Robert Ward

17.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
197 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

Robert Ward is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Ward has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 53 papers in Molecular Biology and 47 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Robert Ward's work include Identification and Quantification in Food (47 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (38 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (32 papers). Robert Ward is often cited by papers focused on Identification and Quantification in Food (47 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (38 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (32 papers). Robert Ward collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Robert Ward's co-authors include Paul D. N. Hebert, Peter R. Last, Tyler Zemlak, John S. Duncan, Kimron L. Shapiro, D. O. F. Skibinski, Mathew Woodwark, Robert Hanner, Bronwyn Holmes and Glyn W. Humphreys and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Robert Ward

190 papers receiving 12.6k 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.

DNA barcoding Australia's fish species

2005 3.2k citations Robert Ward, Peter R. Last et al. profile →
A comparison of genetic diversity levels in marine, freshwater, and anadromous fishes

1994 841 citations Robert Ward et al. profile →
The campaign to DNA barcode all fishes, FISH‐BOL

2009 722 citations Robert Ward et al. profile →
Direct measurement of attentional dwell time in human vision

1994 515 citations Robert Ward et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert Ward	5.6k	4.5k	3.4k	3.2k	3.1k	197	13.4k
Russell D. Fernald	3.0k 0.5×	1.8k 0.4×	2.3k 0.7×	893 0.3×	858 0.3×	184	12.6k
Christian Peter Klingenberg	1.4k 0.2×	2.4k 0.5×	3.5k 1.0×	782 0.2×	309 0.1×	99	15.8k
D. S. Falconer	3.4k 0.6×	2.6k 0.6×	13.7k 4.0×	883 0.3×	412 0.1×	72	28.2k
James M. Cheverud	4.2k 0.8×	1.8k 0.4×	11.2k 3.3×	353 0.1×	546 0.2×	296	24.0k
George C. Williams	1.4k 0.3×	1.8k 0.4×	3.9k 1.1×	400 0.1×	450 0.1×	91	14.3k
Alan D. Pickering	496 0.1×	2.0k 0.4×	415 0.1×	4.4k 1.4×	2.6k 0.9×	171	13.4k
John A. Endler	1.6k 0.3×	5.9k 1.3×	8.9k 2.6×	861 0.3×	516 0.2×	186	28.5k
Bernard J. Crespi	1.4k 0.2×	1.3k 0.3×	5.4k 1.6×	189 0.1×	1.1k 0.3×	222	11.2k
David Crews	1.9k 0.3×	1.7k 0.4×	4.4k 1.3×	343 0.1×	242 0.1×	288	13.0k
Shaun P. Collin	3.3k 0.6×	4.0k 0.9×	289 0.1×	666 0.2×	609 0.2×	285	8.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Ward

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Ward

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Ward

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert Ward. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert Ward 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 Robert Ward. Robert Ward is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ward, Robert, et al.. (2025). Big five personality perceptions from voices and faces: Impressions and kernels of truth. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 49(1). 125–154. 1 indexed citations

Boyd, Robin J., Martin Harvey, David B. Roy, et al.. (2023). Causal inference and large‐scale expert validation shed light on the drivers of SDM accuracy and variance. Diversity and Distributions. 29(6). 774–784. 5 indexed citations

Steinke, Dirk, Jeremy R deWaard, Martin F. Gomon, et al.. (2017). DNA barcoding the fishes of Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef). Biodiversity Data Journal. 5(5). e12409–e12409. 13 indexed citations

Kramer, Robin S. S., Alex L. Jones, & Robert Ward. (2012). A Lack of Sexual Dimorphism in Width-to-Height Ratio in White European Faces Using 2D Photographs, 3D Scans, and Anthropometry. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e42705–e42705. 62 indexed citations

Arend, Isabel, Robert Ward, Claire L. Roether, Lars Omlor, & Martin A. Giese. (2010). Perceived attractiveness from biological motion: A question of symmetry?. Perception. 39. 18–18. 1 indexed citations

Ward, Robert, et al.. (2009). Representation in dynamical agents. Neural Networks. 22(3). 258–266. 13 indexed citations

Arend, Isabel, et al.. (2008). The role of the human pulvinar in visual attention and action: evidence from temporal-order judgment, saccade decision, and antisaccade tasks. Progress in brain research. 171. 475–483. 40 indexed citations

Ward, Robert, et al.. (2006). Cognitive conflict without explicit conflict monitoring in a dynamical agent. Neural Networks. 19(9). 1430–1436. 9 indexed citations

Bell, Jimmy D., J.L. Munro, Warwick J. Nash, et al.. (2005). Advances in Marine Biology V49: Restocking and stock enhancement of marine invertebrate fisheries. Murdoch Research Repository (Murdoch University). 7 indexed citations

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Ward, Robert, Sheldon Danziger, & Susan Bamford. (2005). Response to Visual Threat Following Damage to the Pulvinar. Current Biology. 15(6). 571–573. 66 indexed citations

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Finlay, Janet, et al.. (2003). Designing for visual influence: an eye tracking study of the usability of graphical management information. University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield). 22 indexed citations

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Ward, Robert, et al.. (2001). Using skin conductivity to detect emotionally significant events in human-computer interaction. University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield). 7 indexed citations

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Ward, Robert & Nicholas G. Elliott. (2001). Genetic population structure of species in the South East Fishery of Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research. 52(4). 563–573. 29 indexed citations

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Ward, Robert, et al.. (1998). Allozyme and mitochondrial DNA variation in three species of oreos (Teleostei: Oreosomatidae) from Australasian waters. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 32(2). 233–245. 5 indexed citations

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Ward, Robert, et al.. (1998). JavaScript as a first programming language for multimedia students. 249–253. 4 indexed citations

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Ward, Robert. (1997). Global population structure of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, inferred from allozyme and mitochondrial DNA variation. Fishery Bulletin. 12(44). 1553–575. 64 indexed citations

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Vandenberghe, Rik, John Duncan, Patrick Dupont, et al.. (1997). Attention to One or Two Features in Left or Right Visual Field: A Positron Emission Tomography Study. Journal of Neuroscience. 17(10). 3739–3750. 121 indexed citations

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Ward, Robert. (1995). Computer-Assisted Learning and Language-Impaired Children. 2(2). 2 indexed citations

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Ward, Robert. (1989). Some uses of natural language interfaces in computer assisted language learning. Instructional Science. 18(1). 45–61. 3 indexed citations

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Janson, Kerstin & Robert Ward. (1985). Taxonomic Status of Littorina tenebrosa Montagu as Assessed by Morphological and Genetic Analyses. Journal of conchology. 32(1). 9–15. 27 indexed citations

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