Jana M. Iverson

12.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
116 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Jana M. Iverson is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jana M. Iverson has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 62 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 33 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Jana M. Iverson's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (54 papers), Language Development and Disorders (47 papers) and Hearing Impairment and Communication (40 papers). Jana M. Iverson is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (54 papers), Language Development and Disorders (47 papers) and Hearing Impairment and Communication (40 papers). Jana M. Iverson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. Jana M. Iverson's co-authors include Susan Goldin‐Meadow, Olga Capirci, María Cristina Caselli, Robert H. Wozniak, Esther Thelen, Jessie B. Northrup, Rebecca Landa, Susan E. Bryson, Wendy L. Stone and Virginia Volterra and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, PEDIATRICS and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

Jana M. Iverson

113 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

Recurrence Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium Study

2011 987 citations Sally Ozonoff, Gregory S. Young et al. PEDIATRICS profile →
Gesture Paves the Way for Language Development

2005 686 citations Jana M. Iverson, Susan Goldin‐Meadow profile →
Developing language in a developing body: the relationship between motor development and language development

2010 547 citations Jana M. Iverson profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jana M. Iverson United States	42	4.3k	4.0k	1.7k	1.4k	918	116	7.5k
Rhea Paul United States	49	4.3k 1.0×	4.7k 1.2×	2.4k 1.4×	1.4k 1.0×	996 1.1×	119	7.1k
Lauren B. Adamson United States	43	3.9k 0.9×	2.6k 0.7×	2.9k 1.7×	1.6k 1.1×	292 0.3×	105	7.6k
Peter Mundy United States	49	4.6k 1.1×	6.5k 1.7×	3.2k 1.8×	1.8k 1.3×	791 0.9×	131	9.1k
Courtenay Norbury United Kingdom	40	4.8k 1.1×	3.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	963 0.7×	645 0.7×	101	6.3k
Daniel S. Messinger United States	43	1.8k 0.4×	4.6k 1.2×	3.1k 1.8×	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	161	7.5k
Susan Leekam United Kingdom	40	3.8k 0.9×	6.2k 1.6×	2.8k 1.6×	1.5k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	94	8.5k
Inge‐Marie Eigsti United States	36	1.8k 0.4×	3.5k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	693 0.5×	594 0.6×	105	5.0k
Paul J. Yoder United States	48	4.6k 1.1×	4.7k 1.2×	3.8k 2.2×	1.4k 1.0×	432 0.5×	164	7.3k
Ted Ruffman New Zealand	47	4.1k 0.9×	3.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	242 0.3×	124	8.0k
R. Peter Hobson United Kingdom	41	3.0k 0.7×	4.2k 1.1×	2.1k 1.2×	712 0.5×	604 0.7×	98	6.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Capirci, Olga & Jana M. Iverson. (2025). The multimodal nature of development makes language multimodal: A commentary on Karadöller, Sümer and Özyürek. First Language. 45(6). 716–721. 1 indexed citations

Plate, Samantha, et al.. (2024). Cultivating the imagination: Caregiver input during pretend play with toddlers at elevated likelihood for autism. Autism Research. 17(12). 2588–2601. 1 indexed citations

Northrup, Jessie B., et al.. (2024). Expression and co-regulation of negative emotion in 18-month-olds at increased likelihood for autism with diverse developmental outcomes. Autism. 28(10). 2534–2548. 4 indexed citations

Bradshaw, Jessica, A. J. Schwichtenberg, & Jana M. Iverson. (2022). Capturing the complexity of autism: Applying a developmental cascades framework. Child Development Perspectives. 16(1). 18–26. 51 indexed citations

Iverson, Jana M., et al.. (2022). Early development in autism: How developmental cascades help us understand the emergence of developmental differences. Advances in child development and behavior. 64. 109–134. 12 indexed citations

West, Kelsey L., et al.. (2020). Object exploration during the transition to sitting: A study of infants at heightened risk for autism spectrum disorder. Infancy. 25(5). 640–657. 14 indexed citations

Taffoni, Fabrizio, Valentina Focaroli, Flavio Keller, & Jana M. Iverson. (2019). Motor performance in a shape sorter task: A longitudinal study from 14 to 36 months of age in children with an older sibling ASD. PLoS ONE. 14(5). e0217416–e0217416. 11 indexed citations

Jakubowski, Karen & Jana M. Iverson. (2018). Look at Mommy: An Exploratory Study of Attention-Related Communication in Mothers of Toddlers at Risk for Autism. Language Learning and Development. 15(2). 126–137. 5 indexed citations

Focaroli, Valentina, et al.. (2016). Performance of Motor Sequences in Children at Heightened vs. Low Risk for ASD: A Longitudinal Study from 18 to 36 Months of Age. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. 724–724. 27 indexed citations

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Zuccarini, Mariagrazia, Alessandra Sansavini, Jana M. Iverson, et al.. (2016). Object engagement and manipulation in extremely preterm and full term infants at 6 months of age. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 55. 173–184. 22 indexed citations

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Focaroli, Valentina, Fabrizio Taffoni, & Jana M. Iverson. (2015). Motor planning ability in typically developing children and children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Psicologia clinica dello sviluppo. 3–26.

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Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie, Gregory S. Young, Wendy L. Stone, et al.. (2014). Early Head Growth in Infants at Risk of Autism: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium Study. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 53(10). 1053–1062. 30 indexed citations

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Campolo, Domenico, Fabrizio Taffoni, Domenico Formica, et al.. (2012). Embedding inertial-magnetic sensors in everyday objects: Assessing spatial cognition in children. Journal of Integrative Neuroscience. 11(1). 103–116. 21 indexed citations

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Ozonoff, Sally, Gregory S. Young, Alice S. Carter, et al.. (2011). Recurrence Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium Study. PEDIATRICS. 128(3). e488–e495. 987 indexed citations breakdown →

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Iverson, Jana M.. (2010). Multimodality in infancy: vocal-motor and speech-gesture coordinations in typical and atypical development. Enfance. N° 3(3). 257–274. 28 indexed citations

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Goldin‐Meadow, Susan, et al.. (2007). Young children use their hands to tell their mothers what to say. Developmental Science. 10(6). 778–785. 166 indexed citations

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Iverson, Jana M. & Robert H. Wozniak. (2006). Variation in Vocal-Motor Development in Infant Siblings of Children with Autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 37(1). 158–170. 179 indexed citations

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Iverson, Jana M. & Esther Thelen. (2005). Hand, Mouth and Brain. 23 indexed citations

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Iverson, Jana M. & Susan Goldin‐Meadow. (2001). The resilience of gesture in talk: gesture in blind speakers and listeners. Developmental Science. 4(4). 416–422. 59 indexed citations

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Iverson, Jana M. & Esther Thelen. (1999). The Primacy of Action, Intention and Emotion. 5 indexed citations

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