Luis Álvarez

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
120 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Luis Álvarez is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Media Technology and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Luis Álvarez has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 13 papers in Media Technology and 10 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Luis Álvarez's work include Advanced Vision and Imaging (24 papers), Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (23 papers) and Optical measurement and interference techniques (14 papers). Luis Álvarez is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Vision and Imaging (24 papers), Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (23 papers) and Optical measurement and interference techniques (14 papers). Luis Álvarez collaborates with scholars based in Spain, France and United States. Luis Álvarez's co-authors include Jean‐Michel Morel, Pierre-Louis Lions, Luis Mazorra, Pierre Louis Lions, Javier Sánchez, Luis Gómez, Joachim Weickert, Luis Baumela, Pablo Márquez-Neila and Miguel Alemán-Flores and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence and American Journal of Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Luis Álvarez

113 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Image Selective Smoothing and Edge Detection by Nonlinear Diffusion. II

1992 1.5k citations Luis Álvarez, Jean‐Michel Morel et al. profile →
Axioms and fundamental equations of image processing

1993 620 citations Luis Álvarez, Jean‐Michel Morel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luis Álvarez Spain	24	2.8k	723	601	387	307	120	4.3k
Joachim Weickert Germany	18	2.8k 1.0×	670 0.9×	652 1.1×	573 1.5×	232 0.8×	39	3.9k
Jayant Shah United States	12	2.7k 1.0×	488 0.7×	689 1.1×	391 1.0×	254 0.8×	30	3.8k
Joachim Weickert Germany	35	4.5k 1.6×	947 1.3×	697 1.2×	615 1.6×	213 0.7×	118	5.8k
Gabriel Peyré France	38	2.4k 0.9×	506 0.7×	1.9k 3.1×	455 1.2×	453 1.5×	104	6.1k
Xavier Bresson Switzerland	26	2.4k 0.9×	573 0.8×	900 1.5×	528 1.4×	118 0.4×	65	3.4k
Chiu‐Yen Kao United States	24	1.8k 0.7×	469 0.6×	339 0.6×	771 2.0×	267 0.9×	63	3.9k
Stéphane Lafon United States	12	1.6k 0.6×	283 0.4×	631 1.0×	288 0.7×	478 1.6×	13	5.1k
Thierry Blu Switzerland	30	2.9k 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	1.0k 1.7×	481 1.2×	55 0.2×	83	4.7k
R. Malladi United States	18	2.8k 1.0×	409 0.6×	709 1.2×	549 1.4×	93 0.3×	33	3.7k
Lixin Shen United States	27	1.6k 0.6×	488 0.7×	1.1k 1.8×	207 0.5×	147 0.5×	123	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Luis Álvarez

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luis Álvarez

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luis Álvarez

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

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Sánchez, Jorge, et al.. (2024). Diagnostic accuracy of patch testing based on clinical response to contact allergen restrictions in allergic contact dermatitis. European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 57(3). 107–107. 1 indexed citations

Álvarez, Luis, et al.. (2024). A Test of Reliability: Cranial Rhythmic Impulse for Distant Diagnoses. Cureus. 16(8). e68219–e68219.

Morel, Jean‐David, Jean‐Michel Morel, & Luis Álvarez. (2023). Learning from the past: A short term forecast method for the COVID-19 incidence curve. PLoS Computational Biology. 19(6). e1010790–e1010790. 3 indexed citations

Álvarez, Luis, Jean‐David Morel, & Jean‐Michel Morel. (2022). Modeling COVID-19 Incidence by the Renewal Equation after Removal of Administrative Bias and Noise. Biology. 11(4). 540–540. 4 indexed citations

Álvarez, Luis, Miguel Colom, Jean‐David Morel, & Jean‐Michel Morel. (2021). Computing the daily reproduction number of COVID-19 by inverting the renewal equation using a variational technique. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(50). 21 indexed citations

Trujillo, Ernesto, Luis Álvarez, & Guillermo Martínez. (2020). Deadweight anchoring behavior for aquaculture longline. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. 48(4). 686–695. 2 indexed citations

Álvarez, Luis, et al.. (2019). Interactive Design of Random Aesthetic Abstract Textures by Composition Principles. Leonardo. 54(2). 179–184. 6 indexed citations

Tahoces, Pablo G., Luis Álvarez, Agustín Trujillo, et al.. (2018). Automatic estimation of the aortic lumen geometry by ellipse tracking. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 14(2). 345–355. 15 indexed citations

Alonso, José Jaime Sadhwani, et al.. (2014). The Canary Islands and its passion for water desalination. Desalination and Water Treatment. 55(9). 2340–2350. 8 indexed citations

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Álvarez-García, David, José Carlos Núñez, Celestino Rodríguez, Luis Álvarez, & Alejandra Dobarro. (2011). Propiedades psicométricas del Cuestionario de Violencia Escolar - Revisado (CUVE-R). Revista de Psicodidáctica. 16(1). 59–83. 24 indexed citations

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Álvarez, Luis, et al.. (2010). Adaptive algorithm based on clustering techniques for custom reading plans. Computational intelligence. 259–264.

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Alemán-Flores, Miguel, et al.. (2009). Medical image noise reduction and region contrast enhancement using partial differential equations.. American Journal of Epidemiology. 165(2). 222–226. 1 indexed citations

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Bia, Daniel, et al.. (2008). Cryografts implantation in human circulation would ensure a physiological transition in the arterial wall energetics, damping and wave reflection. Physiological Research. 57(3). 351–363. 4 indexed citations

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Álvarez, Luis, Paloma González Castro, José Carlos Núñez, et al.. (2007). Desarrollo de los procesos atencionales mediante «actividades adaptadas». Papeles del Psicólogo - Psychologist Papers. 28(3). 211–217. 4 indexed citations

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Kloos, Carlos Delgado, et al.. (2005). Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools: a survey and some improvements.. 83–95. 1 indexed citations

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González-Pienda, Júlio António, José Carlos Núñez, Soledad González–Pumariega, et al.. (2004). Estilos de pensamiento: análisis de su validez estructural a través de las respuestas de adolescentes al Thinking Styles Inventory. Psicothema. 16(1). 139–148. 13 indexed citations

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Jayakar, Prasanna, et al.. (1994). Benign Rolandic Epilepsy: High Central and Low Central Subgroups. Epilepsia. 35(6). 1125–1129. 41 indexed citations

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Aránega, Amelia, Antonio Grilo, M.A. Muros, et al.. (1993). Circulating α-actin protein in acute myocardial infarction. International Journal of Cardiology. 38(1). 49–55. 12 indexed citations

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Vélez, Celia, Antonia Aránega, M.A. Muros, et al.. (1993). Changes in Subcellular Accumulation of Contractile Proteins in Myocardiocyte Cultures. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 21(1). 40–46. 5 indexed citations

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Álvarez, Luis, et al.. (1987). The quantitative anatomy of the normal human heart in fetal and perinatal life. International Journal of Cardiology. 17(1). 57–72. 22 indexed citations

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