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Xiang Cheng

Xiang Cheng

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 62 1462 1399 240 238 320 13466

Xiang Cheng publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Xiang Cheng between 2005 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Xiang Cheng published across 21 years, from 2005 to 2025, averaging 24.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 56 publications in 2024. 109 of the 511 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2005 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 56. Peak 56 publications in 2024. 2005: 1 publication 2006: 0 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 27 publications 2014: 35 publications 2015: 21 publications 2016: 41 publications 2017: 41 publications 2018: 34 publications 2019: 37 publications 2020: 23 publications 2021: 25 publications 2022: 24 publications 2023: 54 publications 2024: 56 publications 2025: 53 publications
2005 2025

511 publications in total across all disciplines

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Xiang Cheng: publications per year, 2005 to 2025
Year Publications
2005 1
2006 0
2007 4
2008 4
2009 10
2010 4
2011 5
2012 12
2013 27
2014 35
2015 21
2016 41
2017 41
2018 34
2019 37
2020 23
2021 25
2022 24
2023 54
2024 56
2025 53
Total 511
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Xiang Cheng 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 Xiang Cheng 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, 314–333 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: 320 publications — 62nd percentile

62% 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
314–333 276 320
334–353 250
354–373 214
374–393 187
394–413 152
414–433 169
434–453 147
454–473 111
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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Xiang Cheng 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 Xiang Cheng 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, 62 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: 62 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% 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 62
63 74
64 77
65 73
66 64
67 69
68 60
69 39
70 57
71 59
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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Overview

Xiang Cheng is affiliated with Peking University in China and conducts research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Computer Science. Their work spans several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, Artificial Intelligence, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

Their research focuses on several main topics, notably Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling, Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs), Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization, UAV Applications and Optimization, Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies, Satellite Communication Systems, and Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety.

Xiang Cheng has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) for Vehicular Communication Networks (VCN), 2022, IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • Vehicular communication channel measurement, modelling, and application for beyond 5G and 6G, 2020, IET Communications
  • Channel Nonstationarity and Consistency for Beyond 5G and 6G: A Survey, 2022, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Xiang Cheng include Ziwei Huang, Liuqing Yang, Lu Bai, Shijian Gao, and Rongqing Zhang.

They have published extensively in prestigious venues, with notable frequent publication outlets being:

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

In addition to journal articles, Xiang Cheng has authored books published by Springer International Publishing:

  • Channel Characterization and Modeling for Vehicular Communications, 2023
  • Propagation Characterization and Channel Modeling for UAV Communications, 2024

Best Publications

  • Challenges Toward Wireless Communications for High-Speed Railway

    Bo Ai;Xiang Cheng;Thomas Kürner;Zhang-Dui Zhong

  • Efficiency Resource Allocation for Device-to-Device Underlay Communication Systems: A Reverse Iterative Combinatorial Auction Based Approach

    Chen Xu;Lingyang Song;Zhu Han;Qun Zhao

  • Vehicle-to-vehicle channel modeling and measurements: recent advances and future challenges

    Cheng-xiang Wang;Xiang Cheng;D. Laurenson

  • D2D for Intelligent Transportation Systems: A Feasibility Study

    Xiang Cheng;Xiang Cheng;Liuqing Yang;Xia Shen

  • An adaptive geometry-based stochastic model for non-isotropic MIMO mobile-to-mobile channels

    Xiang Cheng;Cheng-Xiang Wang;D.I. Laurenson;S. Salous

  • Cooperative MIMO channel models: A survey

    Cheng-Xiang Wang;Xuemin Hong;Xiaohu Ge;Xiang Cheng

  • Smart Choice for the Smart Grid: Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT)

    Yuke Li;Xiang Cheng;Yang Cao;Dexin Wang

  • On the Achievable Rate of OFDM With Index Modulation

    Miaowen Wen;Xiang Cheng;Meng Ma;Bingli Jiao

  • Wideband Channel Modeling and Intercarrier Interference Cancellation for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Systems

    Xiang Cheng;Qi Yao;Miaowen Wen;Cheng-Xiang Wang

  • Future railway services-oriented mobile communications network

    Bo Ai;Ke Guan;Markus Rupp;Thomas Kurner

  • Differential Spatial Modulation

    Yuyang Bian;Yuyang Bian;Xiang Cheng;Xiang Cheng;Miaowen Wen;Liuqing Yang

  • Interference-aware graph based resource sharing for device-to-device communications underlaying cellular networks

    Rongqing Zhang;Xiang Cheng;Liuqing Yang;Bingli Jiao

  • 5G-Enabled Cooperative Intelligent Vehicular (5GenCIV) Framework: When Benz Meets Marconi

    Xiang Cheng;Chen Chen;Wuxiong Zhang;Yang Yang

  • Index Modulation for 5G: Striving to Do More with Less

    Xiang Cheng;Xiang Cheng;Meng Zhang;Miaowen Wen;Liuqing Yang

  • Envelope Level Crossing Rate and Average Fade Duration of Nonisotropic Vehicle-to-Vehicle Ricean Fading Channels

    Xiang Cheng;Cheng-Xiang Wang;Bo Ai;Hadi Aggoune

  • Index Modulation for 5G Wireless Communications

    Miaowen Wen;Xiang Cheng;Liuqing Yang

  • Communicating in the real world: 3D MIMO

    Xiang Cheng;Bo Yu;Liuqing Yang;Jianhua Zhang

  • Cooperative MIMO Channel Modeling and Multi-Link Spatial Correlation Properties

    Xiang Cheng;Cheng-Xiang Wang;Haiming Wang;Xiqi Gao

  • Generalized Precoding-Aided Quadrature Spatial Modulation

    Jun Li;Miaowen Wen;Xiang Cheng;Yier Yan

  • Channel Estimation Schemes for IEEE 802.11p Standard

    Zijun Zhao;Xiang Cheng;Miaowen Wen;Bingli Jiao

Frequent Co-Authors

Liuqing Yang
Liuqing Yang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Miaowen Wen
Miaowen Wen South China University of Technology
Bingli Jiao
Bingli Jiao Peking University
Cheng-Xiang Wang
Cheng-Xiang Wang Southeast University
Bo Ai
Bo Ai Beijing Jiaotong University
Shuguang Cui
Shuguang Cui Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Lingyang Song
Lingyang Song Peking University
Athanasios V. Vasilakos
Athanasios V. Vasilakos University of Agder
Xiaohu Ge
Xiaohu Ge Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Zhangdui Zhong
Zhangdui Zhong Beijing Jiaotong University

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