Sofiane Boucenna

1.2k total citations
20 papers, 717 citations indexed

About

Sofiane Boucenna is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Sofiane Boucenna has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 717 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 11 papers in Social Psychology and 5 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Sofiane Boucenna's work include Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (7 papers), Social Robot Interaction and HRI (7 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (4 papers). Sofiane Boucenna is often cited by papers focused on Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (7 papers), Social Robot Interaction and HRI (7 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (4 papers). Sofiane Boucenna collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and United States. Sofiane Boucenna's co-authors include Mohamed Chétouani, Salvatore M. Anzalone, David Cohen, Serena Ivaldi, Antonio Narzisi, Filippo Muratori, Philippe Gaussier, Giovanni Pioggia, Jean Xavier and Nicolas Bodeau and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Sofiane Boucenna

20 papers receiving 687 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sofiane Boucenna France 11 423 266 153 132 130 20 717
Salvatore M. Anzalone France 13 351 0.8× 244 0.9× 125 0.8× 104 0.8× 135 1.0× 30 673
Cocoro Nakagawa Japan 11 503 1.2× 460 1.7× 162 1.1× 169 1.3× 120 0.9× 13 881
Zhi Zheng United States 15 509 1.2× 134 0.5× 118 0.8× 171 1.3× 186 1.4× 31 809
Syamimi Shamsuddin Malaysia 13 329 0.8× 202 0.8× 94 0.6× 147 1.1× 78 0.6× 49 665
Elizabeth S. Kim United States 11 389 0.9× 536 2.0× 316 2.1× 99 0.8× 105 0.8× 16 1.0k
Laura Boccanfuso United States 9 278 0.7× 189 0.7× 94 0.6× 97 0.7× 97 0.7× 16 507
Ramona Simut Belgium 11 411 1.0× 269 1.0× 133 0.9× 142 1.1× 138 1.1× 22 677
Cristina Pop Romania 8 478 1.1× 269 1.0× 115 0.8× 159 1.2× 146 1.1× 15 736
Esubalew Bekele United States 16 631 1.5× 135 0.5× 85 0.6× 202 1.5× 230 1.8× 24 948
Cristina Costescu Romania 15 353 0.8× 135 0.5× 91 0.6× 88 0.7× 118 0.9× 54 682

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sofiane Boucenna

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sofiane Boucenna

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sofiane Boucenna. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sofiane Boucenna 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 Sofiane Boucenna. Sofiane Boucenna 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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Pitti, Alexandre, et al.. (2022). In Search of a Neural Model for Serial Order: A Brain Theory for Memory Development and Higher Level Cognition. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems. 14(2). 279–291. 4 indexed citations
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Cañamero, Lola, et al.. (2022). From Animals to Animats 16. Lecture notes in computer science. 1 indexed citations
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Pitti, Alexandre, Mathias Quoy, Sofiane Boucenna, & Catherine Lavandier. (2021). Brain-inspired model for early vocal learning and correspondence matching using free-energy optimization. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(2). e1008566–e1008566. 3 indexed citations
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Pitti, Alexandre, Mathias Quoy, Catherine Lavandier, & Sofiane Boucenna. (2019). Gated spiking neural network using Iterative Free-Energy Optimization and rank-order coding for structure learning in memory sequences (INFERNO GATE). Neural Networks. 121. 242–258. 10 indexed citations
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Guellaï, Bahia, Frédéric Bevilacqua, Diemo Schwarz, et al.. (2019). Sensus Communis: Some Perspectives on the Origins of Non-synchronous Cross-Sensory Associations. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. 523–523. 7 indexed citations
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Xavier, Jean, Salvatore M. Anzalone, Sofiane Boucenna, et al.. (2018). Toward a motor signature in autism: Studies from human-machine interaction. L Encéphale. 45(2). 182–187. 10 indexed citations
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Boucenna, Sofiane, et al.. (2018). Is it useful for a robot to visit a museum?. Paladyn Journal of Behavioral Robotics. 9(1). 374–390. 1 indexed citations
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Anzalone, Salvatore M., Jean Xavier, Sofiane Boucenna, et al.. (2018). Quantifying patterns of joint attention during human-robot interactions: An application for autism spectrum disorder assessment. Pattern Recognition Letters. 118. 42–50. 51 indexed citations
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Cohen, David, Charline Grossard, Ouriel Grynszpan, et al.. (2017). Autisme, jeux sérieux et robotique : réalité tangible ou abus de langage ?. Annales Médico-psychologiques revue psychiatrique. 175(5). 438–445. 2 indexed citations
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Boucenna, Sofiane, David Cohen, Andrew N. Meltzoff, Philippe Gaussier, & Mohamed Chétouani. (2016). Robots Learn to Recognize Individuals from Imitative Encounters with People and Avatars. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 19908–19908. 30 indexed citations
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Anzalone, Salvatore M., Sofiane Boucenna, Serena Ivaldi, & Mohamed Chétouani. (2015). Evaluating the Engagement with Social Robots. International Journal of Social Robotics. 7(4). 465–478. 151 indexed citations
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Boucenna, Sofiane, et al.. (2014). Development of First Social Referencing Skills: Emotional Interaction as a Way to Regulate Robot Behavior. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 6(1). 42–55. 16 indexed citations
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Boucenna, Sofiane, et al.. (2014). A Robot Learns the Facial Expressions Recognition and Face/Non-face Discrimination Through an Imitation Game. International Journal of Social Robotics. 6(4). 633–652. 26 indexed citations
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Boucenna, Sofiane, Antonio Narzisi, Filippo Muratori, et al.. (2014). Interactive Technologies for Autistic Children: A Review. Cognitive Computation. 6(4). 722–740. 187 indexed citations
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Boucenna, Sofiane, et al.. (2014). Learning of Social Signatures Through Imitation Game Between a Robot and a Human Partner. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 6(3). 213–225. 54 indexed citations
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Anzalone, Salvatore M., Sofiane Boucenna, Jean Xavier, et al.. (2014). How children with autism spectrum disorder behave and explore the 4-dimensional (spatial 3D + time) environment during a joint attention induction task with a robot. Research in autism spectrum disorders. 8(7). 814–826. 119 indexed citations
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Boucenna, Sofiane, et al.. (2011). Development of joint attention and social referencing. 1–6. 10 indexed citations
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Gaussier, Philippe, et al.. (2011). Emotions as a dynamical system: the interplay between the meta-control and communication function of emotions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 12 indexed citations
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Boucenna, Sofiane, et al.. (2010). Imitation as a communication tool for online facial expression learning and recognition. 7. 5323–5328. 15 indexed citations
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Boucenna, Sofiane, et al.. (2010). Emergent imitative behavior on a robotic arm based on visuo-motor associative memories. 164. 1754–1759. 8 indexed citations

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