Wenqi Ren

16.4k total citations · 11 hit papers
161 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Wenqi Ren is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Media Technology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenqi Ren has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 61 papers in Media Technology and 17 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Wenqi Ren's work include Advanced Image Processing Techniques (88 papers), Image Enhancement Techniques (79 papers) and Advanced Image Fusion Techniques (38 papers). Wenqi Ren is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Image Processing Techniques (88 papers), Image Enhancement Techniques (79 papers) and Advanced Image Fusion Techniques (38 papers). Wenqi Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Wenqi Ren's co-authors include Xiaochun Cao, Zhangyang Wang, Ming–Hsuan Yang, Dacheng Tao, Dan Feng, Wenjun Zeng, Dengpan Fu, Boyi Li, Jinshan Pan and Yuning Cui and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Wenqi Ren

140 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

Benchmarking Single-Image Dehazing and Beyond 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2019 2020 2022 2022 400 800 1.2k
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. Benchmarking Single-Image Dehazing and Beyond
    2018 1.4k citations Wenqi Ren et al. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing profile →
  2. Low-Light Image Enhancement via a Deep Hybrid Network
    2019 370 citations Wenqi Ren, Lin Ma et al. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing profile →
  3. Domain Adaptation for Image Dehazing
    2020 323 citations Lerenhan Li, Wenqi Ren et al. profile →
  4. Image Dehazing Transformer with Transmission-Aware 3D Position Embedding
    2022 273 citations Wenqi Ren et al. profile →
  5. Deep Image Deblurring: A Survey
    2022 190 citations Kaihao Zhang, Wenqi Ren et al. International Journal of Computer Vision profile →
  6. A Perception-Aware Decomposition and Fusion Framework for Underwater Image Enhancement
    2022 167 citations Qiuping Jiang, Wenqi Ren et al. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology profile →
  7. Underwater Camera: Improving Visual Perception Via Adaptive Dark Pixel Prior and Color Correction
    2023 127 citations Jingchun Zhou, Qiuping Jiang et al. International Journal of Computer Vision profile →
  8. Focal Network for Image Restoration
    2023 122 citations Yuning Cui, Wenqi Ren et al. profile →
  9. Omni-Kernel Network for Image Restoration
    2024 97 citations Yuning Cui, Wenqi Ren et al. profile →
  10. Revitalizing Convolutional Network for Image Restoration
    2024 76 citations Yuning Cui, Wenqi Ren et al. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence profile →
  11. Logit Standardization in Knowledge Distillation
    2024 62 citations Wenqi Ren, Xiaochun Cao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wenqi Ren China 46 7.0k 3.2k 509 415 331 161 7.8k
Chongyi Li China 44 9.1k 1.3× 3.9k 1.2× 189 0.4× 314 0.8× 366 1.1× 126 10.2k
Xueyang Fu China 39 6.7k 1.0× 3.7k 1.1× 138 0.3× 215 0.5× 471 1.4× 116 7.5k
Jinshan Pan China 38 5.7k 0.8× 3.1k 0.9× 228 0.4× 148 0.4× 199 0.6× 99 6.1k
Wenhan Yang China 43 6.5k 0.9× 2.2k 0.7× 110 0.2× 348 0.8× 288 0.9× 195 7.4k
Jia‐Bin Huang United States 39 8.8k 1.3× 3.0k 0.9× 477 0.9× 780 1.9× 304 0.9× 117 9.6k
Ke Gu China 45 7.4k 1.1× 3.7k 1.1× 157 0.3× 294 0.7× 275 0.8× 168 8.5k
Bineng Zhong China 30 5.6k 0.8× 2.1k 0.6× 338 0.7× 757 1.8× 490 1.5× 142 6.7k
Yulun Zhang China 38 6.8k 1.0× 3.7k 1.1× 162 0.3× 933 2.2× 597 1.8× 125 8.4k
Srinivasa G. Narasimhan United States 42 7.1k 1.0× 3.3k 1.0× 389 0.8× 183 0.4× 629 1.9× 139 8.5k
Risheng Liu China 38 5.9k 0.8× 3.2k 1.0× 102 0.2× 464 1.1× 439 1.3× 204 7.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenqi Ren

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wenqi Ren. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wenqi Ren 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 Wenqi Ren. Wenqi Ren 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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Ren, Wenqi, et al.. (2025). You Only Need Clear Images: Self-Supervised Single Image Dehazing. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. 27. 5800–5814. 3 indexed citations
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Jiang, Qiuping, et al.. (2025). Toward Better Than Pseudo-Reference in Underwater Image Enhancement. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 34. 6168–6179. 1 indexed citations
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Yao, Siyuan, Yang Guo, Yanyang Yan, Wenqi Ren, & Xiaochun Cao. (2025). UncTrack: Reliable Visual Object Tracking With Uncertainty-Aware Prototype Memory Network. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 34. 3533–3546. 2 indexed citations
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Ren, Wenqi, et al.. (2025). ZRID-Net: Zero-Reference Real-World Image Dehazing Framework via Deep Self-Decoupling and Reverse Knowledge Transfer. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology. 36(2). 2034–2052.
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Ren, Wenqi, et al.. (2025). DI-Retinex: Digital-Imaging Retinex Model for Low-Light Image Enhancement. International Journal of Computer Vision. 133(12). 8293–8314. 1 indexed citations
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Cui, Yuning, Wenqi Ren, Xiaochun Cao, & Alois Knoll. (2024). Revitalizing Convolutional Network for Image Restoration. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 46(12). 9423–9438. 76 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yan, Qingsen, et al.. (2024). From Dynamic to Static: Stepwisely Generate HDR Image for Ghost Removal. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology. 35(2). 1409–1421. 43 indexed citations
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Zhou, Jingchun, et al.. (2023). Underwater Camera: Improving Visual Perception Via Adaptive Dark Pixel Prior and Color Correction. International Journal of Computer Vision. 133(11). 8215–8233. 127 indexed citations breakdown →
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Luo, Jun, Wenqi Ren, Xinwei Gao, & Xiaochun Cao. (2023). Multi-Exposure Image Fusion via Deformable Self-Attention. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 32. 1529–1540. 14 indexed citations
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Wen, Weilei, Wenqi Ren, Yinghuan Shi, et al.. (2022). Video Super-Resolution via a Spatio-Temporal Alignment Network. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 31. 1761–1773. 36 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kaihao, Dongxu Li, Wenhan Luo, Wenqi Ren, & Wei Liu. (2022). Enhanced Spatio-Temporal Interaction Learning for Video Deraining: Faster and Better. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 45(1). 1287–1293. 65 indexed citations
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Mo, Hong, et al.. (2022). Attention-Guided Collaborative Counting. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 31. 6306–6319. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jingang, Wenqi Ren, Shengdong Zhang, et al.. (2021). Hierarchical Density-Aware Dehazing Network. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 52(10). 11187–11199. 36 indexed citations
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Hu, Xiaobin, Wenqi Ren, Hongwei Li, et al.. (2021). Feedback Graph Attention Convolutional Network for MR Images Enhancement by Exploring Self-Similarity Features. 327–337. 2 indexed citations
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Ju, Mingye, Can Ding, Wenqi Ren, & Yi Yang. (2021). IDBP: Image Dehazing Using Blended Priors Including Non-Local, Local, and Global Priors. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology. 32(7). 4867–4871. 23 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shengdong, Wenqi Ren, Xin Tan, et al.. (2021). Semantic-Aware Dehazing Network With Adaptive Feature Fusion. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 53(1). 454–467. 71 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kaihao, Wenhan Luo, Björn Stenger, et al.. (2020). Every Moment Matters: Detail-Aware Networks to Bring a Blurry Image Alive. ANU Open Research (Australian National University). 384–392. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Lerenhan, Wenqi Ren, Jinshan Pan, et al.. (2019). Semi-Supervised Image Dehazing. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing. 29. 2766–2779. 166 indexed citations
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Ren, Wenqi, Jiawei Zhang, Lin Ma, et al.. (2018). Deep Non-Blind Deconvolution via Generalized Low-Rank Approximation. Neural Information Processing Systems. 31. 297–307. 43 indexed citations

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