Zehui Xiong

22.1k total citations · 26 hit papers
438 papers, 14.0k citations indexed

About

Zehui Xiong is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Zehui Xiong has authored 438 papers receiving a total of 14.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 180 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 144 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 133 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Zehui Xiong's work include Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (92 papers), IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (88 papers) and Blockchain Technology Applications and Security (77 papers). Zehui Xiong is often cited by papers focused on Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (92 papers), IoT and Edge/Fog Computing (88 papers) and Blockchain Technology Applications and Security (77 papers). Zehui Xiong collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and United States. Zehui Xiong's co-authors include Dusit Niyato, Jiawen Kang, Ping Wang, Dong In Kim, Chunyan Miao, Wei Yang Bryan Lim, Yang Zhang, Jun Zhao, Hongyang Du and Zhu Han and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Journal of Chemical Physics and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Zehui Xiong

383 papers receiving 13.7k citations

Hit Papers

Incentive Mechanism for Reliable Federated Learning: A Jo... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2019 2019 2019 2020 2018 200 400 600
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. Incentive Mechanism for Reliable Federated Learning: A Joint Optimization Approach to Combining Reputation and Contract Theory
    2019 676 citations Jiawen Kang, Zehui Xiong et al. IEEE Internet of Things Journal profile →
  2. A Survey on Consensus Mechanisms and Mining Strategy Management in Blockchain Networks
    2019 647 citations Zehui Xiong, Dusit Niyato et al. profile →
  3. Toward Secure Blockchain-Enabled Internet of Vehicles: Optimizing Consensus Management Using Reputation and Contract Theory
    2019 452 citations Jiawen Kang, Zehui Xiong et al. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology profile →
  4. Reliable Federated Learning for Mobile Networks
    2020 432 citations Jiawen Kang, Zehui Xiong et al. IEEE Wireless Communications profile →
  5. When Mobile Blockchain Meets Edge Computing
    2018 402 citations Zehui Xiong, Yang Zhang et al. profile →
  6. A Full Dive Into Realizing the Edge-Enabled Metaverse: Visions, Enabling Technologies, and Challenges
    2022 371 citations Wei Chong Ng, Wei Yang Bryan Lim et al. profile →
  7. Artificial-Intelligence-Enabled Intelligent 6G Networks
    2020 359 citations Helin Yang, Arokiaswami Alphones et al. profile →
  8. Fusing Blockchain and AI With Metaverse: A Survey
    2022 347 citations Zehui Xiong, Jiawen Kang et al. profile →
  9. Semantic Communications for Future Internet: Fundamentals, Applications, and Challenges
    2022 331 citations Wanting Yang, Hongyang Du et al. profile →
  10. Cloud/Fog Computing Resource Management and Pricing for Blockchain Networks
    2018 242 citations Zehui Xiong, Dusit Niyato et al. IEEE Internet of Things Journal profile →
  11. Towards Federated Learning in UAV-Enabled Internet of Vehicles: A Multi-Dimensional Contract-Matching Approach
    2021 238 citations Wei Yang Bryan Lim, Zehui Xiong et al. profile →
  12. Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning for UAV-Enabled Networks: Learning-Based Joint Scheduling and Resource Management
    2021 219 citations Helin Yang, Jun Zhao et al. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications profile →
  13. Decentralized Edge Intelligence: A Dynamic Resource Allocation Framework for Hierarchical Federated Learning
    2021 207 citations Wei Yang Bryan Lim, Zehui Xiong et al. profile →
  14. Unleashing the Power of Edge-Cloud Generative AI in Mobile Networks: A Survey of AIGC Services
    2024 186 citations Hongyang Du, Dusit Niyato et al. profile →
  15. A Survey of Intelligent Network Slicing Management for Industrial IoT: Integrated Approaches for Smart Transportation, Smart Energy, and Smart Factory
    2022 183 citations Zehui Xiong, Song Guo et al. profile →
  16. Covert Communications: A Comprehensive Survey
    2023 161 citations Zehui Xiong, Nan Zhao et al. profile →
  17. Realizing the Metaverse with Edge Intelligence: A Match Made in Heaven
    2022 161 citations Wei Yang Bryan Lim, Zehui Xiong et al. IEEE Wireless Communications profile →
  18. Healthcare in Metaverse: A Survey on Current Metaverse Applications in Healthcare
    2022 157 citations Zehui Xiong, Dusit Niyato et al. profile →
  19. STMGCN: Mobile Edge Computing-Empowered Vessel Trajectory Prediction Using Spatio-Temporal Multigraph Convolutional Network
    2022 132 citations Ryan Wen Liu, Jiangtian Nie et al. profile →
  20. Enhancing Deep Reinforcement Learning: A Tutorial on Generative Diffusion Models in Network Optimization
    2024 111 citations Hongyang Du, Dusit Niyato et al. profile →
  21. Diffusion-Based Reinforcement Learning for Edge-Enabled AI-Generated Content Services
    2024 90 citations Hongyang Du, Dusit Niyato et al. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing profile →
  22. Exploring Collaborative Distributed Diffusion-Based AI-Generated Content (AIGC) in Wireless Networks
    2023 75 citations Hongyang Du, Dusit Niyato et al. profile →
  23. Generative AI Agents With Large Language Model for Satellite Networks via a Mixture of Experts Transmission
    2024 70 citations Hongyang Du, Dusit Niyato et al. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications profile →
  24. Generative AI for Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks
    2024 55 citations Hongyang Du, Dusit Niyato et al. IEEE Wireless Communications profile →
  25. A Unified Framework for Guiding Generative AI With Wireless Perception in Resource Constrained Mobile Edge Networks
    2024 51 citations Hongyang Du, Dusit Niyato et al. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing profile →
  26. Enabling AI-Generated Content Services in Wireless Edge Networks
    2024 38 citations Hongyang Du, Dusit Niyato et al. IEEE Wireless Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zehui Xiong Singapore 61 5.6k 4.7k 4.2k 3.8k 1.9k 438 14.0k
Jiawen Kang China 52 4.9k 0.9× 4.7k 1.0× 4.6k 1.1× 3.9k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 366 12.8k
Salil S. Kanhere Australia 52 5.2k 0.9× 2.5k 0.5× 3.9k 0.9× 3.0k 0.8× 624 0.3× 318 10.8k
Tom H. Luan China 51 4.5k 0.8× 2.6k 0.5× 2.4k 0.6× 3.4k 0.9× 778 0.4× 254 8.9k
Jie Wu United States 68 10.9k 2.0× 4.0k 0.8× 4.2k 1.0× 5.0k 1.3× 645 0.3× 1.1k 18.6k
Mamoun Alazab Australia 72 8.7k 1.6× 7.3k 1.6× 5.8k 1.4× 2.7k 0.7× 766 0.4× 312 18.4k
Mianxiong Dong Japan 63 8.0k 1.4× 3.0k 0.6× 2.8k 0.7× 5.2k 1.4× 1.4k 0.8× 486 14.0k
Xu Chen China 52 9.5k 1.7× 4.3k 0.9× 3.3k 0.8× 4.6k 1.2× 935 0.5× 390 15.7k
Xiang‐Yang Li China 58 7.2k 1.3× 2.4k 0.5× 1.7k 0.4× 4.9k 1.3× 567 0.3× 551 12.5k
Antonio Iera Italy 36 11.5k 2.0× 1.8k 0.4× 3.5k 0.8× 6.4k 1.7× 1.0k 0.5× 292 17.5k
Geyong Min United Kingdom 62 9.1k 1.6× 4.0k 0.8× 3.9k 0.9× 4.6k 1.2× 897 0.5× 657 15.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Zehui Xiong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zehui Xiong

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Yaoqi, Hongyang Du, Zehui Xiong, et al.. (2025). Exploring Impacts of Age of Information on Data Accuracy for Wireless Sensing Systems: An Information Entropy Perspective. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 24(6). 4907–4924. 2 indexed citations
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Cai, Lin, et al.. (2025). Towards Security Enhanced Service Function Chain Deployment by Moving Target Defense. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering. 13. 408–423.
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Feng, Lei, Fanqin Zhou, Wenjing Li, et al.. (2025). Energy-Efficient Over-the-Air Computation for Federated Generative Model Fine-Tuning in Unmanned Vehicle-Assisted Disaster Relief. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking. 12. 56–73. 4 indexed citations
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Xiong, Zehui, et al.. (2025). Robust Sensing-Assisted Secure Communication via Cooperative Base Stations. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(11). 10602–10615. 1 indexed citations
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Xiong, Zehui, et al.. (2025). Resilience of Mega-Satellite Constellations: How Node Failures Impact Inter-Satellite Networking Over Time?. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(12). 15705–15721.
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Shi, Long, et al.. (2024). Blockchain Sharding Over Wireless Channels: Dynamic Resource Allocation With Sparse Reward. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 14(1). 63–67. 2 indexed citations
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Xiao, Jiang, Binhong Li, Xiaohai Dai, et al.. (2024). Cloak: Hiding Retrieval Information in Blockchain Systems via Distributed Query Requests. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing. 17(6). 3213–3226. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xinyuan, Jiang Liu, Zehui Xiong, et al.. (2024). Cost-Effective Hybrid Computation Offloading in Satellite-Terrestrial Integrated Networks. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 11(22). 36786–36800. 10 indexed citations
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Tang, Chunming, et al.. (2024). RIC-SDA: A Reputation Incentive Committee-Based Secure Conditional Dual Authentication Scheme for VANETs. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 23(12). 14361–14376. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Shuo, et al.. (2024). FastTS: Enabling Fault-Tolerant and Time-Sensitive Scheduling in Space-Terrestrial Integrated Networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 42(12). 3551–3565. 2 indexed citations
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Huang, Xumin, et al.. (2024). Social Attention Network Fused Multipatch Temporal–Variable-Dependency-Based Trajectory Prediction for Internet of Vehicles. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 11(19). 32244–32258. 5 indexed citations
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Ying, Zuobin, Yajie Wang, Chuan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Boosting Automatic Modulation Recognition in Wireless Communications With Frequency Encoder. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking. 11(4). 2135–2148.
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Yang, Helin, Sheng Zhang, Arokiaswami Alphones, et al.. (2023). An Advanced Integrated Visible Light Communication and Localization System. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 71(12). 7149–7162. 14 indexed citations
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Ng, Wei Chong, Wei Yang Bryan Lim, Zehui Xiong, et al.. (2022). Stochastic Coded Offloading Scheme for Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle-Assisted Edge Computing. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 10(7). 5626–5643. 15 indexed citations
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Liu, Ryan Wen, Yu Guo, Jiangtian Nie, et al.. (2022). Intelligent Edge-Enabled Efficient Multi-Source Data Fusion for Autonomous Surface Vehicles in Maritime Internet of Things. IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking. 6(3). 1574–1587. 61 indexed citations
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Yang, Wanting, Zi Qin Liew, Wei Yang Bryan Lim, et al.. (2022). Semantic Communication Meets Edge Intelligence. IEEE Wireless Communications. 29(5). 28–35. 82 indexed citations
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Kang, Jiawen, Zehui Xiong, Dusit Niyato, et al.. (2019). Toward Secure Blockchain-Enabled Internet of Vehicles: Optimizing Consensus Management Using Reputation and Contract Theory. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 68(3). 2906–2920. 452 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kang, Jiawen, Zehui Xiong, Dusit Niyato, Shengli Xie, & Junshan Zhang. (2019). Incentive Mechanism for Reliable Federated Learning: A Joint Optimization Approach to Combining Reputation and Contract Theory. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 6(6). 10700–10714. 676 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhang, Yang, Zehui Xiong, Dusit Niyato, Ping Wang, & Dong In Kim. (2018). Toward a Perpetual IoT System: Wireless Power Management Policy With Threshold Structure. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 5(6). 5254–5270. 10 indexed citations

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