Roland S. Johansson

30.5k total citations · 9 hit papers
150 papers, 21.8k citations indexed

About

Roland S. Johansson is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roland S. Johansson has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 21.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 80 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 22 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Roland S. Johansson's work include Motor Control and Adaptation (99 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (80 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (71 papers). Roland S. Johansson is often cited by papers focused on Motor Control and Adaptation (99 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (80 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (71 papers). Roland S. Johansson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Canada and United States. Roland S. Johansson's co-authors include G. Westling, J. Randall Flanagan, Å. B. Vallbo, B. Bigland-Ritchie, Hans Forssberg, Ingvars Birznieks, Kelly J. Cole, O. C. J. Lippold, Mats Trulsson and Andrew M. Gordon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Neuroscience and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Roland S. Johansson

147 papers receiving 21.1k citations

Hit Papers

Coding and use of tactile sign... 1979 2026 1994 2010 2009 1984 1979 1984 1984 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Coding and use of tactile signals from the fingertips in object manipulation tasks
    2009 1.4k citations Roland S. Johansson, J. Randall Flanagan profile →
  2. Roles of glabrous skin receptors and sensorimotor memory in automatic control of precision grip when lifting rougher or more slippery objects
    1984 1.3k citations Roland S. Johansson, G. Westling Experimental Brain Research profile →
  3. Tactile sensibility in the human hand: relative and absolute densities of four types of mechanoreceptive units in glabrous skin.
    1979 908 citations Roland S. Johansson et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →
  4. Factors influencing the force control during precision grip
    1984 750 citations G. Westling, Roland S. Johansson Experimental Brain Research profile →
  5. Properties of cutaneous mechanoreceptors in the human hand related to touch sensation.
    1984 683 citations Roland S. Johansson et al. profile →
  6. Eye–Hand Coordination in Object Manipulation
    2001 653 citations Roland S. Johansson, Göran Westling et al. profile →
  7. Signals in tactile afferents from the fingers eliciting adaptive motor responses during precision grip
    1987 570 citations Roland S. Johansson, G. Westling Experimental Brain Research profile →
  8. Coordinated isometric muscle commands adequately and erroneously programmed for the weight during lifting task with precision grip
    1988 554 citations Roland S. Johansson, G. Westling Experimental Brain Research profile →
  9. Action plans used in action observation
    2003 514 citations J. Randall Flanagan, Roland S. Johansson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roland S. Johansson Sweden 72 16.7k 10.7k 3.2k 2.2k 1.8k 150 21.8k
Emilio Bizzi United States 66 13.9k 0.8× 8.9k 0.8× 2.9k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 137 18.1k
Mitsuo Kawato Japan 84 21.1k 1.3× 8.6k 0.8× 7.2k 2.2× 2.0k 0.9× 4.4k 2.5× 392 28.9k
Reza Shadmehr United States 72 17.6k 1.1× 7.2k 0.7× 6.0k 1.9× 1.2k 0.6× 705 0.4× 157 20.8k
Francesco Lacquaniti Italy 74 11.6k 0.7× 8.6k 0.8× 3.0k 0.9× 736 0.3× 762 0.4× 294 18.4k
Daniel M. Wolpert United Kingdom 86 33.2k 2.0× 9.1k 0.8× 12.8k 4.0× 1.8k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 224 39.6k
Marc Jeannerod France 79 22.0k 1.3× 3.3k 0.3× 12.1k 3.7× 940 0.4× 740 0.4× 249 27.8k
J. Randall Flanagan Canada 53 10.9k 0.7× 4.6k 0.4× 4.3k 1.3× 511 0.2× 988 0.6× 140 12.9k
Melvyn A. Goodale Canada 85 29.9k 1.8× 2.8k 0.3× 8.6k 2.7× 1.3k 0.6× 546 0.3× 402 34.3k
R. Chris Miall United Kingdom 60 12.2k 0.7× 2.3k 0.2× 3.9k 1.2× 1.4k 0.6× 342 0.2× 199 15.7k
Alain Berthoz France 73 11.0k 0.7× 1.3k 0.1× 2.3k 0.7× 1.7k 0.8× 598 0.3× 401 18.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Johansson, Roland S., et al.. (2022). Precise and stable edge orientation signaling by human first-order tactile neurons. eLife. 11. 5 indexed citations
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Armstrong, Irene T., et al.. (2013). Waiting for a hand: saccadic reaction time increases in proportion to hand reaction time when reaching under a visuomotor reversal. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. 319–319. 12 indexed citations
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Pruszynski, J. Andrew, et al.. (2012). BOLD Responses to Tactile Stimuli in Visual and Auditory Cortex Depend on the Frequency Content of Stimulation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 24(10). 2120–2134. 28 indexed citations
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Brasselet, Romain, Roland S. Johansson, & Angelo Arleo. (2009). Optimal context separation of spiking haptic signals by second-order somatosensory neurons. Neural Information Processing Systems. 22. 180–188. 7 indexed citations
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Johansson, Roland S., et al.. (2009). Sensorimotor Control of Grasping. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 26 indexed citations
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Flanagan, J. Randall, et al.. (2008). Experience Can Change Distinct Size-Weight Priors Engaged in Lifting Objects and Judging their Weights. Current Biology. 18(22). 1742–1747. 152 indexed citations
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Johansson, Roland S., et al.. (2007). Zones of bimanual and unimanual preference within human primary sensorimotor cortex during object manipulation. NeuroImage. 36. T2–T15. 28 indexed citations
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Flanagan, J. Randall, et al.. (2006). Control strategies in object manipulation tasks. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 16(6). 650–659. 327 indexed citations
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Johansson, Roland S. & Ingvars Birznieks. (2004). First spikes in ensembles of human tactile afferents code complex spatial fingertip events. Nature Neuroscience. 7(2). 170–177. 438 indexed citations
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Terao, Yasuo, et al.. (2002). Engagement of Gaze in Capturing Targets for Future Sequential Manual Actions. Journal of Neurophysiology. 88(4). 1716–1725. 27 indexed citations
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Trulsson, Mats & Roland S. Johansson. (2002). Orofacial mechanoreceptors in humans: encoding characteristics and responses during natural orofacial behaviors. Behavioural Brain Research. 135(1-2). 27–33. 108 indexed citations
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Ehrsson, H. Henrik, Anders Fagergren, Tomas Jonsson, et al.. (2000). Cortical Activity in Precision- Versus Power-Grip Tasks: An fMRI Study. Journal of Neurophysiology. 83(1). 528–536. 493 indexed citations
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Macefield, Vaughan G. & Roland S. Johansson. (1994). Electrical signs of cortical involvement in the automatic control of grip force. Neuroreport. 5(17). 2229–2232. 12 indexed citations
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Johansson, Roland S. & Benoni B. Edin. (1992). MECHANISMS FOR GRASP CONTROL. 15(12). 1415–21. 3 indexed citations
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Johansson, Roland S., Ronald Raymond Riso, Charlotte K. Häger, & Lars Bäckström. (1992). Somatosensory control of precision grip during unpredictable pulling loads. Experimental Brain Research. 89(1). 181–191. 233 indexed citations
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Johansson, Roland S., Charlotte K. Häger, & Lars Bäckström. (1992). Somatosensory control of precision grip during unpredictable pulling loads. Experimental Brain Research. 89(1). 204–213. 161 indexed citations
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Johansson, Roland S. & G. Westling. (1988). Programmed and triggered actions to rapid load changes during precision grip. Experimental Brain Research. 71(1). 72–86. 329 indexed citations
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Bigland-Ritchie, B., Roland S. Johansson, O. C. J. Lippold, Scott T. Smith, & J. J. Woods. (1983). Changes in motoneurone firing rates during sustained maximal voluntary contractions.. The Journal of Physiology. 340(1). 335–346. 370 indexed citations
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Johansson, Roland S., et al.. (1982). Sensitivity to edges of mechanoreceptive afferent units innervating the glabrous skin of the human hand. Brain Research. 244(1). 27–32. 89 indexed citations
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Johansson, Roland S., et al.. (1974). The Detectability of an Unsharp Edge in an Additive Noisy Background. Perception. 3(2). 193–204. 1 indexed citations

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