Xiaolin Zhou

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Xiaolin Zhou is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xiaolin Zhou has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 12 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 10 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xiaolin Zhou's work include Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (32 papers), Optical Network Technologies (10 papers) and Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (10 papers). Xiaolin Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (32 papers), Optical Network Technologies (10 papers) and Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (10 papers). Xiaolin Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Xiaolin Zhou's co-authors include Li‐Rong Zheng, Pengfei Tian, Xiaoyan Liu, Ran Liu, Laigui Hu, Qiang Chen, Geng Yang, Sharon Kao‐Walter, Li Da Xu and Li Xie and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Optics Express and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Xiaolin Zhou

62 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

A Health-IoT Platform Based on the Integration of Intelligent Packaging, Unobtrusive Bio-Sensor, and Intelligent Medicine Box

2014 450 citations Xiaolin Zhou, Li‐Rong Zheng et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xiaolin Zhou China	13	838	350	327	207	182	64	1.4k
Zhe Yang China	19	544 0.6×	443 1.3×	166 0.5×	282 1.4×	67 0.4×	122	1.3k
Robert N. Dean United States	17	792 0.9×	121 0.3×	69 0.2×	330 1.6×	60 0.3×	127	1.2k
Ashwin Ashok United States	17	542 0.6×	140 0.4×	70 0.2×	60 0.3×	249 1.4×	85	934
Gianfranco Manes Italy	21	1.0k 1.2×	317 0.9×	192 0.6×	118 0.6×	35 0.2×	134	1.4k
Daiqin Yang China	20	672 0.8×	229 0.7×	57 0.2×	206 1.0×	447 2.5×	74	1.9k
Lixia Yang China	20	854 1.0×	392 1.1×	50 0.2×	188 0.9×	51 0.3×	243	1.5k
Moustafa H. Aly Egypt	25	2.1k 2.5×	127 0.4×	171 0.5×	193 0.9×	265 1.5×	311	2.8k
Yabo Li China	27	1.1k 1.4×	861 2.5×	116 0.4×	53 0.3×	42 0.2×	122	2.2k
Jung‐Ho Park South Korea	19	698 0.8×	141 0.4×	68 0.2×	389 1.9×	49 0.3×	126	1.9k
Xiaofei Zhang China	25	592 0.7×	133 0.4×	83 0.3×	260 1.3×	105 0.6×	115	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xiaolin Zhou

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Li, Lulu, et al.. (2025). A Trustworthy IoT-Based Supply Chain Traceability System With Semantic Multichain and Preblockchain Data Verification. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 12(14). 28245–28258. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Xiaolin, et al.. (2025). Toward Quantum-Native Communication Systems: State-of-the-Art, Trends, and Challenges. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. 28. 1436–1482. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Wei, et al.. (2025). Enhancing Air-Water Optical Communication: Achieved 6.7 Photons/bit Through TCPA. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 37(11). 625–628.

Wu, Mengke, et al.. (2025). Tailoring three-dimensional porous Ni-doped Mn2O3 cathode for high-performance zinc-ion battery. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1024. 180263–180263. 1 indexed citations

Yi, Wei, Xiaolin Zhou, Zhenhua Li, et al.. (2025). Genetically Programmed Single‐Component Protein Hydrogel for Spinal Cord Injury Repair. Advanced Science. 12(10). e2405054–e2405054. 5 indexed citations

Zhou, Xiaolin, et al.. (2024). A New Photon-Counting MU-MISO Ultraviolet Communication System With MMSE Precoding in Turbulence Channels. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 73(7). 10805–10810. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Xiaolin, Gang Cai, Bing Tan, & Qiao‐Li Dong. (2023). A modified generalized version of projected reflected gradient method in Hilbert spaces. Numerical Algorithms. 95(1). 117–147. 3 indexed citations

Zhou, Xiaolin, et al.. (2023). A New Meta-Learning Framework for Estimating Atmospheric Turbulence and Phase Noise in Optical Satellite Internet of Things Systems. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 11(7). 11190–11201. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yongkang, Xiaolin Zhou, Wei Ni, Ekram Hossain, & Xin Wang. (2023). Optimal Power Allocation for Multiuser Photon-Counting Underwater Optical Wireless Communications Under Poisson Shot Noise. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 71(4). 2230–2245. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Yongkang, Xiaolin Zhou, Wei Ni, Xin Wang, & Lajos Hanzo. (2023). Underwater Photon-Counting Systems Under Poisson Shot Noise: Rate Analysis and Power Allocation. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 71(9). 5152–5168. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Yu, Chao Li, Ping’an Peng, et al.. (2023). Salinity variations of the inner Yangtze Sea during the Ordovician-Silurian transition and its influences on marginal marine euxinia. Global and Planetary Change. 225. 104129–104129. 15 indexed citations

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Hou, Mingcai, Jun Shen, Thomas J. Algeo, et al.. (2022). Terrestrial rather than volcanic mercury inputs to the Yangtze Platform (South China) during the Ordovician-Silurian transition. Global and Planetary Change. 220. 104023–104023. 12 indexed citations

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Tian, Pengfei, Peiyao Wang, Xiaoyan Liu, et al.. (2019). Absorption and scattering effects of Maalox, chlorophyll, and sea salt on a micro-LED-based underwater wireless optical communication [Invited]. Chinese Optics Letters. 17(10). 100010–100010. 25 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoyan, Xiaolin Zhou, Shuailong Zhang, et al.. (2018). Laser-based white-light source for high-speed underwater wireless optical communication and high-efficiency underwater solid-state lighting. Optics Express. 26(15). 19259–19259. 60 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xiaolin, et al.. (2018). Soft Iterative Quantum Receivers Approaching the Helstrom Limit Using Realistic Quantum Devices. IEEE Access. 6. 10197–10207. 4 indexed citations

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Sarkar, Sudeep, et al.. (2017). Predictive maintenance based on event-log analysis: A case study. IBM Journal of Research and Development. 61(1). 11:121–11:132. 38 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xiaolin, Xiaowei Zheng, Rong Zhang, & Lajos Hanzo. (2013). Chip-interleaved optical code division multiple access relying on a photon-counting iterative successive interference canceller for free-space optical channels. Optics Express. 21(13). 15926–15926. 11 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xiaolin, et al.. (2012). A photon-counting spatial-diversity-and-multiplexing MIMO scheme for Poisson atmospheric channels relying on Q-ary PPM. Optics Express. 20(24). 26379–26379. 9 indexed citations

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Tang, Yaoliang, Xiaolin Zhou, Ziyi Zhang, & Qiyuan Tian. (2011). Performance Analysis of a Two-Way Network-Coded Free Space Optical Relay Scheme over Strong Turbulence Channels. 1–5. 11 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xiaolin, Zhaowei Liu, Zongxin Wang, Himal A. Suraweera, & Jean Armstrong. (2007). Capacity Analysis for a Distributed MIMO-OFDM System in Composite Spatially Correlated Channels. 153. 1116–1120. 2 indexed citations

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