Minchen Li

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
47 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Minchen Li is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Minchen Li has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Computational Mechanics, 17 papers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and 13 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Minchen Li's work include Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (16 papers), Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (12 papers) and 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (11 papers). Minchen Li is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (16 papers), Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (12 papers) and 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (11 papers). Minchen Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Minchen Li's co-authors include Chenfanfu Jiang, Danny M. Kaufman, Yu Fang, Timothy Langlois, Yin Yang, Denis Zorin, Teseo Schneider, Zachary Ferguson, Daniele Panozzo and Ming Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, ACM Transactions on Graphics and International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Minchen Li

45 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Incremental potential contact 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2024 50 100 150
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. Incremental potential contact
    2020 187 citations Minchen Li, Zachary Ferguson et al. ACM Transactions on Graphics profile →
  2. VR-GS: A Physical Dynamics-Aware Interactive Gaussian Splatting System in Virtual Reality
    2024 46 citations Chang Yu, Xuan Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Minchen Li United States 20 726 402 206 201 146 47 1.1k
Breannan Smith United States 10 498 0.7× 265 0.7× 110 0.5× 191 1.0× 166 1.1× 15 773
Kenny Erleben Denmark 19 413 0.6× 268 0.7× 104 0.5× 450 2.2× 246 1.7× 76 1.1k
Adam W. Bargteil United States 20 1.3k 1.8× 1.1k 2.6× 109 0.5× 298 1.5× 393 2.7× 46 1.7k
Yonghao Yue Japan 17 394 0.5× 322 0.8× 49 0.2× 124 0.6× 270 1.8× 35 797
Christer Ericson Switzerland 3 223 0.3× 248 0.6× 55 0.3× 208 1.0× 377 2.6× 3 917
Gang Xu China 21 1.3k 1.7× 628 1.6× 305 1.5× 42 0.2× 194 1.3× 91 1.6k
Martin Wicke United States 16 808 1.1× 549 1.4× 110 0.5× 99 0.5× 324 2.2× 27 1.1k
Bernd Simeon Germany 24 1.3k 1.7× 334 0.8× 626 3.0× 449 2.2× 60 0.4× 80 2.0k
Xiaodong Wei China 18 636 0.9× 287 0.7× 115 0.6× 28 0.1× 55 0.4× 44 820
Bart Adams Belgium 18 1.3k 1.8× 874 2.2× 57 0.3× 161 0.8× 687 4.7× 29 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Minchen Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Minchen Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Minchen Li

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lu, Xiaoqing, et al.. (2025). StiffGIPC: Advancing GPU IPC for Stiff Affine-Deformable Simulation. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 44(3). 1–20.
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Li, Minchen, et al.. (2024). Mapped material point method for large deformation problems with sharp gradients and its application to soil‐structure interactions. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 48(9). 2334–2355. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Xuan, Minchen Li, Xuchen Han, et al.. (2024). A Dynamic Duo of Finite Elements and Material Points. 1–11. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Xuan, et al.. (2024). Bistable Aerial Transformer: A Quadrotor Fixed-Wing Hybrid That Morphs Dynamically Via Passive Soft Mechanism. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics. 16(7). 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Chang, Xuan Li, Yutao Feng, et al.. (2024). VR-GS: A Physical Dynamics-Aware Interactive Gaussian Splatting System in Virtual Reality. 1–1. 46 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Minchen, et al.. (2022). A Sparse Distributed Gigascale Resolution Material Point Method. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 42(2). 1–21. 6 indexed citations
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Schneider, Teseo, et al.. (2022). A Large Scale Benchmark for the Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Yin, et al.. (2022). Penetration-free projective dynamics on the GPU. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 41(4). 1–16. 30 indexed citations
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Li, Minchen, et al.. (2022). An Efficient B-Spline Lagrangian/Eulerian Method for Compressible Flow, Shock Waves, and Fracturing Solids. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 41(5). 1–13. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Minchen, Danny M. Kaufman, & Chenfanfu Jiang. (2021). Codimensional incremental potential contact. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 40(4). 1–24. 83 indexed citations
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Ferguson, Zachary, Minchen Li, Teseo Schneider, et al.. (2021). Intersection-free rigid body dynamics. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 40(4). 1–16. 1 indexed citations
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Ferguson, Zachary, Minchen Li, Teseo Schneider, et al.. (2021). Intersection-free rigid body dynamics. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 40(4). 1–16. 50 indexed citations
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Li, Yue, Xuan Li, Minchen Li, et al.. (2020). A Hybrid Lagrangian-Eulerian Method for Topology Optimization.. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xinlei, Stuart Slattery, Yu Fang, et al.. (2020). A massively parallel and scalable multi-GPU material point method. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 39(4). 52 indexed citations
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Jiang, Yupeng, Minchen Li, Chenfanfu Jiang, & Fernando Alonso-Marroquín. (2020). A hybrid material‐point spheropolygon‐element method for solid and granular material interaction. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 121(14). 3021–3047. 32 indexed citations
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Li, Minchen, et al.. (2020). AnisoMPM. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 39(4). 28 indexed citations
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Li, Minchen, et al.. (2019). 動的破壊アニメーションのためのCD-MPM連続体損傷材料点法【JST・京大機械翻訳】. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 38(4). 1–15. 1 indexed citations
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Fang, Yu, Minchen Li, Ming Gao, & Chenfanfu Jiang. (2019). Silly rubber. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 38(4). 1–13. 44 indexed citations
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Li, Minchen, Danny M. Kaufman, Vladimir G. Kim, Justin Solomon, & Alla Sheffer. (2018). OptCuts. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 37(6). 1–13. 44 indexed citations

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