:
Zhai has published numerous papers in a variety of venues, reflecting interdisciplinary interests. Frequent publication venues include:
Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by them are:
They have collaborated frequently with several other researchers, including:
Among the awards received, ChengXiang Zhai was recognized as an ACM Fellow in 2017 for contributions to information retrieval and text data mining. Other distinctions include being named an ACM Distinguished Member in 2009 and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2008.
Chengxiang Zhai;John Lafferty
Charu C. Aggarwal;Cheng Xiang Zhai
Zachary D. Stephens;Skylar Y. Lee;Faraz Faghri;Roy H. Campbell
Chengxiang Zhai;John Lafferty
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Charu C. Aggarwal;Cheng Xiang Zhai
John Lafferty;Chengxiang Zhai
Qiaozhu Mei;Xu Ling;Matthew Wondra;Hang Su
Jing Jiang;ChengXiang Zhai
Chengxiang Zhai;John Lafferty
Charu C. Aggarwal;Cheng Xiang Zhai
Hongning Wang;Yue Lu;Chengxiang Zhai
Qiaozhu Mei;ChengXiang Zhai
Xuehua Shen;Bin Tan;ChengXiang Zhai
Xuehua Shen;Bin Tan;ChengXiang Zhai
ChengXiang Zhai
Kavita Ganesan;ChengXiang Zhai;Jiawei Han
Cheng Xiang Zhai;William W. Cohen;John Lafferty
Qiaozhu Mei;Xuehua Shen;ChengXiang Zhai
Qiaozhu Mei;Deng Cai;Duo Zhang;ChengXiang Zhai
Yue Lu;ChengXiang Zhai;Neel Sundaresan
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