Karl Sims

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Karl Sims is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Karl Sims has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 6 papers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and 5 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Karl Sims's work include Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (6 papers), Music Technology and Sound Studies (4 papers) and Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (3 papers). Karl Sims is often cited by papers focused on Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (6 papers), Music Technology and Sound Studies (4 papers) and Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (3 papers). Karl Sims collaborates with scholars based in Sweden and United States. Karl Sims's co-authors include John McLaughlin and Franklin C. Crow and has published in prestigious journals such as The Visual Computer, Artificial Life and ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics.

In The Last Decade

Karl Sims

10 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Evolving virtual creatures

1994 578 citations Karl Sims profile →
Artificial evolution for computer graphics

1991 423 citations Karl Sims profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karl Sims Sweden	10	840	821	476	452	387	10	2.2k
James D. Foley United States	25	993 1.2×	456 0.6×	378 0.8×	147 0.3×	114 0.3×	104	2.8k
Dieter W. Fellner Germany	25	1.4k 1.6×	292 0.4×	600 1.3×	115 0.3×	143 0.4×	281	2.6k
Hans Moravec United States	16	1.4k 1.7×	402 0.5×	93 0.2×	162 0.4×	295 0.8×	31	2.8k
Guillem Alenyà Spain	27	987 1.2×	467 0.6×	93 0.2×	227 0.5×	845 2.2×	115	2.6k
Jiajun Wu United States	29	2.0k 2.4×	716 0.9×	539 1.1×	120 0.3×	472 1.2×	125	3.2k
Jason Leigh United States	29	1.4k 1.6×	250 0.3×	360 0.8×	120 0.3×	102 0.3×	188	3.2k
Dinei Florêncio United States	34	1.8k 2.1×	649 0.8×	160 0.3×	43 0.1×	84 0.2×	113	4.2k
Marc Toussaint Germany	30	1.1k 1.3×	1.6k 2.0×	39 0.1×	220 0.5×	1.4k 3.5×	159	3.5k
Stéphane Magnenat Switzerland	23	799 1.0×	310 0.4×	30 0.1×	574 1.3×	342 0.9×	47	2.3k
Tobias Isenberg France	31	2.2k 2.7×	380 0.5×	892 1.9×	54 0.1×	74 0.2×	118	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Karl Sims

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karl Sims

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karl Sims

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Karl Sims. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Karl Sims 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 Karl Sims. Karl Sims 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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Sims, Karl. (1994). Evolving virtual creatures. 15–22. 578 indexed citations breakdown →

2.

Sims, Karl. (1994). Evolving 3D Morphology and Behavior by Competition. Artificial Life. 1(4). 353–372. 481 indexed citations

3.

Sims, Karl. (1994). Evolving 3D Morphology and Behavior by Competition. Artificial Life. 1(4). 353–372. 138 indexed citations

4.

Sims, Karl. (1993). Interactive evolution of equations for procedural models. The Visual Computer. 9(8). 466–476. 51 indexed citations

5.

Sims, Karl. (1992). Choreographed image flow. The Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation. 3(1). 31–43. 12 indexed citations

6.

Sims, Karl. (1991). Artificial evolution for computer graphics. 319–328. 423 indexed citations breakdown →

7.

Sims, Karl. (1991). Artificial evolution for computer graphics. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 25(4). 319–328. 243 indexed citations

8.

Sims, Karl. (1990). Particle animation and rendering using data parallel computation. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 24(4). 405–413. 83 indexed citations

9.

Sims, Karl. (1990). Particle animation and rendering using data parallel computation. 405–413. 139 indexed citations

10.

Crow, Franklin C., et al.. (1989). 3D IMAGE SYNTHESIS ON THE CONNECTION MACHINE. 1(2). 329–347. 19 indexed citations

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