Tim J. Smith

5.4k citations

121 papers · 3.8k · 1 hit paper · h-index 31

Impact in

Human-Computer Interaction top 0.5%
- Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology
Cognitive Neuroscience top 1%
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Face Recognition and Perception

Papers in

Cognitive Neuroscience 62
- Visual perception and processing mechanisms 24
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research 15
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies 11
- Face Recognition and Perception 10
Human-Computer Interaction 19
- Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology 14

Co-authors: John M. Henderson (12 shared papers)Parag K. Mital (4 shared papers)Kaśka Porayska‐Pomsta (8 shared papers)Sara Bernardini (5 shared papers)Robin L. Hill (1 shared paper)Rachael Bedford (13 shared papers)Irati R. Saez de Urabain (4 shared papers)Celeste H. M. Cheung (4 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Vision (10 papers)Scientific Reports (6 papers)Frontiers in Psychology (4 papers)Visual Cognition (4 papers)Projections (4 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Japan

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Tim J. Smith

108 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Tim J. Smith's Hit Papers

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Daily touchscreen use in infants and toddlers is associated with reduced sleep and delayed sleep onset 2017 · 191 citations

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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

2017 Scientific Reports

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1	Clustering of Gaze During Dynamic Scene Viewing is Predicted by Motion Cognitive Computation ·Parag K. Mital, Tim J. Smith, Robin L. Hill, John M. Henderson	2010	350
2	ECHOES: An intelligent serious game for fostering social communication in children with autism Information Sciences ·Sara Bernardini, Kaśka Porayska‐Pomsta, Tim J. Smith	2013	242
3	Daily touchscreen use in infants and toddlers is associated with reduced sleep and delayed sleep onset Scientific Reports ·Celeste H. M. Cheung, Rachael Bedford, Irati R. Saez de Urabain, Annette Karmiloff‐Smith, Tim J. Smith Hit paper breakdown →	2017	191
4	CRISP: A computational model of fixation durations in scene viewing. Psychological Review ·Antje Nuthmann, Tim J. Smith, Ralf Engbert, John M. Henderson	2010	175
5	Eye Movements and Visual Encoding During Scene Perception Psychological Science ·Keith Rayner, Tim J. Smith, George Law Malcolm, John M. Henderson	2008	150
6	Attentional synchrony and the influence of viewing task on gaze behavior in static and dynamic scenes Journal of Vision ·Tim J. Smith, Parag K. Mital	2013	141
7	Edit Blindness: The relationship between attention and global change blindness in dynamic scenes. Journal of Eye Movement Research ·Tim J. Smith, John M. Henderson	2008	133
8	Toddlers’ Fine Motor Milestone Achievement Is Associated with Early Touchscreen Scrolling Frontiers in Psychology ·Rachael Bedford, Irati R. Saez de Urabain, Celeste H. M. Cheung, Annette Karmiloff‐Smith, Tim J. Smith	2016	133
9	The Attentional Theory of Cinematic Continuity Projections ·Tim J. Smith	2012	130
10	Developing technology for autism: an interdisciplinary approach Personal and Ubiquitous Computing ·Kaśka Porayska‐Pomsta, Christopher Frauenberger, Helen Pain, Gnanathusharan Rajendran, Tim J. Smith, Rachel Menzies, Mary Ellen Foster, Alyssa M. Alcorn	2011	123
11	Shorter spontaneous fixation durations in infants with later emerging autism Scientific Reports ·Sam V. Wass, Emily J. H. Jones, Teodora Gliga, Tim J. Smith, Tony Charman, Mark Henry Johnson, Simon Baron‐Cohen, Rachael Bedford	2015	101
12	A Window on Reality Current Directions in Psychological Science ·Tim J. Smith, Daniel T. Levin, James E. Cutting	2012	98
13	Individual Differences in Infant Fixation Duration Relate to Attention and Behavioral Control in Childhood Psychological Science ·Kostas Α. Papageorgiou, Tim J. Smith, Rachel Wu, Mark Henry Johnson, Natasha Z. Kirkham, Angelica Ronald	2014	93
14	What Would Jaws Do? The Tyranny of Film and the Relationship between Gaze and Higher-Level Narrative Film Comprehension PLoS ONE ·Lester C. Loschky, Adam M. Larson, Joseph P. Magliano, Tim J. Smith	2015	89
15	The Scene Perception & Event Comprehension Theory (SPECT) Applied to Visual Narratives Topics in Cognitive Science ·Lester C. Loschky, Adam M. Larson, Tim J. Smith, Joseph P. Magliano	2019	81
16	Facilitation of return during scene viewing Visual Cognition ·Tim J. Smith, John M. Henderson	2009	80
17	Blending Human and Artificial Intelligence to Support Autistic Children’s Social Communication Skills ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction ·Kaśka Porayska‐Pomsta, Alyssa M. Alcorn, Katerina Avramides, Sandra Beale, Sara Bernardini, Mary Ellen Foster, Christopher Frauenberger, Judith Good	2018	77
18	How are eye fixation durations controlled during scene viewing? Further evidence from a scene onset delay paradigm Visual Cognition ·John M. Henderson, Tim J. Smith	2009	75
19	Individual Differences in Infant Oculomotor Behavior During the Viewing of Complex Naturalistic Scenes Infancy ·Sam V. Wass, Tim J. Smith	2014	68
20	Watching You Watch Movies: Using Eye Tracking to Inform Cognitive Film Theory Oxford University Press eBooks ·Tim J. Smith	2013	66

About Tim J. Smith

Tim J. Smith is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Sensory Systems, having authored 121 papers that have together received 3.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Visual Attention and Saliency Detection (31 papers), Visual perception and processing mechanisms (24 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (15 papers), Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology (14 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (13 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (11 papers), Face Recognition and Perception (10 papers) and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Human-Computer Interaction (687 citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (1.9k citations), Sensory Systems (225 citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (620 citations) and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (1.0k citations). Tim J. Smith has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Japan. Frequent co-authors include John M. Henderson, Parag K. Mital, Kaśka Porayska‐Pomsta, Sara Bernardini, Robin L. Hill, Rachael Bedford, Irati R. Saez de Urabain, Celeste H. M. Cheung, Annette Karmiloff‐Smith and Lester C. Loschky. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Vision, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Psychology, Visual Cognition and Projections.

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