Ryan Wen Liu

7.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
201 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Ryan Wen Liu is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan Wen Liu has authored 201 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Ocean Engineering, 65 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 21 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in Ryan Wen Liu's work include Maritime Navigation and Safety (69 papers), Image Enhancement Techniques (32 papers) and Advanced Image Processing Techniques (26 papers). Ryan Wen Liu is often cited by papers focused on Maritime Navigation and Safety (69 papers), Image Enhancement Techniques (32 papers) and Advanced Image Processing Techniques (26 papers). Ryan Wen Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Ryan Wen Liu's co-authors include Maohan Liang, Yuxu Lu, Jingxian Liu, Huanhuan Li, Yu Guo, Kwok Tai Chui, Jiangtian Nie, Xinqiang Chen, Naixue Xiong and Zaili Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ryan Wen Liu

190 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

An enhanced CNN-enabled learning method for promoting ship detection in maritime surveillance system

2021 193 citations Ryan Wen Liu, Yuxu Lu et al. Ocean Engineering profile →
Deep Learning-Powered Vessel Trajectory Prediction for Improving Smart Traffic Services in Maritime Internet of Things

2022 158 citations Ryan Wen Liu, Maohan Liang et al. profile →
STMGCN: Mobile Edge Computing-Empowered Vessel Trajectory Prediction Using Spatio-Temporal Multigraph Convolutional Network

2022 132 citations Ryan Wen Liu, Maohan Liang et al. profile →
Orientation-aware ship detection via a rotation feature decoupling supported deep learning approach

2023 90 citations Ryan Wen Liu et al. profile →
Reference path for ships in ports and waterways based on optimal control

2024 48 citations Yaqing Shu, Yujie Zhu et al. Ocean & Coastal Management profile →
Graph neural networks enabled accident causation prediction for maritime vessel traffic

2025 28 citations Langxiong Gan, Ziyi Gao et al. Reliability Engineering & System Safety profile →

Peers

Ryan Wen Liu

CVPR

Guangjie Han China

Xinqiang Chen China

Jie Wang China

Reza Malekian South Africa

Chen Chen China

Kincho H. Law United States

Davide Anguita Italy

Meng Joo Er Singapore

Le Zhang China

Luca Oneto Italy

Guangjie Han China

Ryan Wen Liu

3.9k ×2.2

1.2k ×0.9

CVPR

1.8k ×3.1

290 ×0.6

269 ×0.6

Citations per year, relative to Ryan Wen Liu Ryan Wen Liu (= 1×) peers Guangjie Han

Countries citing papers authored by Ryan Wen Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ryan Wen Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryan Wen Liu

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gan, Langxiong, Ziyi Gao, Xiyu Zhang, et al.. (2025). Graph neural networks enabled accident causation prediction for maritime vessel traffic. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 257. 110804–110804. 28 indexed citations breakdown →

Shu, Yaqing, Yujie Zhu, Kang Liu, et al.. (2024). Reference path for ships in ports and waterways based on optimal control. Ocean & Coastal Management. 253. 107168–107168. 48 indexed citations breakdown →

Lu, Yuxu, et al.. (2024). Attention-oriented residual block for real-time low-light image enhancement in smart ports. Computers & Electrical Engineering. 120. 109634–109634. 4 indexed citations

Chui, Kwok Tai, Ryan Wen Liu, Mingbo Zhao, & Xinyu Zhang. (2024). Bio-inspired algorithms for cybersecurity - a review of the state-of-the-art and challenges. International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation. 23(1). 1–15. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Ryan Wen, Yu Guo, Yuxu Lu, Xi-Le Zhao, & An-An Liu. (2024). S3Net: Semi-self-supervised neural network for visibility enhancement of speckled images. Computers & Electrical Engineering. 118. 109363–109363. 2 indexed citations

Huang, Yanhong, et al.. (2024). FLCSDet: Federated Learning-Driven Cross-Spatial Vessel Detection for Maritime Surveillance With Privacy Preservation. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 26(1). 1177–1192. 6 indexed citations

Huang, Xumin, et al.. (2024). Social Attention Network Fused Multipatch Temporal–Variable-Dependency-Based Trajectory Prediction for Internet of Vehicles. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 11(19). 32244–32258. 5 indexed citations

Xiao, Zhe, Xiaocai Zhang, Xiuju Fu, et al.. (2024). Innovating Waterway Route Planning as a Service for Marine Traffic Applications. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. 10(12). 5151–5161. 2 indexed citations

Yao, Shanliang, Runwei Guan, Yi Ni, et al.. (2024). WaterScenes: A Multi-Task 4D Radar-Camera Fusion Dataset and Benchmarks for Autonomous Driving on Water Surfaces. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 25(11). 16584–16598. 30 indexed citations

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Liu, Jingxian, et al.. (2023). Data-driven methods for detection of abnormal ship behavior: Progress and trends. Ocean Engineering. 271. 113673–113673. 50 indexed citations

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Qu, Jingxiang, et al.. (2023). Improving maritime traffic surveillance in inland waterways using the robust fusion of AIS and visual data. Ocean Engineering. 275. 114198–114198. 37 indexed citations

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Liu, Ryan Wen, et al.. (2023). QSD-LSTM: Vessel trajectory prediction using long short-term memory with quaternion ship domain. Applied Ocean Research. 136. 103592–103592. 43 indexed citations

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Liu, Jingxian, et al.. (2023). Interval prediction of vessel trajectory based on lower and upper bound estimation and attention-modified LSTM with bayesian optimization. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 630. 129275–129275. 11 indexed citations

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Qu, Jingxiang, et al.. (2023). Deep learning-driven surveillance quality enhancement for maritime management promotion under low-visibility weathers. Ocean & Coastal Management. 235. 106478–106478. 12 indexed citations

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Liu, Ryan Wen, Yuxu Lu, Yu Guo, et al.. (2023). AiOENet: All-in-One Low-Visibility Enhancement to Improve Visual Perception for Intelligent Marine Vehicles Under Severe Weather Conditions. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. 9(2). 3811–3826. 22 indexed citations

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Chui, Kwok Tai, et al.. (2023). Facilitating innovation and knowledge transfer between homogeneous and heterogeneous datasets: Generic incremental transfer learning approach and multidisciplinary studies. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge. 8(2). 100313–100313. 15 indexed citations

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Huang, Yanhong, Ryan Wen Liu, & Jingxian Liu. (2022). A two‐step image stabilisation method for promoting visual quality in vision‐enabled maritime surveillance systems. IET Intelligent Transport Systems. 17(2). 435–449. 1 indexed citations

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Moya, Luis, Erick Mas, Fumio Yamazaki, Ryan Wen Liu, & Shunichi Koshimura. (2020). Statistical analysis of earthquake debris extent from wood‐frame buildings and its use in road networks in Japan. Earthquake Spectra. 36(1). 209–231. 17 indexed citations

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Li, Huanhuan, et al.. (2020). Adaptively constrained dynamic time warping for time series classification and clustering. Information Sciences. 534. 97–116. 148 indexed citations

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Moya, Luis, Erick Mas, Fumio Yamazaki, Ryan Wen Liu, & Shunichi Koshimura. (2019). WITHDRAWAL – Administrative Duplicate Publication: Statistical Analysis of Japan Wood Frame Building Earthquake Debris Extent and Its Use in Road Networks in Japan. Earthquake Spectra. 40(3). 1–25. 1 indexed citations

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