Volker Blanz

13.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
80 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Volker Blanz is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Cognitive Neuroscience and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Volker Blanz has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 27 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 13 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Volker Blanz's work include Face recognition and analysis (38 papers), Face Recognition and Perception (23 papers) and Face and Expression Recognition (16 papers). Volker Blanz is often cited by papers focused on Face recognition and analysis (38 papers), Face Recognition and Perception (23 papers) and Face and Expression Recognition (16 papers). Volker Blanz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Volker Blanz's co-authors include Thomas Vetter, Alice J. O’Toole, David A. Leopold, Hans‐Peter Seidel, Fang Jiang, HH Bülthoff, Michael J. Tarr, Curzio Basso, Thomas Vetter and Tomaso Poggio and has published in prestigious journals such as Neuron, Nature Neuroscience and IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence.

In The Last Decade

Volker Blanz

77 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A morphable model for the synthesis of 3D faces

1999 3.0k citations Volker Blanz, Thomas Vetter profile →
Face recognition based on fitting a 3D morphable model

2003 1.3k citations Volker Blanz, Thomas Vetter profile →
Prototype-referenced shape encoding revealed by high-level aftereffects

2001 709 citations David A. Leopold, Alice J. O’Toole et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Volker Blanz Germany	32	6.0k	2.0k	1.7k	1.1k	916	80	8.0k
Jason Saragih United States	24	4.8k 0.8×	531 0.3×	1.2k 0.7×	2.4k 2.2×	517 0.6×	59	5.9k
Ulrich Neumann United States	46	4.5k 0.7×	485 0.2×	1.9k 1.1×	557 0.5×	405 0.4×	198	7.3k
David W. Jacobs United States	39	7.2k 1.2×	428 0.2×	1.7k 1.0×	129 0.1×	1.2k 1.3×	100	9.0k
Yu‐Kun Lai United Kingdom	43	4.3k 0.7×	427 0.2×	2.3k 1.3×	290 0.3×	213 0.2×	293	7.0k
Dinesh K. Pai Canada	40	1.9k 0.3×	1.1k 0.6×	1.8k 1.0×	110 0.1×	431 0.5×	200	5.8k
Maureen Stone United States	36	2.2k 0.4×	742 0.4×	237 0.1×	700 0.7×	786 0.9×	152	4.8k
Fernando De la Torre United States	46	5.3k 0.9×	525 0.3×	464 0.3×	1.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.4×	157	7.8k
Zhigang Deng United States	26	1.3k 0.2×	282 0.1×	550 0.3×	614 0.6×	419 0.5×	109	2.8k
James R. Bergen United States	25	5.0k 0.8×	4.1k 2.1×	277 0.2×	419 0.4×	191 0.2×	39	9.1k
Remco C. Veltkamp Netherlands	30	3.4k 0.6×	443 0.2×	1.1k 0.6×	80 0.1×	1.3k 1.4×	201	5.1k

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Zapiec, Bolek, et al.. (2024). A Weighted Consensus Deep Learning Method for the Fusion of Object Segmentation Models and its Application to Glomeruli of the Mouse Olfactory Bulb. 1–5.

Blanz, Volker, et al.. (2015). Realistic inverse lighting from a single 2D image of a face, taken under unknown and complex lighting. 1–8. 20 indexed citations

Miller, Ralph E., Erik Learned-Miller, Peter Trainer, Angela Paisley, & Volker Blanz. (2011). Early diagnosis of acromegaly: computers vs clinicians. Clinical Endocrinology. 75(2). 226–231. 34 indexed citations

Jiang, Fang, Laurence Dricot, Volker Blanz, Rainer Goebel, & Bruno Rossion. (2009). Neural correlates of shape and surface reflectance information in individual faces. Neuroscience. 163(4). 1078–1091. 40 indexed citations

Caharel, Stéphanie, Fang Jiang, Volker Blanz, & Bruno Rossion. (2009). Recognizing an individual face: 3D shape contributes earlier than 2D surface reflectance information. NeuroImage. 47(4). 1809–1818. 53 indexed citations

Wallis, Guy, et al.. (2008). The prototype effect revisited: Evidence for an abstract feature model of face recognition. Journal of Vision. 8(3). 20–20. 37 indexed citations

Jiang, Fang, Volker Blanz, & Alice J. O’Toole. (2007). The role of familiarity in three-dimensional view-transferability of face identity adaptation. Vision Research. 47(4). 525–531. 60 indexed citations

Jiang, Fang, Volker Blanz, & Alice J. O’Toole. (2007). The role of familiarity in 3-D view transferability of identity adaptation. Visual Cognition. 15(1). 94–97. 2 indexed citations

Blanz, Volker, et al.. (2006). Learning-Based Facial Rearticulation Using Streams of 3D Scans. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 232–241. 1 indexed citations

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Learned-Miller, Erik, Qifeng Lu, Angela Paisley, et al.. (2006). Detecting Acromegaly: Screening for Disease with a Morphable Model. Scholarworks (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 495–503. 11 indexed citations

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Jiang, Xiong, et al.. (2006). Evaluation of a Shape-Based Model of Human Face Discrimination Using fMRI and Behavioral Techniques. Neuron. 50(1). 159–172. 129 indexed citations

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Learned-Miller, Erik, Qifeng Lu, Angela Paisley, et al.. (2006). Detecting Acromegaly: Screening for Disease with a Morphable Model. Lecture notes in computer science. 9(Pt 2). 495–503. 16 indexed citations

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Fuchs, Martin, Volker Blanz, & Hans-Peter Seidel. (2005). Bayesian relighting. 157–164. 13 indexed citations

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Yoshida, Akiko, Volker Blanz, Karol Myszkowski, et al.. (2005). Perceptual Evaluation of Tone Mapping Operators with Real-World Sceness. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 192–203. 3 indexed citations

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Mehl, Albert, Volker Blanz, & Reinhard Hickel. (2005). Biogeneric tooth: a new mathematical representation for tooth morphology in lower first molars. European Journal Of Oral Sciences. 113(4). 333–340. 48 indexed citations

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Fuchs, Martin, Volker Blanz, Hendrik P. A. Lensch, & Hans‐Peter Seidel. (2005). Reflectance from Images: A Model-Based Approach for Human Faces. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 11(3). 296–305. 24 indexed citations

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Haber, Jörg, Nadia Magnenat‐Thalmann, Demetri Terzopoulos, et al.. (2002). Facial Modeling and Animation - Eurographics 2003 Tutorial Notes. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 1 indexed citations

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Leopold, David A., Alice J. O’Toole, Thomas Vetter, & Volker Blanz. (2001). Prototype-referenced shape encoding revealed by high-level aftereffects. Nature Neuroscience. 4(1). 89–94. 709 indexed citations breakdown →

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Blanz, Volker, et al.. (2000). On The Other Side of the Mean: The Perception of Dissimilarity in Human Faces. Perception. 29(8). 885–891. 37 indexed citations

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O’Toole, Alice J., Thomas Vetter, & Volker Blanz. (1999). Three-dimensional shape and two-dimensional surface reflectance contributions to face recognition: an application of three-dimensional morphing. Vision Research. 39(18). 3145–3155. 93 indexed citations

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