Zheng Yan

15.7k total citations · 10 hit papers
403 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Zheng Yan is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Zheng Yan has authored 403 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 173 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 170 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 121 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Zheng Yan's work include Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (76 papers), Cryptography and Data Security (57 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (49 papers). Zheng Yan is often cited by papers focused on Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data (76 papers), Cryptography and Data Security (57 papers) and Network Security and Intrusion Detection (49 papers). Zheng Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, Finland and United States. Zheng Yan's co-authors include Athanasios V. Vasilakos, Xuyang Jing, Witold Pedrycz, Peng Zhang, Xiaokang Zhou, Wenxiu Ding, Laurence T. Yang, Wei Liang, Mingjun Wang and Kevin I‐Kai Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Zheng Yan

368 papers receiving 9.8k citations

Hit Papers

A survey on trust management for Internet of Things 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2019 2021 2017 2021 250 500 750
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. A survey on trust management for Internet of Things
    2014 768 citations Zheng Yan et al. Journal of Network and Computer Applications profile →
  2. A survey on machine learning for data fusion
    2019 456 citations Zheng Yan et al. profile →
  3. Deep-Learning-Enhanced Multitarget Detection for End–Edge–Cloud Surveillance in Smart IoT
    2021 245 citations Xiaokang Zhou, Wei Liang et al. IEEE Internet of Things Journal profile →
  4. From Cloud to Fog Computing: A Review and a Conceptual Live VM Migration Framework
    2017 240 citations Zheng Yan et al. profile →
  5. Two-Layer Federated Learning With Heterogeneous Model Aggregation for 6G Supported Internet of Vehicles
    2021 208 citations Xiaokang Zhou, Wei Liang et al. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology profile →
  6. Hierarchical Federated Learning With Social Context Clustering-Based Participant Selection for Internet of Medical Things Applications
    2023 143 citations Xiaokang Zhou, Kevin I‐Kai Wang et al. profile →
  7. Decentralized P2P Federated Learning for Privacy-Preserving and Resilient Mobile Robotic Systems
    2023 125 citations Wei Liang, Kevin I‐Kai Wang et al. profile →
  8. Digital Twin Enhanced Federated Reinforcement Learning With Lightweight Knowledge Distillation in Mobile Networks
    2023 119 citations Xiaokang Zhou, Jiashuai Shi et al. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications profile →
  9. A Survey on Blockchain-Based Trust Management for Internet of Things
    2023 84 citations Zheng Yan, Zhiguo Wan et al. IEEE Internet of Things Journal profile →
  10. Federated distillation and blockchain empowered secure knowledge sharing for Internet of medical Things
    2024 44 citations Xiaokang Zhou, Zheng Yan et al. Information Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zheng Yan China 52 4.7k 4.1k 3.6k 1.6k 1.2k 403 10.2k
Guojun Wang China 59 4.1k 0.9× 4.3k 1.0× 2.8k 0.8× 2.3k 1.4× 601 0.5× 596 11.5k
Jinjun Chen Australia 61 4.9k 1.1× 4.6k 1.1× 5.4k 1.5× 1.3k 0.8× 964 0.8× 296 12.6k
Yaser Jararweh Jordan 53 4.3k 0.9× 3.6k 0.9× 3.7k 1.0× 1.7k 1.1× 671 0.6× 340 9.8k
Quan Z. Sheng Australia 52 4.2k 0.9× 4.1k 1.0× 5.2k 1.4× 1.4k 0.9× 735 0.6× 601 12.4k
Feng Xia China 57 5.2k 1.1× 3.6k 0.9× 3.1k 0.9× 2.6k 1.6× 576 0.5× 470 12.8k
Hui Li China 50 3.8k 0.8× 5.6k 1.4× 4.7k 1.3× 2.1k 1.3× 508 0.4× 488 9.8k
Jianfeng Ma China 63 5.9k 1.3× 7.4k 1.8× 6.3k 1.7× 2.5k 1.5× 1.4k 1.1× 787 15.3k
Abdullah Gani Malaysia 60 8.0k 1.7× 3.3k 0.8× 5.4k 1.5× 3.2k 2.0× 1.5k 1.3× 284 15.0k
Jong Hyuk Park South Korea 50 5.7k 1.2× 2.4k 0.6× 4.6k 1.3× 1.7k 1.1× 1.5k 1.3× 436 9.8k
Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan United States 52 4.0k 0.9× 2.4k 0.6× 2.4k 0.7× 1.9k 1.2× 577 0.5× 214 8.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zheng Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zheng Yan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zheng Yan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zheng Yan 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 Zheng Yan. Zheng Yan 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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Kaveh, Masoud, Farshad Rostami Ghadi, Zhao Li, Zheng Yan, & Riku Jäntti. (2025). Secure Backscatter Communications Through RIS: Modeling and Performance. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 75(3). 4464–4477. 1 indexed citations
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Yan, Zheng, et al.. (2024). A survey on fuzz testing technologies for industrial control protocols. Journal of Network and Computer Applications. 232. 104020–104020. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Zhao, et al.. (2024). Interference Recycling: Effective Utilization of Interference for Enhancing Data Transmission. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 24(2). 859–874. 1 indexed citations
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Pan, Tian, et al.. (2024). Accelerating Mega-Scale Satellite Network Simulation in NS-3 via MPI-based Parallelization. 5610–5615. 1 indexed citations
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Candia, Roberto Di, et al.. (2024). Covert Backscatter Communication in the Presence of Multi-Antenna Eavesdropper. IEEE Communications Letters. 28(8). 1770–1774. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yifan, et al.. (2024). APAuth: Authenticate an Access Point by Backscatter Devices. Aaltodoc (Aalto University). 3616–3621. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Zhao, et al.. (2024). Exploiting Interference With an Intelligent Reflecting Surface to Enhance Data Transmission. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(8). 9776–9792. 1 indexed citations
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Yin, Ruoyu, Zheng Yan, Xueqin Liang, Haomeng Xie, & Zhiguo Wan. (2023). A survey on privacy preservation techniques for blockchain interoperability. Journal of Systems Architecture. 140. 102892–102892. 23 indexed citations
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Yan, Zheng, et al.. (2023). Anti-biofouling strategies for implantable biosensors of continuous glucose monitoring systems. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering. 17(12). 1866–1878. 5 indexed citations
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Yan, Zheng, et al.. (2023). SecDedup: Secure data deduplication with dynamic auditing in the cloud. Information Sciences. 644. 119279–119279. 16 indexed citations
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Liu, Xinmeng, Haomeng Xie, Zheng Yan, & Xueqin Liang. (2023). A survey on blockchain sharding. ISA Transactions. 141. 30–43. 15 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaokang, Jiashuai Shi, Wei Liang, et al.. (2023). Digital Twin Enhanced Federated Reinforcement Learning With Lightweight Knowledge Distillation in Mobile Networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 41(10). 3191–3211. 119 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Zhao, et al.. (2022). Joint alignment and steering to manage interference. Digital Communications and Networks. 10(2). 429–438. 1 indexed citations
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Yan, Ke, Xinke Chen, Xiaokang Zhou, Zheng Yan, & Jianhua Ma. (2022). Physical Model Informed Fault Detection and Diagnosis of Air Handling Units Based on Transformer Generative Adversarial Network. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 19(2). 2192–2199. 58 indexed citations
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Yan, Zheng, et al.. (2022). Lane-Level Heterogeneous Traffic Flow Prediction: A Spatiotemporal Attention-Based Encoder–Decoder Model. IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine. 15(3). 51–67. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Pu, Ning Wang, Monireh Dabaghchian, Kai Zeng, & Zheng Yan. (2019). Optimal Resource Allocation for Secure Multi-User Wireless Powered Backscatter Communication with Artificial Noise. Aaltodoc (Aalto University). 460–468. 17 indexed citations
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Li, Zhao, et al.. (2019). Interference Steering to Manage Interference in IoT. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 6(6). 10458–10471. 37 indexed citations

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