Rui Lai

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 786 citations indexed

About

Rui Lai is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Aerospace Engineering and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rui Lai has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 786 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 28 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 20 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in Rui Lai's work include Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (24 papers), Advanced Image Fusion Techniques (15 papers) and Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods (15 papers). Rui Lai is often cited by papers focused on Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (24 papers), Advanced Image Fusion Techniques (15 papers) and Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods (15 papers). Rui Lai collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and Australia. Rui Lai's co-authors include Juntao Guan, Ai Xiong, Huixin Zhou, Yintang Yang, Lin Gu, Bingjian Wang, Yongxue Li, Yishi Li, Liu Shang-qian and Hanlin Qin and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Access, Frontiers in Immunology and Sensors.

In The Last Decade

Rui Lai

48 papers receiving 765 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.

Impact of lactate on immune cell function in the tumor microenvironment: mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives

2025 20 citations Jiali Yang, Rui Lai et al. Frontiers in Immunology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rui Lai China	16	440	355	319	131	63	51	786
Jesmin F. Khan United States	13	394 0.9×	241 0.7×	93 0.3×	199 1.5×	36 0.6×	48	762
Tian Pu China	14	249 0.6×	265 0.7×	274 0.9×	154 1.2×	38 0.6×	52	825
Yunsong Li China	17	451 1.0×	542 1.5×	99 0.3×	254 1.9×	75 1.2×	61	1.1k
Yiming Sun China	10	349 0.8×	180 0.5×	219 0.7×	68 0.5×	26 0.4×	41	662
Ofer Hadar Israel	17	732 1.7×	205 0.6×	103 0.3×	169 1.3×	39 0.6×	143	1.1k
Sharif Bhuiyan United States	13	387 0.9×	220 0.6×	50 0.2×	173 1.3×	36 0.6×	48	742
Heng Liu China	12	298 0.7×	112 0.3×	96 0.3×	150 1.1×	47 0.7×	41	610
Sheng Guo China	13	453 1.0×	116 0.3×	130 0.4×	74 0.6×	30 0.5×	26	649
Bing Cao China	15	593 1.3×	239 0.7×	225 0.7×	60 0.5×	25 0.4×	34	866
Wei Lian China	13	318 0.7×	87 0.2×	122 0.4×	58 0.4×	27 0.4×	42	519

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rui Lai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rui Lai

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

All Works

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Li, Yishi, et al.. (2025). TinyFusionDet: Hardware-Efficient LiDAR-Camera Fusion Framework for 3D Object Detection at Edge. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology. 35(9). 8819–8834.

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Guan, Juntao, Qinghua Guo, Rui Lai, et al.. (2025). PIMSR: An Energy-Efficient Processing-in-Memory Accelerator for 60 FPS 4K Super-Resolution. IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs. 72(4). 623–627. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Jiali, Rui Lai, Zheng‐Jun Zhou, et al.. (2025). Impact of lactate on immune cell function in the tumor microenvironment: mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1563303–1563303. 20 indexed citations breakdown →

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Fan, Qiang, et al.. (2024). A cross-fusion of non-local attention network for infrared small target tracking. Infrared Physics & Technology. 141. 105453–105453. 2 indexed citations

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Guan, Juntao, et al.. (2024). Microarchitecture Aware Neural Architecture Search for TinyML Devices. 33. 522–526. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Yishi, et al.. (2023). An Ultra-Low Power TinyML System for Real-Time Visual Processing at Edge. IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs. 70(7). 2640–2644. 25 indexed citations

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Li, Yishi, Yuhao Zhang, & Rui Lai. (2023). TinyPillarNet: Tiny Pillar-Based Network for 3D Point Cloud Object Detection at Edge. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology. 34(3). 1772–1785. 16 indexed citations

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Lai, Rui, et al.. (2022). Visual inspection of surface defects of extreme size based on an advanced FCOS. Applied Artificial Intelligence. 36(1). 2 indexed citations

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Li, Yishi, et al.. (2022). EtinyNet: Extremely Tiny Network for TinyML. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 36(4). 4628–4636. 13 indexed citations

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Lai, Rui, et al.. (2020). Spatial and Transform Domain CNN for SAR Image Despeckling. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 19. 1–5. 20 indexed citations

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Lai, Rui, Yongxue Li, Juntao Guan, & Ai Xiong. (2019). Multi-Scale Visual Attention Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Multi-Focus Image Fusion. IEEE Access. 7. 114385–114399. 73 indexed citations

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Lai, Rui, et al.. (2019). Local and Nonlocal Steering Kernel Weighted Total Variation Model for Image Denoising. Symmetry. 11(3). 329–329. 12 indexed citations

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Zhou, Huixin, Shenghui Rong, Hanlin Qin, Rui Lai, & Jun Zhou. (2012). Anomaly Detection Algorithm Based on Nonsubsampled Pyramid Decomposition and Kernel Unsharp Masking for Hyperspectral Image. 5806. 1320–1323. 1 indexed citations

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Lai, Rui, et al.. (2011). Accelerating non-local means algorithm with random projection. Electronics Letters. 47(3). 182–183. 15 indexed citations

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Lai, Rui, et al.. (2010). Improved non-local means filtering algorithm for image denoising. 2010 3rd International Congress on Image and Signal Processing. 720–722. 7 indexed citations

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Lai, Rui. (2007). New nonuniformity correction algorithm for IRFPA based on neural network. Infrared and Laser Engineering. 1 indexed citations

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Lai, Rui, Liu Shang-qian, Bingjian Wang, & Qing Li. (2006). A New Adaptive Enhancement Algorithm for Infrared Image. Bandaoti guangdian. 3 indexed citations

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Zhou, Huixin, et al.. (2005). Solution for the nonuniformity correction of infrared focal plane arrays. Applied Optics. 44(15). 2928–2928. 32 indexed citations

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Lai, Rui. (2004). A New Design of Programable Drive Circuit for IRFPA. Laser & Infrared.

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Zhou, Huixin, et al.. (2004). A new real-time processing system for the IRFPA imaging signal based on DSP&FPGA. Infrared Physics & Technology. 46(4). 277–281. 6 indexed citations

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