Zhiru Cao

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Zhiru Cao is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhiru Cao has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 29 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 5 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Zhiru Cao's work include Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (37 papers), Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (17 papers) and Smart Grid Security and Resilience (12 papers). Zhiru Cao is often cited by papers focused on Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (37 papers), Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (17 papers) and Smart Grid Security and Resilience (12 papers). Zhiru Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Macao. Zhiru Cao's co-authors include Yugang Niu, Jun Song, Yuanyuan Zou, Chen Peng, Wen Li, Hamid Reza Karimi, Hak‐Keung Lam, Zhina Zhang, James Lam and Xiaoqi Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Nano Letters, ACS Nano and IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.

In The Last Decade

Zhiru Cao

50 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Finite-Time Sliding-Mode Control of Markovian Jump Cyber-... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200
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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. Finite-Time Sliding-Mode Control of Markovian Jump Cyber-Physical Systems Against Randomly Occurring Injection Attacks
    2019 215 citations Zhiru Cao, Yugang Niu et al. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhiru Cao China 17 903 559 129 122 101 55 1.1k
Linchuang Zhang China 9 715 0.8× 506 0.9× 168 1.3× 93 0.8× 146 1.4× 25 904
Ziran Chen China 13 672 0.7× 436 0.8× 127 1.0× 84 0.7× 74 0.7× 40 832
Mourad Kchaou Saudi Arabia 22 855 0.9× 454 0.8× 149 1.2× 128 1.0× 113 1.1× 89 1.1k
Bo Cai China 12 494 0.5× 236 0.4× 63 0.5× 61 0.5× 74 0.7× 45 622
Pengyu Zeng China 13 510 0.6× 337 0.6× 52 0.4× 59 0.5× 58 0.6× 33 630
El Houssaine Tissir Morocco 21 1.1k 1.2× 672 1.2× 82 0.6× 121 1.0× 201 2.0× 132 1.3k
Chenglong Du China 13 516 0.6× 250 0.4× 56 0.4× 88 0.7× 60 0.6× 30 680
T.C. Yang United Kingdom 12 706 0.8× 485 0.9× 49 0.4× 297 2.4× 81 0.8× 45 988

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhiru Cao

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Peng, Chen, et al.. (2025). A novel semantic-based multi-packet parallel transmission scheme for networked control systems. Automatica. 174. 112120–112120. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Jie, Suiyi Li, Jianbing Hu, et al.. (2025). Self-densified super-strong wood. Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts. 10(2). 199–208. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhiru, et al.. (2025). A Distributed Self-Triggered Control Scheme for Multi-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Containment Control Under Markov Switching Topologies and Channel Fading. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 22. 19775–19788. 1 indexed citations
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Peng, Chen, et al.. (2025). Finite-time bounded asynchronous sliding-mode control for T-S fuzzy time-delay systems via event-triggered scheme. Fuzzy Sets and Systems. 514. 109400–109400. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhiru, Jason J. R. Liu, & Chen Peng. (2024). Mode-Holding Control for Markov Jump Systems: When Event-Triggering Effect Meets DoS Attack Threat. IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs. 71(6). 3096–3100. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhiru, et al.. (2024). Bonding Wood via Cellulose Aqueous Solution as Cell Wall Adhesive. Advanced Engineering Materials. 26(12). 9 indexed citations
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Niu, Yugang, et al.. (2024). Attack-tolerant control for Markovian jump systems with stochastic sampling: A sliding mode scheme. Automatica. 161. 111496–111496. 7 indexed citations
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Niu, Yugang, et al.. (2024). Sliding Mode Control for Markovian Jump Systems With Stochastic-Sampling-Based Event-Triggered Strategy. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 69(11). 8064–8071. 4 indexed citations
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Niu, Yugang, et al.. (2023). Sliding mode control for Markovian jump systems subject to randomly occurring injection attacks: Handling aperiodic sampling issues. Nonlinear Analysis Hybrid Systems. 50. 101385–101385. 6 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhiru, et al.. (2023). H ∞ containment control for multi-unmanned aerial vehicle systems: A self-triggered control scheme. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 361(2). 572–582. 6 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhiru, et al.. (2023). Security control for Markovian jump systems under fading channel: A finite‐time sliding‐mode method. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 33(10). 5289–5304. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhiru, Zidong Wang, Jun Song, & Yugang Niu. (2023). Sliding-Mode Control for Sampled-Data Systems Over Fading Channels: Dealing With Randomly Switching Sampling Periods. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 69(5). 3190–3197. 21 indexed citations
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Peng, Chen, et al.. (2023). A Novel Memory-Based Scheduling Protocol for Networked Control Systems Under Stochastic Attacks and Bandwidth Constraint. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica. 10(5). 1336–1339.
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Peng, Chen, et al.. (2022). Risk Propagation Decision-Making for Product and Supply Chain Change Systems Under COVID-19: An Assessment-to-Control Support Scheme. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems. 11(1). 465–477. 7 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhiru, et al.. (2021). Non-fragile finite-time sliding mode control for Markovian jump systems with randomly occurring uncertainties and controller gain variations. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 359(2). 1257–1273. 7 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhiru, Yugang Niu, James Lam, & Xiaoqi Song. (2020). A Hybrid Sliding Mode Control Scheme of Markovian Jump Systems via Transition Rates Optimal Design. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 51(12). 7752–7763. 50 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhina, Yugang Niu, Zhiru Cao, & Jun Song. (2020). Security Sliding Mode Control of Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Systems Subject to Cyber Attacks: The Stochastic Communication Protocol Case. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. 29(2). 240–251. 58 indexed citations
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Cao, Zhiru, Yugang Niu, & Yuanyuan Zou. (2019). Adaptive Neural Sliding Mode Control for Singular Semi-Markovian Jump Systems Against Actuator Attacks. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 1–11. 94 indexed citations

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