William H. Ittelson

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
35 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

William H. Ittelson is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Automotive Engineering and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, William H. Ittelson has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Social Psychology, 4 papers in Automotive Engineering and 4 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in William H. Ittelson's work include Action Observation and Synchronization (4 papers), Spatial Cognition and Navigation (4 papers) and Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (2 papers). William H. Ittelson is often cited by papers focused on Action Observation and Synchronization (4 papers), Spatial Cognition and Navigation (4 papers) and Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (2 papers). William H. Ittelson collaborates with scholars based in United States. William H. Ittelson's co-authors include Leanne G. Rivlin, Harold M. Proshansky, Yi‐Fu Tuan, Bryan Lawson, F. P. Kilpatrick, Hadley Cantril, Terry C. Daniel, Hans Toch, Bernard Seidenberg and Adelbert Ames and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Review, Journal of Experimental Psychology General and Psychosomatic Medicine.

In The Last Decade

William H. Ittelson

35 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Environmental psychology : man and his physical setting 1970 2026 1988 2007 1970 1974 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. Environmental psychology : man and his physical setting
    1970 353 citations Harold M. Proshansky, William H. Ittelson et al. Holt, Rinehart and Winston eBooks profile →
  2. Environment and Cognition
    1974 352 citations William H. Ittelson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William H. Ittelson United States 18 521 449 379 337 245 35 2.0k
Joachim F. Wohlwill United States 24 807 1.5× 789 1.8× 483 1.3× 1.1k 3.3× 218 0.9× 68 3.6k
Harry Heft United States 19 402 0.8× 646 1.4× 709 1.9× 270 0.8× 123 0.5× 43 1.8k
Kenneth H. Craik United States 26 846 1.6× 947 2.1× 189 0.5× 162 0.5× 54 0.2× 71 2.7k
Roger M. Downs United States 18 1.4k 2.8× 345 0.8× 152 0.4× 263 0.8× 840 3.4× 46 3.9k
Gary T. Moore United States 18 404 0.8× 241 0.5× 130 0.3× 293 0.9× 368 1.5× 57 2.5k
Roger G. Barker United States 17 717 1.4× 637 1.4× 197 0.5× 199 0.6× 34 0.1× 32 2.9k
Edward K. Sadalla United States 20 959 1.8× 514 1.1× 322 0.8× 154 0.5× 638 2.6× 44 2.6k
Paul A. Bell United States 30 1.1k 2.2× 852 1.9× 265 0.7× 571 1.7× 42 0.2× 107 2.9k
David Stea United States 16 481 0.9× 140 0.3× 138 0.4× 105 0.3× 652 2.7× 62 1.8k
N. N. Patricios United States 10 878 1.7× 271 0.6× 101 0.3× 180 0.5× 80 0.3× 25 2.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William H. Ittelson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William H. Ittelson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ittelson, William H.. (2007). The Perception of Nonmaterial Objects and Events. Leonardo. 40(3). 279–283. 6 indexed citations
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Ittelson, William H.. (1996). Visual perception of markings. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 3(2). 171–187. 97 indexed citations
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Ittelson, William H., et al.. (1991). The Perception of Mirror-Reflected Objects. Perception. 20(5). 567–584. 20 indexed citations
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Ittelson, William H., et al.. (1986). Cross cultural research in environment and behavior : proceedins of the second United States-Japan Seminar. held at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A. October 6-9, 1985. 2 indexed citations
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Ittelson, William H., et al.. (1978). New directions in environmental design research : edra 9. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
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Ittelson, William H.. (1978). Environmental Perception and Urban Experience. Environment and Behavior. 10(2). 193–213. 98 indexed citations
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Ittelson, William H., et al.. (1977). Einführung in die Umweltpsychologie. 7 indexed citations
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Proshansky, Harold M., William H. Ittelson, & Leanne G. Rivlin. (1970). Environmental psychology : man and his physical setting. Holt, Rinehart and Winston eBooks. 353 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ittelson, William H., Harold M. Proshansky, & Leanne G. Rivlin. (1970). A Study of Bedroom Use on Two Psychiatric Wards. Psychiatric Services. 21(6). 177–180. 9 indexed citations
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Ittelson, William H. & Adelbert Ames. (1968). The Ames demonstrations in perception . together with An interpretative manual. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Ittelson, William H. & Bernard Seidenberg. (1962). The Perception of Faces—A Further Study of the Engel Effect. The Journal of Psychology. 53(2). 247–255. 1 indexed citations
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Ittelson, William H., et al.. (1961). A Perceptual Flexibility Battery. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 12(1). 3–9. 1 indexed citations
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Ittelson, William H., et al.. (1961). Perceptual changes in psychopathology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Toch, Hans & William H. Ittelson. (1956). THE ROLE OF PAST EXPERIENCE IN APPARENT MOVEMENT: A REVALUATION. British Journal of Psychology. 47(3). 195–207. 20 indexed citations
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Ittelson, William H., et al.. (1953). The New Man in Soviet Psychology. The Russian Review. 12(1). 51–51. 21 indexed citations
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Ittelson, William H.. (1953). A Note on “Familiar Size and the Perception of Depth”. The Journal of Psychology. 35(2). 235–240. 4 indexed citations
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Kilpatrick, F. P. & William H. Ittelson. (1953). The size-distance invariance hypothesis.. Psychological Review. 60(4). 223–231. 136 indexed citations
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Ittelson, William H. & F. P. Kilpatrick. (1951). Experiments in Perception. Scientific American. 185(2). 50–55. 44 indexed citations
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Ittelson, William H.. (1951). The constancies in perceptual theory.. Psychological Review. 58(4). 285–294. 35 indexed citations
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Ittelson, William H.. (1951). Size as a Cue to Distance: Radial Motion. The American Journal of Psychology. 64(2). 188–188. 31 indexed citations

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