Oliver Sacks

4.6k total citations
68 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Oliver Sacks is a scholar working on Neurology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Oliver Sacks has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Neurology, 8 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 6 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Oliver Sacks's work include Neurology and Historical Studies (5 papers), Empathy and Medical Education (4 papers) and Hallucinations in medical conditions (3 papers). Oliver Sacks is often cited by papers focused on Neurology and Historical Studies (5 papers), Empathy and Medical Education (4 papers) and Hallucinations in medical conditions (3 papers). Oliver Sacks collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Oliver Sacks's co-authors include Paul Alan Cox, Albert Freeman, Rudolf Arnheim, John B. Christiansen, John C. Steele, Susan J. Murch, Sandra Anne Banack, Jonathan Cole, Orrin Devinsky and Mary Jane Aguilar and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Oliver Sacks

64 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Oliver Sacks United States 21 742 354 336 330 328 68 2.7k
Motoichiro Kato Japan 34 1.6k 2.1× 247 0.7× 668 2.0× 167 0.5× 931 2.8× 133 3.5k
Jason W. Brown United States 30 2.5k 3.4× 165 0.5× 563 1.7× 730 2.2× 335 1.0× 130 3.8k
A. R. Damasio United States 17 2.3k 3.1× 377 1.1× 711 2.1× 328 1.0× 990 3.0× 24 5.1k
A. R. Luria United States 38 1.8k 2.4× 121 0.3× 341 1.0× 812 2.5× 389 1.2× 88 4.4k
Sandra Báez Argentina 34 1.6k 2.2× 206 0.6× 623 1.9× 207 0.6× 1.4k 4.1× 90 3.0k
Michael R. F. Aitken United Kingdom 29 2.3k 3.0× 143 0.4× 379 1.1× 426 1.3× 804 2.5× 46 3.8k
William P. Hetrick United States 39 2.7k 3.6× 131 0.4× 252 0.8× 219 0.7× 1.1k 3.2× 118 4.5k
James Black United States 27 1.2k 1.6× 175 0.5× 506 1.5× 514 1.6× 332 1.0× 61 4.3k
N. Maritza Dowling United States 37 661 0.9× 155 0.4× 237 0.7× 138 0.4× 1.2k 3.6× 98 4.4k
André Lecours Canada 28 1.7k 2.3× 97 0.3× 259 0.8× 768 2.3× 478 1.5× 138 4.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Oliver Sacks

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Oliver Sacks

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Oliver Sacks. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Oliver Sacks 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 Oliver Sacks. Oliver Sacks 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
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Blom, Jan Dirk, Iris E. Sommer, Sanne Koops, & Oliver Sacks. (2014). Prosopometamorphopsia and facial hallucinations. The Lancet. 384(9958). 1998–1998. 12 indexed citations
2.
Sacks, Oliver. (2013). Hallucinations of musical notation. Brain. 136(7). 2318–2322. 6 indexed citations
3.
Sacks, Oliver, et al.. (2012). My Own Life. 5 indexed citations
4.
Sacks, Oliver, et al.. (2009). Klüver–Bucy syndrome, hypersexuality, and the law. Neurocase. 16(2). 140–145. 34 indexed citations
5.
Boylan, Laura S., et al.. (2006). Diagnostic performance of spectroscopic and perfusion MRI for distinction of brain tumors. Neurology. 67(5). 920–920. 8 indexed citations
6.
Boylan, Laura S., et al.. (2006). Randomized controlled phase II trial of glatiramer acetate in ALS. Neurology. 67(5). 920–920. 1 indexed citations
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Sacks, Oliver. (2006). The power of music. Brain. 129(10). 2528–2532. 119 indexed citations
8.
Sacks, Oliver. (2005). Remembering Francis Crick. New York review of books/˜The œNew York review of books. 34–36. 1 indexed citations
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Murch, Susan J., Paul Alan Cox, Sandra Anne Banack, John C. Steele, & Oliver Sacks. (2004). Occurrence of beta-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA) in ALS/PDC patients from Guam. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 110(4). 267–269. 276 indexed citations
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Sacks, Oliver, et al.. (2003). Selective emotional detachment from family after right temporal lobectomy. Epilepsy & Behavior. 4(3). 340–342. 12 indexed citations
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Cox, Paul Alan & Oliver Sacks. (2002). Cycad neurotoxins, consumption of flying foxes, and ALS-PDC disease in Guam. Neurology. 58(6). 956–959. 231 indexed citations
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Sacks, Oliver, et al.. (1998). Freud and the neurosciences : from brain research to the unconscious. 20 indexed citations
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Sacks, Oliver. (1998). The island of the colorblind : and, Cycad island. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 11 indexed citations
14.
Sacks, Oliver. (1997). A Neurologist's Perspective on the Aging Brain. Archives of Neurology. 54(10). 1211–1214. 2 indexed citations
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Nyman, Michael, et al.. (1996). The man who mistook his wife for a hat : chamber opera. 1 indexed citations
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Sacks, Oliver. (1996). The island of the colour-blind and cycad island. 9 indexed citations
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Lewontin, Richard C, et al.. (1996). Historias de la ciencia y del olvido. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 46(6). 1484–1485. 3 indexed citations
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Sacks, Oliver & Albert Freeman. (1994). An anthropologist on Mars. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 1(2). 264 indexed citations
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Sacks, Oliver. (1993). Edelman, G.M. Bright air, brilliant fire: on the matter of mind. Basic books, 1993. 12. 335–351. 10 indexed citations
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Sacks, Oliver, et al.. (1990). Des yeux pour entendre : voyage au pays des sourds. Éditions du Seuil eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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