Thomas Dresel

818 total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 601 citations indexed

About

Thomas Dresel is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Dresel has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 601 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Computational Mechanics, 20 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 16 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Dresel's work include Optical measurement and interference techniques (20 papers), Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements (19 papers) and Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques (16 papers). Thomas Dresel is often cited by papers focused on Optical measurement and interference techniques (20 papers), Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements (19 papers) and Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques (16 papers). Thomas Dresel collaborates with scholars based in Germany and United States. Thomas Dresel's co-authors include Holger Venzke, Gerd Häusler, Johannes Schwider, Norbert Lindlein, Peter J. de Groot, Andreas Otto, Irina Harder, Jan Liesener, Manfred Geiger and Peter Kipfer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Optics Communications and Optical Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Dresel

22 papers receiving 540 citations

Hit Papers

Three-dimensional sensing of rough surfaces by coherence ... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 100 200 300
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. Three-dimensional sensing of rough surfaces by coherence radar
    1992 367 citations Thomas Dresel et al. Applied Optics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Dresel Germany 9 396 247 228 218 134 29 601
Young-Sik Ghim South Korea 14 372 0.9× 244 1.0× 219 1.0× 237 1.1× 122 0.9× 55 591
Xavier Colonna de Lega United States 14 517 1.3× 283 1.1× 295 1.3× 335 1.5× 173 1.3× 35 723
Suezou Nakadate Japan 15 488 1.2× 179 0.7× 161 0.7× 174 0.8× 282 2.1× 38 751
Stanley S. C. Chim United States 4 305 0.8× 187 0.8× 159 0.7× 195 0.9× 103 0.8× 7 445
Kazumi Murata Japan 11 347 0.9× 216 0.9× 124 0.5× 169 0.8× 195 1.5× 42 596
Yukihiro Ishii Japan 15 490 1.2× 283 1.1× 166 0.7× 160 0.7× 337 2.5× 58 769
Chris L. Koliopoulos United States 11 561 1.4× 336 1.4× 281 1.2× 167 0.8× 377 2.8× 21 855
Parameswaran Hariharan Australia 11 278 0.7× 143 0.6× 135 0.6× 186 0.9× 163 1.2× 35 465
Heejoo Choi United States 15 249 0.6× 264 1.1× 179 0.8× 320 1.5× 174 1.3× 85 644
Chunyu Zhao United States 13 228 0.6× 197 0.8× 99 0.4× 168 0.8× 244 1.8× 47 490

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas Dresel

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Thomas Dresel's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Thomas Dresel with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Thomas Dresel more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Dresel

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Thomas Dresel. 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 Thomas Dresel. The network helps show where Thomas Dresel may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Dresel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Dresel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Dresel 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 Thomas Dresel. Thomas Dresel 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
1.
2.
3.
Dresel, Thomas, et al.. (2017). Applications of model-based transparent surface films analysis using coherence-scanning interferometry. Optical Engineering. 56(11). 111709–111709. 22 indexed citations
4.
Groot, Peter J. de, et al.. (2015). Axial alignment for high-precision interferometric measurements of steeply-curved spheres. Surface Topography Metrology and Properties. 3(4). 44004–44004. 5 indexed citations
5.
6.
7.
Harder, Irina, et al.. (2002). Form assessment of hollow cylindrical specimens. Applied Optics. 41(1). 64–64. 4 indexed citations
8.
9.
Dresel, Thomas, et al.. (1999). Testing of rod objects by grazing-incidence interferometry: experiment. Applied Optics. 38(1). 121–121. 14 indexed citations
10.
Schwider, Johannes, et al.. (1999). Some considerations of reduction of reference phase error in phase-stepping interferometry. Applied Optics. 38(4). 655–655. 28 indexed citations
11.
Dresel, Thomas, et al.. (1998). Computer-Generated Holograms for Beam-Shaping: Design Methods and Experimental Results. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe. 35. CTuI28–CTuI28. 1 indexed citations
12.
Dresel, Thomas, et al.. (1997). <title>Interferometric testing of technical surfaces with computer-generated holograms</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3098. 83–89. 1 indexed citations
13.
Lindlein, Norbert, et al.. (1997). Axicon-type test interferometer for cylindrical surfaces: systematic error assessment. Applied Optics. 36(13). 2791–2791. 15 indexed citations
14.
Dresel, Thomas. (1997). Computer-aided design of diffractive beam-shaping elements. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3190. 106–106.
15.
Dresel, Thomas, et al.. (1996). Axicon-Type Test Interferometer for Cylindrical Surfaces. 17–17. 2 indexed citations
16.
Dresel, Thomas. (1996). Optimization of symmetric Dammann gratings with a multidimensional error feedback algorithm. Optics Communications. 129(1-2). 19–26. 1 indexed citations
17.
Dresel, Thomas, et al.. (1996). Design and fabrication of computer-generated beam-shaping holograms. Applied Optics. 35(23). 4615–4615. 32 indexed citations
18.
Dresel, Thomas. (1995). Grazing incidence interferometry applied to the measurement of cylindrical surfaces. Optical Engineering. 34(12). 3531–3531. 26 indexed citations
19.
Geiger, Martin, et al.. (1994). Applications of diffractive optical elements for high-power lasers.. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2246. 146–155. 1 indexed citations
20.
Geiger, Manfred, Thomas Dresel, Johannes Schwider, et al.. (1994). <title>Applications of diffractive optical elements for high-power lasers</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2246. 146–155. 1 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Young-Sik Ghim Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Xavier Colonna de Lega Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Suezou Nakadate Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Stanley S. C. Chim Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Kazumi Murata Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Yukihiro Ishii Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Chris L. Koliopoulos Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Parameswaran Hariharan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Heejoo Choi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Chunyu Zhao
Rankless by CCL
2026