William Steptoe

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

William Steptoe is a scholar working on Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, William Steptoe has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Human-Computer Interaction, 14 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 7 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in William Steptoe's work include Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (19 papers), Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology (7 papers) and Visual Attention and Saliency Detection (6 papers). William Steptoe is often cited by papers focused on Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts (19 papers), Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology (7 papers) and Visual Attention and Saliency Detection (6 papers). William Steptoe collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and Italy. William Steptoe's co-authors include Anthony Steed, Mel Slater, Ye Pan, Oyewole Oyekoya, Fiona Zisch, John Rae, Robin Wolff, Cristina Gonzalez-Liencres, Dalila Szostak and Shivashankar Halan and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications and Frontiers in Neurology.

In The Last Decade

William Steptoe

24 papers receiving 981 citations

Hit Papers

The Ethics of Realism in Virtual and Augmented Reality 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200
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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. The Ethics of Realism in Virtual and Augmented Reality
    2020 237 citations Mel Slater, William Steptoe 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 Steptoe United Kingdom 16 827 364 285 272 75 24 1.0k
Ye Pan United Kingdom 14 610 0.7× 272 0.7× 234 0.8× 177 0.7× 58 0.8× 21 758
Pascal Knierim Germany 17 900 1.1× 392 1.1× 266 0.9× 389 1.4× 138 1.8× 49 1.2k
Richard Skarbez Australia 11 783 0.9× 356 1.0× 200 0.7× 232 0.9× 49 0.7× 26 988
Thomas Waltemate Germany 7 631 0.8× 197 0.5× 292 1.0× 260 1.0× 43 0.6× 10 828
Andrea Brogni Italy 11 562 0.7× 191 0.5× 272 1.0× 194 0.7× 41 0.5× 29 769
Simon Hoermann New Zealand 18 550 0.7× 205 0.6× 236 0.8× 161 0.6× 50 0.7× 70 1.1k
Misha Sra United States 17 629 0.8× 314 0.9× 113 0.4× 302 1.1× 104 1.4× 71 1.1k
Régis Kopper United States 19 887 1.1× 515 1.4× 193 0.7× 339 1.2× 69 0.9× 69 1.2k
Dominik Gall Germany 12 710 0.9× 181 0.5× 310 1.1× 264 1.0× 42 0.6× 21 1.0k
Sharif Razzaque United States 13 942 1.1× 306 0.8× 216 0.8× 501 1.8× 162 2.2× 20 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by William Steptoe

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Steptoe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Steptoe

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William Steptoe. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William Steptoe 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 William Steptoe. William Steptoe 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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Steptoe, William, et al.. (2020). Evaluating Virtual Reality Experiences Through Participant Choices. 5. 747–755. 5 indexed citations
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Steed, Anthony, Ye Pan, Fiona Zisch, & William Steptoe. (2016). The impact of a self-avatar on cognitive load in immersive virtual reality. 67–76. 129 indexed citations
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Steptoe, William, Simon Julier, & Anthony Steed. (2014). Presence and discernability in conventional and non-photorealistic immersive augmented reality. 213–218. 44 indexed citations
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Pan, Ye, William Steptoe, & Anthony Steed. (2014). Comparing flat and spherical displays in a trust scenario in avatar-mediated interaction. 1397–1406. 24 indexed citations
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Steptoe, William, Anthony Steed, & Mel Slater. (2013). Human Tails: Ownership and Control of Extended Humanoid Avatars. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 19(4). 583–590. 141 indexed citations
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Oyekoya, Oyewole, William Steptoe, Angelika Peer, et al.. (2013). Supporting interoperability and presence awareness in collaborative mixed reality environments. View. 165–174. 15 indexed citations
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Pece, Fabrizio, William Steptoe, Simon Julier, et al.. (2013). Panoinserts. 1319–1328. 12 indexed citations
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Steptoe, William & Lu Zhao. (2013). Poster: Using the whole body for multi-channel gestural interface. 177–178. 1 indexed citations
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Pérez-Marcos, Daniel, Massimiliano Solazzi, William Steptoe, et al.. (2012). A Fully Immersive Set-Up for Remote Interaction and Neurorehabilitation Based on Virtual Body Ownership. Frontiers in Neurology. 3. 110–110. 43 indexed citations
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Steptoe, William & Anthony Steed. (2012). Multimodal Data Capture and Analysis of Interaction in Immersive Collaborative Virtual Environments. PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality. 21(4). 388–405. 7 indexed citations
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Steptoe, William, Jean‐Marie Normand, Oyewole Oyekoya, et al.. (2012). Acting Rehearsal in Collaborative Multimodal Mixed Reality Environments. PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality. 21(4). 406–422. 23 indexed citations
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Oyekoya, Oyewole, William Steptoe, & Anthony Steed. (2012). SphereAvatar. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2551–2560. 31 indexed citations
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Steptoe, William, Oyewole Oyekoya, & Anthony Steed. (2010). Eyelid kinematics for virtual characters. Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds. 21(3-4). 161–171. 10 indexed citations
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Steptoe, William, Anthony Steed, Aitor Rovira, & John Rae. (2010). Lie tracking. 1039–1048. 43 indexed citations
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Oyekoya, Oyewole, William Steptoe, & Anthony Steed. (2009). A saliency-based method of simulating visual attention in virtual scenes. 199–206. 20 indexed citations
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Steptoe, William, Oyewole Oyekoya, Alessio Murgia, et al.. (2009). Eye Tracking for Avatar Eye Gaze Control During Object-Focused Multiparty Interaction in Immersive Collaborative Virtual Environments. 83–90. 31 indexed citations
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Murgia, Alessio, Robin Wolff, William Steptoe, et al.. (2008). A Tool for Replay and Analysis of Gaze-Enhanced Multiparty Sessions Captured in Immersive Collaborative Environments. CentAUR (University of Reading). 252–258. 12 indexed citations
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Steptoe, William, Robin Wolff, Alessio Murgia, et al.. (2008). Eye-tracking for avatar eye-gaze and interactional analysis in immersive collaborative virtual environments. Roehampton Research Explorer (University of Roehampton). 197–200. 59 indexed citations
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Steptoe, William & Anthony Steed. (2008). High-Fidelity Avatar Eye-Representation. 1. 111–114. 19 indexed citations

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