M.D. Swanson

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

M.D. Swanson is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Media Technology and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, M.D. Swanson has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 4 papers in Media Technology and 3 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in M.D. Swanson's work include Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques (16 papers), Digital Media Forensic Detection (15 papers) and Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption (13 papers). M.D. Swanson is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques (16 papers), Digital Media Forensic Detection (15 papers) and Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption (13 papers). M.D. Swanson collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. M.D. Swanson's co-authors include Ahmed H. Tewfik, Masatomo Kobayashi, Bin Zhu, Bin Zhu, Bin Zhu, Shipeng Li, S. Hosur, Bin Zhu and Bin Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.

In The Last Decade

M.D. Swanson

25 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Multimedia data-embedding and watermarking technologies 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 200 400 600
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. Multimedia data-embedding and watermarking technologies
    1998 659 citations M.D. Swanson, Masatomo Kobayashi et al. Proceedings of the IEEE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M.D. Swanson United States 14 1.8k 293 103 94 64 26 1.8k
Norishige Morimoto Japan 5 2.2k 1.2× 278 0.9× 179 1.7× 152 1.6× 58 0.9× 6 2.3k
Martin Kutter Switzerland 12 2.3k 1.3× 238 0.8× 108 1.0× 142 1.5× 107 1.7× 19 2.3k
Gwenaël Doërr France 15 1.2k 0.6× 183 0.6× 109 1.1× 52 0.6× 119 1.9× 65 1.2k
Zhicheng Ni United States 12 2.7k 1.5× 117 0.4× 70 0.7× 48 0.5× 38 0.6× 15 2.8k
Ali Al‐Haj Jordan 18 1.1k 0.6× 182 0.6× 103 1.0× 107 1.1× 116 1.8× 57 1.2k
Ron G. van Schyndel Australia 6 776 0.4× 102 0.3× 53 0.5× 41 0.4× 32 0.5× 9 819
Chi-Kwong Chan Hong Kong 12 1.4k 0.8× 182 0.6× 164 1.6× 278 3.0× 40 0.6× 22 1.7k
Daoshun Wang China 15 814 0.5× 42 0.1× 275 2.7× 93 1.0× 25 0.4× 59 995
Vasudev Bhaskaran United States 11 880 0.5× 539 1.8× 74 0.7× 11 0.1× 38 0.6× 32 1.1k
Khaled Loukhaoukha Canada 14 652 0.4× 61 0.2× 92 0.9× 31 0.3× 113 1.8× 30 698

Countries citing papers authored by M.D. Swanson

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Fields of papers citing papers by M.D. Swanson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of M.D. Swanson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of M.D. Swanson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of M.D. Swanson 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 M.D. Swanson. M.D. Swanson 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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Swanson, M.D., S. Hosur, & Ahmed H. Tewfik. (2005). CODING FOR CONTENT-BASED RETRIEVAL. 4. 1958–1958.
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Zhu, Bin, M.D. Swanson, & Ahmed H. Tewfik. (2004). When seeing isn't believing. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. 21(2). 40–49. 121 indexed citations
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Zhu, Bin, M.D. Swanson, & Ahmed H. Tewfik. (2004). When Seeing Isn’t Believing – Current Multimedia Authentication Technologies and Their Applications. 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Bin, M.D. Swanson, & Shipeng Li. (2004). <title>Encryption and authentication for scalable multimedia: current state of the art and challenges</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5601. 157–170. 39 indexed citations
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Swanson, M.D., Bin Zhu, & Ahmed H. Tewfik. (2003). Current state of the art, challenges and future directions for audio watermarking. 1. 19–24. 29 indexed citations
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Swanson, M.D. & Ahmed H. Tewfik. (2002). Embedded object dictionaries for image database browsing and searching. 3. 875–878. 3 indexed citations
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Swanson, M.D. & Ahmed H. Tewfik. (2002). Wavelet decomposition of binary finite images. 1. 61–65. 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Bin, M.D. Swanson, & Ahmed H. Tewfik. (2002). Transparent robust authentication and distortion measurement technique for images. 45–48. 15 indexed citations
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Swanson, M.D., et al.. (2002). Multiresolution video watermarking using perceptual models and scene segmentation. 558–561. 27 indexed citations
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Swanson, M.D., Bin Zhu, & Ahmed H. Tewfik. (2002). Robust data hiding for images. 37–40. 67 indexed citations
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Swanson, M.D., et al.. (2002). Object-based transparent video watermarking. 369–374. 37 indexed citations
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Tewfik, Ahmed H., M.D. Swanson, & Bin Zhu. (1999). Data embedding in audio: where do we stand. 2075 vol.4–2075 vol.4. 2 indexed citations
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Swanson, M.D., et al.. (1998). Robust audio watermarking using perceptual masking. Signal Processing. 66(3). 337–355. 291 indexed citations
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Swanson, M.D., Masatomo Kobayashi, & Ahmed H. Tewfik. (1998). Multimedia data-embedding and watermarking technologies. Proceedings of the IEEE. 86(6). 1064–1087. 659 indexed citations breakdown →
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Swanson, M.D., Bin Zhu, & Ahmed H. Tewfik. (1998). Multiresolution scene-based video watermarking using perceptual models. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 16(4). 540–550. 220 indexed citations
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Tewfik, Ahmed H. & M.D. Swanson. (1997). Data hiding for multimedia personalization, interaction, and protection. IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. 14(4). 41–44. 32 indexed citations
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Swanson, M.D., Bin Zhu, & Ahmed H. Tewfik. (1997). <title>Video data hiding for video-in-video and other applications</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3229. 32–43. 5 indexed citations
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Zhu, Bin, M.D. Swanson, & Ahmed H. Tewfik. (1996). A Transparent Authentication and Distortion Measurement Technique for Images. 1 indexed citations
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Swanson, M.D. & Ahmed H. Tewfik. (1996). A binary wavelet decomposition of binary images. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 5(12). 1637–1650. 72 indexed citations
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Swanson, M.D., S. Hosur, & Ahmed H. Tewfik. (1996). <title>Image coding for content-based retrieval</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2727. 4–15. 5 indexed citations

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