Andreas Nüchter

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
189 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Andreas Nüchter is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Geology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andreas Nüchter has authored 189 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 100 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 79 papers in Geology. Recurrent topics in Andreas Nüchter's work include Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (125 papers), 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (79 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (44 papers). Andreas Nüchter is often cited by papers focused on Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (125 papers), 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage (79 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (44 papers). Andreas Nüchter collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Andreas Nüchter's co-authors include Joachim Hertzberg, Kai Lingemann, Hartmut Surmann, Dorit Borrmann, Jan Elseberg, Martin Magnusson, Achim J. Lilienthal, Stefan May, Qingquan Li and Long Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and Sensors.

In The Last Decade

Andreas Nüchter

181 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

6D SLAM—3D mapping outdoor environments 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. 6D SLAM—3D mapping outdoor environments
    2007 345 citations Andreas Nüchter, Kai Lingemann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Andreas Nüchter Germany 36 3.3k 2.8k 1.9k 1.5k 676 189 5.4k
Brendan Englot United States 23 3.5k 1.1× 2.3k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 970 0.6× 744 1.1× 73 4.4k
Philip Lenz Germany 4 2.3k 0.7× 4.4k 1.6× 726 0.4× 922 0.6× 435 0.6× 5 5.9k
P Lenz Germany 5 3.6k 1.1× 6.8k 2.4× 1.0k 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 560 0.8× 17 8.8k
Tixiao Shan United States 14 2.8k 0.9× 1.7k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 933 0.6× 663 1.0× 21 3.4k
Niki Trigoni United Kingdom 45 3.0k 0.9× 2.8k 1.0× 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 2.5k 3.7× 181 7.8k
Luca Carlone United States 36 5.9k 1.8× 4.4k 1.6× 1.5k 0.8× 673 0.4× 1.7k 2.5× 116 7.5k
Heiko Hirschmüller Germany 22 2.4k 0.7× 5.4k 1.9× 952 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 298 0.4× 41 7.0k
Jens Behley Germany 26 1.7k 0.5× 1.6k 0.6× 919 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 243 0.4× 90 3.4k
Shaoshuai Shi Hong Kong 17 2.4k 0.7× 4.5k 1.6× 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 278 0.4× 24 5.8k
Yulan Guo China 46 2.4k 0.7× 5.8k 2.0× 2.9k 1.5× 2.3k 1.6× 292 0.4× 168 9.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Andreas Nüchter

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Andreas Nüchter's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Andreas Nüchter with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Andreas Nüchter more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Andreas Nüchter

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Andreas Nüchter. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Andreas Nüchter. The network helps show where Andreas Nüchter may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andreas Nüchter

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Andreas Nüchter. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Andreas Nüchter 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 Andreas Nüchter. Andreas Nüchter is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Nüchter, Andreas, et al.. (2025). Deep learning on 3D point clouds for fast pose estimation during satellite rendezvous. Acta Astronautica. 232. 231–243. 3 indexed citations
2.
Yuan, Yijun, et al.. (2025). SceneFactory: A Workflow-Centric and Unified Framework for Incremental Scene Modeling. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 41. 3183–3201. 1 indexed citations
3.
Yuan, Yijun & Andreas Nüchter. (2024). Uni-Fusion: Universal Continuous Mapping. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 40. 1373–1392. 6 indexed citations
4.
Li, Luxi, Yuchen Li, Yuhang He, et al.. (2024). Embodied Intelligence in Mining: Leveraging Multi-Modal Large Language Models for Autonomous Driving in Mines. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. 9(5). 4831–4834. 7 indexed citations
5.
Borrmann, Dorit, et al.. (2024). Delta- and Kalman-filter designs for multi-sensor pose estimation on spherical mobile mapping systems. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 184. 104852–104852. 1 indexed citations
6.
Nüchter, Andreas, et al.. (2023). Lidar Pose Tracking of a Tumbling Spacecraft Using the Smoothed Normal Distribution Transform. Remote Sensing. 15(9). 2286–2286. 6 indexed citations
7.
Nüchter, Andreas, et al.. (2022). An innovative pick-up and transport robot system for casualty evacuation. 67–73. 5 indexed citations
8.
Sauer, Christian, et al.. (2022). Testing AGV mobility control method for MANET coverage optimization using procedural simulation. Computer Communications. 194. 189–201. 5 indexed citations
9.
Nüchter, Andreas, et al.. (2022). The concept of a maximal network plan to enhance automated decision making in production steering. Production Engineering. 17(1). 95–103.
10.
Nüchter, Andreas, et al.. (2022). TERRAIN PREDICTION WITH A LOW-COST LIDAR SENSOR FOR MOBILE ROBOTS. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. XLVIII-2/W1-2022. 81–86. 1 indexed citations
11.
Yuan, Yijun, Dorit Borrmann, Jiawei Hou, et al.. (2021). Self-Supervised Point Set Local Descriptors for Point Cloud Registration. Sensors. 21(2). 486–486. 21 indexed citations
12.
Borrmann, Dorit, Andreas Nüchter, Angelo Pio Rossi, et al.. (2019). MOBILE MAPPING OF THE LA CORONA LAVATUBE ON LANZAROTE. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. IV-2/W5. 381–387. 2 indexed citations
13.
Almeida, Carlos, José Almeida, Klaus Schilling, et al.. (2019). 3D UNDERWATER MINE MODELLING IN THE ¡VAMOS! PROJECT. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. XLII-2/W10. 39–44. 5 indexed citations
14.
Adams, Martin, et al.. (2019). Feature Detection With a Constant FAR in Sparse 3-D Point Cloud Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 58(3). 1877–1891. 3 indexed citations
15.
Schilling, Klaus, et al.. (2018). STRUCTURED-LIGHT BASED 3D LASER SCANNING OF SEMI-SUBMERGED STRUCTURES. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. IV-2. 287–294. 8 indexed citations
16.
May, Stefan, et al.. (2018). Body Weight Estimation for Dose-Finding and Health Monitoring of Lying, Standing and Walking Patients Based on RGB-D Data. Sensors. 18(5). 1311–1311. 22 indexed citations
17.
Nüchter, Andreas, et al.. (2018). The Peopleremover—Removing Dynamic Objects From 3-D Point Cloud Data by Traversing a Voxel Occupancy Grid. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 3(3). 1679–1686. 105 indexed citations
18.
Nüchter, Andreas, et al.. (2017). TOWARDS ROBUST SELF-CALIBRATION FOR HANDHELD 3D LINE LASERSCANNING. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. XLII-2/W8. 31–36. 1 indexed citations
19.
Nüchter, Andreas, et al.. (2015). 3D point cloud compression using conventional image compression for efficient data transmission. 1–8. 63 indexed citations
20.
Meyer, Frank, Christopher Sinke, Thomas Wiemann, et al.. (2007). Real-time outdoor trail detection on a mobile robot. 477–482. 6 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Brendan Englot Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Philip Lenz Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by P Lenz Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Tixiao Shan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Niki Trigoni Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Luca Carlone Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Heiko Hirschmüller Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Jens Behley Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Shaoshuai Shi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Yulan Guo
Rankless by CCL
2026