The invention discloses a robust mechanism research method of characteristic significance in image quality evaluation. The robust mechanism research method comprises the following steps: firstly, determining a target function of characteristic selection in the image quality evaluation, and initializing a model parameter; secondly, adding an optimal characteristic into a characteristic matrix, and removing a characteristic disturbance term; thirdly, calculating the significance of the characteristic selection in an image quality evaluation system; fourthly, judging whether the significance meets a system robust requirement or achieves an upper limit of a characteristic number; and finally, verifying a model classification effect. The characteristic significance is measured through an imported system characteristic signal to noise ratio, a constrained optimization problem of a smooth convex function in the image quality evaluation system is solved, interference on a classification face by non-significant characteristics is effectively lowered, the robustness of the image evaluation system is improved, and the self-adaptive optimization problem of characteristic attribute selection on the basis of an image quality evaluation network of a learning mechanism is solved.