H.E. Blum

3.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
10 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

H.E. Blum is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Oncology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, H.E. Blum has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2 papers in Oncology and 1 paper in Surgery. Recurrent topics in H.E. Blum's work include Digital Image Processing Techniques (4 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (2 papers) and Image Retrieval and Classification Techniques (2 papers). H.E. Blum is often cited by papers focused on Digital Image Processing Techniques (4 papers), Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (2 papers) and Image Retrieval and Classification Techniques (2 papers). H.E. Blum collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Russia. H.E. Blum's co-authors include Roger N. Nagel, Richard L. Webber, Gerhart Kurz, Roland Nitschke, Gerhard Pütz, Alfred Fahr, H Schwacha and Peter Hafkemeyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Journal of Lipid Research.

In The Last Decade

H.E. Blum

10 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A transformation for extracting new descriptors of shape

1967 1.1k citations H.E. Blum Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
Biological shape and visual science (part I)

1973 801 citations H.E. Blum Journal of Theoretical Biology profile →
Shape description using weighted symmetric axis features

1978 501 citations H.E. Blum, Roger N. Nagel Pattern Recognition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
H.E. Blum United States	8	1.6k	605	545	254	177	10	2.5k
Benjamin B. Kimia United States	33	3.4k 2.1×	953 1.6×	581 1.1×	281 1.1×	343 1.9×	112	4.3k
O. Kübler Switzerland	19	1.7k 1.0×	339 0.6×	188 0.3×	302 1.2×	114 0.6×	38	2.8k
Sven Dickinson Canada	30	3.4k 2.1×	783 1.3×	303 0.6×	230 0.9×	689 3.9×	103	4.2k
Lance R. Williams United States	27	3.2k 1.9×	958 1.6×	1.7k 3.1×	257 1.0×	182 1.0×	87	4.5k
Gunilla Borgefors Sweden	20	2.2k 1.4×	293 0.5×	340 0.6×	51 0.2×	298 1.7×	51	3.0k
Ali Shokoufandeh United States	23	1.4k 0.9×	585 1.0×	199 0.4×	73 0.3×	199 1.1×	75	2.0k
Farzin Mokhtarian United Kingdom	21	2.5k 1.6×	583 1.0×	155 0.3×	48 0.2×	710 4.0×	86	3.3k
Xiaowu Chen China	28	1.6k 1.0×	406 0.7×	277 0.5×	138 0.5×	202 1.1×	106	2.2k
Marc Rioux Canada	27	1.5k 0.9×	748 1.2×	334 0.6×	34 0.1×	548 3.1×	111	2.8k
Patrick Min United States	12	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 1.8×	695 1.3×	112 0.4×	189 1.1×	14	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by H.E. Blum

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of H.E. Blum

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

All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Schwacha, H, H.E. Blum, & Peter Hafkemeyer. (2008). Endoscopic therapy of gallstones ileus. Endoscopy. 40(S 02). E185–E186. 3 indexed citations

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Pütz, Gerhard, et al.. (2005). Synthesis of phospholipid-conjugated bile salts and interaction of bile salt-coated liposomes with cultured hepatocytes. Journal of Lipid Research. 46(11). 2325–2338. 14 indexed citations

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Fahr, Alfred, et al.. (2000). Transport of heptafluorostearate across model membranes. Membrane transport of long-chain fatty acid anions I. Journal of Lipid Research. 41(5). 775–787. 8 indexed citations

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Webber, Richard L. & H.E. Blum. (1979). Angular Invariants in Developing Human Mandibles. Science. 206(4419). 689–691. 18 indexed citations

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Blum, H.E. & Roger N. Nagel. (1978). Shape description using weighted symmetric axis features. Pattern Recognition. 10(3). 167–180. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nagel, Roger N. & H.E. Blum. (1976). A symmetric axis basis for object recognition and description. 168–170. 3 indexed citations

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Blum, H.E.. (1974). DISCUSSION PAPER: A GEOMETRY FOR BIOLOGY. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 231(1). 19–30. 11 indexed citations

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Blum, H.E.. (1973). Biological shape and visual science (part I). Journal of Theoretical Biology. 38(2). 205–287. 801 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blum, H.E.. (1967). A New Model of Global Brain Function. Perspectives in biology and medicine. 10(3). 381–408. 21 indexed citations

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Blum, H.E.. (1967). A transformation for extracting new descriptors of shape. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1147 indexed citations breakdown →

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