Zhifang Wang

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Zhifang Wang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhifang Wang has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 16 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 13 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Zhifang Wang's work include Optimal Power Flow Distribution (23 papers), Smart Grid Energy Management (14 papers) and Complex Network Analysis Techniques (13 papers). Zhifang Wang is often cited by papers focused on Optimal Power Flow Distribution (23 papers), Smart Grid Energy Management (14 papers) and Complex Network Analysis Techniques (13 papers). Zhifang Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Zhifang Wang's co-authors include Anna Scaglione, Stefano Galli, Robert J. Thomas, Mir Hadi Athari, Mahnoosh Alizadeh, Ronald B. Melton, Xiao Li, Adam B. Birchfield, Lizhen Huang and Thomas J. Overbye and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Proceedings of the IEEE and IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.

In The Last Decade

Zhifang Wang

63 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

For the Grid and Through the Grid: The Role of Power Line Communications in the Smart Grid

2011 743 citations Anna Scaglione, Zhifang Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhifang Wang United States	18	1.7k	800	426	289	165	67	2.1k
Xiaoguang Wei China	24	1.4k 0.8×	647 0.8×	184 0.4×	95 0.3×	150 0.9×	91	2.0k
Robin Podmore United States	18	1.7k 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	132 0.3×	145 0.5×	214 1.3×	50	2.0k
Abhinav Kumar Singh United Kingdom	19	1.5k 0.8×	1.1k 1.4×	159 0.4×	92 0.3×	111 0.7×	53	1.9k
Yousu Chen United States	16	836 0.5×	479 0.6×	238 0.6×	149 0.5×	282 1.7×	94	1.2k
Aleksandar Dimitrovski United States	18	947 0.6×	688 0.9×	235 0.6×	60 0.2×	117 0.7×	78	1.3k
Yixin Ni China	27	2.2k 1.3×	959 1.2×	119 0.3×	49 0.2×	445 2.7×	178	2.5k
John Paserba United States	18	4.1k 2.4×	2.8k 3.5×	192 0.5×	140 0.5×	661 4.0×	45	4.6k
Malihe M. Farsangi Iran	20	1.0k 0.6×	732 0.9×	75 0.2×	75 0.3×	86 0.5×	76	1.4k
Renke Huang United States	20	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	75 0.2×	52 0.2×	139 0.8×	96	1.8k
Yang Xia China	16	1.1k 0.6×	715 0.9×	464 1.1×	48 0.2×	94 0.6×	104	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhifang Wang

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Wang, Zhifang, Yingying Zhang, Di Xue, et al.. (2025). Promoting phototransistor performance by utilizing solution epitaxy templated organic semiconductor films. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 9(7). 1174–1180. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhifang, et al.. (2024). Ultrasonic flowmeter fault early warning method based on Bayesian optimization XGBoost. 251–257. 3 indexed citations

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Hu, Qianqian, et al.. (2023). A family of hybrid iterative approximation methods for fitting blending curves. The Visual Computer. 40(6). 4287–4301.

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Hu, Qianqian, et al.. (2023). Improved Least-Squares Progressive Iterative Approximation for Tensor Product Surfaces. Mathematics. 11(3). 670–670. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhifang, Daniel Martín-Jiménez, Qigang Zhong, et al.. (2023). Step‐Edge‐Induced Patterning and Orientation Control of Crystalline Organic Semiconductor Films. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 10(8). 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhifang, Daniel Martín-Jiménez, Yingying Zhang, et al.. (2022). Liquid crystal-like active layer for high-performance organic field-effect transistors. Science China Materials. 66(4). 1518–1526. 7 indexed citations

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Das, Saikat & Zhifang Wang. (2021). Power Grid Vulnerability Analysis with Rising Renewables Infiltration. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhifang, et al.. (2018). Decentralized Demand Side Management Optimization for Residential and Commercial Load. 712–717. 15 indexed citations

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Birchfield, Adam B., Mir Hadi Athari, Ti Xu, et al.. (2017). A Metric-Based Validation Process to Assess the Realism of Synthetic Power Grids. Energies. 10(8). 1233–1233. 52 indexed citations

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Athari, Mir Hadi & Zhifang Wang. (2017). Studying cascading overload failures under high penetration of wind generation. 1–5. 5 indexed citations

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Athari, Mir Hadi & Zhifang Wang. (2017). Impacts of Wind Power Uncertainty on Grid Vulnerability to Cascading Overload Failures. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. 9(1). 128–137. 108 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhifang, et al.. (2016). A Multi-objective Optimization Algorithm for Bus Type Assignments in Random Topology Power Grid Model. 59. 2446–2455. 11 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhifang, et al.. (2012). Networked loads in the distribution grid. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2012(1). 1–7. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhifang, Anna Scaglione, & Robert J. Thomas. (2012). Power grid vulnerability measures to cascading overload failures. Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference. 1–5. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhifang, et al.. (2010). Color image quality assessment based on noise model of human vision perception and color image quality optimization. Journal of Image and Graphics. 15(10). 1454–1454. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhifang, Anna Scaglione, & Robert J. Thomas. (2010). Compressing Electrical Power Grids. 13–18. 17 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhenming, Yiyun Chen, & Zhifang Wang. (2009). Automated Theorem Prover for Pointer Logic. Journal of Software. 20(8). 2037–2050. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhifang. (2008). Research on Enterprise Harmonious Performance and Its Evaluation Index System. Journal of Jiangsu University. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhifang, Robert J. Thomas, & Anna Scaglione. (2008). Generating Random Topology Power Grids. 183–183. 53 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhifang. (2006). The Circuit Design of Current Detection for Higher Frequency Group-pulse Electrochemical Machining. Manufacturing Technology & Machine Tool.

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