Xiang Sun

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Xiang Sun is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiang Sun has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 41 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 28 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiang Sun's work include UAV Applications and Optimization (22 papers), IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (19 papers) and Satellite Communication Systems (16 papers). Xiang Sun is often cited by papers focused on UAV Applications and Optimization (22 papers), IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (19 papers) and Satellite Communication Systems (16 papers). Xiang Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Xiang Sun's co-authors include Nirwan Ansari, Di Wu, Peng Zhu, Haiping Huang, Fu Xiao, Qiang Fan, Michael Devetsikiotis, Xiansheng Guo, Lei Chu and Yougan Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE Access and IEEE Communications Magazine.

In The Last Decade

Xiang Sun

83 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

EdgeIoT: Mobile Edge Computing for the Internet of Things

2016 520 citations Xiang Sun et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiang Sun United States	25	1.2k	902	519	401	401	93	2.1k
Rupak Kharel United Kingdom	22	658 0.5×	822 0.9×	175 0.3×	161 0.4×	233 0.6×	90	1.4k
Nguyen Cong Luong Singapore	10	1.1k 0.9×	906 1.0×	315 0.6×	398 1.0×	279 0.7×	13	1.8k
Guiling Wang United States	17	1.1k 0.9×	810 0.9×	211 0.4×	192 0.5×	61 0.2×	61	1.6k
Honglong Chen China	27	953 0.8×	674 0.7×	323 0.6×	504 1.3×	90 0.2×	139	2.0k
Xianjun Deng China	24	648 0.5×	458 0.5×	139 0.3×	278 0.7×	105 0.3×	96	1.2k
Mahdi Zareei Mexico	25	1.0k 0.8×	721 0.8×	286 0.6×	404 1.0×	75 0.2×	91	1.8k
Wei Cheng United States	20	870 0.7×	874 1.0×	153 0.3×	324 0.8×	117 0.3×	77	1.6k
Long Shi China	22	947 0.8×	662 0.7×	378 0.7×	511 1.3×	370 0.9×	110	1.7k
Haitao Xu China	18	919 0.7×	709 0.8×	288 0.6×	205 0.5×	534 1.3×	114	1.6k
Shuo Wang China	17	1.1k 0.8×	789 0.9×	300 0.6×	145 0.4×	158 0.4×	127	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiang Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiang Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Xiang 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 Xiang Sun. The network helps show where Xiang Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiang Sun

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

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Wang, Liang, et al.. (2025). A particle finite element model to simulate pipe-soil interactions: Penetration, consolidation and operation processes under wave loads. Ocean Engineering. 319. 120247–120247. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Liang, Qiang Xue, Jingjing Meng, et al.. (2025). An implicit nodal integration-based three-dimensional particle finite element model for simulating dynamic saturated porous media. Computers and Geotechnics. 186. 107372–107372.

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Liu, Run, et al.. (2025). Study on the lateral breakout resistance of submarine pipelines in the sand wave area. Ocean Engineering. 329. 121126–121126.

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Sun, Xiang, et al.. (2024). A soft actor–critic reinforcement learning approach for over the air active beamforming with reconfigurable intelligent surface. Physical Communication. 66. 102474–102474. 2 indexed citations

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Shao, Sihua, et al.. (2024). Counter UAV Swarms: Challenges, Considerations, and Future Directions in UAV Warfare. IEEE Wireless Communications. 32(1). 190–196. 4 indexed citations

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Yao, Jingjing, et al.. (2024). Transformer-Based Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Coordination in Air Corridors. 505–510. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Cong, et al.. (2024). Attention-Augmented MADDPG in NOMA-Based Vehicular Mobile Edge Computational Offloading. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 11(16). 27000–27014. 8 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiang, et al.. (2024). Energy-Efficient Federated Knowledge Distillation Learning in Internet of Drones. 1256–1261. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiang, et al.. (2024). UAV Base Station Deployment for Assisting Ground Wireless Networks. 165–170.

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Zhang, Feng, et al.. (2023). A Novel Standardized Collaborative Online Model for Processing and Analyzing Remotely Sensed Images in Geographic Problems. Electronics. 12(21). 4394–4394. 1 indexed citations

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Jiang, Xing, et al.. (2022). Design and Implementation of Semi-Physical Platform for Label Based Frame Switching in Integrated Satellite Terrestrial Networks. Applied Sciences. 12(13). 6674–6674. 1 indexed citations

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Jiang, Xing, et al.. (2022). AQROM: A quality of service aware routing optimization mechanism based on asynchronous advantage actor-critic in software-defined networks. Digital Communications and Networks. 10(5). 1405–1414. 7 indexed citations

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Yousefi, Mohammad Reza, et al.. (2022). Deep Reinforcement Learning for Online Latency Aware Workload Offloading in Mobile Edge Computing. GLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference. 2218–2223. 4 indexed citations

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Sun, Xiang, et al.. (2022). Low Cost ATP System Design for Free Space Optics based Drone Assisted Wireless Networks. 2022 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps). 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jiawei, et al.. (2020). Optimizing Networked Flying Platform Deployment and Access Point Association in FSO-Based Fronthaul Networks. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 9(8). 1221–1225. 12 indexed citations

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Huang, Haiping, et al.. (2020). A blockchain-based scheme for privacy-preserving and secure sharing of medical data. Computers & Security. 99. 102010–102010. 115 indexed citations

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Chen, Yougan, et al.. (2020). MF-HER: Marine Mammal-Friendly Based High Spectral-Efficient Routing for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks. IEEE Access. 8. 198624–198636. 4 indexed citations

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Lu, Yueming, et al.. (2016). An Activity Recognition-Assistance Algorithm Based on Hybrid Semantic Model in Smart Home. International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks. 12(8). 2396012–2396012. 4 indexed citations

19.

Han, Lu, et al.. (2015). A System of Energy Consumption Based on Infrared Images in Building and Environmental Detection. Advanced materials research. 1092-1093. 545–549. 1 indexed citations

20.

Jia, Yanyan, et al.. (2014). Karyotype analysis of Rheum palmatum. Genetics and Molecular Research. 13(4). 9056–9061. 2 indexed citations

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