Wei Cao

835 total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 592 citations indexed

About

Wei Cao is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Sociology and Political Science and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Cao has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 592 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in Wei Cao's work include Image Enhancement Techniques (9 papers), Chinese history and philosophy (7 papers) and Advanced Image Fusion Techniques (6 papers). Wei Cao is often cited by papers focused on Image Enhancement Techniques (9 papers), Chinese history and philosophy (7 papers) and Advanced Image Fusion Techniques (6 papers). Wei Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Wei Cao's co-authors include Rui Xiao, Heather L. Gainforth, Amy E. Latimer‐Cheung, Yue Liu, Binbin Lu, Shiqian Wu, Zhengguo Li, Hua Han, Kyle O’Keefe and M. Elizabeth Cannon and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Scientific Reports and Sensors.

In The Last Decade

Wei Cao

49 papers receiving 562 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.

  1. Analyzing “economy-society-environment” sustainability from the perspective of urban spatial structure: A case study of the Yangtze River delta urban agglomeration
    2023 99 citations Rui Xiao, Xufeng Fei et al. Sustainable Cities and Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wei Cao China 13 152 118 76 74 66 55 592
Wen Dou China 12 49 0.3× 157 1.3× 92 1.2× 27 0.4× 35 0.5× 30 424
José Balsa‐Barreiro Spain 15 37 0.2× 112 0.9× 17 0.2× 144 1.9× 32 0.5× 30 580
Ron Mahabir United States 14 24 0.2× 300 2.5× 149 2.0× 53 0.7× 19 0.3× 36 759
Michael McCullagh United Kingdom 13 44 0.3× 97 0.8× 11 0.1× 129 1.7× 25 0.4× 33 711
Zhewei Liu Hong Kong 16 39 0.3× 152 1.3× 40 0.5× 46 0.6× 23 0.3× 42 649
Yukio Sadahiro Japan 14 90 0.6× 126 1.1× 7 0.1× 107 1.4× 19 0.3× 89 641
Zongyi He China 12 94 0.6× 222 1.9× 226 3.0× 129 1.7× 26 0.4× 33 643
Dong-Hwan Kim South Korea 14 18 0.1× 171 1.4× 8 0.1× 67 0.9× 100 1.5× 83 480

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Cao

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

All Works

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Cao, Wei, et al.. (2025). Dynamic assessment of eco-environmental quality in Xiong’an new area, China using WB-RSEI new model. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 7592–7592. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Wei, Shiqian Wu, Dianwei Wang, Sos С. Agaian, & Zhan Song. (2024). Illumination Map Estimation via Sparse Bright Channel for Enhancing Under-Exposed Images. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 26(1). 1344–1350. 1 indexed citations
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Cao, Wei, et al.. (2024). Examining the Bidirectional Mechanism between Intellectual Property Protection and Regional Innovation: Evidence from China. Journal of the Knowledge Economy. 16(4). 14612–14643. 4 indexed citations
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Cao, Wei, et al.. (2023). CSIE: Coded strip-patterns image enhancer embedded in structured light-based methods. Optics and Lasers in Engineering. 166. 107561–107561. 2 indexed citations
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Xiao, Rui, et al.. (2023). Analyzing “economy-society-environment” sustainability from the perspective of urban spatial structure: A case study of the Yangtze River delta urban agglomeration. Sustainable Cities and Society. 96. 104691–104691. 99 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xiao, Rui, Wei Cao, Yue Liu, & Binbin Lu. (2022). The impacts of landscape patterns spatio-temporal changes on land surface temperature from a multi-scale perspective: A case study of the Yangtze River Delta. The Science of The Total Environment. 821. 153381–153381. 75 indexed citations
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Cao, Wei, et al.. (2021). Edge/Structure-Preserving Texture Filter via Relative Bilateral Filtering With a Conditional Constraint. IEEE Signal Processing Letters. 28. 1535–1539. 9 indexed citations
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Cao, Wei, Shiqian Wu, Zhaoyi Liu, & Sos С. Agaian. (2021). Scale-Aware Guided and Structure-Preserved Texture Filter. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 19. 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Linduff, Katheryn M., et al.. (2017). Ancient China and its Eurasian Neighbors. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Linduff, Katheryn M., et al.. (2017). Ancient China and its Eurasian Neighbors: Artifacts, Identity and Death in the Frontier, 3000–700 BCE. The Cupola: Scholarship at Gettysburg College (Gettysburg College). 7 indexed citations
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Han, Hua, et al.. (2016). Low-light video image enhancement based on multiscale Retinex-like algorithm. 3712–3715. 21 indexed citations
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Gainforth, Heather L., Wei Cao, & Amy E. Latimer‐Cheung. (2012). Determinants of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Intent Among Three Canadian Target Groups. Journal of Cancer Education. 27(4). 717–724. 35 indexed citations
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Cao, Wei. (2011). Place-on-the-shelf-for-the-time-being Diplomacy——A New Exploration into the Diplomacy Idea in Dealing with Territorial Disputes.
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Cao, Wei, Kyle O’Keefe, & M. Elizabeth Cannon. (2008). Evaluation of Compass Ambiguity Resolution Performance Using Geometric-Based Techniques with Comparison to GPS and Galileo. 1688–1697. 13 indexed citations
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Cao, Wei, Kyle O’Keefe, & M. Elizabeth Cannon. (2008). Performance Evaluation of GPS/Galileo Multiple-frequency RTK Positioning Using a Single-difference Processor. 2841–2849. 5 indexed citations
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Cao, Wei, Kyle O’Keefe, & M. Elizabeth Cannon. (2007). Partial Ambiguity Fixing within Multiple Frequencies and Systems. Proceedings of the 20th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2007). 312–323. 19 indexed citations
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Cao, Wei, et al.. (2001). Chinese nationalism in perspective : historical and recent cases. Greenwood Press eBooks. 22 indexed citations

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