David Whitlock

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

David Whitlock is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David Whitlock has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 7 papers in Neurology and 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in David Whitlock's work include Motor Control and Adaptation (4 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (4 papers) and Anatomy and Medical Technology (4 papers). David Whitlock is often cited by papers focused on Motor Control and Adaptation (4 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (4 papers) and Anatomy and Medical Technology (4 papers). David Whitlock collaborates with scholars based in United States. David Whitlock's co-authors include Walle J. H. Nauta, Victor Spitzer, Edward R. Perl, Michael J. Ackerman, Barry S. Joseph, Ann Scherzinger, James B. Preston, Raymond J. Lasek, Arturo Arduini and E. R. Perl and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Comparative Neurology, Journal of Neurophysiology and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

David Whitlock

30 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Visible Human Male: A Technical Report 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 100 200 300 400
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. The Visible Human Male: A Technical Report
    1996 486 citations Victor Spitzer, Michael J. Ackerman et al. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Whitlock United States 22 1.0k 850 452 366 290 30 2.7k
R. G. Willison United Kingdom 20 507 0.5× 656 0.8× 421 0.9× 179 0.5× 146 0.5× 39 1.8k
James B. Preston United States 22 1.1k 1.1× 526 0.6× 397 0.9× 474 1.3× 151 0.5× 39 2.6k
Y Laporte France 25 724 0.7× 788 0.9× 925 2.0× 529 1.4× 142 0.5× 102 2.4k
C. G. Phillips United Kingdom 24 1.8k 1.7× 1.3k 1.6× 726 1.6× 1.0k 2.9× 127 0.4× 37 3.2k
Carlton C. Hunt United States 32 981 1.0× 1.3k 1.5× 1.1k 2.5× 545 1.5× 162 0.6× 48 3.4k
P Bessou France 19 461 0.4× 762 0.9× 485 1.1× 287 0.8× 114 0.4× 69 2.0k
I. A. Boyd United Kingdom 21 430 0.4× 1.0k 1.2× 669 1.5× 263 0.7× 247 0.9× 37 2.7k
I. Darian-Smith Australia 37 2.6k 2.6× 1.2k 1.4× 473 1.0× 696 1.9× 122 0.4× 55 4.3k
Gunnar Lennerstrand Sweden 38 1.4k 1.4× 388 0.5× 454 1.0× 685 1.9× 129 0.4× 129 3.9k
Clinton N. Woolsey United States 18 1.5k 1.4× 675 0.8× 100 0.2× 453 1.2× 82 0.3× 20 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Whitlock

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Whitlock

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Whitlock. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Whitlock 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 Whitlock. David Whitlock 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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Whitlock, David. (2007). The Cajal Club: Its origin, originator and benefactor, Wendell J. S. Krieg. Brain Research Reviews. 55(2). 450–462. 2 indexed citations
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Spitzer, Victor & David Whitlock. (1998). The visible human dataset: The anatomical platform for human simulation. The Anatomical Record. 253(2). 49–57. 187 indexed citations
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Spitzer, Victor, Michael J. Ackerman, Ann Scherzinger, & David Whitlock. (1996). The Visible Human Male: A Technical Report. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 3(2). 118–130. 486 indexed citations breakdown →
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Whitlock, David, et al.. (1979). Postganglionic connections between sympathetic ganglia in the solar plexus of the cat demonstrated autoradiographically. Experimental Neurology. 63(1). 120–134. 7 indexed citations
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Whitlock, David, et al.. (1975). The two-course system in gross anatomy. Academic Medicine. 50(8). 788–96. 15 indexed citations
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Whitlock, David, et al.. (1975). Axoplasmic transport in the toad Bufo marinus. Brain Research. 96(2). 247–265. 2 indexed citations
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Joseph, Barry S. & David Whitlock. (1972). The Spatio-Temporal Course of Wallerian Degeneration within the CNS of Toads <i>(Bufo marinus) </i>as Defined by the Nauta Silver Method. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 5(1). 1–17. 26 indexed citations
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Joseph, Barry S., Robert B. King, & David Whitlock. (1968). Central distribution of trigeminal primary afferent fibers in anuran amphibians. The Anatomical Record. 160(4). 719–727. 30 indexed citations
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Lasek, Raymond J., Barry S. Joseph, & David Whitlock. (1968). Evaluation of a radioautographic neuroanatomical tracing method. Brain Research. 8(2). 319–336. 184 indexed citations
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Joseph, Barry S. & David Whitlock. (1968). Central projections of selected spinal dorsal roots in anuran amphibians. The Anatomical Record. 160(2). 279–288. 61 indexed citations
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Joseph, Barry S. & David Whitlock. (1968). The Morphology of Spinal Afferent-Efferent Relationships in Vertebrates. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 1(1). 2–18. 18 indexed citations
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Preston, James B., et al.. (1963). Patterns of motor cortex effects on ankle flexor and extensor motoneurons in the “pyramidal” cat preparation. Experimental Neurology. 8(3). 248–263. 31 indexed citations
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Preston, James B. & David Whitlock. (1963). A comparison of motor cortex effects on slow and fast muscle innervations in the monkey. Experimental Neurology. 7(4). 327–341. 36 indexed citations
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Whitlock, David & Edward R. Perl. (1961). Thalamic projections of spinothalamic pathways in monkey. Experimental Neurology. 3(3). 240–255. 78 indexed citations
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Preston, James B. & David Whitlock. (1961). INTRACELLULAR POTENTIALS RECORDED FROM MOTONEURONS FOLLOWING PRECENTRAL GYRUS STIMULATION IN PRIMATE. Journal of Neurophysiology. 24(1). 91–100. 90 indexed citations
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Preston, James B. & David Whitlock. (1960). PRECENTRAL FACILITATION AND INHIBITION OF SPINAL MOTONEURONS. Journal of Neurophysiology. 23(2). 154–170. 63 indexed citations
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Perl, Edward R. & David Whitlock. (1955). POTENTIALS EVOKED IN CEREBRAL SOMATOSENSORY REGION. Journal of Neurophysiology. 18(5). 486–501. 67 indexed citations
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Nauta, Walle J. H. & David Whitlock. (1954). An anatomical analysis of the non-specific thalamic projection system. 119 indexed citations
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Whitlock, David, et al.. (1952). DIFFUSE THALAMIC PROJECTION SYSTEM IN MONKEY. Journal of Neurophysiology. 15(6). 449–468. 102 indexed citations
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