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.
MODALITY AND TOPOGRAPHIC PROPERTIES OF SINGLE NEURONS OF CAT'S SOMATIC SENSORY CORTEX
19571.6k citationsVernon B. MountcastleJournal of Neurophysiologyprofile →
Posterior parietal association cortex of the monkey: command functions for operations within extrapersonal space
19751.5k citationsVernon B. Mountcastle, H Sakata et al.Journal of Neurophysiologyprofile →
The columnar organization of the neocortex
19971.4k citationsVernon B. MountcastleBrainprofile →
The sense of flutter-vibration: comparison of the human capacity with response patterns of mechanoreceptive afferents from the monkey hand.
1968725 citationsWilliam Henry Fox Talbot, I. Darian-Smith et al.Journal of Neurophysiologyprofile →
Parietal lobe mechanisms for directed visual attention
1977586 citationsVernon B. Mountcastle, William Henry Fox Talbot et al.Journal of Neurophysiologyprofile →
Cortical neuronal mechanisms in flutter-vibration studied in unanesthetized monkeys. Neuronal periodicity and frequency discrimination.
1969547 citationsVernon B. Mountcastle, William Henry Fox Talbot et al.Journal of Neurophysiologyprofile →
Some aspects of the functional organization of the cortex of the postcentral gyrus of the monkey: a correlation of findings obtained in a single unit analysis with cytoarchitecture.
1959405 citationsVernon B. Mountcastle et al.PubMedprofile →
Citations per field, relative to Vernon B. Mountcastle
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×1.51.5kNEURO
×1.81.6kECP
×1.41.0kSP
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The sense of flutter-vibration: comparison of the human capacity with response patterns of mechanoreceptive afferents from the monkey hand. breakdown →
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