Kangkang Zhang

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Kangkang Zhang is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kangkang Zhang has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 18 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 8 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kangkang Zhang's work include Fault Detection and Control Systems (22 papers), Smart Grid Security and Resilience (8 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (8 papers). Kangkang Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Fault Detection and Control Systems (22 papers), Smart Grid Security and Resilience (8 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (8 papers). Kangkang Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Kangkang Zhang's co-authors include Bin Jiang, Fuyang Chen, Gang Tao, Xing‐Gang Yan, Zehui Mao, Marios M. Polycarpou, Thomas Parisini, Guoli Ji, Biao Huang and Christodoulos Keliris and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Kangkang Zhang

52 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Robust Backstepping Sliding Mode Control and Observer-based Fault Estimation for a Quadrotor UAV

2016 515 citations Kangkang Zhang, Bin Jiang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kangkang Zhang China	18	1.2k	391	323	280	193	58	1.7k
Shyam Kamal India	23	1.9k 1.6×	438 1.1×	395 1.2×	291 1.0×	114 0.6×	136	2.6k
Hongbo Li China	23	988 0.8×	468 1.2×	502 1.6×	301 1.1×	95 0.5×	141	1.9k
Krishna Busawon United Kingdom	26	1.3k 1.1×	743 1.9×	214 0.7×	196 0.7×	171 0.9×	209	2.3k
Sorin Olaru France	25	1.6k 1.3×	401 1.0×	230 0.7×	119 0.4×	223 1.2×	242	2.2k
Dezhi Xu China	29	2.1k 1.7×	887 2.3×	326 1.0×	208 0.7×	301 1.6×	167	2.6k
Damiano Rotondo Spain	25	1.8k 1.5×	253 0.6×	295 0.9×	134 0.5×	116 0.6×	118	2.0k
Jinyong Yu China	21	1.5k 1.2×	179 0.5×	555 1.7×	148 0.5×	323 1.7×	91	2.0k
Zhaoxia Peng China	28	934 0.8×	485 1.2×	1.5k 4.6×	144 0.5×	327 1.7×	73	2.2k
Weiran Yao China	18	518 0.4×	237 0.6×	270 0.8×	359 1.3×	176 0.9×	87	1.2k
Scott A. Bortoff United States	21	843 0.7×	269 0.7×	112 0.3×	269 1.0×	64 0.3×	84	1.3k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Kangkang, et al.. (2025). SnO₂ modified CsH₂PO₄ (CDP) protonic electrolyte for an electrochemical hydrogen pump. Energy Advances. 4(3). 424–434. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Hui, et al.. (2025). Distributed Adaptive Tracking Control of an Underactuated High-Speed Train With Completely Unknown System Parameters. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 27(1). 639–653.

Zhang, Kangkang, Kaiwen Chen, Marios M. Polycarpou, & Thomas Parisini. (2024). Dynamic Adaptation Gain for Threat Discrimination. 3097–3102.

Zhang, Yanjun, et al.. (2024). Higher-order properties and extensions for indirect MRAC and APPC of linear systems. Science China Information Sciences. 67(4). 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Kangkang, et al.. (2023). Development of a three-term MPC and its application to an ultra-supercritical coal fired power plant. Control Engineering Practice. 143. 105787–105787. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Kangkang, Christodoulos Keliris, Thomas Parisini, Bin Jiang, & Marios M. Polycarpou. (2023). Passive Attack Detection for a Class of Stealthy Intermittent Integrity Attacks. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica. 10(4). 898–915. 12 indexed citations

Zhang, Kangkang, Zhenwei Liu, Haidi Zhang, et al.. (2023). Identification of Hub Genes in the Pathogenesis of Bronchiolitis Obliterans via Bioinformatic Analysis and Experimental Verification. Journal of Inflammation Research. Volume 16. 3303–3317. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Shichen, et al.. (2023). Protecting Zn anodes by atomic layer deposition of ZrO₂ to extend the lifetime of aqueous Zn-ion batteries. Energy Advances. 3(1). 299–306. 5 indexed citations

Sun, Shichen, et al.. (2022). Direct, efficient and selective capture of low concentration of CO2 from natural gas flue gas using a high temperature tubular carbon capture membrane. Journal of Membrane Science. 661. 120929–120929. 18 indexed citations

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Chen, Xiaowen, Kangkang Zhang, Shujun Gu, et al.. (2022). A juvenile murine model with chronic lung inflammation induced by repeated intratracheal instillation of lipopolysaccharides: a versatile and replicable model. Translational Pediatrics. 11(8). 1292–1300.

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Zhang, Kangkang, Christodoulos Keliris, Marios M. Polycarpou, & Thomas Parisini. (2022). Detecting stealthy integrity attacks in a class of nonlinear cyber–physical systems: A backward-in-time approach. Automatica. 141. 110262–110262. 17 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kangkang, et al.. (2022). A Sensor Watermarking Design for Threat Discrimination. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 55(6). 433–438. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kangkang, Tong Liu, Xin Zhao, et al.. (2021). Separating overlapping bat calls with a bi‐directional long short‐term memory network. Integrative Zoology. 17(5). 741–751. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kangkang & Бо Лю. (2019). Measurement Error Compensation Method for Parameters of Rear Torsion Beam With PSO-BP. 126. 134–136. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kangkang, Jun Zhao, & Yucai Zhu. (2017). MPC case study on a selective catalytic reduction in a power plant. Journal of Process Control. 62. 1–10. 25 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kangkang, Bin Jiang, Xing‐Gang Yan, & Zehui Mao. (2016). Sliding mode observer based incipient sensor fault detection with application to high-speed railway traction device. ISA Transactions. 63. 49–59. 85 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kangkang, et al.. (2016). Interval sliding mode observer based incipient fault detection with application to a high-speed railway traction device. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 157–162. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Kangkang, Liangfei Xu, Minggao Ouyang, et al.. (2013). Optimal decentralized valley-filling charging strategy for electric vehicles. Energy Conversion and Management. 78. 537–550. 132 indexed citations

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Ji, Guoli, Kangkang Zhang, Yucai Zhu, et al.. (2013). Identification and predictive control for a circulation fluidized bed boiler. Knowledge-Based Systems. 45. 62–75. 10 indexed citations

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Ji, Guoli, et al.. (2011). Design and implementation of remote model predictive control system. 23. 19–23. 2 indexed citations

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