W. A. H. Rushton

10.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
104 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

W. A. H. Rushton is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. A. H. Rushton has authored 104 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 19 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in W. A. H. Rushton's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (27 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (12 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (11 papers). W. A. H. Rushton is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (27 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (12 papers) and Retinal Development and Disorders (11 papers). W. A. H. Rushton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. W. A. H. Rushton's co-authors include Kén-Ichi Naka, M. Alpern, G. H. Henry, Anne B. Fulton, Howard D. Baker, Colin Blakemore, K. O. Donner, F. W. Campbell, G. S. Brindley and Richard G. Holdich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

W. A. H. Rushton

103 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

A theory of the effects of fibre size in medullated nerve

1951 841 citations W. A. H. Rushton The Journal of Physiology profile →
S‐potentials from colour units in the retina of fish (Cyprinidae)

1966 671 citations W. A. H. Rushton et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →
S‐potentials from luminosity units in the retina of fish (Cyprinidae)

1966 485 citations W. A. H. Rushton et al. The Journal of Physiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. A. H. Rushton United Kingdom	45	3.2k	3.0k	3.0k	968	963	104	7.1k
L. Maffei Italy	47	3.8k 1.2×	2.5k 0.8×	3.3k 1.1×	357 0.4×	1.0k 1.1×	142	6.9k
Peter Gouras United States	56	2.7k 0.8×	7.1k 2.4×	3.5k 1.2×	670 0.7×	3.0k 3.1×	203	9.7k
Stephen W. Kuffler United States	43	3.2k 1.0×	5.0k 1.7×	7.2k 2.4×	328 0.3×	274 0.3×	53	11.0k
P. O. Bishop Australia	44	5.7k 1.8×	2.0k 0.7×	3.4k 1.1×	362 0.4×	724 0.8×	75	6.8k
R.W. Rodieck United States	27	3.2k 1.0×	3.1k 1.0×	2.4k 0.8×	211 0.2×	873 0.9×	37	5.3k
W. R. Levick Australia	35	5.4k 1.7×	4.3k 1.4×	4.4k 1.5×	271 0.3×	934 1.0×	69	8.0k
Henk Spekreijse Netherlands	49	7.0k 2.2×	2.1k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	291 0.3×	749 0.8×	184	9.2k
R. A. Weale United Kingdom	38	1.6k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	706 0.2×	417 0.4×	1.6k 1.7×	202	4.9k
Lindsay T. Sharpe Germany	37	2.6k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	930 0.3×	1.0k 1.0×	820 0.9×	92	4.7k
Joel Pokorny United States	46	5.7k 1.8×	3.0k 1.0×	1.5k 0.5×	2.3k 2.4×	1.5k 1.6×	174	8.5k

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Rushton, W. A. H.. (1998). Visual pigments in the living eye.. PubMed. 25. 79–90. 1 indexed citations

Rushton, W. A. H.. (1979). King charles II and the blind spot. Vision Research. 19(2). 225–225. 1 indexed citations

Fulton, Anne B. & W. A. H. Rushton. (1978). Rod ERG of the mudpuppy: Effect of dim red backgrounds. Vision Research. 18(7). 785–792. 27 indexed citations

MacLeod, D. I. A., et al.. (1976). The dark adaptation curve of rods measured by their after‐image.. The Journal of Physiology. 259(2). 491–499. 7 indexed citations

Rushton, W. A. H., et al.. (1972). The early phase of dark adaptation. Vision Research. 12(6). 1083–1093. 28 indexed citations

Rushton, W. A. H.. (1971). Color vision: an approach through the cone pigments.. PubMed. 10(5). 311–22. 3 indexed citations

Rushton, W. A. H.. (1970). PIGMENTS IN ANOMALOUS COLOUR VISION. British Medical Bulletin. 26(2). 179–181. 8 indexed citations

Alpern, M., W. A. H. Rushton, & Sayuki Torii. (1970). The attenuation of rod signals by bleachings. The Journal of Physiology. 207(2). 449–461. 38 indexed citations

Alpern, M., W. A. H. Rushton, & Shuki Torii. (1970). The attenuation of rod signals by backgrounds. The Journal of Physiology. 206(1). 209–227. 46 indexed citations

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Rushton, W. A. H.. (1968). Rod/cone rivalry in pigment regeneration. The Journal of Physiology. 198(1). 219–236. 30 indexed citations

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Rushton, W. A. H.. (1966). Densitometry of pigments in rods and cones of normal and color defective subjects.. PubMed. 5(3). 233–41. 15 indexed citations

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Rushton, W. A. H.. (1964). COLOUR BLINDNESS AND CONE PIGMENTS. Optometry and Vision Science. 41(5). 265–282. 6 indexed citations

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Rushton, W. A. H.. (1963). The Plotting of Dark-Adaptation Curves in Rod-Cone Investigations. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 56(5). 748–751. 5 indexed citations

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Rushton, W. A. H.. (1963). Cone pigment kinetics in the protanope. The Journal of Physiology. 168(2). 374–388. 94 indexed citations

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Rushton, W. A. H.. (1963). The density of chlorolabe in the foveal cones of the protanope. The Journal of Physiology. 168(2). 360–373. 35 indexed citations

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Rushton, W. A. H.. (1963). Increment Threshold and Dark Adaptation*. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 53(1). 104–104. 62 indexed citations

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Rushton, W. A. H.. (1959). Visual Pigments in Man and Animals and their Relation to Seeing. 9. 239–283. 21 indexed citations

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Donner, K. O. & W. A. H. Rushton. (1959). Rod—cone interaction in the frog's retina analysed by the Stiles—Crawford effect and by dark adaptation. The Journal of Physiology. 149(2). 303–317. 66 indexed citations

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Rushton, W. A. H.. (1956). The difference spectrum and the photosensitivity of rhodopsin in the living human eye. The Journal of Physiology. 134(1). 11–29. 113 indexed citations

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Rushton, W. A. H., et al.. (1951). The relation between the space constant and conduction velocity in nerve fibres of the A group from the frog's sciatic. The Journal of Physiology. 114(3). 399–409. 10 indexed citations

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