Zhouhua Peng

12.8k total citations · 11 hit papers
270 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Zhouhua Peng is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhouhua Peng has authored 270 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 198 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 129 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 116 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhouhua Peng's work include Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (163 papers), Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (124 papers) and Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (94 papers). Zhouhua Peng is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (163 papers), Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (124 papers) and Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (94 papers). Zhouhua Peng collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Australia. Zhouhua Peng's co-authors include Dan Wang, Jun Wang, Lu Liu, Qing‐Long Han, Tieshan Li, Nan Gu, Lu Liu, Hao Wang, Yue Jiang and Gang Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.

In The Last Decade

Zhouhua Peng

250 papers receiving 10.0k 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.

  1. An Overview of Recent Advances in Coordinated Control of Multiple Autonomous Surface Vehicles
    2020 488 citations Zhouhua Peng, Jun Wang et al. profile →
  2. Adaptive Dynamic Surface Control for Formations of Autonomous Surface Vehicles With Uncertain Dynamics
    2012 433 citations Zhouhua Peng, Dan Wang et al. profile →
  3. Distributed Maneuvering of Autonomous Surface Vehicles Based on Neurodynamic Optimization and Fuzzy Approximation
    2017 317 citations Zhouhua Peng, Jun Wang et al. profile →
  4. Output-Feedback Cooperative Formation Maneuvering of Autonomous Surface Vehicles With Connectivity Preservation and Collision Avoidance
    2019 314 citations Zhouhua Peng, Dan Wang et al. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics profile →
  5. Output-Feedback Path-Following Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Based on an Extended State Observer and Projection Neural Networks
    2017 303 citations Zhouhua Peng, Jun Wang IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems profile →
  6. ESO-Based Line-of-Sight Guidance Law for Path Following of Underactuated Marine Surface Vehicles With Exact Sideslip Compensation
    2016 286 citations Lu Liu, Dan Wang et al. profile →
  7. Path-Following Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Subject to Velocity and Input Constraints via Neurodynamic Optimization
    2018 239 citations Zhouhua Peng, Jun Wang et al. profile →
  8. Distributed Neural Network Control for Adaptive Synchronization of Uncertain Dynamical Multiagent Systems
    2014 238 citations Zhouhua Peng, Dan Wang et al. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems profile →
  9. Event-Triggered Dynamic Surface Control of an Underactuated Autonomous Surface Vehicle for Target Enclosing
    2020 204 citations Zhouhua Peng, Jun Wang et al. profile →
  10. Advances in Line-of-Sight Guidance for Path Following of Autonomous Marine Vehicles: An Overview
    2022 185 citations Nan Gu, Dan Wang et al. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems profile →
  11. Disturbance observers and extended state observers for marine vehicles: A survey
    2022 104 citations Nan Gu, Dan Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhouhua Peng China 53 7.7k 4.7k 3.6k 1.6k 1.1k 270 10.1k
Rongxin Cui China 29 3.4k 0.4× 1.4k 0.3× 1.5k 0.4× 803 0.5× 827 0.8× 112 4.8k
Barış Fi̇dan Canada 38 2.5k 0.3× 3.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.4× 1.8k 1.1× 637 0.6× 200 7.2k
Xiang Yu China 36 3.2k 0.4× 1.1k 0.2× 907 0.3× 1.5k 1.0× 988 0.9× 183 5.4k
Weisheng Yan China 30 1.9k 0.2× 1.4k 0.3× 856 0.2× 564 0.4× 608 0.6× 222 3.4k
Saleh Mobayen Taiwan 52 5.5k 0.7× 1.7k 0.4× 237 0.1× 891 0.6× 754 0.7× 337 7.9k
Daqi Zhu China 36 1.9k 0.2× 921 0.2× 2.0k 0.6× 801 0.5× 1.4k 1.3× 185 4.0k
Gianluca Antonelli Italy 41 3.3k 0.4× 1.5k 0.3× 2.0k 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 2.0k 1.9× 193 5.6k
Rafael Fierro United States 35 3.7k 0.5× 2.8k 0.6× 317 0.1× 1.5k 0.9× 2.8k 2.6× 153 6.0k
Xiaoyuan Luo China 35 1.8k 0.2× 2.0k 0.4× 1.1k 0.3× 441 0.3× 325 0.3× 307 4.1k
Dušan M. Stipanović United States 38 2.4k 0.3× 2.9k 0.6× 275 0.1× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 157 5.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhouhua Peng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhouhua Peng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhouhua Peng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhouhua Peng 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 Zhouhua Peng. Zhouhua Peng 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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Han, Bing, et al.. (2025). Swarm-Based Dynamic Coverage of Multi-ASV Systems in the Presence of Measurement Noises. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 74(5). 7237–7250. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Anqing, Lu Liu, Haoliang Wang, et al.. (2024). Safety-critical formation control of switching uncertain Euler-Lagrange systems with control barrier functions. Applied Mathematics and Computation. 479. 128860–128860.
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Wang, Anqing, et al.. (2024). Safety-critical anti-disturbance control of tugs for collaborative berthing. Ocean Engineering. 312. 118972–118972. 2 indexed citations
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Gu, Nan, et al.. (2024). Parallel Path Following of Under-Actuated Cyber-Physical Autonomous Surface Vehicles Based on Meta-Learning Extended State Observer. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 73(11). 16041–16050. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Dan, et al.. (2024). Safety-Certified Self-Triggered Cooperative Path Following Control via Data-Driven Learning and Neurodynamic Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 22. 2595–2606. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Haoliang, et al.. (2024). Research on Path Planning of Underwater Vehicle with Optimal Energy Consumption. 2222–2226. 1 indexed citations
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Tang, Haodong, et al.. (2024). Anti-Offset Multicoil Underwater Wireless Power Transfer Based on a BP Neural Network. Machines. 12(4). 275–275. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Longwei, et al.. (2024). Distributed Swarm Trajectory Planning for Autonomous Surface Vehicles in Complex Sea Environments. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 12(2). 298–298. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Lu, et al.. (2023). Wave-filtering finite-time self-learning extended state observers for robotic surface vehicles. Ocean Engineering. 275. 113900–113900. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Xinwei, Haijun Peng, Lei Wang, et al.. (2023). Autonomous docking trajectory optimization for unmanned surface vehicle: A hierarchical method. Ocean Engineering. 279. 114156–114156. 37 indexed citations
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Wu, Wentao, Zhouhua Peng, Lu Liu, & Dan Wang. (2022). A General Safety-Certified Cooperative Control Architecture for Interconnected Intelligent Surface Vehicles With Applications to Vessel Train. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. 7(3). 627–637. 61 indexed citations
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Wu, Wentao, Zhouhua Peng, Dan Wang, Lu Liu, & Qing‐Long Han. (2021). Network-Based Line-of-Sight Path Tracking of Underactuated Unmanned Surface Vehicles With Experiment Results. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 52(10). 10937–10947. 71 indexed citations
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Wu, Wentao, et al.. (2021). ESO based anti-disturbance target tracking control for twin-screw unmanned surface vehicle. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yibo, Dan Wang, Zhouhua Peng, & Tieshan Li. (2019). Distributed Containment Maneuvering of Uncertain Multiagent Systems in MIMO Strict-Feedback Form. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 51(2). 1354–1364. 49 indexed citations
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Liu, Lu, Dan Wang, Zhouhua Peng, Tieshan Li, & C. L. Philip Chen. (2018). Cooperative Path Following Ring-Networked Under-Actuated Autonomous Surface Vehicles: Algorithms and Experimental Results. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 50(4). 1519–1529. 155 indexed citations
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Liu, Lu, Dan Wang, Zhouhua Peng, C. L. Philip Chen, & Tieshan Li. (2018). Bounded Neural Network Control for Target Tracking of Underactuated Autonomous Surface Vehicles in the Presence of Uncertain Target Dynamics. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems. 30(4). 1241–1249. 170 indexed citations
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Peng, Zhouhua & Jun Wang. (2017). Output-Feedback Path-Following Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Based on an Extended State Observer and Projection Neural Networks. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 48(4). 535–544. 303 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Hao, Dan Wang, Zhouhua Peng, & Wei Wang. (2013). Adaptive dynamic surface control for cooperative path following of underactuated marine surface vehicles via low frequency learning. Chinese Control Conference. 556–561. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Dan, Zhouhua Peng, Gang Sun, & Hao Wang. (2012). Adaptive dynamic surface control for coordinated target tracking of autonomous surface vehicles using neural networks. Chinese Control Conference. 2871–2876. 5 indexed citations

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