Wayne Rasband

65.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
15 papers, 48.5k citations indexed

About

Wayne Rasband is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Wayne Rasband has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 48.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 3 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Wayne Rasband's work include Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (3 papers), Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (2 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (2 papers). Wayne Rasband is often cited by papers focused on Medical Image Segmentation Techniques (3 papers), Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques (2 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (2 papers). Wayne Rasband collaborates with scholars based in United States, Czechia and France. Wayne Rasband's co-authors include Kevin W. Eliceiri, Louis Sokoloff, Charles F. Goochee, Gilles Carpentier, Muriel Cuendet, Georges Uzan, Patricia Albanese, Sarah Berndt, Ségolène Ferratge and Thomas Brody and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Biotechnology and Nature Methods.

In The Last Decade

Wayne Rasband

14 papers receiving 48.0k citations

Hit Papers

NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 2012 2020 10.0k 20.0k 30.0k 40.0k
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. NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis
    2012 47.4k citations Wayne Rasband, Kevin W. Eliceiri et al. Nature Methods profile →
  2. ImageJ: Image processing and analysis in Java
    2012 350 citations Wayne Rasband Astrophysics Source Code Library profile →
  3. Angiogenesis Analyzer for ImageJ — A comparative morphometric analysis of “Endothelial Tube Formation Assay” and “Fibrin Bead Assay”
    2020 342 citations Gilles Carpentier, Sarah Berndt et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wayne Rasband United States 9 15.4k 5.2k 4.8k 4.0k 3.8k 15 48.5k
Daniel J. White United Kingdom 18 18.4k 1.2× 3.8k 0.7× 4.7k 1.0× 2.1k 0.5× 2.3k 0.6× 36 45.8k
Johannes Schindelin United States 14 21.8k 1.4× 4.8k 0.9× 6.0k 1.2× 2.7k 0.7× 3.0k 0.8× 24 56.2k
Wernér E.G. Müller Germany 102 20.0k 1.3× 3.8k 0.7× 4.4k 0.9× 2.3k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 1.7k 57.0k
Curtis Rueden United States 20 21.7k 1.4× 4.7k 0.9× 6.1k 1.3× 2.7k 0.7× 2.9k 0.8× 43 56.1k
Erwin Frise United States 11 19.3k 1.3× 4.4k 0.8× 4.6k 1.0× 2.0k 0.5× 2.3k 0.6× 14 46.5k
Mark Longair Switzerland 6 18.7k 1.2× 3.9k 0.7× 4.7k 1.0× 2.1k 0.5× 2.4k 0.6× 6 46.9k
Verena Kaynig United States 11 18.4k 1.2× 3.9k 0.7× 4.8k 1.0× 2.2k 0.6× 2.3k 0.6× 15 46.8k
Tobias Pietzsch Germany 9 18.2k 1.2× 3.8k 0.7× 4.7k 1.0× 2.0k 0.5× 2.3k 0.6× 16 45.3k
Albert Cardona United States 39 19.7k 1.3× 4.3k 0.8× 5.0k 1.0× 2.3k 0.6× 3.1k 0.8× 80 51.9k
Pavel Tomančák Germany 44 24.8k 1.6× 4.8k 0.9× 5.6k 1.2× 2.2k 0.6× 2.7k 0.7× 94 56.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wayne Rasband

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wayne Rasband

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wayne Rasband. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wayne Rasband 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 Wayne Rasband. Wayne Rasband is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Carpentier, Gilles, Sarah Berndt, Ségolène Ferratge, et al.. (2020). Angiogenesis Analyzer for ImageJ — A comparative morphometric analysis of “Endothelial Tube Formation Assay” and “Fibrin Bead Assay”. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 11568–11568. 342 indexed citations breakdown →
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Altschul, Stephen F., Barry Demchak, Richard Durbin, et al.. (2013). The anatomy of successful computational biology software. Nature Biotechnology. 31(10). 894–897. 18 indexed citations
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Rasband, Wayne, et al.. (2012). NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis. Nature Methods. 9(7). 671–675. 47413 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rasband, Wayne. (2012). ImageJ: Image processing and analysis in Java. Astrophysics Source Code Library. 350 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brody, Thomas, et al.. (2008). Sequence conservation and combinatorial complexity of Drosophila neural precursor cell enhancers. BMC Genomics. 9(1). 371–371. 8 indexed citations
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Brody, Thomas, et al.. (2007). cis-Decoder discovers constellations of conserved DNA sequences shared among tissue-specific enhancers. Genome biology. 8(5). R75–R75. 20 indexed citations
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Odenwald, Ward F., Wayne Rasband, A. Kuzin, & Thomas Brody. (2005). EVOPRINTER, a multigenomic comparative tool for rapid identification of functionally important DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(41). 14700–14705. 54 indexed citations
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Rasband, Wayne, et al.. (1987). Patient Activity Monitor (PAM) software for the Macintosh: a system for collecting activity data.. PubMed. 23(2). 298–9. 2 indexed citations
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Rasband, Wayne, et al.. (1987). MacMeasure: A low cost, easy-to-operate quantitative morphometrics system for the Macintosh computer. Proceedings annual meeting Electron Microscopy Society of America. 45. 920–921. 16 indexed citations
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Goochee, Charles F., Wayne Rasband, & Louis Sokoloff. (1983). Application of computer-assisted image processing to autoradiographic methods for studying brain functions. Trends in Neurosciences. 6. 256–260. 19 indexed citations
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Vaughn, William J., et al.. (1982). A computer-based system for collection and analysis of circadian rest-activity data. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 38(11). 1296–1301. 6 indexed citations
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Sanes, Jerome N., et al.. (1981). A computerized system for determination of reaction time, movement time, and movement accuracy. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 51(5). 563–566. 2 indexed citations
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Goochee, Charles F., Wayne Rasband, & Louis Sokoloff. (1980). A computer-assisted image-processing system for the analysis of autoradiographs of cerebral metabolic activity. Journal of Medical Systems. 4(2). 121–135. 5 indexed citations
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Goochee, Charles F., Wayne Rasband, & Louis Sokoloff. (1980). Computerized densitometry and color coding of [14C] deoxyglucose autoradiographs. Annals of Neurology. 7(4). 359–370. 293 indexed citations
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Owens, David F., et al.. (1974). An experiment control computer system time shared by several laboratories. Behavior Research Methods. 6(2). 143–146.

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