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Hongjian Sun publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hongjian Sun sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 239 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Hongjian Sun D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hongjian Sun sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hongjian Sun is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom, focusing on research primarily within the field of Engineering. Their work spans several specialized subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Control and Systems Engineering, Automotive Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's research addresses several main topics such as Smart Grid Energy Management, Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Microgrid Control and Optimization, and Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks.

Notable recent publications reflect the breadth of Hongjian Sun's research interests. These include:

  • "A blockchain based peer-to-peer trading framework integrating energy and carbon markets," 2020, Applied Energy
  • "Digital twins based day-ahead integrated energy system scheduling under load and renewable energy uncertainties," 2021, Applied Energy
  • "Applications of blockchain and artificial intelligence technologies for enabling prosumers in smart grids: A review," 2022, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Dynamic pricing and control for EV charging stations with solar generation," 2022, Applied Energy
  • "Covert Communication With Relay Selection," 2020, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters

Collaborations with other researchers form an important part of Hongjian Sun's academic contributions. Frequent co-authors include Jing Jiang, Qingqing Fan, Xiaoyan Li, Alexander Hinz, and Yunfei Chen.

The scientist has published across a range of venues with high frequency in The Cambridge Structural Database, arXiv (Cornell University), Applied Energy, IET Smart Grid, and IEEE Access.

Best Publications

  • Wideband spectrum sensing for cognitive radio networks: a survey

    Hongjian Sun;A. Nallanathan;Cheng-Xiang Wang;Yunfei Chen

  • Adaptive Power Allocation Schemes for Spectrum Sharing in Interference-Alignment-Based Cognitive Radio Networks

    Nan Zhao;F. Richard Yu;Hongjian Sun;Ming Li

  • A blockchain based peer-to-peer trading framework integrating energy and carbon markets

    Weiqi Hua;Jing Jiang;Hongjian Sun;Jianzhong Wu

  • Cyber security challenges and solutions for V2X communications : a survey.

    Aljawharah Alnasser;Aljawharah Alnasser;Hongjian Sun;Jing Jiang

  • Wideband Spectrum Sensing With Sub-Nyquist Sampling in Cognitive Radios

    Hongjian Sun;Wei-Yu Chiu;Jing Jiang;A. Nallanathan

  • Wireless Power Transfer: Survey and Roadmap

    Xiaolin Mou;Hongjian Sun

  • Digital Twins based Day-ahead Integrated Energy System Scheduling under Load and Renewable Energy Uncertainties

    Minglei You;Qian Wang;Hongjian Sun;Iván Castro

  • Applications of blockchain and artificial intelligence technologies for enabling prosumers in smart grids: A review

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  • Multiobjective Optimization for Demand Side Management Program in Smart Grid

    Dan Li;Wei-Yu Chiu;Hongjian Sun;H. Vincent Poor

  • Survey on magnetic resonant coupling wireless power transfer technology for electric vehicle charging

    Xiaolin Mou;Daniel T. Gladwin;Rui Zhao;Hongjian Sun

  • Computationally Tractable Model of Energy Detection Performance over Slow Fading Channels

    Hongjian Sun;D I Laurenson;Cheng-Xiang Wang

  • A Multiobjective Approach to Multimicrogrid System Design

    Wei-Yu Chiu;Hongjian Sun;H. Vincent Poor

  • Energy Imbalance Management Using a Robust Pricing Scheme

    Wei-Yu Chiu;Hongjian Sun;H. V. Poor

  • Energy-Efficient and Adaptive Design for Wireless Power Transfer in Electric Vehicles

    Xiaolin Mou;Oliver Groling;Hongjian Sun

  • Adaptive Compressive Spectrum Sensing for Wideband Cognitive Radios

    Hongjian Sun;Wei-Yu Chiu;A. Nallanathan

  • Energy-efficient cooperative spectrum sensing schemes for cognitive radio networks

    Nan Zhao;Fei Richard Yu;Hongjian Sun;Arumugam Nallanathan

  • An energy-efficient cooperative spectrum sensing scheme for cognitive radio networks

    Nan Zhao;F. Richard Yu;Hongjian Sun;Arumugam Nallanathan

  • Toward Pre-Empted EV Charging Recommendation Through V2V-Based Reservation System

    Yue Cao;Tao Jiang;Omprakash Kaiwartya;Hongjian Sun

  • Adaptive Energy-Efficient Power Allocation in Green Interference-Alignment-Based Wireless Networks

    Nan Zhao;F. Richard Yu;Hongjian Sun

  • A Novel Interference Alignment Scheme Based on Sequential Antenna Switching in Wireless Networks

    Nan Zhao;F. Richard Yu;Hongjian Sun;Arumugam Nallanathan

  • Recommendation-Based Trust Model for Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X)

    Aljawharah Alnasser;Hongjian Sun;Jing Jiang

  • Cooperative Wideband Spectrum Sensing Over Fading Channels

    Hongjian Sun;Arumugam Nallanathan;Shuguang Cui;Cheng-Xiang Wang

  • Compressive autonomous sensing (CASe) for wideband spectrum sensing

    Hongjian Sun;Arumugam Nallanathan;Jing Jiang;H. Vincent Poor

Frequent Co-Authors

Arumugam Nallanathan
Arumugam Nallanathan Queen Mary University of London
H. Vincent Poor
H. Vincent Poor Princeton University
Nan Zhao
Nan Zhao Dalian University of Technology
Cheng-Xiang Wang
Cheng-Xiang Wang Southeast University
John Thompson
John Thompson University of Edinburgh
F. Richard Yu
F. Richard Yu Carleton University
Yunfei Chen
Yunfei Chen University of Warwick
Gan Zheng
Gan Zheng University of Warwick
Peter Grant
Peter Grant University of Edinburgh
Anurag K. Srivastava
Anurag K. Srivastava West Virginia University

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