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D-Index
74
Citations
25149
World Ranking
1476
National Ranking
769

Yan Chen publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

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 Yan Chen sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 340 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Yan Chen D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

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 Yan Chen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yan Chen is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in computer science and engineering. Their work frequently appears in prominent publication venues including the IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, IEEE Access, and PubMed.

Their research spans several fields of study with a focus on:

  • Computer Science
  • Engineering

Within these domains, Yan Chen has specialized in subfields such as:

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Information Systems
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

The main topics investigated by Yan Chen include:

  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • IoT Networks and Protocols
  • Caching and Content Delivery
  • Cloud Computing and Resource Management
  • Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems

Yan Chen's recent publications encompass a range of studies focusing on IoT and edge computing systems, many of which utilize deep reinforcement learning techniques. Selected papers include:

  • "Dynamic Task Allocation and Service Migration in Edge-Cloud IoT System Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning" (2022, IEEE Internet of Things Journal)
  • "Joint Caching and Computing Service Placement for Edge-Enabled IoT Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning" (2022, IEEE Internet of Things Journal)
  • "Joint Task and Computing Resource Allocation in Distributed Edge Computing Systems via Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning" (2024, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering)
  • "A Collaborative Service Deployment and Application Assignment Method for Regional Edge Computing Enabled IoT" (2020, IEEE Access)
  • "[Treatment experiences of 516 cases of diabetic foot treated with tibial transverse transport]" (2020, PubMed)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yan Chen include:

  • Tarik Taleb
  • Yanjing Sun
  • Bin Yang
  • Hao Yu
  • Ruiguang Chen

Best Publications

  • OceanStore: an architecture for global-scale persistent storage

    John Kubiatowicz;David Bindel;Yan Chen;Steven Czerwinski

  • Fundamental trade-offs on green wireless networks

    Yan Chen;Shunqing Zhang;Shugong Xu;Geoffrey Ye Li

  • Detecting and characterizing social spam campaigns

    Hongyu Gao;Jun Hu;Christo Wilson;Zhichun Li

  • Energy-efficient wireless communications: tutorial, survey, and open issues

    G. Y. Li;Zhikun Xu;Cong Xiong;Chenyang Yang

  • Sketch-based change detection: methods, evaluation, and applications

    Balachander Krishnamurthy;Subhabrata Sen;Yin Zhang;Yan Chen

  • Energy- and Spectral-Efficiency Tradeoff in Downlink OFDMA Networks

    Cong Xiong;Geoffrey Ye Li;Shunqing Zhang;Yan Chen

  • Intelligent 5G: When Cellular Networks Meet Artificial Intelligence

    Rongpeng Li;Zhifeng Zhao;Xuan Zhou;Guoru Ding

  • OSA: an optical switching architecture for data center networks with unprecedented flexibility

    Kai Chen;Ankit Singla;Atul Singh;Kishore Ramachandran

  • AppsPlayground: automatic security analysis of smartphone applications

    Vaibhav Rastogi;Yan Chen;William Enck

  • Fundamental Tradeoffs on Green Wireless Networks

    Yan Chen;Shunqing Zhang;Shugong Xu;Geoffrey Ye Li

  • OSA: an optical switching architecture for data center networks with unprecedented flexibility

    Kai Chen;Ankit Singlay;Atul Singhz;Kishore Ramachandranz

  • DroidChameleon: evaluating Android anti-malware against transformation attacks

    Vaibhav Rastogi;Yan Chen;Xuxian Jiang

  • Hamsa: fast signature generation for zero-day polymorphic worms with provable attack resilience

    Zhichun Li;Manan Sanghi;Yan Chen;Ming-Yang Kao

  • Integrated Sensing and Communication in 6G: Motivations, Use Cases, Requirements, Challenges and Future Directions

    Danny Kai Pin Tan;Jia He;Yanchun Li;Alireza Bayesteh

  • Dynamic Replica Placement for Scalable Content Delivery

    Yan Chen;Randy H. Katz;John Kubiatowicz

  • Botnet Research Survey

    Zhaosheng Zhu;Guohan Lu;Yan Chen;Z.J. Fu

  • Towards Online Spam Filtering in Social Networks

    Hongyu Gao;Yan Chen;Kathy Lee;Diana Palsetia

  • An algebraic approach to practical and scalable overlay network monitoring

    Yan Chen;David Bindel;Hanhee Song;Randy H. Katz

  • Security Issues in Online Social Networks

    Hongyu Gao;Jun Hu;Tuo Huang;Jingnan Wang

  • Sparse code multiple access: An energy efficient uplink approach for 5G wireless systems

    Shunqing Zhang;Xiuqiang Xu;Lei Lu;Yiqun Wu

  • AutoCog: Measuring the Description-to-permission Fidelity in Android Applications

    Zhengyang Qu;Vaibhav Rastogi;Xinyi Zhang;Yan Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Faure
Michel Faure University of Orléans
Kai Chen
Kai Chen Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Shugong Xu
Shugong Xu Shanghai University
Qinghua Zheng
Qinghua Zheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Randy H. Katz
Randy H. Katz University of California, Berkeley
Stuart Gilder
Stuart Gilder Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Romain Augier
Romain Augier University of Orléans
Jean Philippe Avouac
Jean Philippe Avouac California Institute of Technology
Zhaoyang Zhang
Zhaoyang Zhang Zhejiang University
Geoffrey Ye Li
Geoffrey Ye Li Imperial College London

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