V. S. Gurfinkel

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
112 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

V. S. Gurfinkel is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, V. S. Gurfinkel has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 31 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and 31 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in V. S. Gurfinkel's work include Motor Control and Adaptation (35 papers), Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (27 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (23 papers). V. S. Gurfinkel is often cited by papers focused on Motor Control and Adaptation (35 papers), Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (27 papers) and Muscle activation and electromyography studies (23 papers). V. S. Gurfinkel collaborates with scholars based in Russia, United States and France. V. S. Gurfinkel's co-authors include Yuri P. Ivanenko, Paul Cordo, E. I. Pal'tsev, М. И. Липшиц, Yu. S. Levik, F Lestienne, Fay B. Horak, K. E. Popov, W. Geoffrey Wright and John G. Nutt and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Neurosciences, Journal of Neurophysiology and Brain Research.

In The Last Decade

V. S. Gurfinkel

108 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

ON THE CONTROL ELEMENTS OF VOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS.

1967 355 citations V. S. Gurfinkel et al. profile →
Human Postural Control

2018 289 citations Yuri P. Ivanenko, V. S. Gurfinkel profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
V. S. Gurfinkel Russia	36	2.2k	1.9k	1.5k	810	733	112	4.6k
J Massion France	38	2.7k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	533 0.7×	1.0k 1.4×	139	5.2k
Jean‐Pierre Roll France	35	2.6k 1.2×	1.0k 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	365 0.5×	64	4.6k
Paul Cordo United States	30	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	614 0.8×	659 0.9×	59	3.7k
J. Timothy Inglis Canada	48	2.6k 1.2×	2.4k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	735 1.0×	143	6.0k
James R. Lackner United States	42	4.9k 2.2×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	505 0.6×	579 0.8×	206	7.3k
Thierry Pozzo France	43	3.7k 1.7×	1.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	496 0.6×	828 1.1×	161	6.0k
Joyce Fung Canada	39	1.1k 0.5×	2.1k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	565 0.7×	1.5k 2.0×	153	5.1k
D.I. McCloskey Australia	45	4.1k 1.9×	1.0k 0.5×	2.6k 1.8×	1.3k 1.6×	477 0.7×	118	9.1k
Hans-Christoph Diener Germany	25	1.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	698 0.5×	535 0.7×	599 0.8×	54	4.1k
Richard C. Fitzpatrick Australia	40	2.2k 1.0×	3.3k 1.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	1.4k 1.8×	66	5.9k

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Солопова, И. А., В. А. Селионов, Francesca Sylos‐Labini, et al.. (2015). Tapping into rhythm generation circuitry in humans during simulated weightlessness conditions. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 9. 14–14. 14 indexed citations

Gurfinkel, V. S. & Pierre-Marie Gagey. (2013). Homage to Jean-Bernard Baron. Gait & Posture. 38(2). 362–362. 1 indexed citations

Franzén, Erika, Caroline Paquette, V. S. Gurfinkel, & Fay B. Horak. (2012). Light and Heavy Touch Reduces Postural Sway and Modifies Axial Tone in Parkinson’s Disease. Neurorehabilitation and neural repair. 26(8). 1007–1014. 21 indexed citations

Селионов, В. А., Yuri P. Ivanenko, И. А. Солопова, & V. S. Gurfinkel. (2009). Tonic Central and Sensory Stimuli Facilitate Involuntary Air-Stepping in Humans. Journal of Neurophysiology. 101(6). 2847–2858. 71 indexed citations

Cordo, Paul, V. S. Gurfinkel, Tyler C. Smith, et al.. (2003). The sit-up: complex kinematics and muscle activity in voluntary axial movement. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology. 13(3). 239–252. 19 indexed citations

Levik, Yu. S., et al.. (2001). Relative Roles of the Ankle and Hip Muscles in Human Postural Control in the Frontal Plane during Standing. Human Physiology. 27(3). 317–321. 9 indexed citations

Brumagne, Simon, et al.. (2000). Vibration-induced kinesthetic illusions: A conflict between natural and artificial afferent inflow. The Society for Neuroscience Abstracts. 26(1). 1230. 1 indexed citations

Селионов, В. А., et al.. (1999). KINEMATIC ANALYSIS OF AUTOMATIC STEPPING OF UNLOADED LEGS ELICITED BY DIFFERENT MEANS IN HUMAN. 1 indexed citations

Gurfinkel, V. S., et al.. (1995). Kinesthetic reference for human orthograde posture. Neuroscience. 68(1). 229–243. 182 indexed citations

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McIntyre, Joseph, et al.. (1995). Measurements of human force control during a constrained arm motion using a force-actuated joystick. Journal of Neurophysiology. 73(3). 1201–1222. 16 indexed citations

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Cordo, Paul, L. Bevan, V. S. Gurfinkel, et al.. (1995). Proprioceptive coordination of discrete movement sequences: mechanism and generality. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 73(2). 305–315. 32 indexed citations

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Gurfinkel, V. S., et al.. (1995). [Accuracy of maintenance of the position of projection of the overall center of mass of a person during standing].. PubMed. 21(3). 65–74.

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Липшиц, М. И., et al.. (1995). Is there an effect of weightlessness on mental rotation of three-dimensional objects?. Cognitive Brain Research. 2(4). 255–267. 37 indexed citations

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Gurfinkel, V. S., Mikhail Lebedev, & Yu. S. Levik. (1993). Effects of reversal in the human equilibrium regulation system. Neurophysiology. 24(4). 297–304. 4 indexed citations

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Gurfinkel, V. S., et al.. (1988). Stance and motion : facts and concepts. Plenum Press eBooks. 83 indexed citations

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Gurfinkel, V. S., et al.. (1984). Controlling a manipulator using sensory motor interaction. Robotica. 2(3). 155–159. 2 indexed citations

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Gurfinkel, V. S., М. И. Липшиц, & K. E. Popov. (1983). Thresholds of kinesthetic sensation in the vertical posture.. PubMed. 8(6). 439–45. 7 indexed citations

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Gurfinkel, V. S., et al.. (1983). An adaptive manipulator with force sensors. Mechanism and Machine Theory. 18(4). 267–270. 1 indexed citations

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Gurfinkel, V. S. & Mark L. Latash. (1978). Switching effects in the leg muscles.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 4(1). 23–8. 2 indexed citations

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Gurfinkel, V. S., et al.. (1975). Some aspects of sensory instrumentation for robots and manipulators. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 771–774. 1 indexed citations

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