Kan Yang

8.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
95 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Kan Yang is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Kan Yang has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 35 papers in Information Systems and 30 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Kan Yang's work include Cryptography and Data Security (43 papers), Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (42 papers) and Cloud Data Security Solutions (18 papers). Kan Yang is often cited by papers focused on Cryptography and Data Security (43 papers), Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (42 papers) and Cloud Data Security Solutions (18 papers). Kan Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Kan Yang's co-authors include Xiaohua Jia, Xuemin Shen, Hongwei Li, Kan Zheng, Zhe Yang, Xiaodong Lin, Kuan Zhang, Guowen Xu, Victor C. M. Leung and Lei Lei and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Kan Yang

85 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Blockchain-Based Decentralized Trust Management in Vehicular Networks

2018 689 citations Kan Yang et al. IEEE Internet of Things Journal profile →
VerifyNet: Secure and Verifiable Federated Learning

2019 552 citations Guowen Xu, Hongwei Li et al. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security profile →
An Efficient and Secure Dynamic Auditing Protocol for Data Storage in Cloud Computing

2012 429 citations Kan Yang, Xiaohua Jia profile →
Security and Privacy in Smart City Applications: Challenges and Solutions

2017 410 citations Kuan Zhang, Jianbing Ni et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kan Yang China	38	3.8k	3.2k	1.7k	974	474	95	5.9k
Jianbing Ni Canada	37	2.5k 0.7×	2.3k 0.7×	2.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	495 1.0×	121	4.8k
Hongwei Li China	43	6.0k 1.6×	3.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	900 0.9×	544 1.1×	323	8.1k
Qiang He China	44	1.7k 0.5×	2.9k 0.9×	3.6k 2.1×	756 0.8×	245 0.5×	262	6.0k
Hui Li China	50	5.6k 1.5×	4.7k 1.5×	3.8k 2.2×	2.1k 2.1×	296 0.6×	488	9.8k
Liusheng Huang China	38	2.4k 0.6×	931 0.3×	2.7k 1.6×	1.6k 1.6×	687 1.4×	410	5.9k
Yun Yang Australia	45	1.4k 0.4×	4.1k 1.3×	4.2k 2.4×	508 0.5×	242 0.5×	322	6.7k
Jamal Bentahar Canada	30	1.5k 0.4×	1.3k 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	429 0.4×	141 0.3×	215	3.3k
Dirk Grunwald United States	42	2.6k 0.7×	994 0.3×	4.2k 2.4×	2.2k 2.3×	529 1.1×	231	7.4k
Jianliang Xu Hong Kong	44	2.3k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	3.0k 1.7×	696 0.7×	311 0.7×	353	6.0k
Zhenfu Cao China	42	4.5k 1.2×	3.3k 1.0×	2.7k 1.6×	949 1.0×	87 0.2×	394	6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Kan Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kan Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kan Yang

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

Fan, Kai, et al.. (2025). Dynamic Multi-User Authorization in Ciphertext Retrieval With Proxy Re-Encryption. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. 22(6). 5918–5930.

Li, Yibo, et al.. (2025). Burnout and its relationship with depressive symptoms in primary school teachers under the “Double Reduction” policy in China. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1420452–1420452. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Fan, et al.. (2024). EpiOracle: Privacy-Preserving Cross-Facility Early Warning for Unknown Epidemics. Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies. 2025(1). 361–378.

Zhang, Yuan, et al.. (2024). Beyond Security: Achieving Fairness in Mailmen-Assisted Timed Data Delivery. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 19. 6425–6440. 2 indexed citations

Yang, Kan, et al.. (2024). Sex difference in alexithymia and cognitive impairment in chronic schizophrenia: a large sample study based on Chinese Han population. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 275(3). 733–742.

Zhang, Meiying, et al.. (2024). Ensuring Fairness in Federated Learning Services: Innovative Approaches to Client Selection, Scheduling, and Rewards. 762–773. 1 indexed citations

Shi, Yijie, Kai Fan, Yuhan Bai, et al.. (2024). Building Efficient and Flexible Voting Protocols: An Approach to Fairness and Anonymity. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 12(3). 3163–3176.

Yang, Kan, et al.. (2024). PKChain: Compromise-Tolerant and Verifiable Public Key Management System. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 12(3). 3130–3144.

Zhang, Meiying, et al.. (2024). Towards Fair, Robust and Efficient Client Contribution Evaluation in Federated Learning. 1635–1640.

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Yang, Kan, et al.. (2021). Reputation-Based Truth Discovery With Long-Term Quality of Source in Internet of Things. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 9(7). 5410–5421. 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Anjia, Jian Weng, Kan Yang, Cheng Huang, & Xuemin Shen. (2020). Delegating Authentication to Edge: A Decentralized Authentication Architecture for Vehicular Networks. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 23(2). 1284–1298. 97 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yuan, Chunxiang Xu, Hongwei Li, et al.. (2020). PROTECT: Efficient Password-Based Threshold Single-Sign-On Authentication for Mobile Users against Perpetual Leakage. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 20(6). 2297–2312. 80 indexed citations

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Xu, Guowen, Hongwei Li, Sen Liu, Kan Yang, & Xiaodong Lin. (2019). VerifyNet: Secure and Verifiable Federated Learning. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. 15. 911–926. 552 indexed citations breakdown →

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Su, Zhou, et al.. (2018). Experience Blocking Ratio Based Game Theoretic Approach for Spectrum Sharing in Heterogeneous Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering. 7(1). 343–355. 7 indexed citations

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Shu, Jiangang, Kan Yang, Xiaohua Jia, et al.. (2018). Proxy-Free Privacy-Preserving Task Matching with Efficient Revocation in Crowdsourcing. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. 18(1). 117–130. 55 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yinghui, Robert H. Deng, Jiangang Shu, Kan Yang, & Dong Zheng. (2018). TKSE: Trustworthy Keyword Search Over Encrypted Data With Two-Side Verifiability via Blockchain. IEEE Access. 6. 31077–31087. 79 indexed citations

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Xu, Qichao, Zhou Su, & Kan Yang. (2017). Optimal Control Theory-Based Epidemic Information Spreading Scheme for Mobile Social Users With Energy Constraint. IEEE Access. 5. 14107–14118. 24 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kuan, Xiaohui Liang, Jianbing Ni, Kan Yang, & Xuemin Shen. (2016). Exploiting Social Network to Enhance Human-to-Human Infection Analysis without Privacy Leakage. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. 15(4). 607–620. 36 indexed citations

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Yang, Kan & Xiaohua Jia. (2012). Attributed-Based Access Control for Multi-authority Systems in Cloud Storage. 536–545. 78 indexed citations

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Lipkin, Martin, Kan Yang, Winfried Edelmann, et al.. (1999). Preclinical Mouse Models for Cancer Chemoprevention Studies. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 889(1). 14–19. 25 indexed citations

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