Haitong Xu

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Haitong Xu is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Haitong Xu has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Ocean Engineering, 16 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 12 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Haitong Xu's work include Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability (26 papers), Maritime Navigation and Safety (23 papers) and Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (11 papers). Haitong Xu is often cited by papers focused on Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability (26 papers), Maritime Navigation and Safety (23 papers) and Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (11 papers). Haitong Xu collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, China and Norway. Haitong Xu's co-authors include C. Guedes Soares, M.A. Hinostroza, Vahid Hassani, Zihao Wang, Xianku Zhang, Xia Li, Zao-Jian Zou, Paulo Oliveira, Hao Rong and Donghao Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Organic Chemistry, Renewable Energy and IEEE Sensors Journal.

In The Last Decade

Haitong Xu

49 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Hybrid path planning method for USV using bidirectional A... 2024 2026 2025 2024 10 20 30 40
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. Hybrid path planning method for USV using bidirectional A* and improved DWA considering the manoeuvrability and COLREGs
    2024 43 citations Donghao Xu, Xueqian Zhou et al. Ocean Engineering profile →

Peers

Haitong Xu
Weilin Luo China
Roberto Galeazzi Denmark
Jian Cao China
Eduardo A. Tannuri Brazil
Nakwan Kim South Korea
Xiao Liang China
Nam-Kyun Im South Korea
Man Zhu China
Lúcia Moreira Portugal
Ming-Chung Fang Taiwan
Weilin Luo China
Haitong Xu
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Countries citing papers authored by Haitong Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Haitong Xu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Haitong Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Haitong Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Haitong Xu 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 Haitong Xu. Haitong Xu 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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Yin, Yong, et al.. (2025). An Efficient Laser Point Cloud Registration Method for Autonomous Surface Vehicle. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 13(9). 1720–1720. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xianku, et al.. (2025). Cooperative path following control of USV-UAVs with genetic algorithm extended state observer. Ocean Engineering. 320. 120332–120332. 15 indexed citations
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Wu, Feifei, Xin Su, Tingting Cheng, Haitong Xu, & Bing Wu. (2025). Ship Formation Control Using Nonlinear Model Predictive Control With Safe Speed Constraints and Tidal Elevation Variations. IET Intelligent Transport Systems. 19(1).
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Xu, Haitong, Lúcia Moreira, Xianbo Xiang, & C. Guedes Soares. (2024). Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 12(6). 957–957.
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Xu, Haitong, et al.. (2024). Effect of Sampling Rate in Sea Trial Tests on the Estimation of Hydrodynamic Parameters for a Nonlinear Ship Manoeuvring Model. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 12(3). 407–407. 6 indexed citations
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Xu, Donghao, et al.. (2024). Hybrid path planning method for USV using bidirectional A* and improved DWA considering the manoeuvrability and COLREGs. Ocean Engineering. 298. 117210–117210. 43 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Xianku, et al.. (2024). Unmanned Surface Vessel–Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Cooperative Path Following Based on a Predictive Line of Sight Guidance Law. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 12(10). 1818–1818. 2 indexed citations
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Calvário, M., Haitong Xu, Shan Wang, J.F. Gaspar, & C. Guedes Soares. (2024). Impact of a tri-dimensional conical structure made of composite materials. Ocean Engineering. 315. 119817–119817.
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Zhang, Xianku, et al.. (2024). Heterogeneous cooperative trajectory tracking control between surface and underwater unmanned vehicles. Ocean Engineering. 301. 117137–117137. 27 indexed citations
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Xu, Donghao, Yijian Huang, Xueqian Zhou, & Haitong Xu. (2023). Path following control for large inland ships in a restricted waterway using the nonlinear terminal sliding mode method. Ocean Engineering. 284. 115159–115159. 11 indexed citations
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Xu, Haitong, et al.. (2023). Experimental study on the mooring forces and motions of a fish cage under regular waves. Ocean Engineering. 280. 114612–114612. 26 indexed citations
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Xu, Haitong, et al.. (2023). Fixed-time leader-follower formation control of underactuated unmanned surface vehicles with unknown dynamics and ocean disturbances. European Journal of Control. 70. 100784–100784. 42 indexed citations
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Xu, Haitong & C. Guedes Soares. (2023). Data-Driven Parameter Estimation of Nonlinear Ship Manoeuvring Model in Shallow Water Using Truncated Least Squares Support Vector Machines. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11(10). 1865–1865. 3 indexed citations
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Xu, Haitong & C. Guedes Soares. (2022). Convergence analysis of hydrodynamic coefficients estimation using regularization filter functions on free-running ship model tests with noise. Ocean Engineering. 250. 111012–111012. 11 indexed citations
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Costa, Ana C. S., Haitong Xu, & C. Guedes Soares. (2021). Robust Parameter Estimation of an Empirical Manoeuvring Model Using Free-Running Model Tests. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 9(11). 1302–1302. 14 indexed citations
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Xu, Haitong, Vahid Hassani, & C. Guedes Soares. (2020). Truncated least square support vector machine for parameter estimation of a nonlinear manoeuvring model based on PMM tests. Applied Ocean Research. 97. 102076–102076. 32 indexed citations
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Xu, Haitong & C. Guedes Soares. (2016). Vector field path following for surface marine vessel and parameter identification based on LS-SVM. Ocean Engineering. 113. 151–161. 72 indexed citations

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