Maia Garau

1.7k total citations
15 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Maia Garau is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Social Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Maia Garau has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Human-Computer Interaction, 6 papers in Social Psychology and 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Maia Garau's work include Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (10 papers), Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology (4 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (4 papers). Maia Garau is often cited by papers focused on Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (10 papers), Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology (4 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (4 papers). Maia Garau collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Austria and Australia. Maia Garau's co-authors include Mel Slater, Anthony Steed, Andrea Brogni, Vinoba Vinayagamoorthy, M. Angela Sasse, Martina Angela Sasse, Sharif Razzaque, David-Paul Pertaub, Angus Antley and Doron Friedman and has published in prestigious journals such as Computer Graphics Forum, PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality and Religions.

In The Last Decade

Maia Garau

14 papers receiving 990 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Maia Garau United Kingdom 11 732 437 299 239 121 15 1.1k
Jean-Luc Lugrin Germany 19 906 1.2× 361 0.8× 334 1.1× 327 1.4× 134 1.1× 70 1.3k
Vinoba Vinayagamoorthy United Kingdom 15 528 0.7× 268 0.6× 180 0.6× 277 1.2× 98 0.8× 27 881
Andrea Brogni Italy 11 562 0.8× 272 0.6× 194 0.6× 191 0.8× 60 0.5× 29 769
Marco Gillies United Kingdom 18 459 0.6× 306 0.7× 179 0.6× 279 1.2× 186 1.5× 71 994
Katja Zibrek Ireland 16 403 0.6× 330 0.8× 220 0.7× 180 0.8× 119 1.0× 30 726
Valentin Schwind Germany 20 1.4k 1.8× 451 1.0× 597 2.0× 423 1.8× 74 0.6× 85 1.7k
David-Paul Pertaub United Kingdom 5 518 0.7× 393 0.9× 184 0.6× 81 0.3× 45 0.4× 6 924
Raphaela Groten Germany 11 1.3k 1.7× 749 1.7× 748 2.5× 198 0.8× 143 1.2× 13 1.7k
Tapio Takala Finland 20 325 0.4× 308 0.7× 612 2.0× 538 2.3× 125 1.0× 77 1.4k
William Steptoe United Kingdom 16 827 1.1× 285 0.7× 272 0.9× 364 1.5× 49 0.4× 24 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maia Garau

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maia Garau

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

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Garau, Maia & Giacomo Bazzani. (2025). Freedom as Social Practice: Reconstructing Religious Freedom in Everyday Life. Religions. 16(7). 914–914.
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Garau, Maia, et al.. (2008). Temporal and Spatial Variations in Presence: Qualitative Analysis of Interviews from an Experiment on Breaks in Presence. PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality. 17(3). 293–309. 58 indexed citations
3.
Slater, Mel & Maia Garau. (2007). The Use of Questionnaire Data in Presence Studies: Do Not Seriously Likert. PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality. 16(4). 447–456. 42 indexed citations
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Leeb, Robert, Claudia Keinrath, Doron Friedman, et al.. (2006). Walking by Thinking: The Brainwaves Are Crucial, Not the Muscles!. PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality. 15(5). 500–514. 69 indexed citations
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Slater, Mel, Christoph Guger, Guenter Edlinger, et al.. (2006). Analysis of Physiological Responses to a Social Situation in an Immersive Virtual Environment. PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality. 15(5). 553–569. 115 indexed citations
6.
Leeb, Robert, Claudia Keinrath, Doron Friedman, et al.. (2005). Walking from thoughts: Not the muscles are crucial, but the brain waves!. UCL Discovery (University College London). 25–32. 8 indexed citations
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Garau, Maia, Mel Slater, David-Paul Pertaub, & Sharif Razzaque. (2005). The Responses of People to Virtual Humans in an Immersive Virtual Environment. PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality. 14(1). 104–116. 148 indexed citations
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Garau, Maia, et al.. (2004). Temporal and Spatial Variations in Presence: A Qualitative Analysis. Acta Medica Academica. 53(2). 193–198. 10 indexed citations
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Friedman, Doron, Robert Leeb, Angus Antley, et al.. (2004). Navigating Virtual Reality by Thought: First Steps. UCL Discovery (University College London). 160–167. 9 indexed citations
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Vinayagamoorthy, Vinoba, Maia Garau, Anthony Steed, & Mel Slater. (2004). An Eye Gaze Model for Dyadic Interaction in an Immersive Virtual Environment: Practice and Experience. Computer Graphics Forum. 23(1). 1–11. 66 indexed citations
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Guger, C., Günter Edlinger, R. Leeb, et al.. (2004). Heart-Rate Variability and Event-Related ECG in Virtual Environments. UCL Discovery (University College London). 240–245. 14 indexed citations
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Garau, Maia, Mel Slater, Vinoba Vinayagamoorthy, et al.. (2003). The impact of avatar realism and eye gaze control on perceived quality of communication in a shared immersive virtual environment. 529–536. 290 indexed citations
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Garau, Maia, Mel Slater, Vinoba Vinayagamoorthy, et al.. (2003). The impact of avatar realism and eye gaze control on perceived quality of communication in a shared immersive virtual environment. 21 indexed citations
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Garau, Maia, et al.. (2001). The impact of eye gaze on communication using humanoid avatars. 309–316. 189 indexed citations
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Slater, Mel, et al.. (2000). Acting in virtual reality. 103–110. 46 indexed citations

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