Lin Cao

547 total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 350 citations indexed

About

Lin Cao is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Lin Cao has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 350 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 4 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 0 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Lin Cao's work include Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (3 papers), Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (3 papers) and Antenna Design and Analysis (2 papers). Lin Cao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (3 papers), Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (3 papers) and Antenna Design and Analysis (2 papers). Lin Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Sweden and Hong Kong. Lin Cao's co-authors include Li Tan, Haifan Yin, Xilong Pei, Emil Björnson, Zhanpeng Li, Kun Zhang, Kai Wang, Yuanwei Liu and Xue Ren and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

In The Last Decade

Lin Cao

3 papers receiving 346 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.

RIS-Aided Wireless Communications: Prototyping, Adaptive Beamforming, and Indoor/Outdoor Field Trials

2021 342 citations Xilong Pei, Haifan Yin et al. IEEE Transactions on Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lin Cao China	2	297	198	48	35	29	5	350
Xilong Pei China	3	318 1.1×	212 1.1×	50 1.0×	35 1.0×	31 1.1×	7	372
Idban Alamzadeh United States	7	225 0.8×	161 0.8×	45 0.9×	24 0.7×	17 0.6×	13	272
Ludek Subrt Czechia	6	257 0.9×	196 1.0×	44 0.9×	23 0.7×	31 1.1×	15	285
Decai Shen China	5	395 1.3×	210 1.1×	12 0.3×	47 1.3×	42 1.4×	8	417
Keming Feng China	7	369 1.2×	244 1.2×	45 0.9×	37 1.1×	39 1.3×	16	429
Ibrahim Yildirim Türkiye	9	582 2.0×	345 1.7×	34 0.7×	63 1.8×	41 1.4×	19	627
Yijian Chen China	11	199 0.7×	136 0.7×	13 0.3×	53 1.5×	16 0.6×	48	287
Nguyen Minh Tran South Korea	8	307 1.0×	161 0.8×	37 0.8×	33 0.9×	24 0.8×	25	351
Özgecan Özdoğan Sweden	7	659 2.2×	269 1.4×	26 0.5×	213 6.1×	22 0.8×	10	691
Placido Mursia France	7	152 0.5×	87 0.4×	13 0.3×	27 0.8×	6 0.2×	20	195

Countries citing papers authored by Lin Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lin Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lin Cao

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

All Works

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Pei, Xilong, et al.. (2025). Dynamic Metasurface Antennas With Discrete Phase Shifts: Performance Analysis and Beamforming Methods. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(12). 15146–15159.

2.

Yin, Haifan, et al.. (2025). Design and Prototyping of Filtering Active STAR-RIS With Adjustable Power Splitting. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 73(9). 6462–6476. 1 indexed citations

3.

Yin, Haifan, et al.. (2024). RIS-Aided Wireless Communications: Can RIS Beat Flat Metal Plate?. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 73(10). 15704–15708.

4.

Cao, Lin, Haifan Yin, Li Tan, & Xilong Pei. (2024). RIS With Insufficient Phase Shifting Capability: Modeling, Beamforming, and Experimental Validations. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 72(9). 5911–5923. 7 indexed citations

5.

Pei, Xilong, Haifan Yin, Li Tan, et al.. (2021). RIS-Aided Wireless Communications: Prototyping, Adaptive Beamforming, and Indoor/Outdoor Field Trials. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 69(12). 8627–8640. 342 indexed citations breakdown →

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