2026 Colin Blakemore: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	97	827	10	333	34711

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Neuroscience

827

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34711

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Neuroscience in China Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in China Leader Award
2012 - Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience
2001 - Baly Medal, Royal College of Physicians of London
1995 - Member of Academia Europaea
1993 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
1992 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Colin Blakemore was affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China. Their research primarily focused on psychology, with significant work spanning developmental and educational psychology as well as cognitive neuroscience. Blakemore's studies also incorporated modeling and simulation, information systems, and epidemiology.

The scientist's recent publications addressed topics related to the COVID-19 pandemic, neurobiology of language, and bilingualism. Notable papers included:

"The impact of contact tracing and testing on controlling COVID-19 outbreak without lockdown in Hong Kong: An observational study" (2022, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific)
"The impact of multiple non-pharmaceutical interventions on controlling COVID-19 outbreak without lockdown in Hong Kong: A modelling study" (2021, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific)
"Intersecting distributed networks support convergent linguistic functioning across different languages in bilinguals" (2023, Communications Biology)
"The Impact of Multiple Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions on Controlling COVID-19 Outbreak without Lockdown in Hong Kong: A Modelling Study" (2021, SSRN Electronic Journal)
"I haven't a clue! Expectations based on repetitions and hints facilitate perceptual experience of ambiguous images." (2020, Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance)

Blakemore frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

Hsiang-Yu Yuan
Shujie Geng
Kunyu Xu
Tianye Jia
Miao Cao

Their work was published in various scientific venues, among which the most frequent were:

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
SSRN Electronic Journal
Communications Biology
Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance
Nature Neuroscience

The main topics covered by Blakemore in their research included:

COVID-19 epidemiological studies
COVID-19 digital contact tracing
Neurobiology of language and bilingualism
Reading and literacy development
Language development and disorders
Data-driven disease surveillance
Viral infections and outbreaks research

Blakemore received several awards and distinctions during their career, such as:

Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience (2012)
Baly Medal, Royal College of Physicians of London (2001)
Member of Academia Europaea (1995)
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1993)
Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (1992)
Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Best Publications

On the existence of neurones in the human visual system selectively sensitive to the orientation and size of retinal images.

C. Blakemore;F. W. Campbell

2819
Citations
The neural mechanism of binocular depth discrimination

H. B. Barlow;C. Blakemore;J. D. Pettigrew

1709
Citations
Development of the Brain depends on the Visual Environment

Colin Blakemore;Grahame F. Cooper

1486
Citations
Development of the human cerebral cortex: Boulder Committee revisited

Irina Bystron;Colin Blakemore;Pasko Rakic

1119
Citations
Lateral inhibition between orientation detectors in the cat's visual cortex.

Colin Blakemore;Elisabeth A. Tobin

927
Citations
Innate and environmental factors in the development of the kitten's visual cortex.

C Blakemore;R C Van Sluyters

744
Citations
Lateral inhibition between orientation detectors in the human visual system

Colin Blakemore;Roger H. S. Carpenter;Mark A. Georgeson

697
Citations
Analysis of connectivity in the cat cerebral cortex.

Jack W. Scannell;Cohn Blakemore;Malcolm P. Young

679
Citations
Reversal of the physiological effects of monocular deprivation in kittens: further evidence for a sensitive period.

Colin Blakemore;Richard C. Van Sluyters

590
Citations
Delaying the onset of Huntington's in mice.

Anton van Dellen;Colin Blakemore;Robert Deacon;Denis York

574
Citations
Size adaptation: a new aftereffect

Colin Blakemore;Peter Sutton

545
Citations
How do thalamic axons find their way to the cortex

Zoltán Molnár;Colin Blakemore

461
Citations
Vision: Coding and Efficiency

Colin Blakemore;K. Adler;M. Pointon

438
Citations
Mechanics of the mind

Colin Blakemore

416
Citations
Environmental Enrichment Rescues Protein Deficits in a Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease, Indicating a Possible Disease Mechanism

Tara L. Spires;Helen E. Grote;Neelash K. Varshney;Patricia M. Cordery

415
Citations
Environmental enrichment slows disease progression in R6/2 Huntington's disease mice

Emma Hockly;Patricia M. Cordery;Benjamin Woodman;Amarbirpal Mahal

390
Citations
The range and scope of binocular depth discrimination in man.

Colin Blakemore

371
Citations
The orientation specificity of two visual after‐effects

Colin Blakemore;Jacob Nachmias

348
Citations
The perceived spatial frequency shift: evidence for frequency-selective neurones in the human brain.

Colin Blakemore;Jacob Nachmias;Peter Sutton

339
Citations
Interactions between orientations in human vision

R. H. S. Carpenter;Colin Blakemore

335
Citations
The Working Brain

Colin Blakemore

2
Citations