Kun Yang

14.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
645 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Kun Yang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Yang has authored 645 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 318 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 298 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 96 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kun Yang's work include Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (101 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (95 papers) and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (87 papers). Kun Yang is often cited by papers focused on Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks (101 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (95 papers) and IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (87 papers). Kun Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Kun Yang's co-authors include Kezhi Wang, Hsiao‐Hwa Chen, Guopeng Zhang, Shumao Ou, Supeng Leng, Jie Hu, Haibo Mei, Kai‐Kit Wong, Qiang Liu and Xiaoyan Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Kun Yang

601 papers receiving 10.1k 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.

Toward cloud-based vehicular networks with efficient resource management

2013 340 citations Kun Yang et al. profile →
Toward Autonomous Multi-UAV Wireless Network: A Survey of Reinforcement Learning-Based Approaches

2023 118 citations Kun Yang et al. profile →
Large AI Model-Based Semantic Communications

2024 48 citations Kun Yang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kun Yang China	49	5.5k	5.2k	1.9k	1.2k	1.1k	645	10.4k
Georges Kaddoum Canada	55	4.8k 0.9×	7.5k 1.4×	2.3k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	1.7k 1.5×	438	12.9k
Xiaojie Wang China	46	3.8k 0.7×	2.8k 0.5×	703 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	790 0.7×	209	7.3k
Mohammed Atiquzzaman United States	54	6.3k 1.2×	3.8k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	1.9k 1.6×	1.2k 1.1×	431	10.0k
Xin Liu China	48	5.0k 0.9×	5.7k 1.1×	2.2k 1.2×	391 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	499	9.4k
Qiang Ni United Kingdom	54	6.1k 1.1×	6.6k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	848 0.7×	906 0.8×	357	10.4k
Xianbin Wang Canada	60	6.3k 1.1×	9.4k 1.8×	2.8k 1.5×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	704	14.9k
Jonathan Rodrı́guez Portugal	51	4.1k 0.7×	6.2k 1.2×	2.2k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	481 0.4×	464	9.4k
Choong Seon Hong South Korea	53	8.9k 1.6×	6.9k 1.3×	1.9k 1.0×	2.4k 1.9×	1.2k 1.0×	772	15.2k
Mingzhe Chen China	44	4.8k 0.9×	7.3k 1.4×	3.1k 1.7×	573 0.5×	890 0.8×	214	12.2k
Jun Zhang Hong Kong	53	10.5k 1.9×	10.0k 1.9×	2.1k 1.1×	2.1k 1.7×	1.3k 1.1×	360	16.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Kun Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kun Yang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kun Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kun 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 Kun Yang. Kun 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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Yang, Yaqi, et al.. (2025). Preparation of ceramic-fluoropolymer coating and assessment of its tribological performance in different environments. Surface and Coatings Technology. 497. 131759–131759.

Xiang, Luping, et al.. (2025). Algorithm Design and Prototype Validation for Reconfigurable Intelligent Sensing Surface: Forward-Only Transmission. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 25. 2860–2875. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Kun, et al.. (2025). A multi-stage deep learning network toward multi-classification of polyps in colorectal images. Alexandria Engineering Journal. 119. 189–200.

Luo, Haoxiang, et al.. (2024). Blockchain for energy market: A comprehensive survey. Sustainable Energy Grids and Networks. 41. 101614–101614. 8 indexed citations

Xiong, Bing, et al.. (2024). ActiveGuardian: An accurate and efficient algorithm for identifying active elephant flows in network traffic. Journal of Network and Computer Applications. 224. 103853–103853. 3 indexed citations

Luo, Yang, et al.. (2024). Wind resistance performance analysis of metal roof system of the long-span integrated photovoltaic building. Journal of Building Engineering. 86. 108986–108986. 5 indexed citations

Sun, Yue, et al.. (2024). Advancing the Internet of Bio-Nano Things: A Novel DNA-Based Track-Hopper System for Enhanced Efficiency and Reliability. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 12(4). 4144–4157. 4 indexed citations

Yang, Dingkang, Shuaibing Wang, Kun Yang, et al.. (2024). A Unified Self-Distillation Framework for Multimodal Sentiment Analysis with Uncertain Missing Modalities. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 38(9). 10074–10082. 12 indexed citations

Wang, Xingwang, M. C. Shen, & Kun Yang. (2024). On-Edge High-Throughput Collaborative Inference for Real-Time Video Analytics. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 11(20). 33097–33109.

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Hu, Jie, et al.. (2024). Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted Integrated Data and Energy Multicast System in Terahertz-Bands. IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking. 9(1). 152–163. 1 indexed citations

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Wu, Jianming, et al.. (2023). The Application of 5G Wireless Communication in Maritime Environment. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 2618(1). 12003–12003. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Kun, et al.. (2023). Research on Hybrid Data Clustering Algorithm for Wireless Communication Intelligent Bracelets. Mobile Networks and Applications. 28(5). 1762–1771.

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Yang, Kun, et al.. (2023). Nonlinear dimensionality reduction method of scheduling frequent information in wireless networks based on multilevel mapping. Wireless Networks. 29(7). 2897–2907. 2 indexed citations

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Hu, Jie, et al.. (2022). Link-Level Wideband Signal Shaping for Downlink Wireless Information and Energy Provision. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 71(3). 3338–3343. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Kun, Burak Kantarcı, Jie Hu, & Andra Lutu. (2021). CFP: Wireless Energy Transfer. IEEE Communications Magazine. 59(6). 81–81.

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Chen, Linlin, Xiaofang Wu, Xin Wang, et al.. (2021). Performance Tradeoff Analysis of Hybrid Signaling SWIPT Systems with Nonlinear Power Amplifiers. Electronics. 10(11). 1364–1364. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Kun, et al.. (2020). Task Offloading with Power Control for Mobile Edge Computing Using Reinforcement Learning-Based Markov Decision Process. Mobile Information Systems. 2020. 1–6. 12 indexed citations

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Zhu, Zongwei, et al.. (2019). Joint Time Switching and Transmission Scheduling for Wireless-Powered Body Area Networks. Mobile Information Systems. 2019. 1–11. 5 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yizhe, Jie Hu, Zhiguo Ding, & Kun Yang. (2019). Joint Interleaver and Modulation Design For Multi-User SWIPT-NOMA. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 67(10). 7288–7301. 23 indexed citations

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Galis, Alex, et al.. (2009). A Selective Downlink Scheduling Algorithm to Enhance Quality of VOD Services for WAVE Networks. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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