Zong‐Yao Sun

4.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
163 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Zong‐Yao Sun is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zong‐Yao Sun has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 31 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 29 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zong‐Yao Sun's work include Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (129 papers), Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (50 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (37 papers). Zong‐Yao Sun is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (129 papers), Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (50 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (37 papers). Zong‐Yao Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, Taiwan and Singapore. Zong‐Yao Sun's co-authors include Chih‐Chiang Chen, Ting Li, Wei Sun, Qinghua Meng, Yungang Liu, Lingrong Xue, Chunjiang Qian, Yu Shao, Kemei Zhang and Shaohua Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Automatica.

In The Last Decade

Zong‐Yao Sun

144 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

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.

A new approach to finite-time adaptive stabilization of high-order uncertain nonlinear system

2015 243 citations Zong‐Yao Sun et al. profile →
A new approach to fast global finite-time stabilization of high-order nonlinear system

2017 243 citations Zong‐Yao Sun, Ting Li et al. profile →
Fast finite-time stability and its application in adaptive control of high-order nonlinear system

2019 206 citations Zong‐Yao Sun, Chih‐Chiang Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zong‐Yao Sun China	32	3.3k	900	645	511	235	163	3.7k
Yongming Li China	19	2.1k 0.6×	831 0.9×	1.0k 1.6×	187 0.4×	114 0.5×	42	2.7k
Pak Yip United States	5	2.5k 0.7×	544 0.6×	628 1.0×	543 1.1×	94 0.4×	8	2.7k
Dimitri Peaucelle France	30	3.1k 0.9×	783 0.9×	716 1.1×	293 0.6×	137 0.6×	149	3.5k
Jie Huang China	27	2.6k 0.8×	287 0.3×	467 0.7×	341 0.7×	154 0.7×	143	3.0k
Eng Hock Tay Singapore	6	2.1k 0.6×	630 0.7×	436 0.7×	279 0.5×	84 0.4×	11	2.3k
Eugene Lavretsky United States	31	3.3k 1.0×	357 0.4×	468 0.7×	1.3k 2.5×	72 0.3×	147	3.9k
Haibin Sun China	26	2.3k 0.7×	336 0.4×	770 1.2×	406 0.8×	58 0.2×	103	2.5k
Hao Yang China	31	2.4k 0.7×	317 0.4×	897 1.4×	345 0.7×	47 0.2×	169	2.9k
Xue‐Jun Xie China	40	5.2k 1.6×	1.3k 1.5×	1.3k 2.0×	928 1.8×	48 0.2×	160	5.6k
Chenliang Wang China	29	2.5k 0.8×	605 0.7×	1.1k 1.6×	556 1.1×	54 0.2×	87	2.9k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sun, Zong‐Yao, et al.. (2025). A Framework of Event-Triggered Prescribed-Time Stabilization of Time-Varying Nonlinear Systems and Its Application in Tunnel Diode Circuit. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I Regular Papers. 72(7). 3595–3605. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Zong‐Yao, Xingxing Wang, Jiaojiao Li, & Chih‐Chiang Chen. (2025). Event-triggered adaptive control for nonlinearly parameterized higher-order systems with sensor fault. Applied Mathematics and Computation. 500. 129442–129442. 1 indexed citations

Li, Jiaojiao, et al.. (2025). Adaptive asymptotic tracking control of quadrotor UAVs with error constraints and unknown disturbances. Asian Journal of Control.

Zhao, Junsheng, et al.. (2024). Practically fast finite-time stability of stochastic constrained nonlinear systems with actuator dead zone. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation. 139. 108293–108293. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Jiaqi, Qinghua Meng, Rong Liu, & Zong‐Yao Sun. (2024). Obstacle avoidance path planning algorithm for intelligent vehicles on structured road. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control. 47(5). 937–949.

Li, Jiaojiao, et al.. (2024). A New Adaptive Control Design of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Systems with Uncertainties. Symmetry. 17(1). 2–2.

Sun, Zong‐Yao, et al.. (2024). Adaptive Event-Triggered Exponential Tracking Control of Parallel Robot Manipulators. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 30(5). 3461–3471. 2 indexed citations

Meng, Qinghua, et al.. (2023). Active Shimmy Control Method for Driverless Electric Vehicle Considering Unknown Sensor Measurement Error and Nonlinearities. International Journal of Control Automation and Systems. 21(7). 2246–2258.

Sun, Zong‐Yao, et al.. (2022). Adaptive Event-Triggered Fast Finite-Time Stabilization of High-Order Uncertain Nonlinear Systems and its Application in Maglev Systems. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 54(3). 1537–1546. 18 indexed citations

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Meng, Qinghua, et al.. (2021). Nonlinear lateral motion stability control method for electric vehicle based on the combination of dual extended state observer and domination approach via sampled-data output feedback. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control. 43(10). 2258–2271. 5 indexed citations

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Meng, Qinghua, et al.. (2021). High Velocity Lane Keeping Control Method Based on the Non-Smooth Finite-Time Control for Electric Vehicle Driven by Four Wheels Independently. Electronics. 10(6). 760–760. 4 indexed citations

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Sun, Zong‐Yao, et al.. (2021). Global Finite-Time Stabilization for Uncertain Systems With Unknown Measurement Sensitivity. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 52(8). 7602–7611. 16 indexed citations

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Sun, Zong‐Yao, et al.. (2020). Finite‐time stabilization of maglev system with an output constraint. Asian Journal of Control. 23(6). 2874–2878. 8 indexed citations

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Sun, Zong‐Yao, et al.. (2020). Output feedback stabilization of time‐delay nonlinear systems with unknown continuous time‐varying output function and nonlinear growth rate. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 30(6). 2579–2592. 18 indexed citations

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Sun, Zong‐Yao, et al.. (2020). Fast finite‐time adaptive event‐triggered tracking for uncertain nonlinearsystems. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 30(17). 7806–7821. 22 indexed citations

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Sun, Zong‐Yao, et al.. (2019). Global fast finite-time partial state feedback stabilization of high-order nonlinear systems with dynamic uncertainties. Information Sciences. 484. 219–236. 57 indexed citations

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Chen, Chih‐Chiang, Chunjiang Qian, Zong‐Yao Sun, & Yew‐Wen Liang. (2017). Global Output Feedback Stabilization of a Class of Nonlinear Systems With Unknown Measurement Sensitivity. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 63(7). 2212–2217. 152 indexed citations

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Meng, Qinghua, et al.. (2017). Lateral motion stability control of electric vehicle via sampled-data state feedback by almost disturbance decoupling. International Journal of Control. 92(4). 734–744. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Ting, Zong‐Yao Sun, & Shaohua Yang. (2016). Output tracking control for generalised high-order nonlinear system with serious uncertainties. International Journal of Control. 90(2). 322–333. 22 indexed citations

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Sun, Zong‐Yao, Yungang Liu, & Zhenguo Liu. (2011). An adaptive controller for a class of high-order nonlinear systems with unknown control coefficients. Chinese Control Conference. 266–271.

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