Ben Robins

5.2k total citations
68 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Ben Robins is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Robins has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 34 papers in Social Psychology and 25 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ben Robins's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (57 papers), Social Robot Interaction and HRI (34 papers) and Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility (19 papers). Ben Robins is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (57 papers), Social Robot Interaction and HRI (34 papers) and Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility (19 papers). Ben Robins collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Poland. Ben Robins's co-authors include Kerstin Dautenhahn, Aude Billard, Paul Dickerson, René te Boekhorst, Farshid Amirabdollahian, Ester Ferrari, Janek Dubowski, Luke Wood, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv and Hagen Lehmann and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Sensors and BMJ Open.

In The Last Decade

Ben Robins

66 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ben Robins United Kingdom 31 2.1k 1.4k 792 618 549 68 3.3k
Mohamed Chétouani France 31 1.4k 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 201 0.3× 727 1.2× 1.0k 1.8× 132 3.9k
Emilia Barakova Netherlands 23 739 0.3× 790 0.6× 184 0.2× 219 0.4× 518 0.9× 140 1.9k
David Feil-Seifer United States 24 694 0.3× 1.4k 1.0× 291 0.4× 161 0.3× 807 1.5× 88 2.7k
Yuichiro Yoshikawa Japan 25 739 0.3× 1.0k 0.7× 112 0.1× 291 0.5× 786 1.4× 193 2.3k
Matthew S. Goodwin United States 33 1.9k 0.9× 463 0.3× 265 0.3× 460 0.7× 152 0.3× 103 3.2k
Henny Admoni United States 19 724 0.3× 940 0.7× 224 0.3× 166 0.3× 494 0.9× 67 1.9k
Zachary Warren United States 39 4.0k 1.9× 329 0.2× 540 0.7× 645 1.0× 107 0.2× 138 5.0k
Hideki Kozima Japan 19 668 0.3× 704 0.5× 176 0.2× 245 0.4× 446 0.8× 37 1.5k
Amy Swanson United States 25 1.3k 0.6× 206 0.1× 386 0.5× 223 0.4× 81 0.1× 57 1.7k
Sue Cobb United Kingdom 28 1.2k 0.5× 397 0.3× 255 0.3× 380 0.6× 58 0.1× 103 2.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Robins

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Robins

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All Works

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Barkana, Duygun Erol, Katrin D. Bartl-Pokorny, Hatice Köse, et al.. (2024). Challenges in Observing the Emotions of Children with Autism Interacting with a Social Robot. International Journal of Social Robotics. 16(11-12). 2261–2276. 1 indexed citations
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Landowska, Agnieszka, Ben Robins, Duygun Erol Barkana, et al.. (2022). Automatic Emotion Recognition in Children with Autism: A Systematic Literature Review. Sensors. 22(4). 1649–1649. 31 indexed citations
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Wood, Luke, Abolfazl Zaraki, Ben Robins, & Kerstin Dautenhahn. (2019). Developing Kaspar: A Humanoid Robot for Children with Autism. International Journal of Social Robotics. 13(3). 491–508. 97 indexed citations
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Wood, Luke, Ben Robins, Gabriella Lakatos, et al.. (2019). Developing a protocol and experimental setup for using a humanoid robot to assist children with autism to develop visual perspective taking skills. Paladyn Journal of Behavioral Robotics. 10(1). 167–179. 25 indexed citations
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Robins, Ben & Kerstin Dautenhahn. (2018). Kaspar, el robot social y las formas en que puede ayudar a los niños con autismo: una visión general. Enfance. 1(1). 91–102. 1 indexed citations
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Wood, Luke, Ben Robins, Gabriella Lakatos, et al.. (2018). Utilising humanoid robots to assist children with autism learn about Visual Perspective Taking. 1. 35–38. 2 indexed citations
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Broadbent, Elizabeth, Ngaire Kerse, Kathryn Peri, et al.. (2015). Benefits and problems of health‐care robots in aged care settings: A comparison trial. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 35(1). 23–29. 63 indexed citations
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Wood, Luke, Hagen Lehmann, Kerstin Dautenhahn, et al.. (2014). Robot-Mediated Interviews with Children: What do potential users think?. University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire). 2 indexed citations
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Costa, Sandra, Hagen Lehmann, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Ben Robins, & Filomena Soares. (2014). Using a Humanoid Robot to Elicit Body Awareness and Appropriate Physical Interaction in Children with Autism. International Journal of Social Robotics. 7(2). 265–278. 87 indexed citations
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Costa, Sandra, Hagen Lehmann, Ben Robins, Kerstin Dautenhahn, & Filomena Soares. (2013). ”Where is Your Nose?” - Developing Body Awareness Skills Among Children With Autism Using a Humanoid Robot. RepositóriUM (Universidade do Minho). 117–122. 18 indexed citations
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Robins, Ben, Farshid Amirabdollahian, & Kerstin Dautenhahn. (2013). Investigating Child-Robot Tactile Interactions: A Taxonomical Classification of Tactile Behaviour of Children with Autism Towards a Humanoid Robot.. Advances in Computer-Human Interaction. 89–94. 7 indexed citations
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Wood, Luke, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Austen Rainer, et al.. (2013). Robot-Mediated Interviews - How Effective Is a Humanoid Robot as a Tool for Interviewing Young Children?. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e59448–e59448. 62 indexed citations
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Lehmann, Hagen, et al.. (2011). 'Make it move'. Aisberg (University of Bergamo). 105–112. 15 indexed citations
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Amirabdollahian, Farshid, Ben Robins, Kerstin Dautenhahn, & Ze Ji. (2011). Investigating tactile event recognition in child-robot interaction for use in autism therapy. PubMed. 2011. 5347–5351. 25 indexed citations
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Ferrari, Ester, Ben Robins, & Kerstin Dautenhahn. (2010). “Does it work?” A framework to evaluate the effectiveness of a robotic toy for children with special needs. University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire). 100–106. 9 indexed citations
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Robins, Ben, Farshid Amirabdollahian, Ze Ji, & Kerstin Dautenhahn. (2010). Tactile interaction with a humanoid robot for children with autism: A case study analysis involving user requirements and results of an initial implementation. University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire). 704–711. 37 indexed citations
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Robins, Ben, Ester Ferrari, & Kerstin Dautenhahn. (2008). Developing scenarios for robot assisted play. University of Hertfordshire Research Archive (University of Hertfordshire). 180–186. 34 indexed citations
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Billard, Aude, Ben Robins, Jacqueline Nadel, & Kerstin Dautenhahn. (2007). Building Robota, a Mini-Humanoid Robot for the Rehabilitation of Children With Autism. Assistive Technology. 19(1). 37–49. 152 indexed citations
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Robins, Ben, Paul Dickerson, Penny Stribling, & Kerstin Dautenhahn. (2004). Robot-mediated joint attention in children with autism. Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems. 5(2). 161–198. 193 indexed citations

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