Oscar W. Richards

3.6k citations

72 papers · 2.2k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 15

Co-authors: Martha Windholz George Clark Ludwig von Bertalanffy EDWARD GURR August Ruthmann George L. Wied Ruth L. Willey G. F. Bahr
Topics: Impact of Light on Environment and Health (5 papers)Visual perception and processing mechanisms (4 papers)Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (4 papers)
Cited by: Metals and Alloys Mechanical Engineering Ceramics and Composites
Journals: Science Physics Today Journal of Bacteriology
Partner nations: United States Russia Canada

In The Last Decade

Oscar W. Richards

61 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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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.

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1969 1.1k citations Oscar W. Richards et al. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	VARIATION OF THE GREEN-RED RATIO WITH REFRACTIVE ERROR 1983 ·Optometry and Vision Science ·(unknown),(unknown),Oscar W. Richards	2
2	COOL WHITE, ULTRALUME, AND VITA-LITE FLUORESCENT LAMPS FOR USE IN COLOR VISION TESTING 1980 ·Optometry and Vision Science ·(unknown),(unknown),Oscar W. Richards	6
3	Night Myopia at Night Automobile Luminances 1978 ·Optometry and Vision Science ·Oscar W. Richards	7
4	Effects of Luminance and Contrast on Visual Acuity, Ages 16 to 90 Years 1977 ·Optometry and Vision Science ·Oscar W. Richards	46
5	Instrument Myopia–Microscopy 1976 ·Optometry and Vision Science ·Oscar W. Richards	13
6	A Short History of the Early American Microscopes 1976 ·Transactions of the American Microscopical Society ·Oscar W. Richards,(unknown)	2
7	The Billings Microscope Collection of the Medical Museum Armed Forces Institute of Pathology 1976 ·Transactions of the American Microscopical Society ·Oscar W. Richards,(unknown)	1
8	LIGHTING AN EXAMINATION ROOM TO AVOID ERROR 1973 ·Optometry and Vision Science ·Oscar W. Richards,(unknown)	1
9	SOME SEEING PROBLEMS 1972 ·Optometry and Vision Science ·Oscar W. Richards	8
10	SUNGLASSES FOR EYE PROTECTION 1971 ·Optometry and Vision Science ·Oscar W. Richards	0
11	FLUORESCENT LIGHTS FOR COLOR VISION TESTING 1971 ·Optometry and Vision Science ·Oscar W. Richards,(unknown),(unknown)	0
12	NIGHT MYOPIA AT NIGHT AUTOMOBILE DRIVING LUMINANCES 1967 ·Optometry and Vision Science ·Oscar W. Richards	11
13	VISION AT LEVELS OF NIGHT ROAD ILLUMINATION* XII, CHANGES OF ACUITY AND CONTRAST SENSITIVITY WITH AGE 1966 ·Optometry and Vision Science ·Oscar W. Richards	13
14	VISION AT LEVELS OF NIGHT ROAD ILLUMINATION 1966 ·Highway research record ·Oscar W. Richards	1
15	Photography for Scientific Publication, A Handbook 1966 ·Transactions of the American Microscopical Society ·Oscar W. Richards,(unknown)	1
16	A COMPARISON OF ACUITY TEST LETTERS WITH AND WITHOUT SERIFS 1965 ·Optometry and Vision Science ·Oscar W. Richards	2
17	SEEING THROUGH SPECTACLES ???AN ANALYSIS OF ASTHENOPIA 1964 ·Optometry and Vision Science ·Oscar W. Richards	1
18	AMERICAN MICROSCOPE MAKERS AND INTRODUCTION TO THE COLLECTION 1964 ·Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society ·Oscar W. Richards	1
19	TINTED CONTACT LENSES - A HANDICAP FOR NIGHT DRIVING 1963 ·Highway Research Record ·Oscar W. Richards	2
20	NIGHT DRIVING SEEING PROBLEMS 1958 ·Optometry and Vision Science ·Oscar W. Richards	2

About Oscar W. Richards

Oscar W. Richards is a scholar working on Structural Biology, History and Philosophy of Science and Ophthalmology, having authored 72 papers that have together received 2.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Impact of Light on Environment and Health (5 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (4 papers) and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Metals and Alloys (41 citations), Mechanical Engineering (542 citations) and Ceramics and Composites (82 citations). Oscar W. Richards has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Russia and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Martha Windholz, George Clark, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, EDWARD GURR, August Ruthmann, George L. Wied, Ruth L. Willey, G. F. Bahr, H. Röckert and T. A. Hall. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Physics Today and Journal of Bacteriology.

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