2026 Richard A. Schmidt: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	59	3921	1777	117	35175

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Neuroscience

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35175

Overview

Richard A. Schmidt was affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the field of Physics and Astronomy, with particular emphasis on several subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Condensed Matter Physics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience; and Neurology.

The core topics covered in their work featured:

Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
Quantum and electron transport phenomena
Strong Light-Matter Interactions
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices

Their publication record included papers primarily in notable venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Neurosurgery
Physical Review X
Nature Physics
Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Schmidt were:

"Bose Polaron Interactions in a Cavity-Coupled Monolayer Semiconductor," 2023, Physical Review X
"Bose Polaron Interactions in a Cavity-Coupled Monolayer Semiconductor," 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
"Probing molecular spectral functions and unconventional pairing using Raman spectroscopy," 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
"Exciton-polarons in two-dimensional semiconductors and the Tavis-Cummings model," 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
"Transition from a polaronic condensate to a degenerate Fermi gas of heteronuclear molecules," 2023, Nature Physics

The frequent co-authors with whom Schmidt collaborated included:

Ataç İmamoğlu
Oriana K. Diessel
Jonas von Milczewski
Li Bing Tan
Alexander Popert

Best Publications

Motor Control and Learning: A Behavioral Emphasis

Richard A. Schmidt

10427
Citations
A schema theory of discrete motor skill learning.

Richard A. Schmidt

4385
Citations
Motor-output variability: a theory for the accuracy of rapid motor acts.

Richard A. Schmidt;Howard Zelaznik;Brian Hawkins;James S. Frank

1982
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Knowledge of results and motor learning: a review and critical reappraisal.

Alan W. Salmoni;Richard A. Schmidt;Charles B. Walter

1936
Citations
Motor control and learning: A behavioral emphasis, 4th ed.

Richard A. Schmidt;Timothy D. Lee

1343
Citations
Reduced frequency of knowledge of results enhances motor skill learning.

Carolee J. Winstein;Richard A. Schmidt

1018
Citations
Motor Learning and Performance

Richard A. Schmidt;Craig A. Wrisberg

725
Citations
Principles of Motor Learning in Treatment of Motor Speech Disorders

Edwin Maas;Donald A. Robin;Shannon N. Austermann Hula;Skott E. Freedman

639
Citations
Summary knowledge of results for skill acquisition: support for the guidance hypothesis

Richard A. Schmidt;Douglas E. Young;Stephan Swinnen;Diane C. Shapiro

604
Citations
Motor learning and performance : a situation-based learning approach

Richard A. Schmidt;Craig A. Wrisberg

534
Citations
Frequent Augmented Feedback Can Degrade Learning: Evidence and Interpretations

Richard A. Schmidt

502
Citations
Motor Schema Theory After 27 Years: Reflections and Implications for a New Theory

Richard A. Schmidt

445
Citations
Information feedback for skill acquisition: Instantaneous knowledge of results degrades learning.

Stephan P. Swinnen;Richard A. Schmidt;Diane E. Nicholson;Diane C. Shapiro

364
Citations
Continuous Concurrent Feedback Degrades Skill Learning: Implications for Training and Simulation

Richard A. Schmidt;Gabriele Wulf

357
Citations
VARIABILITY OF PRACTICE AND IMPLICIT MOTOR LEARNING

Gabriele Wulf;Richard A. Schmidt

327
Citations
Sources of Inaccuracy in Rapid Movement

Richard A. Schmidt;Howard N. Zelaznik;James S. Frank

267
Citations
The learning of generalized motor programs: Reducing the relative frequency of knowledge of results enhances memory.

Gabriele Wulf;Richard A. Schmidt

263
Citations
Changes in limb dynamics during the practice of rapid arm movements

Klaus Schneider;Ronald F. Zernicke;Richard A. Schmidt;Timothy J. Hart

256
Citations
On the nature of intersensory facilitation of reaction time.

Stan C. A. M. Gielen;Richard A. Schmidt;Pieter J. M. Van Den Heuvel

232
Citations
Reduced feedback frequency enhances generalized motor program learning but not parameterization learning

Gabriele Wulf;Richard A. Schmidt;Heiner Deubel

227
Citations
Motor Learning and Performance: From Principles to Application

Richard A. Schmidt;Timothy D. Lee

188
Citations