Thomas Vetter

18.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
152 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Vetter is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Materials Chemistry and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Vetter has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 38 papers in Materials Chemistry and 32 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Thomas Vetter's work include Face recognition and analysis (47 papers), Crystallization and Solubility Studies (36 papers) and Face and Expression Recognition (28 papers). Thomas Vetter is often cited by papers focused on Face recognition and analysis (47 papers), Crystallization and Solubility Studies (36 papers) and Face and Expression Recognition (28 papers). Thomas Vetter collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Thomas Vetter's co-authors include Volker Blanz, Sami Romdhani, Brian Amberg, Alice J. O’Toole, Tomaso Poggio, Marco Mazzotti, Reinhard Knothe, David A. Leopold, Pascal Paysan and Mirella Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Vetter

145 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

A morphable model for the synthesis of 3D faces

1999 3.0k citations Thomas Vetter et al. profile →
Face recognition based on fitting a 3D morphable model

2003 1.3k citations Thomas Vetter et al. profile →
A 3D Face Model for Pose and Illumination Invariant Face Recognition

2009 788 citations Sami Romdhani, Thomas Vetter et al. profile →
Prototype-referenced shape encoding revealed by high-level aftereffects

2001 709 citations Thomas Vetter et al. profile →
Optimal Step Nonrigid ICP Algorithms for Surface Registration

2007 473 citations Sami Romdhani, Thomas Vetter et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Vetter Switzerland	45	7.5k	2.4k	1.7k	1.2k	1.1k	152	11.2k
Malcolm Slaney United States	36	3.6k 0.5×	654 0.3×	1.7k 1.0×	4.2k 3.5×	246 0.2×	133	12.4k
Michael Wand Germany	36	2.1k 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	335 0.2×	625 0.5×	373 0.3×	204	5.2k
Frederick P. Brooks United States	44	2.2k 0.3×	534 0.2×	2.3k 1.4×	126 0.1×	1.5k 1.3×	111	9.3k
Guoying Zhao Finland	69	11.5k 1.5×	260 0.1×	1.3k 0.8×	3.0k 2.6×	583 0.5×	355	18.2k
David H. Laidlaw United States	42	2.3k 0.3×	515 0.2×	707 0.4×	242 0.2×	168 0.2×	194	6.0k
Hui Yu China	44	3.5k 0.5×	156 0.1×	658 0.4×	311 0.3×	174 0.2×	341	8.8k
Manfred R. Schroeder Germany	43	1.8k 0.2×	1.1k 0.5×	1.9k 1.1×	3.3k 2.7×	80 0.1×	196	8.0k
Andrea J. van Doorn Netherlands	45	3.8k 0.5×	639 0.3×	3.9k 2.3×	108 0.1×	82 0.1×	138	7.9k
Patrick Esser United Kingdom	18	3.8k 0.5×	551 0.2×	292 0.2×	427 0.4×	70 0.1×	69	7.2k
Philipp Slusallek Germany	32	2.8k 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	422 0.2×	372 0.3×	61 0.1×	246	5.8k

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Vetter, Thomas, Gerard Capellades, Kevin P. Girard, et al.. (2025). Reflecting on barriers to continuous pharmaceutical crystallization. 2(9). 520–523.

Vetter, Thomas, et al.. (2024). Residence Time Distribution Characterization and Proof-of-Concept of a Novel Stacked 7-Stage Continuous Crystallizer Cascade with Diaphragm-Driven Slurry Transfer. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 63(42). 18199–18211. 1 indexed citations

Vetter, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Investigation of Temperature Cycling with Coupled Vessels for Efficient Deracemization of NMPA. Crystal Growth & Design. 23(8). 5428–5436. 4 indexed citations

Vetter, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Combined imaging and chromatic confocal microscopy technique to characterize size and shape of ensembles of cuboidal particles. Powder Technology. 430. 119032–119032. 2 indexed citations

Cruz‐Cabeza, Aurora J., et al.. (2021). Crystal Growth Cell Incorporating Automated Image Analysis Enabling Measurement of Facet Specific Crystal Growth Rates. Crystal Growth & Design. 22(5). 2837–2848. 9 indexed citations

Vetter, Thomas. (2020). Designing Isothermal Batch Deracemization Processes with Optimal Productivity: 1. Parametric Analysis Using a Population Balance Equation Model. Crystal Growth & Design. 20(7). 4293–4306. 2 indexed citations

Avendaño, Carlos, et al.. (2020). Predicting filtration of needle-like crystals: A Monte Carlo simulation study of polydisperse packings of spherocylinders. Chemical Engineering Science. 230. 116151–116151. 10 indexed citations

Burcham, Christopher L., et al.. (2020). A mechanistic model to predict droplet drying history and particle shell formation in multicomponent systems. Chemical Engineering Science. 224. 115713–115713. 26 indexed citations

Li, Yang, et al.. (2019). Polymorph Selection by Continuous Crystallization in the Presence of Wet Milling. Crystal Growth & Design. 19(4). 2259–2271. 15 indexed citations

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Vetter, Thomas, et al.. (2019). Polymorph Selection and Process Intensification in a Continuous Crystallization–Milling Process: A Case Study on l-Glutamic Acid Crystallized from Water. Organic Process Research & Development. 23(3). 361–374. 22 indexed citations

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Ochsenbein, David R., et al.. (2018). Filterability prediction of needle-like crystals based on particle size and shape distribution data. Separation and Purification Technology. 211. 768–781. 49 indexed citations

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Vetter, Thomas, et al.. (2018). Design and Performance Assessment of Continuous Crystallization Processes Resolving Racemic Conglomerates. Crystal Growth & Design. 18(3). 1686–1696. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, Ting, Joanna S. Stevens, Thomas Vetter, et al.. (2018). Salts, Cocrystals, and Ionic Cocrystals of a “Simple” Tautomeric Compound. Crystal Growth & Design. 18(11). 6973–6983. 38 indexed citations

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Vetter, Thomas, et al.. (2017). New insights into saline water evaporation from porous media: Complex interaction between evaporation rates, precipitation, and surface temperature. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(11). 5504–5510. 80 indexed citations

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Xiao, Yan, et al.. (2017). Quantifying the Inherent Uncertainty Associated with Nucleation Rates Estimated from Induction Time Data Measured in Small Volumes. Crystal Growth & Design. 17(5). 2852–2863. 56 indexed citations

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Cruz‐Cabeza, Aurora J., et al.. (2017). Aromatic stacking – a key step in nucleation. Chemical Communications. 53(56). 7905–7908. 75 indexed citations

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Schorsch, Stefan, et al.. (2015). An optimization-based approach to extract faceted crystal shapes from stereoscopic images. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 75. 171–183. 16 indexed citations

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Ochsenbein, David R., et al.. (2015). Modeling the facet growth rate dispersion of β l-glutamic acid—Combining single crystal experiments with nD particle size distribution data. Chemical Engineering Science. 133. 30–43. 27 indexed citations

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Vetter, Thomas, Christopher L. Burcham, & Michael F. Doherty. (2013). Regions of attainable particle sizes in continuous and batch crystallization processes. Chemical Engineering Science. 106. 167–180. 97 indexed citations

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Romdhani, Sami & Thomas Vetter. (2003). Efficient, Robust and Accurate Fitting of a 3D Morphable Model. 59–66. 3 indexed citations

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