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Blake A. Richards

McGill University

CA

Core Metrics

Total Citations

6,696

H-Index

33

Publications

137

i10-Index

58

2-Year Citedness

16.2

avg citations per work

Ability Dimensions

Overall Score42
Late Bloomer
Impact37%

6,696 citations, h=33

Momentum83%

2yr mean: 16.2

Output43%

137 papers (2.5/year)

Efficiency29%

49 cites/paper

Novelty5%

2 unique research topics

Breadth40%

4 topic areas

Peak Power58%

Top 3 papers: 32% of citations

* Percentile scores are calculated relative to all scholars in the computational neuroscience dataset. Tags are assigned based on dimension combinations. Hover over the radar chart for details.

Scholar Profile Analysis

Blake A. Richards is a rising scholar with 5k+ citations in computational neuroscience, currently affiliated with McGill University.

Over a 55-year academic career, published 137 papers (averaging 2.5 per year), with 6,696 citations.

An h-index of 33 reflects an active and influential researcher.

Primary research areas include Embodied cognition, Embodied cognition, Embodied cognition.

Key Findings

Signature Work

"A deep learning framework for neuroscience" is the most influential work, with 1,018 citations, published in 2019.

Sustained Impact

Two-year mean citedness of 16.2 indicates research continues to generate significant impact.

Early Career Analysis (First 5 Years)

Career Start

1970 - 1974

Early Citations

0

Early Works

2

Early Impact %

0%

Top Early Career Paper

Book Review: Computer Programming in ALGOL

Publication Timeline

Research Topics

Embodied cognition76.3%
Embodied cognition78.4%
Embodied cognition87.4%
Recall52.7%

Top Publications

12019Nature Neuroscience

A deep learning framework for neuroscience

1,018

Citations

22014Science

Hippocampal Neurogenesis Regulates Forgetting During Adulthood and Infancy

740

Citations

32014Neuron

Neurons Are Recruited to a Memory Trace Based on Relative Neuronal Excitability Immediately before Training

418

Citations

2017eLife

Towards deep learning with segregated dendrites

386

Citations

2017Neuron

The Persistence and Transience of Memory

304

Citations

2020Nature Communications

Different scaling of linear models and deep learning in UKBiobank brain images versus machine-learning datasets

280

Citations

2023Nature Communications

Catalyzing next-generation Artificial Intelligence through NeuroAI

242

Citations

2017Neuropsychopharmacology

Bidirectional Control of Anxiety-Related Behaviors in Mice: Role of Inputs Arising from the Ventral Hippocampus to the Lateral Septum and Medial Prefrontal Cortex

241

Citations

2021Nature Neuroscience

Burst-dependent synaptic plasticity can coordinate learning in hierarchical circuits

234

Citations

2017eLife

Parvalbumin-positive interneurons mediate neocortical-hippocampal interactions that are necessary for memory consolidation

206

Citations