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Robert F. Spencer

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
40
Citations
5267
World Ranking
8170
National Ranking
3497

Robert F. Spencer publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert F. Spencer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 71 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Robert F. Spencer D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Neuroscience scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert F. Spencer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1965 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Robert F. Spencer is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States. Their main fields of study include Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities, with a focus on various subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Literature and Literary Theory, Development, and Anthropology.

Their research work encompasses multiple topics related to cultural and historical contexts. Key areas of study include:

  • Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
  • South African History and Culture
  • African Studies and Sociopolitical Issues
  • International Development and Aid
  • African History and Culture Studies
  • Political Economy and Marxism
  • Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature

Among their recent publications, one notable paper is "Conjectures on Forest Literature," published in 2022 in the Forum for Modern Language Studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Forum for Modern Language Studies

Coauthorship in their research is not extensively documented, as there are no frequent co-authors listed.

Throughout their career, Robert F. Spencer has been recognized with the award of Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awarded in 1965.

Best Publications

  • The Oculomotor System.

    Robert F. Spencer;John D. Porter;Gregory Cooper;Robert L. Rodnitzky

  • The prefrontal corticotectal projection in the monkey; An anterograde and retrograde horseradish peroxidase study

    Unknown

  • Immunohistochemical localization of the neural cannabinoid receptor in rat brain

    Denise A. Dove Pettit;Matthew P. Harrison;John M. Olson;Robert F. Spencer

  • Biological organization of the extraocular muscles.

    Robert F Spencer;John D Porter

  • A cholinergic projection to the rat substantia nigra from the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus

    M. Beninato;R.F. Spencer

  • A cholinergic projection to the rat superior colliculus demonstrated by retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase and choline acetyltransferase immunohistochemistry

    M. Beninato;R. F. Spencer

  • Cortical projections to the paramedian tegmental and basilar pons in the monkey.

    G. R. Leichnetz;D. J. Smith;R. F. Spencer

  • Evidence for glycine as an inhibitory neurotransmitter of vestibular, reticular, and prepositus hypoglossi neurons that project to the cat abducens nucleus

    Unknown

  • Botulinum Toxin Paralysis of Adult Monkey Extraocular Muscle: Structural Alterations in Orbital, Singly Innervated Muscle Fibers

    Robert F. Spencer;Keith W. McNeer

  • An electron microscope study of motoneurones and interneurones in the cat abducens nucleus identified by retrograde intraaxonal transport of horseradish peroxidase.

    Robert F. Spencer;Robert F. Spencer;Peter Sterling

  • Corticotectal and corticothalamic efferent projections of SIV somatosensory cortex in cat.

    B. E. Stein;R. F. Spencer;S. B. Edwards

  • Two types of GABA-accumulating neurons in the superficial gray layer of the cat superior colliculus.

    R. Ranney Mize;Robert F. Spencer;Peter Sterling

  • Localization and morphology of cat retractor bulbi motoneurons.

    R. F. Spencer;R. Baker;R. A. McCrea

  • Synaptic organization of cat accessory abducens nucleus.

    Baker R;McCrea Ra;Spencer Rf

  • Cortical projections to nuclei adjacent to oculomotor complex in the medial dien‐mesencephalic tegmentum in the monkey

    G. R. Leichnetz;R. F. Spencer;D. J. Smith

  • Localization and morphology of cat extraocular muscle afferent neurones identified by retrograde transport of horseradish peroxidase

    John D. Porter;Robert F. Spencer

  • Hearing loss is a common feature of symptomatic children with profound biotinidase deficiency.

    Barry Wolf;Robert Spencer;Tucker Gleason

  • Transneuronal transport of peroxidase-conjugated wheat germ agglutinin (WGA-HRP) from the olfactory epithelium to the brain of the adult rat

    Unknown

  • Innervation and structure of extraocular muscles in the monkey in comparison to those of the cat

    Robert F. Spencer;John D. Porter

  • Botulinum Toxin Management of Essential Infantile Esotropia in Children

    Keith W. McNeer;Mary G. Tucker;Robert F. Spencer

  • The pathways and functions of GABA in the oculomotor system.

    Robert F. Spencer;Shwu-Fen Wang;Robert Baker

  • The jaundiced gunn rat model of auditory neuropathy/dyssynchrony

    Wayne T. Shaia;Steven M. Shapiro;Robert F. Spencer

  • Efficient one-pot synthesis of rotaxanes bearing electron donors and [60]fullerene.

    Jackson D. Megiatto;Robert Spencer;David I. Schuster

  • The cholinergic innervation of the rat substantia nigra: a light and electron microscopic immunohistochemical study

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Baker
Robert Baker New York University
Harriet Baker
Harriet Baker Cornell University
Barry E. Stein
Barry E. Stein Wake Forest University
Peter Sterling
Peter Sterling University of Pennsylvania
David I. Schuster
David I. Schuster New York University
Paul J. May
Paul J. May University of Mississippi Medical Center
David Smith
David Smith University of Glasgow
Craig Evinger
Craig Evinger Stony Brook University
John G. McHaffie
John G. McHaffie Wake Forest University
Dirk M. Guldi
Dirk M. Guldi University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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