Oliver Bimber

5.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
147 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Oliver Bimber is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Human-Computer Interaction and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Oliver Bimber has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 40 papers in Human-Computer Interaction and 39 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in Oliver Bimber's work include Augmented Reality Applications (40 papers), Interactive and Immersive Displays (35 papers) and Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (28 papers). Oliver Bimber is often cited by papers focused on Augmented Reality Applications (40 papers), Interactive and Immersive Displays (35 papers) and Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (28 papers). Oliver Bimber collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Oliver Bimber's co-authors include Ramesh Raskar, Anselm Grundhöfer, Gordon Wetzstein, David C. Schedl, Indrajit Kurmi, L. Miguel Encarnação, Daisuke Iwai, Erich Bruns, Bernd Fröhlich and Dieter Schmalstieg and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Proceedings of the IEEE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Oliver Bimber

141 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Spatial Augmented Reality: Merging Real and Virtual Worlds 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2005 100 200 300 400
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. Spatial Augmented Reality: Merging Real and Virtual Worlds
    2005 431 citations Oliver Bimber et al. profile →
  2. Spatial Augmented Reality
    2005 391 citations Oliver Bimber 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
Oliver Bimber Germany 30 2.5k 1.4k 630 517 455 147 3.3k
Gudrun Klinker Germany 32 2.7k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 368 0.6× 442 0.9× 318 0.7× 232 3.9k
Paul Beardsley Switzerland 33 2.8k 1.1× 908 0.7× 220 0.3× 693 1.3× 674 1.5× 89 3.7k
Thomas A. DeFanti United States 23 1.9k 0.8× 2.0k 1.4× 552 0.9× 114 0.2× 701 1.5× 108 4.3k
Kari Pulli United States 30 2.7k 1.1× 368 0.3× 514 0.8× 901 1.7× 349 0.8× 95 3.7k
Neil A. Dodgson United Kingdom 28 1.4k 0.6× 748 0.5× 1.1k 1.7× 113 0.2× 809 1.8× 133 3.4k
Aljoša Smolić Ireland 41 5.9k 2.4× 406 0.3× 1.0k 1.6× 190 0.4× 809 1.8× 224 6.4k
Ming Ouhyoung Taiwan 25 2.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 154 0.2× 220 0.4× 602 1.3× 113 4.0k
Hongbo Fu Hong Kong 36 2.9k 1.2× 582 0.4× 242 0.4× 727 1.4× 1.4k 3.1× 217 5.2k
Aseem Agarwala United States 35 5.2k 2.1× 244 0.2× 1.4k 2.2× 394 0.8× 812 1.8× 63 5.8k
Daniel J. Sandin United States 20 1.9k 0.8× 2.1k 1.5× 566 0.9× 115 0.2× 702 1.5× 68 3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Oliver Bimber

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Fields of papers citing papers by Oliver Bimber

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Oliver Bimber

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Oliver Bimber. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Oliver Bimber 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 Oliver Bimber. Oliver Bimber 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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Mantiuk, Rafał, et al.. (2024). Stereoscopic depth perception through foliage. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 23056–23056. 1 indexed citations
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Bimber, Oliver, et al.. (2024). Fusion of Single and Integral Multispectral Aerial Images. Remote Sensing. 16(4). 673–673.
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Shutin, Dmitriy, et al.. (2024). Reciprocal Visibility for Guided Occlusion Removal With Drones. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 21. 1–5.
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Kurmi, Indrajit, et al.. (2023). Drone swarm strategy for the detection and tracking of occluded targets in complex environments. Communications Engineering. 2(1). 20 indexed citations
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Kurmi, Indrajit, David C. Schedl, & Oliver Bimber. (2022). Combined person classification with airborne optical sectioning. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 3804–3804. 9 indexed citations
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Javidi, Bahram, et al.. (2020). Focus issue introduction: 3D image acquisition and display: technology, perception, and applications. Optics Express. 29(1). 342–342. 1 indexed citations
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Schedl, David C., Indrajit Kurmi, & Oliver Bimber. (2020). Airborne Optical Sectioning for Nesting Observation. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 7254–7254. 13 indexed citations
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Kurmi, Indrajit, David C. Schedl, & Oliver Bimber. (2019). A Statistical View on Synthetic Aperture Imaging for Occlusion Removal. IEEE Sensors Journal. 19(20). 9374–9383. 16 indexed citations
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Schedl, David C. & Oliver Bimber. (2017). Compressive Volumetric Light-Field Excitation. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 13981–13981. 2 indexed citations
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Schedl, David C. & Oliver Bimber. (2016). Volumetric Light-Field Excitation. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 29193–29193. 4 indexed citations
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Bimber, Oliver, et al.. (2013). Towards a transparent, flexible, scalable and disposable image sensor using thin-film luminescent concentrators. Optics Express. 21(4). 4796–4796. 24 indexed citations
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Langlotz, Tobias & Oliver Bimber. (2007). Unsynchronized 4D barcodes: coding and decoding time-multiplexed 2D colorcodes. 59(6). 363–374. 25 indexed citations
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Grundhöfer, Anselm & Oliver Bimber. (2007). Real-Time Adaptive Radiometric Compensation. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 14(1). 97–108. 58 indexed citations
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Bimber, Oliver. (2006). Augmenting Holograms. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 26(5). 12–17. 2 indexed citations
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Bimber, Oliver, Bernd Fröhlich, Dieter Schmalstieg, & L. Miguel Encarnação. (2006). The virtual showcase. 9–9. 15 indexed citations
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Bimber, Oliver. (2005). Guest Editor's Introduction: The Ultimate Display--What Will It Be?. Computer. 38(8). 29–30. 1 indexed citations
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Bimber, Oliver, et al.. (2003). Consistent illumination within optical see-through augmented environments. 198–207. 35 indexed citations
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Stork, André & Oliver Bimber. (2002). Projection-based Augmented Reality in Engineering Applications. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 241–248. 1 indexed citations
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Bimber, Oliver. (2001). Miguel Encarnacao : The Virtual Showcase. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 21(6). 48–55. 7 indexed citations

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