Ramon Oliva

825 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 447 citations indexed

About

Ramon Oliva is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Social Psychology and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ramon Oliva has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 447 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Human-Computer Interaction, 8 papers in Social Psychology and 6 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ramon Oliva's work include Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (15 papers), Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (6 papers) and Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (3 papers). Ramon Oliva is often cited by papers focused on Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (15 papers), Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (6 papers) and Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (3 papers). Ramon Oliva collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United Kingdom and United States. Ramon Oliva's co-authors include Mel Slater, Alejandro Beacco, Itxaso Barberia, Pierre Bourdin, Jaime Gallego, Domna Banakou, Xavi Navarro, Solène Neyret, Nuria Pelechano and Zillah Watson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ramon Oliva

18 papers receiving 429 citations

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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.

A Separate Reality: An Update on Place Illusion and Plausibility in Virtual Reality

2022 129 citations Mel Slater, Domna Banakou et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ramon Oliva Spain	11	304	172	89	72	45	18	447
Nina Döllinger Germany	14	339 1.1×	156 0.9×	84 0.9×	79 1.1×	35 0.8×	30	468
Solène Neyret Spain	7	268 0.9×	150 0.9×	107 1.2×	47 0.7×	30 0.7×	8	364
Erik Wolf Germany	14	295 1.0×	150 0.9×	85 1.0×	74 1.0×	29 0.6×	29	384
Sameer Kishore Spain	9	338 1.1×	182 1.1×	172 1.9×	60 0.8×	43 1.0×	14	579
Alejandro Beacco Spain	11	306 1.0×	135 0.8×	84 0.9×	142 2.0×	39 0.9×	25	529
Kristopher J. Blom Germany	10	305 1.0×	152 0.9×	180 2.0×	66 0.9×	25 0.6×	23	456
Rodrigo Pizarro Spain	6	215 0.7×	125 0.7×	72 0.8×	78 1.1×	32 0.7×	9	312
Yun Ling Netherlands	9	288 0.9×	126 0.7×	88 1.0×	38 0.5×	45 1.0×	11	467
David Mal Germany	10	249 0.8×	131 0.8×	52 0.6×	65 0.9×	31 0.7×	17	290
Despina Michael‐Grigoriou Cyprus	12	261 0.9×	114 0.7×	76 0.9×	85 1.2×	49 1.1×	39	452

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18 of 18 papers shown

Oliva, Ramon, S. Marshall Perry, Bernhard Spanlang, et al.. (2025). AI-Enhanced Virtual Reality Self-Talk for Psychological Counseling: Formative Qualitative Study. JMIR Formative Research. 9. e67782–e67782. 3 indexed citations

Oliva, Ramon, et al.. (2023). Sushi with Einstein. 1–6. 12 indexed citations

Oliva, Ramon, et al.. (2023). The Making of a Newspaper Interview in Virtual Reality: Realistic Avatars, Philosophy, and Sushi. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 43(6). 117–125. 5 indexed citations

Martial, Charlotte, Héléna Cassol, Mel Slater, et al.. (2023). Electroencephalographic Signature of Out-of-Body Experiences Induced by Virtual Reality: A Novel Methodological Approach. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 35(9). 1410–1422. 3 indexed citations

Slater, Mel, et al.. (2022). The sentiment of a virtual rock concert. Virtual Reality. 27(2). 651–675. 18 indexed citations

Oliva, Ramon, Alejandro Beacco, Xavi Navarro, & Mel Slater. (2022). QuickVR: A standard library for virtual embodiment in unity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 14 indexed citations

Slater, Mel, et al.. (2022). A Separate Reality: An Update on Place Illusion and Plausibility in Virtual Reality. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 129 indexed citations breakdown →

Gorisse, Geoffrey, Domna Banakou, Alejandro Beacco, et al.. (2021). Self-observation of a virtual body-double engaged in social interaction reduces persecutory thoughts. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 23923–23923. 10 indexed citations

Navarro, Xavi, et al.. (2021). The Influence of Embodiment as a Cartoon Character on Public Speaking Anxiety. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 7 indexed citations

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Llobera, Joan, et al.. (2021). Evaluating participant responses to a virtual reality experience using reinforcement learning. Royal Society Open Science. 8(9). 210537–210537. 10 indexed citations

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Beacco, Alejandro, et al.. (2021). Disturbance and Plausibility in a Virtual Rock Concert: A Pilot Study. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 538–545. 20 indexed citations

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Neyret, Solène, Xavi Navarro, Alejandro Beacco, et al.. (2020). An Embodied Perspective as a Victim of Sexual Harassment in Virtual Reality Reduces Action Conformity in a Later Milgram Obedience Scenario. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 6207–6207. 50 indexed citations

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Kallmann, Marcelo, et al.. (2020). Comparing navigation meshes: Theoretical analysis and practical metrics. Computers & Graphics. 91. 52–82. 5 indexed citations

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Slater, Mel, et al.. (2018). Virtually Being Lenin Enhances Presence and Engagement in a Scene From the Russian Revolution. Frontiers in Robotics and AI. 5. 91–91. 32 indexed citations

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Barberia, Itxaso, Ramon Oliva, Pierre Bourdin, & Mel Slater. (2018). Virtual mortality and near-death experience after a prolonged exposure in a shared virtual reality may lead to positive life-attitude changes. PLoS ONE. 13(11). e0203358–e0203358. 42 indexed citations

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Bourdin, Pierre, Itxaso Barberia, Ramon Oliva, & Mel Slater. (2017). A Virtual Out-of-Body Experience Reduces Fear of Death. PLoS ONE. 12(1). e0169343–e0169343. 76 indexed citations

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Oliva, Ramon & Nuria Pelechano. (2014). Clearance for diversity of agents’ sizes in navigation meshes. Computers & Graphics. 47. 48–58. 4 indexed citations

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Oliva, Ramon & Nuria Pelechano. (2013). A Generalized Exact Arbitrary Clearance Technique for Navigation Meshes. RECERCAT (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya). 103–110. 7 indexed citations

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