Mario Botsch

8.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
158 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Mario Botsch is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Mario Botsch has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Computational Mechanics, 58 papers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and 53 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Mario Botsch's work include 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (67 papers), Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (43 papers) and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (39 papers). Mario Botsch is often cited by papers focused on 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (67 papers), Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (43 papers) and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (39 papers). Mario Botsch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Mario Botsch's co-authors include Leif Kobbelt, Olga Sorkine, Mark V. Pauly, Marc Erich Latoschik, Markus Groß, Thomas Waltemate, Bruno Lévy, Pierre Alliez, Dominik Gall and Daniel Roth and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Mario Botsch

148 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Polygon Mesh Processing 2007 2026 2013 2019 2010 2007 2018 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Polygon Mesh Processing
    2010 510 citations Mario Botsch, Leif Kobbelt et al. profile →
  2. On Linear Variational Surface Deformation Methods
    2007 435 citations Mario Botsch et al. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics profile →
  3. The Impact of Avatar Personalization and Immersion on Virtual Body Ownership, Presence, and Emotional Response
    2018 354 citations Thomas Waltemate, Mario Botsch et al. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Mario Botsch 2.8k 2.3k 2.0k 1.4k 660 158 5.8k
Takeo Igarashi 2.0k 0.7× 2.2k 0.9× 3.4k 1.7× 2.5k 1.9× 1.2k 1.9× 348 7.6k
Karan Singh 1.9k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 2.6k 1.3× 1.3k 1.0× 935 1.4× 136 4.8k
Ken Perlin 1.2k 0.4× 1.8k 0.8× 3.2k 1.6× 1.5k 1.1× 987 1.5× 103 5.9k
Adam Finkelstein 2.5k 0.9× 3.5k 1.5× 6.4k 3.2× 479 0.4× 423 0.6× 145 9.0k
Tomas Simon 1.3k 0.5× 993 0.4× 4.1k 2.0× 890 0.7× 618 0.9× 36 5.5k
Ulrich Neumann 1.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 4.5k 2.2× 1.1k 0.8× 783 1.2× 198 7.3k
Henry Fuchs 1.6k 0.6× 3.3k 1.4× 6.3k 3.2× 3.3k 2.5× 277 0.4× 245 9.9k
Yaser Sheikh 1.1k 0.4× 779 0.3× 6.3k 3.2× 1.2k 0.9× 908 1.4× 107 8.0k
Dinesh K. Pai 1.8k 0.6× 1.4k 0.6× 1.9k 1.0× 689 0.5× 2.1k 3.2× 200 5.8k
Carol O’Sullivan 804 0.3× 837 0.4× 1.8k 0.9× 493 0.4× 1.2k 1.8× 166 3.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mario Botsch

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mario Botsch

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All Works

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Botsch, Mario, et al.. (2025). Coverage of Facial Expressions and Its Effects on Avatar Embodiment, Self-Identification, and Uncanniness. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 31(5). 3613–3622. 2 indexed citations
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Weiß, Martin, et al.. (2025). The buffering of autonomic fear responses is moderated by the characteristics of a virtual character. Computers in Human Behavior. 168. 108657–108657.
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Kuhlen, Torsten, et al.. (2025). Minimalism or Creative Chaos? On the Arrangement and Analysis of Numerous Scatterplots in Immersive 3D Knowledge Spaces. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 31(5). 3003–3013.
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Bunge, A., et al.. (2024). Polygon Laplacian Made Robust. Computer Graphics Forum. 43(2). 1 indexed citations
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Mal, David, Erik Wolf, Nina Döllinger, et al.. (2024). From 2D-Screens to VR: Exploring the Effect of Immersion on the Plausibility of Virtual Humans. 1–8. 8 indexed citations
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Döllinger, Nina, David Mal, Erik Wolf, et al.. (2024). Virtual Body Swapping: A VR-Based Approach to Embodied Third-Person Self-Processing in Mind-Body Therapy. 1–18. 6 indexed citations
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Gillespie, Mark N., et al.. (2024). Ray Tracing Harmonic Functions. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 43(4). 1–18. 2 indexed citations
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Bunge, A. & Mario Botsch. (2023). A Survey on Discrete Laplacians for General Polygonal Meshes. Computer Graphics Forum. 42(2). 521–544. 3 indexed citations
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Döllinger, Nina, Erik Wolf, Mario Botsch, Marc Erich Latoschik, & Carolin Wienrich. (2023). Are Embodied Avatars Harmful to our Self-Experience? The Impact of Virtual Embodiment on Body Awareness. 1–14. 20 indexed citations
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Botsch, Mario, et al.. (2023). An Evaluation of Other-Avatar Facial Animation Methods for Social VR. 1–7. 11 indexed citations
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Botsch, Mario, et al.. (2023). SoftDECA: Computationally Efficient Physics-Based Facial Animations. 1–11. 7 indexed citations
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Buchin, Kevin, et al.. (2022). Constructing L∞ Voronoi Diagrams in 2D and 3D. Computer Graphics Forum. 41(5). 135–147. 2 indexed citations
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Frank, Cornelia, Felix Hülsmann, Thomas Waltemate, et al.. (2022). Motor imagery during action observation in virtual reality: the impact of watching myself performing at a level I have not yet achieved. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 21(3). 401–427. 13 indexed citations
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Schneider, Teseo, Jérémie Dumas, Xifeng Gao, et al.. (2019). Poly-Spline Finite-Element Method. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 38(3). 1–16. 19 indexed citations
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Poth, Christian H., et al.. (2019). Neuropsychological assessment of visual selective attention and processing capacity with head-mounted displays.. Neuropsychology. 33(3). 309–318. 16 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Holger, et al.. (2011). OCTAVIS: Optimization Techniques for Multi-GPU Multi-View Rendering. PUB – Publications at Bielefeld University (Bielefeld University). 9(6). 2 indexed citations
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Botsch, Mario, et al.. (2007). Geometric Modeling Based on Polygonal Meshes. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 61 indexed citations

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