Guangtao Zhai

21.9k total citations · 12 hit papers
579 papers, 14.8k citations indexed

About

Guangtao Zhai is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Media Technology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Guangtao Zhai has authored 579 papers receiving a total of 14.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 433 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 174 papers in Media Technology and 50 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Guangtao Zhai's work include Image and Video Quality Assessment (254 papers), Visual Attention and Saliency Detection (153 papers) and Advanced Image Fusion Techniques (124 papers). Guangtao Zhai is often cited by papers focused on Image and Video Quality Assessment (254 papers), Visual Attention and Saliency Detection (153 papers) and Advanced Image Fusion Techniques (124 papers). Guangtao Zhai collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Canada. Guangtao Zhai's co-authors include Xiaokang Yang, Xiongkuo Min, Ke Gu, Wenjun Zhang, Weisi Lin, Wei Sun, Yucheng Zhu, Menghan Hu, Chang Wen Chen and Jiantao Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Guangtao Zhai

526 papers receiving 14.5k citations

Hit Papers

Using Free Energy Principle For Blind Image Quality Asses... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2020 2017 2018 2017 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Using Free Energy Principle For Blind Image Quality Assessment
    2014 485 citations Guangtao Zhai, Xiaokang Yang et al. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia profile →
  2. Perceptual image quality assessment: a survey
    2020 468 citations Guangtao Zhai, Xiongkuo Min profile →
  3. A Deep Learning-Based Radiomics Model for Prediction of Survival in Glioblastoma Multiforme
    2017 461 citations Guangtao Zhai et al. profile →
  4. Blind Image Quality Estimation via Distortion Aggravation
    2018 370 citations Xiongkuo Min, Guangtao Zhai et al. profile →
  5. Blind Quality Assessment Based on Pseudo-Reference Image
    2017 330 citations Xiongkuo Min, Guangtao Zhai et al. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia profile →
  6. The Analysis of Image Contrast: From Quality Assessment to Automatic Enhancement
    2015 306 citations Guangtao Zhai, Weisi Lin et al. profile →
  7. No-Reference Quality Metric of Contrast-Distorted Images Based on Information Maximization
    2016 298 citations Weisi Lin, Guangtao Zhai et al. profile →
  8. No-Reference Quality Assessment of Contrast-Distorted Images Based on Natural Scene Statistics
    2014 291 citations Kede Ma, Weisi Lin et al. profile →
  9. Screen Content Quality Assessment: Overview, Benchmark, and Beyond
    2021 192 citations Xiongkuo Min, Guangtao Zhai et al. profile →
  10. Blind Image Quality Assessment via Vision-Language Correspondence: A Multitask Learning Perspective
    2023 119 citations Weixia Zhang, Guangtao Zhai et al. profile →
  11. Perceptual video quality assessment: a survey
    2024 117 citations Xiongkuo Min, Huiyu Duan et al. profile →
  12. Exploring Rich Subjective Quality Information for Image Quality Assessment in the Wild
    2025 31 citations Xiongkuo Min, Guangtao Zhai et al. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Guangtao Zhai China 59 11.3k 5.1k 1.0k 846 827 579 14.8k
Xiaokang Yang China 64 13.2k 1.2× 4.1k 0.8× 649 0.6× 582 0.7× 1.4k 1.6× 522 16.2k
Weisi Lin Singapore 82 19.4k 1.7× 7.3k 1.4× 432 0.4× 1.4k 1.7× 2.0k 2.4× 612 22.4k
Jan Kautz United Kingdom 61 13.4k 1.2× 2.4k 0.5× 711 0.7× 540 0.6× 504 0.6× 234 17.2k
Carsten Rother United Kingdom 60 13.7k 1.2× 2.0k 0.4× 556 0.5× 542 0.6× 327 0.4× 141 16.5k
Haibin Ling United States 69 17.3k 1.5× 2.9k 0.6× 587 0.6× 180 0.2× 841 1.0× 327 21.1k
Roberto Manduchi United States 30 6.0k 0.5× 2.2k 0.4× 441 0.4× 214 0.3× 327 0.4× 130 8.4k
A.W.M. Smeulders Netherlands 43 14.2k 1.3× 2.3k 0.5× 544 0.5× 370 0.4× 827 1.0× 269 17.6k
Jie Yang China 60 6.5k 0.6× 2.0k 0.4× 835 0.8× 206 0.2× 592 0.7× 896 14.1k
Chen Change Loy Singapore 69 20.5k 1.8× 5.4k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 276 0.3× 1.6k 2.0× 211 25.7k
Phillip Isola United States 24 11.3k 1.0× 1.7k 0.3× 1.6k 1.5× 157 0.2× 760 0.9× 48 15.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guangtao Zhai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Guangtao Zhai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Guangtao Zhai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Guangtao Zhai. Guangtao Zhai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Sun, Wei, Zhichao Zhang, Yucheng Zhu, et al.. (2025). AGHI-QA: A Subjective-Aligned Dataset and Metric for AI-Generated Human Images. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology. 1–1. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xinxin, Yan Zhu, Mei Zhou, et al.. (2025). Optimizing Video-Based Respiration Monitoring: Motion Artifact Reduction and Adaptive ROI Selection. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. 27. 8225–8238.
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Liu, Yang, et al.. (2025). ESIQA: Perceptual Quality Assessment of Vision-Pro-based Egocentric Spatial Images. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 31(5). 2277–2287. 6 indexed citations
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Wu, Hao, Zilin Wang, Jing Han, et al.. (2024). Developing and Validating an Intelligent Mouth-Opening Training Device: A New Solution for Restricted Mouth Opening. Sensors. 24(6). 1988–1988. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Wei, et al.. (2024). Analysis of Video Quality Datasets via Design of Minimalistic Video Quality Models. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 46(11). 7056–7071. 22 indexed citations
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Zhang, Weixia, Kede Ma, Guangtao Zhai, & Xiaokang Yang. (2024). Task-Specific Normalization for Continual Learning of Blind Image Quality Models. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 33. 1898–1910. 8 indexed citations
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Zhai, Guangtao, et al.. (2024). Time-Smooth Wireless Transmission of Probabilistic Slicing VR 360 Video in MISO-OFDM Systems. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 73(5). 3409–3422. 1 indexed citations
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Jia, Jun, Zhongpai Gao, Wei Sun, et al.. (2024). Hidden Barcode in Sub-Images with Invisible Locating Marker. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing Communications and Applications.
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Zhang, Zicheng, Haoning Wu, Erli Zhang, Guangtao Zhai, & Weisi Lin. (2024). Q-Bench+: A Benchmark for Multi-Modal Foundation Models on Low-Level Vision From Single Images to Pairs. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 46(12). 10404–10418. 10 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kaiwei, Wei‐Zen Sun, Chunyi Li, et al.. (2024). PrefIQA: Human Preference Learning for AI-generated Image Quality Assessment. 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Yutao, Ke Gu, Shiqi Wang, et al.. (2023). UIQI: A Comprehensive Quality Evaluation Index for Underwater Images. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. 26. 2560–2573. 38 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yucheng, et al.. (2022). Blind Image Quality Assessment via Cross-View Consistency. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. 25. 7607–7620. 63 indexed citations
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Zhai, Guangtao, Yucheng Zhu, & Xiongkuo Min. (2020). Comparative Perceptual Assessment of Visual Signals Using Free Energy Features. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. 23. 3700–3713. 46 indexed citations
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Gao, Zhongpai, et al.. (2020). PAI-GCN: Permutable Anisotropic Graph Convolutional Networks for 3D Shape Representation Learning.. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Song, Xuefei, Zijia Liu, Zhongpai Gao, et al.. (2020). Artificial intelligence CT screening model for thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy and tests under clinical conditions. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 16(2). 323–330. 49 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jiahe, et al.. (2019). Fine Detection and Classification of Multi-class Barcode in Complex Environments. 306–311. 7 indexed citations
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Jia, Jun, Guangtao Zhai, Jiahe Zhang, et al.. (2019). EMBDN: An Efficient Multiclass Barcode Detection Network for Complicated Environments. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 6(6). 9919–9933. 18 indexed citations
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Gu, Ke, Jun Zhou, Junfei Qiao, et al.. (2017). No-Reference Quality Assessment of Screen Content Pictures. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 26(8). 4005–4018. 188 indexed citations
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Hu, Menghan, Xiaojing Chen, Xiaojing Chen, et al.. (2016). Combination of multiple model population analysis and mid-infrared technology for the estimation of copper content in Tegillarca granosa. Infrared Physics & Technology. 79. 198–204. 8 indexed citations

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