Chengzhe Lai

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Chengzhe Lai is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Chengzhe Lai has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 31 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 28 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Chengzhe Lai's work include Advanced Authentication Protocols Security (22 papers), Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) (20 papers) and Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (14 papers). Chengzhe Lai is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Authentication Protocols Security (22 papers), Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) (20 papers) and Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (14 papers). Chengzhe Lai collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Singapore. Chengzhe Lai's co-authors include Rongxing Lu, Xuemin Shen, Tom H. Luan, Ruilong Deng, Dong Zheng, Hui Li, Hao Liang, Rong Jiang, Kuan Zhang and Jin Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Access, IEEE Communications Magazine and IEEE Transactions on Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chengzhe Lai

63 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Optimal Workload Allocation in Fog-Cloud Computing Towards Balanced Delay and Power Consumption
    2016 528 citations Ruilong Deng, Rongxing Lu et al. IEEE Internet of Things Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chengzhe Lai China 22 1.6k 901 890 505 204 67 2.1k
Azees Maria India 20 1.2k 0.7× 1.1k 1.2× 1.1k 1.2× 598 1.2× 154 0.8× 51 2.0k
Jie Feng China 21 1.6k 1.0× 1.0k 1.1× 737 0.8× 611 1.2× 210 1.0× 70 2.4k
Junhui Zhao China 26 1.4k 0.9× 1.6k 1.8× 371 0.4× 430 0.9× 189 0.9× 117 2.4k
Yong Xiao China 24 1.4k 0.9× 1.2k 1.4× 378 0.4× 355 0.7× 165 0.8× 94 2.2k
Qianbin Chen China 29 3.1k 2.0× 2.1k 2.4× 627 0.7× 437 0.9× 324 1.6× 358 4.1k
Nai‐Wei Lo Taiwan 21 1.2k 0.8× 557 0.6× 951 1.1× 787 1.6× 144 0.7× 92 1.8k
Zhiwei Zhao China 25 1.6k 1.0× 1.2k 1.3× 372 0.4× 489 1.0× 177 0.9× 95 2.4k
Soumaya Cherkaoui Canada 26 1.5k 1.0× 1.3k 1.4× 331 0.4× 474 0.9× 147 0.7× 171 2.3k
Lun Tang China 20 1.7k 1.1× 1.0k 1.1× 417 0.5× 268 0.5× 218 1.1× 93 2.1k
Abdelhamid Mellouk France 20 1.3k 0.8× 819 0.9× 310 0.3× 357 0.7× 137 0.7× 136 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Chengzhe Lai

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chengzhe Lai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chengzhe Lai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chengzhe Lai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chengzhe Lai 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 Chengzhe Lai. Chengzhe Lai 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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Luan, Tom H., et al.. (2025). DTHA: A Digital Twin-Assisted Handover Authentication Scheme for 5G and Beyond. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. 22(6). 6422–6440.
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Lai, Chengzhe, et al.. (2025). Two-phase authentication for secure vehicular digital twin communications. Computer Networks. 270. 111514–111514.
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Lai, Chengzhe, et al.. (2025). Efficient and secure cross-domain data sharing scheme with traceability for Industrial Internet. Computer Networks. 260. 111117–111117. 1 indexed citations
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Lai, Chengzhe, et al.. (2024). GAN Augmentation-Based Continuous Authentication for Vehicular Digital Twin. 5220–5225. 2 indexed citations
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Luan, Tom H., et al.. (2024). SECR: A Secure and Efficient Charging Reservation Scheme Based on Digital Twin in Vehicular Network. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 12(8). 10434–10452. 3 indexed citations
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Luan, Tom H., et al.. (2023). A Lightweight and Secure Three-Factor Access Authentication Scheme in Metaverse. 488–495. 4 indexed citations
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Luan, Tom H., et al.. (2023). Breaking Down Data Sharing Barrier of Smart City: A Digital Twin Approach. IEEE Network. 38(1). 238–246. 16 indexed citations
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Lai, Chengzhe, et al.. (2021). Searchable Encryption With Autonomous Path Delegation Function and Its Application in Healthcare Cloud. IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. 11(1). 879–896. 13 indexed citations
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Cao, Jie & Chengzhe Lai. (2020). A Bilingual Multi-type Spam Detection Model Based on M-BERT. 1–6. 12 indexed citations
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Lai, Chengzhe, et al.. (2020). SPSC: A secure and privacy‐preserving autonomous platoon setup and communication scheme. Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies. 32(9). 11 indexed citations
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Lai, Chengzhe, et al.. (2019). SPIR: A Secure and Privacy-Preserving Incentive Scheme for Reliable Real-Time Map Updates. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 7(1). 416–428. 40 indexed citations
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Wang, Hong, et al.. (2019). A provably secure aggregate authentication scheme for unmanned aerial vehicle cluster networks. Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications. 13(1). 53–63. 22 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yinghui, Dong Zheng, Qinglan Zhao, Chengzhe Lai, & Fang Ren. (2017). PADA: Privacy-Aware Data Aggregation with Efficient Communication for Power Injection in 5G Smart Grid Slice. 11–16. 9 indexed citations
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Lai, Chengzhe, Rongxing Lu, & Dong Zheng. (2016). SPGS: a secure and privacy-preserving group setup framework for platoon-based vehicular cyber-physical systems. Security and Communication Networks. 9(16). 3854–3867. 13 indexed citations
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Deng, Ruilong, Rongxing Lu, Chengzhe Lai, Tom H. Luan, & Hao Liang. (2016). Optimal Workload Allocation in Fog-Cloud Computing Towards Balanced Delay and Power Consumption. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 1–1. 528 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lai, Chengzhe, Kuan Zhang, Nan Cheng, Hui Li, & Xuemin Shen. (2016). SIRC: A Secure Incentive Scheme for Reliable Cooperative Downloading in Highway VANETs. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 1–16. 104 indexed citations
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Jiang, Rong, et al.. (2013). EAP-Based Group Authentication and Key Agreement Protocol for Machine-Type Communications. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. 9(11). 304601–304601. 50 indexed citations
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Lai, Chengzhe, Hui Li, Xiaoqing Li, & Jin Cao. (2013). A novel group access authentication and key agreement protocol for machine‐type communication. Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies. 26(3). 414–431. 52 indexed citations
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Lai, Chengzhe. (2012). Security Issues on Machine to Machine Communications. KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems. 15 indexed citations

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