Ming-Ming Cheng: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Ming-Ming Cheng's h-index is 115 (230 i10-index, 81,646+ total citations across 316+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of July 2026. Ming-Ming Cheng is affiliated with Nankai University.
Ming-Ming Cheng is a researcher affiliated with Nankai University, specializing in various fields. Their work has been cited 81,646 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in China.
Ming-Ming Cheng's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 316 indexed publications. Of these, 18 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 115
- i10-Index
- 230
- Total Citations
- 81,646
- Citing Countries
- 63
As of July 2026.
Ming-Ming Cheng has an h-index of 115 and 81,646 total citations across 316 publications, with research cited by institutions in 63 countries.
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Global contrast based salient region detection
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The researcher established a foundational framework for global contrast-based salient region detection, subsequently expanding the field through comprehensive surveys and specialized concealed object detection methods.
The researcher introduced a novel structure-measure metric for evaluating foreground maps, establishing a foundational standard that enabled subsequent advances in camouflaged object detection.
The researcher introduced Res2Net, a novel multi-scale backbone architecture that significantly advanced deep learning feature representation capabilities, as evidenced by its widespread adoption and high citation impact.
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About Ming-Ming Cheng's research
Ming-Ming Cheng is a researcher at Nankai University. Their work has been cited 81,646 times across 316 publications (h-index 115), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Global contrast based salient region detection” (2015), has accumulated 5,309 citations. Other influential works include “Res2Net: A New Multi-scale Backbone Architecture” (2021) with 4,284 citations and “Struck: Structured Output Tracking with Kernels” (2016) with 3,414 citations.
Citations of Ming-Ming Cheng's research come primarily from China, United States and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
