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title: "China United Network Communications Group (China)"
description: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at China United Network Communications Group (China) took part in 54 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (46), operations research (5) and information systems (2). It ranks #24 among the companies publishing in the tracked journals from 2023 to 2025."
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share_text: "From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at China United Network Communications Group (China) took part in 54 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (46), operations research (5) and information systems (2). (as of 2026-10-31)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
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window: 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-31
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---

# China United Network Communications Group (China)

Papers in the tracked journals with an author at China United Network Communications Group (China): per year and category, where they are published, the institutions its researchers write with, and its most-cited papers. A paper counts as corporate when at least one of its authors is affiliated with an institution that OpenAlex classifies as a company; it counts once for each company among its authors' affiliations. Universities are the institutions OpenAlex classifies as education.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/companies.md

## Key findings

- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at China United Network Communications Group (China) took part in 54 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (46), operations research (5) and information systems (2).
- It ranks #24 among the companies publishing in the tracked journals from 2023 to 2025.
- 22 of them were published in 2025, against 1 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Fuzhou University (6), Chinese Academy of Sciences (5) and Beijing Jiaotong University (4).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (7), Knowledge-Based Systems (5) and Information Fusion (5).
- The most-cited of them is “A survey on face data augmentation for the training of deep neural networks” (Neural Computing and Applications, 2020), with 141 citations.
- Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited 29 of its papers 119 times; 97% of those links came from papers with a university author and 2% from its own papers.
- Its own papers since 2023 cite archived papers 415 times, 7% of them papers with a company author.

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 9 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 11 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 7 |
| 2 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 5 |
| 3 | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 5 |
| 4 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 4 |
| 5 | [Knowledge and Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-and-information-systems.md) | 3 |
| 6 | [Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-a-policy-and-practice.md) | 3 |
| 7 | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 3 |
| 8 | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | 2 |
| 9 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 2 |
| 10 | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Fuzhou University | 6 |
| 2 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 5 |
| 3 | [Beijing Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-jiaotong-university.md) | 4 |
| 4 | Chang'an University | 3 |
| 5 | Hainan University | 3 |
| 6 | Technical University of Munich | 3 |
| 7 | University of Chile | 3 |
| 8 | [Beihang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beihang-university.md) | 2 |
| 9 | Beijing Normal University | 2 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | China | 45 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 4 |
| 3 | Chile | 3 |
| 4 | Germany | 3 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 2 |
| 6 | United States | 2 |
| 7 | Canada | 1 |
| 8 | Spain | 1 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 1 |
| 10 | Japan | 1 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | attention mechanism | 3 |
| 2 | [graph neural networks](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/graph-neural-networks.md) | 3 |
| 3 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 3 |
| 4 | multi-view learning | 3 |
| 5 | weakly supervised learning | 3 |
| 6 | adoption factors | 2 |
| 7 | data privacy | 2 |
| 8 | ensemble learning | 2 |
| 9 | feature fusion | 2 |
| 10 | [federated learning](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/federated-learning.md) | 2 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 141 | 1.8 | [A survey on face data augmentation for the training of deep neural networks](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-020-04748-3) | [Neural Computing and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-computing-and-applications.md) | 2020-03-17 | Xiang Wang, Kai Wang, Shiguo Lian |
| 2 | 59 | 3.2 | [Heterogeneous Mutual Knowledge Distillation for Wearable Human Activity Recognition](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2025.3556317) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2025-04-15 | Zhiwen Xiao, Huanlai Xing, Rong Qu et al. |
| 3 | 57 | 1.9 | [Enhancing trust and privacy in distributed networks: a comprehensive survey on blockchain-based federated learning](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10115-024-02117-3) | [Knowledge and Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-and-information-systems.md) | 2024-04-25 | Ji Liu, Chunlu Chen, Yu Li et al. |
| 4 | 54 | 1.1 | [DeleSmell: Code smell detection based on deep learning and latent semantic analysis](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2022.109737) | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 2022-08-22 | Yang Zhang, Chuyan Ge, Shuai Hong et al. |
| 5 | 50 | 1.7 | [Real-time fusion multi-tier DNN-based collaborative IDPS with complementary features for secure UAV-enabled 6G networks](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2024.124215) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2024-05-15 | Hassan Jalil Hadi, Yue Cao, Sifan Li et al. |
| 6 | 50 | 2.2 | [Multidimensional fusion of frequency and spatial domain information for enhanced camouflaged object detection](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2024.102871) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2024-12-13 | Tingran Wang, Zaiyang Yu, Jianwei Fang et al. |
| 7 | 39 | 1.7 | [PATNAS: A Path-Based Training-Free Neural Architecture Search](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2024.3498035) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2024-11-14 | Jiechao Yang, Yong Liu, Wei Wang et al. |
| 8 | 29 | 0.7 | [Trusted emotion recognition based on multiple signals captured from video](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.120948) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2023-07-11 | Junjie Zhang, Kun Zheng, Sarah Mazhar et al. |
| 9 | 29 | 1.3 | [3D-Guided Multi-Feature semantic enhancement network for person re-ID](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2024.102863) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2024-12-11 | Enhao Ning, Wenfa Li, Jianwei Fang et al. |
| 10 | 26 | 0.3 | [The user preference identification for product improvement based on online comment patch](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10660-019-09372-5) | [Electronic Commerce Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/electronic-commerce-research.md) | 2019-08-14 | Shugang Li, Yuqi Zhang, Yueming Li et al. |

## Who cites its research

*Institutions whose papers cite it most, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Kind | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---|---:|
| 1 | [University of Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | University | China | 7 |
| 2 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | Government | China | 6 |
| 3 | [Zhejiang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/zhejiang-university.md) | University | China | 5 |
| 4 | [Central South University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/central-south-university.md) | University | China | 4 |
| 5 | Hefei University of Technology | University | China | 4 |
| 6 | Guangxi Normal University | University | China | 4 |
| 7 | Xidian University | University | China | 3 |
| 8 | Shanxi University | University | China | 3 |
| 9 | [Beijing Jiaotong University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/beijing-jiaotong-university.md) | University | China | 3 |
| 10 | Nanjing University of Science and Technology | University | China | 3 |

## What its papers cite

*Institutions its papers cite most, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Kind | Country | Links |
|---:|---|---|---|---:|
| 1 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | Government | China | 26 |
| 2 | Xidian University | University | China | 17 |
| 3 | Fuzhou University | University | China | 17 |
| 4 | [National University of Defense Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/national-university-of-defense-technology.md) | University | China | 12 |
| 5 | Northwestern Polytechnical University | University | China | 12 |
| 6 | [University of Electronic Science and Technology of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-electronic-science-and-technology-of-china.md) | University | China | 11 |
| 7 | [Wuhan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/wuhan-university.md) | University | China | 11 |
| 8 | South China University of Technology | University | China | 11 |
| 9 | Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications | University | China | 10 |
| 10 | [Peking University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/peking-university.md) | University | China | 10 |

More: https://scholar4ai.com/corporate-citations.md · https://scholar4ai.com/industry-university.md

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). China United Network Communications Group (China). Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/companies/china-united-network-communications-group-china

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  urldate = {2026-10-31},
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).