Hongkai Zhao

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Hongkai Zhao is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Materials Chemistry and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongkai Zhao has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Computational Mechanics, 7 papers in Materials Chemistry and 6 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Hongkai Zhao's work include 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (8 papers), Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (6 papers) and Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (5 papers). Hongkai Zhao is often cited by papers focused on 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (8 papers), Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (6 papers) and Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (5 papers). Hongkai Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Hongkai Zhao's co-authors include Stanley Osher, Barry Merriman, Danping Peng, Myungjoo Kang, Sen Qiu, Zhelong Wang, Hongyu Zhao, Nan Jiang, Ruichen Liu and Long Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Computational Physics, Nanoscale and Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Hongkai Zhao

27 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A PDE-Based Fast Local Level Set Method

1999 969 citations Danping Peng, Barry Merriman et al. Journal of Computational Physics profile →
Multi-sensor information fusion based on machine learning for real applications in human activity recognition: State-of-the-art and research challenges

2021 452 citations Sen Qiu, Hongkai Zhao et al. Information Fusion profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hongkai Zhao China	11	817	419	302	229	222	29	2.0k
Yan Huang China	33	511 0.6×	427 1.0×	570 1.9×	536 2.3×	79 0.4×	192	2.9k
David H. Eberly United States	21	434 0.5×	906 2.2×	141 0.5×	64 0.3×	68 0.3×	53	2.4k
Nicholas M. Patrikalakis United States	33	2.0k 2.4×	853 2.0×	213 0.7×	215 0.9×	93 0.4×	141	3.6k
Régis Duvigneau France	21	915 1.1×	66 0.2×	98 0.3×	88 0.4×	135 0.6×	65	1.6k
Kenichi Kanatani Japan	33	428 0.5×	2.7k 6.4×	139 0.5×	106 0.5×	161 0.7×	189	3.6k
Chenfanfu Jiang United States	33	2.4k 2.9×	451 1.1×	301 1.0×	35 0.2×	636 2.9×	117	3.6k
Lyle N. Long United States	29	1.2k 1.5×	228 0.5×	537 1.8×	357 1.6×	56 0.3×	190	2.7k
Kai Hormann Switzerland	27	2.0k 2.5×	659 1.6×	113 0.4×	92 0.4×	277 1.2×	102	3.0k
Ken Shoemake United States	7	736 0.9×	956 2.3×	179 0.6×	77 0.3×	45 0.2×	7	2.2k
Hans Hagen Germany	24	819 1.0×	597 1.4×	75 0.2×	42 0.2×	81 0.4×	133	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Hongkai Zhao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongkai Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hongkai Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hongkai Zhao 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 Hongkai Zhao. Hongkai Zhao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Wang, Lili, Hongkai Zhao, Lei Chen, et al.. (2025). Properties of low-density SiO2 aerogels prepared based on the phase separation method. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 345. 125237–125237. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Hongkai, et al.. (2025). Preparation of SiO₂ aerogels via secondary modification and azeotropic distillation drying using dimethyl carbonate as the solvent. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 667. 123753–123753.

Chen, Lei, Frank Chang, Rui Xu, et al.. (2025). Multiple synergistic charge transfer effect at the three-dimensional Na2Ti3O7 nanoflowers-silver interface with high surface-enhanced Raman scattering activity. Applied Surface Science. 711. 164075–164075.

Zhao, Hongkai, et al.. (2024). Drug Toxicity Classification Based on ReliefF and K-means Algorithm. 45. 95–99. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Hongkai, et al.. (2024). Toxicity prediction and classification of Gunqile-7 with small sample based on transfer learning method. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 173. 108348–108348. 2 indexed citations

Qiu, Sen, Hongkai Zhao, Nan Jiang, et al.. (2021). Multi-sensor information fusion based on machine learning for real applications in human activity recognition: State-of-the-art and research challenges. Information Fusion. 80. 241–265. 452 indexed citations breakdown →

Qiu, Sen, Hongkai Zhao, Nan Jiang, et al.. (2021). Sensor network oriented human motion capture via wearable intelligent system. International Journal of Intelligent Systems. 37(2). 1646–1673. 85 indexed citations

Xiang, Rui, Rongjie Lai, & Hongkai Zhao. (2021). A Dual Iterative Refinement Method for Non-rigid Shape Matching. 15925–15934. 8 indexed citations

Zhao, Hongkai, Nan Ye, & Bowen Xia. (2020). A Novel Hybrid Model Using EEMD and Neural Network for Forecasting Carbon Price. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences. 3(5). 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhiwen, et al.. (2020). A Data-Driven Approach for Multiscale Elliptic PDEs with Random Coefficients Based on Intrinsic Dimension Reduction. Multiscale Modeling and Simulation. 18(3). 1242–1271. 9 indexed citations

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Zhao, Hongkai, Xiaoxia Li, Mingyue Zheng, et al.. (2020). Amorphous TiO₂ as a multifunctional interlayer for boosting the efficiency and stability of the CdS/cobaloxime hybrid system for photocatalytic hydrogen production. Nanoscale. 12(20). 11267–11279. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Qingbo, Hongkai Zhao, Honggang Sun, Xian Zhao, & Weiliu Fan. (2018). Doubling the photocatalytic performance of SnO₂ by carbon coating mixed-phase particles. RSC Advances. 8(53). 30366–30373. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Qingbo, Hao Qin, Hongkai Zhao, et al.. (2018). Facile fabrication of a BiOI/TiO2 p-n junction via a surface charge-induced electrostatic self-assembly method. Applied Surface Science. 457. 59–68. 45 indexed citations

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Liang, Jian & Hongkai Zhao. (2013). Solving Partial Differential Equations on Point Clouds. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 35(3). A1461–A1486. 48 indexed citations

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Liang, Jian, et al.. (2012). Geometric understanding of point clouds using Laplace-Beltrami operator. 214–221. 32 indexed citations

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Leung, Shingyu, Gang Liang, Knut Sølna, & Hongkai Zhao. (2009). Expectation-Maximization Algorithm with Local Adaptivity. SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences. 2(3). 834–857. 5 indexed citations

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Hou, Songming, Knut Sølna, & Hongkai Zhao. (2006). A direct imaging algorithm for extended targets. Inverse Problems. 22(4). 1151–1178. 81 indexed citations

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Li, Zhilin, Hongkai Zhao, & Huajian Gao. (1999). A Numerical Study of Electro-migration Voiding by Evolving Level Set Functions on a Fixed Cartesian Grid. Journal of Computational Physics. 152(1). 281–304. 65 indexed citations

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Peng, Danping, Barry Merriman, Stanley Osher, Hongkai Zhao, & Myungjoo Kang. (1999). A PDE-Based Fast Local Level Set Method. Journal of Computational Physics. 155(2). 410–438. 969 indexed citations breakdown →

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Engquist, Björn & Hongkai Zhao. (1998). Absorbing boundary conditions for domain decomposition. Applied Numerical Mathematics. 27(4). 341–365. 49 indexed citations

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