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Dr. Yang Xiao

IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) Standardization Wireless Communications Network Security Communication Protocols Editorial Leadership In IEEE Journals
The University of Alabama Computer Science

About

Dr. Xiao is a Professor at the Dept. of Computer Science at the University of Alabama. He directed 20+ doctoral dissertations; supervised 20+ M.S. theses/projects; published 300+ SCI-indexed journal papers and over 300+ conference papers with 30K+ citations and h-index=87 by Google Scholar; is ranked #188 and #481 in the USA (#362 and #808 in the world) by Research.com among Best Scientists for 2024 in EEE and CS, respectively; named a 2024 Highly Ranked Scholar in Lifetime by ScholarGPS; and identified as one of Top 2% Scientists in the world by the scientists of Stanford University. He was a Voting Member of the IEEE 802.11 Working Group from 2001 to 2004, involving the IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) standardization work. He is a Fellow of IEEE, IET, AAIA, AIIA, and ACIS. He served as a Guest Editor over 40 times for journals, including the IEEE JSAC in 2022-2023, IEEE TNSE in 2021, IEEE TGCN in 2021, IEEE Network in 2007, IEEE Wireless Communications in 2006 and 2021, IEEE Communications Standards Magazine in 2021, and MONET in 2008. He has been serving as an Editorial Board Member / Associate Editor for 20+ journals, including IEEE TNSE since 2022, IEEE TYB since 2020, IEEE TMSC: SYSTEMS from 2014 to 2015, IEEE TVT from 2007 to 2009, and IEEE COMST from 2007 to 2014. He serves/served as a TPC for 300+ conferences. He received the IEEE TNSE Excellent Editor Award in 2022 and 2023.

Research Performance Summary

678
Total Papers
30749
Total Citations
87
H-Index
2000-2026
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

An optimal distributed call admission control for adaptive multimedia in wireless/mobile networks

Year: 2000

Citations: 39

Venue: Proceedings 8th International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation

Latest Recorded Paper

Building a Bridge Between Control and Communication via Topologies

Year: 2026

Citations: 0

Venue: IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2026
3
2025
25
2024
28
2023
20
2022
26
2021
10
2020
7
2019
17
2018
9
2017
22
2016
19

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 184
Journal 217
Book 23

Top Coauthors

Xiao Chen Zhang

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 28
Citations 73
Avg. Citations / Paper 2.6
H-Index 4

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 91
Citations 2362
Avg. Citations / Paper 26
H-Index 27

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 83
Citations 2612
Avg. Citations / Paper 31.5
H-Index 27

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 136
Citations 7447
Avg. Citations / Paper 54.8
H-Index 34

2005-2009

Period Stats
Papers 289
Citations 15060
Avg. Citations / Paper 52.1
H-Index 60

2000-2004

Period Stats
Papers 51
Citations 3195
Avg. Citations / Paper 62.6
H-Index 24

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

yangxiao@cs.ua.edu
2053484038

Detected Research Keywords

Wireless Sensor Networks Ieee 802 11 Ieee 802 15 802 11 Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Heterogeneous Sensor Networks Aggregation Wireless Sensor 11 Wireless Lans Analysis Ieee 802 Wireless Mobile Networks