John Pearce

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
274 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

John Pearce is a scholar working on Neurology, Neurology and History. According to data from OpenAlex, John Pearce has authored 274 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Neurology, 41 papers in Neurology and 31 papers in History. Recurrent topics in John Pearce's work include Neurology and Historical Studies (31 papers), History of Medicine Studies (24 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (21 papers). John Pearce is often cited by papers focused on Neurology and Historical Studies (31 papers), History of Medicine Studies (24 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (21 papers). John Pearce collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Egypt. John Pearce's co-authors include Mark Good, Anthony McGregor, R. J. Pennington, Hugh Garland, J. N. Walton, N. Paul Rosman, J. N. Walton, Henri Duday, Peter M. Jones and Paul N. Wilson and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

John Pearce

255 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Similarity and discrimination: A selective review and a c... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 200 400 600
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.

  1. Similarity and discrimination: A selective review and a connectionist model.
    1994 603 citations John Pearce profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Pearce United Kingdom 36 1.5k 715 712 613 515 274 4.9k
G. Ladurner Austria 36 2.0k 1.4× 337 0.5× 659 0.9× 970 1.6× 306 0.6× 170 4.9k
Yoshio Nakamura Japan 46 2.2k 1.5× 1.3k 1.8× 463 0.7× 149 0.2× 882 1.7× 299 8.4k
Peter O. Behan United Kingdom 34 1.0k 0.7× 624 0.9× 1.2k 1.7× 294 0.5× 598 1.2× 120 5.5k
Stephen C. Fowler United States 33 946 0.6× 1.8k 2.6× 504 0.7× 334 0.5× 1.1k 2.1× 177 4.0k
Michael E. Smith United States 50 3.7k 2.5× 611 0.9× 242 0.3× 321 0.5× 535 1.0× 182 8.5k
Ronald Peeters Belgium 49 3.5k 2.4× 366 0.5× 709 1.0× 302 0.5× 275 0.5× 195 7.7k
Greg Allen United States 22 2.4k 1.6× 352 0.5× 178 0.3× 343 0.6× 483 0.9× 50 3.9k
Stanley Finger United States 32 1.3k 0.9× 743 1.0× 361 0.5× 141 0.2× 287 0.6× 182 3.2k
Neil A. Harrison United Kingdom 52 3.0k 2.0× 826 1.2× 597 0.8× 222 0.4× 419 0.8× 147 8.7k
Sheila G. Crewther Australia 36 1.6k 1.1× 245 0.3× 250 0.4× 492 0.8× 600 1.2× 217 4.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Pearce

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Pearce

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All Works

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Davis, Gail, et al.. (2024). Gladiators at Roman Colchester: Re-Interpreting the Colchester Vase. Britannia. 55. 3–24. 1 indexed citations
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Pearce, John, et al.. (2023). II. FINDS REPORTED UNDER THE PORTABLE ANTIQUITIES SCHEME. Britannia. 54. 395–423.
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Pearce, John. (2016). Sydenham on Hysteria. European Neurology. 76(3-4). 175–181. 4 indexed citations
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Pearce, John, et al.. (2015). Roman Britain in 2014. II. Finds Reported under the Portable Antiquities Scheme. Britannia. 46. 355–381. 4 indexed citations
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Pearce, John. (2010). Roman diasporas: archaeological approaches to mobility and diversity in the Roman Empire. Journal of Roman Archaeology. 64 indexed citations
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McGregor, Anthony, et al.. (2009). Absence of overshadowing between a landmark and geometric cues in a distinctively shaped environment: A test of Miller and Shettleworth (2007).. Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior Processes. 35(3). 357–370. 30 indexed citations
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Pearce, John. (2008). BURIAL EVIDENCE FROM ROMAN BRITAIN: THE UN-NUMBERED DEAD. 407. 1000–1014. 4 indexed citations
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McGregor, Anthony, Peter M. Jones, Mark Good, & John Pearce. (2006). Further evidence that rats rely on local rather than global spatial information to locate a hidden goal: Reply to Cheng and Gallistel (2005).. Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior Processes. 32(3). 314–321. 46 indexed citations
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Pearce, John. (2004). Sir Gordon Holmes (1876-1965). Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 75(10). 1502–1503. 2 indexed citations
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Pearce, John. (2003). Cerebral embolism in endocarditis: William Senhouse Kirkes (1823-64). Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 74(11). 1570–1570. 3 indexed citations
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Pearce, John. (1998). Proceedings of the 6th Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference. Oxbow Books. 2 indexed citations
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Pearce, John. (1995). Ansiedades y miedos: cómo aumentar la autonomía de tu hijo y su seguridad en sí mismo. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 30(14). 3498–503. 1 indexed citations
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Darby, Richard J. & John Pearce. (1995). Effects of context on responding during a compound stimulus.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior Processes. 21(2). 143–154. 3 indexed citations
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Pearce, John, et al.. (1983). Lacunar infarcts in polycythaemia with raised packed cell volumes.. BMJ. 287(6397). 935–936. 28 indexed citations
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Pearce, John. (1978). Aetiology and natural history of Parkinson's disease.. BMJ. 2(6153). 1664.2–1666. 14 indexed citations
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Pearce, John. (1971). Mechanism of action of amantadine.. BMJ. 3(5773). 529.1–529. 9 indexed citations
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Pearce, John. (1969). Hyperbaric oxygen in carbon monoxide poisoning.. BMJ. 2(5648). 53.1–53. 3 indexed citations
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Pearce, John. (1968). Coal gas and the brain.. BMJ. 1(5594). 767.2–767. 1 indexed citations
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Pearce, John, S. S. Gubbay, John Hardy, et al.. (1964). Laevadosin in Treatment of the Duchenne Type of Muscular Dystrophy: Preliminary Results of a Double-blind Controlled Trial. BMJ. 2(5414). 915–917. 6 indexed citations
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Lawrence, T. L. J. & John Pearce. (1961). Growth studies of beef calves.. 68. 294–299. 1 indexed citations

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