Xiaodan Shao

1.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
58 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Xiaodan Shao is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaodan Shao has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 22 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 9 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Xiaodan Shao's work include Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (20 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (19 papers) and Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies (17 papers). Xiaodan Shao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (20 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (19 papers) and Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies (17 papers). Xiaodan Shao collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Singapore. Xiaodan Shao's co-authors include Xiaoming Chen, Rui Zhang, Changsheng You, Wenyan Ma, Caijun Zhong, Zhaoyang Zhang, Qian Jiang, Feng Chen, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng and Robert Schober and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing and IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials.

In The Last Decade

Xiaodan Shao

57 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Target Sensing With Intelligent Reflecting Surface: Archi... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 2024 2024 2025 2025 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Target Sensing With Intelligent Reflecting Surface: Architecture and Performance
    2022 220 citations Xiaodan Shao, Changsheng You et al. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications profile →
  2. 6D Movable Antenna Based on User Distribution: Modeling and Optimization
    2024 79 citations Xiaodan Shao, Qian Jiang et al. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications profile →
  3. Intelligent Surfaces Empowered Wireless Network: Recent Advances and the Road to 6G
    2024 76 citations Qingqing Wu, Beixiong Zheng et al. Proceedings of the IEEE profile →
  4. A Tutorial on Movable Antennas for Wireless Networks
    2025 61 citations Lipeng Zhu, Wenyan Ma et al. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials profile →
  5. 6D Movable Antenna Enhanced Wireless Network via Discrete Position and Rotation Optimization
    2025 41 citations Xiaodan Shao, Rui Zhang et al. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications profile →
  6. 6DMA Enhanced Wireless Network with Flexible Antenna Position and Rotation: Opportunities and Challenges
    2025 27 citations Xiaodan Shao, Rui Zhang IEEE Communications Magazine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Xiaodan Shao China 19 885 481 253 117 74 58 1.2k
Yubo Wan China 6 528 0.6× 346 0.7× 182 0.7× 31 0.3× 51 0.7× 11 738
Rongfang Song China 17 814 0.9× 180 0.4× 354 1.4× 127 1.1× 29 0.4× 108 1.0k
Youxi Tang China 21 1.6k 1.8× 542 1.1× 467 1.8× 43 0.4× 42 0.6× 210 1.7k
Alireza Bayesteh Canada 14 1.6k 1.8× 363 0.8× 656 2.6× 91 0.8× 62 0.8× 44 1.7k
Hsueh‐Jyh Li Taiwan 14 627 0.7× 385 0.8× 219 0.9× 35 0.3× 74 1.0× 94 797
Md. Lushanur Rahman Australia 7 759 0.9× 640 1.3× 248 1.0× 56 0.5× 124 1.7× 11 1.1k
Foad Sohrabi Canada 18 2.3k 2.6× 744 1.5× 368 1.5× 143 1.2× 114 1.5× 33 2.5k
Trinh Van Chien Vietnam 19 1.3k 1.4× 496 1.0× 485 1.9× 39 0.3× 62 0.8× 107 1.5k
Veli‐Matti Kolmonen Finland 24 1.2k 1.4× 332 0.7× 201 0.8× 60 0.5× 39 0.5× 67 1.3k
Jiancun Fan China 18 1.1k 1.2× 218 0.5× 473 1.9× 90 0.8× 51 0.7× 101 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaodan Shao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaodan Shao

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hu, Limei, et al.. (2025). Triple IRS-Aided Communications: Row-Column Sparsity Enhanced Bayesian Tensor Learning for Channel Estimation. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(11). 11828–11839. 3 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zijian, et al.. (2025). Movable Antenna-Aided Near-Field Integrated Sensing and Communication. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 25. 493–508. 8 indexed citations
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Shao, Xiaodan, Limei Hu, Yulong Sun, et al.. (2025). Hybrid Near–Far Field 6D Movable Antenna Design Exploiting Directional Sparsity and Deep Learning. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 25. 3736–3749. 2 indexed citations
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Shao, Xiaodan, Rui Zhang, Haibo Zhou, et al.. (2025). Polarforming Antenna Enhanced Sensing and Communication: Modeling and Optimization. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 44. 416–431. 5 indexed citations
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Shao, Xiaodan, Weidong Mei, Changsheng You, et al.. (2025). A Tutorial on Six-Dimensional Movable Antenna for 6G Networks: Synergizing Positionable and Rotatable Antennas. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. 28. 3666–3709. 8 indexed citations
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Zhu, Lipeng, Wenyan Ma, Weidong Mei, et al.. (2025). A Tutorial on Movable Antennas for Wireless Networks. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. 28. 3002–3054. 61 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shao, Xiaodan, et al.. (2025). Passive Six-Dimensional Movable Antenna (6DMA)-Assisted Multiuser Communication. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 14(4). 1014–1018. 5 indexed citations
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Zheng, Beixiong, Wen Wu, Xiaodan Shao, et al.. (2025). Efficient Channel Estimation for Rotatable Antenna-Enabled Wireless Communication. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 14(11). 3719–3723. 2 indexed citations
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Shao, Xiaodan & Rui Zhang. (2025). 6DMA Enhanced Wireless Network with Flexible Antenna Position and Rotation: Opportunities and Challenges. IEEE Communications Magazine. 63(4). 121–128. 27 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shao, Xiaodan, et al.. (2025). 6DMA-Aided Cell-Free Massive MIMO Communication. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 14(5). 1361–1365. 10 indexed citations
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Zheng, Beixiong, et al.. (2024). Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Aided Radar Spoofing. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 13(10). 2722–2726. 3 indexed citations
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Shao, Xiaodan, et al.. (2024). Capacity Maximization for Base Station With Hybrid Fixed and Movable Antennas. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 13(10). 2877–2881. 11 indexed citations
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Wu, Qingqing, Beixiong Zheng, Changsheng You, et al.. (2024). Intelligent Surfaces Empowered Wireless Network: Recent Advances and the Road to 6G. Proceedings of the IEEE. 112(7). 724–763. 76 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shao, Xiaodan, Feng Chen, Shaohua Wan, et al.. (2024). Networked Integrated Sensing and Communications for 6G Wireless Systems. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 11(17). 29062–29075. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Renwang, et al.. (2023). Beam Scanning for Integrated Sensing and Communication in IRS-aided mmWave Systems. 196–200. 16 indexed citations
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Chen, Feng, et al.. (2023). Distributed Clustering for Secure Multitask Estimation Based on Adaptive Task Switching. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 59(5). 6192–6204. 6 indexed citations
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Shao, Xiaodan & Rui Zhang. (2023). Controllable Wireless Sensing via Target-Mounted Intelligent Reflecting Surface. 4865–4870. 2 indexed citations
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Shao, Xiaodan, Lei Cheng, Xiaoming Chen, Chongwen Huang, & Derrick Wing Kwan Ng. (2022). Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided 6G Massive Access: Coupled Tensor Modeling and Sparse Bayesian Learning. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 21(12). 10145–10161. 38 indexed citations
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Shao, Xiaodan, Xiaoming Chen, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, Caijun Zhong, & Zhaoyang Zhang. (2020). Cooperative Activity Detection: Sourced and Unsourced Massive Random Access Paradigms. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. 68. 6578–6593. 49 indexed citations

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