Everything about Vulkan

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: VulkanA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Wanst auf dem VulkanInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: The Last RaiderThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Assembly of Biomolecular Gigastructures and Visualization with the Vulkan Graphics APICited 41 times
5. Go sideways: OpenGLA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Mesa (computer graphics)A closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Assembly of Biomolecular Gigastructures and Visualization with the Vulkan Graphics API

  Kornel Ozvoldik, Thomas Stockner, Burkhard Rammner · 2021 · Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling · 41 citations

• Allergic contact dermatitis from diphenylthiourea in Vulkan heat retainers

  Birgitta Meding, Henryk Baum, Magnus Bruze · 1990 · Contact Dermatitis · 27 citations

• Vulkan all the way: Transitioning to a modern low-level graphics API in academia

  Johannes Unterguggenberger, Bernhard Kerbl, Michael Wimmer · 2023 · Computers & Graphics · 11 citations

• Noise characteristics and analytical precision of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry using a Vulkan direct injection nebuliser for sample introduction

  Daniel Goitom, Erik Björn · 2006 · J. Anal. At. Spectrom. · 10 citations

• Safety and efficacy of an essential oil from Origanum vulgare subsp. hirtum (Link) letsw. var. Vulkan when used as a sensory additive in feed for all animal species

  EFSA Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP), Guido Rychen, Gabriele Aquilina · 2017 · EFSA Journal · 8 citations

• Comparison of aerosol properties and ICP-MS analytical performance of the Vulkan direct injection nebuliser and the Direct Injection High Efficiency Nebuliser

  Daniel Goitom, Erik Björn · 2007 · J. Anal. At. Spectrom. · 8 citations

• High-Performance Interactive Scientific Visualization With Datoviz via the Vulkan Low-Level GPU API

  Cyrille Rossant, Nicolas Rougier · 2021 · Computing in Science & Engineering · 6 citations

• Topographische und geologische Nachrichten über die Gegend östlich des Ranco-Sees in Süd-Chile, im besondern über den jüngsten Vulkan-Ausbruch „Los Azufres“ (Dezember 1922)

  Friedrich Krumm · 1923 · Geologische Rundschau · 6 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Wanst auf dem Vulkan

  Arno Lücker · 2022 · Opernwelt · 1 citations

• ФРАГМЕНТАЦІЯ ТА КЕШУВАННЯ КОМАНДНИХ БУФЕРІВ У СУЧАСНИХ ГРАФІЧНИХ API (ПІДВИЩЕННЯ ПРОДУКТИВНОСТІ РЕНДЕРИНГУ ЧЕРЕЗ ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ВТОРИННИХ БУФЕРІВ (НА ПРИКЛАДІ VULKAN))

  Вікторія Гуменюк, Дмитро Іванов · 2026 · Наука і техніка сьогодні · 0 citations

• A Technology to Synthesize Software Complexes with Hybrid Visualization Vulkan-OpenGL

  Petr Yurievich Timokhin, Mikhail Vasilievich Mikhaylyuk · 2023 · Proceedings of the Institute for System Programming of the RAS · 0 citations

• COMPARISON OF DIRECTX, OPENGL, VULKAN, METAL

  Lipetsk State Technical University, E.S. DUVANOV, D.A. CHURKIN · 2025 · Vestnik LSTU · 0 citations

• Scharnhäuser Vulkan

  Günter Schweigert · 2025 · Schwäbische Heimat · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• The Last RaiderDouglas Reeman · 1963
• Eve of the Emperor PenguinMary Pope Osborne · 2008
• PompeiiRobert Harris · 2003
• From raindrops to volcanoesDuncan C. Blanchard · 1967
• Volcanism and Global Environmental ChangeAnja Schmidt, Kirsten E. Fristad · 2014
• Decouverte BanjaminMaurice Krafft · 1990
• Natural DisastersPhilip Steele · 1999
• VolcanoesCliff Ollier · 1969

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