Jonathan Matthis

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 865 citations indexed

About

Jonathan Matthis is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Matthis has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 865 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 11 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Matthis's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (10 papers), Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (10 papers) and Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology (7 papers). Jonathan Matthis is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (10 papers), Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (10 papers) and Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology (7 papers). Jonathan Matthis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Germany. Jonathan Matthis's co-authors include Brett R. Fajen, Mary Hayhoe, Jacob L. Yates, Kathryn Bonnen, Dennis M. Levi, Agostino Gibaldi, Martin S. Banks, Lawrence K. Cormack, Alexander C. Huk and Reynold Bailey and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Matthis

35 papers receiving 859 citations

Hit Papers

Gaze and the Control of Foot Placement When Walking in Na... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Gaze and the Control of Foot Placement When Walking in Natural Terrain
    2018 256 citations Jonathan Matthis, Jacob L. Yates et al. Current Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jonathan Matthis United States 14 473 265 185 161 138 35 865
Jean‐Pierre Bresciani France 19 929 2.0× 164 0.6× 246 1.3× 154 1.0× 279 2.0× 49 1.3k
Jonathan J. Marotta Canada 20 1.1k 2.4× 98 0.4× 151 0.8× 104 0.6× 184 1.3× 54 1.4k
Brice Isableu France 20 553 1.2× 504 1.9× 162 0.9× 90 0.6× 238 1.7× 43 1.3k
Philip W. Fink New Zealand 17 632 1.3× 131 0.5× 229 1.2× 86 0.5× 314 2.3× 62 1.2k
Lionel Bringoux France 15 561 1.2× 132 0.5× 159 0.9× 88 0.5× 202 1.5× 52 810
Amir Karniel Israel 23 1.0k 2.2× 182 0.7× 508 2.7× 71 0.4× 295 2.1× 62 1.4k
Jeff A. Nessler United States 16 211 0.4× 137 0.5× 308 1.7× 56 0.3× 183 1.3× 57 971
L. James Smart United States 12 420 0.9× 285 1.1× 35 0.2× 500 3.1× 249 1.8× 25 993
Aymar de Rugy France 24 1.2k 2.6× 197 0.7× 707 3.8× 68 0.4× 422 3.1× 69 1.6k
Joachim von Zitzewitz Switzerland 16 187 0.4× 192 0.7× 788 4.3× 67 0.4× 56 0.4× 33 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Jonathan Matthis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jonathan Matthis

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan Matthis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jonathan Matthis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jonathan Matthis based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jonathan Matthis. Jonathan Matthis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bonnen, Kathryn, et al.. (2023). Analysis of foothold selection during locomotion using terrain reconstruction. eLife. 12. 2 indexed citations
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Matthis, Jonathan, et al.. (2023). Retinal motion statistics during natural locomotion. eLife. 12. 15 indexed citations
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Matthis, Jonathan, et al.. (2022). Retinal optic flow during natural locomotion. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(2). e1009575–e1009575. 59 indexed citations
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Matthis, Jonathan, et al.. (2022). The FreeMoCap Project - and - Gaze/Hand coupling during a combined three-ball juggling and balance task. Journal of Vision. 22(14). 4195–4195. 1 indexed citations
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Bonnen, Kathryn, Jonathan Matthis, Agostino Gibaldi, et al.. (2021). Binocular vision and the control of foot placement during walking in natural terrain. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 27 indexed citations
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Matthis, Jonathan, et al.. (2019). Control strategies for rapid, visually guided adjustments of the foot during continuous walking. Experimental Brain Research. 237(7). 1673–1690. 17 indexed citations
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Hayhoe, Mary & Jonathan Matthis. (2018). Control of gaze in natural environments: effects of rewards and costs, uncertainty and memory in target selection. Interface Focus. 8(4). 20180009–20180009. 26 indexed citations
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Matthis, Jonathan, Jacob L. Yates, & Mary Hayhoe. (2018). Gaze and the Control of Foot Placement When Walking in Natural Terrain. Current Biology. 28(8). 1224–1233.e5. 256 indexed citations breakdown →
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Matthis, Jonathan, Jacob L. Yates, & Mary Hayhoe. (2018). Gaze and the Control of Foot Placement When Walking in Natural Terrain. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Matthis, Jonathan, et al.. (2017). Visual regulation of gait: Zeroing in on a solution to the complex terrain problem.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 43(10). 1773–1790. 19 indexed citations
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Matthis, Jonathan, et al.. (2016). Biomechanical and visual constraints on rapid adjustments to foot placement during continuous locomotion. Journal of Vision. 16(12). 767–767. 2 indexed citations
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Matthis, Jonathan, et al.. (2015). The biomechanics of walking shape the use of visual information during locomotion over complex terrain. Journal of Vision. 15(3). 10–10. 49 indexed citations
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Matthis, Jonathan, et al.. (2013). Visual control of precise foot placement when walking over complex terrain. Journal of Vision. 13(9). 121–121. 3 indexed citations
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Fajen, Brett R., et al.. (2013). Humans perceive object motion in world coordinates during obstacle avoidance. Journal of Vision. 13(8). 25–25. 27 indexed citations
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Fajen, Brett R. & Jonathan Matthis. (2013). Visual and Non-Visual Contributions to the Perception of Object Motion during Self-Motion. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e55446–e55446. 43 indexed citations
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Matthis, Jonathan & Brett R. Fajen. (2013). Visual control of foot placement when walking over complex terrain.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 40(1). 106–115. 102 indexed citations
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Matthis, Jonathan & Brett R. Fajen. (2012). Humans exploit the biomechanics of bipedal gait during visually guided walking over rough terrain. Journal of Vision. 12(9). 1118–1118. 1 indexed citations
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Fajen, Brett R. & Jonathan Matthis. (2011). Visual and non-visual contributions to the perception of object motion during self-motion. Journal of Vision. 11(11). 920–920. 4 indexed citations
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Matthis, Jonathan, et al.. (2011). Anticipation of sabre fencing attacks. Journal of Vision. 11(11). 957–957. 2 indexed citations
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Fajen, Brett R. & Jonathan Matthis. (2011). Direct perception of action-scaled affordances: The shrinking gap problem.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 37(5). 1442–1457. 46 indexed citations

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