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143
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51
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Lei Zhang publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lei Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 559 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Lei Zhang D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lei Zhang sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 879 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 983 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 918 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 990 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 968 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 907 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 821 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 763 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 689 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 543 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 543 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 518 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 500 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 458 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 400 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 337 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 308 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 292 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 249 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 213 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 192 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 189 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 165 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 139 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 119 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 121 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 113 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 88 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 87 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 75 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 69 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 57 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 46 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 34 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 36 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 27 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 37 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 31 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 19 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 16 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 20 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 15 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 5 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 20 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 8 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 5 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130 D-Index: 3 scientists 131+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 143 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Computer Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in China Leader Award

Overview

Lei Zhang is affiliated with Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China and has an extensive body of research primarily within engineering and environmental science. They have contributed significantly to the study of water science and technology, biomedical engineering, civil and structural engineering, mechanical engineering, and materials chemistry.

The researcher has a focused interest in membrane separation technologies and advanced water treatment methods. Their main research topics include:

  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications

Lei Zhang has published frequently in journals such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • Molecules
  • Materials

Significant recent publications include:

  • A review of the nanofiltration membrane for magnesium and lithium separation from salt-lake brine (2024), Separation and Purification Technology
  • Preparation strategies of the positively charged nanofiltration membrane: A comprehensive review (2023), Separation and Purification Technology
  • Simulation of regional groundwater levels in arid regions using interpretable machine learning models (2022), The Science of The Total Environment
  • Insights into the novel application of Fe-MOFs in ultrasound-assisted heterogeneous Fenton system: Efficiency, kinetics and mechanism (2020), Ultrasonics Sonochemistry
  • Preparation of a novel hydrogel of sodium alginate using rural waste bone meal for efficient adsorption of heavy metals cadmium ion (2022), The Science of The Total Environment

Lei Zhang has collaborated frequently with several researchers over their career, including:

  • Yi Wang
  • Guozhi Fan
  • Yanjun Huang
  • Hongchang Pei
  • Hideto Matsuyama

Their research commonly intersects with the development and application of membrane technologies and separation processes, contributing to fields such as environmental remediation and materials science. The volume of publications across various specialized journals reflects a consistent engagement with challenges in pollutant removal, ion separation, and advanced water treatment technologies.

Best Publications

  • Beyond a Gaussian Denoiser: Residual Learning of Deep CNN for Image Denoising

    Kai Zhang;Wangmeng Zuo;Yunjin Chen;Deyu Meng

  • FSIM: A Feature Similarity Index for Image Quality Assessment

    Lin Zhang;Lei Zhang;Xuanqin Mou;D. Zhang

  • FFDNet: Toward a Fast and Flexible Solution for CNN-Based Image Denoising

    Kai Zhang;Wangmeng Zuo;Lei Zhang

  • A Completed Modeling of Local Binary Pattern Operator for Texture Classification

    Zhenhua Guo;Lei Zhang;David Zhang

  • Fast Compressive Tracking

    Kaihua Zhang;Lei Zhang;Ming Hsuan Yang

  • Sparse representation or collaborative representation: Which helps face recognition?

    Lei Zhang;Meng Yang;Xiangchu Feng

  • Weighted Nuclear Norm Minimization with Application to Image Denoising

    Shuhang Gu;Lei Zhang;Wangmeng Zuo;Xiangchu Feng

  • Learning Deep CNN Denoiser Prior for Image Restoration

    Kai Zhang;Wangmeng Zuo;Shuhang Gu;Lei Zhang

  • Second-Order Attention Network for Single Image Super-Resolution

    Tao Dai;Jianrui Cai;Yongbing Zhang;Shu-Tao Xia

  • Nonlocally Centralized Sparse Representation for Image Restoration

    Weisheng Dong;Lei Zhang;Guangming Shi;Xin Li

  • Gradient Magnitude Similarity Deviation: A Highly Efficient Perceptual Image Quality Index

    Wufeng Xue;Lei Zhang;Xuanqin Mou;Alan C. Bovik

  • Image Deblurring and Super-Resolution by Adaptive Sparse Domain Selection and Adaptive Regularization

    Weisheng Dong;Lei Zhang;Guangming Shi;Xiaolin Wu

  • NTIRE 2017 Challenge on Single Image Super-Resolution: Methods and Results

    Radu Timofte;Eirikur Agustsson;Luc Van Gool;Ming-Hsuan Yang

  • Real-time compressive tracking

    Kaihua Zhang;Lei Zhang;Ming-Hsuan Yang

  • An edge-guided image interpolation algorithm via directional filtering and data fusion

    Lei Zhang;Xiaolin Wu

  • A Feature-Enriched Completely Blind Image Quality Evaluator

    Lin Zhang;Lei Zhang;Alan C. Bovik

  • Fisher Discrimination Dictionary Learning for sparse representation

    Meng Yang;Lei Zhang;Xiangchu Feng;David Zhang

  • Active contours driven by local image fitting energy

    Kaihua Zhang;Huihui Song;Lei Zhang

  • Learning a Single Convolutional Super-Resolution Network for Multiple Degradations

    Kai Zhang;Wangmeng Zuo;Lei Zhang

  • Toward Convolutional Blind Denoising of Real Photographs

    Shi Guo;Zifei Yan;Kai Zhang;Wangmeng Zuo

  • Rotation invariant texture classification using LBP variance (LBPV) with global matching

    Zhenhua Guo;Lei Zhang;David Zhang

  • Active contours with selective local or global segmentation: A new formulation and level set method

    Kaihua Zhang;Lei Zhang;Huihui Song;Wengang Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

David Zhang
David Zhang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Wangmeng Zuo
Wangmeng Zuo Harbin Institute of Technology
Yanning Zhang
Yanning Zhang Northwestern Polytechnical University
Xiaolin Wu
Xiaolin Wu McMaster University
Deyu Meng
Deyu Meng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Liang Lin
Liang Lin Sun Yat-sen University
Ming-Hsuan Yang
Ming-Hsuan Yang University of California, Merced
Meng Yang
Meng Yang Sun Yat-sen University
Shuhang Gu
Shuhang Gu University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Kuanquan Wang
Kuanquan Wang Harbin Institute of Technology

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