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Robert F. Hess

Robert F. Hess

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
78
Citations
19567
World Ranking
616
National Ranking
23

Robert F. Hess publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 473 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Robert F. Hess D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Robert F. Hess is affiliated with McGill University in Canada. Their research focuses on multiple aspects of visual perception and ophthalmology, contributing extensively to the fields of neuroscience and medicine.

Their main fields of study encompass:

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine

Within these fields, Robert F. Hess has further specialized in several subfields, including:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Epidemiology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Media Technology

The primary research topics covered in their work are:

  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
  • Glaucoma and retinal disorders
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Color Science and Applications
  • Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies

Robert F. Hess has published numerous papers in notable journals. Some recent publications include:

  • "Suppression Rather Than Visual Acuity Loss Limits Stereoacuity in Amblyopia" (2020), Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • "Shifting eye balance using monocularly directed attention in normal vision" (2021), Journal of Vision
  • "Interocular Differences in Spatial Frequency Influence the Pulfrich Effect" (2020), Vision
  • "Interocular suppressive interactions in amblyopia depend on spatial frequency" (2020), Vision Research
  • "The Flash-lag Effect in Amblyopia" (2021), Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

This scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Alexandre Reynaud
  • Alex S. Baldwin
  • Seung Hyun Min
  • Sara Alarcon Carrillo
  • Jiawei Zhou

Robert F. Hess's work is regularly published in the following venues:

  • Journal of Vision
  • Vision Research
  • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Contour integration by the human visual system: evidence for a local "association field".

    David J. Field;Anthony Hayes;Robert F. Hess

  • The threshold contrast sensitivity function in strabismic amblyopia: Evidence for a two type classification

    R.F. Hess;E.R. Howell

  • Human peripheral spatial resolution for achromatic and chromatic stimuli: limits imposed by optical and retinal factors.

    S J Anderson;K T Mullen;R F Hess

  • A new binocular approach to the treatment of Amblyopia in adults well beyond the critical period of visual development

    RF Hess;B Mansouri;Benjamin Thompson

  • Deficits to global motion processing in human amblyopia

    Anita J Simmers;Tim Ledgeway;Robert F Hess;Paul V McGraw

  • The functional area for summation to threshold for sinusoidal gratings.

    E.R. Howell;R.F. Hess

  • Amblyopia and the binocular approach to its therapy.

    Robert F. Hess;Benjamin Thompson

  • On the nature of the neural abnormality in human amblyopia; neural aberrations and neural sensitivity loss.

    Hess Rf;Campbell Fw;Greenhalgh T

  • Temporal properties of human visual filters: number, shapes and spatial covariation.

    R.F. Hess;R.J. Snowden

  • Measurement of suprathreshold binocular interactions in amblyopia.

    B. Mansouri;B. Thompson;R.F. Hess

  • Brain Plasticity in the Adult: Modulation of Function in Amblyopia with rTMS

    Benjamin Thompson;Behzad Mansouri;Lisa Koski;Robert F. Hess

  • The contrast sensitivity gradient across the human visual field: with emphasis on the low spatial frequency range.

    J.S. Pointer;R.F. Hess

  • A binocular approach to treating amblyopia: antisuppression therapy.

    Robert F. Hess;Behzad Mansouri;Benjamin Thompson

  • Binocular vision in amblyopia: structure, suppression and plasticity

    Robert F Hess;Benjamin Thompson;Daniel Hart Baker

  • A Game Platform for Treatment of Amblyopia

    Long To;B Thompson;J R Blum;G Maehara

  • The accessory optic system and its relation to the vestibulocerebellum.

    J.I. Simpson;R.E. Soodak;R. Hess

  • Contrast masking in strabismic amblyopia: attenuation, noise, interocular suppression and binocular summation.

    Daniel H. Baker;Timothy S. Meese;Robert F. Hess

  • The spatial localization deficit in amblyopia

    Robert F. Hess;Ian E. Holliday

  • Effectiveness of a Binocular Video Game vs Placebo Video Game for Improving Visual Functions in Older Children, Teenagers, and Adults With Amblyopia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Tina Y. Gao;Cindy X. Guo;Raiju J. Babu;Joanna M. Black

  • Is the spatial deficit in strabismic amblyopia due to loss of cells or an uncalibrated disarray of cells

    Robert F. Hess;David J. Field

  • Texture Segregation in the Human Visual Cortex: A

    Leslie G. Ungerleider;Ken W. S. Tan;J. Edwin Dickinson;David R. Badcock

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin Thompson
Benjamin Thompson University of Waterloo
Steven C. Dakin
Steven C. Dakin University of Auckland
Yifeng Zhou
Yifeng Zhou University of Science and Technology of China
Jia Qu
Jia Qu Wenzhou Medical University
Peter J. Bex
Peter J. Bex Northeastern University
Serge O. Dumoulin
Serge O. Dumoulin Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Winston D. Byblow
Winston D. Byblow University of Auckland
Katie L. McMahon
Katie L. McMahon Queensland University of Technology
Robert Jefferson Snowden
Robert Jefferson Snowden Cardiff University
Nikolaus F. Troje
Nikolaus F. Troje York University

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