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2023

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 71 880 839 372 342 465 16811
Computer Science 71 1799 1742 909 874 485 16971

Lin Cai publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Lin Cai between 2003 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Lin Cai published across 23 years, from 2003 to 2025, averaging 27.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 46 publications in 2024. 75 of the 634 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 46. Peak 46 publications in 2024. 2003: 4 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 18 publications 2007: 26 publications 2008: 21 publications 2009: 29 publications 2010: 24 publications 2011: 29 publications 2012: 30 publications 2013: 26 publications 2014: 41 publications 2015: 24 publications 2016: 37 publications 2017: 45 publications 2018: 30 publications 2019: 37 publications 2020: 30 publications 2021: 27 publications 2022: 32 publications 2023: 41 publications 2024: 46 publications 2025: 29 publications
2003 2025

634 publications in total across all disciplines

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Lin Cai: publications per year, 2003 to 2025
Year Publications
2003 4
2004 2
2005 6
2006 18
2007 26
2008 21
2009 29
2010 24
2011 29
2012 30
2013 26
2014 41
2015 24
2016 37
2017 45
2018 30
2019 37
2020 30
2021 27
2022 32
2023 41
2024 46
2025 29
Total 634
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Lin Cai publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lin Cai sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 34–53 to 1,065+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 445. Most scientists, 445, have 174–193 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 454–473 publications, is where this scientist sits. 34–53 publications: 24 scientists 54–73 publications: 52 scientists 74–93 publications: 114 scientists 94–113 publications: 203 scientists 114–133 publications: 269 scientists 134–153 publications: 355 scientists 154–173 publications: 403 scientists 174–193 publications: 445 scientists 194–213 publications: 430 scientists 214–233 publications: 431 scientists 234–253 publications: 399 scientists 254–273 publications: 366 scientists 274–293 publications: 335 scientists 294–313 publications: 300 scientists 314–333 publications: 276 scientists 334–353 publications: 250 scientists 354–373 publications: 214 scientists 374–393 publications: 187 scientists 394–413 publications: 152 scientists 414–433 publications: 169 scientists 434–453 publications: 147 scientists 454–473 publications: 111 scientists 474–493 publications: 117 scientists 494–513 publications: 103 scientists 514–533 publications: 99 scientists 534–553 publications: 92 scientists 554–573 publications: 75 scientists 574–593 publications: 58 scientists 594–613 publications: 69 scientists 614–633 publications: 50 scientists 634–653 publications: 62 scientists 654–673 publications: 54 scientists 674–693 publications: 44 scientists 694–713 publications: 37 scientists 714–733 publications: 28 scientists 734–753 publications: 26 scientists 754–773 publications: 26 scientists 774–793 publications: 19 scientists 794–813 publications: 23 scientists 814–833 publications: 20 scientists 834–853 publications: 16 scientists 854–873 publications: 20 scientists 874–893 publications: 11 scientists 894–913 publications: 11 scientists 914–933 publications: 16 scientists 934–953 publications: 13 scientists 954–973 publications: 10 scientists 974–993 publications: 11 scientists 994–1,013 publications: 9 scientists 1,014–1,033 publications: 9 scientists 1,034–1,053 publications: 10 scientists 1,054–1,064 publications: 6 scientists 1,065+ publications: 99 scientists
34–53 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 465 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

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Number of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,875 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
34–53 24
54–73 52
74–93 114
94–113 203
114–133 269
134–153 355
154–173 403
174–193 445
194–213 430
214–233 431
234–253 399
254–273 366
274–293 335
294–313 300
314–333 276
334–353 250
354–373 214
374–393 187
394–413 152
414–433 169
434–453 147
454–473 111 465
474–493 117
494–513 103
514–533 99
534–553 92
554–573 75
574–593 58
594–613 69
614–633 50
634–653 62
654–673 54
674–693 44
694–713 37
714–733 28
734–753 26
754–773 26
774–793 19
794–813 23
814–833 20
834–853 16
854–873 20
874–893 11
894–913 11
914–933 16
934–953 13
954–973 10
974–993 11
994–1,013 9
1,014–1,033 9
1,034–1,053 10
1,054–1,064 6
1,065+ 99
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Lin Cai D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 82 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 111+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 263. Most scientists, 263, have 32 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 71 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 178 scientists 31 D-Index: 257 scientists 32 D-Index: 263 scientists 33 D-Index: 262 scientists 34 D-Index: 244 scientists 35 D-Index: 236 scientists 36 D-Index: 211 scientists 37 D-Index: 220 scientists 38 D-Index: 214 scientists 39 D-Index: 214 scientists 40 D-Index: 205 scientists 41 D-Index: 187 scientists 42 D-Index: 194 scientists 43 D-Index: 201 scientists 44 D-Index: 155 scientists 45 D-Index: 189 scientists 46 D-Index: 148 scientists 47 D-Index: 160 scientists 48 D-Index: 134 scientists 49 D-Index: 130 scientists 50 D-Index: 141 scientists 51 D-Index: 156 scientists 52 D-Index: 108 scientists 53 D-Index: 130 scientists 54 D-Index: 112 scientists 55 D-Index: 97 scientists 56 D-Index: 111 scientists 57 D-Index: 102 scientists 58 D-Index: 108 scientists 59 D-Index: 120 scientists 60 D-Index: 103 scientists 61 D-Index: 93 scientists 62 D-Index: 92 scientists 63 D-Index: 74 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 73 scientists 66 D-Index: 64 scientists 67 D-Index: 69 scientists 68 D-Index: 60 scientists 69 D-Index: 39 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 59 scientists 72 D-Index: 46 scientists 73 D-Index: 49 scientists 74 D-Index: 38 scientists 75 D-Index: 35 scientists 76 D-Index: 32 scientists 77 D-Index: 35 scientists 78 D-Index: 31 scientists 79 D-Index: 22 scientists 80 D-Index: 34 scientists 81 D-Index: 31 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 23 scientists 84 D-Index: 18 scientists 85 D-Index: 30 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 20 scientists 89 D-Index: 8 scientists 90 D-Index: 17 scientists 91 D-Index: 7 scientists 92 D-Index: 14 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 10 scientists 98 D-Index: 10 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 16 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 8 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 13 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 5 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 8 scientists 111+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

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Number of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,875 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 178
31 257
32 263
33 262
34 244
35 236
36 211
37 220
38 214
39 214
40 205
41 187
42 194
43 201
44 155
45 189
46 148
47 160
48 134
49 130
50 141
51 156
52 108
53 130
54 112
55 97
56 111
57 102
58 108
59 120
60 103
61 93
62 92
63 74
64 77
65 73
66 64
67 69
68 60
69 39
70 57
71 59 71
72 46
73 49
74 38
75 35
76 32
77 35
78 31
79 22
80 34
81 31
82 34
83 23
84 18
85 30
86 19
87 19
88 20
89 8
90 17
91 7
92 14
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 12
97 10
98 10
99 12
100 16
101 5
102 7
103 7
104 8
105 9
106 13
107 4
108 5
109 10
110 8
111+ 96
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2020 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to topology control of wireless networks

Overview

Lin Cai is affiliated with the Illinois Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with substantial contributions in the subfields of Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Aerospace Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)
  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks
  • UAV Applications and Optimization
  • Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems

Lin Cai has published extensively in multiple high-impact venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Some of the recent papers by Lin Cai are:

  • Efficient Computing Resource Sharing for Mobile Edge-Cloud Computing Networks, 2020, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
  • UAV-Assisted Vehicular Edge Computing for the 6G Internet of Vehicles: Architecture, Intelligence, and Challenges, 2021, IEEE Communications Standards Magazine
  • Joint Resource Allocation and Computation Offloading With Time-Varying Fading Channel in Vehicular Edge Computing, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • Stability Analysis of Vehicle Platooning With Limited Communication Range and Random Packet Losses, 2020, IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • Differential Private Noise Adding Mechanism and Its Application on Consensus Algorithm, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Jianping Pan
  • Jianping He
  • Wenjun Yang
  • Jun Peng
  • Weirong Liu

In addition to journal articles, Lin Cai has contributed to book publications. With Springer International Publishing, they authored:

  • Next Generation Marine Wireless Communication Networks (2022)
  • Broadband Communications, Computing, and Control for Ubiquitous Intelligence (2022)

In 2020, Lin Cai was awarded the IEEE Fellow distinction for contributions to topology control of wireless networks.

Best Publications

  • Topology control for wireless sensor networks

    Jianping Pan;Y. Thomas Hou;Lin Cai;Yi Shi

  • LTE-unlicensed: the future of spectrum aggregation for cellular networks

    Ran Zhang;Miao Wang;Lin X. Cai;Zhongming Zheng

  • Optimal base-station locations in two-tiered wireless sensor networks

    J. Pan;L. Cai;Y.T. Hou;Y. Shi

  • Voice capacity analysis of WLAN with unbalanced traffic

    L.X. Cai;Xuemin Shen;J.W. Mark;L. Cai

  • Voice capacity analysis of WLAN with unbalanced traffic

    Lin Cai;Xuemin Shen;J.W. Mark;Yang Xiao

  • Optimal Charging Scheduling by Pricing for EV Charging Station With Dual Charging Modes

    Yongmin Zhang;Pengcheng You;Lin Cai

  • Security and privacy in RFID and applications in telemedicine

    Yang Xiao;Xuemin Shen;Bo Sun;Lin Cai

  • Rex: A randomized EXclusive region based scheduling scheme for mmWave WPANs with directional antenna

    L.X. Cai;Lin Cai;Xuemin Shen;J.W. Mark

  • Efficient Computing Resource Sharing for Mobile Edge-Cloud Computing Networks

    Yongmin Zhang;Xiaolong Lan;Ju Ren;Lin Cai

  • Energy-Efficient User Scheduling and Power Allocation for NOMA-Based Wireless Networks With Massive IoT Devices

    Daosen Zhai;Ruonan Zhang;Lin Cai;Bin Li

  • An SMDP-Based Service Model for Interdomain Resource Allocation in Mobile Cloud Networks

    Hongbin Liang;L. X. Cai;Dijiang Huang;Xuemin Shen

  • A cooperative multicast scheduling scheme for multimedia services in IEEE 802.16 networks

    Fen Hou;L.X. Cai;Pin-Han Ho;Xuemin Shen

  • Spectrum-Aware Opportunistic Routing in Multi-Hop Cognitive Radio Networks

    Yongkang Liu;L. X. Cai;Xuemin Shen

  • Enabling Multi-Hop Concurrent Transmissions in 60 GHz Wireless Personal Area Networks

    Jian Qiao;L. X. Cai;X. S. Shen;J. W. Mark

  • Intelligent Parking Garage EV Charging Scheduling Considering Battery Charging Characteristic

    Zhe Wei;Yue Li;Yongmin Zhang;Lin Cai

  • RSS Distribution-Based Passive Localization and Its Application in Sensor Networks

    Chen Liu;Dingyi Fang;Zhe Yang;Hongbo Jiang

  • Impact of Network Dynamics on User's Video Quality: Analytical Framework and QoS Provision

    T.H. Luan;L.X. Cai;Xuemin Shen

  • A multi-channel token ring protocol for QoS provisioning in inter-vehicle communications

    Yuanguo Bi;Kuang-Hao Liu;L.X. Cai;Xuemin Shen

  • Performance Analysis of Group-Synchronized DCF for Dense IEEE 802.11 Networks

    Lei Zheng;Minming Ni;Lin Cai;Jianping Pan

  • Constrained Deep Reinforcement Learning for Energy Sustainable Multi-UAV Based Random Access IoT Networks With NOMA

    Sami Khairy;Prasanna Balaprakash;Lin X. Cai;Yu Cheng

  • Performance analysis of TCP-friendly AIMD algorithms for multimedia applications

    L. Cai;Xuemin Shen;Jianping Pan;J.W. Mark

Frequent Co-Authors

Xuemin Shen
Xuemin Shen University of Waterloo
Jianping Pan
Jianping Pan University of Victoria
Jon W. Mark
Jon W. Mark University of Waterloo
Yu Cheng
Yu Cheng Illinois Institute of Technology
Jianping He
Jianping He Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Peng Cheng
Peng Cheng Zhejiang University
Zhu Han
Zhu Han University of Houston
Hangguan Shan
Hangguan Shan Zhejiang University
Ling Shi
Ling Shi Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Tom H. Luan
Tom H. Luan Xidian University

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