2026 Alan M. Wing: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	58	4147	3803	368	336	227	13290

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Neuroscience

4147

3803

368

336

227

13290

Overview

Alan M. Wing is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple intersecting disciplines including Neuroscience, Psychology, and Computer Science. The main fields of study encompass Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, among others.

The body of work from Alan M. Wing focuses extensively on tactile and sensory interactions as well as multisensory perception and integration. Other notable research topics include music technology and sound studies, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, action observation and synchronization, visual perception and processing mechanisms, and interactive and immersive displays.

Recent publications reflect the range and depth of their research interests. These include:

Skin and Mechanoreceptor Contribution to Tactile Input for Perception: A Review of Simulation Models (2022, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience)
Contact forces in roughness discrimination (2020, Scientific Reports)
Skin properties and afferent density in the deterioration of tactile spatial acuity with age (2022, The Journal of Physiology)
The efficacy of a task model approach to ADL rehabilitation in stroke apraxia and action disorganisation syndrome: A randomised controlled trial (2022, PLoS ONE)
Robot, Pass Me the Tool: Handle Visibility Facilitates Task-oriented Handovers (2022, 2022 17th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI))

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Alan M. Wing include Massimiliano Di Luca, Davide Deflorio, Roberta D. Roberts, Aldrin R. Loomes, and Harriet A. Allen. These collaborations appear across multiple publications, highlighting ongoing research partnerships.

Publication venues where their research is often featured include arXiv (Cornell University), Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, The Journal of Physiology, Scientific Reports, and PLoS ONE.

Best Publications

Response delays and the timing of discrete motor responses

Alan M. Wing;A. B. Kristofferson

1173
Citations
The Role of Internal Models in Motion Planning and Control: Evidence from Grip Force Adjustments during Movements of Hand-Held Loads

J. Randall Flanagan;Alan M. Wing

871
Citations
The timing of interresponse intervals.

Alan M. Wing;A. B. Kristofferson

546
Citations
Age Differences in Postural Stability are Increased by Additional Cognitive Demands

Elizabeth A. Maylor;Alan M. Wing

497
Citations
Modulation of grip force with load force during point-to-point arm movements

J. Randall Flanagan;Alan M. Wing

491
Citations
The stability of precision grip forces during cyclic arm movements with a hand-held load

J. R. Flanagan;A. M. Wing

354
Citations
Brain activity correlates differentially with increasing temporal complexity of rhythms during initialisation, synchronisation, and continuation phases of paced finger tapping

Penelope A. Lewis;A. M. Wing;P. A. Pope;P. Praamstra

273
Citations
Hand and brain : the neurophysiology and psychology of hand movements

Alan M. Wing;Patrick Haggard;J. Randall Flanagan

273
Citations
The dynamics of standing balance

Ramesh Balasubramaniam;Alan M. Wing

271
Citations
Effects of spatial and nonspatial cognitive activity on postural stability.

Elizabeth A. Maylor;Sue Allison;Alan M. Wing

266
Citations
Active touch sensing

Tony J. Prescott;Mathew E. Diamond;Alan M. Wing

264
Citations
Coupling of grip force and load force during arm movements with grasped objects

J.Randall Flanagan;James Tresilian;Alan M. Wing

262
Citations
The cutaneous contribution to adaptive precision grip.

Alice G. Witney;Alan Wing;Jean-Louis Thonnard;Allan M. Smith

235
Citations
28 The Long and Short of Timing in Response Sequences

Alan M. Wing

227
Citations
The contribution of the thumb to reaching movements

Alan M. Wing;Carole Fraser

212
Citations
Light touch contribution to balance in normal bipedal stance.

Sally Clapp;Alan M. Wing

202
Citations
Relation between velocity and curvature in movement: equivalence and divergence between a power law and a minimum-jerk model.

John Wann;Ian Nimmo-Smith;Alan M. Wing

201
Citations
Stepping before standing: hip muscle function in stepping and standing balance after stroke.

S G B Kirker;D S Simpson;J R Jenner;A M Wing

187
Citations
Internal models of the motor system that explain predictive grip force control

Alice G. Witney;Alan Wing;Jean-Louis Thonnard;Allan M. Smith

175
Citations
Optimal feedback correction in string quartet synchronization.

Alan M. Wing;Satoshi Endo;Adrian Bradbury;Adrian Bradbury;Dirk Vorberg

175
Citations
Coordinated responses following mechanical perturbation of the arm during prehension.

Patrick Haggard;Alan Wing

171
Citations
Voluntary timing and brain function: an information processing approach.

Alan M Wing

158
Citations