Tom N. Cornsweet

4.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
29 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Tom N. Cornsweet is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Ophthalmology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom N. Cornsweet has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 6 papers in Ophthalmology and 3 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Tom N. Cornsweet's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (7 papers), Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology (3 papers) and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (3 papers). Tom N. Cornsweet is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (7 papers), Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology (3 papers) and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies (3 papers). Tom N. Cornsweet collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Tom N. Cornsweet's co-authors include Hewitt D. Crane, Lorrin A. Riggs, Floyd Ratliff, Harold M. Pinsker, John Krauskopf, Davida Y. Teller, Lawrence Stark, John I. Yellott, E. Parker Johnson and Michael Schulzer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

Tom N. Cornsweet

28 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

The staircrase-method in psychophysics. 1953 2026 1977 2001 1962 1962 1953 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 staircrase-method in psychophysics.
    1962 968 citations Tom N. Cornsweet PubMed profile →
  2. The Staircase-Method in Psychophysics
    1962 892 citations Tom N. Cornsweet The American Journal of Psychology profile →
  3. The Disappearance of Steadily Fixated Visual Test Objects*
    1953 399 citations Lorrin A. Riggs, Tom N. Cornsweet et al. Journal of the Optical Society of America profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tom N. Cornsweet United States 17 2.2k 598 380 347 332 29 3.6k
Lorrin A. Riggs United States 30 2.2k 1.0× 726 1.2× 213 0.6× 280 0.8× 227 0.7× 74 3.2k
Herschel W. Leibowitz United States 37 2.3k 1.1× 532 0.9× 272 0.7× 781 2.3× 560 1.7× 117 3.7k
Veijo Virsu Finland 27 2.8k 1.3× 343 0.6× 310 0.8× 267 0.8× 318 1.0× 60 3.2k
Jyrki Rovamo Finland 28 2.9k 1.3× 540 0.9× 490 1.3× 327 0.9× 463 1.4× 93 3.4k
Risto Näsänen Finland 27 2.0k 0.9× 305 0.5× 469 1.2× 328 0.9× 407 1.2× 70 2.8k
Whitman Richards United States 33 3.8k 1.8× 450 0.8× 566 1.5× 583 1.7× 764 2.3× 107 5.2k
Robert M. Steinman United States 36 2.8k 1.3× 694 1.2× 72 0.2× 244 0.7× 416 1.3× 53 3.6k
Jacob Nachmias United States 25 3.2k 1.5× 302 0.5× 1.1k 2.8× 427 1.2× 289 0.9× 45 3.8k
Floyd Ratliff United States 27 2.2k 1.0× 407 0.7× 355 0.9× 226 0.7× 104 0.3× 48 3.4k
D. Regan Canada 40 4.7k 2.2× 800 1.3× 198 0.5× 529 1.5× 1.1k 3.3× 116 5.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cornsweet, Tom N. & John I. Yellott. (1989). Image Processing by Intensity-Dependent Spread. 62. WD2–WD2.
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Cornsweet, Tom N.. (1985). Prentice Award Lecture. Optometry and Vision Science. 62(7). 427–438. 6 indexed citations
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Cornsweet, Tom N.. (1985). Prentice Award lecture: a simple retinal mechanism that has complex and profound effects on perception.. PubMed. 62(7). 427–38. 5 indexed citations
4.
Cornsweet, Tom N. & John I. Yellott. (1985). Intensity-dependent spatial summation. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 2(10). 1769–1769. 34 indexed citations
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Mikelberg, Frederick S., Gordon R. Douglas, Michael Schulzer, Tom N. Cornsweet, & Kees Wijsman. (1984). Reliability of Optic Disk Topographic Measurements Recorded with a Video-Ophthalmograph. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 98(1). 98–102. 70 indexed citations
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Cornsweet, Tom N. & Hewitt D. Crane. (1973). Training the visual accommodation system. Vision Research. 13(3). 713–715. 57 indexed citations
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Cornsweet, Tom N. & Hewitt D. Crane. (1973). Accurate two-dimensional eye tracker using first and fourth Purkinje images. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 63(8). 921–921. 226 indexed citations
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Cornsweet, Tom N. & Hewitt D. Crane. (1972). Experimental study of visual accommodation. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 4 indexed citations
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Cornsweet, Tom N. & Hewitt D. Crane. (1970). Servo-Controlled Infrared Optometer*. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 60(4). 548–548. 95 indexed citations
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Crane, Hewitt D. & Tom N. Cornsweet. (1970). Ocular-Focus Stimulator*. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 60(4). 577–577. 37 indexed citations
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Cornsweet, Tom N., Hewitt D. Crane, John W. Hill, & D. H. Kelly. (1969). Non-contact method of measuring small eye- movements and stabilizing the retinal image.. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 2 indexed citations
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Cornsweet, Tom N. & Harold M. Pinsker. (1965). Luminance discrimination of brief flashes under various conditions of adaptation. The Journal of Physiology. 176(2). 294–310. 134 indexed citations
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Cornsweet, Tom N. & Davida Y. Teller. (1965). Relation of Increment Thresholds to Brightness and Luminance*. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 55(10). 1303–1303. 82 indexed citations
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Cornsweet, Tom N.. (1962). The staircrase-method in psychophysics.. PubMed. 75. 485–91. 968 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cornsweet, Tom N.. (1962). The Staircase-Method in Psychophysics. The American Journal of Psychology. 75(3). 485–485. 892 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cornsweet, Tom N.. (1962). Changes in the appearance of stimuli of very high luminance.. Psychological Review. 69(4). 257–273. 14 indexed citations
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Krauskopf, John, Tom N. Cornsweet, & Lorrin A. Riggs. (1960). Analysis of Eye Movements during Monocular and Binocular Fixation*. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 50(6). 572–572. 142 indexed citations
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Stark, Lawrence & Tom N. Cornsweet. (1958). Testing a Servoanalytic Hypothesis for Pupil Oscillations. Science. 127(3298). 588–588. 1 indexed citations
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Cornsweet, Tom N.. (1958). New Technique for the Measurement of Small Eye Movements*. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 48(11). 808–808. 24 indexed citations
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Cornsweet, Tom N.. (1956). Determination of the Stimuli for Involuntary Drifts and Saccadic Eye Movements*. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 46(11). 987–987. 229 indexed citations

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