Victoria Simms

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Victoria Simms is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Education and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Victoria Simms has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Statistics and Probability, 33 papers in Education and 27 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Victoria Simms's work include Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (39 papers), Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (19 papers) and Reading and Literacy Development (18 papers). Victoria Simms is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (39 papers), Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (19 papers) and Reading and Literacy Development (18 papers). Victoria Simms collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Victoria Simms's co-authors include Camilla Gilmore, Samantha Johnson, Lucy Cragg, Neil Marlow, Sarah Clayton, Matthew Inglis, Nina Attridge, John N. Towse, David J. Purpura and Dieter Wolke and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Educational Psychology and Developmental Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Victoria Simms

53 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Individual Differences in Inhibitory Control, Not Non-Ver... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
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. Individual Differences in Inhibitory Control, Not Non-Verbal Number Acuity, Correlate with Mathematics Achievement
    2013 343 citations Camilla Gilmore, Sarah Clayton et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Victoria Simms United Kingdom 18 801 778 557 207 164 61 1.4k
Pirjo Aunio Finland 24 1.3k 1.6× 1.1k 1.4× 792 1.4× 68 0.3× 93 0.6× 78 1.8k
Tuire Koponen Finland 19 841 1.0× 987 1.3× 874 1.6× 28 0.1× 175 1.1× 47 1.5k
Deepthi Kamawar Canada 14 1.2k 1.4× 1.2k 1.6× 933 1.7× 27 0.1× 187 1.1× 26 1.7k
Sebastian Suggate Germany 23 855 1.1× 295 0.4× 1.1k 2.0× 97 0.5× 181 1.1× 55 1.6k
Michael von Aster Germany 23 1.1k 1.3× 1.7k 2.2× 1.3k 2.3× 44 0.2× 544 3.3× 78 2.2k
Sheri‐Lynn Skwarchuk Canada 14 1.9k 2.4× 1.7k 2.1× 1.1k 1.9× 33 0.2× 132 0.8× 28 2.3k
Pekka Räsänen Finland 18 767 1.0× 824 1.1× 631 1.1× 26 0.1× 131 0.8× 34 1.2k
Kristina Moll Germany 26 1.2k 1.5× 1.5k 1.9× 2.2k 3.9× 69 0.3× 728 4.4× 66 2.7k
Cecil D. Mercer United States 23 1.0k 1.3× 739 0.9× 1.1k 2.0× 35 0.2× 147 0.9× 47 1.8k
Pamela M. Seethaler United States 20 1.2k 1.5× 1.5k 2.0× 1.3k 2.3× 20 0.1× 162 1.0× 29 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Victoria Simms

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Victoria Simms

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All Works

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Scerif, Gaia, Emma Blakey, Zachary Hawes, et al.. (2025). Enhancing children’s numeracy and executive functions via their explicit integration. npj Science of Learning. 10(1). 8–8.
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Simms, Victoria, et al.. (2024). Parents' views and experiences of the home mathematics environment: A cross‐country study. Infant and Child Development. 33(4). 1 indexed citations
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Ellis, Alexa, et al.. (2023). International comparisons of the home mathematics environment and relations with children's mathematical achievement. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 93(4). 1171–1187. 3 indexed citations
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Scerif, Gaia, Emma Blakey, Zachary Hawes, et al.. (2023). Making the Executive ‘Function’ for the Foundations of Mathematics: the Need for Explicit Theories of Change for Early Interventions. Educational Psychology Review. 35(4). 15 indexed citations
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Cassidy, Tony, et al.. (2021). Developing a rigorous measure of the pre-school home mathematics environment. Journal of Numerical Cognition. 7(2). 172–194. 8 indexed citations
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Herwegen, Jo Van & Victoria Simms. (2020). Mathematical development in Williams syndrome: A systematic review. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 100. 103609–103609. 8 indexed citations
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Johnson, Samantha, Vassiliki Bountziouka, Sarah Clayton, et al.. (2019). Improving developmental and educational support for children born preterm: evaluation of an e-learning resource for education professionals. BMJ Open. 9(6). e029720–e029720. 18 indexed citations
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Herwegen, Jo Van, et al.. (2019). Eye Movement Patterns and Approximate Number Sense Task Performance in Williams Syndrome and Down Syndrome: A Developmental Perspective. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 49(10). 4030–4038. 11 indexed citations
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Simms, Victoria, Camilla Gilmore, Seaneen Sloan, & Clare McKeaveney. (2018). Protocol for a systematic review: Interventions to improve mathematics achievement in primary school‐aged children: a systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 14(1). 1–26. 2 indexed citations
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Gilmore, Camilla, Sarah Clayton, Lucy Cragg, et al.. (2018). Understanding arithmetic concepts: The role of domain-specific and domain-general skills. PLoS ONE. 13(9). e0201724–e0201724. 15 indexed citations
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Simms, Victoria, Sarah Clayton, Lucy Cragg, Camilla Gilmore, & Samantha Johnson. (2016). Explaining the relationship between number line estimation and mathematical achievement: The role of visuomotor integration and visuospatial skills. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 145. 22–33. 83 indexed citations
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Simms, Victoria, Camilla Gilmore, Lucy Cragg, et al.. (2014). Nature and origins of mathematics difficulties in very preterm children: a different etiology than developmental dyscalculia. Pediatric Research. 77(2). 389–395. 64 indexed citations
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Simms, Victoria, et al.. (2013). Plane thinking: Mental representations in number line estimation as a function of orientation, scale, and counting proficiency. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 115(3). 468–480. 13 indexed citations
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Simms, Victoria, Teresa McCormack, & Tom Beckers. (2012). Additivity pretraining and cue competition effects: Developmental evidence for a reasoning-based account of causal learning.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior Processes. 38(2). 180–190. 8 indexed citations
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Fowler, Eileen, Loretta M. Knutson, Sharon K. DeMuth, et al.. (2007). Pediatric endurance and limb strengthening for children with cerebral palsy (PEDALS) – a randomized controlled trial protocol for a stationary cycling intervention. BMC Pediatrics. 7(1). 14–14. 19 indexed citations

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