Xianfu Zhang

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
169 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Xianfu Zhang is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xianfu Zhang has authored 169 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 74 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 12 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xianfu Zhang's work include Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (84 papers), Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (69 papers) and Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization (60 papers). Xianfu Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (84 papers), Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (69 papers) and Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization (60 papers). Xianfu Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Canada. Xianfu Zhang's co-authors include Gang Feng, Qingrong Liu, Hanfeng Li, Lu Liu, Chenghui Zhang, Luc Baron, Xiaodong Lü, Yonghui Sun, El‐Kébir Boukas and Xiandong Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Automatica.

In The Last Decade

Xianfu Zhang

149 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Leader–follower consensus of time-varying nonlinear multi-agent systems

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xianfu Zhang China	27	1.9k	1.2k	233	223	188	169	2.7k
Wei Qian China	23	1.3k 0.7×	942 0.8×	70 0.3×	212 1.0×	90 0.5×	114	1.8k
Farid Sheikholeslam Iran	21	950 0.5×	302 0.2×	106 0.5×	87 0.4×	64 0.3×	108	1.4k
Prathyush P. Menon United Kingdom	18	713 0.4×	411 0.3×	159 0.7×	75 0.3×	46 0.2×	128	1.2k
Zewei Zheng China	33	2.4k 1.3×	631 0.5×	1.5k 6.6×	339 1.5×	78 0.4×	131	3.3k
Zsófia Lendek Romania	15	822 0.4×	226 0.2×	78 0.3×	65 0.3×	72 0.4×	79	1.1k
Mai The Vu South Korea	24	793 0.4×	192 0.2×	261 1.1×	73 0.3×	106 0.6×	78	1.5k
Vladimir Djapic United States	15	736 0.4×	234 0.2×	381 1.6×	206 0.9×	17 0.1×	42	1.4k
Weicun Zhang China	15	406 0.2×	130 0.1×	93 0.4×	65 0.3×	35 0.2×	102	1.0k
Jérôme Jouffroy Denmark	18	592 0.3×	192 0.2×	128 0.5×	29 0.1×	47 0.3×	70	912

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xianfu Zhang

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Zhang, Xianfu, Xingxing Jiang, Hui Gao, et al.. (2025). Breaking the Deep‐UV Transparency/Optical Nonlinearity Trade‐Off: Three‐Parameter Optimization in Oxyfluorides by Tailoring d ⁰ ‐Metal Incorporation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(46). e202513438–e202513438.

Zhang, Xianfu, et al.. (2025). Exponential Regulation of Uncertain Nonlinear Triangular Impulsive Systems: A Logic-Based Switching Gain Approach. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 70(7). 4881–4888. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenjie, et al.. (2025). Leader-following output consensus for strict-feedback nonlinear multiagent systems with edge-based event-triggered communications. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation. 147. 108828–108828.

Liu, Qingrong, et al.. (2024). Output feedback consensus for input-delayed nonlinear multi-agent systems via event-triggered communication. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation. 131. 107811–107811. 3 indexed citations

Wei, Airong, et al.. (2024). Secure control for uncertain nonlinear cyber–physical systems: A prescribed-time scheme based on temporal scaling. Nonlinear Analysis Hybrid Systems. 55. 101556–101556.

Wei, Airong, et al.. (2024). Privacy-preserving secure control for nonlinear multi-agent systems under hybrid attacks. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation. 140. 108356–108356.

Wei, Airong, et al.. (2024). Secure group consensus of nonlinear multi‐agent systems with multiple attacks under periodic event‐triggered control. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 34(6). 3975–3993. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Ruihong, Chuan Zhang, Yingxin Guo, & Xianfu Zhang. (2024). Intermittent event-triggered control for exponential synchronization of delayed neural networks on time Scales. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation. 137. 108158–108158. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Chuan, et al.. (2023). Exponential synchronization of reaction-diffusion neural networks via switched event-triggered control. Information Sciences. 648. 119599–119599. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xianfu, et al.. (2023). Adaptive asymptotic tracking for uncertain nonlinear systems with deferred full state constraints. Nonlinear Dynamics. 111(20). 19003–19019. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Xiandong, Jinbao Li, Xianfu Zhang, & Chih‐Chiang Chen. (2023). A Framework for Prescribed-Time Integral Control Design of Feedback Nonlinear Systems. IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs. 71(3). 1281–1285.

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Zhao, Xudong, et al.. (2023). Energy-Based Control for Switched Uncertain Port-Controlled Hamiltonian Systems With Its Application to RLC Circuit Systems. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 54(1). 107–118. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xianfu, et al.. (2022). Sampled‐data bipartite consensus control of nonlinear multi‐agent systems under denial‐of‐service attacks. International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing. 37(3). 694–709. 5 indexed citations

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Wei, Airong, et al.. (2022). Finite‐time adaptive control for port‐controlled Hamiltonian systems with parametric perturbations. International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing. 36(4). 802–817. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xianfu, et al.. (2021). The Impact of Load Style Variation on Gait Recognition Based on sEMG Images Using a Convolutional Neural Network. Sensors. 21(24). 8365–8365. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xianfu, et al.. (2019). Tracking control for nonlinear time‐delay multiagent systems with input saturation. International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing. 34(2). 127–140. 8 indexed citations

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Zeng, Yanhua, et al.. (2019). Fire Model Test on Temperature Field in the Rescue Station of an Extralong Railway Tunnel. Advances in Civil Engineering. 2019(1). 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xianfu, et al.. (2018). Impact of Load Variation on the Accuracy of Gait Recognition from Surface EMG Signals. Applied Sciences. 8(9). 1462–1462. 17 indexed citations

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Shang, Fang, et al.. (2013). Adaptive stabilization for feedforward nonlinear systems with unknown control direction. Chinese Control Conference. 615–619. 1 indexed citations

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Shang, Fang, Yungang Liu, & Xianfu Zhang. (2012). Adaptive stabilizing controller design for a class of uncertain feedforward nonlinear systems. Chinese Control Conference. 519–523. 4 indexed citations

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