Chao Lin

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Chao Lin is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao Lin has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 24 papers in Information Systems and 12 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Chao Lin's work include Cryptography and Data Security (31 papers), Blockchain Technology Applications and Security (18 papers) and Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (14 papers). Chao Lin is often cited by papers focused on Cryptography and Data Security (31 papers), Blockchain Technology Applications and Security (18 papers) and Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (14 papers). Chao Lin collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and India. Chao Lin's co-authors include Debiao He, Xinyi Huang, Kim‐Kwang Raymond Choo, Neeraj Kumar, Athanasios V. Vasilakos, Alexey Vinel, Muhammad Khurram Khan, Pandi Vijayakumar, Xiang Xie and Sherali Zeadally and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Access, IEEE Communications Magazine and Information Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Chao Lin

36 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

BSeIn: A blockchain-based secure mutual authentication wi... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2018 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. BSeIn: A blockchain-based secure mutual authentication with fine-grained access control system for industry 4.0
    2018 315 citations Chao Lin, Debiao He et al. Journal of Network and Computer Applications profile →
  2. Security and Privacy for the Internet of Drones: Challenges and Solutions
    2018 257 citations Chao Lin, Debiao He et al. profile →

Peers

Chao Lin
Basudeb Bera India
Anjia Yang China
Du Xu China
Sungjin Yu South Korea
Guiyi Wei China
Joonsang Baek Australia
Yulu Wu China
Corinna Schmitt Germany
Basudeb Bera India
Chao Lin
Citations per year, relative to Chao Lin Chao Lin (= 1×) peers Basudeb Bera

Countries citing papers authored by Chao Lin

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chao Lin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chao Lin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chao Lin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chao Lin based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chao Lin. Chao Lin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lin, Chao, et al.. (2025). Sphinx: Certificateless Conditional Privacy-Preserving Authentication With Secure Transmission for VANETs. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. 22(6). 7189–7202.
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Lin, Chao, et al.. (2025). Optimized Blockchain-Based EMR Sharing via Secure Channel-Free Universal Designated Verifier Signature Proofs. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 12(22). 45972–45984. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Jiguo, et al.. (2025). A Traceable Privacy-Preserving Transaction Protocol With Evolutionary Threshold Authentication. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 12(12). 20787–20799. 1 indexed citations
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Ning, Jianting, et al.. (2024). DTACB: Dynamic Threshold Anonymous Credentials With Batch-Showing. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 19. 7744–7758. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Haijiang, Jianting Ning, Wei Wu, Chao Lin, & Kai Zhang. (2024). KA2SE: Key-Aggregation Authorized Searchable Encryption Scheme for Data Sharing in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing. 18(1). 226–238. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Chao, et al.. (2024). Generic Construction of Conditional Privacy-Preserving Certificateless Signatures With Efficient Instantiations for VANETs. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 19. 5449–5463. 8 indexed citations
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Lin, Chao, et al.. (2024). A General Blockchain-Based Automatic Audit Scheme For Proofs Of Retrievability. The Computer Journal. 67(6). 2219–2229. 1 indexed citations
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Jiang, Peng, Fuchun Guo, Willy Susilo, et al.. (2023). EthereumX: Improving Signature Security With Randomness Preprocessing Module. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing. 16(5). 3318–3331. 3 indexed citations
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Lin, Chao, et al.. (2023). User-Friendly Public-Key Authenticated Encryption With Keyword Search for Industrial Internet of Things. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 10(15). 13544–13555. 14 indexed citations
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Huang, Xinyi, et al.. (2022). VILS: A Verifiable Image Licensing System. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 17. 1420–1434. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kai, et al.. (2022). Blockchain-based access control for dynamic device management in microgrid. Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications. 15(3). 1653–1668. 3 indexed citations
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Lin, Chao, Xinyi Huang, Jianting Ning, & Debiao He. (2022). ACA: Anonymous, Confidential and Auditable Transaction Systems for Blockchain. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. 20(6). 4536–4550. 8 indexed citations
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Lin, Chao, et al.. (2021). Research on the Application of Internet of Things in Universities Instruments and Equipment Management. 2021 3rd International Academic Exchange Conference on Science and Technology Innovation (IAECST). 39. 58–62. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Chao, Debiao He, Sherali Zeadally, Xinyi Huang, & Zhe Liu. (2020). Blockchain-based Data Sharing System for Sensing-as-a-Service in Smart Cities. ACM Transactions on Internet Technology. 21(2). 1–21. 13 indexed citations
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Lin, Chao, Debiao He, Xinyi Huang, Xiang Xie, & Kim‐Kwang Raymond Choo. (2020). PPChain: A Privacy-Preserving Permissioned Blockchain Architecture for Cryptocurrency and Other Regulated Applications. IEEE Systems Journal. 15(3). 4367–4378. 26 indexed citations
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Lin, Chao, Debiao He, Neeraj Kumar, et al.. (2019). HomeChain: A Blockchain-Based Secure Mutual Authentication System for Smart Homes. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 7(2). 818–829. 152 indexed citations
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Lin, Chao, et al.. (2019). Secure and efficient access of personal health record: a group-oriented ciphertext-policy attribute-based encryption. Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers. 42(1). 80–86. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Kuan‐Ching, et al.. (2018). A Proxy Transitive Signature Scheme. 網際網路技術學刊. 19(4). 1273–1284. 2 indexed citations
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Lin, Chao, Debiao He, Xinyi Huang, Kim‐Kwang Raymond Choo, & Athanasios V. Vasilakos. (2018). BSeIn: A blockchain-based secure mutual authentication with fine-grained access control system for industry 4.0. Journal of Network and Computer Applications. 116. 42–52. 315 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lin, Chao, Wei Wu, Xinyi Huang, & Li Xu. (2016). A new universal designated verifier transitive signature scheme for big graph data. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 83(1). 73–83. 7 indexed citations

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