Nick Foster

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Nick Foster is a scholar working on Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Computational Mechanics and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Nick Foster has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, 6 papers in Computational Mechanics and 4 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Nick Foster's work include Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (7 papers), Traffic and Road Safety (4 papers) and 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (4 papers). Nick Foster is often cited by papers focused on Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (7 papers), Traffic and Road Safety (4 papers) and 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (4 papers). Nick Foster collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Nick Foster's co-authors include Ronald Fedkiw, Dimitri Metaxas, Dimitris Metaxas, Christopher Monsere, Jennifer Dill, Kelly J. Clifton, Nathan McNeil, Craig Lyon, James A. Bonneson and Bhagwant Persaud and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, ACM Transactions on Graphics and Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

In The Last Decade

Nick Foster

12 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Practical animation of liquids

2001 503 citations Nick Foster, Ronald Fedkiw profile →
Realistic Animation of Liquids

1996 488 citations Nick Foster, Dimitri Metaxas Graphical Models and Image Processing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nick Foster United States	10	1.2k	965	450	241	114	13	1.5k
Panagiotis Kaklis Greece	20	170 0.1×	681 0.7×	80 0.2×	41 0.2×	233 2.0×	56	1.0k
Kenneth E. Hoff United States	9	689 0.6×	364 0.4×	617 1.4×	72 0.3×	33 0.3×	11	957
Stefan Jeschke Austria	18	410 0.3×	330 0.3×	399 0.9×	167 0.7×	23 0.2×	40	808
Liangchen Song United States	12	101 0.1×	113 0.1×	920 2.0×	19 0.1×	21 0.2×	22	1.2k
Xinxin Zhang China	10	70 0.1×	95 0.1×	152 0.3×	37 0.2×	34 0.3×	33	475
José P. Suárez Spain	12	144 0.1×	138 0.1×	81 0.2×	15 0.1×	44 0.4×	52	387
Ignacio Garcia‐Dorado United States	11	117 0.1×	78 0.1×	314 0.7×	33 0.1×	40 0.4×	14	511
Trevor Robinson United Kingdom	18	198 0.2×	430 0.4×	67 0.1×	38 0.2×	11 0.1×	93	938
A. Cengiz Öztireli Switzerland	14	375 0.3×	496 0.5×	494 1.1×	35 0.1×	11 0.1×	31	853
Marek Teichmann Canada	14	106 0.1×	128 0.1×	72 0.2×	221 0.9×	9 0.1×	58	612

Countries citing papers authored by Nick Foster

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nick Foster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Nick Foster. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Nick Foster. The network helps show where Nick Foster may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nick Foster

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

All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Bonneson, James A., et al.. (2019). Development of Roundabout Crash Prediction Models and Methods. Transportation Research Board eBooks. 10 indexed citations

2.

Foster, Nick, Christopher Monsere, Jennifer Dill, & Kelly J. Clifton. (2015). Level-of-Service Model for Protected Bike Lanes. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2520(1). 90–99. 44 indexed citations

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Monsere, Christopher, Nick Foster, Jennifer Dill, & Nathan McNeil. (2015). User Behavior and Perceptions at Intersections with Turning and Mixing Zones on Protected Bike Lanes. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2520(1). 112–122. 10 indexed citations

4.

Foster, Nick, et al.. (2014). Evaluating Driver and Pedestrian Behaviors at Enhanced, Multilane, Midblock Pedestrian Crossings. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2464(1). 59–66. 18 indexed citations

5.

Foster, Nick, et al.. (2010). Applying the HSM to the Alternative Selection Process: A Case Study in Missoula, Montana. 1 indexed citations

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Foster, Nick, et al.. (2006). MAIL. 205–205. 3 indexed citations

7.

Foster, Nick, et al.. (2002). Structural modeling of flames for a production environment. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 21(3). 729–735. 60 indexed citations

8.

Foster, Nick, et al.. (2002). Structural modeling of flames for a production environment. 729–735. 88 indexed citations

9.

Foster, Nick & Ronald Fedkiw. (2001). Practical animation of liquids. 23–30. 503 indexed citations breakdown →

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Foster, Nick & Dimitris Metaxas. (2000). Modeling water for computer animation. Communications of the ACM. 43(7). 60–67. 12 indexed citations

11.

Foster, Nick & Dimitris Metaxas. (1997). Modeling the motion of a hot, turbulent gas. 181–188. 239 indexed citations

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Foster, Nick & Dimitri Metaxas. (1996). Realistic Animation of Liquids. Graphical Models and Image Processing. 58(5). 471–483. 488 indexed citations breakdown →

13.

Foster, Nick & Dimitri Metaxas. (1995). Visualization of dynamic fluid simulations: waves, splashing, vorticity, boundaries, buoyancy. Engineering Computations. 12(2). 109–124. 1 indexed citations

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