Joel Pokorny

11.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
174 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Joel Pokorny is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Joel Pokorny has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 57 papers in Molecular Biology and 56 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Joel Pokorny's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (109 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (55 papers) and Color Science and Applications (54 papers). Joel Pokorny is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (109 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (55 papers) and Color Science and Applications (54 papers). Joel Pokorny collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. Joel Pokorny's co-authors include Vivianne C. Smith, Dennis M. Dacey, Paul D. Gamlin, King‐Wai Yau, Barry B. Lee, Margaret Lutze, Beth B. Peterson, Farrel R. Robinson, Hsi‐Wen Liao and Richard W. Bowen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Joel Pokorny

166 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

Spectral sensitivity of the foveal cone photopigments bet... 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 2005 250 500 750 1000

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joel Pokorny United States 46 5.7k 3.0k 2.3k 1.6k 1.5k 174 8.5k
Vivianne C. Smith United States 43 5.8k 1.0× 3.1k 1.0× 2.3k 1.0× 1.7k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 146 8.5k
Jay Neitz United States 50 4.0k 0.7× 4.0k 1.3× 756 0.3× 1.1k 0.7× 2.0k 1.3× 197 8.6k
J. D. Mollon United Kingdom 52 5.7k 1.0× 2.7k 0.9× 2.2k 1.0× 2.7k 1.7× 1.4k 0.9× 184 9.3k
Peter Lennie United States 41 8.4k 1.5× 2.3k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 2.5k 1.6× 87 9.8k
Lindsay T. Sharpe Germany 37 2.6k 0.5× 1.9k 0.6× 1.0k 0.4× 781 0.5× 930 0.6× 92 4.7k
Dennis M. Dacey United States 43 3.6k 0.6× 4.7k 1.6× 417 0.2× 400 0.2× 3.3k 2.1× 112 7.6k
Paul R. Martin Australia 48 4.3k 0.7× 4.1k 1.4× 609 0.3× 538 0.3× 2.7k 1.8× 156 6.7k
W. A. H. Rushton United Kingdom 45 3.2k 0.6× 3.0k 1.0× 968 0.4× 427 0.3× 3.0k 1.9× 104 7.1k
Peter H. Schiller United States 62 11.0k 1.9× 2.2k 0.7× 643 0.3× 758 0.5× 3.4k 2.2× 129 12.6k
Robert M. Boynton United States 42 4.4k 0.8× 917 0.3× 2.4k 1.1× 2.4k 1.5× 624 0.4× 112 6.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Joel Pokorny

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Joel Pokorny's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Joel Pokorny with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Joel Pokorny more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Joel Pokorny

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Joel Pokorny. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Joel Pokorny. The network helps show where Joel Pokorny may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joel Pokorny

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joel Pokorny. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joel Pokorny 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 Joel Pokorny. Joel Pokorny 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
1.
Pokorny, Joel, et al.. (2013). Spectral sensitivities of the human cones. Journal of Vision. 13(15). T20–T20.
2.
Pokorny, Joel, et al.. (2012). Quantal and non-quantal color matches: failure of Grassmann’s laws at short wavelengths. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 29(2). A324–A324. 1 indexed citations
3.
Pokorny, Joel & Dingcai Cao. (2010). ROD AND CONE CONTRIBUTIONS TO MESOPIC VISION. 10 indexed citations
4.
Dacey, Dennis M., Hsi‐Wen Liao, Beth B. Peterson, et al.. (2005). Melanopsin-expressing ganglion cells in primate retina signal colour and irradiance and project to the LGN. Nature. 433(7027). 749–754. 991 indexed citations breakdown →
5.
Cao, Dingcai, Joel Pokorny, & Vivianne C. Smith. (2005). Associating color appearance with the cone chromaticity space. Vision Research. 45(15). 1929–1934. 9 indexed citations
6.
Ts’o, Daniel Y., Mark D. Zarella, Jesse Schallek, et al.. (2005). The Origins of Stimulus Dependent Intrinsic Optical Signals of the Retina. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 46(13). 2258–2258. 2 indexed citations
7.
Smith, Vivianne C. & Joel Pokorny. (1996). Color Contrast Under Controlled Chromatic Adaptation Reveals Opponent Rectification. Vision Research. 36(19). 3087–3105. 28 indexed citations
8.
Lee, B. B., Vivianne C. Smith, Joel Pokorny, & Jan Kremers. (1996). Rod inputs to macaque ganglion cells and their temporal dynamics. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 37(3). 3149–3149. 6 indexed citations
9.
Pokorny, Joel & Vivianne C. Smith. (1993). Monochromatic tritan metamers. TuQ.4–TuQ.4. 3 indexed citations
10.
Smith, Vivianne C., Joel Pokorny, & B. B. Lee. (1991). The contrast gain of P-pathway and M-pathway cells expressed in cone contrast units.. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 32(4). 1034–1034. 7 indexed citations
11.
Vimal, Ram Lakhan Pandey, Joel Pokorny, Vivianne C. Smith, & Steven K. Shevell. (1989). Foveal cone thresholds. Vision Research. 29(1). 61–78. 98 indexed citations
12.
Pokorny, Joel, Vivianne C. Smith, & Margaret Lutze. (1988). Sources of shared variance in Rayleigh and photometric matches. Annual Meeting Optical Society of America. MZ2–MZ2. 2 indexed citations
13.
Pokorny, Joel, et al.. (1988). Sawtooth contrast sensitivity: decrements have the edge. Annual Meeting Optical Society of America. TUY4–TUY4. 3 indexed citations
14.
Pokorny, Joel, Vivianne C. Smith, & Margaret Lutze. (1987). Heterochromatic modulation photometry. Annual Meeting Optical Society of America. FC4–FC4. 2 indexed citations
15.
Schuchard, Ronald, Joel Pokorny, & Vivianne C. Smith. (1985). Color contrast modeling and CRTs. Annual Meeting Optical Society of America. TUJ1–TUJ1.
16.
Elsner, Ann E., Stephen A. Burns, & Joel Pokorny. (1985). Does luminance contrast affect chromaticity discrimination?. Annual Meeting Optical Society of America. TUJ2–TUJ2. 1 indexed citations
17.
Zaidi, Qasim, Joel Pokorny, & Vivianne C. Smith. (1982). Sources of variation in blue-green equations (A). Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 72. 1727. 2 indexed citations
18.
Pokorny, Joel, et al.. (1981). Human Color Vision. Optometry and Vision Science. 58(5). 420–422. 3 indexed citations
19.
Pokorny, Joel. (1979). Congenital and acquired color vision defects. Grune & Stratton eBooks. 224 indexed citations
20.
Pokorny, Joel, Richard W. Bowen, & Delwin T. Lindsey. (1977). Duration thresholds for chromatic stimuli (A). Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 67. 1380. 1 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Rankless by CCL
2026