V. Rigaud

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 852 citations indexed

About

V. Rigaud is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, V. Rigaud has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 852 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Ocean Engineering, 12 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 10 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in V. Rigaud's work include Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (30 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (10 papers) and Maritime Navigation and Safety (7 papers). V. Rigaud is often cited by papers focused on Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (30 papers), Underwater Acoustics Research (10 papers) and Maritime Navigation and Safety (7 papers). V. Rigaud collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. V. Rigaud's co-authors include Mohammad‐Ali Khalighi, Chadi Gabriel, Salah Bourennane, Pierre Léon, Salah Bourennane, Jan Opderbecke, Pascal Perrier, Pierre Marty, Jeremy S. Smith and M.J. Aldon and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, Journal of Field Robotics and International Journal of Systems Science.

In The Last Decade

V. Rigaud

42 papers receiving 792 citations

Hit Papers

Monte-Carlo-Based Channel Characterization for Underwater... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 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. Monte-Carlo-Based Channel Characterization for Underwater Optical Communication Systems
    2012 370 citations Chadi Gabriel, Mohammad‐Ali Khalighi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
V. Rigaud France 12 676 507 199 177 123 45 852
Pierre-Philippe Beaujean United States 13 405 0.6× 177 0.3× 96 0.5× 107 0.6× 51 0.4× 60 521
D.R. Blidberg United States 11 340 0.5× 109 0.2× 110 0.6× 114 0.6× 42 0.3× 35 544
Tongwei Zhang China 13 319 0.5× 124 0.2× 99 0.5× 156 0.9× 37 0.3× 49 529
Davide Fenucci Italy 15 611 0.9× 166 0.3× 92 0.5× 270 1.5× 40 0.3× 51 766
Tian Zhou China 13 275 0.4× 136 0.3× 150 0.8× 182 1.0× 27 0.2× 100 686
Francesco Fanelli Italy 14 503 0.7× 121 0.2× 96 0.5× 310 1.8× 38 0.3× 36 692
Jongdae Jung South Korea 13 206 0.3× 165 0.3× 106 0.5× 244 1.4× 24 0.2× 46 421
Eduard Vidal Spain 14 552 0.8× 74 0.1× 394 2.0× 342 1.9× 42 0.3× 22 730
Hyeonwoo Cho South Korea 14 326 0.5× 77 0.2× 179 0.9× 246 1.4× 49 0.4× 47 607
M. Grund United States 15 1.0k 1.5× 507 1.0× 62 0.3× 147 0.8× 126 1.0× 24 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by V. Rigaud

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Fields of papers citing papers by V. Rigaud

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of V. Rigaud

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of V. Rigaud. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of V. Rigaud 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 V. Rigaud. V. Rigaud 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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Rigaud, V., et al.. (2015). From manned to autonomous and hybrid underwater systems. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 1–10. 3 indexed citations
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Opderbecke, Jan, et al.. (2015). First sea trials of HROV the new hybrid vehicle developed by IFREMER. 1–7. 17 indexed citations
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Gabriel, Chadi, Mohammad‐Ali Khalighi, Salah Bourennane, Pierre Léon, & V. Rigaud. (2012). Optical communications systems for an underwater wireless sensor network. Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea). 2685. 8 indexed citations
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Gabriel, Chadi, Mohammad‐Ali Khalighi, Salah Bourennane, P. León, & V. Rigaud. (2012). Investigation of Suitable Modulation Techniques for Underwater Wireless Optical Communication. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
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Rigaud, V.. (2009). Innovation and Operation with robotized systems. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 42(18). 44–51.
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Rigaud, V.. (2007). Innovation and operation with robotized underwater systems. Journal of Field Robotics. 24(6). 449–459. 14 indexed citations
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Jauffret, Claude, et al.. (2004). Underwater Image Mosaic Correction. 2 indexed citations
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Opderbecke, Jan, et al.. (2004). Seabed Video Mosaicking With MATISSE: A Technical Overview And Cruise Results. 6 indexed citations
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Marcé, Lionel, et al.. (2002). VORTEX-PILOT: a top-down approach for AUVs mission telerobotics language. 2. II/102–II/107. 3 indexed citations
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Opderbecke, Jan, et al.. (2002). Autonomous navigation of the free-swimming vehicle SIRENE. 3. 1650–1654. 3 indexed citations
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Opderbecke, Jan, et al.. (2002). An integrated multiscale approach for terrain referenced underwater navigation. 1. 633–636. 6 indexed citations
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Perrier, Pascal, V. Rigaud, Carlos Canudas de Wit, & Ralf Bachmayer. (2002). Performance oriented robust nonlinear control for subsea robots: experimental validation. 17 20. 2095–2099. 11 indexed citations
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Opderbecke, Jan, et al.. (2002). A multiscale approach for terrain referenced underwater navigation. 393–396. 3 indexed citations
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Rigaud, V., et al.. (1999). From SIRENE to SWIMMER - supervised unmanned vehicles : Operational feedback from science to industry. The Proceedings of the ... International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. 2. 447–451. 3 indexed citations
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Rigaud, V., Ève Coste-Manière, M.J. Aldon, et al.. (1998). UNION: underwater intelligent operation and navigation. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 5(1). 25–35. 58 indexed citations
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Coste-Manière, Ève, et al.. (1998). Cooperative research in underwater robot mission-level programming methodologies. International Journal of Systems Science. 29(10). 1099–1110. 1 indexed citations
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Rigaud, V., et al.. (1994). VORTEX: Versatile And Open Subsea Robot For Technical Experiment: Prototyping Software Architecture For the Next AUV And ROV Generation. The Proceedings of the ... International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. 2. 602–606. 1 indexed citations

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