Tom Duff

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Tom Duff is a scholar working on Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Computational Mechanics and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Duff has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, 10 papers in Computational Mechanics and 8 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Tom Duff's work include Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (11 papers), Advanced Vision and Imaging (7 papers) and Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (5 papers). Tom Duff is often cited by papers focused on Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (11 papers), Advanced Vision and Imaging (7 papers) and Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (5 papers). Tom Duff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Tom Duff's co-authors include Thomas Porter, Ken Shoemake, Bernard Lotz, A. Lustiger, L.N. Owen, Robert E. Morris, Alan York, Julian Di Stefano, Charles Kalmanek and Gary Sheridan and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM Transactions on Graphics, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology and Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics.

In The Last Decade

Tom Duff

18 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Compositing digital images

1984 795 citations Thomas Porter, Tom Duff profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom Duff United States	11	851	766	475	84	65	18	1.4k
Nathan Carr United States	24	950 1.1×	1.0k 1.3×	820 1.7×	64 0.8×	30 0.5×	54	1.8k
Cem Yuksel United States	22	629 0.7×	808 1.1×	827 1.7×	188 2.2×	25 0.4×	87	1.6k
Pierre Poulin Canada	24	961 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	749 1.6×	168 2.0×	89 1.4×	75	1.7k
Guillaume Lavoué France	22	1.3k 1.5×	770 1.0×	743 1.6×	23 0.3×	107 1.6×	52	1.7k
Hans‐Peter Seidel Germany	24	1.2k 1.4×	1.1k 1.5×	957 2.0×	170 2.0×	98 1.5×	163	1.9k
Hanqiu Sun Hong Kong	21	1.2k 1.4×	424 0.6×	343 0.7×	109 1.3×	66 1.0×	148	1.7k
Emil Praun United States	15	1.2k 1.5×	1.8k 2.4×	1.7k 3.6×	94 1.1×	73 1.1×	17	2.5k
Edwin Catmull United States	13	999 1.2×	1.8k 2.4×	1.9k 4.0×	161 1.9×	39 0.6×	20	2.7k
Koki Nagano United States	19	1.4k 1.6×	503 0.7×	531 1.1×	104 1.2×	76 1.2×	45	1.7k
Min Tang China	21	574 0.7×	327 0.4×	406 0.9×	156 1.9×	9 0.1×	122	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Tom Duff

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom Duff

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Duff

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tom Duff. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tom Duff 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 Tom Duff. Tom Duff is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

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Joshi, R. C., et al.. (2024). Forecasting dead fuel moisture content below forest canopies – A seven-day forecasting system. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 358. 110217–110217. 2 indexed citations

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Max, Nelson, Tom Duff, Ben Mildenhall, & Yajie Yan. (2017). Approximations for the distribution of microflake normals. The Visual Computer. 34(3). 443–457. 1 indexed citations

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Duff, Tom. (2017). Deep Compositing Using Lie Algebras. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 36(3). 1–12. 7 indexed citations

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Duff, Tom. (2017). Deep Compositing Using Lie Algebras. ACM Transactions on Graphics. 36(4). 1–1. 4 indexed citations

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Stefano, Julian Di, L.N. Owen, Robert E. Morris, Tom Duff, & Alan York. (2010). Fire, landscape change and models of small mammal habitat suitability at multiple spatial scales. Austral Ecology. 36(6). 638–649. 33 indexed citations

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Duff, Tom, et al.. (2008). Modern Computer Graphics. 1 indexed citations

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Weiler, Kevin, et al.. (1998). Is robust geometry possible? (panel). 217–219. 1 indexed citations

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Duff, Tom, et al.. (1995). Rednet. 151–159. 16 indexed citations

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Duff, Tom. (1992). Interval arithmetic recursive subdivision for implicit functions and constructive solid geometry. 131–138. 100 indexed citations

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Duff, Tom. (1992). Interval arithmetic recursive subdivision for implicit functions and constructive solid geometry. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 26(2). 131–138. 69 indexed citations

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Shoemake, Ken & Tom Duff. (1992). Matrix animation and polar decomposition. Graphics Interface. 125(2). 258–264. 121 indexed citations

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Lustiger, A., Bernard Lotz, & Tom Duff. (1989). The morphology of the spherulitic surface in polyethylene. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 27(3). 561–579. 65 indexed citations

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Duff, Tom. (1985). Compositing 3-D rendered images. 41–44. 5 indexed citations

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Duff, Tom. (1985). Compositing 3-D rendered images. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 19(3). 41–44. 75 indexed citations

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Porter, Thomas & Tom Duff. (1984). Compositing digital images. 253–259. 795 indexed citations breakdown →

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Porter, Thomas & Tom Duff. (1984). Compositing digital images. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 18(3). 253–259. 16 indexed citations

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Duff, Tom. (1979). Smoothly shaded renderings of polyhedral objects on raster displays. 270–275. 26 indexed citations

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Duff, Tom. (1979). Smoothly shaded renderings of polyhedral objects on raster displays. ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics. 13(2). 270–275. 17 indexed citations

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