Wei Ren

17.6k total citations · 14 hit papers
77 papers, 14.0k citations indexed

About

Wei Ren is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Control and Systems Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Ren has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 14.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 24 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 18 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wei Ren's work include Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (72 papers), Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization (35 papers) and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (14 papers). Wei Ren is often cited by papers focused on Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (72 papers), Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization (35 papers) and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (14 papers). Wei Ren collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Wei Ren's co-authors include Ella Atkins, Randal W. Beard, Yongcan Cao, Ziyang Meng, Zheng You, YangQuan Chen, Zhongkui Li, Xiangdong Liu, Jie Mei and Guangfu Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica and IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.

In The Last Decade

Wei Ren

77 papers receiving 13.6k citations

Hit Papers

Information consensus in multivehicle cooperative control 2006 2026 2012 2019 2007 2006 2008 2010 2007 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wei Ren United States 39 13.2k 6.0k 2.1k 1.6k 1.1k 77 14.0k
Yongcan Cao United States 37 8.1k 0.6× 4.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 874 0.8× 127 9.5k
Wei Ren United States 64 15.5k 1.2× 8.0k 1.3× 2.2k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 2.1k 1.8× 251 18.0k
Housheng Su China 56 8.7k 0.7× 4.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.6× 629 0.4× 934 0.8× 334 10.5k
Guanghui Wen China 72 14.3k 1.1× 8.7k 1.5× 1.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 2.7k 2.3× 481 17.7k
Wei Ren United States 27 6.4k 0.5× 3.2k 0.5× 922 0.4× 1.0k 0.7× 709 0.6× 103 7.9k
Zhisheng Duan China 56 12.0k 0.9× 5.8k 1.0× 1.5k 0.7× 861 0.5× 1.4k 1.2× 319 14.1k
Xiwang Dong China 47 7.0k 0.5× 4.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 2.4k 1.6× 488 0.4× 316 8.3k
Hyo‐Sung Ahn South Korea 42 4.6k 0.3× 6.0k 1.0× 534 0.3× 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 372 9.6k
Jiahu Qin China 48 5.7k 0.4× 3.5k 0.6× 766 0.4× 482 0.3× 1.5k 1.3× 205 7.8k
Zongyu Zuo China 46 5.3k 0.4× 7.6k 1.3× 281 0.1× 2.3k 1.4× 781 0.7× 191 10.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Ren

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Ren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Ren

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ren, Wei. (2013). State Evaluation of Secondary Device in 750 kV Power Grid Based on Information Fusion. Proceedings of the Chinese Society of Universities for Electric Power System and its Automation. 2 indexed citations
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Meng, Ziyang, Zongli Lin, & Wei Ren. (2011). Containment control of networked Lagrange systems with group dispersion and cohesion behaviors. Chinese Control Conference. 4639–4644. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Zhongkui, Xiangdong Liu, Peng Lin, & Wei Ren. (2011). Consensus of multi-agent systems with general linear dynamics and reduced-order protocols. Chinese Control Conference. 6402–6407. 1 indexed citations
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Meng, Ziyang, Wei Ren, Yongcan Cao, & Zheng You. (2010). Leaderless and Leader-Following Consensus With Communication and Input Delays Under a Directed Network Topology. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics). 41(1). 75–88. 349 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meng, Ziyang, Yongcan Cao, & Wei Ren. (2010). Stability and convergence analysis of multi-agent consensus with information reuse. International Journal of Control. 83(5). 1081–1092. 25 indexed citations
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Meng, Ziyang, Wei Ren, & Zheng You. (2010). Distributed finite-time attitude containment control for multiple rigid bodies. Automatica. 46(12). 2092–2099. 800 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mei, Jie, Wei Ren, & Guangfu Ma. (2010). Distributed coordinated tracking for multiple Euler-Lagrange systems. 3208–3213. 11 indexed citations
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Cao, Yongcan, Daniel Stuart, Wei Ren, & Ziyang Meng. (2010). Distributed Containment Control for Multiple Autonomous Vehicles With Double-Integrator Dynamics: Algorithms and Experiments. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 19(4). 929–938. 452 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chen, Fei, Wei Ren, & Yongcan Cao. (2010). Surrounding control in cooperative agent networks. Systems & Control Letters. 59(11). 704–712. 85 indexed citations
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Cao, Yongcan & Wei Ren. (2010). Distributed coordinated tracking via a variable structure approach - part II: Swarm tracking. 4750–4755. 70 indexed citations
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Cao, Yongcan & Wei Ren. (2009). Optimal Linear-Consensus Algorithms: An LQR Perspective. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics). 40(3). 819–830. 250 indexed citations
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Cao, Yongcan & Wei Ren. (2009). Multi‐vehicle coordination for double‐integrator dynamics under fixed undirected/directed interaction in a sampled‐data setting. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 20(9). 987–1000. 211 indexed citations
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Ren, Wei. (2008). Decentralization of Virtual Structures in Formation Control of Multiple Vehicle Systems via Consensus Strategies. European Journal of Control. 14(2). 93–103. 24 indexed citations
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Ren, Wei. (2007). Synchronized Multiple Spacecraft Rotations: A Revisit in the Context of Consensus Building. Proceedings of the ... American Control Conference. 3174–3179. 13 indexed citations
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Ren, Wei & Randal W. Beard. (2007). Distributed Consensus in Multi-vehicle Cooperative Control: Theory and Applications. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 676 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ren, Wei, Kevin L. Moore, & YangQuan Chen. (2006). High-Order and Model Reference Consensus Algorithms in Cooperative Control of MultiVehicle Systems. Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control. 129(5). 678–688. 337 indexed citations
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Ren, Wei. (2000). A REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE LIFE SCIENCE. Chinese Journal of Space Science. 2 indexed citations

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