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D-Index
41
Citations
9686
World Ranking
8674
National Ranking
3721

Kan Yang publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kan Yang sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 84 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Kan Yang D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kan Yang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kan Yang is affiliated with the University of Memphis in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields and subfields primarily within computer science and engineering. The main fields of study include Computer Science with 77 publications and Engineering with 35 publications. Their work extends into subfields such as Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, and Aerospace Engineering.

The main topics addressed in Kan Yang's research focus on various aspects of privacy, security, and authentication in networked and computational systems. These include:

  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Cryptography and Data Security
  • User Authentication and Security Systems
  • Mobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing
  • Cloud Data Security Solutions
  • Advanced Authentication Protocols Security
  • Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting

Kan Yang has published extensively in several notable venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal with 8 publications
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security with 2 publications
  • Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications with 2 publications
  • Research Square with 2 publications
  • arXiv (Cornell University) with 2 publications

Recent research papers authored or co-authored by Kan Yang include:

  • Anonymous and Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning With Industrial Big Data, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
  • Delegating Authentication to Edge: A Decentralized Authentication Architecture for Vehicular Networks, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • PROTECT: Efficient Password-Based Threshold Single-Sign-On Authentication for Mobile Users against Perpetual Leakage, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
  • Clustered Federated Multitask Learning on Non-IID Data With Enhanced Privacy, 2022, IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • A new RFID ultra-lightweight authentication protocol for medical privacy protection in smart living, 2022, Computer Communications

Kan Yang collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Yintang Yang (12 coauthored papers)
  • Kai Fan (11 coauthored papers)
  • Hui Li (11 coauthored papers)
  • Hongwei Li (4 coauthored papers)
  • Yuhan Bai (4 coauthored papers)

Best Publications

  • Blockchain-Based Decentralized Trust Management in Vehicular Networks

    Zhe Yang;Kan Yang;Lei Lei;Kan Zheng

  • An Efficient and Secure Dynamic Auditing Protocol for Data Storage in Cloud Computing

    Kan Yang;Xiaohua Jia

  • VerifyNet: Secure and Verifiable Federated Learning

    Guowen Xu;Hongwei Li;Sen Liu;Kan Yang

  • Security and Privacy in Smart City Applications: Challenges and Solutions

    Kuan Zhang;Jianbing Ni;Kan Yang;Xiaohui Liang

  • DAC-MACS: Effective Data Access Control for Multiauthority Cloud Storage Systems

    Kan Yang;Xiaohua Jia;Kui Ren;Bo Zhang

  • DAC-MACS: Effective data access control for multi-authority cloud storage systems

    Kan Yang;Xiaohua Jia;Kui Ren;Bo Zhang

  • Expressive, Efficient, and Revocable Data Access Control for Multi-Authority Cloud Storage

    Kan Yang;Xiaohua Jia

  • Big data-driven optimization for mobile networks toward 5G

    Kan Zheng;Zhe Yang;Kuan Zhang;Periklis Chatzimisios

  • Data storage auditing service in cloud computing: challenges, methods and opportunities

    Kan Yang;Xiaohua Jia

  • Security and privacy in mobile crowdsourcing networks: challenges and opportunities

    Kan Yang;Kuan Zhang;Ju Ren;Xuemin Shen

  • Attribute-based fine-grained access control with efficient revocation in cloud storage systems

    Kan Yang;Xiaohua Jia;Kui Ren

  • Enabling Efficient and Geometric Range Query With Access Control Over Encrypted Spatial Data

    Guowen Xu;Hongwei Li;Yuanshun Dai;Kan Yang

  • HealthDep: An Efficient and Secure Deduplication Scheme for Cloud-Assisted eHealth Systems

    Yuan Zhang;Chunxiang Xu;Hongwei Li;Kan Yang

  • A blockchain-based reputation system for data credibility assessment in vehicular networks

    Zhe Yang;Kan Zheng;Kan Yang;Victor C. M. Leung

  • Security and privacy for mobile healthcare networks: from a quality of protection perspective

    Kuan Zhang;Kan Yang;Xiaohui Liang;Zhou Su

  • Attributed-Based Access Control for Multi-authority Systems in Cloud Storage

    Kan Yang;Xiaohua Jia

  • Privacy-Preserving Task Recommendation Services for Crowdsourcing

    Jiangang Shu;Xiaohua Jia;Kan Yang;Hua Wang

  • An Efficient and Fine-Grained Big Data Access Control Scheme With Privacy-Preserving Policy

    Kan Yang;Qi Han;Hui Li;Kan Zheng

  • Secure and Verifiable Policy Update Outsourcing for Big Data Access Control in the Cloud

    Kan Yang;Xiaohua Jia;Kui Ren

  • Querying in Internet of Things with Privacy Preserving: Challenges, Solutions and Opportunities

    Hao Ren;Hongwei Li;Yuanshun Dai;Kan Yang

  • Anonymous and Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning With Industrial Big Data

    Bin Zhao;Kai Fan;Kan Yang;Zilong Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaohua Jia
Xiaohua Jia City University of Hong Kong
Xuemin Shen
Xuemin Shen University of Waterloo
Kuan Zhang
Kuan Zhang University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Hongwei Li
Hongwei Li University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Robert H. Deng
Robert H. Deng Singapore Management University
Kui Ren
Kui Ren Zhejiang University
Guowen Xu
Guowen Xu Nanyang Technological University
Zhou Su
Zhou Su Xi'an Jiaotong University
Liusheng Huang
Liusheng Huang University of Science and Technology of China
Ximeng Liu
Ximeng Liu Fuzhou University

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