- Ali, Zain Anwar, Dingnan Deng, Muhammad Kashif Shaikh, Raza Hasan, Muhammad Aamir Khan “AI-based UAV Swarms for Monitoring and Disease Identification of Brassica Plants using Machine Learning: A Review”. Computer Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE). July 2023.
- Ali, Zain Anwar, Mahreen Zain, M. Salman Pathan, and Peter Mooney. "Contributions of artificial intelligence for circular economy transition leading toward sustainability: an explorative study in agriculture and food industries of Pakistan." Environment, Development and Sustainability (2023): 1-45.
- Zulfiqar, Rakhshan, Tariq Javid, Zain Anwar Ali, and Vali Uddin. "Novel metaheuristic routing algorithm with optimized energy and enhanced coverage for (WSNs)." Ad Hoc Networks (2023): 103133.
- Rakhshan Zulfiqar, Tariq, Zain Anwar Ali, Eman Alkhammash, Myriam Hadjouni. “Performance Comparison of Metaheuristic Approaches to Design Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) with Optimized Energy and Maximum Coverage”. Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, 2023.
- Ali, Zain Anwar, Chenguang Yang, Amber Israr, and Quanmin Zhu. "A Comprehensive Review of Scab Disease Detection on Rosaceae Family Fruits via UAV Imagery." Drones 7, no. 2 (2023): 97.
- Shafiq, Muhammad, Zain Anwar Ali, Amber Israr, Eman H. Alkhammash, Myriam Hadjouni, and Jari Juhani Jussila. "Convergence Analysis of Path Planning of Multi-UAVs Using Max-Min Ant Colony Optimization Approach." Sensors 22, no. 14 (2022): 5395.
- Israr, Amber, Zain A. Ali, Eman H. Alkhammash, and Jari J. Jussila. 2022. "Optimization Methods Applied to Motion Planning of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Review" Drones 6, no. 5: 126. https://doi.org/10.3390/drones6050126, Drones. SCI.
- Shafiq, Muhammad, Zain Anwar Ali, Amber Israr, Eman H. Alkhammash, and Myriam Hadjouni. "A Multi-Colony Social Learning Approach for the Self-Organization of a Swarm of UAVs." Drones 6, no. 5 (2022): 104. SCI (Q4).
- Abro, Ghulam E.M., Saiful A.B.M. Zulkifli, Zain A. Ali, Vijanth S. Asirvadam, and Bhawani S. Chowdhry. 2022. "Fuzzy Based Backstepping Control Design for Stabilizing an Underactuated Quadrotor Craft under Unmodelled Dynamic Factors" Electronics 11, no. 7: 999. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11070999, JCR SCI/ EI (Q1).
- Ghulam E. Mustafa Abro, Zain Anwar Ali, Saiful A. Zulkifli, Vijanth Sagayan Asirvadam, "Performance Evaluation of Different Control Methods for an Underactuated Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (QUAV) with Position Estimator and Disturbance Observer", Mathematical Problems in Engineering, vol. 2021, Article ID 8791620, 22 pages, 2021. JCR SCI/ EI (Q1).
- Zain Anwar Ali, Amber Israr, Eman H. Alkhammash, Myriam Hadjouni, "A Leader-Follower Formation Control of Multi-UAVs via an Adaptive Hybrid Controller", Complexity, vol. 2021, Article ID 9231636, 16 pages, 2021. JCR SCI/ EI (Q1). IF 2.833
- Shafiq, M.; Ali, Z.A.; Alkhammash, E.H. A Cluster-Based Hierarchical-Approach for the Path Planning of Swarm. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 6864. JCR SCI/ EI (Q2). IF 2.67
- S.A.B.M.; Asirvadam, V.S.; Ali, Z.A. Model-Free Based Single Dimension Fuzzy SMC Design for Underactu-ated Quadrotor UAV. Actuators 2021. JCR SCI/ EI (Q2)
- Ali, Zain A.; Han, Zhangang; Masood, Rana J. 2021. "Collective Motion and Self-Organization of a Swarm of UAVs: A Cluster-Based Architecture" Sensors 2021, no. 11: 3820. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21113820. JCR SCI/ EI (Q1) IF 3.73
- Ali, Zain Anwar, Han Zhangang,” Maneuvering Control of Hexrotor UAV Equipped with a Cable-Driven Gripper”, IEEE Access, DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3076129, Access-2021-13720. March 2021. JCR SCI/ EI (Q1) IF 3.367
- Ali, Zain Anwar, Han Zhangang “Multi-UAV Swarm Formation Control using Hybrid Strategy”.Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control. TIMC-20-0733. March 2021. JCR SCI/ EI (Q2) IF 1.579
- Ali, Zain Anwar, Han Zhangang, and Wang Bo Hang. "Cooperative Path Planning of Multiple UAVs by using Max–Min Ant Colony Optimization along with Cauchy Mutant Operator." Fluctuation and Noise Letters (2021): 2150002. JCR SCI/ EI (Q3) IF 1.53
- Ali, Zain Anwar, Xinde li. “Modeling and Control the dynamic behavior of an aerial manipulator”. Fluctuations & Noise Letters. FNL-D-20-00097R1. SCI/ EI (Q3) published 18th February 2021 IF 1.53
- Ali, Zain Anwar, and Xinde Li. "Controlling of an under-actuated quadrotor UAV equipped with a manipulator." IEEE Access 8 (2020): 34664-34674. JCR SCI/ EI (Q1) IF 3.367
- Ali, Zain Anwar, Xinde Li, and Muhammad Noman. "Stabilizing the dynamic behavior and Position control of a Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicle." Wireless Personal Communications (2020): 1-17. JCR SCI/ EI (Q3) IF 1.2
- B.A.I. TINGTING, WANG DAOBO, Zain Anwar Ali, Suhaib Masroor. “Formation control of multiple UAVs via pigeon swarm optimization” International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation (2020): 18-4. JCR SCI/ EI (Q1)
- Ali, Zain Anwar, and Xinde Li. "Modeling and controlling of quadrotor aerial vehicle equipped with a gripper." Measurement and Control 52, no. 5-6 (2019): 577-587. JCR SCI/ EI (Q3) IF 1.579
- Aamir, Muhammad, Suhaib Masroor, Zain Anwar Ali, and Bai Ting Ting. "Sustainable Framework for Smart Transportation System: A Case Study of Karachi." Wireless Personal Communications 106, no. 1 (2019): 27-40. JCR SCI/ EI (Q2)
- Wang, Bo Hang, Dao Bo Wang, Zain Anwar Ali, Bai Ting Ting, and Hao Wang. "An overview of various kinds of wind effects on unmanned aerial vehicle." Measurement and Control 52, no. 7-8 (2019): 731-739. JCR SCI/ EI (Q2)
- Ali, Zain Anwar, Suhaib Masroor, and Muhammad Aamir. "UAV based data gathering in wireless sensor networks." Wireless Personal Communications 106, no. 4 (2019): 1801-1811. JCR SCI/ EI (Q3) IF 1.2
- Ali, Zain Anwar, Xinde Li, and Muhammad Ahsan Tanveer. "Controlling and stabilizing the position of remotely operated underwater vehicle equipped with a gripper." Wireless Personal Communications (2019): 1-16. JCR SCI/ EI (Q3) IF 1.2
- Yahya, Muhammad Rehan, Ning Wu, Zain Anwar Ali, and Yasir Khizar. "Optical Versus Electrical: Performance Evaluation of Network On-Chip Topologies for UWASN Manycore Processors." Wireless Personal Communications (2019): 1-29. JCR SCI/ EI (Q2)
- Wu, Ning, Zain Anwar Ali, Muhammad Mujtaba Shaikh, Muhammad Rehan Yahya, and Muhammad Aamir. "Compact and high-speed architectures of KASUMI block cipher." Wireless Personal Communications 106, no. 4 (2019): 1787-1800. JCR SCI/ EI (Q2)
- Masroor, Suhaib, Chen Peng, Zain Anwar Ali, and Muhammad Aamir. "Network Based Speed Synchronization Control in the Brush DC Motors Via LQR and Multi-agent Consensus Scheme." Wireless Personal Communications 106, no. 4 (2019): 1701-1718. JCR SCI/ EI (Q2)
- Iqbal, Muhammad Ather, Zhijie Wang, Zain Anwar Ali, and Shazia Riaz. "Automatic Fish Species Classification Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks." Wireless Personal Communications (2019): 1-11. JCR SCI/ EI (Q2)
- Ahmad, Bilal, Wang Jian, Zain Anwar Ali, Sania Tanvir, and M. Sadiq Ali Khan. "Hybrid anomaly detection by using clustering for wireless sensor network." Wireless Personal Communications 106, no. 4 (2019): 1841-1853.
- Masood, Rana Javed, DaoBo Wang, Zain Anwar Ali, and Muhammad Anwar. "Adaptive Hybrid Control Scheme for Controlling the Position of Coaxial Tri-Rotor UAS." INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION AND SOFT COMPUTING 25, no. 2 (2019): 295-304. JCR SCI/ EI (Q3)
- Ali, Zain Anwar, Daobo Wang, Muhammad Aamir, and Suhaib Masroor. "Trajectory tracking of a tri-rotor aerial vehicle using an MRAC-based robust hybrid control algorithm." Aerospace 4, no. 1 (2017): 3. WEB OF SCIENCE ESCI/ EI Compendexed [HEC X CAT].
- Jiang, Wanyue, Daobo Wang, Yin Wang, and Zain Anwar Ali. "UAV rendezvous based on time-varying vector fields." Electronics Letters 53, no. 10 (2017): 653-655 JCR SCI/ EI (Q2)
- Ali, Zain Anwar, Daobo Wang, and Muhammad Aamir. "Fuzzy-based hybrid control algorithm for the stabilization of a tri-rotor UAV." Sensors 16, no. 5 (2016): 652. JCR SCI/ EI (Q1)