Xing‐Gang Yan

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
207 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Xing‐Gang Yan is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xing‐Gang Yan has authored 207 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 165 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 40 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 26 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xing‐Gang Yan's work include Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (103 papers), Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (83 papers) and Fault Detection and Control Systems (42 papers). Xing‐Gang Yan is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (103 papers), Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (83 papers) and Fault Detection and Control Systems (42 papers). Xing‐Gang Yan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Xing‐Gang Yan's co-authors include Christopher Edwards, Sarah K. Spurgeon, Zehui Mao, Qingling Zhang, Bin Jiang, Dezhi Xu, Kangkang Zhang, Leonid Fridman, Yuri Shtessel and Jinghao Li and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Automatica.

In The Last Decade

Xing‐Gang Yan

197 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Nonlinear robust fault reconstruction and estimation using a sliding mode observer

2007 446 citations Xing‐Gang Yan, Christopher Edwards profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xing‐Gang Yan United Kingdom	40	4.0k	861	704	475	293	207	4.8k
Alessandro Pisano Italy	38	4.1k 1.0×	803 0.9×	890 1.3×	902 1.9×	133 0.5×	212	5.1k
Michaël Defoort France	32	3.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.9×	577 0.8×	568 1.2×	135 0.5×	137	4.4k
María M. Serón Australia	30	4.5k 1.1×	336 0.4×	728 1.0×	256 0.5×	225 0.8×	219	5.2k
Bo Bernhardsson Sweden	24	3.4k 0.9×	1.7k 2.0×	661 0.9×	306 0.6×	357 1.2×	87	5.0k
Weisheng Yan China	30	1.9k 0.5×	1.4k 1.6×	392 0.6×	205 0.4×	362 1.2×	222	3.4k
Farshad Khorrami United States	32	3.1k 0.8×	706 0.8×	810 1.2×	275 0.6×	413 1.4×	297	4.1k
Emmanuel G. Collins United States	26	2.4k 0.6×	528 0.6×	641 0.9×	340 0.7×	494 1.7×	197	3.7k
Quanmin Zhu United Kingdom	41	3.6k 0.9×	560 0.7×	596 0.8×	476 1.0×	1.0k 3.5×	304	4.8k
H.N. Koivo Finland	29	3.4k 0.8×	524 0.6×	1.7k 2.4×	927 2.0×	477 1.6×	223	5.1k
Jun Fu China	39	3.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.9×	466 0.7×	228 0.5×	397 1.4×	239	4.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xing‐Gang Yan

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Zhou, Chao, et al.. (2025). Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Consensus Tracking Control for Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems with Double Semi-Markovian Switching Topologies and Unknown Control Directions. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica. 13(2). 463–476. 2 indexed citations

Yan, Xing‐Gang, et al.. (2025). Fault line selection method based on steady-state zero-sequence voltage. 64–64.

Zhao, Dongya, et al.. (2024). Model-free adaptive tensor product control for a class of nonlinear systems. Control Engineering Practice. 147. 105912–105912. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Chao, et al.. (2024). Adaptive cooperating fault-tolerant formation control for multi-agent systems with double Markovian switching topologies and actuator faults. Systems & Control Letters. 191. 105865–105865. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Weilin, et al.. (2023). An improved neural networks-based vector control approach for permanent magnet linear synchronous motor. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 361(4). 106565–106565. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Qian, et al.. (2023). Design and Control of an Innovative Overactuated Thrust Vectoring Six-DoF Quadrotor for Extreme and Challenging Environments. Unmanned Systems. 13(2). 345–361. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Weilin, Jiayu Chen, Dezhi Xu, & Xing‐Gang Yan. (2021). Hierarchical global fast terminal sliding‐mode control for a bridge travelling crane system. IET Control Theory and Applications. 15(6). 814–828. 14 indexed citations

Zhao, Dongya, et al.. (2019). Output Feedback Sliding Mode Control for Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 1443–1448. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Wanquan, Xing‐Gang Yan, Shoudong Huang, Chunyu Yang, & Guoliang Wang. (2018). Advanced Control for Singular Systems with Applications. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2018. 1–2. 1 indexed citations

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Khan, Mohammad Farhan, Sarah K. Spurgeon, & Xing‐Gang Yan. (2018). Modeling and Dynamic Behavior of eIF2 Dependent Regulatory System With Disturbances. IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience. 17(4). 518–524. 2 indexed citations

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Vesia, Michael, S.S. Prime, Xing‐Gang Yan, Lauren E. Sergio, & J. Douglas Crawford. (2010). Parietal regions specialized for saccades and reach in the human: a rTMS study. Journal of Vision. 10(7). 1093–1093. 1 indexed citations

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Spurgeon, Sarah K., et al.. (2010). A sliding mode observer for estimating substrate consumption rate in a fermentation process. 17. 172–177. 3 indexed citations

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Yan, Xing‐Gang, et al.. (2010). Sliding Mode Observer based Control for a Continuous Fermentation Process. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 854–859. 3 indexed citations

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Yan, Xing‐Gang, et al.. (2009). Static output feedback sliding mode control for time‐varying delay systems with time‐delayed nonlinear disturbances. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 20(7). 777–788. 51 indexed citations

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Yan, Xing‐Gang, Christopher Edwards, & Sarah K. Spurgeon. (2004). Output feedback sliding mode control for nonminimum phase systems with nonlinear disturbances. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3. 1951–1957. 2 indexed citations

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Yan, Xing‐Gang. (2003). Control scheme for redundant parallel UPS with instantaneous current sharing. Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Yan, Xing‐Gang, I‐Ming Chen, & James Lam. (2001). D-Type learning control for nonlinear time-varying systems with unknown initial states and inputs. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control. 23(2). 69–82. 23 indexed citations

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Yan, Xing‐Gang. (2000). Learning Control for Nonlinear System and Its Application in Robot. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 2 indexed citations

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Yan, Xing‐Gang, et al.. (2000). Decentralized Control of Nonlinear Large-Scale Systems Using Dynamic Output Feedback. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications. 104(2). 459–475. 25 indexed citations

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Yan, Xing‐Gang & Siying Zhang. (1997). Design of Robust Controllers with Similar Structure for Nonlinear Uncertain Composite Large-Scale Systems Possessing Similarity. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 6 indexed citations

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