Ruth Kimchi

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Ruth Kimchi is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth Kimchi has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 22 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 20 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ruth Kimchi's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (62 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (30 papers) and Face Recognition and Perception (21 papers). Ruth Kimchi is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (62 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (30 papers) and Face Recognition and Perception (21 papers). Ruth Kimchi collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Australia. Ruth Kimchi's co-authors include Stephen Palmer, Marlene Behrmann, Bat‐Sheva Hadad, Mary A. Peterson, Yaffa Yeshurun, Johan Wagemans, Cees van Leeuwen, James R. Pomerantz, Jacob Feldman and Sergei Gepshtein and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, Child Development and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ruth Kimchi

81 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Primacy of wholistic processing and global/local paradigm: A critical review.
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ruth Kimchi Israel 29 2.5k 819 650 414 337 85 3.3k
Sebastiaan Mathôt Netherlands 26 3.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.4× 828 1.3× 647 1.6× 359 1.1× 75 4.5k
Margaret Jean Intons-Peterson United States 16 2.2k 0.9× 1.0k 1.2× 614 0.9× 746 1.8× 185 0.5× 38 3.3k
Glyn W. Humphreys United Kingdom 29 3.2k 1.3× 827 1.0× 600 0.9× 969 2.3× 275 0.8× 67 3.7k
Hiroyuki Sogo Japan 6 1.9k 0.7× 788 1.0× 476 0.7× 477 1.2× 119 0.4× 28 2.8k
Mary A. Peterson United States 33 2.9k 1.1× 801 1.0× 596 0.9× 287 0.7× 557 1.7× 126 3.9k
Marco Bertamini United Kingdom 36 2.8k 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 1.2k 1.8× 178 0.4× 375 1.1× 195 3.6k
Claus Bundesen Denmark 39 5.4k 2.1× 1.2k 1.5× 726 1.1× 488 1.2× 667 2.0× 106 6.2k
Jennifer A. Mangels United States 25 3.3k 1.3× 766 0.9× 523 0.8× 587 1.4× 113 0.3× 48 4.4k
James R. Pomerantz United States 22 2.9k 1.1× 1.4k 1.6× 759 1.2× 622 1.5× 467 1.4× 53 4.1k
Daniël Schreij Netherlands 8 1.5k 0.6× 666 0.8× 375 0.6× 369 0.9× 141 0.4× 15 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruth Kimchi

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruth Kimchi

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kimchi, Ruth, et al.. (2025). Ensemble perception requires attention. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 87(6). 1888–1903.
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Kimchi, Ruth, et al.. (2023). Perceptual organization and visual awareness: the case of amodal completion. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1201681–1201681.
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Kimchi, Ruth, et al.. (2020). Functional involvement of subcortical structures in global-local processing. Cognition. 206. 104476–104476. 7 indexed citations
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Kimchi, Ruth, et al.. (2018). Can perceptual grouping unfold in the absence of awareness? Comparing grouping during continuous flash suppression and sandwich masking. Consciousness and Cognition. 60. 37–51. 20 indexed citations
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Kimchi, Ruth, et al.. (2017). Perceptual completion of partly occluded contours during childhood. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 167. 49–61. 6 indexed citations
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Rashal, Einat, Yaffa Yeshurun, & Ruth Kimchi. (2017). Attentional requirements in perceptual grouping depend on the processes involved in the organization. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 79(7). 2073–2087. 12 indexed citations
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Kimchi, Ruth, et al.. (2015). Perceptual organization, visual attention, and objecthood. Vision Research. 126. 34–51. 33 indexed citations
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Kimchi, Ruth. (2014). The Perception of Hierarchical Structure. Oxford University Press eBooks. 38 indexed citations
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Kimchi, Ruth, et al.. (2012). Object Recognition is an Interactive Iterative Process. Journal of Vision. 12(9). 270–270. 1 indexed citations
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Kimchi, Ruth, et al.. (2010). Interactive Processing of Componential and Configural Information in Face Perception. Journal of Vision. 10(7). 675–675. 1 indexed citations
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Kimchi, Ruth. (2009). Perceptual organization and visual attention. Progress in brain research. 176. 15–33. 47 indexed citations
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Yeshurun, Yaffa, et al.. (2008). Perceptual objects capture attention. Vision Research. 49(10). 1329–1335. 29 indexed citations
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Kimchi, Ruth, et al.. (2008). Gender differences in global–local perception? Evidence from orientation and shape judgments. Acta Psychologica. 130(1). 64–71. 46 indexed citations
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Kimchi, Ruth, et al.. (2007). The time course of perceptual grouping: The role of segregation and shape formation. Perception & Psychophysics. 69(5). 732–743. 24 indexed citations
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Hadad, Bat‐Sheva & Ruth Kimchi. (2006). Developmental trends in utilizing perceptual closure for grouping of shape: Effects of spatial proximity and collinearity. Perception & Psychophysics. 68(8). 1264–1273. 38 indexed citations
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Navon, David & Ruth Kimchi. (2004). The Beck effect is back, now in color: A demonstration. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 11(1). 98–103. 1 indexed citations
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Kimchi, Ruth, et al.. (2004). Perceptual grouping and attention: Not all groupings are equal. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 11(4). 687–696. 67 indexed citations
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Kimchi, Ruth. (2000). The perceptual organization of visual objects: a microgenetic analysis. Vision Research. 40(10-12). 1333–1347. 59 indexed citations
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Kimchi, Ruth, et al.. (1991). Hemispheric processing of global form, local form, and texture. Acta Psychologica. 76(2). 133–147. 65 indexed citations
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Kimchi, Ruth, et al.. (1989). Attention in Dichoptic and Binocular Vision. Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting. 33(20). 1435–1439. 4 indexed citations

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