Rufin VanRullen

14.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
159 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Rufin VanRullen is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Rufin VanRullen has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 147 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 18 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 17 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Rufin VanRullen's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (122 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (80 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (44 papers). Rufin VanRullen is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (122 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (80 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (44 papers). Rufin VanRullen collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and United Kingdom. Rufin VanRullen's co-authors include Simon J. Thorpe, Christof Koch, Niko A. Busch, Julien Dubois, Laura Dugué, Rudy Guyonneau, Pietro Perona, Leila Reddy, Benedikt Zoefel and Fei Fei Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Rufin VanRullen

154 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Phase of Ongoing EEG Oscillations Predicts Visual Per... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2009 2002 2001 2016 250 500 750
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. The Phase of Ongoing EEG Oscillations Predicts Visual Perception
    2009 821 citations Niko A. Busch, Julien Dubois et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  2. Rapid natural scene categorization in the near absence of attention
    2002 544 citations Rufin VanRullen, Christof Koch et al. profile →
  3. The Time Course of Visual Processing: From Early Perception to Decision-Making
    2001 530 citations Rufin VanRullen, Simon J. Thorpe Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience profile →
  4. Perceptual Cycles
    2016 417 citations Rufin VanRullen Trends in Cognitive Sciences profile →

Peers

Rufin VanRullen
Yukiyasu Kamitani Japan
Victor A. F. Lamme Netherlands
Geoffrey M. Boynton United States
Dov Sagi Israel
Tirin Moore United States
Rufin Vogels Belgium
Shihab Shamma United States
Roozbeh Kiani United States
Frank Tong United States
Stefan Treue Germany
Yukiyasu Kamitani Japan
Rufin VanRullen
Citations per year, relative to Rufin VanRullen Rufin VanRullen (= 1×) peers Yukiyasu Kamitani

Countries citing papers authored by Rufin VanRullen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rufin VanRullen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rufin VanRullen

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Long, Robert P., Tim Bayne, Yoshua Bengio, et al.. (2025). Identifying indicators of consciousness in AI systems. Trends in Cognitive Sciences.
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Mozafari, Milad, et al.. (2021). Multimodal neural networks better explain multivoxel patterns in the\n hippocampus. arXiv (Cornell University). 11 indexed citations
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Alamia, Andrea, Christopher Timmermann, David Nutt, Rufin VanRullen, & Robin Carhart‐Harris. (2020). DMT alters cortical travelling waves. eLife. 9. 50 indexed citations
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Alamia, Andrea & Rufin VanRullen. (2019). Alpha oscillations and traveling waves: Signatures of predictive coding?. PLoS Biology. 17(10). e3000487–e3000487. 119 indexed citations
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Chang, Acer Yu-Chan, David J. Schwartzman, Rufin VanRullen, Ryota Kanai, & Anil K. Seth. (2017). Visual Perceptual Echo Reflects Learning of Regularities in Rapid Luminance Sequences. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(35). 8486–8497. 6 indexed citations
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Senoussi, Mehdi, I. Berry, Rufin VanRullen, & Leila Reddy. (2016). Multivoxel Object Representations in Adult Human Visual Cortex Are Flexible: An Associative Learning Study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 28(6). 852–868. 8 indexed citations
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Dugué, Laura & Rufin VanRullen. (2014). The dynamics of attentional sampling during visual search revealed by Fourier analysis of periodic noise interference. Journal of Vision. 14(2). 11–11. 28 indexed citations
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Koenig‐Robert, Roger & Rufin VanRullen. (2012). Semantic Wavelet-Induced Frequency Tagging (SWIFT) tracks perceptual awareness alternations in an all-or-none fashion.. Journal of Vision. 12(9). 114–114.
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VanRullen, Rufin, et al.. (2011). The Flickering Wheel Illusion: When alpha rhythms make a static wheel flicker. Journal of Vision. 11(11). 937–937. 2 indexed citations
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Chakravarthi, Ramakrishna & Rufin VanRullen. (2011). Attention is a state of mind: Phase of ongoing EEG oscillations predicts the timing of attentional deployment. Journal of Vision. 11(11). 192–192. 1 indexed citations
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Dubois, Julien & Rufin VanRullen. (2011). Visual Trails: Do the Doors of Perception Open Periodically?. PLoS Biology. 9(5). e1001056–e1001056. 25 indexed citations
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Dubois, Julien, Christof Koch, & Rufin VanRullen. (2011). Visual trails: When perceptual continuity breaks down. Journal of Vision. 11(11). 771–771. 1 indexed citations
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Busch, Niko A. & Rufin VanRullen. (2010). Pre-Stimulus EEG Oscillations Reveal Periodic Sampling Of Visual Attention. Journal of Vision. 10(7). 219–219. 3 indexed citations
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Drewes, Jan & Rufin VanRullen. (2010). Ongoing EEG oscillations and saccadic latency. Journal of Vision. 10(7). 508–508. 1 indexed citations
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Busch, Niko A., Julien Dubois, & Rufin VanRullen. (2009). The Phase of Ongoing EEG Oscillations Predicts Visual Perception. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(24). 7869–7876. 821 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guyonneau, Rudy, Rufin VanRullen, & Simon J. Thorpe. (2005). Neurons Tune to the Earliest Spikes Through STDP. Neural Computation. 17(4). 859–879. 96 indexed citations
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Fei-Fei, Li, Rufin VanRullen, Christof Koch, & Pietro Perona. (2005). Why does natural scene categorization require little attention? Exploring attentional requirements for natural and synthetic stimuli. Visual Cognition. 12(6). 893–924. 93 indexed citations
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VanRullen, Rufin, L. Pratap Reddy, & Feifei Li. (2005). Binding is a local problem for natural objects and scenes. Vision Research. 45(25-26). 3133–3144. 20 indexed citations
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VanRullen, Rufin & Christof Koch. (2003). Visual Selective Behavior Can Be Triggered by a Feed-Forward Process. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 15(2). 209–217. 97 indexed citations
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VanRullen, Rufin, et al.. (2003). Attention and scintillation. Vision Research. 43(21). 2191–2196. 13 indexed citations

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