OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Signal Processing-Image Communication is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	126
Active contour model based on pre- additive bias field fitting image	97
Learning content-aware feature fusion for guided depth map super-resolution	74
A global reweighting approach for cross-domain semantic segmentation	64
Multi-layer feature fusion based image style transfer with arbitrary text condition	64
Learning global and local features using graph neural networks for person re-identification	55
Cascaded and Recursive ConvNets (CRCNN): An effective and flexible approach for image denoising	53
Advanced transformer for high-noise image denoising: Enhanced attention and detail preservation	44
Multimodal style aggregation network for art image classification	39
Learned fractional downsampling network for adaptive video streaming	39
Frequency-domain blind quality assessment of blurred and blocking-artefact images using Gaussian Process Regression model	38
Editorial Board	32
Selective video enhancement in the Laguerre–Gauss domain	31
Graph-based discriminative features learning for fine-grained image retrieval	30
Black-box image deblurring and defiltering	28
Editorial Board	25
Source camera attribution via PRNU emphasis: Towards a generalized multiplicative model	24
Analysis discriminative convolutional graph dictionary learning for generalized signal classification	23
Memory positional encoding for image captioning	23
Automatic signboard detection and localization in densely populated developing cities	23
Feedback-based object detection for multi-person pose estimation	22
Multi-style transfer and fusion of image’s regions based on attention mechanism and instance segmentation	22
Multi-focus image fusion via Joint convolutional analysis and synthesis sparse representation	21
Enhanced CRC-based correction of multiple errors with candidate validation	20
Feature back-projection guided residual refinement for real-time stereo matching network	20

An adaptive contextual learning network for image inpainting	19
FANet: Feature attention network for semantic segmentation	18
Edge-preserving smoothing using the truncated ℓ<	18
Transformer-based multiview spatiotemporal feature interactive fusion for human action recognition in depth videos	17
High-capacity coverless image steganographic scheme based on image synthesis	17
Hierarchical lossless coding of light fields with improved random access	16
Data-independent low-complexity KLT approximations for image and video coding	16
A low light natural image statistical model for joint contrast enhancement and denoising	16
Image retargeting quality assessment based on saliency-driven classification	16
Soccer line mark segmentation and classification with stochastic watershed transform	16
Dual attention guided multi-scale fusion network for RGB-D salient object detection	15
A new method for detection and prediction of occluded text in natural scene images	15
An embedded method: Improve the relevance of text and face image with enhanced face attributes	15
Traffic sign detection algorithm based on improved YOLOv4-Tiny	15
Accurate and robust visual tracking using bounding box refinement and online sample filtering	15
RGB pixel n-grams: A texture descriptor	15
Editorial Board	15
Reinforced Res-Unet transformer for underwater image enhancement	15
Enhanced features in image manipulation detection	15
FLQ: Design and implementation of hybrid multi-base full logarithmic quantization neural network acceleration architecture based on FPGA	14
Jointly sparse fast hashing with orthogonal learning for large-scale image retrieval	14
Rethinking erasing strategy on weakly supervised object localization	14
Editorial Board	14
NTRF-Net: A fuzzy logic-enhanced convolutional neural network for detecting hidden data in digital images	14
Spiking two-stream methods with unsupervised STDP-based learning for action recognition	14
Infrared and visible image fusion based on hybrid multi-scale decomposition and adaptive contrast enhancement	14
Systemic distortion analysis with deep distortion directed image quality assessment models	14
Self-adaptive and learnable detail enhancement network for efficient image super resolution	14
Editorial Board	13
A fast parallel batch image encryption algorithm using intrinsic properties of chaos	13
Deep neural network based distortion parameter estimation for blind quality measurement of stereoscopic images	13
Multiparameter discrete transforms based on discrete orthogonal polynomials and their application to image watermarking	13
Multi-level adversarial attention cross-modal hashing	13
Visually multimodal depression assessment based on key questions with weighted multi-task learning	13
HFINet: Heteroscale feature integration network for real-time semantic segmentation	13
An antagonistic training algorithm for TFT-LCD module mura defect detection	13
DJUHNet: A deep representation learning-based scheme for the task of joint image upsampling and hashing	13
Asymmetry-aware bilinear pooling in multi-modal data for head pose estimation	13
Stable and compact face recognition via unlabeled data driven sparse representation-based classification	12
Editorial Board	12
Information disentanglement for unsupervised domain adaptive Oracle Bone Inscriptions detection	12
Background-detail restoration image deraining network based on convolutional dictionary network	12
A virtual-reality spatial matching algorithm and its application on equipment maintenance support: System design and user study	11
Globally and locally optimized Pannini projection for high FoV rendering of 360° images	11
Mining the Salient Spatio-Temporal Feature with S2TF-Net for action recognition	11
SAR-CDCFRN: A novel SAR despeckling approach utilizing correlated dual channel feature-based residual network	11
“Sparse + Low-Rank” tensor completion approach for recovering images and videos	11
A novel theoretical analysis on optimal pipeline of multi-frame image super-resolution using sparse coding	11
Fast tone mapping operator for high dynamic range image using prior information	11
Imperceptible–visible watermarking for copyright protection of digital videos based on temporal codes	10

Multi-scale graph neural network for global stereo matching	10
An ℓ0	10
Kernelized dynamic convolution routing in spatial and channel interaction for attentive concrete defect recognition	10
Enhancing fine-detail image synthesis from text descriptions by text aggregation and connection fusion module	10
A deep learning network based end-to-end image composition	10
CT-GAN: A conditional Generative Adversarial Network of transformer architecture for text-to-image	10
TBAL: Two-stage batch-mode active learning for image classification	10
FW-GAN: Underwater image enhancement using generative adversarial network with multi-scale fusion	10
QL-IQA: Learning distance distribution from quality levels for blind image quality assessment	10
Editorial Board	10
Multi-scale spatial convolution algorithm for lane line detection and lane offset estimation in complex road conditions	10
Struck-out handwritten word detection and restoration for automatic descriptive answer evaluation	9
Contrastive learning for deep tone mapping operator	9
Facial expression transformation for anime-style image based on decoder control and attention mask	9
Generic multispectral demosaicking using spectral correlation between spectral bands and pseudo-panchromatic image	9
DA-Net: Deep attention network for biomedical image segmentation	9
Image blind denoising using dual convolutional neural network with skip connection	9
Deep view synthesis with compact and adaptive Multiplane Images	9
Deep learning based HEVC in-loop filter and noise reduction	9
Dilated high-resolution network driven RGB-T multi-modal crowd counting	9
Camouflaged instance segmentation based on multi-scale feature contour fusion swin transformer	9
Single image super-resolution based on mapping-vector clustering and nonlinear pixel-reconstruction	9
Segmentation of turbulent computational fluid dynamics simulations with unsupervised ensemble learning	9
Robust power line extraction from aerial image using object-based Gaussian–Markov random field with gravity property parameters	9
Weight-guided loss for long-tailed object detection and instance segmentation	8
Editorial Board	8
Editorial Board	8
Prior-DualGAN: Rain rendering from coarse to fine	8
Full-reference calibration-free image quality assessment	8
Standard simplex induced clustering with hierarchical deep dictionary learning	8
Image super-resolution based on multifractals in transfer domain	8
A distortion-free authentication method for color images with tampering localization and self-recovery	8
Level set framework based on local scalable Gaussian distribution and adaptive-scale operator for accurate image segmentation and correction	8
TMVOS: Triplet Matching for Efficient Video Object Segmentation	8
S2-aware network for visual recognition	8
Deep-NC: A secure image transmission using deep learning and network coding	8
Feature extractor optimization for discriminative representations in Generalized Category Discovery	8
Dynamic and static feature fusion for increased accuracy in signature verification	8
Blind video quality assessment based on multilevel video perception	7
Lp	7
Multi-operator Image Retargeting based on Saliency Object Ranking and Similarity Evaluation Metric	7
Graph-based image captioning with semantic and spatial features	7
Underwater image quality assessment method via the fusion of visual and structural information	7
Optical flow-assisted multi-level fusion network for Light Field image angular reconstruction	7
Pair comparison based progressive subjective quality ranking for underwater images	7
Jomodevi: A joint motion and depth visibility prediction algorithm for perceived stereoscopic 3D quality	7
Distributed source coding for utilization of inter/intra source correlation	7
360-degree video super resolution and quality enhancement challenge: Methods and results	7
A Regularization by Denoising super-resolution method based on genetic algorithms	7
AggNet: Learning to aggregate faces for group membership verification	7
ARRPNGAN: Text-to-image GAN with attention regularization and region proposal networks	7
Underwater image enhancement based on color restoration and dual image wavelet fusion	7
AdaTriplet-RA: Domain matching via adaptive triplet and reinforced attention for unsupervised domain adaptation	7
Concept drift challenge in multimedia anomaly detection: A case study with facial datasets	7
Underwater image enhancement by modified color correction and adaptive Look-Up-Table with edge-preserving filter	7
Study of compression statistics and prediction of rate-distortion curves for video texture	7
Conditional Laplacian pyramid networks for exposure correction	7
Underwater image enhancement via integrated RGB and LAB color models	6
A compact deep architecture for real-time saliency prediction	6
PointPCA+: A full-reference Point Cloud Quality Assessment metric with PCA-based features	6
Pre-encoding based temporal dependent rate–distortion optimization for HEVC	6
An effective feature detection approach for image stitching of near-uniform scenes	6
Learning sparse feature representation for blind quality assessment of night-time images	6
Hierarchical complementary learning for weakly supervised object localization	6
Super-resolution image visual quality assessment based on structure–texture features	6
ClGanNet: A novel method for maize leaf disease identification using ClGan and deep CNN	6
Watermarking schemes for digital images: Robustness overview	6
Are metrics measuring what they should? An evaluation of Image Captioning task metrics	6
A transformer-based network for perceptual contrastive underwater image enhancement	6
Higher-order motion calibration and sparsity based outlier correction for video FRUC	6
Adaptive cross-channel transformation based on self-modulation for learned image compression	6
U-ATSS: A lightweight and accurate one-stage underwater object detection network	6
ORB-SLAM3 and dense mapping algorithm based on improved feature matching	6
Editorial Board	6
AGRFNet: Two-stage cross-modal and multi-level attention gated recurrent fusion network for RGB-D saliency detection	6
MR image restoration and segmentation via denoising deep adversarial network for blood vessels accurate diagnosis	6
Editorial Board	6
USteg-DSE: Universal quantitative Steganalysis framework using Densenet merged with Squeeze & Excitation net	6
Revisiting ensemble adversarial attack	6
Improved multi-focus image fusion using online convolutional sparse coding based on sample-dependent dictionary	6