Wei Sun

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
141 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Wei Sun is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Sun has authored 141 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 45 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 44 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Wei Sun's work include Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (82 papers), Adaptive Dynamic Programming Control (40 papers) and Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (35 papers). Wei Sun is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (82 papers), Adaptive Dynamic Programming Control (40 papers) and Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (35 papers). Wei Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Taiwan and Singapore. Wei Sun's co-authors include Shun‐Feng Su, Jianwei Xia, Yuqiang Wu, Zong‐Yao Sun, Guangming Zhuang, Van‐Truong Nguyen, Zhen Wang, Baoyong Zhang, Hao Shen and Jing Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.

In The Last Decade

Wei Sun

126 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Adaptive Fuzzy Control With High-Order Barrier Lyapunov Functions for High-Order Uncertain Nonlinear Systems With Full-State Constraints

2019 261 citations Wei Sun, Shun‐Feng Su et al. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics profile →
Finite-Time Adaptive Fuzzy Control for Nonlinear Systems With Full State Constraints

2018 236 citations Jianwei Xia, Wei Sun et al. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Sun China	29	3.0k	1.2k	914	342	239	141	3.5k
Jie Huang China	21	3.5k 1.2×	1.7k 1.5×	847 0.9×	396 1.2×	170 0.7×	129	4.7k
Yuqiang Wu China	35	3.9k 1.3×	865 0.7×	677 0.7×	224 0.7×	297 1.2×	232	4.3k
Jianping Cai China	21	2.8k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	729 0.8×	161 0.5×	101 0.4×	95	3.2k
Maurı́cio C. de Oliveira United States	28	3.6k 1.2×	615 0.5×	740 0.8×	236 0.7×	86 0.4×	137	4.2k
Xu Jin United States	29	3.4k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	651 0.7×	189 0.6×	202 0.8×	91	3.9k
Jiangshuai Huang China	33	3.4k 1.2×	2.6k 2.2×	550 0.6×	187 0.5×	145 0.6×	122	4.2k
Hui Ma China	29	2.9k 1.0×	1.9k 1.7×	955 1.0×	372 1.1×	73 0.3×	84	3.7k
T. H. Lee Singapore	23	2.4k 0.8×	505 0.4×	736 0.8×	428 1.3×	119 0.5×	70	3.0k
Shi‐Lu Dai China	30	2.8k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	607 0.7×	341 1.0×	192 0.8×	92	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei Sun 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 Sun. Wei Sun 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

Wang, Yifan, Wei Sun, & Shun‐Feng Su. (2025). Prescribed-Time Consensus Tracking for High-Order MASs With Privacy Protection via Fully Actuated System Approach. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 22. 15599–15609.

Gao, Yu, Wei Sun, & Xiangpeng Xie. (2024). Adaptive fuzzy prescribed-time control of high-order nonlinear systems with actuator faults. Information Sciences. 667. 120484–120484. 7 indexed citations

Sun, Wei, et al.. (2024). Adaptive performance optimal control for flexible-joint robots with random noises: Design and experiment. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 138. 115741–115741. 3 indexed citations

Wu, Xueqi, Wei Sun, Shun‐Feng Su, & Xiangpeng Xie. (2024). Adaptive Stabilization for High-Order Fully Actuated Systems With Unknown Control Directions. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 54(8). 5150–5159. 6 indexed citations

Pang, Jing S., Wei Sun, Renato De Leone, & Xiangpeng Xie. (2024). Command Filtered Adaptive Control for Flexible-Joint Robots With Full-State Quantization. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 54(12). 7195–7205. 4 indexed citations

Sun, Wei, et al.. (2023). Prescribed-Time Control for Nonlinear Systems With Sensor Faults and Unknown Control Directions. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 21(3). 4495–4503. 22 indexed citations

Sun, Wei, Le Wang, Shun‐Feng Su, & Xudong Zhao. (2023). Adaptive Asymptotic Tracking Control for High-Order Nonlinear Systems With Prescribed Transient Performance. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 54(1). 668–677. 5 indexed citations

Sun, Wei, et al.. (2022). Neural Network-Based Fixed-Time Tracking Control for Input-Quantized Nonlinear Systems With Actuator Faults. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems. 35(3). 3978–3988. 25 indexed citations

Li, Baomin, Jianwei Xia, Shun‐Feng Su, Wei Sun, & Huasheng Zhang. (2021). Event-Triggered Adaptive Fuzzy Tracking Control for Nonlinear Systems With Unknown Control Directions. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 52(7). 4648–4657. 32 indexed citations

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Sun, Zong‐Yao, et al.. (2021). Global Finite-Time Stabilization for Uncertain Systems With Unknown Measurement Sensitivity. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 52(8). 7602–7611. 16 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei, et al.. (2021). Adaptive Fuzzy Event-Triggered Control for Single-Link Flexible-Joint Robots With Actuator Failures. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 52(8). 7231–7241. 69 indexed citations

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Xia, Jianwei, Baomin Li, Shun‐Feng Su, Wei Sun, & Hao Shen. (2020). Finite-Time Command Filtered Event-Triggered Adaptive Fuzzy Tracking Control for Stochastic Nonlinear Systems. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. 29(7). 1815–1825. 159 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei, Shun‐Feng Su, Yuqiang Wu, & Jianwei Xia. (2020). Novel Adaptive Fuzzy Control for Output Constrained Stochastic Nonstrict Feedback Nonlinear Systems. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. 29(5). 1188–1197. 98 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei, Shun‐Feng Su, Zhenguo Liu, & Zong‐Yao Sun. (2019). Adaptive Intelligent Control for Input and Output Constrained High-Order Uncertain Nonlinear Systems. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 51(9). 5577–5586. 32 indexed citations

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Sun, Zong‐Yao, et al.. (2019). Robust Stabilization of High-Order Nonlinear Systems With Unknown Sensitivities and Applications in Humanoid Robot Manipulation. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 51(7). 4409–4416. 27 indexed citations

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Sun, Zong‐Yao, Yujie Gu, Qinghua Meng, Wei Sun, & Zhenguo Liu. (2019). Output tracking control of high-order nonlinear systems with dynamic uncertainties. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control. 42(8). 1511–1520. 1 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Van‐Truong, Shun‐Feng Su, Ning Wang, & Wei Sun. (2019). Adaptive finite‐time neural network control for redundant parallel manipulators. Asian Journal of Control. 22(6). 2534–2542. 21 indexed citations

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Tran, Quoc‐Viet, Shun‐Feng Su, Wei Sun, & Minh‐Quang Tran. (2019). Adaptive Pulsatile Plane for Robust Noncontact Heart Rate Monitoring. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 51(9). 5587–5599. 15 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei, et al.. (2018). Sealing Effects of Silica Sol Modified Waterborne Acrylic Resin on Chromium Trivalent Passivation Film of Galvanized Steel. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei, Shun‐Feng Su, Jianwei Xia, & Van‐Truong Nguyen. (2018). Adaptive Fuzzy Tracking Control of Flexible-Joint Robots With Full-State Constraints. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 49(11). 2201–2209. 182 indexed citations

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