Whitman Richards

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
107 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Whitman Richards is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Whitman Richards has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 23 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 19 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Whitman Richards's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (51 papers), Color Science and Applications (19 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (15 papers). Whitman Richards is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (51 papers), Color Science and Applications (19 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (15 papers). Whitman Richards collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Whitman Richards's co-authors include Béla Julesz, Lloyd Kaufman, Jan J. Koenderink, Ronald E. Kalil, John Miles Foley, Donald D. Hoffman, D. Regan, D. Regan, Robert A. Smith and John F. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Whitman Richards

106 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Foundations of Cyclopean Perception 1973 2026 1990 2008 1973 500 1000 1.5k
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. Foundations of Cyclopean Perception
    1973 1.9k citations Whitman Richards et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Whitman Richards United States 33 3.8k 1.1k 764 583 566 107 5.2k
Suzanne P. McKee United States 38 5.4k 1.4× 876 0.8× 1.5k 2.0× 706 1.2× 794 1.4× 87 6.0k
Mark A. Georgeson United Kingdom 34 3.6k 0.9× 656 0.6× 739 1.0× 512 0.9× 1.1k 1.9× 121 4.1k
J. J. Kulikowski United Kingdom 32 3.8k 1.0× 509 0.5× 397 0.5× 568 1.0× 1.2k 2.1× 93 4.4k
Stuart Anstis United States 41 5.7k 1.5× 1.0k 0.9× 531 0.7× 877 1.5× 699 1.2× 185 6.4k
Brian Rogers United Kingdom 33 3.3k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 990 1.3× 493 0.8× 418 0.7× 93 4.2k
Jacob Nachmias United States 25 3.2k 0.8× 504 0.4× 289 0.4× 427 0.7× 1.1k 1.9× 45 3.8k
D. Regan Canada 40 4.7k 1.2× 562 0.5× 1.1k 1.4× 529 0.9× 198 0.3× 116 5.7k
Christopher W. Tyler United States 52 6.5k 1.7× 873 0.8× 1.3k 1.8× 741 1.3× 1.1k 1.9× 267 7.9k
John Miles Foley United States 31 3.1k 0.8× 914 0.8× 378 0.5× 580 1.0× 1.0k 1.8× 157 4.8k
Jyrki Rovamo Finland 28 2.9k 0.8× 373 0.3× 463 0.6× 327 0.6× 490 0.9× 93 3.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Whitman Richards

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Whitman Richards

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Richards, Whitman, et al.. (2010). Graph Comparison Using Fine Structure Analysis. 193–200. 32 indexed citations
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Richards, Whitman, Jan J. Koenderink, & Andrea van Doorn. (2009). Transparency and imaginary colors. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 26(5). 1119–1119. 5 indexed citations
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Koenderink, Jan J., Andrea van Doorn, Sylvia C. Pont, & Whitman Richards. (2007). Gestalt and phenomenal transparency. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 25(1). 190–190. 11 indexed citations
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Richards, Whitman, H. Sebastian Seung, & Galen Pickard. (2006). Neural voting machines. Neural Networks. 19(8). 1161–1167. 11 indexed citations
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Davis, James W., Aaron Bobick, & Whitman Richards. (2002). Categorical representation and recognition of oscillatory motion patterns. 1. 628–635. 29 indexed citations
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Richards, Whitman, Hugh R. Wilson, & Marc A. Sommer. (1994). Chaos in percepts?. Biological Cybernetics. 70(4). 345–349. 15 indexed citations
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Ullman, Shimon & Whitman Richards. (1990). Image Understanding: Advances in Computational Vision. Greenwood Publishing Group Inc. eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Richards, Whitman & Shimon Ullman. (1987). Image understanding 1985-86. Ablex Publishing Corp. eBooks. 23 indexed citations
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Richards, Whitman & Harris R. Lieberman. (1985). Correlation between Stereo Ability and the Recovery of Structure-from-Motion. Optometry and Vision Science. 62(2). 111–118. 34 indexed citations
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Richards, Whitman & Donald D. Hoffman. (1985). Codon constraints on closed 2D shapes. Computer Vision Graphics and Image Processing. 31(3). 265–281. 100 indexed citations
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Richards, Whitman, Jan J. Koenderink, & Donald D. Hoffman. (1985). Inferring 3-D shapes from 2-D codons. Annual Meeting Optical Society of America. WW4–WW4. 8 indexed citations
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Richards, Whitman. (1977). Selective Atrophy in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus Associated with Iris Coloboma in Cat. Optometry and Vision Science. 54(1). 43–45. 3 indexed citations
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Held, Richard & Whitman Richards. (1977). RECENT PROGRESS IN PERCEPTION. Optometry and Vision Science. 54(9). 646–646. 13 indexed citations
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Richards, Whitman & Michael Riley. (1977). Texture metamers (A). Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 67. 1401. 1 indexed citations
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Richards, Whitman. (1977). Stereopsis with and without monocular contours. Vision Research. 17(8). 967–969. 35 indexed citations
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Foley, John Miles & Whitman Richards. (1974). IMPROVEMENT IN STEREOANOMALY WITH PRACTICE*. Optometry and Vision Science. 51(12). 935–938. 10 indexed citations
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Richards, Whitman. (1973). REVERSAL IN STEREO DISCRIMINATION BY CONTRAST REVERSAL. Optometry and Vision Science. 50(11). 853–862. 9 indexed citations
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Richards, Whitman. (1972). One-Stage Model for Color Conversion*. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 62(5). 697–697. 2 indexed citations
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Richards, Whitman. (1971). INDEPENDENCE OF PANUMʼS NEAR AND FAR LIMITS. Optometry and Vision Science. 48(2). 103–108. 12 indexed citations
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Richards, Whitman & S. M. Luria. (1964). Color-mixture functions at low luminance levels. Vision Research. 4(5-6). 281–313. 29 indexed citations

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