2026 Bencie Woll: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	48	5961	5544	607	575	259	8519

Bencie Woll publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bencie Woll sits on this spectrum.

31 publications 705+

This scientist: 259 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Bencie Woll D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bencie Woll sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Bencie Woll is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and has made contributions across several intersecting academic fields, notably psychology, neuroscience, and computer science. Their research focuses on areas such as developmental and educational psychology, cognitive neuroscience, human-computer interaction, language and linguistics, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their work spans multiple topics including:

Hearing Impairment and Communication
Hand Gesture Recognition Systems
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Multisensory Perception and Integration
Neural Dynamics and Brain Function
Tactile and Sensory Interactions
Human Pose and Action Recognition

Bencie Woll has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Velia Cardin, Valeria Vinogradova, Martin Eimer, R. Herman, and Justyna Kotowicz.

They have published extensively in venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University)
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
Brain
Universal Access in the Information Society

Recent publications by Bencie Woll cover diverse topics and include:

"Studies in Language," 2025, published in Studies in Language
"Sensory experience modulates the reorganization of auditory regions for executive processing," 2022, published in Brain
"Adaptation of the British Sign Language Receptive Skills Test into Polish Sign Language," 2020, published in Language Testing
"Best practices for sign language technology research," 2023, published in Universal Access in the Information Society
"BBC-Oxford British Sign Language Dataset," 2021, published in arXiv (Cornell University)

Bencie Woll has received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016.

Best Publications

Sign Language: The Study of Deaf People and their Language

JG Kyle;B Woll

700
Citations
The signing brain: the neurobiology of sign language

Mairéad MacSweeney;Cheryl M. Capek;Ruth Campbell;Bencie Woll

360
Citations
Neural systems underlying British Sign Language and audio‐visual English processing in native users

Mairead MacSweeney;Bencie Woll;Ruth Campbell;Philip K. McGuire

360
Citations
Differential coding of perception in the world's languages

Asifa Majid;Asifa Majid;Seán G. Roberts;Ludy Cilissen;Karen Emmorey

329
Citations
Sign Language: An International Handbook

Roland Pfau;Markus Steinbach;Bencie Woll

247
Citations
The Road to Language Learning Is Iconic Evidence From British Sign Language

Robin L. Thompson;David P. Vinson;Bencie Woll;Gabriella Vigliocco

209
Citations
Phonological processing in deaf signers and the impact of age of first language acquisition.

Mairéad MacSweeney;Dafydd Waters;Dafydd Waters;Michael J. Brammer;Bencie Woll

193
Citations
Aphasia in a user of British Sign Language: Dissociation between sign and gesture.

Jane Marshall;Jo Atkinson;Elaine Smulovitch;Alice Thacker

185
Citations
Dissociating linguistic and nonlinguistic gestural communication in the brain.

Mairéad MacSweeney;Ruth Campbell;Bencie Woll;Vincent Giampietro

184
Citations
Early vocabulary development in deaf native signers: a British Sign Language adaptation of the communicative development inventories

Tyron Woolfe;Rosalind Herman;Penny Roy;Bencie Woll

176
Citations
Dissociating cognitive and sensory neural plasticity in human superior temporal cortex

Velia Cardin;Velia Cardin;Eleni Orfanidou;Eleni Orfanidou;Jerker Rönnberg;Cheryl M. Capek

165
Citations
Silent speechreading in the absence of scanner noise: an event-related fMRI study.

Mairéad Macsweeney;Edson Amaro;Gemma A. Calvert;Ruth Campbell

164
Citations
Frequency distribution and spreading behavior of different types of mouth actions in three sign languages

Onno A. Crasborn;Els van der Kooij;Dafydd Waters;Bencie Woll

149
Citations
Pronouns and pointing in sign languages

Kearsy Cormier;Adam Schembri;Bencie Woll

138
Citations
How does visual language affect crossmodal plasticity and cochlear implant success

C.R. Lyness;B. Woll;R. Campbell;V. Cardin;V. Cardin

132
Citations
Dispersed activation in the left temporal cortex for speech-reading in congenitally deaf people.

Mairéad MacSweeney;Ruth Campbell;Gemma A. Calvert;Philip K. McGuire

132
Citations
Why do mothers cradle babies on their left

J.S. Sieratzki;B. Woll

130
Citations
Neural Correlates of British Sign Language Comprehension: Spatial Processing Demands of Topographic Language

Mairéad Macsweeney;Bencie Woll;Ruth Campbell;Gemma A. Calvert

124
Citations
Identifying Specific Language Impairment in Deaf Children Acquiring British Sign Language: Implications for Theory and Practice.

Kathryn Mason;Kathryn Mason;Katherine Rowley;Katherine Rowley;Chloe R. Marshall;Joanna R. Atkinson

122
Citations
Speechreading circuits in people born deaf.

Mairéad MacSweeney;Gemma A Calvert;Ruth Campbell;Philip K McGuire

120
Citations
Interaction and Childhood Deafness

Clare Galloway;Bencie Woll

119
Citations
Lexical variation and change in british sign language.

Rose Stamp;Adam Schembri;Jordan Fenlon;Ramas Rentelis

97
Citations
What the hands reveal about the brain: H. Poizner, E.S. Klima and U. Bellugi, (A bradford book - MIT Press, London and Cambridge, MA, 1987) pp. xvii + 236, £22.50

Bencie Woll

21
Citations
Psychological perspectives on deafness

RL Sutton-Spence;B Woll

5
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruth Campbell University College London

Philip McGuire University of Oxford

Anthony S. David University College London

Michael Brammer King's College London

Jane Marshall City, University of London

Neil Smith City University of New York

Mary Rudner Linköping University

Jerker Rönnberg Linköping University

Chloe Marshall University College London

Adam Schembri University of Birmingham

External Links

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