Lepeng Chen

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 866 citations indexed

About

Lepeng Chen is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lepeng Chen has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 866 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Ocean Engineering, 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 7 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lepeng Chen's work include Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (10 papers), Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (7 papers) and Robotic Locomotion and Control (7 papers). Lepeng Chen is often cited by papers focused on Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (10 papers), Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (7 papers) and Robotic Locomotion and Control (7 papers). Lepeng Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Lepeng Chen's co-authors include Rongxin Cui, Chenguang Yang, Mou Chen, Weisheng Yan, Haoquan Li, Zhijun Li, Jian Gao, Hui Xu, Kaiyang Xu and Yong Li and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology and IEEE Transactions on Robotics.

In The Last Decade

Lepeng Chen

15 papers receiving 853 citations

Hit Papers

Extended State Observer-Based Integral Sliding Mode Contr... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300 400
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. Extended State Observer-Based Integral Sliding Mode Control for an Underwater Robot With Unknown Disturbances and Uncertain Nonlinearities
    2017 455 citations Rongxin Cui, Lepeng Chen et al. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lepeng Chen China 6 724 315 184 130 126 17 866
Jialu Du China 17 950 1.3× 318 1.0× 290 1.6× 125 1.0× 84 0.7× 52 1.1k
Chengzhi Yuan United States 12 716 1.0× 228 0.7× 512 2.8× 99 0.8× 58 0.5× 52 993
P. S. Londhe India 14 589 0.8× 229 0.7× 57 0.3× 100 0.8× 89 0.7× 24 713
F. Mnif Oman 12 671 0.9× 201 0.6× 308 1.7× 81 0.6× 65 0.5× 54 826
Herman Castañeda Mexico 14 515 0.7× 179 0.6× 109 0.6× 206 1.6× 49 0.4× 50 661
Bowen Yi Australia 17 605 0.8× 114 0.4× 79 0.4× 112 0.9× 83 0.7× 66 757
Taha Elmokadem Australia 10 473 0.7× 318 1.0× 156 0.8× 200 1.5× 48 0.4× 17 709

Countries citing papers authored by Lepeng Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lepeng Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lepeng Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lepeng Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lepeng Chen 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 Lepeng Chen. Lepeng Chen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Yan, Weisheng, et al.. (2025). Underwater gait planning and control of HUHR for wall climbing and transition based on deep reinforcement learning. Ocean Engineering. 330. 121207–121207. 1 indexed citations
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Cui, Rongxin, et al.. (2025). Competition and Cooperation of Multiagent System for Moving Target Defense With Dynamic Task-Switching. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 55(7). 5003–5016.
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Chen, Lepeng, Rongxin Cui, Weisheng Yan, Yang Li, & Kaiyang Xu. (2024). Optimal Gait Planning and Thruster Force Allocation for Rough Terrain Climbing of an Underwater Hexapod Robot. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 22. 6340–6353. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Lepeng, et al.. (2024). Stability Criterion and Stability Enhancement for a Thruster-Assisted Underwater Hexapod Robot. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 41. 42–61. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Lepeng, et al.. (2024). Slip-Regulated Optimal Control for Hybrid-Driven Underwater Hexapod Robot With Thrusters and C-Shaped Legs. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 32(5). 1891–1903. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Lepeng, et al.. (2024). Energy-Based Control of a Thruster-Assisted Underwater Hexapod Robot on Deformable Terrains. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 29(4). 3146–3156. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Lepeng, et al.. (2023). Terrain-Adaptive Locomotion Control for an Underwater Hexapod Robot: Sensing Leg–Terrain Interaction With Proprioceptive Sensors. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 31(1). 41–52. 5 indexed citations
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Yan, Weisheng, et al.. (2022). CPG-based Motion Planning of Hybrid Underwater Hexapod Robot for Wall Climbing and Transition. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 7(4). 12299–12306. 21 indexed citations
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Chen, Lepeng, et al.. (2019). Adaptive neural network trajectory tracking control for an underactuated unmanned surface vehicle. 51. 295–300. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Lepeng, Rongxin Cui, Chenguang Yang, & Weisheng Yan. (2019). Adaptive Neural Network Control of Underactuated Surface Vessels With Guaranteed Transient Performance: Theory and Experimental Results. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 67(5). 4024–4035. 175 indexed citations
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Chen, Lepeng, Rongxin Cui, & Weisheng Yan. (2018). Stochastic Stability of Distributed Extended Kalman Filter with Consensus on Estimates. 1021–1026. 3 indexed citations
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Cui, Rongxin, Lepeng Chen, Chenguang Yang, & Mou Chen. (2018). Corrections to “Extended State Observer-Based Integral Sliding Mode Control for an Underwater Robot With Unknown Disturbances and Uncertain Nonlinearities”. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 66(10). 8279–8280. 186 indexed citations
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Cui, Rongxin, Lepeng Chen, Chenguang Yang, & Mou Chen. (2017). Extended State Observer-Based Integral Sliding Mode Control for an Underwater Robot With Unknown Disturbances and Uncertain Nonlinearities. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 64(8). 6785–6795. 455 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Lepeng, Rongxin Cui, Jian Gao, & Weisheng Yan. (2016). Cooperative guidance of multiple UAVs for target estimation based on nonlinear model predictive control. 178–183. 5 indexed citations

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