Jeff Heaton

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 849 citations indexed

About

Jeff Heaton is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jeff Heaton has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 849 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 3 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 1 paper in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Jeff Heaton's work include Neural Networks and Applications (2 papers), Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (2 papers) and Artificial Intelligence in Games (1 paper). Jeff Heaton is often cited by papers focused on Neural Networks and Applications (2 papers), Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (2 papers) and Artificial Intelligence in Games (1 paper). Jeff Heaton collaborates with scholars based in United States and Poland. Jeff Heaton's co-authors include James Cannady, Michael K. Pasque, Aixia Guo, Randi E. Foraker, Brian P. Cupps, M. Damiano, Shaun C. Desai, Adeeb Derakhshan and Jason C. Nellis and has published in prestigious journals such as SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series, JACC Heart Failure and Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines.

In The Last Decade

Jeff Heaton

13 papers receiving 817 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.

Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville: Deep learning

2017 581 citations Jeff Heaton Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jeff Heaton United States	9	290	123	93	84	82	16	849
Thomas Burr United States	4	300 1.0×	150 1.2×	113 1.2×	112 1.3×	50 0.6×	8	1.0k
Dong Xibin China	3	467 1.6×	159 1.3×	95 1.0×	131 1.6×	96 1.2×	8	1.3k
Dan Yamins United States	2	393 1.4×	123 1.0×	58 0.6×	128 1.5×	53 0.6×	3	1.1k
G. Maragatham India	9	166 0.6×	107 0.9×	60 0.6×	77 0.9×	52 0.6×	39	614
Ying Cao China	8	221 0.8×	84 0.7×	88 0.9×	34 0.4×	94 1.1×	17	728
Youssef Ghanou Morocco	9	278 1.0×	81 0.7×	60 0.6×	62 0.7×	47 0.6×	21	649
Mark Ebden United Kingdom	9	280 1.0×	63 0.5×	90 1.0×	69 0.8×	68 0.8×	17	951
Shamila Nasreen Pakistan	6	377 1.3×	161 1.3×	92 1.0×	66 0.8×	93 1.1×	7	877
Stefan Westberg United States	3	334 1.2×	282 2.3×	79 0.8×	130 1.5×	79 1.0×	6	1.2k
Maria Presa Reyes United States	7	426 1.5×	256 2.1×	79 0.8×	98 1.2×	117 1.4×	7	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Jeff Heaton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jeff Heaton

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jeff Heaton

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

All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Heaton, Jeff, et al.. (2025). Use of Dynamic, Automated Facial Analysis in Quantifying Oral-Ocular Synkinesis. Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine.

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Heaton, Jeff, Aixia Guo, Brian P. Cupps, et al.. (2022). Electronic Health Record-Based Deep Learning Prediction of Death or Severe Decompensation in Heart Failure Patients. JACC Heart Failure. 10(9). 637–647. 15 indexed citations

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Heaton, Jeff. (2018). Evolving continuous cellular automata for aesthetic objectives. Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines. 20(1). 93–125. 1 indexed citations

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Heaton, Jeff. (2017). Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville: Deep learning. Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines. 19(1-2). 305–307. 581 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heaton, Jeff. (2017). Automated Feature Engineering for Deep Neural Networks with Genetic Programming. NSUWorks (Nova Southeastern University). 6 indexed citations

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Heaton, Jeff, et al.. (2017). Deep learning for prioritizing and responding to intrusion detection alerts. 1–5. 32 indexed citations

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Heaton, Jeff, et al.. (2017). Early stabilizing feature importance for TensorFlow deep neural networks. 4618–4624. 30 indexed citations

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Heaton, Jeff. (2011). Programming Neural Networks with Encog3 in Java. 34 indexed citations

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Heaton, Jeff. (2010). Programming Neural Networks with Encog2 in C. 8 indexed citations

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Heaton, Jeff. (2008). Introduction to neural networks for C. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 41 indexed citations

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Heaton, Jeff. (2008). Introduction to Neural Networks for C#, 2nd Edition. 84 indexed citations

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Heaton, Jeff. (2007). Introduction to Linden Scripting Language for Second Life. 6 indexed citations

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Heaton, Jeff, et al.. (2007). Integration of Independent Front Axles for Gear Mesh Energy. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 1 indexed citations

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Heaton, Jeff. (2006). Java for the Beginning Programmer. 1 indexed citations

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Heaton, Jeff. (2002). JSTL: JSP Standard Tag Library Kick Start. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research).

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Heaton, Jeff. (2002). Programming Spiders, Bots, and Aggregators in Java. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 9 indexed citations

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