Peter Mitchell

10.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
208 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Peter Mitchell is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Mitchell has authored 208 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 84 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 25 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Peter Mitchell's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (62 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (49 papers) and Behavioral and Psychological Studies (32 papers). Peter Mitchell is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (62 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (49 papers) and Behavioral and Psychological Studies (32 papers). Peter Mitchell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Philippines. Peter Mitchell's co-authors include Sarah Parsons, Danielle Ropar, Anne Leonard, J. E. SHEEHY, Charlie Lewis, Gnanathusharan Rajendran, Emily Robinson, Elizabeth Sheppard, Marc Cowling and Colin Ware and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Medicine and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Peter Mitchell

197 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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. Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health
    2021 149 citations Peter Mitchell, Elizabeth Sheppard et al. British Journal of Developmental Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Mitchell United Kingdom 46 3.1k 2.5k 1.1k 930 861 208 7.2k
John E. Richards United States 50 3.3k 1.1× 1.4k 0.6× 526 0.5× 630 0.7× 722 0.8× 187 7.2k
Qi Dong China 48 3.7k 1.2× 1.2k 0.5× 689 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 1.0k 1.2× 234 7.6k
John Raven United Kingdom 16 2.3k 0.7× 1.8k 0.7× 870 0.8× 737 0.8× 746 0.9× 74 7.6k
Geoff Cumming Australia 35 1.6k 0.5× 951 0.4× 689 0.6× 1.0k 1.1× 1.3k 1.6× 102 10.4k
Roger E. Kirk United States 15 1.8k 0.6× 1.3k 0.5× 820 0.8× 808 0.9× 1.4k 1.7× 51 8.9k
Jerome L. Myers United States 34 3.2k 1.0× 3.0k 1.2× 699 0.7× 525 0.6× 1.3k 1.5× 112 12.3k
Ronald Carter United Kingdom 41 1.6k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 399 0.4× 233 0.3× 507 0.6× 169 6.7k
John K. Kruschke United States 38 3.3k 1.1× 2.7k 1.1× 284 0.3× 437 0.5× 1.3k 1.5× 89 10.2k
David W. Fulker United States 55 1.3k 0.4× 2.1k 0.8× 1.6k 1.5× 3.2k 3.4× 1.6k 1.9× 195 11.3k
David C. Howell United Kingdom 34 2.6k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 1.0k 1.0× 2.3k 2.4× 1.7k 2.0× 55 11.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Mitchell

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Mitchell

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Mitchell

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mitchell, Peter, et al.. (2023). Consistency in personality trait judgments across online chatting and offline conversation. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1077458–1077458. 1 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Peter, Elizabeth Sheppard, & Sarah Cassidy. (2021). Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 39(1). 1–18. 149 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mitchell, Peter. (2018). Teaching statistical appreciation in quantitative methods. MSOR Connections. 16(2). 37–42. 1 indexed citations
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Kifley, Annette, Gerald Liew, J. J. Wang, et al.. (2007). Long-term Effects of Smoking on Retinal Microvascular Caliber. American Journal of Epidemiology. 166(11). 1288–1297. 54 indexed citations
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Ziegler, Fenja, Peter Mitchell, & Gregory Currie. (2005). How Does Narrative Cue Children's Perspective Taking?. Developmental Psychology. 41(1). 115–123. 51 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Peter, et al.. (2005). How Perception Impacts on Drawings.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 31(5). 996–1003. 43 indexed citations
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Wong, Tien Yin, E.H. Larsen, Ronald Klein, et al.. (2005). Cardiovascular Risk Factors for Retinal Vein Occlusion and Arteriolar EmboliThe Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities & Cardiovascular Health studies. Ophthalmology. 112(4). 540–547. 220 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Peter. (2002). A perspective on protein microarrays. Nature Biotechnology. 20(3). 225–229. 251 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Peter. (2000). GPnet. Go with the flow.. PubMed. 110(5696). suppl 16–suppl 16. 1 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Peter, et al.. (1997). Overly Literal Interpretations of Speech in Autism: Understanding That Messages Arise from Minds. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 38(6). 685–691. 40 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Peter, et al.. (1997). When Speech Conflicts with Seeing: Young Children's Understanding of Informational Priority. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 64(2). 276–294. 21 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Peter, et al.. (1996). Contamination in reasoning about false belief: an instance of realist bias in adults but not children. Cognition. 59(1). 1–21. 82 indexed citations
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Robinson, Emily & Peter Mitchell. (1995). Masking of Children's Early Understanding of the Representational Mind: Backwards Explanation versus Prediction. Child Development. 66(4). 1022–1022. 52 indexed citations
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Davidoff, Jules & Peter Mitchell. (1993). The colour cognition of children. Cognition. 48(2). 121–137. 24 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Peter & Elizabeth J. Robinson. (1992). Children's understanding of the evidential connotation of ‘know’ in relation to overestimation of their own knowledge. Journal of Child Language. 19(1). 167–182. 8 indexed citations
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Robinson, Emily & Peter Mitchell. (1992). Children's Interpretation of Messages from a Speaker with a False Belief. Child Development. 63(3). 639–639. 16 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Peter, et al.. (1983). Assessing Mathematics: 1. APU Framework and Modes of Assessment.. Mathematics in school. 12(5). 2–5. 1 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Peter. (1972). Social Science in the Secondary School Curriculum — A case study1. Journal of Curriculum Studies. 4(2). 133–144. 1 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Peter. (1972). Social Science in the Secondary School Curriculum.. Journal of Curriculum Studies. 1 indexed citations

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