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Image and Video Stabilization

Image and Video Stabilization is a research topic within Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Science Explorer counts 9.2k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on digital video stabilization techniques, including methods such as optical image stabilization, motion estimation, and robust algorithms for real-time stabilization. It covers various approaches such as feature-based stabilization, Kalman filter-based techniques, and global motion estimation for camera path optimization.

  • Video Stabilization
  • Digital Image Stabilization
  • Optical Image Stabilization
  • Motion Estimation
  • Real-Time
  • Feature-Based
  • Robust Algorithm
  • Kalman Filter
  • Global Motion
  • Camera Path
Research works
9.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
899
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+20%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
69% of the 10 largest, 2022-now

Which countries lead Image and Video Stabilization research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (580 and 87 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 580 works
  2. 2 India 87 works
  3. 3 Japan 52 works
  4. 4 United States 28 works
  5. 5 South Korea 28 works
  6. 6 ?? 17 works
  7. 7 Taiwan 13 works
  8. 8 Iraq 13 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 12 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 12 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 69.0%India: 10.3%Japan: 6.1%United States: 3.3%6 others listed: 11.3%69%largest
China580 · 69.0%India87 · 10.3%Japan52 · 6.1%United States28 · 3.3%6 others listed95 · 11.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Image and Video Stabilization research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Image and Video Stabilization research, followed by Harbin Institute of Technology and Beijing Institute of Technology.

Who are the leading researchers in Image and Video Stabilization?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Image and Video Stabilization include Xiaogang Wang, Luc Van Gool and Guanrong Chen.

  1. 1 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  2. 2 Luc Van Gool Switzerland 177k citations
  3. 3 Guanrong Chen China 116k citations
  4. 4 Lei Zhang China 112k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Image and Video Stabilization?

The most cited paper in Image and Video Stabilization is "Gabor feature based classification using the enhanced fisher linear discriminant model for face recognition" (Chengjun Liu, Harry Wechsler, 2002), with 1,897 citations. Next come "A new LDA-based face recognition system which can solve the small sample size problem" (1,440) and "Image Alignment and Stitching: A Tutorial" (1,048).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Gabor feature based classification using the enhanced fisher linear discriminant model for face recognition Chengjun Liu, Harry Wechsler · IEEE Transactions on Image Processing Apr 2002 1,897
2 A new LDA-based face recognition system which can solve the small sample size problem Li‐Fen Chen, Hong-Yuan Mark Liao, Ming‐Tat Ko et al. · Pattern Recognition Oct 2000 1,440
3 Image Alignment and Stitching: A Tutorial Richard Szeliski · Foundations and Trends® in Computer Graphics and Vision 2 Jan 2007 1,048
4 A theory of self-calibration of a moving camera Stephen J. Maybank, Olivier D. Faugeras · International Journal of Computer Vision Aug 1992 827
5 A hybrid particle swarm optimization–back-propagation algorithm for feedforward neural network training Jingru Zhang, Jun Zhang, Jun Zhang et al. · Applied Mathematics and Computation 6 Oct 2006 711
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Image and Video Stabilization research done?

The largest centres of Image and Video Stabilization research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shanghai (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xi'an, Wuhan and Chengdu.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 105 works
  2. 2 Xi'anChina 34 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 33 works
  4. 4 WuhanChina 29 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 28 works
  6. 6 ChengduChina 24 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 22 works
  8. 8 HarbinChina 20 works
  9. 9 ChangchunChina 18 works
  10. 10 ChangshaChina 17 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Xi'anCN · 33.9 works4.6×
  2. WuhanCN · 28.7 works3.9×
  3. ChengduCN · 23.5 works3.7×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Image and Video Stabilization than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Image and Video Stabilization?

Among universities, judged by research, Harbin Institute of Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 10.028.5%6.4×9 +66.0%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Image and Video Stabilization, country by country

Is Image and Video Stabilization research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2010. The fastest-growing topics are Image and Video Stabilization.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Image and Video Stabilization as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0063% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Image and Video Stabilization over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Image and Video Stabilization9.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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