Zhili Sun

321 total papers · 4.7k total citations
190 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Zhili Sun is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhili Sun has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 81 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 47 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhili Sun's work include Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (59 papers), Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks (58 papers) and Satellite Communication Systems (46 papers). Zhili Sun is often cited by papers focused on Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (59 papers), Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks (58 papers) and Satellite Communication Systems (46 papers). Zhili Sun collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Zhili Sun's co-authors include Haitham Cruickshank, Yue Cao, Philip Asuquo, Ao Lei, Chibueze P. Anyigor Ogah, Victor Chang, Chakkaphong Suthaputchakun, Ning Wang, Gérard Maral and Michel Bousquet and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE Communications Magazine and IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

In The Last Decade

Zhili Sun

176 papers receiving 2.8k 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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Blockchain-Based Dynamic Key Management for Heterogeneous Intelligent Transportation Systems

2017 419 citations Ao Lei, Haitham Cruickshank et al. IEEE Internet of Things Journal profile →
Routing in Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networks: A Taxonomy, Survey and Challenges

2013 250 citations Yue Cao, Zhili Sun IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials profile →
Pima Indians diabetes mellitus classification based on machine learning (ML) algorithms

2022 168 citations Victor Chang, Qianwen Xu et al. Neural Computing and Applications profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author						Papers	Cites
Zhili Sun	2.0k	1.2k	761	572	444	190	3.0k
Won‐Joo Hwang	1.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	492 0.6×	901 1.6×	617 1.4×	106	3.5k
Mian Ahmad Jan	1.6k 0.8×	679 0.6×	709 0.9×	646 1.1×	118 0.3×	107	2.6k
Selvakumar Manickam	1.8k 0.9×	994 0.8×	711 0.9×	1.0k 1.8×	92 0.2×	205	2.8k
Abderrahim Benslimane	2.6k 1.3×	2.0k 1.6×	637 0.8×	821 1.4×	576 1.3×	187	4.0k
Omar Cheikhrouhou	1.4k 0.7×	589 0.5×	767 1.0×	626 1.1×	223 0.5×	122	2.7k
Gagangeet Singh Aujla	2.7k 1.4×	1.4k 1.1×	2.1k 2.8×	1.0k 1.8×	323 0.7×	151	4.6k
Uttam Ghosh	1.4k 0.7×	591 0.5×	977 1.3×	844 1.5×	100 0.2×	169	3.0k
Pasquale Pace	1.8k 0.9×	805 0.7×	513 0.7×	438 0.8×	303 0.7×	104	2.8k
Zhiping Cai	2.3k 1.2×	888 0.7×	705 0.9×	1.8k 3.1×	281 0.6×	224	4.4k
Liang Zhao	2.0k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	659 0.9×	982 1.7×	883 2.0×	314	4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhili Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhili Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zhili Sun. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Zhili Sun. The network helps show where Zhili Sun may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhili Sun

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

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