Heping Wen

1.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
41 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Heping Wen is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Heping Wen has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 10 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Heping Wen's work include Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption (38 papers), Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques (17 papers) and Cellular Automata and Applications (10 papers). Heping Wen is often cited by papers focused on Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption (38 papers), Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques (17 papers) and Cellular Automata and Applications (10 papers). Heping Wen collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United Kingdom. Heping Wen's co-authors include Yiting Lin, Simin Yu, Chongfu Zhang, Wei Feng, Kun Qian, Jinhu Lü, Tingwei Wu, Hui Liu, Shubo Zhang and Junhao Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Optics Express.

In The Last Decade

Heping Wen

39 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Cryptanalysis of an image encryption algorithm using quantum chaotic map and DNA coding

2023 146 citations Heping Wen, Yiting Lin Expert Systems with Applications profile →
Exploiting Newly Designed Fractional-Order 3D Lorenz Chaotic System and 2D Discrete Polynomial Hyper-Chaotic Map for High-Performance Multi-Image Encryption

2023 124 citations Wei Feng, Hui Liu et al. Fractal and Fractional profile →
A Novel Multi-Channel Image Encryption Algorithm Leveraging Pixel Reorganization and Hyperchaotic Maps

2024 60 citations Wei Feng, Xiangyu Zhao et al. Mathematics profile →
Image privacy protection scheme based on high-quality reconstruction DCT compression and nonlinear dynamics

2024 53 citations Yiting Lin, Tingting Chen et al. Expert Systems with Applications profile →
Cryptanalysis of an image encryption scheme using variant Hill cipher and chaos

2024 41 citations Heping Wen, Yiting Lin et al. Expert Systems with Applications profile →
Integrating Fractional-Order Hopfield Neural Network with Differentiated Encryption: Achieving High-Performance Privacy Protection for Medical Images

2025 31 citations Wei Feng, Keyuan Zhang et al. Fractal and Fractional profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heping Wen China	23	1.0k	253	237	205	179	41	1.2k
Suo Gao China	17	1.3k 1.3×	328 1.3×	312 1.3×	352 1.7×	81 0.5×	32	1.5k
Seyed Mohammad Seyedzadeh United States	13	838 0.8×	318 1.3×	239 1.0×	109 0.5×	180 1.0×	20	1.1k
Wassim Alexan Egypt	21	1.4k 1.4×	448 1.8×	430 1.8×	257 1.3×	102 0.6×	96	1.7k
Yongjin Xian China	13	1.1k 1.1×	257 1.0×	241 1.0×	215 1.0×	48 0.3×	25	1.2k
M.A. Murillo-Escobar Mexico	14	881 0.9×	236 0.9×	280 1.2×	387 1.9×	57 0.3×	23	1.0k
A. Akhshani Iran	17	1.4k 1.3×	484 1.9×	387 1.6×	383 1.9×	77 0.4×	45	1.6k
Xiuli Chai China	17	2.1k 2.0×	505 2.0×	526 2.2×	273 1.3×	96 0.5×	28	2.2k
Chong Fu China	18	1.3k 1.3×	328 1.3×	320 1.4×	169 0.8×	47 0.3×	27	1.4k
Nestor Tsafack Cameroon	21	782 0.8×	298 1.2×	164 0.7×	665 3.2×	264 1.5×	43	1.4k

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Zhang, Xiangyu, Heping Wen, Wei Feng, et al.. (2025). Weighted Color Image Encryption Algorithm Based on RNA Extended Dynamic Coding and Quantum Chaotic System. Entropy. 27(8). 852–852. 1 indexed citations

Feng, Wei, et al.. (2025). State-Dependent Variable Fractional-Order Hyperchaotic Dynamics in a Coupled Quadratic Map: A Novel System for High-Performance Image Protection. Fractal and Fractional. 9(12). 792–792.

Feng, Wei, Keyuan Zhang, Jing Zhang, et al.. (2025). Integrating Fractional-Order Hopfield Neural Network with Differentiated Encryption: Achieving High-Performance Privacy Protection for Medical Images. Fractal and Fractional. 9(7). 426–426. 31 indexed citations breakdown →

Feng, Wei, et al.. (2025). Two-Dimensional Coupling-Enhanced Cubic Hyperchaotic Map with Exponential Parameters: Construction, Analysis, and Application in Hierarchical Significance-Aware Multi-Image Encryption. Axioms. 14(12). 901–901.

Wen, Heping, et al.. (2024). Frequency-domain image encryption based on IWT and 3D S-box. Physica Scripta. 99(5). 55254–55254. 12 indexed citations

Wen, Heping, et al.. (2024). Exploiting high-quality reconstruction image encryption strategy by optimized orthogonal compressive sensing. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 8805–8805. 4 indexed citations

Lin, Yiting, et al.. (2024). Image privacy protection scheme based on high-quality reconstruction DCT compression and nonlinear dynamics. Expert Systems with Applications. 257. 124891–124891. 53 indexed citations breakdown →

Feng, Wei, Xiangyu Zhao, Jing Zhang, et al.. (2024). A Novel Multi-Channel Image Encryption Algorithm Leveraging Pixel Reorganization and Hyperchaotic Maps. Mathematics. 12(24). 3917–3917. 60 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Chongfu, Xinshuai Liang, Jiayu Liu, et al.. (2024). Chaotic Encryption Using Hybrid Evolution Cellular Automata and 4D Modulation for Data Centers. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 21(2). 1259–1268. 12 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jinlong & Heping Wen. (2024). Secure image communication based on two-layer dynamic feedback encryption and DWT information hiding. PLoS ONE. 19(8). e0300228–e0300228. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jinlong & Heping Wen. (2024). Dynamic feedback bit-level image privacy protection based on chaos and information hiding. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 5742–5742. 2 indexed citations

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Wen, Heping, et al.. (2023). Chaos-based block permutation and dynamic sequence multiplexing for video encryption. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 14721–14721. 36 indexed citations

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Wen, Heping & Yiting Lin. (2023). Cryptanalysis of an image encryption algorithm using quantum chaotic map and DNA coding. Expert Systems with Applications. 237. 121514–121514. 146 indexed citations breakdown →

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Feng, Wei, Hui Liu, Yu Ren, et al.. (2023). Exploiting Newly Designed Fractional-Order 3D Lorenz Chaotic System and 2D Discrete Polynomial Hyper-Chaotic Map for High-Performance Multi-Image Encryption. Fractal and Fractional. 7(12). 887–887. 124 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wen, Heping, et al.. (2023). Security analysis of a color image encryption based on bit-level and chaotic map. Multimedia Tools and Applications. 83(2). 4133–4149. 22 indexed citations

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Wen, Heping, et al.. (2023). Dynamic RNA Coding Color Image Cipher Based on Chain Feedback Structure. Mathematics. 11(14). 3133–3133. 20 indexed citations

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Wen, Heping, et al.. (2023). Secure image encryption algorithm using chaos-based block permutation and weighted bit planes chain diffusion. iScience. 27(1). 108610–108610. 49 indexed citations

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Wen, Heping, et al.. (2022). Secure DNA-Coding Image Optical Communication Using Non-Degenerate Hyperchaos and Dynamic Secret-Key. Mathematics. 10(17). 3180–3180. 32 indexed citations

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Li, Zhili, Chongfu Zhang, Zhi Zhang, et al.. (2021). Laguerre-Gaussian mode purity of Gaussian vortex beams. Optik. 230. 166320–166320. 6 indexed citations

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Wen, Heping, Simin Yu, & Jinhu Lü. (2017). Encryption algorithm based on Hadoop and non-degenerate high-dimensional discrete hyperchaotic system. Acta Physica Sinica. 66(23). 230503–230503. 10 indexed citations

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