Mehran Mesbahi

12.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
216 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Mehran Mesbahi is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Control and Systems Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mehran Mesbahi has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 58 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 55 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mehran Mesbahi's work include Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (106 papers), Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization (46 papers) and Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (31 papers). Mehran Mesbahi is often cited by papers focused on Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (106 papers), Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization (46 papers) and Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (31 papers). Mehran Mesbahi collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Mehran Mesbahi's co-authors include Magnus Egerstedt, Naomichi Hatano, Yoonsoo Kim, Airlie Chapman, Fred Y. Hadaegh, Amirreza Rahmani, Unsik Lee, Daniel Zelazo, Meng Ji and Marzieh Nabi-Abdolyousefi and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.

In The Last Decade

Mehran Mesbahi

209 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

Graph Theoretic Methods in Multiagent Networks 2009 2026 2014 2020 2010 2009 500 1000 1.5k
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. Graph Theoretic Methods in Multiagent Networks
    2010 2.0k citations Mehran Mesbahi et al. profile →
  2. Controllability of Multi-Agent Systems from a Graph-Theoretic Perspective
    2009 537 citations Mehran Mesbahi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mehran Mesbahi United States 38 5.4k 2.0k 1.4k 979 799 216 7.8k
Housheng Su China 56 8.7k 1.6× 4.4k 2.2× 629 0.4× 836 0.9× 934 1.2× 334 10.5k
Wei Ren United States 27 6.4k 1.2× 3.2k 1.6× 1.0k 0.7× 397 0.4× 709 0.9× 103 7.9k
Changbin Yu Australia 37 4.2k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 1.0k 0.7× 355 0.4× 564 0.7× 238 5.4k
Jorge Cortés United States 45 9.7k 1.8× 4.2k 2.1× 1.5k 1.0× 698 0.7× 1.7k 2.2× 313 13.3k
Sonia Martı́nez United States 37 6.5k 1.2× 2.8k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 302 0.3× 1.5k 1.9× 192 8.9k
Sanjay P. Bhat India 22 3.2k 0.6× 7.4k 3.6× 1.8k 1.3× 737 0.8× 732 0.9× 83 9.3k
Murat Arcak United States 44 2.6k 0.5× 4.5k 2.2× 598 0.4× 422 0.4× 1.0k 1.3× 241 7.0k
Jeff S. Shamma United States 39 2.1k 0.4× 4.8k 2.3× 1.3k 0.9× 543 0.6× 946 1.2× 201 8.7k
Zhisheng Duan China 56 12.0k 2.2× 5.8k 2.9× 861 0.6× 2.0k 2.1× 1.4k 1.7× 319 14.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mehran Mesbahi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mehran Mesbahi

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pan, Lulu, Haibin Shao, Yang Lu, et al.. (2025). Privacy-preserving average consensus via matrix-weighted inter-agent coupling. Automatica. 174. 112094–112094. 3 indexed citations
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Reynolds, Taylor P., et al.. (2023). Optimization-Based Constrained Funnel Synthesis for Systems With Lipschitz Nonlinearities via Numerical Optimal Control. IEEE Control Systems Letters. 7. 2875–2880. 3 indexed citations
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Jing, Gangshan, et al.. (2023). Design and Transformation Control of Triangulated Origami Tessellation: A Network Perspective. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering. 11(1). 635–647. 1 indexed citations
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Shao, Haibin, Lulu Pan, Mehran Mesbahi, Yugeng Xi, & Dewei Li. (2023). Distributed Neighbor Selection in Multiagent Networks. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 68(11). 6711–6726. 6 indexed citations
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Talebi, Shahriar, et al.. (2023). Multi-Agent Passivity-based Control for Perception-based Guidance. AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum.
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Talebi, Shahriar, Amirhossein Taghvaei, & Mehran Mesbahi. (2023). Duality-Based Stochastic Policy Optimization for Estimation with Unknown Noise Covariances. 144. 622–627. 1 indexed citations
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Bandyopadhyay, Saptarshi, et al.. (2022). Robust Vision-based Multi-spacecraft Guidance Navigation and Control using CNN-based Pose Estimation. 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO). 1–10. 5 indexed citations
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Pan, Lulu, Haibin Shao, Mehran Mesbahi, Yugeng Xi, & Dewei Li. (2021). Consensus on Matrix-Weighted Switching Networks. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 66(12). 5990–5996. 29 indexed citations
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Talebi, Shahriar, et al.. (2021). On Regularizability and Its Application to Online Control of Unstable LTI Systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 67(12). 6413–6428. 10 indexed citations
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Pan, Lulu, Haibin Shao, Mehran Mesbahi, Yugeng Xi, & Dewei Li. (2020). On the Controllability of Matrix-Weighted Networks. IEEE Control Systems Letters. 4(3). 572–577. 18 indexed citations
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Matheny, Matthew H., W C Fon, Airlie Chapman, et al.. (2019). Exotic states in a simple network of nanoelectromechanical oscillators. Science. 363(6431). 116 indexed citations
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Talebi, Shahriar, et al.. (2019). Distributed Learning in Network Games: a Dual Averaging Approach. 5544–5549. 3 indexed citations
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Chapman, Airlie, et al.. (2018). Time-Scale Separation in Networks: State-Dependent Graphs and Consensus Tracking. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems. 6(1). 104–114. 14 indexed citations
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Pan, Lulu, Haibin Shao, Mehran Mesbahi, Yugeng Xi, & Dewei Li. (2018). Bipartite Consensus on Matrix-Valued Weighted Networks. IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs. 66(8). 1441–1445. 50 indexed citations
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Shao, Haibin, Mehran Mesbahi, Dewei Li, & Yugeng Xi. (2017). Inferring Centrality from Network Snapshots. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 40642–40642. 7 indexed citations
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Chapman, Airlie & Mehran Mesbahi. (2013). On strong structural controllability of networked systems: A constrained matching approach. 6126–6131. 65 indexed citations
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Nabi-Abdolyousefi, Marzieh & Mehran Mesbahi. (2013). On the Controllability Properties of Circulant Networks. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 58(12). 3179–3184. 50 indexed citations
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Chapman, Airlie & Mehran Mesbahi. (2011). Advection on graphs. 1461–1466. 12 indexed citations
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Rajapakse, Indika, Mark Groudine, & Mehran Mesbahi. (2011). Dynamics and control of state-dependent networks for probing genomic organization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(42). 17257–17262. 49 indexed citations
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Enshaei, Hossein & Mehran Mesbahi. (2009). The control of spread of non indigenous species through ballast water - Part A: The Identification of the amount and origin of BW discharged annually in UK ports. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations

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