Quannan Li

2.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
10 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Quannan Li is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Signal Processing and Transportation. According to data from OpenAlex, Quannan Li has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 4 papers in Signal Processing and 3 papers in Transportation. Recurrent topics in Quannan Li's work include Geographic Information Systems Studies (3 papers), Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques (3 papers) and Image Retrieval and Classification Techniques (3 papers). Quannan Li is often cited by papers focused on Geographic Information Systems Studies (3 papers), Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques (3 papers) and Image Retrieval and Classification Techniques (3 papers). Quannan Li collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Quannan Li's co-authors include Wei‐Ying Ma, Xing Xie, Yu Zheng, Yukun Chen, Wenyu Liu, Zhuowen Tu, Jiajun Wu, Xiang Bai, Longin Jan Latecki and Jiayan Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM Transactions on the Web and 2009 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

In The Last Decade

Quannan Li

10 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Understanding mobility based on GPS data 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 2008 2010 250 500 750
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. Understanding mobility based on GPS data
    2008 755 citations Yu Zheng, Quannan Li et al. profile →
  2. Mining user similarity based on location history
    2008 443 citations Quannan Li, Yu Zheng et al. profile →
  3. Understanding transportation modes based on GPS data for web applications
    2010 346 citations Yu Zheng, Yukun Chen et al. ACM Transactions on the Web profile →

Peers

Quannan Li
Fabio Pinelli Italy
Zhixian Yan Switzerland
Vânia Bogorny Brazil
Luís Otávio Álvares Brazil
Kai Zheng China
Mirco Nanni Italy
Roberto Trasarti Italy
Bart Kuijpers Belgium
Jun Luo China
Han Su China
Fabio Pinelli Italy
Quannan Li
Citations per year, relative to Quannan Li Quannan Li (= 1×) peers Fabio Pinelli

Countries citing papers authored by Quannan Li

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Quannan Li's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Quannan Li with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Quannan Li more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Quannan Li

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Quannan Li. 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 Quannan Li. The network helps show where Quannan Li may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Quannan Li

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
1.
Li, Quannan, Jiajun Wu, & Zhuowen Tu. (2013). Harvesting Mid-level Visual Concepts from Large-Scale Internet Images. 851–858. 86 indexed citations
2.
Li, Quannan, Jingdong Wang, David Wipf, & Zhuowen Tu. (2013). Fixed-Point Model For Structured Labeling. 214–221. 19 indexed citations
3.
Xie, Xing, et al.. (2011). Geolife GPS trajectory dataset - User Guide. 50 indexed citations
4.
Li, Quannan, et al.. (2011). Learning a mixture of sparse distance metrics for classification and dimensionality reduction. 906–913. 29 indexed citations
5.
Zheng, Yu, Yukun Chen, Quannan Li, Xing Xie, & Wei‐Ying Ma. (2010). Understanding transportation modes based on GPS data for web applications. ACM Transactions on the Web. 4(1). 1–36. 346 indexed citations breakdown →
6.
Bai, Xiang, Quannan Li, Longin Jan Latecki, Wenyu Liu, & Zhuowen Tu. (2009). Shape band: A deformable object detection approach. 2009 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. 32 indexed citations
7.
Li, Quannan, Xiang Bai, & Wenyu Liu. (2008). Skeletonization of gray-scale image from incomplete boundaries. 877–880. 12 indexed citations
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Li, Quannan, Yu Zheng, Xing Xie, et al.. (2008). Mining user similarity based on location history. 1–10. 443 indexed citations breakdown →
9.
Zheng, Yu, Quannan Li, Yukun Chen, Xing Xie, & Wei‐Ying Ma. (2008). Understanding mobility based on GPS data. 312–321. 755 indexed citations breakdown →
10.
Latecki, Longin Jan, Quannan Li, Xiang Bai, & Wenyu Liu. (2007). Skeletonization using SSM of the Distance Transform. V – 349. 29 indexed citations

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