Richard Fitzhugh

10.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Richard Fitzhugh is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Fitzhugh has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 11 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Richard Fitzhugh's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (10 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (10 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (9 papers). Richard Fitzhugh is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (10 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (10 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (9 papers). Richard Fitzhugh collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Richard Fitzhugh's co-authors include Stephen W. Kuffler, H. B. Barlow, Eugene M. Izhikevich, Kenneth S. Cole, H. A. Antosiewicz, William J. Adelman, W K Chandler, Ulrich Franck, John N. Harb and Matthew Memmott and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Journal of Physiology and Journal of The Electrochemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Richard Fitzhugh

31 papers receiving 6.3k 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.

Impulses and Physiological States in Theoretical Models of Nerve Membrane

1961 4.3k citations Richard Fitzhugh Biophysical Journal profile →
Change of organization in the receptive fields of the cat's retina during dark adaptation

1957 610 citations H. B. Barlow, Richard Fitzhugh et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard Fitzhugh United States	19	3.2k	3.1k	2.4k	1.6k	1.2k	33	7.0k
Arthur T. Winfree United States	43	2.7k 0.8×	4.3k 1.4×	7.5k 3.1×	2.0k 1.2×	1.9k 1.5×	90	12.3k
André Longtin Canada	51	5.8k 1.8×	5.0k 1.6×	2.6k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	907 0.7×	210	10.8k
William L. Ditto United States	44	1.7k 0.5×	5.1k 1.6×	3.4k 1.4×	539 0.3×	991 0.8×	147	7.9k
Harold Lecar United States	28	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.4×	698 0.3×	1.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	41	3.9k
M. I. Rabinovich United States	50	4.5k 1.4×	3.5k 1.1×	2.9k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	546 0.4×	222	8.4k
Frank C. Hoppensteadt United States	38	2.0k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	741 0.4×	522 0.4×	121	6.3k
John Rinzel United States	64	8.9k 2.8×	4.9k 1.5×	3.3k 1.4×	5.4k 3.3×	2.1k 1.7×	192	13.4k
Steven J. Schiff United States	54	4.8k 1.5×	2.1k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	4.2k 2.6×	967 0.8×	202	10.1k
J. Nagumo Japan	11	1.3k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	354 0.2×	273 0.2×	19	3.8k
Frank Moss United States	50	4.7k 1.5×	8.8k 2.8×	4.6k 1.9×	710 0.4×	1.7k 1.4×	185	11.3k

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Monreal, Marisa J., et al.. (2025). Measurement of partial vapor pressures of salt mixtures via combined horizontal transpiration and thermogravimetric analysis. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 334(12). 9583–9595.

Fitzhugh, Richard, et al.. (2024). Inventory and solubility of fission products in molten lead to quantify source term in lead-cooled fast reactors. Annals of Nuclear Energy. 200. 110357–110357.

Fitzhugh, Richard, et al.. (2021). On the Electrochemical Thermodynamics of Minor Components in Molten Salt Mixtures. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 168(2). 26502–26502. 4 indexed citations

Izhikevich, Eugene M. & Richard Fitzhugh. (2006). FitzHugh-Nagumo model. Scholarpedia. 1(9). 1349–1349. 145 indexed citations

Fitzhugh, Richard. (1977). A model of optimal voluntary muscular control. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 4(3). 203–236. 37 indexed citations

Fitzhugh, Richard. (1976). Anodal excitation in the Hodgkin-Huxley nerve model. Biophysical Journal. 16(3). 209–226. 17 indexed citations

Fitzhugh, Richard & Kenneth S. Cole. (1973). Voltage and Current Clamp Transients with Membrane Dielectric Loss. Biophysical Journal. 13(11). 1125–1140. 17 indexed citations

Fitzhugh, Richard, et al.. (1972). Time‐temperature superposition of a styrene–butadiene–styrene block copolymer cast from organic solvents. Journal of Polymer Science Part A-2 Polymer Physics. 10(8). 1625–1629. 2 indexed citations

Fitzhugh, Richard. (1968). Motion picture of nerve impulse propagation using computer animation.. Journal of Applied Physiology. 25(5). 628–630. 17 indexed citations

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Fitzhugh, Richard. (1966). Theoretical Effect of Temperature on Threshold in the Hodgkin-Huxley Nerve Model. The Journal of General Physiology. 49(5). 989–1005. 49 indexed citations

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Chandler, W K, Richard Fitzhugh, & Kenneth S. Cole. (1962). Theoretical Stability Properties of a Space-Clamped Axon. Biophysical Journal. 2(2). 105–127. 55 indexed citations

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Franck, Ulrich & Richard Fitzhugh. (1961). Periodische Elektrodenprozesse und ihre Beschreibung durch ein mathematisches Modell. Zeitschrift für Elektrochemie Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für physikalische Chemie. 65(2). 156–168. 19 indexed citations

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Fitzhugh, Richard. (1960). Thresholds and Plateaus in the Hodgkin-Huxley Nerve Equations. The Journal of General Physiology. 43(5). 867–896. 348 indexed citations

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Fitzhugh, Richard, et al.. (1960). Applicability of Hodgkin-Huxley Model to Experimental Data from the Giant Axon of Lobster. Science. 131(3412). 1533–1534. 5 indexed citations

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Fitzhugh, Richard. (1958). A STATISTICAL ANALYZER FOR OPTIC NERVE MESSAGES. The Journal of General Physiology. 41(4). 675–692. 29 indexed citations

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Fitzhugh, Richard. (1957). THE STATISTICAL DETECTION OF THRESHOLD SIGNALS IN THE RETINA. The Journal of General Physiology. 40(6). 925–948. 68 indexed citations

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Kuffler, Stephen W., Richard Fitzhugh, & H. B. Barlow. (1957). MAINTAINED ACTIVITY IN THE CAT'S RETINA IN LIGHT AND DARKNESS. The Journal of General Physiology. 40(5). 683–702. 245 indexed citations

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Fitzhugh, Richard. (1955). Mathematical models of threshold phenomena in the nerve membrane. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 17(4). 257–278. 443 indexed citations

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Fitzhugh, Richard, et al.. (1954). Resting discharge and dark adaptation in the cat.. PubMed. 125(1). 28–9P. 6 indexed citations

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Fitzhugh, Richard. (1954). Effects of azide and electrical polarization on refractory period in frog nerve. Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology. 44(1). 117–140. 3 indexed citations

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