Guangfu Ma

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
192 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Guangfu Ma is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Guangfu Ma has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 86 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 63 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Guangfu Ma's work include Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (87 papers), Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (58 papers) and Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (46 papers). Guangfu Ma is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (87 papers), Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (58 papers) and Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (46 papers). Guangfu Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Guangfu Ma's co-authors include Jie Mei, Qinglei Hu, Wei Ren, Chuanjiang Li, Yanning Guo, Wei Ren, Yanchao Sun, Liangming Chen, Dongyu Li and Lihua Xie and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

In The Last Decade

Guangfu Ma

179 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Distributed containment control for Lagrangian networks with parametric uncertainties under a directed graph

2012 476 citations Jie Mei, Guangfu Ma et al. profile →
Distributed Coordinated Tracking With a Dynamic Leader for Multiple Euler-Lagrange Systems

2011 372 citations Jie Mei, Guangfu Ma et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guangfu Ma China	33	3.2k	2.4k	1.7k	336	244	192	4.8k
Bailing Tian China	33	3.3k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	473 1.4×	58 0.2×	135	4.4k
Haibo Du China	43	5.8k 1.8×	3.8k 1.6×	1.2k 0.7×	522 1.6×	247 1.0×	184	7.3k
Shuanghe Yu China	30	4.2k 1.3×	1.5k 0.6×	849 0.5×	420 1.3×	53 0.2×	165	5.1k
Chuanjiang Li China	28	1.4k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	718 0.4×	169 0.5×	82 0.3×	136	2.1k
Tansel Yucelen United States	26	2.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.6×	454 0.3×	409 1.2×	81 0.3×	314	3.5k
Chunjiang Qian United States	46	8.9k 2.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 4.1×	72 0.3×	201	9.7k
Antonio Lorı́a France	32	4.4k 1.4×	1.5k 0.6×	555 0.3×	189 0.6×	83 0.3×	205	5.6k
Wilfrid Perruquetti France	40	6.5k 2.0×	1.7k 0.7×	757 0.5×	460 1.4×	76 0.3×	201	7.7k
Qinglei Hu China	56	7.5k 2.3×	1.7k 0.7×	4.5k 2.7×	648 1.9×	27 0.1×	327	9.3k
Manfredi Maggiore Canada	23	1.9k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	421 0.3×	129 0.4×	180 0.7×	96	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Guangfu Ma

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guangfu Ma

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Liu, Yizhi, et al.. (2025). Adaptive Event-Triggered Control for Multi-Quadrotor Systems under Aperiodically Intermittent Communications. 2(1). 10005–10005.

Mei, Jie, et al.. (2024). Adaptive leaderless consensus of MIMO multi-agent systems with unknown dynamics and nonlinear dynamic uncertainties. Systems & Control Letters. 196. 105983–105983. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Guangfu, et al.. (2024). GEO satellite on-orbit refueling and debris removal hybrid mission planning under uncertainty. Advances in Space Research. 74(5). 2376–2387. 4 indexed citations

Yue, Chengfei, Ming Liu, Fan Wu, et al.. (2024). CDIO-Based Outstanding Engineers Training Model in Aerospace. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 58(16). 153–157.

Xu, Hang, et al.. (2023). An optimization framework with improved auction-based initialization for highly constrained on-orbit servicing mission planning. Applied Soft Computing. 149. 110983–110983. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Yao, Tianyi Zeng, Yanning Guo, & Guangfu Ma. (2023). Mars powered descent phase guidance law based on reinforcement learning for collision avoidance. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 33(17). 10378–10392. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Liangming, Qingkai Yang, Chuanjiang Li, & Guangfu Ma. (2021). Controlling Dynamic Formations of Mobile Agents Governed by Euler-Lagrange Dynamics. International Journal of Control Automation and Systems. 19(5). 1740–1750. 7 indexed citations

Guo, Yanning, et al.. (2021). Barrier Lyapunov Function-Based Planetary Landing Guidance for Hazardous Terrains. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 27(5). 2764–2774. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Liangming, Chuanjiang Li, Yanning Guo, et al.. (2021). Formation–containment control of multi-agent systems with communication delays. ISA Transactions. 128(Pt A). 32–43. 34 indexed citations

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Li, Dongyu, Guangfu Ma, Yang Xu, Wei He, & Shuzhi Sam Ge. (2020). Layered Affine Formation Control of Networked Uncertain Systems: A Fully Distributed Approach Over Directed Graphs. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 51(12). 6119–6130. 49 indexed citations

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Li, Dongyu, Shuzhi Sam Ge, Wei He, Chuanjiang Li, & Guangfu Ma. (2020). Distributed Formation Control of Multiple Euler–Lagrange Systems: A Multilayer Framework. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 52(5). 3325–3332. 20 indexed citations

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Gao, Han, et al.. (2019). Data-driven model-free adaptive attitude control of partially constrained combined spacecraft with external disturbances and input saturation. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics. 32(5). 1281–1293. 32 indexed citations

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Li, Dongyu, Guangfu Ma, Wei He, Shuzhi Sam Ge, & Tong Heng Lee. (2019). Cooperative Circumnavigation Control of Networked Microsatellites. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 50(10). 4550–4555. 43 indexed citations

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Chen, Liangliang, Chuanjiang Li, Yanchao Sun, & Guangfu Ma. (2019). Distributed finite-time tracking control for multiple uncertain Euler-Lagrange systems with error constraints. International Journal of Control. 94(3). 698–710. 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Liangliang, Chuanjiang Li, Yanchao Sun, & Guangfu Ma. (2018). Distributed finite‐time tracking control for multiple uncertain Euler–Lagrange systems with input saturations and error constraints. IET Control Theory and Applications. 13(1). 123–133. 24 indexed citations

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Li, Bo, Qinglei Hu, Guangfu Ma, & Yongsheng Yang. (2018). Fault-Tolerant Attitude Stabilization Incorporating Closed-Loop Control Allocation Under Actuator Failure. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 55(4). 1989–2000. 45 indexed citations

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Li, Dongyu, Guangfu Ma, Chuanjiang Li, et al.. (2018). Distributed Attitude Coordinated Control of Multiple Spacecraft With Attitude Constraints. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 54(5). 2233–2245. 75 indexed citations

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Chen, Liangliang, Chuanjiang Li, Yanchao Sun, & Guangfu Ma. (2018). Distributed finite‐time containment control for multiple Euler‐Lagrange systems with communication delays. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 29(1). 332–352. 27 indexed citations

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Wang, Wei, Hongwei Yang, Wei Zhang, & Guangfu Ma. (2017). Capture orbits around asteroids by hitting zero-velocity curves. Astrophysics and Space Science. 362(12). 5 indexed citations

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Li, Bo, et al.. (2017). Observer-Based Fault-Tolerant Attitude Control for Rigid Spacecraft. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 53(5). 2572–2582. 123 indexed citations

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