Iain D. Gilchrist

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
176 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Iain D. Gilchrist is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Human-Computer Interaction. According to data from OpenAlex, Iain D. Gilchrist has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 40 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 33 papers in Human-Computer Interaction. Recurrent topics in Iain D. Gilchrist's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (75 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (60 papers) and Visual Attention and Saliency Detection (29 papers). Iain D. Gilchrist is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (75 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (60 papers) and Visual Attention and Saliency Detection (29 papers). Iain D. Gilchrist collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Austria. Iain D. Gilchrist's co-authors include Casimir J. H. Ludwig, John M. Findlay, Benjamin W. Tatler, Roland Baddeley, Monika Harvey, Tom Trościanko, Bruce Hood, Alastair D. Smith, Filipe Cristino and Gillian Porter and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Iain D. Gilchrist

167 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

Visual correlates of fixation selection: effects of scale... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Visual correlates of fixation selection: effects of scale and time
    2004 509 citations Iain D. Gilchrist et al. Vision Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Iain D. Gilchrist United Kingdom 40 4.1k 1.5k 886 794 548 176 5.7k
Todd S. Horowitz United States 41 4.8k 1.2× 1.5k 1.1× 679 0.8× 1.5k 1.9× 1.1k 2.1× 114 7.3k
John M. Findlay United Kingdom 40 5.8k 1.4× 1.2k 0.8× 1.0k 1.2× 1.3k 1.6× 624 1.1× 128 7.1k
Andrew Hollingworth United States 46 6.1k 1.5× 2.2k 1.5× 924 1.0× 1.4k 1.7× 858 1.6× 104 7.3k
Benjamin W. Tatler United Kingdom 31 3.0k 0.7× 2.3k 1.6× 1.2k 1.4× 467 0.6× 637 1.2× 68 4.5k
Heiner Deubel Germany 36 6.0k 1.5× 737 0.5× 916 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 871 1.6× 116 6.9k
Kyle R. Cave United States 35 5.5k 1.3× 1.5k 1.0× 466 0.5× 1.6k 2.0× 884 1.6× 90 6.6k
Ignace T. C. Hooge Netherlands 38 2.5k 0.6× 831 0.6× 1.6k 1.8× 700 0.9× 548 1.0× 148 4.4k
Eileen Kowler United States 42 5.2k 1.3× 1.0k 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 731 0.9× 488 0.9× 74 6.2k
Michael S. Landy United States 41 6.2k 1.5× 1.3k 0.9× 322 0.4× 1.4k 1.7× 1.3k 2.3× 173 7.4k
Melissa L.‐H. Võ Germany 31 2.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 548 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 724 1.3× 85 4.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Levordashka, Ana, et al.. (2025). Methods used to study audience experience of screen-based media: A scoping review.. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts. 1 indexed citations
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Körner, Christof, et al.. (2025). Influence of Time Pressure on Successive Visual Searches. Journal of Eye Movement Research. 18(4). 31–31.
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Rich, Anina N., et al.. (2024). Attention moderates the motion silencing effect for dynamic orientation changes in a discrimination task. Journal of Vision. 24(13). 13–13.
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Levordashka, Ana, et al.. (2024). From story to heartbeats: Physiological synchrony in theater audiences.. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts. 2 indexed citations
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Fraser, Danaë Stanton, et al.. (2024). How Changes in the Mean Latency, Jitter Amplitude, and Jitter Frequency Impact Target Acquisition Performance. ACM Transactions on Applied Perception. 22(2). 1–18. 1 indexed citations
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Blundell, James, Matt J. Dunn, Jonathan T. Erichsen, et al.. (2019). The potential and value of objective eye tracking in the ophthalmology clinic. Eye. 33(8). 1200–1202. 15 indexed citations
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McSorley, Eugene, Iain D. Gilchrist, & Rachel McCloy. (2019). The role of fixation disengagement in the parallel programming of sequences of saccades. Experimental Brain Research. 237(11). 3033–3045. 3 indexed citations
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McSorley, Eugene, Iain D. Gilchrist, & Rachel McCloy. (2019). The programming of sequences of saccades. Experimental Brain Research. 237(4). 1009–1018. 7 indexed citations
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Körner, Christof, et al.. (2018). The consequence of a limited-capacity short-term memory on repeated visual search. Visual Cognition. 26(7). 552–562. 3 indexed citations
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Anantrasirichai, Nantheera, Iain D. Gilchrist, & David Bull. (2016). Fixation identification for low-sample-rate mobile eye trackers. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 3126–3130. 21 indexed citations
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Antoniades, Chrystalina A., Ulrich Ettinger, Bertrand Gaymard, et al.. (2013). An internationally standardised antisaccade protocol. Vision Research. 84. 1–5. 130 indexed citations
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Gilchrist, Iain D., et al.. (2012). Predicting Performance in Natural Scene Searches. Journal of Vision. 12(9). 266–266. 1 indexed citations
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Liversedge, Simon P., Iain D. Gilchrist, & Stefan Everling. (2011). Oxford handbook of eye movements. CLOK (University of Central Lancashire). 33 indexed citations
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Körner, Christof & Iain D. Gilchrist. (2007). Finding a new target in an old display: Evidence for a memory recency effect in visual search. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 14(5). 846–851. 34 indexed citations
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Gilchrist, Iain D., et al.. (2006). Target location probability effects in visual search: An effect of sequential dependencies.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 32(5). 1294–1301. 93 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Casimir J. H. & Iain D. Gilchrist. (2003). Goal-driven modulation of oculomotor capture. Perception & Psychophysics. 65(8). 1243–1251. 44 indexed citations
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Gilchrist, Iain D., et al.. (2003). NMA 2003, Lecture notes in computer science. Springer US. 1 indexed citations
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Gilchrist, Iain D., et al.. (2002). Gaze-contingent multi-modality displays of multi-layered geographical maps. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 1 indexed citations
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Gilchrist, Iain D., et al.. (2002). Abstract representation of natural scenes and the role of fixation. Perception. 31. 134–134. 1 indexed citations
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Gilchrist, Iain D., et al.. (2000). Memory in visual search: an eye-movement study. Perception. 29. 0–0. 1 indexed citations

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