[1] Weifeng Gao, Sanyang Liu, Lingling Huang. A novel artificial bee colony algorithm based on modified search equation and orthogonal learning, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 43 (3), 1011-1024, 2013. (IF: 7.384, Cited by 145, ESI Highly Cited Papers)

[2] Weifeng Gao, Gary G. Yen, Sanyang Liu. A cluster-based differential evolution with self-adaptive strategy for multimodal optimization, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 44 (8), 1314 -1327, 2014. (IF: 7.384, Cited by 33)

[3] Weifeng Gao, Gary G. Yen, Sanyang Liu. A dual-population differential evolution with coevolution for constrained optimization, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 45 (5), 1094-1107, 2015. (IF: 7.384, Cited by 21)

[4] Weifeng Gao, Lingling Huang, Sanyang Liu, Cai Dai. Artificial bee colony algorithm based on information learning, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 45(12), 2827-2839, 2015. (IF: 7.384, Cited by 27)

[5] Weifeng Gao, F.T.S. Chan, Lingling Huang, Sanyang Liu. Bare bones artificial bee colony algorithm with parameter adaptation and fitness-based neighborhood, Information Sciences, 316, 180-200, 2015. (IF: 4.038, Cited by 19)

[6] Weifeng Gao, Sanyang Liu, Lingling Huang. Enhancing artificial bee colony algorithm using more information-based search equations, Information Sciences, 270 (20), 112-133, 2014. (IF: 4.038, Cited by 68)

[7] Weifeng Gao, Sanyang Liu, Lingling Huang. A novel artificial bee colony algorithm with Powell's method, Applied Soft Computing, 13(9), 3763-3775, 2013. (IF: 2.857, Cited by 75)

[8] Weifeng Gao, Lingling Huang, Jue Wang, Sanyang Liu, Chuandong Qin. Enhanced artificial bee colony algorithm through differential evolution, Applied Soft Computing, 48, 137-150, 2016. (IF: 2.857, Cited by 6)

[9] Weifeng Gao, Lingling Huang, Sanyang Liu, F.T.S. Chan, Cai Dai, Xian Shan. Artificial bee colony algorithm with multiple search strategies, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 271, 269-287, 2015. (IF: 1.551, Cited by 14)

[10] Weifeng Gao, Sanyang Liu, Lingling Huang. Particle swarm optimization with chaotic opposition-based population initialization and stochastic search technique, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations, 17(11), 4316-4327, 2012. (IF: 2.866, Cited by 51)

[11] Weifeng Gao, Sanyang Liu, Fei Jiang. An improved artificial bee colony algorithm for directing orbits of chaotic systems, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 218 (7), 3868-3879, 2011. (IF: 1.551, Cited by 28)

[12] Weifeng Gao, Sanyang Liu, Lingling Huang. A global best artificial bee colony algorithm for global optimization, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 236(11), 2741-2753, 2012. (IF: 1.328, Cited by 230, ESI Hot Papersand Highly Cited Papers)

[13] Weifeng Gao, Sanyang Liu. A modified artificial bee colony algorithm, Computers & Operations Research, 39(3), 687-697, 2012. (IF: 1.988, Cited by 359, ESI Highly Cited Papers)

[14] Weifeng Gao, Sanyang Liu. Improved artificial bee colony algorithm for global optimization, Information Processing Letters, 111(17), 871-882, 2011. (IF: 0.843, Cited by 252, ESI Highly Cited Papers)

[15] Weifeng Gao, Gary G. Yen, Sanyang Liu. A novel differential evolution for constrained optimization, 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics October 5-8, 2014, San Diego, CA, USA. (EI, Cited by 1)

[16] Weifeng Gao, Sanyang Liu, Fei Jiang, Jianke Zhang. Hybrid artificial bee colony algorithm, Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics, 33(5), 1167-1170, 2011. (In Chinese, Cited by 46)

[17] Weifeng Gao, Sanyang Liu. An efficient particle swarm optimization, Journal of Control and Decision, 26(8), 1158-1162, 2011. (In Chinese, Cited by 31)  

[18]Weifeng Gao, Sanyang Liu, Hehua Jiao, Chuandong Qin. Particle swarm optimization with search operator of artificial bee colony algorithm, Journal of Control and Decision,27(6), 833-838, 2012. (In Chinese, Cited by 15)  

[19] Weifeng Gao, Sanyang Liu, Lingling Huang. Inspired artificial bee colony algorithm for global optimization problems, Acta Electronica Sinica, 40(12), 2396-2403, 2012. (In Chinese, Cited by32)

[20] Jian Wang, Zhenyun Ye, Weifeng Gao, Jacek M. Zurada. Boundedness and convergence analysis of weight elimination for cyclic training of neural networks, Neural Networks, 82, 49-61, 2016. (IF: 3.216)

[21] Laizhong Cui, Genghui Li, Qiuzhen Lin, Zhihua Du, Weifeng Gao, Jianyong Chen, Nan Lu. A novel artificial bee colony algorithm with depth-first search framework and elite-guided search equation, Information Sciences, 367, 1012-1044, 2016. (IF: 4.038)

[22] Lingling Huang, Sanyang Liu, Weifeng Gao. A modified projection method for solving co-coercive variational inequalities, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 217 (7), 3216-3225, 2010.

[23] Lingling Huang, Sanyang Liu, Weifeng Gao. Differential evolution with the search strategy of artificial bee colony algorithm, Journal of Control and Decision, 27(11), 1644-1648, 2011. (In Chinese)

[24]Fei Jiang, Sanyang Liu, Jianke Zhang, Weifeng Gao. Control and synchronization of chaotic systems with synergy of bacterial foraging and differential evolution, Chinese journal of computational physics, 27(6), 933-939, 2010.

[25] Jianke Zhang, Sanyang Liu, Fei Jiang, Weifeng Gao. New robust optimization counterpart for linear optimization with uncertain data, Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics, 33(1), 102-105, 2011. (In Chinese)