D.W. Heeley

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

D.W. Heeley is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, D.W. Heeley has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 10 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 6 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in D.W. Heeley's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (24 papers), Color Science and Applications (9 papers) and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (5 papers). D.W. Heeley is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (24 papers), Color Science and Applications (9 papers) and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (5 papers). D.W. Heeley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. D.W. Heeley's co-authors include David R. Williams, John Krauskopf, Hannah M. Buchanan‐Smith, Brian Timney, Emanuela Terazzi, A. David Milner, Roberto Mutani, Phil Benson, Timothy R. Jordan and Rhona S. Johnston and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain, Neuropsychologia and Experimental Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

D.W. Heeley

27 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Cardinal directions of color space 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Cardinal directions of color space
    1982 594 citations John Krauskopf, David R. Williams et al. Vision Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D.W. Heeley United Kingdom 15 1.5k 515 436 189 156 27 1.6k
Peter Wenderoth Australia 27 2.5k 1.7× 427 0.8× 379 0.9× 399 2.1× 267 1.7× 130 2.6k
Karen K. De Valois United States 20 2.2k 1.5× 627 1.2× 732 1.7× 254 1.3× 299 1.9× 42 2.4k
C.A. Heywood United Kingdom 25 2.0k 1.4× 385 0.7× 164 0.4× 453 2.4× 166 1.1× 47 2.3k
C.F. Stromeyer United States 28 2.4k 1.6× 652 1.3× 1.1k 2.6× 195 1.0× 279 1.8× 70 2.6k
Leonard Matin United States 21 1.6k 1.1× 242 0.5× 133 0.3× 262 1.4× 106 0.7× 68 1.8k
William Lovegrove Australia 29 2.5k 1.7× 312 0.6× 213 0.5× 520 2.8× 72 0.5× 73 3.0k
Allan Pantle United States 23 1.5k 1.0× 145 0.3× 202 0.5× 187 1.0× 289 1.9× 34 1.6k
Ingo Rentschler Germany 22 1.3k 0.9× 179 0.3× 164 0.4× 212 1.1× 225 1.4× 73 1.6k
Sophie Wuerger United Kingdom 21 1.2k 0.8× 552 1.1× 399 0.9× 589 3.1× 235 1.5× 100 1.7k
R. Blake United States 14 1.5k 1.0× 210 0.4× 103 0.2× 259 1.4× 138 0.9× 29 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by D.W. Heeley

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Fields of papers citing papers by D.W. Heeley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D.W. Heeley

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of D.W. Heeley. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of D.W. Heeley 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 D.W. Heeley. D.W. Heeley 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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Heeley, D.W., et al.. (2003). Interocular orientation disparity and the stereoscopic perception of slanted surfaces. Spatial Vision. 16(2). 183–207. 3 indexed citations
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Heeley, D.W., et al.. (2001). The effect of the spatial arrangement of target lines on perceived speed. Vision Research. 41(13). 1669–1682. 11 indexed citations
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Heeley, D.W., et al.. (1997). The oblique effect in orientation acuity. Vision Research. 37(2). 235–242. 76 indexed citations
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Heeley, D.W. & Hannah M. Buchanan‐Smith. (1996). Mechanisms Specialized for the Perception of Image Geometry. Vision Research. 36(22). 3607–3627. 45 indexed citations
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Heeley, D.W. & Hannah M. Buchanan‐Smith. (1994). Changes in the perceived direction of drifting plaids, induced by asymmetrical changes in the spatio-temporal structure of the underlying components. Vision Research. 34(6). 775–797. 6 indexed citations
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Heeley, D.W. & Hannah M. Buchanan‐Smith. (1994). Evidence for separate, task dependent noise processes in orientation and size perception. Vision Research. 34(16). 2059–2069. 15 indexed citations
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Heeley, D.W., Hannah M. Buchanan‐Smith, & Simon Heywood. (1993). Orientation acuity for sine-wave gratings with random variation of spatial frequency. Vision Research. 33(17). 2509–2513. 16 indexed citations
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Heeley, D.W. & Hannah M. Buchanan‐Smith. (1992). Directional acuity for drifting plaids. Vision Research. 32(1). 97–104. 43 indexed citations
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Heeley, D.W. & Hannah M. Buchanan‐Smith. (1992). Orientation acuity estimated with simultaneous and successive procedures. Spatial Vision. 6(1). 1–10. 37 indexed citations
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Milner, A. David, David I. Perrett, Rhona S. Johnston, et al.. (1991). PERCEPTION AND ACTION IN ‘VISUAL FORM AGNOSIA’. Brain. 114(1). 405–428. 446 indexed citations
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Heeley, D.W.. (1991). Spatial frequency difference thresholds depend on stimulus area. Spatial Vision. 5(3). 205–217. 8 indexed citations
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Heeley, D.W. & Hannah M. Buchanan‐Smith. (1990). Recognition of stimulus orientation. Vision Research. 30(10). 1429–1437. 65 indexed citations
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Heeley, D.W. & Brian Timney. (1989). Spatial frequency discrimination at different orientations. Vision Research. 29(9). 1221–1228. 15 indexed citations
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Heeley, D.W. & Rebecca Thompson. (1989). The effect of stationary, random phase discontinuities, on spatial frequency discrimination. Vision Research. 29(4). 497–504. 9 indexed citations
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Heeley, D.W., et al.. (1989). Width discrimination for band-pass stimuli. Vision Research. 29(7). 901–905. 5 indexed citations
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Heeley, D.W. & Brian Timney. (1988). Meridional anisotropies of orientation discrimination for sine wave gratings. Vision Research. 28(2). 337–344. 88 indexed citations
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Krauskopf, John, David R. Williams, & D.W. Heeley. (1982). Cardinal directions of color space. Vision Research. 22(9). 1123–1131. 594 indexed citations breakdown →
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Williams, David R., John Krauskopf, & D.W. Heeley. (1980). In search of the cardinal directions of color space (A). Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 70. 1574. 1 indexed citations
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Heeley, D.W.. (1979). A perceived spatial frequency shift at orientations orthogonal to adapting gratings. Vision Research. 19(11). 1229–1236. 23 indexed citations

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