2026 Qin 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	51	5268	5120	2426	2342	221	12698

Overview

Qin Zhang is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Computer Science, with 131 publications attributed to this area.

Their work spans multiple subfields, including:

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Computer Networks and Communications
Management Science and Operations Research
Signal Processing

The main topics covered across their publications include:

Advanced Bandit Algorithms Research
Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques
Speech and Audio Processing
Auction Theory and Applications
Image Retrieval and Classification Techniques
Music and Audio Processing
Data Stream Mining Techniques

Frequently, Qin Zhang collaborates with several researchers, particularly:

Nikolai Karpov
Xiaojun Chen
Shaotian Cai
Qingming Tang
Wei Hu

Significant publication venues where Qin Zhang has contributed multiple works include:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment
ICASSP 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP)
IET Radar Sonar & Navigation

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Qin Zhang include:

Capacitance Loss Mechanism and Prediction Based on Electrochemical Corrosion in Metallized Film Capacitors, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation
Deep Unsupervised Hashing with Latent Semantic Components, 2022, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Segmentation of infected region in CT images of COVID-19 patients based on QC-HC U-net, 2021, Scientific Reports
Impact of extended warranty service on product pricing in online direct retailers' competitive market, 2023, Energy Economics
Anomaly detection in dynamic attributed networks, 2020, Neural Computing and Applications

In addition to articles, Qin Zhang has published book content, including a title under Springer International Publishing:

Sensing, Data Managing, and Control Technologies for Agricultural Systems, 2022

Best Publications

Ethanol-diesel fuel blends -- a review.

Alan C. Hansen;Qin Zhang;Peter W.L. Lyne

1354
Citations
A review of imaging techniques for plant phenotyping.

Lei Li;Qin Zhang;Danfeng Huang

1174
Citations
A review of catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of lignin-derived phenols from biomass pyrolysis.

Quan Bu;Hanwu Lei;Alan H. Zacher;Lu Wang

655
Citations
Sensors and systems for fruit detection and localization

A. Gongal;S. Amatya;M. Karkee;Q. Zhang

628
Citations
Agricultural automatic guidance research in North America

John F. Reid;Qin Zhang;Noboru Noguchi;Monte Dickson

493
Citations
Design, integration, and field evaluation of a robotic apple harvester

Abhisesh Silwal;Joseph R. Davidson;Manoj Karkee;Changki Mo

403
Citations
AN OPTIMIZATION OF INTERMITTENT CORN DRYING IN A LABORATORY SCALE THIN LAYER DRYER

Q. Zhang;J. B. Litchfield

332
Citations
Multi-class fruit-on-plant detection for apple in SNAP system using Faster R-CNN

Fangfang Gao;Longsheng Fu;Xin Zhang;Yaqoob Majeed

307
Citations
Application of consumer RGB-D cameras for fruit detection and localization in field: A critical review

Longsheng Fu;Fangfang Gao;Jingzhu Wu;Rui Li

301
Citations
A Stereovision-based Crop Row Detection Method for Tractor-automated Guidance

M. Kise;Q. Zhang;F. Rovira Más

291
Citations
Sensor-fusion navigator for automated guidance of off-road vehicles

Monte A. Dickson;Noboru Noguchi;Qin Zhang;John F. Reid

284
Citations
Production of phenols and biofuels by catalytic microwave pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass.

Quan Bu;Hanwu Lei;Shoujie Ren;Lu Wang

266
Citations
Development of a master-slave robot system for farm operations

Noboru Noguchi;Jeff Will;John Reid;Qin Zhang

236
Citations
Phenol and phenolics from lignocellulosic biomass by catalytic microwave pyrolysis.

Quan Bu;Hanwu Lei;Shoujie Ren;Lu Wang

223
Citations
Faster R–CNN–based apple detection in dense-foliage fruiting-wall trees using RGB and depth features for robotic harvesting

Longsheng Fu;Yaqoob Majeed;Xin Zhang;Manoj Karkee

203
Citations
A guidance directrix approach to vision-based vehicle guidance systems

S Han;Q Zhang;B Ni;J.F Reid

199
Citations
Fast and accurate detection of kiwifruit in orchard using improved YOLOv3-tiny model

Longsheng Fu;Yali Feng;Yali Feng;Jingzhu Wu;Zhihao Liu

190
Citations
Apple crop-load estimation with over-the-row machine vision system

A. Gongal;A. Silwal;S. Amatya;M. Karkee

177
Citations
Stereo vision three-dimensional terrain maps for precision agriculture

Francisco Rovira-Más;Qin Zhang;John F. Reid

167
Citations
Detection of cherry tree branches with full foliage in planar architecture for automated sweet-cherry harvesting

Suraj Amatya;Manoj Karkee;Aleana Gongal;Qin Zhang

163
Citations
Control of Agricultural Production Systems

Yanbo Huang;Qin Zhang

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John F. Reid University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Roger Ruan University of Minnesota

Juming Tang Washington State University

Glen L. Hartman University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Andrew G. Alleyne University of Minnesota

Shulin Chen Washington State University

Yong He Zhejiang University

External Links

Personal website of Qin Zhang Google Scholar page

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