R. C. Oldfield

38.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 32.3k citations indexed

About

R. C. Oldfield is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, R. C. Oldfield has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 32.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 3 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 1 paper in Surgery. Recurrent topics in R. C. Oldfield's work include Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience (3 papers), Authorship Attribution and Profiling (2 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (1 paper). R. C. Oldfield is often cited by papers focused on Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience (3 papers), Authorship Attribution and Profiling (2 papers) and Linguistic Variation and Morphology (1 paper). R. C. Oldfield collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. R. C. Oldfield's co-authors include Arthur Wingfield, Freda Newcombe, Alex Gammerman, Colin Aitken, Robert Gordon, Michael R. Williams, Richard T. Jones, Christine Sambles, David A. Parker and Nikolaus J. Kuhn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Lancet and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

R. C. Oldfield

21 papers receiving 31.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The assessment and analysis of handedness: The Edinburgh inventory

1971 31.1k citations R. C. Oldfield Neuropsychologia profile →
Response Latencies in Naming Objects

1965 602 citations R. C. Oldfield, Arthur Wingfield Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. C. Oldfield United Kingdom	12	25.9k	5.5k	5.0k	4.8k	4.1k	25	32.3k
Michael M. Merzenich United States	89	22.8k 0.9×	3.4k 0.6×	3.5k 0.7×	1.6k 0.3×	3.3k 0.8×	226	31.1k
Michael Petrides Canada	85	24.1k 0.9×	3.8k 0.7×	2.6k 0.5×	3.5k 0.7×	2.6k 0.6×	239	31.0k
Scott T. Grafton United States	85	20.7k 0.8×	3.7k 0.7×	2.5k 0.5×	7.2k 1.5×	2.7k 0.7×	280	27.8k
Leslie G. Ungerleider United States	84	28.0k 1.1×	5.0k 0.9×	2.3k 0.5×	4.3k 0.9×	2.4k 0.6×	197	32.2k
Gregory McCarthy United States	91	27.6k 1.1×	6.6k 1.2×	3.6k 0.7×	3.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.3×	231	35.4k
Niels Birbaumer Germany	122	47.9k 1.8×	5.6k 1.0×	1.7k 0.3×	4.1k 0.8×	4.4k 1.1×	710	62.2k
Mortimer Mishkin United States	94	26.2k 1.0×	3.2k 0.6×	2.7k 0.5×	2.8k 0.6×	2.0k 0.5×	247	32.6k
Marc Jeannerod France	79	22.0k 0.8×	2.7k 0.5×	6.2k 1.2×	12.1k 2.5×	2.2k 0.5×	249	27.8k
Lutz Jäncke Switzerland	88	19.0k 0.7×	5.9k 1.1×	2.5k 0.5×	4.1k 0.9×	2.3k 0.6×	456	27.1k
R.E. Passingham United Kingdom	70	14.7k 0.6×	1.7k 0.3×	2.6k 0.5×	4.9k 1.0×	3.2k 0.8×	128	21.0k

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Tennant, Richard, Thomas Lux, Christine Sambles, et al.. (2019). Palaeogenomics of the Hydrocarbon Producing Microalga Botryococcus braunii. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 1776–1776. 3 indexed citations

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Aitken, Colin, et al.. (1996). Statistical modelling in specific case analysis. Science & Justice. 36(4). 245–255. 22 indexed citations

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Oldfield, R. C.. (1971). The assessment and analysis of handedness: The Edinburgh inventory. Neuropsychologia. 9(1). 97–113. 31056 indexed citations breakdown →

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Oldfield, R. C.. (1971). AMBIDEXTERITY IN SURGEONS. The Lancet. 297(7700). 655–655. 7 indexed citations

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Newcombe, Freda, et al.. (1971). Recognition and naming of object-drawings by men with focal brain wounds. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 34(3). 329–340. 56 indexed citations

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Oldfield, R. C.. (1970). MIND, BRAIN AND ADAPTATION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. CEREBRAL LOCALIZATION AND ITS BIOLOGICAL CONTEXT FROM GALL TO FERRIER. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 33(6). 886–886. 50 indexed citations

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Oldfield, R. C.. (1969). Difficultés de la neuropsychologie expérimentale : Précautions à prendre. Bulletin de psychologie. 22(276). 750–753. 1 indexed citations

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Oldfield, R. C.. (1969). HANDEDNESS IN MUSICIANS. British Journal of Psychology. 60(1). 91–99. 99 indexed citations

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Oldfield, R. C., et al.. (1968). Language: selected readings. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations

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Oldfield, R. C.. (1967). Mind and Voice. Nature. 214(5085). 328–328. 1 indexed citations

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Oldfield, R. C.. (1966). Things, Words and the Brain*. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 18(4). 340–353. 104 indexed citations

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Oldfield, R. C. & Arthur Wingfield. (1965). Response Latencies in Naming Objects. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 17(4). 273–281. 602 indexed citations breakdown →

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Oldfield, R. C.. (1965). Obituary: Kenneth Ronald Lambert Hall (1917–1965). Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 17(4). 356–356. 1 indexed citations

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Newcombe, Freda, R. C. Oldfield, & Arthur Wingfield. (1965). Object-naming by Dysphasic Patients. Nature. 207(5002). 1217–1218. 68 indexed citations

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Oldfield, R. C.. (1963). Individual Vocabulary and Semantic Currency: A Preliminary Study. British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. 2(2). 122–130. 11 indexed citations

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Oldfield, R. C.. (1962). SPEECH DISORDERS: Aphasia, Apraxia and Agnosia. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 25(3). 286–286. 56 indexed citations

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Oldfield, R. C., et al.. (1961). MOVEMENT AND DISTORTION IN VISUAL PATTERNS DURING PROLONGED FIXATION. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 2(1). 49–55. 7 indexed citations

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Oldfield, R. C. & Michael R. Williams. (1961). CEREBRAL TRAUMA IN INFANCY AND INTELLECTUAL DEFECT. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 24(1). 32–36. 3 indexed citations

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Oldfield, R. C.. (1960). Shorter Articles and Notes a Simplified Method of Treatment for Size-Constancy Data. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 12(1). 33–35. 2 indexed citations

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Oldfield, R. C.. (1955). Apparent Fluctuations of a Sensory Threshold. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 7(3). 101–115. 11 indexed citations

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