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Ziran Wang

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2008Rising activity
Traffic control and managementAutonomous Vehicle Technology and SafetyVehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)Transportation Planning and OptimizationVehicle emissions and performance

Publications

201

Citations

5,128

Est. group size

~11

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

19

Publishing since 2008

Research summary
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Ziran Wang's research centers on intelligent transportation systems, focusing on connected and autonomous vehicles, digital twins, and how vehicles communicate and coordinate on roads. Recent work also explores applying large language models and AI to driving scene understanding, vehicle motion planning, and simulation. Note that some listed publications (e.g., on welding, wearable sensors, nanomaterials) appear unrelated to this core focus and may reflect shared author names or database matching issues.

Connected and autonomous vehiclesIntelligent transportation systemsDigital twins and simulationAI and large language models for drivingHuman-machine interaction in vehicle control

Publication output has grown substantially over the last decade, rising from single digits in 2017 to a sustained pace of roughly 25-35 papers per year since 2023.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 23.8/year recently
2017: 7 publications172018: 9 publications182019: 14 publications192020: 22 publications202021: 24 publications212022: 18 publications222023: 35 publications35232024: 29 publications242025: 31 publications252026: 6 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×52
  • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles×10
  • IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine×7
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal×4
  • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems×4
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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