2026 Guanhua Yan: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	32	13241	12849	5307	5056	89	3844

Overview

Guanhua Yan is affiliated with Binghamton University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, including Computer Science and Medicine, with specific contributions in Signal Processing, Computer Networks and Communications, Neurology, Software, and Information Systems.

The primary topics of Guanhua Yan's work include:

Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
Network Security and Intrusion Detection
Software Testing and Debugging Techniques
Digital and Cyber Forensics
Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments
Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Their notable recent publications include:

Clinical and imaging features and treatment response of anti-NMDAR encephalitis combined with MOGAD, 2025, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
EAGLE: Evasion Attacks Guided by Local Explanations Against Android Malware Classification, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
IoTInfer: Automated Blackbox Fuzz Testing of IoT Network Protocols Guided by Finite State Machine Inference, 2022, IEEE Internet of Things Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Guanhua Yan include:

Zhan Shu
De-Cai Tian
Xinghu Zhang
Huabing Wang
Priti Wakodikar

The research output appears regularly in venues such as:

IEEE Internet of Things Journal
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

The combination of fields and topics covered in Guanhua Yan's work reflects a multidisciplinary approach, bridging areas of computer science focused on security, testing, and network protocols with clinical studies related to neurological disorders and treatments.

Best Publications

Containment of misinformation spread in online social networks

Nam P. Nguyen;Guanhua Yan;My T. Thai;Stephan Eidenbenz

288
Citations
Discriminant malware distance learning on structural information for automated malware classification

Deguang Kong;Guanhua Yan

243
Citations
VirusMeter: Preventing Your Cellphone from Spies

Lei Liu;Guanhua Yan;Xinwen Zhang;Songqing Chen

197
Citations
Fine-grained private matching for proximity-based mobile social networking

Rui Zhang;Yanchao Zhang;Jinyuan Sun;Guanhua Yan

172
Citations
Malware propagation in online social networks: nature, dynamics, and defense implications

Guanhua Yan;Guanling Chen;Stephan Eidenbenz;Nan Li

145
Citations
Privacy-Preserving Profile Matching for Proximity-Based Mobile Social Networking

Rui Zhang;Jinxue Zhang;Yanchao Zhang;Jinyuan Sun

130
Citations
Modeling Propagation Dynamics of Bluetooth Worms (Extended Version)

Guanhua Yan;S. Eidenbenz

127
Citations
Discriminant malware distance learning on structuralinformation for automated malware classification

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123
Citations
Simulation of large scale networks using SSF

Nicol;Liu;Liljenstam;Guanhua Yan

118
Citations
BotTracer: Execution-Based Bot-Like Malware Detection

Lei Liu;Songqing Chen;Guanhua Yan;Zhao Zhang

116
Citations
Classifying Malware Represented as Control Flow Graphs using Deep Graph Convolutional Neural Network

Jiaqi Yan;Guanhua Yan;Dong Jin

111
Citations
Chrome Extensions: Threat Analysis and Countermeasures.

Lei Liu;Xinwen Zhang;Guanhua Yan;Songqing Chen

109
Citations
Designing a Practical Access Point Association Protocol

Fengyuan Xu;Chiu C. Tan;Qun Li;Guanhua Yan

103
Citations
RINSE: The Real-Time Immersive Network Simulation Environment for Network Security Exercises

Michael Liljenstam;Jason Liu;David Nicol;Yougu Yuan

102
Citations
Exploring discriminatory features for automated malware classification

Guanhua Yan;Nathan Brown;Deguang Kong

100
Citations
The Rise of Social Botnets: Attacks and Countermeasures

Jinxue Zhang;Rui Zhang;Yanchao Zhang;Guanhua Yan

100
Citations
Bluetooth worm propagation: mobility pattern matters!

Guanhua Yan;Hector D. Flores;Leticia Cuellar;Nicolas Hengartner

95
Citations
Analysis of misinformation containment in online social networks

Nam P. Nguyen;Nam P. Nguyen;Guanhua Yan;My T. Thai

94
Citations
An event buffer flooding attack in DNP3 controlled SCADA systems

Dong Jin;David M. Nicol;Guanhua Yan

93
Citations
Towards a bayesian network game framework for evaluating DDoS attacks and defense

Guanhua Yan;Ritchie Lee;Alex Kent;David Wolpert

77
Citations
RINSE: The Real-Time Immersive Network Simulation Environment for Network Security Exercises (Extended Version)

Michael Liljenstam;Jason Liu;David M. Nicol;Yougu Yuan

36
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Songqing Chen George Mason University

David M. Nicol University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Yanchao Zhang Arizona State University

Xinwen Zhang Samsung (South Korea)

Yang Xiao University of Alabama

My T. Thai University of Florida

Shiyong Lu Wayne State University

Jie Wu Temple University

David Kotz Dartmouth College

Srikanth V. Krishnamurthy University of California, Riverside

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