Yoav Y. Schechner

8.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
120 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Yoav Y. Schechner is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Media Technology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoav Y. Schechner has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 39 papers in Media Technology and 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yoav Y. Schechner's work include Image Enhancement Techniques (36 papers), Advanced Vision and Imaging (30 papers) and Optical measurement and interference techniques (21 papers). Yoav Y. Schechner is often cited by papers focused on Image Enhancement Techniques (36 papers), Advanced Vision and Imaging (30 papers) and Optical measurement and interference techniques (21 papers). Yoav Y. Schechner collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Yoav Y. Schechner's co-authors include Shree K. Nayar, Srinivasa G. Narasimhan, Tali Treibitz, Nahum Kiryati, Joseph Shamir, S.C. Shwartz, Rafael Piestun, Hanumant Singh, Michael Elad and Fraser Dalgleish and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yoav Y. Schechner

118 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Instant dehazing of images using polarization

2005 613 citations Yoav Y. Schechner, Shree K. Nayar et al. profile →
Polarization-based vision through haze

2003 507 citations Yoav Y. Schechner, Shree K. Nayar et al. profile →
Recovery of Underwater Visibility and Structure by Polarization Analysis

2005 504 citations Yoav Y. Schechner et al. profile →
Blind Haze Separation

2006 394 citations Yoav Y. Schechner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yoav Y. Schechner Israel	33	4.2k	2.2k	1.2k	757	454	120	5.7k
Chao Dong China	25	9.1k 2.2×	4.9k 2.3×	603 0.5×	213 0.3×	296 0.7×	61	10.8k
Wolfgang Heidrich Canada	57	7.7k 1.8×	2.7k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	1.8k 2.4×	839 1.8×	291	11.7k
Ren Ng United States	27	5.5k 1.3×	1.4k 0.6×	615 0.5×	588 0.8×	678 1.5×	45	7.7k
A. Mittal United States	4	7.3k 1.7×	3.7k 1.7×	419 0.4×	477 0.6×	195 0.4×	7	8.1k
Yulun Zhang China	38	6.8k 1.6×	3.7k 1.7×	597 0.5×	94 0.1×	453 1.0×	125	8.4k
Xueyang Fu China	39	6.7k 1.6×	3.7k 1.7×	471 0.4×	259 0.3×	178 0.4×	116	7.5k
Sing Bing Kang United States	56	9.3k 2.2×	2.3k 1.1×	356 0.3×	236 0.3×	1.5k 3.3×	178	10.8k
Kiriakos N. Kutulakos Canada	34	3.5k 0.8×	814 0.4×	452 0.4×	271 0.4×	845 1.9×	92	4.5k
Anil Shaji United States	19	4.3k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	344 0.3×	2.0k 2.6×	634 1.4×	54	8.5k
Raanan Fattal Israel	32	7.5k 1.8×	3.7k 1.7×	540 0.5×	701 0.9×	211 0.5×	50	9.3k

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Frid, Alex, et al.. (2025). Cloud characterization by computed tomography methods using a satellite formation of 10 small satellites for improved climate prediction. Acta Astronautica. 236. 251–262.

Schechner, Yoav Y., et al.. (2024). NeMF: Neural Microphysics Fields. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 47(9). 7218–7230. 2 indexed citations

Levis, Aviad, et al.. (2023). Retrieving 3D distributions of atmospheric particles using Atmospheric Tomography with 3D Radiative Transfer – Part 1: Model description and Jacobian calculation. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 16(7). 1803–1847. 9 indexed citations

Schechner, Yoav Y., et al.. (2022). ALiDAn: Spatiotemporal and Multiwavelength Atmospheric Lidar Data Augmentation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 60. 1–17. 1 indexed citations

Heese, Birgit, Athena Augusta Floutsi, Holger Baars, et al.. (2022). The vertical aerosol type distribution above Israel – 2 years of lidar observations at the coastal city of Haifa. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(3). 1633–1648. 8 indexed citations

Schechner, Yoav Y., et al.. (2022). Variable Imaging Projection Cloud Scattering Tomography. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 47(8). 6097–6109. 9 indexed citations

Cornet, Charles, et al.. (2022). 3D cloud envelope and cloud development velocity from simulated CLOUD (C3IEL) stereo images. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 15(20). 6221–6242. 7 indexed citations

Schechner, Yoav Y., et al.. (2021). Plankton reconstruction through robust statistical optical tomography. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 38(9). 1320–1320. 2 indexed citations

Schechner, Yoav Y., et al.. (2019). Computational Imaging on the Electric Grid. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 44(12). 8728–8739. 3 indexed citations

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Treibitz, Tali & Yoav Y. Schechner. (2012). Resolution loss without imaging blur. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 29(8). 1516–1516. 7 indexed citations

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Schechner, Yoav Y., et al.. (2012). Three-dimensional optical transfer of rotating beams. Optics Letters. 37(15). 3207–3207. 9 indexed citations

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Schechner, Yoav Y., et al.. (2009). Skyless polarimetric calibration and visibility enhancement. Optics Express. 17(2). 472–472. 73 indexed citations

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Schechner, Yoav Y., et al.. (2008). Space Variant Ultrasound Frequency Compounding Based on Noise Characteristics. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 34(6). 981–1000. 8 indexed citations

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Schechner, Yoav Y., Shree K. Nayar, & Peter N. Belhumeur. (2007). Multiplexing for Optimal Lighting. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 29(8). 1339–1354. 110 indexed citations

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Schechner, Yoav Y., et al.. (2007). Image-based prediction of imaging and vision performance. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 24(7). 1920–1920. 3 indexed citations

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Schechner, Yoav Y., et al.. (2006). Depth from diffracted rotation. Optics Letters. 31(2). 181–181. 147 indexed citations

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Schechner, Yoav Y., et al.. (2005). Radiometric framework for image mosaicking. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 22(5). 839–839. 27 indexed citations

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Piestun, Rafael, Yoav Y. Schechner, & Joseph Shamir. (2000). Propagation-invariant wave fields with finite energy. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 17(2). 294–294. 102 indexed citations

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Schechner, Yoav Y., Joseph Shamir, & Nahum Kiryati. (2000). Polarization and statistical analysis of scenes containing a semireflector. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 17(2). 276–276. 89 indexed citations

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Schechner, Yoav Y., Joseph Shamir, & Nahum Kiryati. (1999). Vision through semireflecting media:?polarization analysis. Optics Letters. 24(16). 1088–1088. 9 indexed citations

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