Gang Sun

8.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
292 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Gang Sun is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Gang Sun has authored 292 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 144 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 100 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 83 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Gang Sun's work include Software-Defined Networks and 5G (78 papers), Advanced Optical Network Technologies (46 papers) and Cloud Computing and Resource Management (44 papers). Gang Sun is often cited by papers focused on Software-Defined Networks and 5G (78 papers), Advanced Optical Network Technologies (46 papers) and Cloud Computing and Resource Management (44 papers). Gang Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Arab Emirates. Gang Sun's co-authors include Hongfang Yu, Dan Liao, Mohsen Guizani, Victor Chang, Xiaojiang Du, Vishal Anand, Long Luo, Athanasios V. Vasilakos, Yayu Li and Dongcheng Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Bioinformatics and IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.

In The Last Decade

Gang Sun

271 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Low-Latency and Resource-Efficient Service Function Chaining Orchestration in Network Function Virtualization

2019 204 citations Gang Sun, Hongfang Yu et al. IEEE Internet of Things Journal profile →
Latency performance modeling and analysis for hyperledger fabric blockchain network

2020 157 citations Gang Sun, Long Luo et al. profile →
HiFuse: Hierarchical multi-scale feature fusion network for medical image classification

2023 131 citations Gang Sun, Shengwei Tian et al. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control profile →
Profit Maximization of Independent Task Offloading in MEC-Enabled 5G Internet of Vehicles

2024 68 citations Gang Sun, Hongfang Yu et al. profile →
Proportional Fairness-Aware Task Scheduling in Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks

2024 53 citations Gang Sun, Hongfang Yu et al. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing profile →
Convergence of Symbiotic Communications and Blockchain for Sustainable and Trustworthy 6G Wireless Networks

2025 27 citations Gang Sun, Hongfang Yu et al. profile →

Peers

Gang Sun

CNC

EEE

CVPR

Shancang Li United Kingdom

Rajesh Gupta India

Michael Devetsikiotis United States

Amir Masoud Rahmani Iran

Mohammad Kamrul Hasan Malaysia

Jinsong Wu China

Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan United States

Huawei Huang China

Ejaz Ahmed Malaysia

Keke Gai China

Shancang Li United Kingdom

Gang Sun

4.2k ×1.3

CNC

2.0k ×1.0

EEE

2.3k ×1.3

1.6k ×1.3

1.0k ×2.0

CVPR

Citations per year, relative to Gang Sun Gang Sun (= 1×) peers Shancang Li

Countries citing papers authored by Gang Sun

Since Specialization

Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gang Sun

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Gang Sun. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Gang Sun. The network helps show where Gang Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gang Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gang Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gang Sun 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 Gang Sun. Gang Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Ling, et al.. (2025). Optimizing global parameter synchronization for geo-distributed machine learning in reconfigurable optical wide area networks. Neurocomputing. 652. 131025–131025.

Sun, Gang, et al.. (2025). Scalable Storage Optimization for Blockchain-Based Cross-Domain Authentication in IoT. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. 22(5). 4719–4731.

Li, Zonghang, et al.. (2025). SecureShare: Blockchain Based Secure and Verifiable Knowledge Sharing for AI-Generated Content (AIGC) Services. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 74(11). 18112–18125.

Sun, Gang, et al.. (2024). An Efficient Consensus Algorithm for Blockchain-Based Cross-Domain Authentication in Bandwidth-Constrained Wide-Area IoT Networks. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 11(19). 31917–31931. 10 indexed citations

Cai, Qingqing, et al.. (2024). Deter-Pay: A Deterministic Routing Protocol in Concurrent Payment Channel Network. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 11(19). 31206–31220. 21 indexed citations

Cai, Qingqing, et al.. (2024). Split-Chain-Based Efficient Blockchain-Assisted Cross-Domain Authentication for IoT. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. 21(3). 3209–3223. 13 indexed citations

Luo, Haoxiang, et al.. (2024). DHBN: An Efficient Broadcast Protocol for Blockchain Networks in Highly Dynamic Heterogeneous Environment. 1–6. 3 indexed citations

Li, Qing, Yong Xiong, Zonghang Li, et al.. (2024). KlonetAI: Automating (Com)²Nets Management With Human Language Intents. IEEE Network. 39(3). 12–19. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Ling, Gang Sun, Xi Chen, et al.. (2023). Topologies in distributed machine learning: Comprehensive survey, recommendations and future directions. Neurocomputing. 567. 127009–127009. 6 indexed citations

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Luo, Haoxiang, et al.. (2023). Performance Analysis of Non-ideal Wireless PBFT Networks with mmWave and Terahertz Signals. 104–108. 10 indexed citations

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Sun, Gang, Shengwei Tian, Yan Wang, et al.. (2023). HiFuse: Hierarchical multi-scale feature fusion network for medical image classification. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 87. 105534–105534. 131 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Zonghang, et al.. (2023). Cross-silo heterogeneous model federated multitask learning. Knowledge-Based Systems. 265. 110347–110347. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Zonghang, et al.. (2023). NBSync: Parallelism of Local Computing and Global Synchronization for Fast Distributed Machine Learning in WANs. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing. 16(6). 4115–4127. 4 indexed citations

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Sun, Gang, et al.. (2022). SNPSFuzzer: A Fast Greybox Fuzzer for Stateful Network Protocols Using Snapshots. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 17. 2673–2687. 21 indexed citations

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Li, Zonghang, Qingqing Cai, Hongfang Yu, et al.. (2021). DGT: A contribution-aware differential gradient transmission mechanism for distributed machine learning. Future Generation Computer Systems. 121. 35–47. 8 indexed citations

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Cai, Weibo, et al.. (2021). Beamer: Stage-Aware Coflow Scheduling to Accelerate Hyper-Parameter Tuning in Deep Learning Clusters. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. 19(2). 1083–1097. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Zonghang, et al.. (2020). ESync: Accelerating Intra-Domain Federated Learning in Heterogeneous Data Centers. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing. 15(4). 2261–2274. 23 indexed citations

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Sun, Gang, et al.. (2018). The Relationship between Inflation, Exchange Rate, and Currency Substitution: Evidence from Panel Vector Error Correction Model Approach. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations

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Sun, Gang, et al.. (2017). Dynamic Relations between Stock Price and Exchange Rate: Evidence from South Asia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Gang, Dan Liao, Dongcheng Zhao, Zichuan Xu, & Hongfang Yu. (2015). Live Migration for Multiple Correlated Virtual Machines in Cloud-Based Data Centers. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing. 11(2). 279–291. 165 indexed citations

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