Walter Freeman

11.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
186 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Walter Freeman is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Freeman has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 28 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 26 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in Walter Freeman's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (66 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (26 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (22 papers). Walter Freeman is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (66 papers), Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (26 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (22 papers). Walter Freeman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Walter Freeman's co-authors include Róbert Kozma, Mark Holmes, Brian C. Burke, Thomas A. Albright, Yong Yao, Edward E. Schweizer, Leslie M. Kay, Sampsa Vanhatalo, Bill Baird and Linda Rogers and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Walter Freeman

178 papers receiving 5.8k 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. Second Commentary: On the proper treatment of connectionism by Paul Smolensky (1988) - Neuromachismo Rekindled
    1989 397 citations Walter Freeman Behavioral and Brain Sciences profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Walter Freeman 4.1k 1.4k 996 743 684 186 6.3k
Dante R. Chialvo 7.3k 1.8× 1.6k 1.1× 560 0.6× 163 0.2× 2.6k 3.9× 129 11.9k
Gustavo Deco 20.0k 4.9× 3.5k 2.5× 1.3k 1.3× 614 0.8× 1.7k 2.5× 529 24.0k
Guillermo Cecchi 2.7k 0.7× 513 0.4× 868 0.9× 278 0.4× 661 1.0× 171 5.8k
Alessandro E. P. Villa 1.8k 0.4× 871 0.6× 420 0.4× 302 0.4× 203 0.3× 130 3.5k
Walter J. Freeman 7.8k 1.9× 2.8k 2.0× 2.3k 2.3× 2.0k 2.7× 1.6k 2.3× 198 11.4k
Pieter R. Roelfsema 12.1k 3.0× 3.2k 2.2× 449 0.5× 536 0.7× 368 0.5× 186 13.7k
J. Matias Palva 8.0k 2.0× 1.8k 1.2× 208 0.2× 175 0.2× 391 0.6× 98 9.2k
Amiram Grinvald 11.9k 2.9× 8.4k 6.0× 323 0.3× 940 1.3× 430 0.6× 126 18.0k
Robert Leech 8.7k 2.1× 2.1k 1.5× 242 0.2× 347 0.5× 141 0.2× 173 14.5k
Yong He 31.5k 7.7× 2.8k 2.0× 458 0.5× 507 0.7× 624 0.9× 385 40.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Walter Freeman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Freeman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Walter Freeman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Walter Freeman based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Walter Freeman. Walter Freeman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Freeman, Walter, et al.. (2025). Dynamical dark energy from lattice quantum gravity. Physical review. D. 111(3). 2 indexed citations
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Kozma, Róbert & Walter Freeman. (2017). Cinematic Operation of the Cerebral Cortex Interpreted via Critical Transitions in Self-Organized Dynamic Systems. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 11. 10–10. 28 indexed citations
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Capolupo, Antonio, Walter Freeman, & Giuseppe Vitiello. (2013). Dissipation of ‘dark energy’ by cortex in knowledge retrieval. Physics of Life Reviews. 10(1). 85–94. 32 indexed citations
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Freeman, Walter. (2011). The emergence of mind and emotion in the evolution of neocortex. Rivista di psichiatria. 46(5). 281–7. 7 indexed citations
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Ramon, Ceon, Walter Freeman, Mark Holmes, et al.. (2009). Similarities Between Simulated Spatial Spectra of Scalp EEG, MEG and Structural MRI. Brain Topography. 22(3). 191–196. 16 indexed citations
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Freeman, Walter. (2007). A pseudo-equilibrium thermodynamic model of information processing in nonlinear brain dynamics. Neural Networks. 21(2-3). 257–265. 28 indexed citations
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Freeman, Walter. (2006). Definitions of state variables and state space for brain-computer interface. Cognitive Neurodynamics. 1(1). 3–14. 49 indexed citations
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Wang, Le, Guang Li, Xi Liu, Baojun Wang, & Walter Freeman. (2005). Study of A Chaotic Olfactory Neural Network Model and Its Applications on Pattern Classification. PubMed. 76. 3640–3643. 2 indexed citations
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Freeman, Walter & Mark Holmes. (2005). Metastability, instability, and state transition in neocortex. Neural Networks. 18(5-6). 497–504. 67 indexed citations
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Freeman, Walter. (2005). A field-theoretic approach to understanding scale-free neocortical dynamics. Biological Cybernetics. 92(6). 350–359. 68 indexed citations
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Freeman, Walter, Mark Holmes, Brian C. Burke, & Sampsa Vanhatalo. (2003). Spatial spectra of scalp EEG and EMG from awake humans. Clinical Neurophysiology. 114(6). 1053–1068. 282 indexed citations
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Freeman, Walter, et al.. (2001). Response dynamics of entorhinal cortex in awake, anesthetized, and bulbotomized rats. Brain Research. 911(2). 193–202. 20 indexed citations
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Freeman, Walter, Róbert Kozma, & Paul J. Werbos. (2001). Biocomplexity: adaptive behavior in complex stochastic dynamical systems. Biosystems. 59(2). 109–123. 99 indexed citations
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Freeman, Walter. (2000). A proposed name for aperiodic brain activity: stochastic chaos. Neural Networks. 13(1). 11–13. 80 indexed citations
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Freeman, Walter, et al.. (1999). AN EVALUATION OF SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION SYSTEM ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES. 2 indexed citations
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Freeman, Walter. (1998). The neurobiology of multimodal sensory integration. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science. 33(2). 124–129. 7 indexed citations
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Freeman, Walter & Bill Baird. (1993). Effects of applied electric current fields on cortical neural activity. MIT Press eBooks. 378–389. 7 indexed citations
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Freeman, Walter. (1989). Second Commentary: On the proper treatment of connectionism by Paul Smolensky (1988) - Neuromachismo Rekindled. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 11(1). 1–22. 397 indexed citations breakdown →
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Freeman, Walter. (1986). Petit mal seizure spikes in olfactory bulb and cortex caused by runaway inhibition after exhaustion of excitation. Brain Research Reviews. 11(3). 259–284. 69 indexed citations
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Freeman, Walter. (1975). Mass action in the nervous system : examination of the neurophysiological basis of adaptive behavior through the EEG. Academic Press eBooks. 102 indexed citations

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