Stefan Van der Stigchel

8.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
260 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Stefan Van der Stigchel is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Sensory Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Van der Stigchel has authored 260 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 225 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 46 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 29 papers in Sensory Systems. Recurrent topics in Stefan Van der Stigchel's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (140 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (122 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (42 papers). Stefan Van der Stigchel is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (140 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (122 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (42 papers). Stefan Van der Stigchel collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. Stefan Van der Stigchel's co-authors include Jan Theeuwes, Tanja C.W. Nijboer, Sebastiaan Mathôt, Chris Paffen, Martijn Meeter, Surya Gayet, Edwin S. Dalmaijer, Jasper H. Fabius, Andrew Hollingworth and Christian N. L. Olivers and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Van der Stigchel

243 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

Safe and sensible preprocessing and baseline correction of pupil-size data

2018 282 citations Sebastiaan Mathôt, Jasper H. Fabius et al. profile →
Pupillometry as an integrated readout of distinct attentional networks

2022 114 citations Christoph Strauch, Stefan Van der Stigchel et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefan Van der Stigchel Netherlands	41	4.5k	1.2k	740	654	626	260	5.8k
Sebastiaan Mathôt Netherlands	26	3.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	828 1.1×	574 0.9×	385 0.6×	75	4.5k
Geoffrey F. Woodman United States	51	9.6k 2.1×	2.0k 1.6×	1.2k 1.6×	400 0.6×	320 0.5×	138	10.4k
Robert D. Rafal United Kingdom	49	9.2k 2.0×	1.5k 1.3×	761 1.0×	232 0.4×	429 0.7×	146	10.7k
Jennifer D. Ryan Canada	38	3.9k 0.9×	698 0.6×	470 0.6×	260 0.4×	205 0.3×	143	4.9k
David I. Shore Canada	32	3.5k 0.8×	2.3k 1.9×	829 1.1×	295 0.5×	727 1.2×	84	4.2k
Jane E. Raymond United Kingdom	40	6.3k 1.4×	1.8k 1.5×	697 0.9×	143 0.2×	577 0.9×	112	7.5k
Emiliano Macaluso Italy	43	4.8k 1.1×	2.1k 1.7×	1.3k 1.7×	164 0.3×	736 1.2×	151	6.2k
Claus Bundesen Denmark	39	5.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	726 1.0×	252 0.4×	164 0.3×	106	6.2k
Edward K. Vogel United States	13	5.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	644 0.9×	207 0.3×	221 0.4×	20	5.8k
Kimron L. Shapiro United Kingdom	42	10.0k 2.2×	2.6k 2.1×	880 1.2×	220 0.3×	937 1.5×	128	11.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Van der Stigchel

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Naber, Marnix, et al.. (2025). Presaccadic Attention Shifts Up‐ and Downwards: Evidence From the Pupil Light Response. Psychophysiology. 62(3). e70047–e70047. 2 indexed citations

Gayet, Surya, et al.. (2025). Latent memory traces for prospective items in visual working memory.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 51(2). 164–177.

Kenemans, J. Leon, et al.. (2025). Microsaccade biases can reflect task-specific spatial memorization strategies. PubMed. 19. 1526213–1526213.

Strauch, Christoph, et al.. (2024). Shifting reliance between the internal and external world: A meta-analysis on visual-working memory use. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 32(3). 1118–1130.

White, Brian J., et al.. (2024). Saliency Response in Superior Colliculus at the Future Saccade Goal Predicts Fixation Duration during Free Viewing of Dynamic Scenes. Journal of Neuroscience. 45(3). e0428242024–e0428242024. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Dan, et al.. (2024). The priority state of items in visual working memory determines their influence on early visual processing. Consciousness and Cognition. 127. 103800–103800.

Janssen, Christian P., et al.. (2024). Lock Operations Through the Operator’s Eyes: A Qualitative Exploration of Gaze Strategies. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making. 19(1). 54–75.

Naber, Marnix, et al.. (2024). Effort drives saccade selection. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations

Strauch, Christoph, et al.. (2023). Don't hide the instruction manual: A dynamic trade-off between using internal and external templates during visual search. Journal of Vision. 23(7). 14–14. 6 indexed citations

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Gayet, Surya, et al.. (2023). A matter of availability: sharper tuning for memorized than for perceived stimulus features. Cerebral Cortex. 33(12). 7608–7618. 5 indexed citations

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Mulder, Hanna, Ora Oudgenoeg‐Paz, Josje Verhagen, Ineke J.M. van der Ham, & Stefan Van der Stigchel. (2022). Infant walking experience is related to the development of selective attention. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 220. 105425–105425. 5 indexed citations

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Fabius, Jasper H., Alessio Fracasso, David Acunzo, Stefan Van der Stigchel, & David Melcher. (2020). Low-Level Visual Information Is Maintained across Saccades, Allowing for a Postsaccadic Handoff between Visual Areas. Journal of Neuroscience. 40(49). 9476–9486. 18 indexed citations

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Smit, Miranda, et al.. (2018). Body representation does not lag behind in updating for the pubertal growth spurt. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 175. 48–66. 10 indexed citations

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Fabius, Jasper H., et al.. (2016). Investigating the parameters of transsaccadic memory: inhibition of return impedes information acquisition near a saccade target. Visual Cognition. 24(2). 141–154. 1 indexed citations

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Stoep, Nathan Van der, Stefan Van der Stigchel, Tanja C.W. Nijboer, & Maarten J. van der Smagt. (2015). Audiovisual integration in near and far space: effects of changes in distance and stimulus effectiveness. Experimental Brain Research. 234(5). 1175–1188. 19 indexed citations

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Bijleveld, Erik, Ruud Custers, Stefan Van der Stigchel, et al.. (2014). Distinct neural responses to conscious versus unconscious monetary reward cues. Human Brain Mapping. 35(11). 5578–5586. 24 indexed citations

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Stigchel, Stefan Van der, et al.. (2014). The influence of object identity on obstacle avoidance reaching behaviour. Acta Psychologica. 150. 94–99. 10 indexed citations

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Stigchel, Stefan Van der, et al.. (2013). Outsider interference: no role for motor lateralization in determining the strength of avoidance responses during reaching. Experimental Brain Research. 229(4). 533–543. 4 indexed citations

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Nijboer, Tanja C.W., Gabriela Satris, & Stefan Van der Stigchel. (2011). The influence of synesthesia on eye movements: No synesthetic pop-out in an oculomotor target selection task. Consciousness and Cognition. 20(4). 1193–1200. 8 indexed citations

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Dodd, Michael D., Mark Mills, Stefan Van der Stigchel, & Andrew Hollingworth. (2011). Examining the influence of scene manipulations and task instruction on scanpaths and inhibition of return. Journal of Vision. 11(11). 481–481. 1 indexed citations

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