David Foster

8.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
281 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

David Foster is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Foster has authored 281 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 109 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 70 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in David Foster's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (134 papers), Color Science and Applications (103 papers) and Color perception and design (68 papers). David Foster is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (134 papers), Color Science and Applications (103 papers) and Color perception and design (68 papers). David Foster collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Portugal and United States. David Foster's co-authors include Sérgio Nascimento, Kinjiro Amano, Walter F. Bischof, Patrick Ward, Ben Craven, Rosemary Snelgar, James Heron, Michael J. Foster, Robert J. Mason and Karina J. Linnell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

David Foster

269 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Foster United Kingdom 37 3.1k 2.2k 1.6k 963 415 281 5.9k
Osman B. Kavcar United States 37 4.6k 1.5× 1.4k 0.7× 1.7k 1.1× 757 0.8× 313 0.8× 189 5.9k
John Miles Foley United States 31 3.1k 1.0× 1.0k 0.5× 580 0.4× 914 0.9× 238 0.6× 157 4.8k
Laurence T. Maloney United States 44 5.7k 1.8× 2.2k 1.0× 2.1k 1.3× 1.4k 1.5× 109 0.3× 159 7.8k
Whitman Richards United States 33 3.8k 1.2× 566 0.3× 583 0.4× 1.1k 1.2× 450 1.1× 107 5.2k
Michael S. Landy United States 41 6.2k 2.0× 922 0.4× 1.3k 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 187 0.5× 173 7.4k
Christopher W. Tyler United States 52 6.5k 2.1× 1.1k 0.5× 741 0.5× 873 0.9× 981 2.4× 267 7.9k
Andrea J. van Doorn Netherlands 45 3.9k 1.2× 703 0.3× 585 0.4× 3.8k 4.0× 275 0.7× 138 7.9k
James T. Todd United States 50 6.0k 1.9× 782 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 1.9k 2.0× 173 0.4× 187 7.4k
W. D. Wright United Kingdom 15 1.5k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 730 0.5× 829 0.9× 239 0.6× 36 4.1k
Robert M. Boynton United States 42 4.4k 1.4× 2.4k 1.1× 2.4k 1.5× 391 0.4× 641 1.5× 112 6.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Foster

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Foster

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Foster. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Foster 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 David Foster. David Foster 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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Foster, David & Sérgio Nascimento. (2023). Little information loss with red-green color deficient vision in natural environments. iScience. 26(8). 107421–107421. 3 indexed citations
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Foster, David & Adam Reeves. (2022). Colour constancy failures expected in colourful environments. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1967). 20212483–20212483. 17 indexed citations
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Nascimento, Sérgio & David Foster. (2022). Information gains from commercial spectral filters in anomalous trichromacy. Optics Express. 30(10). 16883–16883. 4 indexed citations
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Marín‐Franch, Iván, et al.. (2022). Application of offset estimator of differential entropy and mutual information with multivariate data. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 1 indexed citations
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Thelwall, Mike & David Foster. (2021). Male or female gender‐polarized YouTube videos are less viewed. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 72(12). 1545–1557. 2 indexed citations
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Foster, David & Kinjiro Amano. (2019). Hyperspectral imaging in color vision research: tutorial. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 36(4). 606–606. 50 indexed citations
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Foster, David. (2019). Contemplation and Traditions of Lectio Divina in the Author of The Cloud Of Unknowing. 70(4). 429–444. 1 indexed citations
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Lewis, Catherine, et al.. (2011). Lesson Study: Beyond Coaching.. Educational leadership. 69(2). 64–68. 18 indexed citations
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Marín‐Franch, Iván & David Foster. (2006). Estimating the Information Available from Coloured Surfaces in Natural Scenes. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 44–47.
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Amano, Kinjiro, David Foster, & Sérgio Nascimento. (2006). Colour constancy in natural scenes independent of an explicit illuminant cue. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 181–184. 2 indexed citations
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Linhares, João M. M., Sérgio Nascimento, David Foster, & Kinjiro Amano. (2004). Chromatic diversity of natural scenes. Perception. 33(5). 65–65. 6 indexed citations
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Foster, David, et al.. (2003). How many spectral basis functions do red-green dichromats need to discriminate surface colours under different lights?. Perception. 32. 147–147. 2 indexed citations
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Foster, David & Stephen Westland. (1998). Multiple orientation-selective mechanisms for line-target detection. Perception. 27(2). 11–11. 6 indexed citations
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Foster, David, et al.. (1993). Differential affine invariants and contour-curvature discrimination. Perception. 22. 11–12. 1 indexed citations
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Foster, David. (1988). Technology: Implications for Long-Range Planning.. Educational Technology archive. 28(4). 7–14. 1 indexed citations
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Foster, David. (1987). Colour vision loss in diabetic subjects. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 1 indexed citations
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Foster, David, et al.. (1986). ACUITY FOR FINE-GRAIN MOTION IS BETTER THAN 2-DOT SEPARATION HYPERACUITY IN THE PERIPHERAL FIELD OF THE DARK-ADAPTED HUMAN-EYE. The Journal of Physiology. 381. 63–63. 1 indexed citations
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Foster, David, et al.. (1986). Functional isolation of normal human opponent-colour processes at increment threshold. The Journal of Physiology. 377. 44–44. 3 indexed citations
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Foster, David, et al.. (1986). ABNORMALITIES IN LUMINANCE THRESHOLD, CHROMATIC AND LUMINANCE FLICKER FUSION, AND OTHER TEMPORAL MEASURES IN MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 1(1). 65–73. 3 indexed citations
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Foster, David. (1978). Visual apparent motion and the calculus of variations. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 20 indexed citations

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