Yong Cao

881 total citations
52 papers, 513 citations indexed

About

Yong Cao is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Cao has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 513 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 22 papers in Ocean Engineering and 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yong Cao's work include Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (24 papers), Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (22 papers) and Robotic Locomotion and Control (12 papers). Yong Cao is often cited by papers focused on Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (24 papers), Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (22 papers) and Robotic Locomotion and Control (12 papers). Yong Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Iran. Yong Cao's co-authors include Guang Pan, Sheng Zhu, Xiubing Liang, Wanglong Wang, Qiaogao Huang, Yonghui Cao, Yueri Cai, Shusheng Bi, Yilin Qu and Yang Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Small, Nano Energy and Optics Express.

In The Last Decade

Yong Cao

43 papers receiving 499 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yong Cao China	13	196	161	151	129	71	52	513
John Gerdes United States	15	349 1.8×	71 0.4×	84 0.6×	110 0.9×	105 1.5×	36	744
Xingwen Zheng China	14	164 0.8×	276 1.7×	174 1.2×	248 1.9×	10 0.1×	32	631
Huan Shen China	11	102 0.5×	31 0.2×	125 0.8×	91 0.7×	93 1.3×	72	429
Gangfeng Liu China	15	133 0.7×	69 0.4×	265 1.8×	308 2.4×	23 0.3×	97	683
Jihong Yan China	16	155 0.8×	56 0.3×	291 1.9×	374 2.9×	23 0.3×	75	826
Yong-Jai Park South Korea	11	306 1.6×	206 1.3×	203 1.3×	416 3.2×	12 0.2×	32	728
Junqiang Lou China	16	143 0.7×	51 0.3×	141 0.9×	121 0.9×	21 0.3×	42	617
Raphael Zufferey United Kingdom	11	355 1.8×	218 1.4×	215 1.4×	284 2.2×	8 0.1×	20	729
Tae Myung Huh United States	13	89 0.5×	56 0.3×	123 0.8×	347 2.7×	13 0.2×	23	546
Mustafa Ay Türkiye	11	112 0.6×	121 0.8×	313 2.1×	273 2.1×	10 0.1×	31	553

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20 of 20 papers shown

Huang, Qiaogao, et al.. (2025). Development and three-dimensional modeling of a bionic robotic fish with pectoral fins. Ocean Engineering. 321. 120393–120393. 6 indexed citations

Cao, Yong, et al.. (2025). Development and Experiment of Manta Ray-Inspired Robot Actuated by Dielectric Elastomer Actuator. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 10(10). 10466–10473.

Liu, Xin, et al.. (2025). Dynamic Modeling and Tube-MPC Based Landing Control for a Robotic Manta With Flexible Fins. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 31(1). 151–161. 1 indexed citations

Cao, Yonghui, et al.. (2024). Effects of motion parameters on the propulsion characteristics of flexible pectoral fins in bio-manta robots. Ocean Engineering. 309. 118377–118377. 6 indexed citations

Lu, Yang, et al.. (2024). Effect of Active–Passive Deformation on the Thrust by the Pectoral Fins of Bionic Manta Robot. Journal of Bionic Engineering. 21(2). 718–728. 5 indexed citations

Gong, Tao, Xiaorong Sun, Jiaxing Guo, et al.. (2023). Spatial hetero-structured composites with ultrawide linear range for positive-negative pressure sensing and e-skin of bionic fish. Nano Energy. 120. 109173–109173. 29 indexed citations

Huang, Qiaogao, et al.. (2023). Group gliding of three manta rays in multiple formations. Ocean Engineering. 278. 114389–114389. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Lichuan, et al.. (2023). Swarm Motion of Underwater Robots Based on Local Visual Perception. 389–395.

Cao, Yong, et al.. (2023). Symmetry-breaking enabled topological phase transitions in spin-orbit optics. Optics Express. 31(14). 23621–23621. 6 indexed citations

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Luo, Yang, et al.. (2023). Impact of jet velocity profile on the propulsive performance and vortex ring formation of pulsed jet propulsion. Ocean Engineering. 285. 115213–115213. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lichuan, et al.. (2023). Real-Time Relative Positioning Study of an Underwater Bionic Manta Ray Vehicle Based on Improved YOLOx. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11(2). 314–314. 3 indexed citations

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Cao, Yong, et al.. (2023). Static bending and forced vibration analyses of a piezoelectric semiconductor cylindrical shell within first-order shear deformation theory. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 126. 625–645. 20 indexed citations

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Cao, Yonghui, Yu Xie, Yue He, et al.. (2022). Bioinspired Central Pattern Generator and T-S Fuzzy Neural Network-Based Control of a Robotic Manta for Depth and Heading Tracking. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 10(6). 758–758. 7 indexed citations

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Cao, Yonghui, et al.. (2022). Effects of Bionic Bone Flexibility on the Hydrodynamics of Pectoral Fins. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 10(7). 981–981. 3 indexed citations

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He, Yue, Yu Xie, Guang Pan, et al.. (2022). Depth and Heading Control of a Manta Robot Based on S-Plane Control. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 10(11). 1698–1698. 7 indexed citations

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Bi, Shusheng, et al.. (2022). Design and Experimental Research on a Bionic Robot Fish with Tri-Dimensional Soft Pectoral Fins Inspired by Cownose Ray. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 10(4). 537–537. 20 indexed citations

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Cao, Yong, Shusheng Bi, Yueri Cai, & Lige Zhang. (2013). Applying coupled nonlinear oscillators to imitate swimming modes of cow-nosed rays. 552–557. 4 indexed citations

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Cao, Yong. (2007). Upgrade of beam diagnostics in NSRL Phase II Project. JUSTC.

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Cao, Yong, et al.. (2006). Application of digital beam position processor Libera on tune measurement. High Power Laser and Particle Beams. 18(6). 1003–1006. 1 indexed citations

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Cao, Yong, et al.. (1995). Situated verbal interaction in virtual design and assembly. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 2061–2062. 4 indexed citations

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