J. Hunter Downs

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

J. Hunter Downs is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Hunter Downs has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 5 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 3 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in J. Hunter Downs's work include EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (6 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (4 papers) and Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (3 papers). J. Hunter Downs is often cited by papers focused on EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (6 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (4 papers) and Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (3 papers). J. Hunter Downs collaborates with scholars based in United States and Brazil. J. Hunter Downs's co-authors include Peter T. Fox, Jack L. Lancaster, Charles Martin, Thomas G. Glass, Paul Jerabek, Lawrence M. Parsons, Gregory S. Harrington, Janis Costello Ingham, Roger J. Ingham and Suzanne Holroyd and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, NeuroImage and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

J. Hunter Downs

25 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Use of implicit motor imagery for visual shape discrimina... 1995 2026 2005 2015 1995 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. Use of implicit motor imagery for visual shape discrimination as revealed by PET
    1995 593 citations Lawrence M. Parsons, Peter T. Fox et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. Hunter Downs United States 11 907 359 325 313 281 26 1.7k
Alayar Kangarlu United States 22 609 0.7× 284 0.8× 181 0.6× 148 0.5× 38 0.1× 39 1.6k
John Strupp United States 21 2.1k 2.3× 242 0.7× 161 0.5× 36 0.1× 188 0.7× 33 4.1k
Michael P. Weisend United States 34 2.2k 2.5× 199 0.6× 100 0.3× 65 0.2× 96 0.3× 64 3.0k
Roger Luechinger Switzerland 33 715 0.8× 198 0.6× 130 0.4× 171 0.5× 46 0.2× 114 3.4k
Patrick J. Ledden United States 16 3.2k 3.5× 458 1.3× 219 0.7× 18 0.1× 105 0.4× 26 3.9k
Martin Kanowski Germany 23 999 1.1× 337 0.9× 122 0.4× 33 0.1× 135 0.5× 47 1.9k
Seong‐Gi Kim United States 35 3.0k 3.3× 129 0.4× 262 0.8× 26 0.1× 142 0.5× 46 4.9k
Jürgen Baudewig Germany 29 1.8k 2.0× 225 0.6× 181 0.6× 267 0.9× 110 0.4× 50 2.9k
William Gaetz United States 29 2.8k 3.1× 133 0.4× 182 0.6× 74 0.2× 145 0.5× 69 3.4k
Sandro Romanzetti Germany 20 384 0.4× 68 0.2× 169 0.5× 37 0.1× 72 0.3× 58 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. Hunter Downs

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Hunter Downs

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

All Works

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Zadra, Jonathan R., et al.. (2008). Engaging, Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) for Improving Training Effectiveness & Enabling Creative Expression. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 52(7). 591–594. 3 indexed citations
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Robinson, William A., et al.. (2007). A new approach to functional near-infrared technology. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine. 26(4). 25–29. 9 indexed citations
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Tao, Gang, et al.. (2003). Adaptive control of teleoperation systems. 1. 791–796. 11 indexed citations
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Tao, Gang, et al.. (2002). Positive realness and tracking of teleoperation systems. 3. 2527–2532. 5 indexed citations
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Creem, Sarah H., et al.. (2001). An fMRI study of imagined self-rotation. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 1(3). 239–249. 75 indexed citations
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Harrington, Gregory S. & J. Hunter Downs. (2001). FMRI mapping of the somatosensory cortex with vibratory stimuli. Brain Research. 897(1-2). 188–192. 71 indexed citations
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Good, Michael, et al.. (2001). Techniques for Interacting with Large Information Spaces on Small-Screen Displays. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 45(6). 585–589. 1 indexed citations
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Braga, Lúcia Willadino, et al.. (2000). A Preliminary Functional Brain Study on Amputees. Applied Neuropsychology. 7(3). 121–125. 7 indexed citations
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Harrington, Gregory S., et al.. (2000). A new vibrotactile stimulator for functional MRI. Human Brain Mapping. 10(3). 140–145. 3 indexed citations
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Holroyd, Suzanne, et al.. (2000). Occipital Atrophy Is Associated With Visual Hallucinations in Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Neuropsychiatry. 12(1). 25–28. 73 indexed citations
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Harrington, Gregory S., et al.. (2000). A new vibrotactile stimulator for functional MRI. Human Brain Mapping. 10(3). 140–145. 38 indexed citations
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Crawford, Helen J., et al.. (1998). 197 Attention and disattention (hypnotic analgesia) to painful somatosensory tens stimuli differentially affects brain dynamics: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 30(1-2). 78–78. 8 indexed citations
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Downs, J. Hunter, et al.. (1998). Attention to Painful Somatosensory TENS Stimuli: An fMRI Study. NeuroImage. 7(4). S432–S432. 1 indexed citations
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Mugler, John P., Bastiaan Driehuys, James R. Brookeman, et al.. (1997). MR imaging and spectroscopy using hyperpolarized 129Xe gas: Preliminary human results. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 37(6). 809–815. 278 indexed citations
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McGarry, Delia P., et al.. (1997). <title>Registration of functional magnetic resonance imagery using mutual information</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 3034. 621–630. 5 indexed citations
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Fox, Peter T., Roger J. Ingham, Janis Costello Ingham, et al.. (1996). A PET study of the neural systems of stuttering. Nature. 382(6587). 158–162. 343 indexed citations
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Parsons, Lawrence M., Peter T. Fox, J. Hunter Downs, et al.. (1995). Use of implicit motor imagery for visual shape discrimination as revealed by PET. Nature. 375(6526). 54–58. 593 indexed citations breakdown →
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Alyassin, Abdalmajeid M., Jack L. Lancaster, J. Hunter Downs, & Peter T. Fox. (1994). Evaluation of new algorithms for the interactive measurement of surface area and volume. Medical Physics. 21(6). 741–752. 75 indexed citations
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Lancaster, Jack L., David H. Eberly, Abdalmajeid M. Alyassin, J. Hunter Downs, & Peter T. Fox. (1992). A geometric model for measurement of surface distance, surface area, and volume from tomographic images. Medical Physics. 19(2). 419–431. 20 indexed citations

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