Laura Boccanfuso

756 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 507 citations indexed

About

Laura Boccanfuso is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Occupational Therapy and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Boccanfuso has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 507 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 4 papers in Occupational Therapy and 4 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Laura Boccanfuso's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (8 papers), Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility (4 papers) and Social Robot Interaction and HRI (4 papers). Laura Boccanfuso is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (8 papers), Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility (4 papers) and Social Robot Interaction and HRI (4 papers). Laura Boccanfuso collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Bahrain. Laura Boccanfuso's co-authors include Jason M. O’Kane, Frederick Shic, Brian Scassellati, Pamela Ventola, Nicole Salomons, Meiying Qin, Chien‐Ming Huang, Harry H. Wright, Ruth K. Abramson and Katarzyna Chawarska and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Service Research, Science Robotics and Autonomous Robots.

In The Last Decade

Laura Boccanfuso

16 papers receiving 494 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.

Improving social skills in children with ASD using a long-term, in-home social robot

2018 228 citations Brian Scassellati, Laura Boccanfuso et al. Science Robotics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura Boccanfuso United States	9	278	189	97	97	94	16	507
Luthffi Idzhar Ismail Malaysia	12	299 1.1×	175 0.9×	131 1.4×	69 0.7×	104 1.1×	22	608
Claire Huijnen Netherlands	11	219 0.8×	206 1.1×	109 1.1×	62 0.6×	104 1.1×	16	533
Andreea Peca Romania	8	316 1.1×	189 1.0×	108 1.1×	93 1.0×	82 0.9×	10	491
Cristina Costescu Romania	15	353 1.3×	135 0.7×	88 0.9×	118 1.2×	91 1.0×	54	682
Fazah Akhtar Hanapiah Malaysia	14	353 1.3×	200 1.1×	180 1.9×	88 0.9×	105 1.1×	64	736
Salvatore M. Anzalone France	13	351 1.3×	244 1.3×	104 1.1×	135 1.4×	125 1.3×	30	673
Sofiane Boucenna France	11	423 1.5×	266 1.4×	132 1.4×	130 1.3×	153 1.6×	20	717
Jaeryoung Lee Japan	10	223 0.8×	138 0.7×	64 0.7×	65 0.7×	66 0.7×	30	382
Ramona Simut Belgium	11	411 1.5×	269 1.4×	142 1.5×	138 1.4×	133 1.4×	22	677
Daniel Ricks United States	9	253 0.9×	117 0.6×	87 0.9×	84 0.9×	65 0.7×	15	445

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Boccanfuso

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All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Mende, Martin, Ben Shneiderman, & Laura Boccanfuso. (2024). Commentary: The Future of Human-Robot Interactions. Journal of Service Research. 28(1). 9–16. 4 indexed citations

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Atyabi, Adham, et al.. (2023). Large-scale Investigations of AAC Usage Patterns: Trends, Autism, and Stacked Autoencoders. 851–859. 1 indexed citations

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Mois, George, et al.. (2021). Robot-Led Piano Lessons May Improve Cognitive Function: AFeasibility Study in a Sample with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 65(1). 21–25. 1 indexed citations

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Vernetti, Angélina, Frederick Shic, Laura Boccanfuso, et al.. (2020). Atypical Emotional Electrodermal Activity in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Research. 13(9). 1476–1488. 13 indexed citations

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Mois, George, Lisa Renzi‐Hammond, Laura Boccanfuso, et al.. (2020). Understanding Robots' Potential to Facilitate Piano Cognitive Training in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment. 363–365. 6 indexed citations

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Scassellati, Brian, Laura Boccanfuso, Chien‐Ming Huang, et al.. (2018). Improving social skills in children with ASD using a long-term, in-home social robot. Science Robotics. 3(21). 228 indexed citations breakdown →

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Boccanfuso, Laura, et al.. (2016). Emotional Robot to Examine Differences in Play Patterns and Affective Response of Children with and Without ASD. Human-Robot Interaction. 19–26. 11 indexed citations

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Boccanfuso, Laura, Quan Wang, Iolanda Leite, et al.. (2016). A thermal emotion classifier for improved human-robot interaction. 718–723. 21 indexed citations

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Boccanfuso, Laura, et al.. (2016). Emotional robot to examine different play patterns and affective responses of children with and without ASD. 19–26. 39 indexed citations

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Li, Beibin, Quan Wang, Laura Boccanfuso, & Frederick Shic. (2016). Optimality of the distance dispersion fixation identification algorithm. 339–340. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Quan, et al.. (2016). Thermographic eye tracking. 307–310. 5 indexed citations

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Boccanfuso, Laura, et al.. (2016). A low-cost socially assistive robot and robot-assisted intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder: field trials and lessons learned. Autonomous Robots. 41(3). 637–655. 70 indexed citations

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Wang, Quan, Carla A. Wall, Emily B. Prince, et al.. (2015). Interactive eye tracking for gaze strategy modification. 247–250. 5 indexed citations

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Boccanfuso, Laura, Elizabeth S. Kim, Quan Wang, et al.. (2015). Autonomously detecting interaction with an affective robot to explore connection to developmental ability. 1–7. 13 indexed citations

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Boccanfuso, Laura & Jason M. O’Kane. (2012). Remote measurement of breathing rate in real time using a high precision, single-point infrared temperature sensor. 1704–1709. 25 indexed citations

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Boccanfuso, Laura & Jason M. O’Kane. (2011). CHARLIE : An Adaptive Robot Design with Hand and Face Tracking for Use in Autism Therapy. International Journal of Social Robotics. 3(4). 337–347. 64 indexed citations

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