2026 Lei Zhang: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	143	51	48	7	6	559	101440

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

8505
Citations
FSIM: A Feature Similarity Index for Image Quality Assessment

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

5604
Citations
FFDNet: Toward a Fast and Flexible Solution for CNN-Based Image Denoising

Kai Zhang;Wangmeng Zuo;Lei Zhang

2771
Citations
A Completed Modeling of Local Binary Pattern Operator for Texture Classification

Zhenhua Guo;Lei Zhang;David Zhang

2643
Citations
Fast Compressive Tracking

Kaihua Zhang;Lei Zhang;Ming Hsuan Yang

2509
Citations
Sparse representation or collaborative representation: Which helps face recognition?

Lei Zhang;Meng Yang;Xiangchu Feng

2379
Citations
Weighted Nuclear Norm Minimization with Application to Image Denoising

Shuhang Gu;Lei Zhang;Wangmeng Zuo;Xiangchu Feng

2350
Citations
Learning Deep CNN Denoiser Prior for Image Restoration

Kai Zhang;Wangmeng Zuo;Shuhang Gu;Lei Zhang

2096
Citations
Second-Order Attention Network for Single Image Super-Resolution

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

1757
Citations
Nonlocally Centralized Sparse Representation for Image Restoration

Weisheng Dong;Lei Zhang;Guangming Shi;Xin Li

1725
Citations
Gradient Magnitude Similarity Deviation: A Highly Efficient Perceptual Image Quality Index

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

1712
Citations
Image Deblurring and Super-Resolution by Adaptive Sparse Domain Selection and Adaptive Regularization

Weisheng Dong;Lei Zhang;Guangming Shi;Xiaolin Wu

1605
Citations
NTIRE 2017 Challenge on Single Image Super-Resolution: Methods and Results

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

1483
Citations
Real-time compressive tracking

Kaihua Zhang;Lei Zhang;Ming-Hsuan Yang

1323
Citations
An edge-guided image interpolation algorithm via directional filtering and data fusion

Lei Zhang;Xiaolin Wu

1275
Citations
A Feature-Enriched Completely Blind Image Quality Evaluator

Lin Zhang;Lei Zhang;Alan C. Bovik

1219
Citations
Fisher Discrimination Dictionary Learning for sparse representation

Meng Yang;Lei Zhang;Xiangchu Feng;David Zhang

1161
Citations
Active contours driven by local image fitting energy

Kaihua Zhang;Huihui Song;Lei Zhang

1144
Citations
Learning a Single Convolutional Super-Resolution Network for Multiple Degradations

Kai Zhang;Wangmeng Zuo;Lei Zhang

1117
Citations
Toward Convolutional Blind Denoising of Real Photographs

Shi Guo;Zifei Yan;Kai Zhang;Wangmeng Zuo

1104
Citations
Rotation invariant texture classification using LBP variance (LBPV) with global matching

Zhenhua Guo;Lei Zhang;David Zhang

1050
Citations
Active contours with selective local or global segmentation: A new formulation and level set method

Kaihua Zhang;Lei Zhang;Huihui Song;Wengang Zhou

1047
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David Zhang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Wangmeng Zuo Harbin Institute of Technology

Yanning Zhang Northwestern Polytechnical University

Xiaolin Wu McMaster University

Deyu Meng Xi'an Jiaotong University

Liang Lin Sun Yat-sen University

Ming-Hsuan Yang University of California, Merced

Meng Yang Sun Yat-sen University

Kuanquan Wang Harbin Institute of Technology

Guangming Shi Xidian University

External Links

Personal website of Lei Zhang Google Scholar page

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