Douglas Tweed

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Douglas Tweed is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas Tweed has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 32 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 25 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Douglas Tweed's work include Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders (32 papers), Vestibular and auditory disorders (25 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (21 papers). Douglas Tweed is often cited by papers focused on Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders (32 papers), Vestibular and auditory disorders (25 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (21 papers). Douglas Tweed collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Germany and United States. Douglas Tweed's co-authors include Tutis Vilis, M. Fetter, J. Douglas Crawford, H. Misslisch, Timothy Lillicrap, Colin J. Akerman, Daniel Cownden, W Cadera, E. Koenig and J. Hore and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Douglas Tweed

65 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Random synaptic feedback weights support error backpropag... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 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. Random synaptic feedback weights support error backpropagation for deep learning
    2016 366 citations Timothy Lillicrap, Douglas Tweed 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
Douglas Tweed Canada 32 2.1k 1.3k 1.1k 664 347 66 3.5k
Laurence R. Young United States 38 2.9k 1.4× 1.9k 1.4× 585 0.5× 503 0.8× 771 2.2× 166 5.5k
Lance M. Optican United States 42 4.9k 2.3× 2.4k 1.8× 993 0.9× 935 1.4× 344 1.0× 140 7.1k
Stefan Glasauer Germany 42 2.8k 1.3× 2.4k 1.9× 1.1k 1.0× 634 1.0× 291 0.8× 222 5.9k
Tutis Vilis Canada 41 3.9k 1.9× 1.8k 1.4× 1.1k 1.0× 820 1.2× 405 1.2× 88 5.5k
Daniel Guitton Canada 38 4.0k 1.9× 1.8k 1.4× 603 0.6× 443 0.7× 465 1.3× 84 5.3k
Charles C. Della Santina United States 40 1.6k 0.8× 4.1k 3.1× 1.1k 1.0× 775 1.2× 39 0.1× 123 5.9k
Daniel M. Merfeld United States 39 3.0k 1.4× 3.2k 2.4× 712 0.7× 292 0.4× 160 0.5× 125 4.5k
L. E. Mays United States 25 2.4k 1.2× 1.3k 1.0× 498 0.5× 518 0.8× 161 0.5× 32 3.3k
John Porrill United Kingdom 27 1.2k 0.6× 784 0.6× 117 0.1× 233 0.4× 64 0.2× 87 2.7k
J.A.M. Van Gisbergen Netherlands 35 3.1k 1.5× 931 0.7× 246 0.2× 288 0.4× 313 0.9× 63 3.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Douglas Tweed

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Douglas Tweed

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Douglas Tweed. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Douglas Tweed 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 Douglas Tweed. Douglas Tweed 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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Akrout, Mohamed, et al.. (2019). Using Weight Mirrors to Improve Feedback Alignment. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Akrout, Mohamed, et al.. (2019). Deep Learning without Weight Transport. arXiv (Cornell University). 32. 974–982. 3 indexed citations
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Lillicrap, Timothy, et al.. (2013). Adapting to inversion of the visual field: a new twist on an old problem. Experimental Brain Research. 228(3). 327–339. 34 indexed citations
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Abdelghani, Mohamed & Douglas Tweed. (2010). Learning course adjustments during arm movements with reversed sensitivity derivatives. BMC Neuroscience. 11(1). 150–150. 10 indexed citations
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Tweed, Douglas. (2007). Sensorimotor optimization in higher dimensions. Progress in brain research. 165. 181–191.
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Schreiber, Kai, Douglas Tweed, & Clifton M. Schor. (2006). The extended horopter: Quantifying retinal correspondence across changes of 3D eye position. Journal of Vision. 6(1). 6–6. 22 indexed citations
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Schreiber, Kai & Douglas Tweed. (2003). Influence of eye position on stereo matching. Strabismus. 11(1). 9–16. 4 indexed citations
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Medendorp, W. Pieter, Michael A. Smith, Douglas Tweed, & J. Douglas Crawford. (2002). Rotational Remapping in Human Spatial Memory during Eye and Head Motion. Journal of Neuroscience. 22(1). RC196–RC196. 87 indexed citations
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Wong, Agnes, Douglas Tweed, & James Sharpe. (2002). Vertical misalignment in unilateral sixth nerve palsy1 1The authors have no commercial interests in any products described in this article.. Ophthalmology. 109(7). 1315–1325. 18 indexed citations
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Wong, Agnes, James Sharpe, & Douglas Tweed. (2002). The vestibulo-ocular reflex in fourth nerve palsy: deficits and adaptation. Vision Research. 42(18). 2205–2218. 12 indexed citations
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Wong, Agnes, Douglas Tweed, & James Sharpe. (2002). Implementation of Listing's Law in Patients with Unilateral Sixth Nerve Palsy. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 956(1). 520–522. 1 indexed citations
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Schreiber, Kai, J. Douglas Crawford, M. Fetter, & Douglas Tweed. (2001). The motor side of depth vision. Nature. 410(6830). 819–822. 71 indexed citations
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Tweed, Douglas. (1997). Visual-motor optimization in binocular control. Vision Research. 37(14). 1939–1951. 96 indexed citations
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Misslisch, H., Douglas Tweed, M. Fetter, & Tutis Vilis. (1994). The influence of gravity on donders' law for head movements. Vision Research. 34(22). 3017–3025. 10 indexed citations
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Tweed, Douglas, M. Fetter, D. Sievering, H. Misslisch, & E. Koenig. (1994). Rotational kinematics of the human vestibuloocular reflex. II. Velocity steps. Journal of Neurophysiology. 72(5). 2480–2489. 39 indexed citations
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Fetter, M., et al.. (1992). The influence of head position and head reorientation on the axis of eye rotation and the vestibular time constant during postrotatory nystagmus. Experimental Brain Research. 91(1). 121–8. 36 indexed citations
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Fetter, M., Douglas Tweed, H. Misslisch, Dominik Fischer, & E. Koenig. (1992). Multidimensional Descriptions of the Optokinetic and Vestibuloocular Reflexes. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 656(1). 841–842. 14 indexed citations
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Tweed, Douglas, W Cadera, & Tutis Vilis. (1990). Computing three-dimensional eye position quaternions and eye velocity from search coil signals. Vision Research. 30(1). 97–110. 232 indexed citations
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Tweed, Douglas & Tutis Vilis. (1990). Geometric relations of eye position and velocity vectors during saccades. Vision Research. 30(1). 111–127. 277 indexed citations

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