Robert Shapley

22.3k citations
194 papers · 17.0k · 2 hit papers · h-index 75

Impact in

    • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
    • Neural dynamics and brain function
    • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
    • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
    • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
    • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering

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Robert Shapley

188 papers receiving 16.4k citations

Robert Shapley's Hit Papers

The primate retina contains two types of ganglion cells, with high and low contrast sensitivity. 1986 · 584 citations
5840+14+28Years since publication200400600

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Robert Shapley
Comparison fields: 5 of 158
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 15.0k
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 6.2k
  • Biophysics 676
  • Sensory Systems 562
  • Ophthalmology 891
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All Works

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Chapter 9 Visual adaptation and retinal gain controls
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1984698
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The primate retina contains two types of ganglion cells, with high and low contrast sensitivity.
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1986584
3 1999480
4 1982474
5 2002464
6 1978442
7 1986429
8 1997424
9 1976422
10 1976369
11 2005326
12 1993302
13 2001293
14 1990253
15 1985239
16 1996237
17 2011232
18 1990230
19 2001229
20 1988225

About Robert Shapley

Robert Shapley is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biophysics, having authored 194 papers that have together received 17.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (146 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (116 papers), Retinal Development and Disorders (39 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (37 papers), Color Science and Applications (29 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (20 papers), Color perception and design (17 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cognitive Neuroscience (15.0k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (6.2k citations), Biophysics (676 citations), Sensory Systems (562 citations) and Ophthalmology (891 citations). Robert Shapley has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Frequent co-authors include Michael J. Hawken, Dario L. Ringach, E. Kaplan, Jonathan D. Victor, Christina Enroth‐Cugell, R. Clay Reid, Shaul Hochstein, Dajun Xing, Michael P. Sceniak and V. Hugh Perry. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, Vision Research, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Physiology and Journal of Neurophysiology.

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