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Art and Perception
H-index 5

Art and Perception

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Psychology 1076 9 16 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 13
Documents by Best Scientists*: 24
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 13
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.273
Impact Factor: N/A

Top Publications

  • The Photographer’s Visual Grammar: Visual Rightness and Aesthetics of Artistic Photographs

    (2023)
    6 Citations
  • Exploring the Role of Complexity, Content and Individual Differences in Aesthetic Reactions to Semi-Abstract Art Photographs

    Nathalie Vissers;Pieter Moors;Dominique Genin;Johan Wagemans

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Perceiving intersensory and emotional qualities of everyday objects: a study on smoothness or sharpness features with line drawings by designers

    Michle Sinnico;Marco Bertamini;Marco Bertamini;Alessandro Soranzo

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Tracking Frank Stella: An Empirical Evaluation of Art-Historical Issues in an Eye-Movement and Questionnaire Study

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Emotions, Simulation, and Abstract Art

    P. N. Johnson-Laird;P. N. Johnson-Laird;Keith Oatley

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Three Filmmaking Practices That Guide Our Attention to Popular Cinema

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Creativity and Complexity: Creative Solutions are Complex and Need Time

    Sarah A. Heiligensetzer;Thorsten H. Schmittlutz;Claus-Christian Carbon

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • “People are gazing” — An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Viewing Velázquez

    Rachel A. Starr;Jonathan A. Smith

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Emotion Recognition and Qualitative Impressions of Armand Henrion’s Self-Portraits Displaying Mixed Emotions

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Instantaneous Art? Investigating Frank Stella’s Moroccan Paintings with a Short-Exposure Experiment

    Stefanie De Winter;Nathalie Vissers;Christophe Bossens;Johan Wagemans

    (2020)
    3 Citations

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