Zhi Liu

12.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
401 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Zhi Liu is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhi Liu has authored 401 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 223 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 60 papers in Signal Processing and 44 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Zhi Liu's work include Visual Attention and Saliency Detection (100 papers), Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques (72 papers) and Advanced Vision and Imaging (53 papers). Zhi Liu is often cited by papers focused on Visual Attention and Saliency Detection (100 papers), Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques (72 papers) and Advanced Vision and Imaging (53 papers). Zhi Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Zhi Liu's co-authors include Liquan Shen, Zhaoyang Zhang, Gongyang Li, Olivier Le Meur, Haibin Ling, Linwei Ye, Weisi Lin, Xinpeng Zhang, Xiaofei Zhou and Guangling Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

Zhi Liu

375 papers receiving 8.6k 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.

Cross-Modal Self-Attention Network for Referring Image Segmentation

2019 329 citations Zhi Liu et al. profile →
An Effective CU Size Decision Method for HEVC Encoders

2012 315 citations Zhi Liu et al. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia profile →
Hierarchical Alternate Interaction Network for RGB-D Salient Object Detection

2021 237 citations Gongyang Li, Zhi Liu et al. profile →
Adjacent Context Coordination Network for Salient Object Detection in Optical Remote Sensing Images

2022 123 citations Gongyang Li, Zhi Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhi Liu China	46	5.7k	1.5k	1.0k	698	632	401	8.8k
Liqing Zhang China	37	4.2k 0.7×	666 0.5×	600 0.6×	692 1.0×	998 1.6×	233	7.6k
Jianmin Jiang China	39	3.9k 0.7×	758 0.5×	856 0.8×	379 0.5×	1.5k 2.4×	283	6.8k
Xiaohui Shen United States	42	8.7k 1.5×	347 0.2×	1.3k 1.3×	407 0.6×	1.5k 2.4×	99	9.9k
Zhe Lin United States	51	9.8k 1.7×	597 0.4×	1.8k 1.7×	239 0.3×	1.9k 3.0×	169	11.4k
Chenggang Yan China	45	6.2k 1.1×	631 0.4×	954 0.9×	79 0.1×	1.5k 2.4×	259	10.0k
Yao Zhao China	51	9.5k 1.7×	794 0.5×	1.7k 1.7×	134 0.2×	2.6k 4.2×	700	12.5k
Weiming Hu China	51	8.8k 1.5×	799 0.5×	701 0.7×	93 0.1×	3.0k 4.7×	306	11.5k
Liming Zhang China	28	2.2k 0.4×	284 0.2×	619 0.6×	344 0.5×	237 0.4×	221	5.3k
Jianming Zhang China	44	3.2k 0.6×	172 0.1×	756 0.7×	292 0.4×	764 1.2×	318	7.4k
Chia‐Wen Lin Taiwan	47	6.7k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	1.8k 1.8×	153 0.2×	833 1.3×	262	8.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhi Liu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhi Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhi Liu

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Zhi, Yajie Zhang, Zhibin Yang, et al.. (2025). Harvest of typical cold season submerged plant Potamogeton crispus regulating water purification capacity in wetland. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 200. 107374–107374.

Chen, Gang, et al.. (2025). Predicting reward-based crowdfunding success with multimodal data: A theory-guided framework. Information & Management. 62(4). 104131–104131. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Zijun, Xianyong Fang, Sai Liu, et al.. (2025). Miniaturized-voxel light field panel display based on an ultra-slim and large-area freeform directional backlight. Optica. 12(10). 1632–1632.

Wang, Zhiyi, et al.. (2025). Clinical characteristics and genetic causes of unexplained pediatric liver disease. World Journal of Hepatology. 17(10). 109770–109770.

Liu, Zhi, et al.. (2024). Detection of apple moldy core disease by fusing vibration and Vis/NIR spectroscopy data with dual-input MLP-Transformer. Journal of Food Engineering. 382. 112219–112219. 11 indexed citations

Liu, Zhi, et al.. (2024). Audio-visual saliency prediction with multisensory perception and integration. Image and Vision Computing. 143. 104955–104955. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Yaling, et al.. (2024). All-in-One BPSK/QPSK Switchable Transmission and Reception for Adaptive Free-Space Optical Communication Links. Photonics. 11(4). 326–326. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Zhi, Yan Liu, J. Li, et al.. (2024). Discovery of Preclinical Candidate AD1058 as a Highly Potent, Selective, and Brain-Penetrant ATR Inhibitor for the Treatment of Advanced Malignancies. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 67(15). 12735–12759. 5 indexed citations

Zhou, Xiaofei, et al.. (2024). MINet: Multiscale Interactive Network for Real-Time Salient Object Detection of Strip Steel Surface Defects. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 20(5). 7842–7852. 45 indexed citations

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Xu, Lihua, Xu Liu, HuiRu Cui, et al.. (2024). Abnormal Scanning Patterns Based on Eye Movement Entropy in Early Psychosis. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 10(7). 718–725. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Qian, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the therapeutic effects of NiaoDuQing particles on chronic kidney disease based on real world study. Technology and Health Care. 33(1). 333–341. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhi, et al.. (2024). ADMNet: Attention-Guided Densely Multi-Scale Network for Lightweight Salient Object Detection. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia. 26. 10828–10841. 27 indexed citations

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Gong, Yijun, et al.. (2024). Learning Multi-Dimensional Speaker Localization: Axis Partitioning, Unbiased Label Distribution, and Data Augmentation. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing. 32. 4013–4025. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhi, Gongyang Li, Jiawei Xie, et al.. (2024). EMS: A Large-Scale Eye Movement Dataset, Benchmark, and New Model for Schizophrenia Recognition. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems. 36(5). 9451–9462. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhi, Tianhong Zhang, Jijun Wang, et al.. (2023). Atypical Salient Regions Enhancement Network for visual saliency prediction of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Signal Processing Image Communication. 115. 116968–116968. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhi, Yi Zhang, & Xiaojie Guo. (2023). Boosting semantic segmentation via feature enhancement. Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation. 92. 103796–103796. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhi, et al.. (2023). ConvCCpose: Learning Coordinate Classification Tokens for Human Pose Estimation Based on ConvNeXt. 391–396. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Dingchen, Jiawei Li, Chuan Li, et al.. (2021). Full-needle geometry: application in a high-voltage corona discharge model with large-scale space. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 54(35). 355202–355202. 7 indexed citations

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Liu, Xin, et al.. (2020). An Algorithm Based on Simple CNN and BI_LSTM Network for Chinese Word Segmentation. Journal of Physics Conference Series. 1621(1). 12001–12001. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaowei, Hongying He, Jianzheng Zhang, & Zhi Liu. (2018). Long-term mortality in the elderly with hip fracture and its related risk factors. Zhonghua chuangshang guke zazhi. 20(9). 763–767. 1 indexed citations

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