Warren S. McCulloch

29.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
52 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Warren S. McCulloch is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Warren S. McCulloch has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 10 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Warren S. McCulloch's work include Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (5 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (4 papers). Warren S. McCulloch is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (5 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (4 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (4 papers). Warren S. McCulloch collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Chile. Warren S. McCulloch's co-authors include Walter Pitts, Jerome Y. Lettvin, Humberto R. Maturana, D. M. MACKAY, C. Musès, A. S. Iberall, Patrick D. Wall, William F. Pickard, William L. Kilmer and Susan Dodd and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Warren S. McCulloch

48 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

What the Frog's Eye Tells the Frog's Brain 1959 2026 1981 2003 1959 1960 1990 250 500 750 1000
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. What the Frog's Eye Tells the Frog's Brain
    1959 1.1k citations Jerome Y. Lettvin, Humberto R. Maturana et al. profile →
  2. Anatomy and Physiology of Vision in the Frog (Rana pipiens)
    1960 611 citations Humberto R. Maturana, Jerome Y. Lettvin et al. The Journal of General Physiology profile →
  3. A logical calculus of the ideas immanent in nervous activity
    1990 591 citations Warren S. McCulloch, Walter Pitts profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Warren S. McCulloch United States 17 1.6k 1.0k 786 505 223 52 3.7k
Walter Pitts United States 10 1.2k 0.7× 1.1k 1.1× 759 1.0× 312 0.6× 144 0.6× 14 3.1k
Jerome Y. Lettvin United States 24 1.6k 1.0× 2.0k 1.9× 1.1k 1.4× 159 0.3× 179 0.8× 43 4.2k
D. M. MACKAY United Kingdom 27 1.9k 1.2× 431 0.4× 198 0.3× 261 0.5× 321 1.4× 113 2.8k
Francis Crick United States 21 4.5k 2.8× 1.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 453 0.9× 702 3.1× 44 6.8k
John C. Eccles United States 36 3.2k 2.0× 2.7k 2.7× 1.2k 1.5× 244 0.5× 613 2.7× 104 7.8k
Joseph A. Gally United States 22 996 0.6× 787 0.8× 1.4k 1.7× 146 0.3× 95 0.4× 25 3.7k
Christopher S. Wallace United States 27 740 0.5× 937 0.9× 850 1.1× 1.2k 2.4× 166 0.7× 60 5.4k
Uwe Windhorst Germany 33 2.1k 1.3× 929 0.9× 681 0.9× 148 0.3× 236 1.1× 125 5.5k
David Willshaw United Kingdom 32 2.4k 1.5× 1.6k 1.5× 756 1.0× 1.4k 2.8× 92 0.4× 100 4.6k
James A. Reggia United States 32 1.1k 0.7× 163 0.2× 464 0.6× 1.8k 3.6× 182 0.8× 241 3.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McCulloch, Warren S., et al.. (2007). THE PAST OF A DELUSION. 3 indexed citations
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McCulloch, Warren S.. (2000). The stability of biological systems.. PubMed. 207–15.
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McCulloch, Warren S.. (2000). Verkörperungen des Geistes. 1 indexed citations
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McCulloch, Warren S.. (1992). Cybernetic problems of learning conditioning of control, of command, and of expediency. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science. 27(1). 84–90. 1 indexed citations
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Dodd, Susan, M. Malone, & Warren S. McCulloch. (1989). Rhabdomyosarcoma in children: A histological and immunohistochemical study of 59 cases. The Journal of Pathology. 158(1). 13–18. 21 indexed citations
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McCulloch, Warren S.. (1974). Recollections of the Many Sources of Cybernetics. 6(2). 5–16. 24 indexed citations
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McCulloch, Warren S.. (1969). REGENERATIVE LOOP. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 149(1). 54–58. 4 indexed citations
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McCulloch, Warren S.. (1969). Of I and It. Perspectives in biology and medicine. 12(4). 547–560. 1 indexed citations
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Kilmer, William L., et al.. (1968). An embodiment of some vertebrate command and control principles. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 6(6). 344–346. 1 indexed citations
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Iberall, A. S. & Warren S. McCulloch. (1968). Behavioral model of man. His chains revealed. Biosystems. 1(5). 337–352. 4 indexed citations
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Kilmer, William L., et al.. (1968). An embodiment of some vertebrate command and control principles. Biosystems. 2(2). 81–97. 10 indexed citations
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McCulloch, Warren S., et al.. (1966). Embodiments of Mind. Biometrics. 22(1). 199–199. 299 indexed citations
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Lettvin, Jerome Y., William F. Pickard, Warren S. McCulloch, & Walter Pitts. (1964). A Theory of Passive Ion Flux through Axon Membranes. Nature. 202(4939). 1338–1339. 116 indexed citations
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Kilmer, William L. & Warren S. McCulloch. (1964). TOWARDS A THEORY OF THE RETICULAR FORMATION.. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations
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McCulloch, Warren S.. (1961). Human Decisions in Complex Systems. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 242(2). 136–136.
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Maturana, Humberto R., Jerome Y. Lettvin, Warren S. McCulloch, & Walter Pitts. (1960). Anatomy and Physiology of Vision in the Frog (Rana pipiens). The Journal of General Physiology. 43(6). 129–175. 611 indexed citations breakdown →
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Maturana, Humberto R., Jerome Y. Lettvin, Warren S. McCulloch, & Walter Pitts. (1959). Evidence That Cut Optic Nerve Fibers in a Frog Regenerate to Their Proper Places in the Tectum. Science. 130(3390). 1709–1710. 74 indexed citations
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Wall, Patrick D., et al.. (1955). Effects of Strychnine with Special Reference to Spinal Afferent Fibres*. Epilepsia. C4(1). 29–40. 21 indexed citations
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McCulloch, Warren S.. (1954). THROUGH THE DEN OF THE METAPHYSICIAN. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 5(17). 18–31. 11 indexed citations
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McCulloch, Warren S., et al.. (1952). Effects of Intraventricular Acetylcholine, Cholinesterase, and Related Compounds in Normal and ‘Catatonic’ Cats. Nature. 169(4291). 157–157. 9 indexed citations

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