Robert A. Jacobs

17.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
120 papers, 11.1k citations indexed

About

Robert A. Jacobs is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Jacobs has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 11.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 37 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 22 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Jacobs's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (39 papers), Neural Networks and Applications (19 papers) and Multisensory perception and integration (17 papers). Robert A. Jacobs is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (39 papers), Neural Networks and Applications (19 papers) and Multisensory perception and integration (17 papers). Robert A. Jacobs collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Robert A. Jacobs's co-authors include Michael I. Jordan, Steven J. Nowlan, Geoffrey E. Hinton, A. J. Hudspeth, William M. Roberts, AJ Hudspeth, Richard Ν. Aslin, Ione Fine, Andrew G. Barto and Peter Battaglia and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Jacobs

116 papers receiving 10.4k 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.

Adaptive Mixtures of Local Experts

1991 2.8k citations Robert A. Jacobs, Michael I. Jordan et al. Neural Computation profile →
Hierarchical Mixtures of Experts and the EM Algorithm

1994 1.6k citations Michael I. Jordan, Robert A. Jacobs Neural Computation profile →
Increased rates of convergence through learning rate adaptation

1988 1.3k citations Robert A. Jacobs profile →
Colocalization of ion channels involved in frequency selectivity and synaptic transmission at presynaptic active zones of hair cells

1990 532 citations Robert A. Jacobs et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert A. Jacobs United States	38	4.9k	2.8k	1.8k	1.1k	1.0k	120	11.1k
Garrison W. Cottrell United States	43	2.5k 0.5×	3.1k 1.1×	5.7k 3.1×	1.2k 1.1×	694 0.7×	189	10.9k
Lars Kai Hansen Denmark	46	3.7k 0.8×	2.9k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	316 0.3×	1.8k 1.7×	332	11.8k
Richard S. Zemel Canada	41	6.5k 1.3×	2.7k 1.0×	4.3k 2.4×	375 0.3×	915 0.9×	149	13.7k
Andrew G. Barto United States	56	9.6k 2.0×	4.0k 1.4×	1.4k 0.8×	437 0.4×	293 0.3×	169	18.6k
Dana H. Ballard United States	43	2.8k 0.6×	7.2k 2.5×	9.1k 5.0×	1.3k 1.2×	844 0.8×	149	19.1k
Dharshan Kumaran United Kingdom	39	12.0k 2.5×	6.4k 2.3×	4.8k 2.6×	948 0.9×	625 0.6×	55	30.2k
Nikola Kasabov New Zealand	47	4.9k 1.0×	2.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	253 0.2×	570 0.5×	436	10.3k
David S. Touretzky United States	38	3.0k 0.6×	3.1k 1.1×	883 0.5×	276 0.3×	308 0.3×	148	8.4k
David Cox United States	37	1.8k 0.4×	2.6k 0.9×	2.6k 1.4×	307 0.3×	475 0.5×	91	9.4k
Bruno A. Olshausen United States	34	2.2k 0.4×	6.6k 2.3×	4.3k 2.3×	422 0.4×	1.8k 1.8×	104	12.9k

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Jacobs, Robert A., et al.. (2021). Semantic influence on visual working memory of object identity and location. Cognition. 217. 104891–104891. 10 indexed citations

Jacobs, Robert A., et al.. (2021). Analogy-Related Information Can Be Accessed by Simple Addition and Subtraction of fMRI Activation Patterns, Without Participants Performing any Analogy Task. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 1–17. 5 indexed citations

Jacobs, Robert A., et al.. (2020). Efficient data compression in perception and perceptual memory.. Psychological Review. 127(5). 891–917. 37 indexed citations

Jacobs, Robert A., et al.. (2019). Efficient Data Compression Leads to Categorical Bias in Perception and Perceptual Memory.. Cognitive Science. 1369–1375. 2 indexed citations

Jacobs, Robert A., et al.. (2017). Visual shape perception as Bayesian inference of 3D object-centered shape representations.. Psychological Review. 124(6). 740–761. 29 indexed citations

Jacobs, Robert A.. (2016). On Forgetting Fukushima. Japan focus. 14(6). 12. 2 indexed citations

Jacobs, Robert A., et al.. (2016). A 3D shape inference model matches human visual object similarity judgments better than deep convolutional neural networks.. Cognitive Science. 1 indexed citations

Jacobs, Robert A. & A. Emin Orhan. (2013). A Probabilistic Clustering Theory of the Organization of Visual Short-Term Memory. Journal of Vision. 13(9). 1368–1368. 3 indexed citations

Sims, Chris R., Hansjörg Neth, Robert A. Jacobs, & Wayne D. Gray. (2012). Melioration as rational choice: Sequential decision making in uncertain environments.. Psychological Review. 120(1). 139–154. 30 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Robert A., et al.. (2011). A Nonparametric Bayesian Model of Visual Short-Term Memory. Cognitive Science. 33(33). 1 indexed citations

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Tarduno, J. A., et al.. (2009). An Active Vision Approach to Understanding and Improving Visual Training in the Geosciences. 2012 GSA Annual Meeting in Charlotte. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Robert A., et al.. (2008). Learning to Combine Motor Primitives Via Greedy Additive Regression. Journal of Machine Learning Research. 9(49). 1535–1558. 2 indexed citations

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Clayards, Meghan, et al.. (2007). WITHIN CATEGORY PHONETIC VARIABILITY AFFECTS PERCEPTUAL UNCERTAINTY. 31(1). 70–2. 5 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Robert A., et al.. (2007). Behavioral Shaping for Geometric Concepts. Journal of Machine Learning Research. 8(64). 1835–1865.

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Jacobs, Robert A., et al.. (2006). The Costs of Ignoring High-Order Correlations in Populations of Model Neurons. Neural Computation. 18(3). 660–682. 4 indexed citations

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Atkins, Joseph E., József Fiser, & Robert A. Jacobs. (2001). Experience-dependent visual cue integration based on consistencies between visual and haptic percepts. Vision Research. 41(4). 449–461. 86 indexed citations

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Jordan, Michael I. & Robert A. Jacobs. (1998). Modular and hierarchical learning systems. MIT Press eBooks. 579–582. 26 indexed citations

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Jordan, Michael I. & Robert A. Jacobs. (1991). Hierarchies of adaptive experts. Neural Information Processing Systems. 4. 985–992. 96 indexed citations

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Jacobs, Robert A. & Michael I. Jordan. (1990). A competitive modular connectionist architecture. Neural Information Processing Systems. 3. 767–773. 90 indexed citations

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Jordan, Michael I. & Robert A. Jacobs. (1989). Learning to Control an Unstable System with Forward Modeling. neural information processing systems. 2. 324–331. 67 indexed citations

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