Zichen Yan

829 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 649 citations indexed

About

Zichen Yan is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Zichen Yan has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 649 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Zichen Yan's work include Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (4 papers), Adaptive Dynamic Programming Control (4 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (3 papers). Zichen Yan is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (4 papers), Adaptive Dynamic Programming Control (4 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (3 papers). Zichen Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Türkiye. Zichen Yan's co-authors include Wei He, Changyin Sun, Yunan Chen, Yongsheng Ou, Chenguang Yang, Zhijun Li, Okyay Kaynak, Jianzhong Sun, Xianfeng Yuan and Ying Han and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemosphere, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics and Separation and Purification Technology.

In The Last Decade

Zichen Yan

16 papers receiving 643 citations

Hit Papers

Adaptive Neural Network Control of a Flapping Wing Micro ... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200 250
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. Adaptive Neural Network Control of a Flapping Wing Micro Aerial Vehicle With Disturbance Observer
    2017 276 citations Wei He, Zichen Yan et al. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zichen Yan China 8 469 132 110 105 96 16 649
Hejia Gao China 9 580 1.2× 104 0.8× 57 0.5× 63 0.6× 129 1.3× 22 674
Van‐Truong Nguyen Vietnam 10 563 1.2× 142 1.1× 123 1.1× 43 0.4× 78 0.8× 44 713
Sayan Basu Roy India 12 482 1.0× 179 1.4× 109 1.0× 74 0.7× 33 0.3× 56 611
Arturo Zavala‐Río Mexico 18 824 1.8× 43 0.3× 163 1.5× 136 1.3× 140 1.5× 57 1.0k
Songhyok Ri China 7 543 1.2× 45 0.3× 83 0.8× 43 0.4× 113 1.2× 10 698
Keqi Mei China 14 796 1.7× 85 0.6× 120 1.1× 77 0.7× 118 1.2× 32 913
Hassan Zargarzadeh United States 13 410 0.9× 251 1.9× 55 0.5× 68 0.6× 50 0.5× 42 654
Zhen Ma China 13 555 1.2× 146 1.1× 53 0.5× 200 1.9× 57 0.6× 26 776
Shouyin Lu China 11 267 0.6× 86 0.7× 82 0.7× 89 0.8× 146 1.5× 42 456

Countries citing papers authored by Zichen Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zichen Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zichen Yan

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Qian, Jiang, Jing Song, Linchao Hu, et al.. (2025). Degradation of 4-chloroaniline in sulfidated nanoscale zero-valent iron loaded on biochar activated persulfate system: Batch and column experiments. Separation and Purification Technology. 370. 133102–133102. 1 indexed citations
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Yan, Zichen, et al.. (2023). Data-Driven Anomaly Detection Framework for Complex Degradation Monitoring of Aero-Engine. International Journal of Turbomachinery Propulsion and Power. 8(1). 3–3. 2 indexed citations
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Sun, Jianzhong, et al.. (2023). Deep learning framework for gas turbine performance digital twin and degradation prognostics from airline operator perspective. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 238. 109404–109404. 30 indexed citations
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Zhang, Linrui, Zichen Yan, Li Shen, et al.. (2022). Safety Correction from Baseline: Towards the Risk-aware Policy in Robotics via Dual-agent Reinforcement Learning. 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 2 indexed citations
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Yan, Zichen, Wei He, Yuanhang Wang, Liang Sun, & Xinbo Yu. (2022). Probabilistic Motion Prediction and Skill Learning for Human-to-Cobot Dual-Arm Handover Control. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems. 35(1). 1192–1204. 16 indexed citations
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He, Wei, Jiashu Li, Zichen Yan, & Fei Chen. (2021). Bidirectional Human–Robot Bimanual Handover of Big Planar Object With Vertical Posture. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 19(2). 1180–1191. 19 indexed citations
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Yuan, Xianfeng, et al.. (2020). Multi-Strategy Ensemble Whale Optimization Algorithm and Its Application to Analog Circuits Intelligent Fault Diagnosis. Applied Sciences. 10(11). 3667–3667. 26 indexed citations
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Yan, Zichen, et al.. (2020). Development and Application of Aero-engine Experimental Data Mining Algorithm Library. 264–269. 1 indexed citations
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He, Wei, et al.. (2019). Disturbance Observer-Based Neural Network Control of Cooperative Multiple Manipulators With Input Saturation. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems. 31(5). 1735–1746. 110 indexed citations
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Yan, Zichen, Xianfeng Yuan, Fengyu Zhou, et al.. (2019). Fault Diagnosis Based on A Stacked Sparse Auto-Encoder Network and KNN Classifier. 37. 3129–3134. 3 indexed citations
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He, Wei, et al.. (2018). Neural-Learning-Based Control for a Constrained Robotic Manipulator With Flexible Joints. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems. 29(12). 5993–6003. 137 indexed citations
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He, Wei, Zichen Yan, Changyin Sun, & Yunan Chen. (2017). Adaptive Neural Network Control of a Flapping Wing Micro Aerial Vehicle With Disturbance Observer. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 47(10). 3452–3465. 276 indexed citations breakdown →
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He, Wei, Zichen Yan, & Changyin Sun. (2016). Trajectory tracking control of a flapping wing micro aerial vehicle via neural networks. 443–448. 3 indexed citations

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