Thomas Massie

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Massie is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Mechanical Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Massie has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 2 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 1 paper in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Thomas Massie's work include Tactile and Sensory Interactions (2 papers), Teleoperation and Haptic Systems (2 papers) and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (1 paper). Thomas Massie is often cited by papers focused on Tactile and Sensory Interactions (2 papers), Teleoperation and Haptic Systems (2 papers) and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (1 paper). Thomas Massie collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Thomas Massie's co-authors include J. Kenneth Salisbury, Craig Zilles, Derek Brock, K. Salisbury, Duminda Wijesekera, John M. Hollerbach, James Kramer, Hiroo Iwata and Ryohei Nakatsu and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications and Medical Entomology and Zoology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Massie

7 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

The PHANToM Haptic Interface: A Device for Probing Virtual Objects

1994 982 citations Thomas Massie, J. Kenneth Salisbury profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Massie United States	4	808	637	544	273	225	7	1.2k
J. Kenneth Salisbury United States	5	720 0.9×	605 0.9×	458 0.8×	470 1.7×	410 1.8×	7	1.3k
François Conti United States	15	581 0.7×	378 0.6×	322 0.6×	282 1.0×	323 1.4×	21	1.0k
Francesco Chinello Denmark	20	558 0.7×	737 1.2×	585 1.1×	212 0.8×	267 1.2×	51	1.3k
F. Barbagli Italy	17	695 0.9×	470 0.7×	349 0.6×	283 1.0×	219 1.0×	31	1.1k
K. Salisbury United States	13	614 0.8×	428 0.7×	361 0.7×	278 1.0×	314 1.4×	28	1.1k
Carsten Preusche Germany	25	1.3k 1.7×	449 0.7×	479 0.9×	587 2.2×	412 1.8×	79	2.2k
Hiroaki Yano Japan	19	448 0.6×	644 1.0×	691 1.3×	179 0.7×	292 1.3×	87	1.3k
D. Ruspini United States	11	617 0.8×	246 0.4×	302 0.6×	465 1.7×	218 1.0×	12	952
Thomas Hulin Germany	16	468 0.6×	268 0.4×	215 0.4×	247 0.9×	120 0.5×	60	698
William A. McNeely United States	10	620 0.8×	360 0.6×	420 0.8×	196 0.7×	100 0.4×	10	836

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Massie, Thomas & Duminda Wijesekera. (2008). TVIS: Tactical Voice Interaction Services for dismounted urban operations. 1–7. 3 indexed citations

2.

Iwata, Hiroo, Ryohei Nakatsu, John M. Hollerbach, James Kramer, & Thomas Massie. (2000). The Haptic Interfaces of the Next Decade. 241–241. 2 indexed citations

3.

Massie, Thomas, et al.. (1998). The haptic illusion. 287–310. 3 indexed citations

4.

Massie, Thomas. (1998). A tangible goal for 3D modeling. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 18(3). 62–65. 31 indexed citations

5.

Massie, Thomas. (1996). Virtual touch through point interaction. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 19–38. 12 indexed citations

6.

Salisbury, K., et al.. (1995). Haptic rendering. 123–130. 177 indexed citations

7.

Massie, Thomas & J. Kenneth Salisbury. (1994). The PHANToM Haptic Interface: A Device for Probing Virtual Objects. 295–301. 982 indexed citations breakdown →

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