Ngaiming Kwok

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Ngaiming Kwok is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Media Technology and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ngaiming Kwok has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 15 papers in Media Technology and 14 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ngaiming Kwok's work include Image Enhancement Techniques (24 papers), Advanced Image Processing Techniques (17 papers) and Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection (14 papers). Ngaiming Kwok is often cited by papers focused on Image Enhancement Techniques (24 papers), Advanced Image Processing Techniques (17 papers) and Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection (14 papers). Ngaiming Kwok collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and Taiwan. Ngaiming Kwok's co-authors include Yeping Peng, Haiyan Shi, Tonghai Wu, Hongkun Wu, Zhongxiao Peng, Xingjian Jing, Wanliang Wang, Md Arifur Rahman, Shengyong Chen and Ying-Hao Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Access and Sensors.

In The Last Decade

Ngaiming Kwok

59 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Damage detection techniques for wind turbine blades: A re... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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. Damage detection techniques for wind turbine blades: A review
    2019 327 citations Yeping Peng, Hongkun Wu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ngaiming Kwok Australia 22 611 486 272 240 224 63 1.7k
Junfeng Fan China 27 771 1.3× 851 1.8× 116 0.4× 542 2.3× 216 1.0× 111 2.2k
Haisong Huang China 21 506 0.8× 435 0.9× 97 0.4× 322 1.3× 357 1.6× 75 2.0k
Hongli Liu China 26 454 0.7× 428 0.9× 224 0.8× 205 0.9× 132 0.6× 208 2.1k
Xian Tao China 17 689 1.1× 616 1.3× 172 0.6× 757 3.2× 135 0.6× 62 1.7k
Zhipeng Wang China 23 219 0.4× 571 1.2× 98 0.4× 180 0.8× 502 2.2× 111 1.5k
Zhaozong Meng China 22 423 0.7× 239 0.5× 234 0.9× 111 0.5× 71 0.3× 104 1.3k
Huei‐Yung Lin Taiwan 20 930 1.5× 134 0.3× 213 0.8× 78 0.3× 143 0.6× 168 1.5k
Zhiwei Han China 21 338 0.6× 747 1.5× 145 0.5× 599 2.5× 234 1.0× 87 1.8k
Zainul Abdin Jaffery India 17 284 0.5× 223 0.5× 135 0.5× 115 0.5× 81 0.4× 84 1.2k
Xilong Liu China 15 726 1.2× 343 0.7× 143 0.5× 488 2.0× 190 0.8× 46 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Ngaiming Kwok

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ngaiming Kwok

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ngaiming Kwok. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ngaiming Kwok. The network helps show where Ngaiming Kwok may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ngaiming Kwok

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ngaiming Kwok. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ngaiming Kwok 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 Ngaiming Kwok. Ngaiming Kwok 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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Peng, Yeping, et al.. (2020). Low-Illumination Image Enhancement for Night-Time UAV Pedestrian Detection. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 17(8). 5208–5217. 34 indexed citations
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Li, Xuesong, et al.. (2019). 3D Backbone Network for 3D Object Detection.. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. 9 indexed citations
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Kwok, Ngaiming, et al.. (2019). Detection of Imaged Objects with Estimated Scales. 39–47. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Ruowei, Yeping Peng, Haiyan Shi, et al.. (2019). First-Order Difference Bare Bones Particle Swarm Optimizer. IEEE Access. 7. 132472–132491. 4 indexed citations
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Peng, Yeping, et al.. (2019). An Optimum Shift-and-Weighted brightness mapping for low-illumination image restoration. The Imaging Science Journal. 67(4). 187–201. 2 indexed citations
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Peng, Yeping, et al.. (2019). A hybrid convolutional neural network for intelligent wear particle classification. Tribology International. 138. 166–173. 43 indexed citations
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Kwok, Ngaiming, et al.. (2018). Logarithmic profile mapping multi-scale Retinex for restoration of low illumination images. 24. 57–57. 4 indexed citations
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Shi, Haiyan, Shilong Liu, Hongkun Wu, et al.. (2018). Oscillatory Particle Swarm Optimizer. Applied Soft Computing. 73. 316–327. 37 indexed citations
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Shi, Haiyan, Ngaiming Kwok, Gu Fang, et al.. (2017). Gradient-guided color image contrast and saturation enhancement. International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems. 14(3). 4038957472–4038957472. 54 indexed citations
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Jing, Xiubing, Huaizhong Li, Jun Wang, et al.. (2016). An investigation of surface roughness in micro-end-milling of metals. Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 15(3). 166–174. 9 indexed citations
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Liu, Shilong, et al.. (2016). Image de-hazing from the perspective of noise filtering. Computers & Electrical Engineering. 62. 345–359. 22 indexed citations
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Peng, Yeping, Tonghai Wu, Shuo Wang, et al.. (2016). A microfluidic device for three-dimensional wear debris imaging in online condition monitoring. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part J Journal of Engineering Tribology. 231(8). 965–974. 26 indexed citations
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Jiang, Guannan, Stephen Lin, Md Arifur Rahman, et al.. (2015). Image contrast enhancement with brightness preservation using an optimal gamma correction and weighted sum approach. Journal of Modern Optics. 62(7). 536–547. 50 indexed citations
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Kwok, Ngaiming & Haiyan Shi. (2015). An integrated framework for aerial image restoration. 322–327. 3 indexed citations
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Kwok, Ngaiming & Haiyan Shi. (2014). Design of unsharp masking filter kernel and gain using particle swarm optimization. 217–222. 12 indexed citations
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Jiang, Guannan, et al.. (2014). A Review for Image Segmentation Approaches Using Module-Based Framework. Lecture notes in electrical engineering. 169–179.
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Kwok, Ngaiming, Haiyan Shi, Gu Fang, & Q. P. Ha. (2013). Adaptive scale adjustment design of unsharp masking filters for image contrast enhancement. 884–889. 9 indexed citations
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Shi, Haiyan, Wanliang Wang, & Ngaiming Kwok. (2012). Energy Dependent Divisible Load Theory for Wireless Sensor Network Workload Allocation. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2012(1). 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Dalong, et al.. (2008). A Haptic Base Human Robot Interaction Approach for Robotic Grit Blasting. Proceedings of the ... ISARC.

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