Alexandra Kirsch

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 622 citations indexed

About

Alexandra Kirsch is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandra Kirsch has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 622 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 9 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 7 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Alexandra Kirsch's work include Social Robot Interaction and HRI (6 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (5 papers) and AI-based Problem Solving and Planning (5 papers). Alexandra Kirsch is often cited by papers focused on Social Robot Interaction and HRI (6 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (5 papers) and AI-based Problem Solving and Planning (5 papers). Alexandra Kirsch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Sweden. Alexandra Kirsch's co-authors include Thibault Kruse, Rachid Alami, Amit Kumar Pandey, Markus A. Huber, Stefan Glasauer, P. Basili, Diedrich Wolter, Michael Beetz, Frank Papenmeier and Alexis Maldonado and has published in prestigious journals such as Gait & Posture, Robotics and Autonomous Systems and The Clinical Neuropsychologist.

In The Last Decade

Alexandra Kirsch

22 papers receiving 592 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Human-aware robot navigation: A survey

2013 455 citations Thibault Kruse, Amit Kumar Pandey et al. Robotics and Autonomous Systems profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexandra Kirsch Germany	9	315	306	192	151	147	24	622
Thibault Kruse Germany	3	282 0.9×	277 0.9×	160 0.8×	113 0.7×	141 1.0×	3	521
Dražen Brščić Japan	15	276 0.9×	292 1.0×	185 1.0×	207 1.4×	244 1.7×	51	806
Luis F. Marín-Urías Mexico	8	263 0.8×	262 0.9×	222 1.2×	105 0.7×	102 0.7×	24	528
Anaís Garrell Spain	16	333 1.1×	425 1.4×	181 0.9×	190 1.3×	268 1.8×	44	785
A. Bley Germany	11	310 1.0×	260 0.8×	154 0.8×	183 1.2×	37 0.3×	14	612
Elin Anna Topp Sweden	13	231 0.7×	251 0.8×	278 1.4×	208 1.4×	53 0.4×	46	647
C. Laugier France	10	163 0.5×	252 0.8×	145 0.8×	67 0.4×	85 0.6×	25	461
Christoforos Mavrogiannis United States	12	151 0.5×	212 0.7×	184 1.0×	148 1.0×	124 0.8×	33	586
Garratt Gallagher United States	4	85 0.3×	300 1.0×	200 1.0×	174 1.2×	76 0.5×	6	537
Jorge Ríos-Martínez Mexico	5	216 0.7×	199 0.7×	85 0.4×	71 0.5×	116 0.8×	7	370

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexandra Kirsch

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexandra Kirsch. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexandra Kirsch based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alexandra Kirsch. Alexandra Kirsch is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Williams, Christopher R., et al.. (2025). Competency-based curriculum in neuropsychology fellowship training. The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 40(2). 638–654.

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Kirsch, Alexandra. (2019). A unifying computational model of decision making. Cognitive Processing. 20(2). 243–259. 2 indexed citations

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Kirsch, Alexandra, et al.. (2018). Motion categorisation: Representing velocity qualitatively. Cognitive Systems Research. 52. 117–131. 2 indexed citations

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Ninaus, Manuel, et al.. (2018). Validity and Player Experience of a Mobile Game for German Dyslexic Children. 469–478. 2 indexed citations

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Kirsch, Alexandra. (2018). A Modular Approach of Decision-Making in the Context of Robot Navigation in Domestic Environments. EPiC series in computing. 50. 134–119. 1 indexed citations

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Papenmeier, Frank, et al.. (2018). Human Understanding of Robot Motion: The Role of Velocity and Orientation. International Journal of Social Robotics. 11(1). 75–88. 14 indexed citations

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Kirsch, Alexandra. (2018). Heuristic Decision-Making for Human-aware Navigation in Domestic Environments. EPiC series in computing. 41. 200–185. 1 indexed citations

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Heine, Thomas, et al.. (2017). Indoor Localisation with Beacons for a User-Friendly Mobile Tour Guide. KI - Künstliche Intelligenz. 31(3). 239–248. 2 indexed citations

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Kirsch, Alexandra, et al.. (2016). Legibility of Robot Behavior : A Literature Review. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 12 indexed citations

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Kirsch, Alexandra, et al.. (2016). Modelling human problem solving with data from an online game. Cognitive Processing. 17(4). 415–428. 2 indexed citations

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Wolter, Diedrich & Alexandra Kirsch. (2015). Leveraging Qualitative Reasoning to Learning Manipulation Tasks. Robotics. 4(3). 253–283. 3 indexed citations

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Kirsch, Alexandra, et al.. (2014). Goal-predictability vs. trajectory-predictability. 228–229. 12 indexed citations

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Kirsch, Alexandra, et al.. (2013). Be a robot! Robot navigation patterns in a path crossing scenario. 181–182. 4 indexed citations

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Kruse, Thibault, Amit Kumar Pandey, Rachid Alami, & Alexandra Kirsch. (2013). Human-aware robot navigation: A survey. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 61(12). 1726–1743. 455 indexed citations breakdown →

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Basili, P., et al.. (2012). Strategies of locomotor collision avoidance. Gait & Posture. 37(3). 385–390. 53 indexed citations

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Beetz, Michael & Alexandra Kirsch. (2010). Interview with Eric Berger (Co-Director, Personal Robotics Program, Willow Garage). KI - Künstliche Intelligenz. 24(4). 341–343. 1 indexed citations

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Kirsch, Alexandra. (2009). Robot learning language — Integrating programming and learning for cognitive systems. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 57(9). 943–954. 9 indexed citations

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Kirsch, Alexandra. (2008). Integration of Programming and Learning in a Control Language for Autonomous Robots Performing Everyday Activities. mediaTUM – the media and publications repository of the Technical University Munich (Technical University Munich). 8 indexed citations

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Beetz, Michael, et al.. (2007). The Assistive Kitchen — A Demonstration Scenario for Cognitive Technical Systems. 21 indexed citations

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Stulp, Freek, Alexandra Kirsch, Suat Gedikli, & Michael Beetz. (2004). AGILO RoboCuppers 2004. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

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