Kun Liang

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Kun Liang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Spectroscopy and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Liang has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 18 papers in Spectroscopy and 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kun Liang's work include Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (18 papers), Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies (15 papers) and Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (13 papers). Kun Liang is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy and Laser Applications (18 papers), Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies (15 papers) and Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (13 papers). Kun Liang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Netherlands. Kun Liang's co-authors include Jinhui Han, Bo Zhou, Yong Ma, Bo Zhou, Fan Fan, Yu Fang, Jie Zhao, Xinying Zhu, G. S. Kino and B.T. Khuri-Yakub and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Kun Liang

68 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

A Robust Infrared Small Target Detection Algorithm Based ... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2018 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. A Robust Infrared Small Target Detection Algorithm Based on Human Visual System
    2014 404 citations Jinhui Han, Yong Ma et al. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters profile →
  2. Infrared Small Target Detection Utilizing the Multiscale Relative Local Contrast Measure
    2018 384 citations Jinhui Han, Kun Liang et al. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kun Liang China 18 881 765 394 379 269 74 1.8k
Gerald C. Holst United States 13 508 0.6× 428 0.6× 181 0.5× 127 0.3× 242 0.9× 55 1.2k
Gang Lu United Kingdom 28 401 0.5× 344 0.4× 82 0.2× 236 0.6× 251 0.9× 97 2.2k
Jon R. Willmott United Kingdom 19 177 0.2× 205 0.3× 235 0.6× 102 0.3× 107 0.4× 80 1.4k
Rongsheng Lu China 18 142 0.2× 261 0.3× 154 0.4× 183 0.5× 581 2.2× 132 1.4k
Chen Wang China 23 643 0.7× 573 0.7× 187 0.5× 18 0.0× 683 2.5× 104 2.0k
Haofeng Hu China 28 161 0.2× 543 0.7× 771 2.0× 66 0.2× 1.1k 4.0× 129 2.5k
Qian Song China 19 667 0.8× 316 0.4× 126 0.3× 29 0.1× 215 0.8× 128 1.2k
Zhengzhou Li China 17 509 0.6× 410 0.5× 227 0.6× 105 0.3× 211 0.8× 80 871
Giuseppe Schirripa Spagnolo Italy 19 98 0.1× 421 0.6× 162 0.4× 171 0.5× 540 2.0× 167 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Kun Liang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kun Liang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Liang

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liang, Kun, et al.. (2025). Diffusion Augmented Retrieval: A Training-Free Approach to Interactive Text-to-Image Retrieval. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 823–832. 1 indexed citations
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Liang, Kun, et al.. (2025). WeedsSORT: A weed tracking-by-detection framework for laser weeding applications within precision agriculture. Smart Agricultural Technology. 11. 100883–100883. 6 indexed citations
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Liang, Kun, et al.. (2024). Denoising of Photon-Counting LiDAR Bathymetry Based on Adaptive Variable OPTICS Model and Its Accuracy Assessment. Remote Sensing. 16(18). 3438–3438. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Peng & Kun Liang. (2020). Improved method for gas temperature and pressure retrieval in Brillouin lidar remote sensing. Applied Optics. 60(3). 652–652. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Peng, et al.. (2020). Retrieval of Gas Temperature and Pressure Based on Rayleigh–Brillouin Spectrum. IEEE Access. 8. 22964–22975. 2 indexed citations
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Han, Jinhui, et al.. (2018). Infrared Small Target Detection Utilizing the Multiscale Relative Local Contrast Measure. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 15(4). 612–616. 384 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liang, Kun, et al.. (2017). The effect of signal to noise ratio on accuracy of temperature measurements for Brillouin lidar in water. Laser Physics. 27(9). 96003–96003. 3 indexed citations
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Liang, Kun, et al.. (2017). A TFSK transceiver combining (n, n(n-1), n-1) permutation group codes with MFSK. 54. 61–65. 3 indexed citations
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Yao, Yuan, et al.. (2016). Measurement error analysis of Brillouin lidar system using F–P etalon and ICCD. Optics Communications. 375. 58–62. 10 indexed citations
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Myers, Kevin S., Huihuang Yan, Irene M. Ong, et al.. (2013). Genome-scale Analysis of Escherichia coli FNR Reveals Complex Features of Transcription Factor Binding. PLoS Genetics. 9(6). e1003565–e1003565. 147 indexed citations
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Liang, Kun, Mingxia Shen, & Yufeng Ge. (2012). Optimal design of grain tracer based on fuzzy comprehensive analysis method. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 28(15). 246–250. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Yong, et al.. (2012). Processing method of spectral measurement using F-P etalon and ICCD. Optics Express. 20(17). 18568–18568. 20 indexed citations
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Ma, Yong, et al.. (2012). Parameters optimization for wavelet denoising based on normalized spectral angle and threshold constraint machine learning. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing. 6(1). 63579–1. 1 indexed citations
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Liang, Kun, S. D. Bennett, B.T. Khuri-Yakub, & G. S. Kino. (1982). Surface Wave Velocity Measurements at 50 Megahertz. 2. 604–608. 3 indexed citations
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Chou, C.-H., B.T. Khuri-Yakub, Kun Liang, & G. S. Kino. (1980). High-Frequency Bulk Wave Measurements of Structural Ceramics. Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University). 2 indexed citations
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Liang, Kun, B.T. Khuri-Yakub, C.-H. Chou, & G. S. Kino. (1980). A Three-Dimensional Synthetic Focus System. 732–737. 3 indexed citations

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