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Francisco J. Varela

Active 1977–2025

80
Papers
57,142
Citations
68
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Citations

Citations per year for Francisco J. Varela1917: 1 citations1929: 2 citations1968: 1 citations1970: 4 citations1977: 1 citations1978: 1 citations1979: 2 citations1980: 4 citations1981: 3 citations1982: 7 citations1983: 5 citations1984: 8 citations1985: 10 citations1986: 6 citations1987: 11 citations1988: 7 citations1989: 35 citations1990: 27 citations1991: 42 citations1992: 45 citations1993: 47 citations1994: 61 citations1995: 102 citations1996: 90 citations1997: 123 citations1998: 112 citations1999: 184 citations2000: 191 citations2001: 298 citations2002: 341 citations2003: 527 citations2004: 452 citations2005: 591 citations2006: 596 citations2007: 751 citations2008: 647 citations2009: 667 citations2010: 647 citations2011: 648 citations2012: 635 citations2013: 666 citations2014: 637 citations2015: 579 citations2016: 527 citations2017: 530 citations2018: 533 citations2019: 898 citations2020: 799 citations2021: 801 citations2022: 608 citations2023: 456 citations2024: 531 citations2025: 332 citations2026: 68 citations1918–1928: no citations, so these years are not shown1930–1967: no citations, so these years are not shown1969: no citations, so this year is not shown1971–1976: no citations, so these years are not shown

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 2,988 citing papers, 19% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 1,710 citing papers, 10.9% of this breakdownGermany: 1,216 citing papers, 7.7% of this breakdownChina: 1,053 citing papers, 6.7% of this breakdownFrance: 911 citing papers, 5.8% of this breakdownItaly: 766 citing papers, 4.9% of this breakdownCanada: 627 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownNetherlands: 546 citing papers, 3.5% of this breakdownSpain: 512 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownAustralia: 471 citing papers, 3% of this breakdownJapan: 449 citing papers, 2.8% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 330 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Neuroscience45.6%
  • Computer Science18.1%
  • Psychology8.6%
  • Engineering6.8%
  • Social Sciences3.8%
  • Medicine3.4%
  • Other13.7%

Topics

  • Neural dynamics and brain function11.1%
  • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces6.5%
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies5.7%
  • Embodied and Extended Cognition3.8%
  • Action Observation and Synchronization2.6%
  • Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research1.9%
  • Other68.4%

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  1. Measuring phase synchrony in brain signals

    Authors: Jean-Philippe Lachaux, Eugenio Rodríguez, Jacques Martinerie, Francisco J. Varela - Human Brain Mapping 1999 cited by 3,936

  2. Autopoiesis and Cognition

    Authors: Humberto R. Maturana, Francisco J. Varela - Boston studies in the philosophy of science 1980 cited by 5,502

  3. The brainweb: Phase synchronization and large-scale integration

    Authors: Francisco J. Varela, Jean-Philippe Lachaux, Eugenio Rodríguez, Jacques Martinerie - Nature reviews. Neuroscience 2001 cited by 4,843

  4. The Embodied Mind

    Authors: Francisco J. Varela, Evan Thompson, Eleanor Rosch - The MIT Press eBooks 1991 cited by 5,331

  5. Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living

    Authors: Humberto R. Maturana, Francisco J. Varela, Stafford Beer - 1980 cited by 4,741

  6. The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience

    Authors: Francisco J. Varela, Eleanor Rosch, Evan Thompson - 2017 cited by 5,984

  7. Radical embodiment: neural dynamics and consciousness

    Authors: Evan Thompson, Francisco J. Varela - Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2001 cited by 1,143

  8. Perception's shadow: long-distance synchronization of human brain activity

    Authors: Eugenio Rodríguez, Nathalie George, Jean-Philippe Lachaux, Jacques Martinerie, Bernard Renault, Francisco J. Varela - Nature 1999 cited by 1,960

  9. NEUROPHENOMENOLOGY A Methodological Remedy for the Hard Problem

    Authors: Francisco J. Varela - Journal of Consciousness Studies 1996 cited by 1,371

  10. Life after Kant: Natural purposes and the autopoietic foundations of biological individuality

    Authors: Andreas Weber, Francisco J. Varela - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 2002 cited by 549

  11. Comparison of Hilbert transform and wavelet methods for the analysis of neuronal synchrony

    Authors: Michel Le Van Quyen, Jack Foucher, Jean-Philippe Lachaux, Eugenio Rodríguez, Antoine Lutz, Jacques Martinerie, Francisco J. Varela - Journal of Neuroscience Methods 2001 cited by 899

  12. The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience

    Authors: Daniel C. Dennett, Francisco J. Varela, Evan Thompson, Eleanor Rosch - The American Journal of Psychology 1993 cited by 1,086

  13. Principles of Biological Autonomy

    Authors: Francisco J. Varela - The MIT Press eBooks 2025 cited by 1,891

  14. Distributed Optimization by Ant Colonies

    Authors: Alberto Colorni, Marco Dorigo, Vittorio Maniezzo, Francisco J. Varela, Paul Bourgine - http://faculty.washington.edu/paymana/swarm/colorni92-ecal.pdf 1992 cited by 2,582

  15. The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding

    Authors: Humberto R. Maturana, Francisco J. Varela - Medical Entomology and Zoology 1992 cited by 3,294

  16. Patterns of Life: Intertwining Identity and Cognition

    Authors: Francisco J. Varela - Brain and Cognition 1997 cited by 407

  17. Studying Single-Trials of phase Synchronous Activity in the Brain

    Authors: Jean-Philippe Lachaux, Eugenio Rodríguez, Michel Le Van Quyen, Antoine Lutz, Jacques Martinerie, Francisco J. Varela - International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, Int. J. Bifurc. Chaos 2000 cited by 306

  18. Estimating the time-course of coherence between single-trial brain signals: an introduction to wavelet coherence

    Authors: Jean-Philippe Lachaux, Antoine Lutz, David Rudrauf, Diego Cosmelli, Michel Le Van Quyen, Jacques Martinerie, Francisco J. Varela - Neurophysiologie Clinique 2002 cited by 372

  19. Organism: A Meshwork of Selfless Selves

    Authors: Francisco J. Varela - Boston studies in the philosophy of science 1991 cited by 262

  20. Naturalizing Phenomenology: Issues in Contemporary Phenomenology and Cognitive Science

    Authors: Jean Petitot, Francisco J. Varela, Bernard Pachoud, Jean-Michel Roy - 1999 cited by 666

  21. On Becoming Aware

    Authors: Nathalie Depraz, Francisco J. Varela, Pierre Vermersch - Advances in consciousness research 2003 cited by 248

  22. Guiding the study of brain dynamics by using first-person data: Synchrony patterns correlate with ongoing conscious states during a simple visual task

    Authors: Antoine Lutz, Jean-Philippe Lachaux, Jacques Martinerie, Francisco J. Varela - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2002 cited by 500

  23. First-person methodologies: What, why, how?

    Authors: Francisco J. Varela, Jonathan Shear - Journal of Consciousness Studies 1999 cited by 279

  24. Neuromagnetic imaging of cortical oscillations accompanying tactile stimulation

    Authors: Douglas Cheyne, William Gaetz, Line Garnero, Jean-Philippe Lachaux, Antoine Ducorps, Denis Schwartz, Francisco J. Varela - Cognitive Brain Research 2003 cited by 241