Gaia Scerif

8.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
158 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Gaia Scerif is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gaia Scerif has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 39 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 34 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Gaia Scerif's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (39 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (37 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (30 papers). Gaia Scerif is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (39 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (37 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (30 papers). Gaia Scerif collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Gaia Scerif's co-authors include Rebecca Bull, Annette Karmiloff‐Smith, Kim Cornish, Duncan E. Astle, Dima Amso, Anna C. Nobre, Michael S. C. Thomas, Martin J. Batty, Peter F. Liddle and Chris Hollis and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nature reviews. Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Gaia Scerif

147 papers receiving 5.5k citations

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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.

Executive Functioning as a Predictor of Children's Mathematics Ability: Inhibition, Switching, and Working Memory

2001 1.1k citations Gaia Scerif et al. profile →
Publishing child development research from around the world: An unfair playing field resulting in most of the world's child population under‐represented in research

2022 89 citations Catherine E. Draper, Lisa M. Barnett et al. Infant and Child Development profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gaia Scerif

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Learning from the community: iterative co-production of a programme to support the development of attention, regulation and thinking skills in toddlers at elevated likelihood of autism or ADHD 2025 ·Research Involvement and Engagement ·Alexandra Hendry, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sally Smith, Tony Charman, (unknown), Sinéad Rhodes, Gaia Scerif	0
2	Enhancing children’s numeracy and executive functions via their explicit integration 2025 ·npj Science of Learning ·Gaia Scerif, (unknown), (unknown), Emma Blakey, (unknown), (unknown), Zachary Hawes, Steven J. Howard, (unknown), Rebecca Merkley, (unknown), (unknown), Victoria Simms	0
3	How well can commonly used anxiety scales detect treatment outcomes in the context of autism? 2025 ·Autism ·Huilin Chen, Jeffrey J. Wood, Connor M. Kerns, Eric A. Storch, Philip C. Kendall, Gaia Scerif, Cathy Creswell	0
4	Perceptual Experiences of Autistic People With an Intellectual Disability and People With Williams Syndrome: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis 2024 ·Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Colin Hamilton, Emily K. Farran, Elizabeth Milne, Gaia Scerif, Anna Remington	2
5	Social Ecological Factors Influencing Children's School Readiness in Low-Income South African Communities 2024 ·Early Education and Development ·Catherine E. Draper, Caylee J. Cook, Steven J. Howard, (unknown), Rebecca Merkley, (unknown), (unknown), Gaia Scerif	0
6	Risk and Protective Factors for Executive Function in Vulnerable South African Preschool-Age Children 2024 ·Journal of Cognition ·Caylee J. Cook, Steven J. Howard, (unknown), Rebecca Merkley, (unknown), (unknown), Gaia Scerif, Catherine E. Draper	0
7	Executive functioning skills and their environmental predictors among pre‐school aged children in South Africa and The Gambia 2023 ·Developmental Science ·Bosiljka Milosavljevic, Caylee J. Cook, (unknown), (unknown), Steven J. Howard, (unknown), (unknown), Samantha McCann, Rebecca Merkley, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Clare E. Elwell, Sophie E. Moore, Gaia Scerif, Catherine E. Draper, Sarah Lloyd‐Fox	4
8	Executive function and pre-academic skills in preschoolers from South Africa 2023 ·South African Journal of Childhood Education ·Caylee J. Cook, Steven J. Howard, Gaia Scerif, Rhian Twine, Kathleen Kahn, Shane A. Norris, Catherine E. Draper	3
9	Inadequate Access to Potable Water Impacts Early Childhood Development in Low-Income Areas in Cape Town, South Africa 2023 ·Annals of Global Health ·Caradee Y. Wright, Thandi Kapwata, Caylee J. Cook, Steven J. Howard, (unknown), Rebecca Merkley, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gaia Scerif, Catherine E. Draper	2
10	The Role of Partnerships to Shift Power Asymmetries in Research with Vulnerable Communities: Reflections from an Early Childhood Development Project in South Africa 2023 ·Journal of Cognition and Development ·Catherine E. Draper, Caylee J. Cook, (unknown), Steven J. Howard, (unknown), Rebecca Merkley, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gaia Scerif	3
11	The adolescent HIV executive function and drumming (AHEAD) study, a feasibility trial of a group drumming intervention amongst adolescents with HIV 2023 ·AIDS Care ·Kirsten Rowe, Julia R Pozuelo, Alecia Nickless, (unknown), (unknown), Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman, Ryan G. Wagner, Gaia Scerif, Alan Stein	1
12	Caregiver perspectives of risk and protective factors influencing early childhood development in low‐income, urban settings: A social ecological perspective 2023 ·Infant and Child Development ·Catherine E. Draper, Caylee J. Cook, Steven J. Howard, (unknown), Rebecca Merkley, (unknown), (unknown), Gaia Scerif	8
13	Publishing child development research from around the world: An unfair playing field resulting in most of the world's child population under‐represented in research breakdown → 2022 ·Infant and Child Development ·Catherine E. Draper, Lisa M. Barnett, Caylee J. Cook, Jorge Cuartas, Steven J. Howard, Dana Charles McCoy, Rebecca Merkley, Andrés Molano, Carolina Maldonado‐Carreño, Jelena Obradović, Gaia Scerif, Nádia Cristina Valentini, Fotini Venetsanou, Aisha K. Yousafzai	89
14	Uncovering the Mechanisms of Real‐World Attentional Control Over the Course of Primary Education 2021 ·Mind Brain and Education ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Anne Maillard, Gaia Scerif, Paweł J. Matusz	4
15	Validation of Oxford Cognitive Screen: Executive Function (OCS‐EF), a tablet‐based executive function assessment tool amongst adolescent females in rural South Africa 2021 ·International Journal of Psychology ·Kirsten Rowe, Mihaela Duta, Nele Demeyere, Ryan G. Wagner, Audrey Pettifor, Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman, Gaia Scerif, Alan Stein	7
16	The relationship between executive function, risky behaviour and HIV in young women from the HPTN 068 study in rural South Africa 2020 ·AIDS Care ·Kirsten Rowe, Mihaela Duta, Nele Demeyere, Ryan G. Wagner, Audrey Pettifor, Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman, Gaia Scerif, Alan Stein	2
17	The Functional Consequences of Social Attention for Memory-guided Attention Orienting and Anticipatory Neural Dynamics 2019 ·Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience ·(unknown), Freek van Ede, (unknown), Eva Zita Patai, Anna C. Nobre, Gaia Scerif	3
18	Challenging socioeconomic status: A cross‐cultural comparison of early executive function 2019 ·Developmental Science ·Steven J. Howard, Caylee J. Cook, (unknown), Edward Melhuish, Gaia Scerif, Shane A. Norris, Rhian Twine, Kathleen Kahn, Catherine E. Draper	42
19	Let's Talk About Maths: The Role of Observed “Maths‐Talk” and Maths Provisions in Preschoolers' Numeracy 2019 ·Mind Brain and Education ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ann Dowker, Κathy Sylva, Daniel Ansari, Rebecca Merkley, Victoria A. Murphy, Gaia Scerif	17
20	Genetic Syndromes and Developmental Risk for Autism Spectrum and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders: Insights From Fragile X Syndrome 2017 ·Child Development Perspectives ·(unknown), Gaia Scerif	7

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