Jyrki Rovamo

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
93 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Jyrki Rovamo is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Jyrki Rovamo has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 23 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 19 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Jyrki Rovamo's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (76 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (26 papers) and Color Science and Applications (22 papers). Jyrki Rovamo is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (76 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (26 papers) and Color Science and Applications (22 papers). Jyrki Rovamo collaborates with scholars based in Finland and United Kingdom. Jyrki Rovamo's co-authors include Veijo Virsu, Risto Näsänen, Pentti Laurinen, Antti Raninen, Pia Mäkelä, David Whitaker, Lea Hyvärinen, Dean R. Melmoth, Kaisa Tiippana and Rauli Franssila and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Neuroscience and Experimental Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

Jyrki Rovamo

93 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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. An estimation and application of the human cortical magnification factor
    1979 647 citations Jyrki Rovamo, Veijo Virsu profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jyrki Rovamo Finland 28 2.9k 540 526 490 463 93 3.4k
Veijo Virsu Finland 27 2.8k 1.0× 343 0.6× 492 0.9× 310 0.6× 318 0.7× 60 3.2k
R. F. Hess Canada 23 2.3k 0.8× 363 0.7× 381 0.7× 364 0.7× 681 1.5× 56 2.8k
D. H. Kelly United States 30 2.3k 0.8× 609 1.1× 479 0.9× 805 1.6× 273 0.6× 56 2.9k
J. J. Kulikowski United Kingdom 32 3.8k 1.3× 347 0.6× 538 1.0× 1.2k 2.4× 397 0.9× 93 4.4k
Lothar Spillmann Germany 32 2.8k 0.9× 280 0.5× 331 0.6× 759 1.5× 248 0.5× 116 3.2k
Mark A. Georgeson United Kingdom 34 3.6k 1.2× 455 0.8× 266 0.5× 1.1k 2.2× 739 1.6× 121 4.1k
Risto Näsänen Finland 27 2.0k 0.7× 305 0.6× 225 0.4× 469 1.0× 407 0.9× 70 2.8k
Kathy T. Mullen Canada 36 3.4k 1.2× 347 0.6× 565 1.1× 1.4k 2.9× 525 1.1× 116 4.1k
DH Hubel United States 10 3.4k 1.2× 238 0.4× 748 1.4× 500 1.0× 195 0.4× 10 3.9k
Jacob Nachmias United States 25 3.2k 1.1× 302 0.6× 262 0.5× 1.1k 2.2× 289 0.6× 45 3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jyrki Rovamo

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All Works

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Mäkelä, Pia, Risto Näsänen, Jyrki Rovamo, & Dean R. Melmoth. (2001). Identification of facial images in peripheral vision. Vision Research. 41(5). 599–610. 63 indexed citations
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Rovamo, Jyrki, et al.. (2001). Spatial neural modulation transfer function of human foveal visual system for equiluminous chromatic gratings. Vision Research. 41(13). 1659–1667. 17 indexed citations
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Liinasuo, Marja, Ilpo Kojo, Jukka Häkkinen, & Jyrki Rovamo. (2000). Neon colour spreading in three-dimensional illusory objects in humans. Neuroscience Letters. 281(2-3). 119–122. 5 indexed citations
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Rovamo, Jyrki, et al.. (1999). Modelling spatial contrast sensitivity functions for chromatic and luminance-modulated gratings. Vision Research. 39(14). 2387–2398. 33 indexed citations
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Rovamo, Jyrki, et al.. (1999). Spatial integration and effective spectral density of one-dimensional noise masks. Vision Research. 39(10). 1775–1782. 2 indexed citations
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Näsänen, Risto, et al.. (1997). Detection Efficiency for Gratings with Various Frequency Gradients. Perception. 26(1_suppl). 3–3. 1 indexed citations
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Mäkelä, Pia, Jyrki Rovamo, & David Whitaker. (1997). The effects of eccentricity and stimulus magnification on simultaneous performance in position and movement acuity tasks. Vision Research. 37(10). 1261–1270. 7 indexed citations
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Rovamo, Jyrki, et al.. (1996). Photopic spectral-luminosity function of the human eye determined by a new psychophysical method. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 37(3). 1061. 1 indexed citations
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Rovamo, Jyrki, Antti Raninen, S. Lukkarinen, & Kristian Donner. (1996). Flicker Sensitivity as a Function of Spectral Density of External White Temporal Noise. Vision Research. 36(23). 3767–3774. 25 indexed citations
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Rovamo, Jyrki, et al.. (1995). Modelling contrast sensitivity as a function of retinal immuninance and grating area. 2(48). 140. 2 indexed citations
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Rovamo, Jyrki, et al.. (1995). Neural modulation transfer function of the human visual system at various eccentricities. Vision Research. 35(6). 767–774. 24 indexed citations
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Rovamo, Jyrki, et al.. (1993). Modelling the dependence of contrast sensitivity on grating area and spatial frequency. Vision Research. 33(18). 2773–2788. 104 indexed citations
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Whitaker, David, Keziah Latham, Pia Mäkelä, & Jyrki Rovamo. (1993). Detection and discrimination of curvature in foveal and peripheral vision. Vision Research. 33(16). 2215–2224. 29 indexed citations
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Whitaker, David, et al.. (1991). Spatial scaling of absolute and relative movement discrimination. Optical Society of America Annual Meeting. WL40–WL40. 1 indexed citations
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Raninen, Antti, Rauli Franssila, & Jyrki Rovamo. (1991). Critical flicker frequency to red targets as a function of luminance and flux across the human visual field. Vision Research. 31(11). 1875–1881. 13 indexed citations
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Saarinen, Jukka, Jyrki Rovamo, & Veijo Virsu. (1988). Perception of spatial structure in peripheral vision. Annual Meeting Optical Society of America. MR36–MR36. 1 indexed citations
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Saarinen, Jukka, Jyrki Rovamo, & Veijo Virsu. (1987). Texture discrimination at different eccentricities. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 4(8). 1699–1699. 24 indexed citations
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Rovamo, Jyrki, et al.. (1984). Isotropy of cortical magnification and topography of striate cortex. Vision Research. 24(3). 283–286. 19 indexed citations
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Rovamo, Jyrki, et al.. (1983). CONTRAST SENSITIVITY IN MONOCULAR GLAUCOMA. Acta Ophthalmologica. 61(5). 742–750. 7 indexed citations
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Rovamo, Jyrki, Veijo Virsu, & Risto Näsänen. (1978). Cortical magnification factor predicts the photopic contrast sensitivity of peripheral vision. Nature. 271(5640). 54–56. 328 indexed citations

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