W.B. Gao

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

W.B. Gao is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, W.B. Gao has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 7 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in W.B. Gao's work include Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (7 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (6 papers) and Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics (5 papers). W.B. Gao is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (7 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (6 papers) and Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics (5 papers). W.B. Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. W.B. Gao's co-authors include John Y. Hung, J. C. Hung, S.P. Chan, Bin Yao, Jing Liu, Emily K. Penner, Ming-Yang Cheng, Yunfeng Tian, Sergej Fatikow and Yanding Qin and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Educational Researcher.

In The Last Decade

W.B. Gao

18 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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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.

Variable structure control: a survey

1993 2.3k citations John Y. Hung, W.B. Gao et al. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W.B. Gao China	5	2.1k	604	409	242	168	22	2.4k
Wei-Bing Gao China	8	2.1k 1.0×	544 0.9×	407 1.0×	205 0.8×	97 0.6×	30	2.4k
Igor Boiko Canada	20	1.6k 0.7×	398 0.7×	261 0.6×	178 0.7×	84 0.5×	158	1.9k
K.D. Young United States	18	3.0k 1.4×	518 0.9×	675 1.7×	364 1.5×	171 1.0×	51	3.5k
D.J. Ballance United Kingdom	13	2.0k 0.9×	308 0.5×	467 1.1×	258 1.1×	52 0.3×	28	2.3k
Qunjing Wang China	26	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 2.4×	638 1.6×	178 0.7×	120 0.7×	267	2.6k
Yuxin Su China	24	1.8k 0.8×	238 0.4×	425 1.0×	320 1.3×	73 0.4×	101	2.1k
Thierry Floquet France	26	2.4k 1.1×	295 0.5×	322 0.8×	229 0.9×	125 0.7×	95	2.9k
Mouhacine Benosman United States	20	1.4k 0.6×	219 0.4×	241 0.6×	153 0.6×	81 0.5×	96	1.7k
Zhi‐Liang Zhao China	20	2.2k 1.0×	247 0.4×	409 1.0×	322 1.3×	70 0.4×	45	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by W.B. Gao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W.B. Gao

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Blazar, David, et al.. (2026). Localized Teacher Recruitment Through “Grow‐Your‐Own”: Impacts of the High School Teacher Academy of Maryland Program. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 45(2).

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Wu, Chien-Hsun, W.B. Gao, & Jieming Yang. (2025). A Novel Optimal Control Strategy of Four Drive Motors for an Electric Vehicle. Applied Sciences. 15(7). 3505–3505.

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Blazar, David, et al.. (2024). Do Grow-Your-Own Programs Work? Evidence from the Teacher Academy of Maryland. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Blazar, David, et al.. (2024). Disparate Pathways: Understanding Racial Disparities in Teaching. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Jing, Emily K. Penner, & W.B. Gao. (2023). Troublemakers? The Role of Frequent Teacher Referrers in Expanding Racial Disciplinary Disproportionalities. Educational Researcher. 52(8). 469–481. 9 indexed citations

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Tian, Yunfeng, et al.. (2013). Design, Identification and Control of a 2-Degree of Freedom Flexure-Based Mechanism for Micro/Nano Manipulation. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters. 5(9). 960–967. 4 indexed citations

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Yang, Chao, et al.. (2005). An Algebraic Substructuring Method for Large-Scale Eigenvalue Calculation. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 27(3). 873–892. 1 indexed citations

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Zheng, Feng, Ming-Yang Cheng, & W.B. Gao. (2005). Variable structure control of discrete-time stochastic systems. 1830–1835. 3 indexed citations

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Chan, S.P. & W.B. Gao. (2003). Variable structure model-reaching control strategy for robot manipulators. 1504–1508. 10 indexed citations

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Gao, W.B., et al.. (2002). A new hierarchical coordination controller for large scale discrete event systems. ac 36. 302–307.

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Gao, W.B. & Bin Yao. (2002). Master-helper control strategy to robotic systems in tracking an object subject to environmental constraints. 6. 226–231. 1 indexed citations

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Hung, John Y., W.B. Gao, & J. C. Hung. (1993). Variable structure control: a survey. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 40(1). 2–22. 2323 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yao, Bin, et al.. (1992). VSC coordinated control of two manipulator arms in the presence of environmental constraints. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 37(11). 1806–1812. 60 indexed citations

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Yao, Bitao, S.P. Chan, & W.B. Gao. (1991). Trajectory control of robot manipulator using variable structure model-reaching control strategy. 1235–1239. 4 indexed citations

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Gao, W.B., Ming-Yang Cheng, & Di Xiao. (1991). Force Control for Tracking a Set of Tasks in Presence of Constraints. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 24(9). 201–206. 1 indexed citations

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Yao, Bin, W.B. Gao, S.P. Chan, & Ming-Yang Cheng. (1991). Robust Coordinated Control of Two Manipulator Arms in the Presence of Environmental Constraints. 3072–3073. 1 indexed citations

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Gao, W.B. & S.P. Chan. (1990). Dynamics and control of robotic systems for assembly sets. 368–369 vol.1. 3 indexed citations

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Chan, S.P. & W.B. Gao. (1989). Approach Algorithms for Smooth Tracking with Variable Structure Controller. 706–711. 9 indexed citations

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Gao, W.B., S.P. Chan, & Yoko Wong. (1989). On the Optimization and Global Linearization of Nonlinear Systems. 2572–2573. 1 indexed citations

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Cheng, Ming, et al.. (1988). A new control method and its robustness for a class of nonlinear systems. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications. 59(1). 117–133. 3 indexed citations

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