Research Publications

2026

• Jian Fang, Yifei Li, Yijun Lou and Jian Wang, Fisher-KPP waves and the minimal speed on hexagonal lattice, Journal of Differential Equations, 467 (2026), 114263.
• Xin Long, Yijun Lou*, Wenjie Ni and Taishan Yi, A nonlocal West Nile virus model with nonlocal free boundary conditions driven by both mosquitoes and birds, Journal of Mathematical Biology, 92 (2026), 46.
• Yancong Xu, Zirui Zhu, Yijun Lou* and Jianhong Wu, Isolas dynamics: A potential mechanism underlying DNA damage repair, Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations, 2026.
• Bei Sun and Yijun Lou*, A seasonal succession model for frog population dynamics with mating behaviors, Journal of Mathematical Biology, 92 (2026), 22.

2025

• Haitao Zhu, Jianquan Lu, Yijun Lou and Xinsong Yang, Distributed saturated impulsive quasi-consensus for leader-follower multi-agent systems, IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, 12 (2025), 1941-1943.
• Shu-Min Liu, Shi Zhao, Zhenguo Bai, Yijun Lou, Gui-Quan Sun and Li Li, Global dynamics of a degenerate reaction-diffusion model for Brucellosis transmission, Journal of Differential Equations, 437 (2025), 113284.
• Mengjie Han, Zhenguo Bai and Yijun Lou*, Global dynamics of a partially degenerate nonlocal model for mosquito-borne disease transmission, Studies in Applied Mathematics, 155 (2025), e70101.
• Yishu Wang, Jianquan Lu, Yijun Lou and Wei Xing Zheng, Fixed-time stability of nonlinear systems with destabilizing delayed impulses, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, 2025.
• Bei Sun, Daozhou Gao, Xueying Wang and Yijun Lou*, Infection-induced host extinction: Deterministic and stochastic models for environmentally transmitted pathogens, Mathematical Biosciences, 380(2025), 109374.
• Dingyuan Zhong, Jianquan Lu, Yang Liu and Yijun Lou, Stabilizing logical networks with stochastic state-heritable control, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 63(2025).
• Cihan Cai, Jicai Huang, Yijun Lou*, Min Lu, Wenzhong Shi and Hui Wan, Coupled contagion dynamics of behavior and disease, Journal of Data and Dynamic Systems, 1(2025), 15-35.
• Minglong Wang, Yijun Lou* and Qihua Huang*, Parabolic-hyperbolic hybrid model for species with distinct dispersal and sedentary stages, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 2025.

2024

• Mengfeng Sun, Yijun Lou* and Cinchu Fu, Analysis of equilibria and connecting orbits in a nonlinear viral infection model, SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 23 (2024), 1272-1312.
• Yijun Lou and Ruiwen Wu, Modeling insect growth regulators for pest management, Journal of Mathematical Biology, 88 (2024), 73.
• Yijun Lou* and Feng-Bin Wang, A reaction-diffusion model with spatially inhomogeneous delays, Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations, 36(2024), 3743-3758.
• Kaihui Liu, Shuanghui Fang, Qiong Li and Yijun Lou*, Effectiveness evaluation of mosquito suppression strategies on dengue transmission, Acta Tropica, 253 (2024), 107159.

2023

• Jianquan Li, Yijun Lou*, Peijun Zhang and Yao Chen, An analytical approach to determining the coefficients in Lyapunov direct method, Comm. in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 126 (2023), 107419.
• Kaihui Liu, Zhenguo Bai, Daihai He, Yijun Lou*, Getting jab or regular test: Observations from an impulsive epidemic COVID-19 model, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 85 (2023), 97.
• Kaihui Liu and Yijun Lou*, A periodic delay differential system for mosquito control with Wolbachia incompatible insect technique, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 73 (2023), 103867.

2022

• Daihai He, et al., Yijun Lou, et al., Evaluation of Effectiveness of Global COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 28(2022), 1873-1876.
• Zhenguo Bai, Yijun Lou*, and Xiao-Qiang Zhao, Spatial dynamics of species with annually synchronized emergence of adults, Journal of Nonlinear Science, 32(2022), 78.
• Kaihui Liu and Yijun Lou*, Optimizing COVID-19 vaccination programs during vaccine shortages, Infectious Disease Modelling, 7(2022), 286-298.
• Yijun Lou* and Bei Sun, Stage duration distributions and intraspecific competition: a review, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 19(2022), 7543-7569.
• Zhisu Liu, Yijun Lou and Jianjun Zhang, Sign-changing solutions of Kirchhoff equations, Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata, 201(2022), 1229-1255.

2021

• Shiyong Zhu, Jianquan Lu, Yijun Lou and Yang Liu, Induced-equations-based stability analysis and stabilization of Markovian jump boolean networks, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 66(2021), 4820-4827.
• Jingyi Wang, Jianwen Feng, Yijun Lou and Guanrong Chen, Synchronization of networked harmonic oscillators, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 66(2021), 3267-3273.
• Yijun Lou and Yuxiang Zhang, Spatio-temporal dynamics of a model for variable ages at reproduction, Nonlinearity, 34(2021), 5897-5925.
• Xue Zhang, Bei Sun and Yijun Lou*, Dynamics of a periodic tick-borne disease model with co-feeding, Journal of Mathematical Biology, 82(2021), 27.

2020

• Zhenguo Bai, Yijun Lou*, and Xiao-Qiang Zhao, A delayed succession model with diffusion for the impact of diapause on population growth, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 80(2020), 1493-1519.
• Daihai He, Zhao Shi, Yingke Li, Peihua Cao, Daozhou Gao, Yijun Lou and Lin Yang, Comparing COVID-19 and the 1918-19 influenza pandemics in UK, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 98(2020), 67-70.
• Shi Zhao, et al., Yijun Lou, et al., COVID-19 and gender-specific difference: Hong Kong and Shenzhen, Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 41(2020), 750-751.
• Shi Zhao, et al., Yijun Lou, et al., Estimating the serial interval of COVID-19 in Hong Kong, Frontiers in Physics, 8(2020), 1-7.
• Jinjun Ran, et al., Yijun Lou, et al., Confirmation efficiency of SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 96(2020), 284-287.
• Zian Zhuang, et al., Yijun Lou, et al., Preliminary estimation of COVID-19 cases in Iran, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 94(2020), 29-31.
• Zian Zhuang, et al., Yijun Lou, et al., Estimating the reproduction number of COVID-19 in Korea and Italy, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 95(2020), 308-310.
• Shi Zhao, et al., Yijun Lou, et al., Serial interval and estimation of reproduction number of COVID-19, Journal of Travel Medicine, 27(2020), taaa033.
• Qianying Lin, et al., Yijun Lou, et al., A conceptual model for the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 93(2020), 211-216.
• Shi Zhao, et al., Yijun Lou, et al., Domestic travel and the exportation of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases from Wuhan, Journal of Travel Medicine, 27(2020), taaa022.
• Shi Zhao, et al., Yijun Lou, et al., Basic reproduction number of 2019-nCoV in China, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 92(2020), 214-217.
• Shi Zhao, et al., Yijun Lou, et al., Estimating the unreported number of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases in China, Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(2020), 388.
• Zhimin Chen, Kaihui Liu, Xiuxiang Liu and Yijun Lou, Modelling epidemics with fractional-dose vaccination, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 486 (2020), 110085.
• Liang Zhang, Kaihui Liu, Yijun Lou and Zhi-Cheng Wang, Spatial dynamics of a nonlocal model with periodic delay, European Journal of Applied Mathematics, 31 (2020), 1070-1100.
• Shiyong Zhu, Yang Liu, Yijun Lou and Jinde Cao, Stabilization of logical control networks: an event-triggered approach, Science China Information Sciences (SCIS), 63(2020), 112203.

2019

• Yijun Lou, Kaihui Liu, Daihai He, Daozhou Gao and Shigui Ruan, Modelling diapause in mosquito population growth, Journal of Mathematical Biology, 78(2019), 2259-2288.
• Wang Yaqi, Lu Jianquan and Yijun Lou, Halanay-type inequality with delayed impulses, Science China Information Sciences (SCIS), 62(2019), 192206.
• Yaqi Wang, Jianquan Lu and Yijun Lou, Stability of switched systems with limiting average dwell time, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 29(2019), 5520-5532.

2018

• Shi Zhao, Yijun Lou, Alice P.Y. Chiu and Daihai He, Modelling the Skip-and-resurgence of Japanese Encephalitis Epidemics in Hong Kong, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 454(2018), 1-10.

2017

• Mengfeng Sun, Yijun Lou, Jinqiao Duan and Xinchu Fu, Behavioral synchronization induced by epidemic spread in complex networks, Chaos, 27(2017), 063101.
• Yijun Lou and Jianhong Wu, Modeling Lyme disease transmission, Infectious Disease Modelling, 2(2017), 229-243.
• Yan Wang, Kaihui Liu and Yijun Lou, An age-structured within-host HIV model with T-cell competition, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 38(2017), 1-20.
• Kaihui Liu, Yijun Lou and Jianhong Wu, Analysis of an age structured model for tick populations subject to seasonal effects, Journal of Differential Equations, 263(2017), 2078-2112.
• Yijun Lou, Li Liu and Daozhou Gao, Modeling co-infection of Ixodes tick-borne pathogens, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 14(2017), 1301-1316.
• Stephen A. Gourley, Rongsong Liu and Yijun Lou, Intra-specific competition and insect larval development: a model with time-dependent delay, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section A, 147A(2017), 353-369.
• Daihai He, Daozhou Gao, Yijun Lou, Shi Zhao and Shigui Ruan, A comparison study of Zika virus outbreaks in French Polynesia, Colombia and the State of Bahia in Brazil, Scientific Reports, 7(2017), 273.
• Yijun Lou and Xiao-Qiang Zhao, A theoretical approach to understanding population dynamics with seasonal developmental durations, Journal of Nonlinear Science, 27(2017), 573-603.
• Xia Wang, Yijun Lou and Xinyu Song, Age-structured within-host HIV dynamics with multiple target cells, Studies in Applied Mathematics, 138(2017), 43-76.

2016

• Daozhou Gao, Yijun Lou, Daihai He, Travis C. Porco, Yang Kuang, Gerardo Chowell and Shigui Ruan, Prevention and control of Zika as a mosquito-borne and sexually transmitted disease: A mathematical modeling analysis, Scientific Reports, 6(2016), 28070.
• Jian Fang, Yijun Lou and Jianhong Wu, Can pathogen spread keep pace with its host invasion?, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 76(2016), 1633-1657.
• Jianquan Li and Yijun Lou, Characteristics of an epidemic outbreak with a large initial infection size, Journal of Biological Dynamics, 10(2016), 366-378.
• Qingchu Wu, Yijun Lou and Wenfang Zhu, Epidemic outbreak for an SIS model in multiplex networks with immunization, Mathematical Biosciences, 277(2016), 38-46.
• Qingchu Wu and Yijun Lou, Local immunization program for SIR epidemic model in social networks, Chaos, 26(2016), 023108.
• Kit Ian Kou, Yijun Lou and Yong-Hui Xia, Zeros of a class of transcendental equation with application to bifurcation of DDE, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 26(2016), 1650062.
• Jian Fang, Stephen Gourley and Yijun Lou, Stage-structured models of intra- and inter-specific competition within age classes, Journal of Differential Equations, 260(2016), 1918-1953.

2015

• Huiyan Kang, Yijun Lou, Guanrong Chen, Sen Chu and Xingchu Fu, Epidemic spreading and global stability of a new SIS model with delay on heterogeneous networks, Journal of Biological Systems, 23(2015), 577-595.
• Guihong Fan, Yijun Lou, Horst R. Thieme and Jianhong Wu, Stability and persistence in ODE models for populations with many stages, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 12(2015), 661-686.

2014

• Yijun Lou, Jianhong Wu and Xiaotian Wu, Impact of biodiversity and seasonality on Lyme-pathogen transmission, Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling, 11(2014), 50.
• Jane M. Heffernan, Yijun Lou and Jianhong Wu, Range expansion of Ixodes scapularis ticks and of Borrelia burgdorferi by migratory birds, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B, 19(2014), 3147-3167.
• Daozhou Gao, Yijun Lou and Shigui Ruan, A periodic Ross-Macdonald model in a patchy environment, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B, 19(2014), 3133-3145.
• Stephen A. Gourley and Yijun Lou, A mathematical model for the spatial spread and biocontrol of the Asian longhorned beetle, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 74(2014), 864-884.
• Jane M. Heffernan, Yijun Lou, Marc Steben and Jianhong Wu, Cost-effectiveness evaluation of gender-based vaccination programs against sexually transmitted infections, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B, 19(2014), 447-466.
• Yijun Lou and Jianhong Wu, Tick seeking assumptions and their implications for Lyme disease predictions, Ecological Complexity, 17(2014), 99-106.

2013

• Xiaotian Wu, Venkata R. Duvvuri, Yijun Lou, Nicholas H. Ogden, Yann Pelcat and Jianhong Wu, Developing a temperature-driven map of the basic reproductive number of the emerging tick vector of Lyme disease Ixodes scapularis in Canada, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 319(2013), 50-61.

2012

• Yijun Lou, Redouane Qesmi, Qin Wang, Marc Steben, Jianhong Wu and Jane M. Heffernan, Epidemiological impact of a genital herpes type 2 vaccine for young females, PLOS ONE, 7(2012), e46027.
• Jie Lou, Yijun Lou and Jianhong Wu, Threshold virus dynamics with impulsive antiretroviral drug effects, Journal of Mathematical Biology, 65(2012), 623-652.

2011

• Yijun Lou and Jianhong Wu, Global dynamics of a tick Ixodes scapularis model, Can. Appl. Math. Q., 19(2011), 65-78.
• Yijun Lou and Xiao-Qiang Zhao, Modelling malaria control by introduction of larvivorous fish, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 73(2011), 2384-2407.
• Yijun Lou and Xiao-Qiang Zhao, A reaction-diffusion malaria model with incubation period in the vector population, Journal of Mathematical Biology, 62(2011), 543-568.

2010

• Xiuxiang Liu and Yijun Lou, Global dynamics of a predator-prey model, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 371(2010), 323-340.
• Yijun Lou and Xiao-Qiang Zhao, The periodic Ross-Macdonald model with diffusion and advection, Applicable Analysis, 89(2010), 1067-1089.
• Yijun Lou and Xiao-Qiang Zhao, A climate-based malaria transmission model with structured vector population, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 70(2010), 2023-2044.

2009

• Yijun Lou and Xiao-Qiang Zhao, Threshold dynamics in a time-delayed periodic SIS epidemic model, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series B, 12(2009), 169-186.

2007

• Yijun Lou, Fangyue Chen and Junbiao Guan, Fingerprint feature extraction via CNN with von Neumann neighborhood, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 17(2007), 4145-4151.
• Yijun Lou, Bifurcation of travelling wave solutions in generalized phi-four equation, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 190(2007), 517-525.
• Yijun Lou, Bifurcation of travelling wave solutions in a nonlinear variant of the RLW equation, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 12(2007), 1488-1503.

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