Daniel Leithinger

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Daniel Leithinger is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Neuroscience and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel Leithinger has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Human-Computer Interaction, 27 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 18 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Daniel Leithinger's work include Interactive and Immersive Displays (34 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (27 papers) and Augmented Reality Applications (17 papers). Daniel Leithinger is often cited by papers focused on Interactive and Immersive Displays (34 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (27 papers) and Augmented Reality Applications (17 papers). Daniel Leithinger collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Austria. Daniel Leithinger's co-authors include Hiroshi Ishii, Sean Follmer, Alex Olwal, Nadia Cheng, Dávid Lakatos, Ken Nakagaki, Michael Haller, Mark D. Gross, Ryo Suzuki and Amit Zoran and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Frontiers in Robotics and AI and National University of Singapore.

In The Last Decade

Daniel Leithinger

45 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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    2013 412 citations Sean Follmer, Daniel Leithinger 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
Daniel Leithinger United States 17 1.2k 882 568 395 255 47 1.5k
Yasuaki Kakehi Japan 19 793 0.7× 479 0.5× 400 0.7× 291 0.7× 272 1.1× 127 1.2k
Liwei Chan Taiwan 26 1.7k 1.4× 1.3k 1.5× 280 0.5× 630 1.6× 152 0.6× 103 2.0k
Audrey Girouard Canada 23 1.5k 1.2× 935 1.1× 173 0.3× 479 1.2× 172 0.7× 104 2.0k
Lung-Pan Cheng Taiwan 17 1.0k 0.9× 765 0.9× 327 0.6× 304 0.8× 69 0.3× 39 1.2k
Robert Xiao United States 26 1.3k 1.1× 918 1.0× 171 0.3× 599 1.5× 176 0.7× 72 2.1k
Alexandra Ion United States 14 636 0.5× 514 0.6× 348 0.6× 136 0.3× 199 0.8× 30 1.0k
Ken Nakagaki United States 14 542 0.5× 412 0.5× 342 0.6× 129 0.3× 162 0.6× 41 774
Markus Löchtefeld Denmark 19 927 0.8× 574 0.7× 98 0.2× 329 0.8× 146 0.6× 88 1.2k
Fraser Anderson Canada 21 908 0.8× 380 0.4× 133 0.2× 643 1.6× 103 0.4× 48 1.5k
Paul Dietz United States 19 1.6k 1.4× 995 1.1× 146 0.3× 903 2.3× 134 0.5× 52 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Daniel Leithinger

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Fields of papers citing papers by Daniel Leithinger

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Daniel Leithinger

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

All Works

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Erickson, Benjamin, et al.. (2025). Shape-Kit: A Design Toolkit for Crafting On-Body Expressive Haptics. ArXiv.org. 1–26.
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Zheng, Clement, Patrick C. Shih, Ellen Yi–Luen, et al.. (2024). Wizard of Props: Mixed Reality Prototyping with Physical Props to Design Responsive Environments. 1–15. 3 indexed citations
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Sareen, Harpreet, et al.. (2023). TactorBots: A Haptic Design Toolkit for Out-of-lab Exploration of Emotional Robotic Touch. 1–19. 15 indexed citations
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Leithinger, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Electro-actuated Materials for Future Haptic Interfaces. 1–3. 2 indexed citations
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Sareen, Harpreet, et al.. (2023). Demonstrating TactorBots: A Haptic Design Toolkit for Exploration of Emotional Robotic Touch. 1–5. 2 indexed citations
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Sareen, Harpreet, et al.. (2022). EmotiTactor: Exploring How Designers Approach Emotional Robotic Touch. Designing Interactive Systems Conference. 1330–1344. 10 indexed citations
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Hedayati, Hooman, et al.. (2022). Designing Expandable-Structure Robots for Human-Robot Interaction. Frontiers in Robotics and AI. 9. 719639–719639. 6 indexed citations
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Acome, Eric, et al.. (2021). Soft Electrohydraulic Actuators for Origami Inspired Shape-Changing Interfaces. 1–6. 9 indexed citations
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Hirsch, Matthew, et al.. (2016). Lumii. 1–2. 1 indexed citations
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Ishii, Hiroshi, et al.. (2015). TRANSFORM. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 687–694. 41 indexed citations
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Leithinger, Daniel, et al.. (2013). Sublimate. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1441–1450. 60 indexed citations
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Leithinger, Daniel, et al.. (2011). Direct and gestural interaction with relief. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 541–548. 69 indexed citations
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Leithinger, Daniel & Hiroshi Ishii. (2010). Relief. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 221–222. 107 indexed citations
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Jordà, Sergi, et al.. (2010). Development strategies for tangible interaction on horizontal surfaces. 369–372. 1 indexed citations
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Leithinger, Daniel, et al.. (2009). Proverbial wallet. 55–56. 11 indexed citations
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Leithinger, Daniel & Michael Haller. (2007). Improving Menu Interaction for Cluttered Tabletop Setups with User-Drawn Path Menus. 28 indexed citations
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Leithinger, Daniel, et al.. (2005). Coeno-Storyboard: An Augmented Surface fpr Storyboard Presentations. 277–281.
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Haller, Michael, Mark Billinghurst, Daniel Leithinger, Dennis W. Leitner, & Thomas Seifried. (2005). Coeno. View. 40–40. 15 indexed citations

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