Xiaojun Cao

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
156 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Xiaojun Cao is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaojun Cao has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 88 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 22 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Xiaojun Cao's work include Advanced Optical Network Technologies (72 papers), Software-Defined Networks and 5G (56 papers) and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (42 papers). Xiaojun Cao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Optical Network Technologies (72 papers), Software-Defined Networks and 5G (56 papers) and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems (42 papers). Xiaojun Cao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Xiaojun Cao's co-authors include Fei Hu, Chunming Qiao, Kebina Manandhar, Yao Liu, Yan Wang, Yi Pan, Qian Hu, Vivek Anand, Danyang Zheng and Limin Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Optics Express and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Xiaojun Cao

141 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Detection of Faults and Attacks Including False Data Injection Attack in Smart Grid Using Kalman Filter

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaojun Cao United States	26	1.9k	1.6k	656	274	187	156	3.0k
Yao Liu United States	18	706 0.4×	758 0.5×	607 0.9×	559 2.0×	236 1.3×	75	1.7k
Michael Menth Germany	19	875 0.5×	1.6k 1.0×	144 0.2×	193 0.7×	125 0.7×	191	1.8k
Tarek Saadawi United States	22	889 0.5×	2.2k 1.4×	149 0.2×	146 0.5×	147 0.8×	186	2.5k
Célio Albuquerque Brazil	20	564 0.3×	1.3k 0.8×	203 0.3×	223 0.8×	362 1.9×	129	1.8k
Imtiaz Parvez United States	15	727 0.4×	629 0.4×	285 0.4×	177 0.6×	149 0.8×	42	1.2k
Jie Tang China	23	1.2k 0.6×	397 0.2×	342 0.5×	242 0.9×	90 0.5×	86	1.5k
Julong Lan China	24	736 0.4×	1.6k 1.0×	124 0.2×	228 0.8×	281 1.5×	130	1.7k
Jaehoon Jeong South Korea	22	964 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	125 0.2×	192 0.7×	153 0.8×	162	1.7k
Krishna M. Sivalingam India	28	2.7k 1.4×	3.5k 2.2×	94 0.1×	148 0.5×	143 0.8×	225	4.4k
Johan Åkerberg Sweden	17	471 0.2×	838 0.5×	223 0.3×	108 0.4×	102 0.5×	76	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Xiaojun Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xiaojun Cao

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaojun Cao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xiaojun Cao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xiaojun Cao 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 Xiaojun Cao. Xiaojun Cao 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, Chao, et al.. (2025). NFV-Based Security Estimation and Classification Approaches for AIGC-Enabled Edge Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering. 13. 4008–4025.

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Cao, Xiaojun, Hongli Wang, Hongchao Kou, et al.. (2025). Employing Fully Asymmetric Building Block Toward High‐Performance Stretchable Active Layer for Organic Solar Cells. Aggregate. 6(11).

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Zheng, Danyang, et al.. (2024). A cost-provable solution for reliable in-network computing-enabled services deployment. Computer Networks. 257. 110997–110997.

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Cao, Xiaojun, et al.. (2024). Provably Efficient Service Function Chain Embedding and Protection in Edge Networks. 33(1). 178–193. 17 indexed citations

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Zheng, Danyang, et al.. (2024). Towards resources optimization in deploying service function chains with shared protection. Computer Networks. 248. 110494–110494. 6 indexed citations

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Zheng, Danyang, et al.. (2024). Provably efficient security-aware service function tree composing and embedding in multi-vendor networks. Computer Networks. 254. 110843–110843. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Chao, Danyang Zheng, Xiaorong Liu, et al.. (2024). Towards cost optimization in security-aware service function chaining and embedding over multi-vendor edge networks. Computer Networks. 257. 111002–111002. 2 indexed citations

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Yu, Jianping, et al.. (2023). Towards Reliable Federated Learning Using Blockchain-Based Reverse Auctions and Reputation Incentives. Symmetry. 15(12). 2179–2179. 5 indexed citations

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Zheng, Danyang, Gangxiang Shen, Bowen Chen, et al.. (2023). Embedding Service Function Chains with Dedicated Protection in Edge Networks. 365–370. 3 indexed citations

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Zheng, Danyang, et al.. (2023). Cost Optimization in Security-Aware Service Function Chain Deployment with Diverse Vendors. 2093–2098. 4 indexed citations

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Peng, Chengzong, Danyang Zheng, Yihan Zhong, & Xiaojun Cao. (2022). Off-site protection against service function forwarder failures in NFV. Computer Networks. 221. 109510–109510. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Ben, Xiaojun Cao, Chengzong Peng, Jun Li, & Danyang Zheng. (2022). Towards Service Function Chaining and Embedding for Multi-Security Guarantee Levels. 441–445. 8 indexed citations

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Peng, Chengzong, Danyang Zheng, Sumesh J. Philip, & Xiaojun Cao. (2021). Latency-Bounded Off-Site Virtual Node Protection in NFV. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. 18(3). 2545–2556. 17 indexed citations

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Yu, Jianping, et al.. (2021). Blockchain-Based Decision Tree Classification in Distributed Networks. Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing. 29(3). 713–728. 7 indexed citations

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Zheng, Danyang, Huaxi Gu, Wenting Wei, Chengzong Peng, & Xiaojun Cao. (2020). Network Service Chaining and Embedding With Provable Bounds. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 8(9). 7140–7151. 17 indexed citations

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Wu, Yubao, et al.. (2019). Second-Order CoSimRank for Similarity Measures in Social Networks. 1–6. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Yan, et al.. (2019). Branch-Awareness in Service Function Graph Design and Embedding. 1–3. 1 indexed citations

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Bourgeois, Anu G., et al.. (2018). A new cross-platform architecture for epi-info software suite. BMC Bioinformatics. 19(S11). 359–359. 11 indexed citations

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Luo, Guangchun, et al.. (2018). Disseminating authorized content via data analysis in opportunistic social networks. Big Data Mining and Analytics. 2(1). 12–24. 12 indexed citations

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Cao, Xiaojun, et al.. (2012). A secure cloud internetwork model with economic and social incentives (SCIMES). Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 1 indexed citations

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