Tor Dokken

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 846 citations indexed

About

Tor Dokken is a scholar working on Computational Mechanics, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tor Dokken has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 846 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Computational Mechanics, 12 papers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design and 7 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tor Dokken's work include Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (20 papers), Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (10 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (5 papers). Tor Dokken is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (20 papers), Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (10 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (5 papers). Tor Dokken collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Germany and Austria. Tor Dokken's co-authors include Tom Lyche, Kjetil Johannessen, Trond Kvamsdal, Bert Jüttler, Knut Mørken, Morten Dæhlen, Trond Runar Hagen, Jon M. Hjelmervik, Thomas W. Sederberg and Jianmin Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering and ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Tor Dokken

27 papers receiving 803 citations

Hit Papers

Polynomial splines over locally refined box-partitions 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 50 100 150 200 250
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. Polynomial splines over locally refined box-partitions
    2013 262 citations Tor Dokken, Tom Lyche et al. Computer Aided Geometric Design profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tor Dokken Norway 13 751 292 179 168 124 28 846
Xinqiang Qin China 14 280 0.4× 40 0.1× 59 0.3× 73 0.4× 103 0.8× 46 534
Brenda Kulfan United States 8 657 0.9× 43 0.1× 67 0.4× 95 0.6× 318 2.6× 15 1.2k
Marcel K. Georges United States 6 377 0.5× 379 1.3× 88 0.5× 26 0.2× 34 0.3× 7 629
Martin Reimers Norway 11 361 0.5× 274 0.9× 53 0.3× 28 0.2× 21 0.2× 23 537
Xiquan Shi China 12 290 0.4× 119 0.4× 16 0.1× 50 0.3× 48 0.4× 36 433
Lori Freitag United States 10 477 0.6× 476 1.6× 34 0.2× 17 0.1× 50 0.4× 27 720
Zhoujie Lyu United States 13 642 0.9× 33 0.1× 59 0.3× 49 0.3× 188 1.5× 16 1.0k
E.T.Y. Lee United States 8 247 0.3× 83 0.3× 24 0.1× 115 0.7× 22 0.2× 10 385
Daniel J. Poole United Kingdom 15 467 0.6× 70 0.2× 14 0.1× 47 0.3× 248 2.0× 53 727
Pierre Beckers Belgium 13 188 0.3× 27 0.1× 382 2.1× 55 0.3× 183 1.5× 44 659

Countries citing papers authored by Tor Dokken

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tor Dokken

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tor Dokken

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tor Dokken. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tor Dokken 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 Tor Dokken. Tor Dokken 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
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Kermarrec, Gaël, et al.. (2022). Optimal Surface Fitting of Point Clouds Using Local Refinement. OAPEN (The OAPEN Foundation). 2 indexed citations
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Dokken, Tor, et al.. (2018). Trivariate spline representations for computer aided design and additive manufacturing. Computers & Mathematics with Applications. 78(7). 2168–2182. 28 indexed citations
3.
Patanè, Giuseppe, et al.. (2016). Comparing methods for the approximation of rainfall fields in environmental applications. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 127. 57–72. 5 indexed citations
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Dokken, Tor, et al.. (2015). Locally refined spline surfaces for representation of terrain data. Computers & Graphics. 49. 58–68. 23 indexed citations
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Dokken, Tor, et al.. (2015). LOCALLY REFINED SPLINES REPRESENTATION FOR GEOSPATIAL BIG DATA. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. XL-3/W3. 565–570. 1 indexed citations
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Weber, Daniel, et al.. (2014). Computational Cloud Services and Workflows for Agile Engineering. 71–88. 1 indexed citations
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Dokken, Tor, et al.. (2013). Polynomial splines over locally refined box-partitions. Computer Aided Geometric Design. 30(3). 331–356. 262 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dokken, Tor, et al.. (2012). Locally Refinable Splines over Box-Partitions. BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)). 4 indexed citations
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Dokken, Tor. (2010). Locally Refined Splines. BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)). 5 indexed citations
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Dokken, Tor, et al.. (2010). Heterogeneous spline surface intersections. 141–148. 2 indexed citations
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Dokken, Tor, et al.. (2009). Isogeometric Representation and Analysis: Bridging the Gap Between CAD and Analysis. 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including The New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. 9 indexed citations
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Dokken, Tor, Trond Runar Hagen, & Jon M. Hjelmervik. (2005). The GPU as a high performance computational resource. 21–26. 14 indexed citations
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Dokken, Tor & Bert Jüttler. (2005). Computational Methods for Algebraic Spline Surfaces. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 24 indexed citations
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Dokken, Tor, et al.. (2005). Computational Methods for Algebraic Spline Surfaces : ESF Exploratory Workshop. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 38 indexed citations
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Dokken, Tor, et al.. (2001). An approach to weak approximate implicitization. 103–112. 4 indexed citations
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Dokken, Tor. (2001). Approximate implicitization. 81–102. 28 indexed citations
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Dokken, Tor, et al.. (2000). Aspects of Intersection Algorithms and Approximation. 16 indexed citations
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Dokken, Tor & Tom Lyche. (1994). Spline conversion: existing solutions and open problems. 121–130. 2 indexed citations
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Dokken, Tor, Morten Dæhlen, Tom Lyche, & Knut Mørken. (1990). Good approximation of circles by curvature-continuous Bézier curves. Computer Aided Geometric Design. 7(1-4). 33–41. 78 indexed citations
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Dokken, Tor. (1985). Finding intersections of B-spline represented geometries using recursive subdivision techniques. Computer Aided Geometric Design. 2(1-3). 189–195. 45 indexed citations

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