Wei Sun

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
135 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Wei Sun is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Sun has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 60 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 45 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wei Sun's work include Microgrid Control and Optimization (19 papers), Smart Grid Energy Management (18 papers) and Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (18 papers). Wei Sun is often cited by papers focused on Microgrid Control and Optimization (19 papers), Smart Grid Energy Management (18 papers) and Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks (18 papers). Wei Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Wei Sun's co-authors include Qiyue Li, Zhi Liu, Jie Li, Yasushi Inoguchi, Jianping Wang, Weitao Li, Xiaojing Yuan, Yuanyuan Zhang, Evgenia Smirni and Yuanyuan Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Wei Sun

122 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Cloud–Edge Collaboration for Industrial Internet of Things: Scalable Neurocomputing and Rolling-Horizon Optimization

2025 22 citations Qiyue Li, Zhi Liu et al. 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	21	721	683	343	247	169	135	1.5k
Yuan Zhou China	22	516 0.7×	383 0.6×	171 0.5×	150 0.6×	316 1.9×	137	1.5k
Kang K. Yen United States	20	637 0.9×	1.0k 1.5×	1.1k 3.1×	119 0.5×	523 3.1×	93	2.2k
Heng Qi China	25	501 0.7×	1.0k 1.5×	273 0.8×	483 2.0×	555 3.3×	155	2.4k
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman United States	26	1.3k 1.8×	1.9k 2.8×	188 0.5×	214 0.9×	166 1.0×	174	2.7k
Shuo Wang China	17	789 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	73 0.2×	300 1.2×	145 0.9×	127	1.7k
Xiao Zhang China	21	364 0.5×	322 0.5×	150 0.4×	281 1.1×	433 2.6×	117	1.5k
İsmail Bütün Sweden	19	525 0.7×	1.3k 1.9×	151 0.4×	360 1.5×	420 2.5×	55	1.7k
Prashant Pillai United Kingdom	16	1.2k 1.7×	1.4k 2.0×	238 0.7×	154 0.6×	140 0.8×	82	2.2k
Chu‐Sing Yang Taiwan	22	546 0.8×	898 1.3×	107 0.3×	399 1.6×	370 2.2×	150	1.7k
Nuno Pereira Portugal	17	493 0.7×	724 1.1×	88 0.3×	124 0.5×	96 0.6×	75	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Sun

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wei Sun. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Wei Sun. The network helps show where Wei Sun may publish in the future.

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

Sun, Wei, et al.. (2025). Multi-agent reinforcement learning based dynamic self-coordinated topology optimization for wireless mesh networks. Journal of Network and Computer Applications. 239. 104177–104177. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Xiaodong, Zihao Li, Lijian Ding, et al.. (2025). Reconfigurable Converter-Formed Soft Open Point- Assisted Dynamic Restoration for Distribution Systems With Cold-Load Pickup. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. 16(4). 2271–2285. 3 indexed citations

Huang, Lei, Wei Sun, Weitao Li, Qiyue Li, & Lijian Ding. (2025). Distributed Control for Multibus Voltage Regulation and Adaptive Reactive Power Sharing in Islanded Microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 73(2). 2402–2414.

Li, Weitao, et al.. (2024). Working condition recognition of fused magnesium furnace based on stochastic configuration networks and reinforcement learning. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 1 indexed citations

Sun, Wei, et al.. (2024). Fixed-point algorithms for solving the critical value and upper tail quantile of Kuiper's statistics. Heliyon. 10(7). e28274–e28274. 1 indexed citations

Li, Xiaoqing, Kaibo Shi, Liang Han, et al.. (2024). A looped-type functional for non-fragile fuzzy sampled-data control of doubly fed induction generator-based wind energy conversion systems with failures. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 142. 109812–109812. 2 indexed citations

Ding, Lijian, et al.. (2024). Fishing risky behavior recognition based on adaptive transformer, reinforcement learning and stochastic configuration networks. Information Sciences. 659. 120074–120074. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Lei, Wei Sun, Qiyue Li, & Weitao Li. (2023). Distributed real-time economic dispatch for islanded microgrids with dynamic power demand. Applied Energy. 342. 121156–121156. 27 indexed citations

Zhang, Lin‐Bao, Wei Sun, Zhe Zhang, Fei Tian, & Haigang Chen. (2023). Sex-specific metabolic dysregulation in digestive glands of green mussels following exposure to triazophos. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 194. 105514–105514. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei, et al.. (2023). The Chinese Aviation Network: An Empirical Temporal Analysis on Its Structural Properties and Robustness. Applied Sciences. 13(21). 11627–11627. 3 indexed citations

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Xiao, Yang, et al.. (2023). A Survey on DNA-Based Cryptography and Steganography. IEEE Access. 11. 116423–116451. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Jie, Qiyue Li, Wei Sun, et al.. (2023). Demo: Landscape: Saliency and Trajectory based Viewport Prediction in Point Cloud Video Streaming. 604–605.

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Li, Jie, Wei Sun, Weitao Li, et al.. (2022). Resource Orchestration of Cloud-Edge–based Smart Grid Fault Detection. ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks. 18(3). 1–26. 68 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei, et al.. (2021). Intelligent Handover Triggering Mechanism in 5G Ultra-Dense Networks Via Clustering-Based Reinforcement Learning. Mobile Networks and Applications. 26(1). 27–39. 24 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei, et al.. (2021). Reinforcement learning-based joint self-optimisation method for the fuzzy logic handover algorithm in 5G HetNets. Neural Computing and Applications. 35(10). 7297–7313. 6 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei, Lisong Xu, Sebastian Elbaum, & Di Zhao. (2019). Model-Agnostic and Efficient Exploration of Numerical State Space of Real-World {TCP} Congestion Control Implementations. Networked Systems Design and Implementation. 719–734. 4 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei, et al.. (2017). Task Scheduling Model and Algorithm for Agile Satellite Considering Imaging Quality. Journal of Astronautics. 38(6). 590. 6 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei. (2009). A Novel Genetic Admission Control for Real-Time Multiprocessor Systems. 130–137. 3 indexed citations

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Sun, Wei. (2008). Research on load and energy balance technology in AODV routing protocol. Journal of Hefei University of Technology. 1 indexed citations

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Liang, Ming, et al.. (2005). Medical Diagnostic Image Fusion Based on Feature Mapping Wavelet Neural Networks. 51–54. 11 indexed citations

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