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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 56 2068 1983 352 350 740 12485

Lianshan Yan publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Lianshan Yan between 2001 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Lianshan Yan published across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025, averaging 32.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 63 publications in 2025. 123 of the 807 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2001 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 63. Peak 63 publications in 2025. 2001: 9 publications 2002: 11 publications 2003: 12 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 15 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 17 publications 2008: 14 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 25 publications 2011: 35 publications 2012: 50 publications 2013: 50 publications 2014: 38 publications 2015: 35 publications 2016: 45 publications 2017: 35 publications 2018: 38 publications 2019: 44 publications 2020: 36 publications 2021: 39 publications 2022: 54 publications 2023: 56 publications 2024: 60 publications 2025: 63 publications
2001 2025

807 publications in total across all disciplines

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Lianshan Yan: publications per year, 2001 to 2025
Year Publications
2001 9
2002 11
2003 12
2004 9
2005 15
2006 9
2007 17
2008 14
2009 8
2010 25
2011 35
2012 50
2013 50
2014 38
2015 35
2016 45
2017 35
2018 38
2019 44
2020 36
2021 39
2022 54
2023 56
2024 60
2025 63
Total 807
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Lianshan Yan 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 Lianshan Yan 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, 734–753 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: 740 publications — 95th percentile

95% 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
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 26 740
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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Lianshan Yan 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 Lianshan Yan 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, 56 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: 56 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% 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
45 189
46 148
47 160
48 134
49 130
50 141
51 156
52 108
53 130
54 112
55 97
56 111 56
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - OSA Fellows Lianshan  Yan Southwest Jiaotong University, China “for seminal contributions to the manipulation of polarization in fiber optic devices, all-optical signal processing, high-speed transmission systems and state-of-the-art instruments” (Engineering and Science Research)

Overview

Lianshan Yan is affiliated with Southwest Jiaotong University in China. Their research spans multiple fields including Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, and Computer Science, with a particular focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their work covers several core scientific topics:

  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation

The scientist has contributed frequently to prominent publication venues, including:

  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Optics Express
  • Optics Letters
  • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
  • IEEE Photonics Journal

Some of their recent publications are:

  • "Integrated sensing and communication in an optical fibre," 2023, Light Science & Applications
  • "Recent progress of integrated circuits and optoelectronic chips," 2021, Science China Information Sciences
  • "Scheme of coherent optical chaos communication," 2020, Optics Letters
  • "Chaotic optical communications at 56 Gbit/s over 100-km fiber transmission based on a chaos generation model driven by long short-term memory networks," 2022, Optics Letters
  • "Towards DDoS detection mechanisms in Software-Defined Networking," 2021, Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Frequent collaborators of Lianshan Yan include:

  • Xihua Zou
  • Wei Pan
  • Lin Jiang
  • Song-Sui Li
  • Bin Luo

They have received recognition such as being named an OSA Fellow in 2017 for contributions related to polarization manipulation in fiber optic devices, all-optical signal processing, high-speed transmission systems, and state-of-the-art instruments in the fields of engineering and science research.

Best Publications

  • Photonics for microwave measurements

    Xihua Zou;Xihua Zou;Bing Lu;Wei Pan;Lianshan Yan

  • Sensitivity-enhanced temperature sensor with cascaded fiber optic Sagnac interferometers based on Vernier-effect

    Li-Yang Shao;Yuan Luo;Zhiyong Zhang;Xihua Zou

  • Lifetime Enhancement in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Fuzzy Approach and A-Star Algorithm

    Imad S. AlShawi;Lianshan Yan;Wei Pan;Bin Luo

  • High-speed electrooptic modulator characterization using optical spectrum analysis

    Yongqiang Shi;Lianshan Yan;A.E. Willner

  • Dispersion management of anisotropic metamirror for super-octave bandwidth polarization conversion.

    Yinghui Guo;Yanqin Wang;Mingbo Pu;Zeyu Zhao

  • SD-Anti-DDoS

    Yunhe Cui;Lianshan Yan;Saifei Li;Huanlai Xing

  • Optoelectronic Oscillators (OEOs) to Sensing, Measurement, and Detection

    Xihua Zou;Xinkai Liu;Wangzhe Li;Peixuan Li

  • Integrated sensing and communication in an optical fibre

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  • A plasmonic splitter based on slot cavity

    Yinghui Guo;Lianshan Yan;Wei Pan;Bin Luo

  • Wide-range, high-precision multiple microwave frequency measurement using a chip-based photonic Brillouin filter

    Hengyun Jiang;David Marpaung;Mattia Pagani;Khu Vu

  • Photonic-Assisted Microwave Channelizer With Improved Channel Characteristics Based on Spectrum-Controlled Stimulated Brillouin Scattering

    Xihua Zou;Wangzhe Li;Wei Pan;Lianshan Yan

  • Photonic approach for multiple-frequency-component measurement using spectrally sliced incoherent source

    Xihua Zou;Wei Pan;Bin Luo;Lianshan Yan

  • Photonic generation of triangular-shaped pulses based on frequency-to-time conversion

    Jia Ye;Lianshan Yan;Wei Pan;Bin Luo

  • Use of polarization freedom beyond polarization-division multiplexing to support high-speed and spectral-efficient data transmission.

    Zhi-Yu Chen;Lian-Shan Yan;Yan Pan;Lin Jiang

  • Optical Signal Processing Using Tunable Delay Elements Based on Slow Light

    A.E. Willner;Bo Zhang;Lin Zhang;Lianshan Yan

  • Chromatic dispersion monitoring technique using sideband optical filtering and clock phase-shift detection

    Qian Yu;Zhongqi Pan;Lian-Shan Yan;A.E. Willner

  • Recent progress of integrated circuits and optoelectronic chips

    Yue Hao;Shuiying Xiang;Genquan Han;Jincheng Zhang

  • All-optic scheme for automatic polarization division demultiplexing.

    X. Steve Yao;L.-S. Yan;B. Zhang;A. E. Willner

  • Microwave Photonics for Featured Applications in High-Speed Railways: Communications, Detection, and Sensing

    Xihua Zou;Wenlin Bai;Wei Chen;Peixuan Li

  • Monitoring and control of polarization-related impairments in optical fiber systems

    A.E. Willner;S.M.R.M. Nezam;L. Yan;Zhongqi Pan

  • SNR Enhancement in Phase-Sensitive OTDR with Adaptive 2-D Bilateral Filtering Algorithm

    Haijun He;Liyang Shao;Hengchao Li;Wei Pan

  • All-Optical Signal Processing for UltraHigh Speed Optical Systems and Networks

    Lianshan Yan;A. E. Willner;Xiaoxia Wu;Anlin Yi

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei Pan
Wei Pan Southwest Jiaotong University
Bin Luo
Bin Luo Southwest Jiaotong University
Xihua Zou
Xihua Zou Southwest Jiaotong University
Alan E. Willner
Alan E. Willner University of Southern California
Li-Yang Shao
Li-Yang Shao Southern University of Science and Technology
Lin Jiang
Lin Jiang University of Liverpool
Ning Jiang
Ning Jiang University of Waterloo
Xiangang Luo
Xiangang Luo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Changyuan Yu
Changyuan Yu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jianping Yao
Jianping Yao University of Ottawa

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