Amy Pearson

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 891 citations indexed

About

Amy Pearson is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Amy Pearson has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 891 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 16 papers in Clinical Psychology and 8 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Amy Pearson's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (19 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (5 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (5 papers). Amy Pearson is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (19 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (5 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (5 papers). Amy Pearson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and United States. Amy Pearson's co-authors include Kieran Rose, Jon Rees, Danielle Ropar, Antonia F. de C. Hamilton, Danielle Miller, Ray Meddis, Lauren Marsh, Monique Botha, Hanna Bertilsdotter Rosqvist and Georgia Pavlopoulou and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders and Psychophysiology.

In The Last Decade

Amy Pearson

29 papers receiving 868 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Conceptual Analysis of Autistic Masking: Understanding the Narrative of Stigma and the Illusion of Choice

2021 278 citations Amy Pearson, Kieran Rose Autism in Adulthood profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amy Pearson United Kingdom	15	697	387	177	175	107	32	891
Fabiënne B. A. Naber Netherlands	12	505 0.7×	632 1.6×	148 0.8×	81 0.5×	44 0.4×	15	919
Cara Pugliese United States	16	1.1k 1.5×	634 1.6×	218 1.2×	238 1.4×	70 0.7×	30	1.3k
Shana Nichols Canada	11	745 1.1×	463 1.2×	172 1.0×	199 1.1×	79 0.7×	17	1.0k
Simona de Falco Italy	22	409 0.6×	745 1.9×	211 1.2×	180 1.0×	33 0.3×	47	1.2k
James E. Connell United States	19	669 1.0×	602 1.6×	355 2.0×	850 4.9×	79 0.7×	34	1.4k
Kerrianne E. Morrison United States	11	702 1.0×	416 1.1×	172 1.0×	197 1.1×	64 0.6×	12	783
Gary Fireman United States	17	365 0.5×	248 0.6×	170 1.0×	126 0.7×	23 0.2×	42	900
Stephen von Tetzchner Norway	22	682 1.0×	694 1.8×	211 1.2×	548 3.1×	81 0.8×	83	1.6k
Lucy A. Livingston United Kingdom	18	1.1k 1.5×	572 1.5×	292 1.6×	234 1.3×	29 0.3×	38	1.2k
Molly Helt United States	15	962 1.4×	510 1.3×	257 1.5×	241 1.4×	25 0.2×	18	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amy Pearson

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Grant, Aimee, Jennifer Leigh, Stephen J. Macdonald, et al.. (2025). ‘A Lovely Safe Umbrella to Describe Yourself With’ or ‘Meaningless’ : An Online Survey of UK-Based Neurodivergent Adults’ Views of Neurodiversity-Related Terminology. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 3.

Pearson, Amy, et al.. (2025). Exploring the Social and Emotional Impact of Puberty and Adolescence on Autistic People Assigned Female at Birth. Autism in Adulthood. 3 indexed citations

Stenner, Paul, Amy Pearson, Steven K. Kapp, et al.. (2025). Using Q Methodology, a Group of Neurodivergent Neurodiversity Researchers Ask: What is the Neurodiversity Movement and what should it do?. 3. 2 indexed citations

Pearson, Amy, et al.. (2025). “I Guess when a Lot of People Collectively Outwardly Don’t Like you, you Start to find a Dislike Within Yourself”: Experiences of Belonging Among Autistic Adolescents Assigned Female at Birth in Mainstream School Settings. School Mental Health. 17(4). 1373–1388.

Pearson, Amy, et al.. (2024). “It’s Not a Physical Prison but You Can’t Get Out.” How Autistic Adults Make Sense of the Experience of Intimate Violence and Abuse. Autism in Adulthood. 1 indexed citations

Pearson, Amy, et al.. (2024). “It’s a Long Process, and It’s a Long Journey”: Autistic Adult’s Experiences of Support and Recovery after Experiencing Intimate Violence and Abuse. Autism in Adulthood.

Pearson, Amy, et al.. (2024). “It Has Shown Me How Much I Am Capable Of”: An Exploration of Autistic Burnout Experiences in Motherhood. Autism in Adulthood. 2 indexed citations

Rosqvist, Hanna Bertilsdotter, et al.. (2023). Being, Knowing, and Doing: Importing Theoretical Toolboxes for Autism Studies. Autism in Adulthood. 5(1). 15–23. 9 indexed citations

Pearson, Amy, et al.. (2023). A Reflective Analysis on Neurodiversity and Student Wellbeing. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice. 11(2). 109–120. 10 indexed citations

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Pearson, Amy, et al.. (2023). “Comforting, Reassuring, and…Hot”: A Qualitative Exploration of Engaging in Bondage, Discipline, Domination, Submission, Sadism and (Sado)masochism and Kink from the Perspective of Autistic Adults. Autism in Adulthood. 6(1). 25–35. 5 indexed citations

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Alderson‐Day, Ben & Amy Pearson. (2023). What can neurodiversity tell us about inner speech, and vice versa? A theoretical perspective. Cortex. 168. 193–202. 9 indexed citations

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Pearson, Amy, et al.. (2023). “You Are the Expert of Your Own Experience”: A Thematic Analysis of Experiences of Autism and Gender Diversity in Adulthood. Autism in Adulthood. 6(3). 300–311. 3 indexed citations

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Pearson, Amy, Kieran Rose, & Jon Rees. (2022). ‘I felt like I deserved it because I was autistic’: Understanding the impact of interpersonal victimisation in the lives of autistic people. Autism. 27(2). 500–511. 38 indexed citations

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Miller, Danielle, Jon Rees, & Amy Pearson. (2021). “Masking Is Life”: Experiences of Masking in Autistic and Nonautistic Adults. Autism in Adulthood. 3(4). 330–338. 136 indexed citations

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Pearson, Amy, et al.. (2020). Can cerebral lateralisation explain heterogeneity in language and increased non-right handedness in autism? A literature review. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 105. 103738–103738. 6 indexed citations

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Pearson, Amy, et al.. (2019). “Bullies tend to be obvious” : autistic adults perceptions of friendship and the concept of ‘mate crime’.. Disability & Society. 35(7). 1103–1123. 28 indexed citations

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Pearson, Amy, Lauren Marsh, Danielle Ropar, & Antonia F. de C. Hamilton. (2015). Cognitive Mechanisms underlying visual perspective taking in typical and ASC children. Autism Research. 9(1). 121–130. 31 indexed citations

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Sheppard, Elizabeth, et al.. (2014). Using Other Minds as a Window Onto the World: Guessing What Happened from Clues in Behaviour. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 44(10). 2430–2439. 16 indexed citations

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Pearson, Amy, Danielle Ropar, & Antonia F. de C. Hamilton. (2013). A review of visual perspective taking in autism spectrum disorder. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. 652–652. 86 indexed citations

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Meddis, Ray, et al.. (1972). Spontaneous arousals from sleep in human subjects. Psychonomic Science. 28(4). 228–230. 20 indexed citations

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