Zain Ali

1.1k total citations
46 papers, 705 citations indexed

About

Zain Ali is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zain Ali has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 705 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 16 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 13 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zain Ali's work include Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (18 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (17 papers) and Satellite Communication Systems (10 papers). Zain Ali is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies (18 papers), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization (17 papers) and Satellite Communication Systems (10 papers). Zain Ali collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, China and United States. Zain Ali's co-authors include Wali Ullah Khan, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu, Asim Ihsan, Björn Ottersten, Eva Lagunas, Symeon Chatzinotas, Muhammad Awais Javed, Muhammad Waqas, Feifei Gao and Muhammad Asif and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Access and IEEE Transactions on Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zain Ali

44 papers receiving 684 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zain Ali Pakistan 16 572 264 202 42 25 46 705
Xiaozheng Gao China 14 429 0.8× 227 0.9× 276 1.4× 34 0.8× 39 1.6× 52 609
Samad Ali Finland 14 508 0.9× 158 0.6× 260 1.3× 36 0.9× 23 0.9× 39 620
Asim Ihsan China 16 586 1.0× 309 1.2× 183 0.9× 53 1.3× 25 1.0× 30 745
Tiến Hoa Nguyễn Vietnam 11 463 0.8× 107 0.4× 198 1.0× 88 2.1× 25 1.0× 71 573
Tan Do‐Duy Vietnam 10 320 0.6× 396 1.5× 312 1.5× 48 1.1× 74 3.0× 26 642
Fan Sun Denmark 15 689 1.2× 177 0.7× 394 2.0× 36 0.9× 24 1.0× 32 793
Mohammed W. Baidas Kuwait 15 606 1.1× 182 0.7× 338 1.7× 24 0.6× 12 0.5× 93 744
Nuno Souto Portugal 15 648 1.1× 238 0.9× 430 2.1× 54 1.3× 61 2.4× 98 860
Yanpeng Dai China 12 439 0.8× 139 0.5× 354 1.8× 36 0.9× 33 1.3× 43 597
Lina Mohjazi United Kingdom 16 631 1.1× 222 0.8× 263 1.3× 82 2.0× 15 0.6× 60 822

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zain Ali

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ali, Zain, Muhammad Asif, Wali Ullah Khan, et al.. (2025). Hybrid Optimization for NOMA-Based Transmissive-RIS Mounted UAV Networks. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics. 71(2). 3740–3752. 5 indexed citations
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Ali, Zain, Zouheir Rezki, & Hamid R. Sadjadpour. (2024). Maximization of Entanglement Sharing in Quantum Communication Networks with Fidelity Requirements. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2809–2815.
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Asif, Muhammad, Xu Bao, Zain Ali, et al.. (2024). Transmissive RIS-Empowered LEO-Satellite Communications With Hybrid-NOMA Under Residual Hardware Impairments. IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking. 9(3). 1167–1178. 5 indexed citations
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Ali, Zain, Wali Ullah Khan, Muhammad Asif, et al.. (2024). Enhanced Learning-Based Hybrid Optimization Framework for RSMA-Aided Underlay LEO Communication With Non-Collaborative Terrestrial Primary Network. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(4). 2176–2190. 2 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Manzoor, Abdul Wahid, Wali Ullah Khan, et al.. (2024). A Survey on RIS Advances in Terahertz Communications: Emerging Paradigms and Research Frontiers. IEEE Access. 12. 173867–173901. 11 indexed citations
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Ali, Zain, Zouheir Rezki, & Mohamed‐Slim Alouini. (2024). Optimizing Power Allocation in HAPs Assisted LEO Satellite Communications. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 1661–1677. 2 indexed citations
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Khan, Wali Ullah, Eva Lagunas, Asad Mahmood, et al.. (2023). Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Enhanced NOMA D2D Communications Underlaying UAV Networks. 2006–2011. 6 indexed citations
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Khan, Wali Ullah, Zain Ali, Eva Lagunas, Symeon Chatzinotas, & Björn Ottersten. (2022). Rate Splitting Multiple Access for Cognitive Radio GEO-LEO Co-Existing Satellite Networks. GLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference. 5165–5170. 20 indexed citations
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Khan, Wali Ullah, Asim Ihsan, Tu N. Nguyen, Zain Ali, & Muhammad Awais Javed. (2022). NOMA-Enabled Backscatter Communications for Green Transportation in Automotive-Industry 5.0. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 18(11). 7862–7874. 73 indexed citations
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Khan, Wali Ullah, Eva Lagunas, Zain Ali, et al.. (2022). Opportunities for Physical Layer Security in UAV Communication Enhanced with Intelligent Reflective Surfaces. IEEE Wireless Communications. 29(6). 22–28. 96 indexed citations
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Ali, Zain, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu, Feifei Gao, Jing Jiang, & Xiaoyan Wang. (2021). Deep Learning Based Power Optimizing for NOMA Based Relay Aided D2D Transmissions. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking. 7(3). 917–928. 30 indexed citations
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Khan, Wali Ullah, Zain Ali, Abd Ullah Khan, & Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu. (2021). Secure backscatter‐enabled NOMA system design in 6G era. Internet Technology Letters. 4(6). 7 indexed citations
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Ali, Zain, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu, Muhammad Waqas, Ling Xing, & Feifei Gao. (2019). A Joint Optimization Framework for Energy Harvesting Based Cooperative CR Networks. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking. 5(2). 452–462. 22 indexed citations
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Ali, Zain, Wali Ullah Khan, Furqan Jameel, et al.. (2019). Joint Power Allocation and Link Selection for Multi-Carrier Buffer Aided Relay Network. Electronics. 8(6). 686–686. 30 indexed citations
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Khan, Wali Ullah, Zain Ali, Muhammad Waqas, & Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu. (2019). Efficient power allocation with individual QoS guarantees in future small-cell networks. AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications. 105. 36–41. 22 indexed citations
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Khan, Wali Ullah, et al.. (2019). Efficient Resource Management for Sum Capacity Maximization in 5G NOMA Systems. Applied System Innovation. 2(3). 27–27. 13 indexed citations
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Ali, Zain, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu, Shun Zhang, Ling Xing, & Feifei Gao. (2018). Achieving Green Transmission With Energy Harvesting Based Cooperative Communication. IEEE Access. 6. 27507–27517. 12 indexed citations
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Ali, Zain, Guftaar Ahmad Sardar Sidhu, Muhammad Waqas, & Feifei Gao. (2018). Optimizing multi-user CR transmission under RF energy harvesting. Physical Communication. 32. 209–216. 3 indexed citations
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Ali, Zain, et al.. (2017). On fair interference management in cognitive radio networks. 135. 96–100. 1 indexed citations

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