Ancrêt Szpak

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 820 citations indexed

About

Ancrêt Szpak is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Neuroscience and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Ancrêt Szpak has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 820 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Human-Computer Interaction, 8 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 6 papers in Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Ancrêt Szpak's work include Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (11 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (6 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (5 papers). Ancrêt Szpak is often cited by papers focused on Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (11 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (6 papers) and Visual perception and processing mechanisms (5 papers). Ancrêt Szpak collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Ancrêt Szpak's co-authors include Tobias Loetscher, Dimitrios Saredakis, Stefan Carlo Michalski, Brandon Birckhead, Hannah A. D. Keage, Albert Rizzo, Mark Billinghurst, Tyler J. Ross, Celia S. Chen and Michael E. R. Nicholls and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, IEEE Access and Neuropsychologia.

In The Last Decade

Ancrêt Szpak

17 papers receiving 806 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.

  1. Factors Associated With Virtual Reality Sickness in Head-Mounted Displays: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    2020 430 citations Dimitrios Saredakis, Ancrêt Szpak et al. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ancrêt Szpak Australia 11 507 190 172 143 126 18 820
Dimitrios Saredakis Australia 9 442 0.9× 164 0.9× 138 0.8× 100 0.7× 108 0.9× 13 852
Polona Caserman Germany 12 354 0.7× 125 0.7× 116 0.7× 97 0.7× 153 1.2× 17 716
Séamas Weech Canada 11 741 1.5× 337 1.8× 85 0.5× 246 1.7× 171 1.4× 14 1.0k
Wenge Xu China 16 600 1.2× 194 1.0× 109 0.6× 105 0.7× 210 1.7× 40 800
L. James Smart United States 12 500 1.0× 420 2.2× 67 0.4× 249 1.7× 45 0.4× 25 993
Elise Faugloire France 10 360 0.7× 227 1.2× 64 0.4× 149 1.0× 35 0.3× 11 544
Sophie Kenny Canada 9 448 0.9× 200 1.1× 80 0.5× 159 1.1× 111 0.9× 12 796
Justin Munafo United States 6 306 0.6× 132 0.7× 52 0.3× 93 0.7× 61 0.5× 6 480
Moira B. Flanagan United States 9 440 0.9× 276 1.5× 56 0.3× 171 1.2× 52 0.4× 13 623
Augusto García-Agúndez Germany 10 280 0.6× 105 0.6× 40 0.2× 77 0.5× 115 0.9× 24 598

Countries citing papers authored by Ancrêt Szpak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ancrêt Szpak

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Franzè, Annamaria, et al.. (2024). Immersive virtual reality is more effective than non‐immersive devices for developing real‐world skills in people with intellectual disability. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 68(12). 1358–1373. 4 indexed citations
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Michalski, Stefan Carlo, et al.. (2023). Improving real-world skills in people with intellectual disabilities: an immersive virtual reality intervention. Virtual Reality. 27(4). 3521–3532. 12 indexed citations
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Michalski, Stefan Carlo, et al.. (2022). Using Virtual Reality to Improve Classroom Behavior in People With Down Syndrome: Within-Subjects Experimental Design. JMIR Serious Games. 10(2). e34373–e34373. 10 indexed citations
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Szpak, Ancrêt, et al.. (2022). Getting the Most out of Virtual Reality: Evaluating Short Breaks to Reduce Cybersickness and Cognitive Aftereffects. 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW). 533–537. 7 indexed citations
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Michalski, Stefan Carlo, et al.. (2021). Vocational Training in Virtual Environments for People With Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 627301–627301. 14 indexed citations
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Clark, Ross A., Ancrêt Szpak, Stefan Carlo Michalski, & Tobias Loetscher. (2021). Rest Intervals during Virtual Reality Gaming Augments Standing Postural Sway Disturbance. Sensors. 21(20). 6817–6817. 6 indexed citations
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Saredakis, Dimitrios, Ancrêt Szpak, Brandon Birckhead, et al.. (2020). Factors Associated With Virtual Reality Sickness in Head-Mounted Displays: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 14. 96–96. 430 indexed citations breakdown →
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Szpak, Ancrêt, Stefan Carlo Michalski, & Tobias Loetscher. (2020). Exergaming With Beat Saber: An Investigation of Virtual Reality Aftereffects. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(10). e19840–e19840. 60 indexed citations
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Szpak, Ancrêt, Stefan Carlo Michalski, Dimitrios Saredakis, Celia S. Chen, & Tobias Loetscher. (2019). Beyond Feeling Sick: The Visual and Cognitive Aftereffects of Virtual Reality. IEEE Access. 7. 130883–130892. 63 indexed citations
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Michalski, Stefan Carlo, Ancrêt Szpak, & Tobias Loetscher. (2019). Using Virtual Environments to Improve Real-World Motor Skills in Sports: A Systematic Review. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 2159–2159. 61 indexed citations
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Saredakis, Dimitrios, Ancrêt Szpak, Brandon Birckhead, et al.. (2019). Factors associated with virtual reality sickness in head-mounted displays: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints). 13 indexed citations
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Michalski, Stefan Carlo, Ancrêt Szpak, Dimitrios Saredakis, et al.. (2019). Getting your game on: Using virtual reality to improve real table tennis skills. PLoS ONE. 14(9). e0222351–e0222351. 95 indexed citations
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Szpak, Ancrêt, et al.. (2017). Close interpersonal proximity modulates visuomotor processing of object affordances in shared, social space. Attention Perception & Psychophysics. 80(1). 54–68. 10 indexed citations
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Szpak, Ancrêt, et al.. (2015). Visual asymmetries for relative depth judgments in a three-dimensional space. Brain and Cognition. 99. 128–134. 5 indexed citations
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Szpak, Ancrêt, Michael E. R. Nicholls, Nicole A. Thomas, Simon M. Laham, & Tobias Loetscher. (2015). “No man is an island”: Effects of interpersonal proximity on spatial attention. Cognitive Neuroscience. 7(1-4). 45–54. 7 indexed citations
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Szpak, Ancrêt, Nicole A. Thomas, & Michael E. R. Nicholls. (2015). Hemispheric asymmetries in perceived depth revealed through a radial line bisection task. Experimental Brain Research. 234(3). 807–813. 4 indexed citations
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Szpak, Ancrêt, Tobias Loetscher, Owen Churches, et al.. (2014). Keeping your distance: attentional withdrawal in individuals who show physiological signs of social discomfort. Neuropsychologia. 70. 462–467. 19 indexed citations

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