Jakob Engel

9.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
35 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Jakob Engel is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Aerospace Engineering and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Jakob Engel has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 13 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 10 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in Jakob Engel's work include Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (13 papers), Global trade and economics (9 papers) and Advanced Vision and Imaging (8 papers). Jakob Engel is often cited by papers focused on Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (13 papers), Global trade and economics (9 papers) and Advanced Vision and Imaging (8 papers). Jakob Engel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Jakob Engel's co-authors include Daniel Cremers, Vladlen Koltun, Jürgen Sturm, Jörg Stückler, David R. Caruso, Vladyslav Usenko, Thomas Schöps, J. Sturm, Ruth Wodak and Geeta Kingdon and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Regional Studies and Robotics and Autonomous Systems.

In The Last Decade

Jakob Engel

30 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Direct Sparse Odometry

2017 1.8k citations Jakob Engel, Daniel Cremers et al. profile →
Large-scale direct SLAM with stereo cameras

2015 376 citations Jakob Engel, Jörg Stückler et al. OPUS (Augsburg University) profile →
Semi-dense Visual Odometry for a Monocular Camera

2013 362 citations Jakob Engel, Jürgen Sturm et al. profile →

Peers

Jakob Engel

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CVPR

GEOLO

EEE

OE

Kaustav Kundu Italy

Wei Song China

Valérie Renaudin France

José R. Casar Spain

Chunyu Lin China

John Wang United States

Haigen Min China

Meng‐Han Tsai Taiwan

Xuan Li China

Kaustav Kundu Italy

Jakob Engel

701 ×0.2

AE

1.5k ×0.5

CVPR

138 ×0.1

GEOLO

55 ×0.1

EEE

93 ×0.4

OE

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Countries citing papers authored by Jakob Engel

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jakob Engel

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jakob Engel

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

All Works

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Wu, Xiaoyang, Daniel DeTone, Tianwei Shen, et al.. (2025). Sonata: Self-Supervised Learning of Reliable Point Representations. 22193–22204.

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Pasquali, Giovanni, Aarti Krishnan, & Jakob Engel. (2021). Pulling up or binding down: a review of upgrading trajectories in apparel and agro-processing global value chains for developing countries. Working Paper Series.

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Engel, Jakob, et al.. (2021). The Distributional Impacts of Trade. The World Bank eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Engel, Jakob, et al.. (2021). The Distributional Impacts of Trade: Empirical Innovations, Analytical Tools, and Policy Responses. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank). 2 indexed citations

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Engel, Jakob. (2019). Regulation, financialization and fraud in Chinese commodity markets after the Global Financial Crisis. Regional Studies. 54(2). 219–228. 5 indexed citations

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Draper, Peter, et al.. (2018). Between Gatekeeper and Gateway : Taking advantage of Regional and Global Value Chains by Addressing Barriers to South Africa’s Trade Competitiveness. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank). 1–69.

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Engel, Jakob, et al.. (2018). Supporting Lesotho's economic diversification and trade integration: structural transformation through greater export competitiveness. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank). 1–61. 1 indexed citations

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Dollar, David, Zhi Wang, Annalisa Primi, et al.. (2017). Measuring and analyzing the impact of GVCs on economic development. 41 indexed citations

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Inomata, Satoshi, Bo Meng, Zhi Wang, et al.. (2017). Global value chain development report 2017 : measuring and analyzing the impact of GVCs on economic development. 1–206. 24 indexed citations

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Usenko, Vladyslav, Jakob Engel, Jörg Stückler, & Daniel Cremers. (2016). Direct visual-inertial odometry with stereo cameras. OPUS (Augsburg University). 1885–1892. 161 indexed citations

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Engel, Jakob, Deborah Winkler, & Thomas Farole. (2016). SACU in Global Value Chains: Measuring GVC Integration, Position, and Performance of Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 8 indexed citations

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Caruso, David R., Jakob Engel, & Daniel Cremers. (2015). Large-scale direct SLAM for omnidirectional cameras. 141–148. 166 indexed citations

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Engel, Jakob & Marie-Agnès Jouanjean. (2015). Political and Economic Constraints to the ECOWAS Regional Economic Integration Process and Opportunities for Donor Engagement. 41. 5 indexed citations

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Engel, Jakob, Jörg Stückler, & Daniel Cremers. (2015). Large-scale direct SLAM with stereo cameras. OPUS (Augsburg University). 1935–1942. 376 indexed citations breakdown →

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Usenko, Vladyslav, Jakob Engel, Jörg Stückler, & Daniel Cremers. (2015). Reconstructing Street-Scenes in Real-Time from a Driving Car. OPUS (Augsburg University). 30. 607–614. 18 indexed citations

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Engel, Jakob, et al.. (2014). Visual-Inertial Navigation for a Camera-Equipped 25g Nano-Quadrotor. 24 indexed citations

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Engel, Jakob, Jürgen Sturm, & Daniel Cremers. (2014). Scale-aware navigation of a low-cost quadrocopter with a monocular camera. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 62(11). 1646–1656. 152 indexed citations

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Engel, Jakob, J. Sturm, & Daniel Cremers. (2012). Accurate Figure Flying with a Quadrocopter Using Onboard Visual and Inertial Sensing. 63 indexed citations

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Engel, Jakob. (2011). Autonomous Camera-Based Navigation of a Quadrocopter. 11 indexed citations

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Engel, Jakob & Ruth Wodak. (2009). Kalkulierte Ambivalenz: Storungen' und das Gedankenjahr: Die Causen Siegfried Kampl und John Gudenus.. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 7 indexed citations

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