Kai Zhong

614 total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 362 citations indexed

About

Kai Zhong is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Signal Processing. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Zhong has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 362 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 18 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 11 papers in Signal Processing. Recurrent topics in Kai Zhong's work include Radar Systems and Signal Processing (26 papers), Antenna Design and Optimization (16 papers) and Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques (14 papers). Kai Zhong is often cited by papers focused on Radar Systems and Signal Processing (26 papers), Antenna Design and Optimization (16 papers) and Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques (14 papers). Kai Zhong collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Italy. Kai Zhong's co-authors include Jinfeng Hu, Cunhua Pan, Jun Fang, Xianxiang Yu, Huiyong Li, Guolong Cui, Kah Chan Teh, Bin Liao, Jun Liu and Tee Hiang Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing and IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kai Zhong

39 papers receiving 357 citations

Hit Papers

1 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.

Joint Waveform and Beamforming Design for RIS-Aided ISAC Systems

2023 108 citations Kai Zhong, Jinfeng Hu et al. IEEE Signal Processing Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Zhong China	9	276	166	34	29	24	50	362
Jianming Zhou China	8	291 1.1×	275 1.7×	22 0.6×	70 2.4×	20 0.8×	40	400
Axel Diewald Germany	10	176 0.6×	173 1.0×	23 0.7×	52 1.8×	29 1.2×	25	305
Yedukondalu Kamatham India	9	143 0.5×	130 0.8×	19 0.6×	36 1.2×	35 1.5×	41	258
Murat Temiz United Kingdom	10	223 0.8×	247 1.5×	22 0.6×	77 2.7×	27 1.1×	34	345
Omar Aldayel Saudi Arabia	8	248 0.9×	142 0.9×	63 1.9×	27 0.9×	21 0.9×	18	350
Mohamad Basim Alabd Germany	9	173 0.6×	170 1.0×	19 0.6×	42 1.4×	20 0.8×	18	271
Jingjian Huang China	12	332 1.2×	178 1.1×	85 2.5×	12 0.4×	24 1.0×	61	431
Khaled Alhujaili United States	5	288 1.0×	120 0.7×	59 1.7×	19 0.7×	19 0.8×	11	333
Mark A. Govoni United States	10	392 1.4×	108 0.7×	63 1.9×	46 1.6×	48 2.0×	31	457

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Zhong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Zhong

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Zhong

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Zhong. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Zhong 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 Kai Zhong. Kai Zhong 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

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Zhong, Kai, et al.. (2026). LPI-based Power and Dwell Time Allocation for Target Tracking via Manifold Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 1–15.

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Teh, Kah Chan, et al.. (2025). Manifold-Based Sum Rate Maximization for Uplink RIS-MIMO-NOMA With Imperfect SIC. IEEE Communications Letters. 29(12). 3063–3067.

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Jiang, Di, et al.. (2025). Cooperative Double IRS Aided Secure Communication for MIMO-OFDM Systems. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 1–6.

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Wang, Hua, et al.. (2025). Unimodular waveform design for ambiguity function shaping with spectral constraint via a manifold-based exact penalty method. Signal Processing. 236. 110042–110042.

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Cheng, Tee Hiang, et al.. (2025). Joint Beamforming and Antenna Position Optimization for IRS-Aided Multi-User Movable Antenna Systems. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 25. 3750–3765. 1 indexed citations

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Zhong, Kai, et al.. (2025). Secure Analog Beamforming Design for Wireless Communication Systems With Movable Antennas. ArXiv.org. 1–5. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Hua, Jinfeng Hu, Xiaohong Peng, et al.. (2025). Wideband MIMO radar beampattern shaping in spectrally dense environments. Signal Processing. 238. 110122–110122.

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Zhong, Kai, Ren Wang, Jinfeng Hu, et al.. (2025). Design of Discrete-Phase Orthogonal Waveforms for Cognitive MIMO Systems. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking. 12. 2281–2294.

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Zhong, Kai, Jinfeng Hu, Huiyong Li, et al.. (2024). RIS-Aided Beamforming Design for MIMO Systems via Unified Manifold Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 74(1). 674–685. 4 indexed citations

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Hu, Jinfeng, et al.. (2024). Codesign of Constant Modulus Waveform and Receive Filters for Polarimetric Radar. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 21. 1–5. 2 indexed citations

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Hu, Jinfeng, et al.. (2024). Riemannian Conjugate Gradient Method Based on Exact Penalty for Phase-Only Beamforming Synthesis. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. 23(12). 4383–4387. 2 indexed citations

12.

Lin, Jingran, et al.. (2024). Constant Modulus IRS-Assisted Secure Beamforming for Massive MIMO. 183–188.

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Hu, Jinfeng, et al.. (2024). Multispectrally Compatible Transceiver Design for MIMO-STAP Radar and Communication Coexistence. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 61(2). 3076–3091. 3 indexed citations

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Zhong, Kai, Jinfeng Hu, Jun Liu, et al.. (2024). P²C²M: Parallel Product Complex Circle Manifold for RIS-Aided ISAC Waveform Design. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking. 10(4). 1441–1451. 24 indexed citations

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Hu, Jinfeng, et al.. (2023). MIMO Radar Transmit Waveform Design for Beampattern Matching via Complex Circle Optimization. Remote Sensing. 15(3). 633–633. 3 indexed citations

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Zhong, Kai, et al.. (2023). Joint Waveform and Beamforming Design for RIS-Aided ISAC Systems. IEEE Signal Processing Letters. 30. 165–169. 108 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhong, Kai, Jinfeng Hu, & Cunhua Pan. (2023). Constant Modulus MIMO Radar Waveform Design via Iterative Optimization Network Method. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 72. 1–11. 14 indexed citations

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Yin, Liang, et al.. (2023). Vanadium dioxide based terahertz dual-frequency multi-function coding metasurface. Acta Physica Sinica. 72(9). 98101–98101. 6 indexed citations

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Hu, Jinfeng, et al.. (2023). Mimo Radar Transmit Beampattern Matching Via Manifold Optimization. 1–5. 3 indexed citations

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Zhong, Kai, et al.. (2022). Constant Modulus Waveform Design for Integrated Sensing and Communication Systems. IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. 3736–3739. 1 indexed citations

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