James Gordon

12.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
189 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

James Gordon is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, James Gordon has authored 189 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 27 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in James Gordon's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (49 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (36 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (27 papers). James Gordon is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (49 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (36 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (27 papers). James Gordon collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. James Gordon's co-authors include Claude Ghez, Maria Felice Ghilardi, Israel Abramov, C. Ghez, M. F. Ghilardi, Vance Zemon, Robert Shapley, Adrian C. Newton, Corinna Ravilious and Ian May and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James Gordon

184 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A global overview of the conservation status of tropical dry forests

2006 1.0k citations James Gordon et al. profile →
Accuracy of planar reaching movements

1994 547 citations James Gordon et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Gordon United States	47	5.1k	1.8k	1.4k	817	707	189	9.4k
Uwe Proske Australia	59	4.0k 0.8×	4.9k 2.7×	944 0.7×	155 0.2×	1.1k 1.6×	233	12.2k
HH Bülthoff Germany	75	12.3k 2.4×	798 0.4×	3.9k 2.8×	559 0.7×	544 0.8×	731	21.9k
Andrew A. Biewener United States	68	785 0.2×	4.8k 2.7×	1.1k 0.8×	129 0.2×	312 0.4×	189	13.5k
P. B. C. Matthews United Kingdom	41	4.0k 0.8×	3.9k 2.2×	754 0.5×	222 0.3×	1.9k 2.6×	86	8.4k
Auke Jan Ijspeert Switzerland	61	1.9k 0.4×	9.9k 5.5×	544 0.4×	137 0.2×	471 0.7×	362	16.2k
Gerald E. Loeb United States	64	6.0k 1.2×	6.9k 3.8×	659 0.5×	116 0.1×	3.2k 4.5×	285	12.1k
Uwe Windhorst Germany	33	2.1k 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	400 0.3×	83 0.1×	929 1.3×	125	5.5k
R. B. Stein Canada	59	5.3k 1.0×	7.1k 4.0×	452 0.3×	260 0.3×	3.7k 5.3×	159	11.9k
Eli Brenner Netherlands	47	7.2k 1.4×	1.4k 0.8×	2.0k 1.4×	443 0.5×	209 0.3×	333	8.0k
K. G. Pearson Canada	63	3.6k 0.7×	3.8k 2.1×	547 0.4×	47 0.1×	4.5k 6.4×	149	11.4k

Countries citing papers authored by James Gordon

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Gordon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Gordon

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

All Works

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Nunez, Valerie, et al.. (2025). Measuring Multisensory Integration in Clinical Settings: Comparing an Established Laboratory Method with a Novel Digital Health App. Brain Sciences. 15(6). 653–653.

Silverstein, Steven M., et al.. (2024). The Relationship between Clinical and Psychophysical Assessments of Visual Perceptual Disturbances in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: A Preliminary Study. Brain Sciences. 14(8). 819–819. 1 indexed citations

Tsai, Yu-Ting, James Gordon, Pamela D. Butler, & Vance Zemon. (2023). Frequency-domain analysis of transient visual evoked potentials in schizophrenia. Documenta Ophthalmologica. 146(3). 211–227. 2 indexed citations

Aguilar‐Amuchastegui, Naikoa, et al.. (2023). Mapping global forest regeneration–an untapped potential to mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss. Environmental Research Letters. 18(5). 54025–54025. 7 indexed citations

Zemon, Vance, et al.. (2020). Contrast sensitivity deficits in schizophrenia: A psychophysical investigation. European Journal of Neuroscience. 53(4). 1155–1170. 23 indexed citations

Memon, Fayyaz Ali, James Gordon, Robert Gibson, et al.. (2020). Development and Application of a Multi-Objective-Optimization and Multi-Criteria-Based Decision Support Tool for Selecting Optimal Water Treatment Technologies in India. Water. 12(10). 2836–2836. 7 indexed citations

Ewing, Steven R., Jeremy D. Wilson, James Gordon, et al.. (2020). Clinging on to alpine life: Investigating factors driving the uphill range contraction and population decline of a mountain breeding bird. Global Change Biology. 26(7). 3771–3787. 4 indexed citations

Shapley, Robert, Valerie Nunez, & James Gordon. (2019). Cortical double-opponent cells and human color perception. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 30. 1–7. 25 indexed citations

Wang, Chunji, et al.. (2016). The duration of reaching movement is longer than predicted by minimum variance. Journal of Neurophysiology. 116(5). 2342–2345. 27 indexed citations

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Mulroy, Sara J., Lilli Thompson, Bryan J. Kemp, et al.. (2011). Strengthening and Optimal Movements for Painful Shoulders (STOMPS) in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Physical Therapy. 91(3). 305–324. 124 indexed citations

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Zemon, Vance, James C. Tsai, Peter A. Netland, et al.. (2011). A Multi-Site Study of an Electrophysiological Test for Rapid and Objective Assessment of Glaucomatous Damage. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 52(14). 5481–5481. 1 indexed citations

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Zemon, Vance, et al.. (2009). Transient Visual Evoked Potentials (tVEPs) to Contrast-Reversing Patterns: A Frequency Domain Analysis. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 50(13). 5880–5880. 4 indexed citations

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Winstein, Carolee J., Tingting Ge, James W. Baurley, et al.. (2008). The Physical Therapy Clinical Research Network (PTClinResNet). American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 87(11). 937–950. 9 indexed citations

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Zemon, Vance, et al.. (2006). Spatiotemporal Dependence of Contrast Response Functions: Visual Evoked Potentials (VEPs) and a Nonlinear Model. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 47(13). 5372–5372. 1 indexed citations

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Abramov, Israel, et al.. (2003). Museum Lighting: Adjusting the Illuminant. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 44(13). 1916–1916. 2 indexed citations

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Zemon, Vance, et al.. (2003). Orientation and Contrast Response Functions: AVisual Evoked Potential (VEP) Study. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 44(13). 4199–4199. 1 indexed citations

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Gordon, James & G. Jeronimidis. (1980). Composites with high work of fracture. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 294(1411). 545–550. 68 indexed citations

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Gordon, James. (1970). The design of materials. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 319(1536). 137–143. 2 indexed citations

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Gordon, James. (1964). Some considerations in the design of engineering materials based on brittle solids. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 282(1388). 16–23. 5 indexed citations

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Gordon, James, et al.. (1959). On the strength and structure of glass. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 249(1256). 65–72. 20 indexed citations

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