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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Computer Science 35 11511 11181 45 45 189 7238

William Robson Schwartz publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by William Robson Schwartz between 1959 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. William Robson Schwartz published across 67 years, from 1959 to 2025, averaging 3.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2018. 18 of the 257 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1959 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 22. Peak 22 publications in 2018. 1959: 2 publications 1960: 5 publications 1961: 1 publication 1962: 3 publications 1963: 1 publication 1964: 2 publications 1965: 0 publications 1966: 1 publication 1967: 1 publication 1968: 1 publication 1969: 0 publications 1970: 0 publications 1971: 2 publications 1972: 1 publication 1973: 1 publication 1974: 0 publications 1975: 0 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 1 publication 1979: 2 publications 1980: 3 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 2 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 1 publication 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 1 publication 2005: 2 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 2 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 6 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 15 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 22 publications 2019: 21 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 8 publications
1959 2025

257 publications in total across all disciplines

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William Robson Schwartz: publications per year, 1959 to 2025
Year Publications
1959 2
1960 5
1961 1
1962 3
1963 1
1964 2
1965 0
1966 1
1967 1
1968 1
1969 0
1970 0
1971 2
1972 1
1973 1
1974 0
1975 0
1976 0
1977 0
1978 1
1979 2
1980 3
1981 2
1982 0
1983 2
1984 1
1985 0
1986 1
1987 1
1988 0
1989 4
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 2
1994 1
1995 1
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 4
2002 3
2003 1
2004 1
2005 2
2006 1
2007 2
2008 1
2009 6
2010 4
2011 10
2012 11
2013 12
2014 15
2015 20
2016 19
2017 13
2018 22
2019 21
2020 10
2021 9
2022 4
2023 6
2024 10
2025 8
Total 257
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William Robson Schwartz 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 William Robson Schwartz sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 32–41 to 991+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 609. Most scientists, 609, have 142–151 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 182–191 publications, is where this scientist sits. 32–41 publications: 7 scientists 42–51 publications: 22 scientists 52–61 publications: 82 scientists 62–71 publications: 134 scientists 72–81 publications: 249 scientists 82–91 publications: 324 scientists 92–101 publications: 421 scientists 102–111 publications: 420 scientists 112–121 publications: 497 scientists 122–131 publications: 544 scientists 132–141 publications: 555 scientists 142–151 publications: 609 scientists 152–161 publications: 559 scientists 162–171 publications: 534 scientists 172–181 publications: 556 scientists 182–191 publications: 583 scientists 192–201 publications: 519 scientists 202–211 publications: 508 scientists 212–221 publications: 490 scientists 222–231 publications: 437 scientists 232–241 publications: 423 scientists 242–251 publications: 408 scientists 252–261 publications: 377 scientists 262–271 publications: 301 scientists 272–281 publications: 335 scientists 282–291 publications: 320 scientists 292–301 publications: 293 scientists 302–311 publications: 250 scientists 312–321 publications: 238 scientists 322–331 publications: 206 scientists 332–341 publications: 209 scientists 342–351 publications: 208 scientists 352–361 publications: 162 scientists 362–371 publications: 176 scientists 372–381 publications: 127 scientists 382–391 publications: 158 scientists 392–401 publications: 128 scientists 402–411 publications: 104 scientists 412–421 publications: 94 scientists 422–431 publications: 99 scientists 432–441 publications: 83 scientists 442–451 publications: 108 scientists 452–461 publications: 73 scientists 462–471 publications: 77 scientists 472–481 publications: 69 scientists 482–491 publications: 84 scientists 492–501 publications: 62 scientists 502–511 publications: 54 scientists 512–521 publications: 57 scientists 522–531 publications: 51 scientists 532–541 publications: 51 scientists 542–551 publications: 32 scientists 552–561 publications: 38 scientists 562–571 publications: 28 scientists 572–581 publications: 43 scientists 582–591 publications: 33 scientists 592–601 publications: 41 scientists 602–611 publications: 32 scientists 612–621 publications: 28 scientists 622–631 publications: 25 scientists 632–641 publications: 27 scientists 642–651 publications: 17 scientists 652–661 publications: 20 scientists 662–671 publications: 17 scientists 672–681 publications: 15 scientists 682–691 publications: 14 scientists 692–701 publications: 21 scientists 702–711 publications: 13 scientists 712–721 publications: 12 scientists 722–731 publications: 19 scientists 732–741 publications: 14 scientists 742–751 publications: 12 scientists 752–761 publications: 10 scientists 762–771 publications: 10 scientists 772–781 publications: 11 scientists 782–791 publications: 10 scientists 792–801 publications: 11 scientists 802–811 publications: 8 scientists 812–821 publications: 8 scientists 822–831 publications: 7 scientists 832–841 publications: 11 scientists 842–851 publications: 10 scientists 852–861 publications: 5 scientists 862–871 publications: 9 scientists 872–881 publications: 4 scientists 882–891 publications: 6 scientists 892–901 publications: 3 scientists 902–911 publications: 6 scientists 912–921 publications: 3 scientists 922–931 publications: 2 scientists 932–941 publications: 2 scientists 942–951 publications: 2 scientists 952–961 publications: 3 scientists 962–971 publications: 3 scientists 972–981 publications: 3 scientists 982–990 publications: 5 scientists 991+ publications: 100 scientists
32–41 publications 991+

This scientist: 189 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Computer Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 14,188 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
32–41 7
42–51 22
52–61 82
62–71 134
72–81 249
82–91 324
92–101 421
102–111 420
112–121 497
122–131 544
132–141 555
142–151 609
152–161 559
162–171 534
172–181 556
182–191 583 189
192–201 519
202–211 508
212–221 490
222–231 437
232–241 423
242–251 408
252–261 377
262–271 301
272–281 335
282–291 320
292–301 293
302–311 250
312–321 238
322–331 206
332–341 209
342–351 208
352–361 162
362–371 176
372–381 127
382–391 158
392–401 128
402–411 104
412–421 94
422–431 99
432–441 83
442–451 108
452–461 73
462–471 77
472–481 69
482–491 84
492–501 62
502–511 54
512–521 57
522–531 51
532–541 51
542–551 32
552–561 38
562–571 28
572–581 43
582–591 33
592–601 41
602–611 32
612–621 28
622–631 25
632–641 27
642–651 17
652–661 20
662–671 17
672–681 15
682–691 14
692–701 21
702–711 13
712–721 12
722–731 19
732–741 14
742–751 12
752–761 10
762–771 10
772–781 11
782–791 10
792–801 11
802–811 8
812–821 8
822–831 7
832–841 11
842–851 10
852–861 5
862–871 9
872–881 4
882–891 6
892–901 3
902–911 6
912–921 3
922–931 2
932–941 2
942–951 2
952–961 3
962–971 3
972–981 3
982–990 5
991+ 100
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William Robson Schwartz 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 William Robson Schwartz sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 52 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 131+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 990. Most scientists, 990, have 36–37 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 34–35 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
30–31 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Computer Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 14,188 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 879
32–33 983
34–35 918 35
36–37 990
38–39 968
40–41 907
42–43 821
44–45 763
46–47 689
48–49 543
50–51 543
52–53 518
54–55 500
56–57 458
58–59 400
60–61 337
62–63 308
64–65 292
66–67 249
68–69 213
70–71 192
72–73 189
74–75 165
76–77 139
78–79 119
80–81 121
82–83 113
84–85 88
86–87 87
88–89 75
90–91 69
92–93 57
94–95 46
96–97 38
98–99 34
100–101 36
102–103 27
104–105 37
106–107 18
108–109 31
110–111 19
112–113 16
114–115 12
116–117 20
118–119 15
120–121 5
122–123 20
124–125 8
126–127 5
128–129 7
130 3
131+ 98
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Overview

William Robson Schwartz is affiliated with the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, with a significant concentration in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, Media Technology, Signal Processing, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's recent publications cover various topics related to advanced neural network applications and vision systems. These include:

  • An efficient and layout-independent automatic license plate recognition system based on the YOLO detector (2021, IET Intelligent Transport Systems)
  • Human activity recognition based on smartphone and wearable sensors using multiscale DCNN ensemble (2020, Neurocomputing)
  • Discriminative Layer Pruning for Convolutional Neural Networks (2020, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing)
  • Super-resolution of license plate images using attention modules and sub-pixel convolution layers (2023, Computers & Graphics)
  • Simple and efficient pose-based gait recognition method for challenging environments (2020, Pattern Analysis and Applications)

Their main topics of work include vehicle license plate recognition, advanced neural network applications, advanced vision and imaging, anomaly detection techniques and applications, face recognition and analysis, biometric identification and security, and gait recognition and analysis.

William Robson Schwartz has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Rafael Henrique Vareto, David Menotti, Rayson Laroca, Jessica Sena, and Valfride Nascimento.

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Pattern Analysis and Applications, Neurocomputing, Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich), and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • ECG-based heartbeat classification for arrhythmia detection

    Eduardo José da S. Luz;William Robson Schwartz;Guillermo Cámara-Chávez;David Menotti

  • Human detection using partial least squares analysis

    William Robson Schwartz;Aniruddha Kembhavi;David Harwood;Larry S. Davis

  • Deep Representations for Iris, Face, and Fingerprint Spoofing Detection

    David Menotti;Giovani Chiachia;Allan Pinto;William Robson Schwartz

  • A Robust Real-Time Automatic License Plate Recognition Based on the YOLO Detector

    Rayson Laroca;Evair Severo;Luiz A. Zanlorensi;Luiz S. Oliveira

  • Learning Discriminative Appearance-Based Models Using Partial Least Squares

    William Robson Schwartz;Larry S. Davis

  • A Robust Real-Time Automatic License Plate Recognition based on the YOLO Detector

    Rayson Laroca;Evair Severo;Luiz A. Zanlorensi;Luiz S. Oliveira

  • Multi-scale gray level co-occurrence matrices for texture description

    Fernando Roberti de Siqueira;William Robson Schwartz;Helio Pedrini

  • Competition on counter measures to 2-D facial spoofing attacks

    Murali Mohan Chakka;Andre Anjos;Sebastien Marcel;Roberto Tronci

  • Histograms of Optical Flow Orientation and Magnitude and Entropy to Detect Anomalous Events in Videos

    Rensso Victor Hugo Mora Colque;Carlos Caetano;Matheus Toledo Lustosa de Andrade;William Robson Schwartz

  • SkeleMotion: A New Representation of Skeleton Joint Sequences based on Motion Information for 3D Action Recognition

    Carlos Caetano;Jessica Sena;Franeois Bremond;Jefersson A. Dos Santos

  • Face Spoofing Detection Through Visual Codebooks of Spectral Temporal Cubes

    Allan Pinto;Helio Pedrini;William Robson Schwartz;Anderson Rocha

  • An Efficient and Layout-Independent Automatic License Plate Recognition System Based on the YOLO detector

    Rayson Laroca;Luiz A. Zanlorensi;Gabriel R. Gonçalves;Eduardo Todt

  • An efficient and layout-independent automatic license plate recognition system based on the YOLO detector

    Rayson Laroca;Luiz A. Zanlorensi;Gabriel Resende Gonçalves;Eduardo Todt

  • Face spoofing detection through partial least squares and low-level descriptors

    William Robson Schwartz;Anderson Rocha;Helio Pedrini

  • Using Visual Rhythms for Detecting Video-Based Facial Spoof Attacks

    Allan Pinto;William Robson Schwartz;Helio Pedrini;Anderson de Rezende Rocha

  • Skeleton Image Representation for 3D Action Recognition Based on Tree Structure and Reference Joints

    Carlos Caetano;Francois Bremond;William Robson Schwartz

  • Dynamic Multicontext Segmentation of Remote Sensing Images Based on Convolutional Networks

    Keiller Nogueira;Mauro Dalla Mura;Jocelyn Chanussot;William Robson Schwartz

  • Video-Based Face Spoofing Detection through Visual Rhythm Analysis

    Allan da Silva Pinto;Helio Pedrini;William Schwartz;Anderson Rocha

  • The 2nd competition on counter measures to 2D face spoofing attacks

    I. Chingovska;J. Yang;Z. Lei;D. Yi

  • Face Identification Using Large Feature Sets

    W. R. Schwartz;Huimin Guo;Jonghyun Choi;L. S. Davis

  • Thermal-to-visible face recognition using partial least squares.

    Shuowen Hu;Jonghyun Choi;Alex L. Chan;William Robson Schwartz

  • Learning Deep Off-the-Person Heart Biometrics Representations

    Eduardo José da Silva Luz;Gladston J. P. Moreira;Luiz S. Oliveira;William Robson Schwartz

  • A robust and scalable approach to face identification

    William Robson Schwartz;Huimin Guo;Larry S. Davis

  • 2009 IEEE 12th International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV)

    Stephen Gould;Richard Fulton;Daphne Koller;Ido Leichter

  • Deep Representations for Iris, Face, and Fingerprint Spoofing Detection

    David Menotti;Giovani Chiachia;Allan Pinto;William Robson Schwartz

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry S. Davis
Larry S. Davis University of Maryland, College Park
Anderson Rocha
Anderson Rocha State University of Campinas
François Brémond
François Brémond French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Mauro Dalla Mura
Mauro Dalla Mura Grenoble Alpes University
Jocelyn Chanussot
Jocelyn Chanussot Grenoble Alpes University
Mario F. M. Campos
Mario F. M. Campos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Alexandre X. Falcão
Alexandre X. Falcão State University of Campinas
Luiz S. Oliveira
Luiz S. Oliveira Federal University of Paraná
Guillaume Gravier
Guillaume Gravier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
David Harwood
David Harwood University of Maryland, College Park

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