Misha Vorobyev

10.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
82 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Misha Vorobyev is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Misha Vorobyev has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 33 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 20 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Misha Vorobyev's work include Plant and animal studies (40 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (33 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (20 papers). Misha Vorobyev is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (40 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (33 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (20 papers). Misha Vorobyev collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Germany and United Kingdom. Misha Vorobyev's co-authors include Daniel Osorio, Randolf Menzel, Martín Giurfa, N. Justin Marshall, Almut Kelber, Natalie Hempel de Ibarra, Robert Brandt, Innes C. Cuthill, Andrew T. D. Bennett and Thomas W. Cronin and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and The Journal of Comparative Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Misha Vorobyev

80 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

Receptor noise as a determinant of colour thresholds

1998 1.0k citations Misha Vorobyev, Daniel Osorio profile →
Animal colour vision — behavioural tests and physiological concepts

2003 679 citations Almut Kelber, Misha Vorobyev et al. profile →
Tetrachromacy, oil droplets and bird plumage colours

1998 621 citations Misha Vorobyev, Daniel Osorio et al. Journal of Comparative Physiology A profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Misha Vorobyev New Zealand	41	5.8k	1.9k	1.6k	1.4k	1.1k	82	7.7k
Daniel Osorio United Kingdom	46	5.5k 1.0×	2.3k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	131	8.7k
Almut Kelber Sweden	47	4.8k 0.8×	2.3k 1.3×	967 0.6×	1.7k 1.2×	750 0.7×	147	6.8k
Eric J. Warrant Sweden	53	4.1k 0.7×	3.6k 2.0×	1.4k 0.9×	2.6k 1.8×	1.2k 1.1×	178	8.2k
Martin Stevens United Kingdom	54	7.2k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	2.8k 1.7×	1.7k 1.2×	1.8k 1.6×	154	9.5k
Andrew T. D. Bennett Australia	37	5.2k 0.9×	756 0.4×	3.1k 1.9×	763 0.5×	984 0.9×	119	7.0k
Jochen Zeil Australia	43	2.9k 0.5×	2.3k 1.3×	859 0.5×	1.9k 1.4×	415 0.4×	109	5.0k
Nathan S. Hart Australia	42	2.7k 0.5×	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.1×	432 0.3×	958 0.9×	137	5.8k
Thomas N. Sherratt Canada	43	4.6k 0.8×	380 0.2×	2.1k 1.3×	2.0k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	168	7.4k
Johanna Mappes Finland	56	7.2k 1.2×	778 0.4×	1.6k 1.0×	3.6k 2.6×	1.4k 1.3×	225	9.1k
Reuven Dukas Canada	43	4.4k 0.8×	784 0.4×	787 0.5×	2.5k 1.7×	301 0.3×	117	5.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Misha Vorobyev

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Osorio, Daniel, et al.. (2022). Colour discrimination thresholds vary throughout colour space in a reef fish (Rhinecanthus aculeatus). Journal of Experimental Biology. 225(7). 15 indexed citations

Vorobyev, Misha, et al.. (2022). Selected ocular dimensions of three penguin species. Vision Research. 201. 108122–108122. 4 indexed citations

Cheney, Karen L., et al.. (2019). An Ishihara-style test of animal colour vision. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222(1). 42 indexed citations

Osorio, Daniel & Misha Vorobyev. (2017). Principles and application of the receptor noise model of color discrimination: a comment on Olsson et al.. Behavioral Ecology. 29(2). 283–284. 9 indexed citations

Toomey, Matthew B., Olle Lind, Rikard Frederiksen, et al.. (2016). Complementary shifts in photoreceptor spectral tuning unlock the full adaptive potential of ultraviolet vision in birds. eLife. 5. 47 indexed citations

Siebeck, Ulrike E., Guy Wallis, Lenore Litherland, Olga Ganeshina, & Misha Vorobyev. (2014). Spectral and spatial selectivity of luminance vision in reef fish. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 8. 118–118. 28 indexed citations

Wallis, Guy, et al.. (2014). Visual Acuity in a Species of Coral Reef Fish: <b><i>Rhinecanthus aculeatus</i></b>. Brain Behavior and Evolution. 83(1). 31–42. 35 indexed citations

Vorobyev, Misha. (2007). Primate trichromacy is optimal for identification of colourful objects. Perception. 36. 201–201. 1 indexed citations

Hemmi, Jan M., et al.. (2006). The variable colours of the fiddler crab Uca vomeris and their relation to background and predation. Journal of Experimental Biology. 209(20). 4140–4153. 79 indexed citations

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Marshall, N. Justin, et al.. (2006). Tetrachromatic colour vision in the Australian lungfish Neoceratodus forsteri. Perception. 35. 168–168. 1 indexed citations

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Schaefer, H. Martin, et al.. (2006). Are Fruit Colors Adapted to Consumer Vision and Birds Equally Efficient in Detecting Colorful Signals?. The American Naturalist. 169(S1). S159–S169. 135 indexed citations

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Ganeshina, Olga & Misha Vorobyev. (2006). Structural Aspects of Slow Mechanical Adaptation in the Vertebrate Cochlea. International Journal of Comparative Psychology. 19(1). 2 indexed citations

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Knapp, E.A., et al.. (2004). A variable high-power multi-beam klystron design. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment. 539(1-2). 63–73. 4 indexed citations

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Ibarra, Natalie Hempel de, Martín Giurfa, & Misha Vorobyev. (2001). Detection of coloured patterns by honeybees through chromatic and achromatic cues. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 187(3). 215–224. 88 indexed citations

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Vorobyev, Misha, et al.. (2001). Colour thresholds and receptor noise: behaviour and physiology compared. Vision Research. 41(5). 639–653. 265 indexed citations

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Chiao, Chuan‐Chin, Misha Vorobyev, Thomas W. Cronin, & Daniel Osorio. (2000). Spectral tuning of dichromats to natural scenes. Vision Research. 40(23). 3257–3271. 57 indexed citations

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Osorio, Daniel, Misha Vorobyev, & Carl Jones. (1999). Colour vision of domestic chicks. Journal of Experimental Biology. 202(21). 2951–2959. 221 indexed citations

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Vorobyev, Misha, Daniel Osorio, Andrew T. D. Bennett, N. Justin Marshall, & Innes C. Cuthill. (1998). Tetrachromacy, oil droplets and bird plumage colours. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 183(5). 621–633. 621 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brandt, Robert & Misha Vorobyev. (1997). Metric Analysis of Threshold Spectral Sensitivity in the Honeybee. Vision Research. 37(4). 425–439. 52 indexed citations

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Vorobyev, Misha & Robert Brandt. (1996). Does photoreceptor noise limit the accuracy of color discrimination in honeybees. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 182. 2 indexed citations

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