Yan Lei

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 789 citations indexed

About

Yan Lei is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Lei has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 789 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 20 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yan Lei's work include Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (17 papers), Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization (12 papers) and Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (11 papers). Yan Lei is often cited by papers focused on Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (17 papers), Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization (12 papers) and Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (11 papers). Yan Lei collaborates with scholars based in China, France and South Korea. Yan Lei's co-authors include Yan‐Wu Wang, Zhi‐Hong Guan, Tao Bian, Xin Ai, Yao Wang, Zhongfu Tan, Shuting Liu, Xiao‐Kang Liu, Jiang‐Wen Xiao and Irinel‐Constantin Morărescu and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid and IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems.

In The Last Decade

Yan Lei

41 papers receiving 767 citations

Hit Papers

Distributed Control of Nonlinear Multiagent Systems With ... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. Distributed Control of Nonlinear Multiagent Systems With Unknown and Nonidentical Control Directions via Event-Triggered Communication
    2019 211 citations Yan‐Wu Wang, Yan Lei et al. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yan Lei China 12 466 357 318 60 58 45 789
Fuqiang Li China 15 588 1.3× 401 1.1× 289 0.9× 33 0.6× 52 0.9× 70 860
Zihao Cheng China 15 767 1.6× 517 1.4× 363 1.1× 35 0.6× 61 1.1× 40 999
Yujie Tang United States 11 362 0.8× 128 0.4× 491 1.5× 45 0.8× 123 2.1× 34 770
Jiaxi Chen China 14 314 0.7× 361 1.0× 122 0.4× 47 0.8× 69 1.2× 79 554
Ahmad Afshar Iran 12 314 0.7× 197 0.6× 111 0.3× 37 0.6× 37 0.6× 57 485
Xiaozhan Yang China 8 518 1.1× 221 0.6× 192 0.6× 49 0.8× 130 2.2× 16 700
Patrick Coirault France 13 243 0.5× 248 0.7× 111 0.3× 19 0.3× 34 0.6× 67 491
Yang Cui China 13 394 0.8× 141 0.4× 116 0.4× 206 3.4× 75 1.3× 58 532
Zhidong Qi China 12 331 0.7× 122 0.3× 109 0.3× 56 0.9× 33 0.6× 40 437

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Lei

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Lei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yan Lei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yan Lei 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 Yan Lei. Yan Lei is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lei, Yan, et al.. (2025). Optimal Secure Control for Cyber-Physical Systems Under False Data Injection Attacks via Incremental Iterative Q-Learning Algorithm. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 22. 21365–21375.
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Wang, Xin, et al.. (2025). Secure Consensus for Switched Multiagent Systems Under DoS Attacks: Hybrid Event-Triggered and Impulsive Control Approach. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 55(5). 2400–2410. 6 indexed citations
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Lei, Yan, Yan‐Wu Wang, Irinel‐Constantin Morărescu, & Daniele Astolfi. (2025). Robust Semi‐Global Output Regulation of Uncertain Two‐Time‐Scale Systems With Input Saturation. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 35(9). 3484–3495. 1 indexed citations
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Tang, Dong, et al.. (2025). Zero-sum game-based formation control for multi-USVs under hybrid irregular output constraints. Nonlinear Dynamics. 113(16). 21531–21545. 1 indexed citations
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Dai, Ning, et al.. (2024). A compact quasi-zero stiffness metamaterial for energy absorption and impact protection. Thin-Walled Structures. 205. 112360–112360. 20 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xingwen, et al.. (2024). Leader-Following Consensus of Multi-Agent Systems via Fully Distributed Event-Based Control. Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University (Science). 29(4). 640–645. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Guo, et al.. (2024). Privacy-preserving incentive mechanism for integrated demand response: A homomorphic encryption-based approach. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. 164. 110407–110407. 4 indexed citations
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Yu, Tiantian, et al.. (2024). Event-triggered integral sliding mode control of two-time-scale systems. Nonlinear Dynamics. 113(2). 1263–1277. 2 indexed citations
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Tong, Hua, Yan Lei, Jiang‐Wen Xiao, & Yan‐Wu Wang. (2023). Event‐triggered output feedback control for two‐time‐scale systems with structured uncertainty. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 34(1). 423–439. 1 indexed citations
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Lei, Yan, Yan‐Wu Wang, Irinel‐Constantin Morărescu, & Romain Postoyan. (2022). Event-Triggered Fixed-Time Stabilization of Two Time Scales Linear Systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 68(3). 1722–1729. 30 indexed citations
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Tong, Hua, Jiang‐Wen Xiao, Xiao‐Kang Liu, Yan Lei, & Yan‐Wu Wang. (2022). Event-triggered sub-optimal control for two-time-scale systems with unknown dynamics. Nonlinear Dynamics. 111(3). 2487–2500. 4 indexed citations
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Tong, Hua, Jiang‐Wen Xiao, Yan Lei, & Wu Yang. (2021). Dynamic event‐triggered control for singularly perturbed systems. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 31(13). 6410–6421. 14 indexed citations
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Lei, Yan, Yan‐Wu Wang, Wu Yang, & Zhi‐Wei Liu. (2020). Distributed control of heterogeneous multi-agent systems with unknown control directions via event/self-triggered communication. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 357(17). 12163–12179. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Yan‐Wu, et al.. (2018). Distributed optimization problem for second-order multi-agent systems with event-triggered and time-triggered communication. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 356(17). 10196–10215. 52 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaomei, et al.. (2013). Synchronization of complex dynamical networks via sampled-data quantized feedback. Chinese Control Conference. 6531–6536. 2 indexed citations
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Lei, Yan. (2011). Simulation research on the correlation matching algorithm based on particle swarm optimization for aircraft geomagnetic aid navigation. Ship Science and Technology. 1 indexed citations
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