2026 Michael S. Vitevitch: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	38	5825	5407	2764	2520	117	9208

Overview

Michael S. Vitevitch is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with notable engagement in cognitive neuroscience and artificial intelligence. The body of work also includes substantial contributions to experimental and cognitive psychology, developmental and educational psychology, and statistical and nonlinear physics.

The scientist's main research topics encompass neurobiology of language and bilingualism, language development and disorders, phonetics and phonology research, and topic modeling. Additional research interests include reading and literacy development, complex network analysis techniques, and the intersection of neuroscience and music perception.

Michael S. Vitevitch has published in several frequent venues, including:

Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics
PLoS ONE
arXiv (Cornell University)
Scientific Reports
Big Data and Cognitive Computing

Recent notable papers include:

Unveiling the nature of interaction between semantics and phonology in lexical access based on multilayer networks, 2021, Scientific Reports
An investigation of network growth principles in the phonological language network, 2020, Journal of Experimental Psychology General
What Can Network Science Tell Us About Phonology and Language Processing?, 2021, Topics in Cognitive Science
Cognitive Networks Extract Insights on COVID-19 Vaccines from English and Italian Popular Tweets: Anticipation, Logistics, Conspiracy and Loss of Trust, 2022, Big Data and Cognitive Computing
Feature-rich multiplex lexical networks reveal mental strategies of early language learning, 2023, Scientific Reports

Frequent collaborators in research include Nichol Castro, Massimo Stella, Elena Babatsouli, Ocke-Schwen Bohn, and Jennifer James, each having coauthored multiple publications with Michael S. Vitevitch.

Best Publications

Probabilistic Phonotactics and Neighborhood Activation in Spoken Word Recognition

Michael S. Vitevitch;Paul A. Luce

1134
Citations
A web-based interface to calculate phonotactic probability for words and nonwords in English.

Michael S. Vitevitch;Paul A. Luce

684
Citations
When Words Compete: Levels of Processing in Perception of Spoken Words

Michael S. Vitevitch;Paul A. Luce

636
Citations
Phonotactics and Syllable Stress: Implications for the Processing of Spoken Nonsense Words:

Michael S. Vitevitch;Paul A. Luce;Jan Charles-Luce;David Kemmerer

474
Citations
The influence of phonological similarity neighborhoods on speech production.

Michael S. Vitevitch

467
Citations
Phonetic priming, neighborhood activation, and PARSYN

Paul A. Luce;Stephen D. Goldinger;Edward T. Auer;Michael S. Vitevitch

410
Citations
Phonotactics, neighborhood activation, and lexical access for spoken words.

Michael S. Vitevitch;Paul A. Luce;David B. Pisoni;Edward T. Auer

391
Citations
What can graph theory tell us about word learning and lexical retrieval

Michael S. Vitevitch

360
Citations
The facilitative influence of phonological similarity and neighborhood frequency in speech production in younger and older adults.

Michael S. Vitevitch;Mitchell S. Sommers

346
Citations
The neighborhood characteristics of malapropisms.

Michael S. Vitevitch

240
Citations
Sublexical and Lexical Representations in Speech Production: Effects of Phonotactic Probability and Onset Density.

Michael S. Vitevitch;Jonna Armbrüster;Shinying Chu

231
Citations
Increases in phonotactic probability facilitate spoken nonword repetition.

Michael S. Vitevitch;Michael S. Vitevitch;Paul A. Luce;Paul A. Luce

227
Citations
Change deafness: the inability to detect changes between two voices.

Michael S. Vitevitch

217
Citations
Phonological Neighborhood Effects in Spoken Word Perception and Production

Michael S. Vitevitch;Paul A. Luce

217
Citations
The Influence of the Phonological Neighborhood Clustering Coefficient on Spoken Word Recognition

Kit Ying Chan;Michael S. Vitevitch

191
Citations
Neighborhood density effects in spoken word recognition in Spanish.

Michael S Vitevitch;Eva Rodríguez

177
Citations
The curious case of competition in Spanish speech production

Michael S. Vitevitch;Melissa K. Stamer

153
Citations
The Structure of Phonological Networks Across Multiple Languages

Samuel Arbesman;Steven H. Strogatz;Michael S. Vitevitch

139
Citations
Application of network analysis to identify interactive systems of eating disorder psychopathology

K. T. Forbush;C. S. Q. Siew;M. S. Vitevitch

136
Citations
Network Structure Influences Speech Production

Kit Ying Chan;Michael S. Vitevitch

132
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul A. Luce University at Buffalo, State University of New York

David B. Pisoni Indiana University

Stephen D. Goldinger Arizona State University

Mitchell S. Sommers Washington University in St. Louis

Omri Gillath University of Kansas

Steven Roodenrys University of Wollongong

J. Scott Yaruss Michigan State University

Yoed N. Kenett Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Kelsie T. Forbush University of Kansas

Allard Jongman University of Kansas

External Links

Personal website of Michael S. Vitevitch

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