Gerald Westheimer

17.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
235 papers, 13.3k citations indexed

About

Gerald Westheimer is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Ophthalmology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald Westheimer has authored 235 papers receiving a total of 13.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 49 papers in Ophthalmology and 36 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Gerald Westheimer's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (140 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (50 papers) and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (36 papers). Gerald Westheimer is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (140 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (50 papers) and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (36 papers). Gerald Westheimer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Gerald Westheimer's co-authors include Suzanne P. McKee, Charles D. Gilbert, Mitesh K. Kapadia, F. W. Campbell, Minami Ito, Cyril Rashbass, Sidney M. Blair, Michael H. Herzog, C Wehrhahn and Donald E. Mitchell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gerald Westheimer

232 papers receiving 12.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Gerald Westheimer 10.5k 2.4k 2.3k 1.7k 1.7k 235 13.3k
Dennis M. Levi 14.0k 1.3× 5.9k 2.5× 2.3k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 1.9k 1.1× 316 15.8k
Robert F. Hess 10.4k 1.0× 5.5k 2.3× 2.5k 1.1× 1.0k 0.6× 1.7k 1.0× 326 11.7k
Randolph Blake 15.9k 1.5× 2.3k 1.0× 1.8k 0.8× 1.7k 1.0× 1.3k 0.8× 323 18.0k
F. W. Campbell 10.2k 1.0× 2.9k 1.2× 2.4k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 101 13.8k
Denis G. Pelli 16.0k 1.5× 2.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 934 0.6× 130 19.2k
Colin Blakemore 14.2k 1.4× 2.2k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 7.7k 4.6× 5.1k 3.1× 283 22.0k
Oliver Braddick 7.8k 0.7× 2.4k 1.0× 1.2k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 850 0.5× 279 11.4k
Stanley A. Klein 7.8k 0.7× 2.5k 1.0× 1.1k 0.5× 761 0.5× 960 0.6× 215 9.6k
J. Anthony Movshon 19.7k 1.9× 2.0k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 6.7k 4.0× 2.9k 1.7× 189 21.2k
J. G. Robson 6.0k 0.6× 1.1k 0.4× 1.6k 0.7× 2.1k 1.3× 2.5k 1.5× 38 9.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerald Westheimer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gerald Westheimer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gerald Westheimer 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 Gerald Westheimer. Gerald Westheimer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Sayim, Bilge, Michael H. Herzog, & Gerald Westheimer. (2008). Grouping explains contextual modulation in low level vision. Perception. 37. 81. 1 indexed citations
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Westheimer, Gerald. (1999). Introducing Brian Boycott and Heinz Wassle, the 1999 recipients of the proctor medal.. PubMed. 40(7). 1311–2. 1 indexed citations
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Crist, Roy E., Mitesh K. Kapadia, Gerald Westheimer, & Charles D. Gilbert. (1997). Perceptual Learning of Spatial Localization: Specificity for Orientation, Position, and Context. Journal of Neurophysiology. 78(6). 2889–2894. 237 indexed citations
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Wehrhahn, C, et al.. (1994). Extracting stimulus position from ganglion-cell responses in vernier performance. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 35(4). 2064–2064. 3 indexed citations
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Westheimer, Gerald, et al.. (1992). MACAQUE GANGLION-CELL RESPONSES TO A STIMULUS THAT ELICITS HYPERACUITY IN MAN. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 33(4). 1343–1343. 2 indexed citations
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Lee, BB, et al.. (1991). The spatial precision of macaque ganglion cells.. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 32(4). 1090–1090. 2 indexed citations
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Westheimer, Gerald. (1978). Vertical disparity detection: is there an induced size effect?. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 17(6). 545–51. 21 indexed citations
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Westheimer, Gerald. (1978). Spatial vision and geometrical principles (A). Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 68. 1370. 1 indexed citations
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Westheimer, Gerald. (1976). Diffraction Theory and Visual Hyperacuity. Optometry and Vision Science. 53(7). 362–364. 51 indexed citations
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Westheimer, Gerald & Sidney M. Blair. (1974). Unit activity in accessory optic system in alert monkeys.. PubMed. 13(7). 533–4. 24 indexed citations
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Westheimer, Gerald. (1966). FOCUSING RESPONSES OF THE HUMAN EYE. Optometry and Vision Science. 43(4). 221–232. 12 indexed citations
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Westheimer, Gerald. (1965). A METHOD OF PHOTOELECTRIC KERATOSCOPY. Optometry and Vision Science. 42(5). 315–320. 8 indexed citations
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Westheimer, Gerald. (1961). ABERRATIONS OF CONTACT LENSES. Optometry and Vision Science. 38(8). 445–448. 19 indexed citations
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Westheimer, Gerald. (1958). ACCOMMODATION LEVELS DURING NEAR CROSSED-CYLINDER TEST. Optometry and Vision Science. 35(11). 599–604. 3 indexed citations
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Westheimer, Gerald. (1957). REFRACTION BY AUTOMATION. Optometry and Vision Science. 34(6). 339–341. 6 indexed citations
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Westheimer, Gerald. (1955). THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACCOMMODATION AND ACCOMMODATIVE CONVERGENCE. Optometry and Vision Science. 32(4). 206–212. 14 indexed citations
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Westheimer, Gerald. (1954). THE DESIGN AND OPHTHALMIC PROPERTIES OF BINOCULAR MAGNIFICATION DEVICES. Optometry and Vision Science. 31(11). 578–584. 1 indexed citations
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Westheimer, Gerald. (1953). The response of the oculomotor system to visual stimuli in the horizontal plane /. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 2 indexed citations
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Westheimer, Gerald. (1953). INTRODUCTION TO GEOMETRICAL AND PHYSICAL OPTICS. Optometry and Vision Science. 30(9). 504–504. 1 indexed citations
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Westheimer, Gerald. (1953). THE EFFECT OF SPECTACLE LENSES AND ACCOMMODATION ON THE DEPTH OF FOCUS OF THE EYE. Optometry and Vision Science. 30(10). 513–519. 5 indexed citations

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