Francisco J. Varela

175 total papers · 35.0k total citations
105 papers, 19.1k citations indexed

About

Francisco J. Varela is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Francisco J. Varela has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 19.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 16 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Francisco J. Varela’s work include Neural dynamics and brain function (38 papers), EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (20 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (13 papers). Francisco J. Varela is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (38 papers), EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (20 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (13 papers). Francisco J. Varela collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Argentina. Francisco J. Varela's co-authors include Jacques Martinerie, Eugenio Rodríguez, Jean-Philippe Lachaux, Humberto R. Maturana, Stafford Beer, Evan Thompson, Michel Le Van Quyen, Bernard Renault, Jean-Philippe Lachaux and Eleanor Rosch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francisco J. Varela

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

Francisco J. Varela

102 papers receiving 17.6k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Francisco J. Varela

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Countries citing papers authored by Francisco J. Varela

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