Tianlei Ma

704 total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 503 citations indexed

About

Tianlei Ma is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tianlei Ma has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 503 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 9 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in Tianlei Ma's work include Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (20 papers), Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods (12 papers) and Optical Systems and Laser Technology (6 papers). Tianlei Ma is often cited by papers focused on Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (20 papers), Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods (12 papers) and Optical Systems and Laser Technology (6 papers). Tianlei Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Germany. Tianlei Ma's co-authors include Zhen Yang, Qi Ma, Jinzhu Peng, Xiangyang Ren, Jiaqi Wang, Dongshu Wang, S. Sun, S. Sun, Yifan Song and Jing Liang and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Access and Journal of Materials Science.

In The Last Decade

Tianlei Ma

28 papers receiving 491 citations

Hit Papers

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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. DFFIR-net: Infrared Dim Small Object Detection Network Constrained by Gray-level Distribution Model
    2022 218 citations Zhen Yang, Tianlei Ma et al. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement profile →

Peers

Tianlei Ma
Feihu Zhang China
Xueye Wei China
Qi Ma China
Ling Chen China
Yanbin Gao China
Zhiyong Song China
Lars Lindner Mexico
Chuanyun Wang China
Feihu Zhang China
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Countries citing papers authored by Tianlei Ma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tianlei Ma

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tianlei Ma

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tianlei Ma. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tianlei Ma 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 Tianlei Ma. Tianlei Ma 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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Qiao, Kangjia, et al.. (2026). An adaptive multi-objective task splitting algorithm for agricultural multi-robot task allocation. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 1–1.
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Ma, Tianlei, et al.. (2025). Temporal-Spatial Information Fusion Network for Multiframe Infrared Small Target Detection. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 74. 1–19.
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Ahmad, Usman, et al.. (2025). Small aerial object detection through GAN-integrated feature pyramid networks. Applied Soft Computing. 171. 112834–112834.
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Ma, Tianlei, et al.. (2025). Self-Prior Guided Spatial and Fourier Transformer for Nighttime Flare Removal. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 22. 11996–12011.
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Yue, Caitong, Yuanjun Shen, Jing Liang, et al.. (2025). Hierarchical Genetic Algorithm for the Multi-Solution Traveling Salesman Problem. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 1–1. 2 indexed citations
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Fang, Leyuan, Zhen Yang, Tianlei Ma, et al.. (2024). Open-World Recognition in Remote Sensing: Concepts, challenges, and opportunities. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine. 12(2). 8–31. 14 indexed citations
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Ma, Tianlei, Qi Ma, Zhen Yang, et al.. (2024). MCDNet: An Infrared Small Target Detection Network Using Multi-Criteria Decision and Adaptive Labeling Strategy. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 62. 1–14. 5 indexed citations
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Ma, Tianlei, et al.. (2023). MSMA-Net: An Infrared Small Target Detection Network by Multiscale Super-Resolution Enhancement and Multilevel Attention Fusion. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 62. 1–20. 13 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhen, et al.. (2022). DFFIR-net: Infrared Dim Small Object Detection Network Constrained by Gray-level Distribution Model. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 71. 1–15. 218 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ma, Tianlei, Zhen Yang, Jiaqi Wang, et al.. (2022). Infrared Small Target Detection Network With Generate Label and Feature Mapping. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 19. 1–5. 36 indexed citations
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Ma, Tianlei, et al.. (2022). A Lightweight Infrared Small Target Detection Network Based on Target Multiscale Context. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 20. 1–5. 12 indexed citations
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Ma, Tianlei, et al.. (2022). Infrared small target energy distribution modeling for 2D subpixel motion and target energy compensation detection. Optical Engineering. 61(1). 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Tianlei, Jiaqi Wang, Zhen Yang, et al.. (2021). Infrared small target detection based on divergence operator and nonlinear classifier. Optical and Quantum Electronics. 53(7). 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Tianlei, et al.. (2021). Signal-to-noise Ratio Analysis of Infrared Small Target Detection Based on Energy Accumulation For High-dimensional Motion Parameters. 2021 China Automation Congress (CAC). 21. 4548–4553. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Qiyan, et al.. (2020). A robust visual odometry based on RGB-D camera in dynamic indoor environments. Measurement Science and Technology. 32(4). 44003–44003. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Dongshu, et al.. (2019). Goal-directed autonomous navigation of mobile robot based on the principle of neuromodulation. Network Computation in Neural Systems. 30(1-4). 79–106. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Dongshu, et al.. (2019). Mobile robot navigation with the combination of supervised learning in cerebellum and reward-based learning in basal ganglia. Cognitive Systems Research. 59. 1–14. 24 indexed citations
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Ma, Tianlei, et al.. (2014). Multiple dim targets detection in infrared image sequences. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9301. 93012K–93012K. 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Tianlei, et al.. (2013). A shape context based Hausdorff similarity measure in image matching. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8907. 89070O–89070O. 1 indexed citations

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