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Michael S. Vitevitch

Michael S. Vitevitch

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
38
Citations
9208
World Ranking
5824
National Ranking
2764

Michael S. Vitevitch publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael S. Vitevitch sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 117 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Michael S. Vitevitch D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael S. Vitevitch sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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

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

    Michael S. Vitevitch;Paul A. Luce

  • When Words Compete: Levels of Processing in Perception of Spoken Words

    Michael S. Vitevitch;Paul A. Luce

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

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

  • The influence of phonological similarity neighborhoods on speech production.

    Michael S. Vitevitch

  • Phonetic priming, neighborhood activation, and PARSYN

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

  • Phonotactics, neighborhood activation, and lexical access for spoken words.

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

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

    Michael S. Vitevitch

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

    Michael S. Vitevitch;Mitchell S. Sommers

  • The neighborhood characteristics of malapropisms.

    Michael S. Vitevitch

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

    Michael S. Vitevitch;Jonna Armbrüster;Shinying Chu

  • Increases in phonotactic probability facilitate spoken nonword repetition.

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

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

    Michael S. Vitevitch

  • Phonological Neighborhood Effects in Spoken Word Perception and Production

    Michael S. Vitevitch;Paul A. Luce

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

    Kit Ying Chan;Michael S. Vitevitch

  • Neighborhood density effects in spoken word recognition in Spanish.

    Michael S Vitevitch;Eva Rodríguez

  • The curious case of competition in Spanish speech production

    Michael S. Vitevitch;Melissa K. Stamer

  • The Structure of Phonological Networks Across Multiple Languages

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

  • Application of network analysis to identify interactive systems of eating disorder psychopathology

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

  • Network Structure Influences Speech Production

    Kit Ying Chan;Michael S. Vitevitch

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul A. Luce
Paul A. Luce University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Steven H. Strogatz
Steven H. Strogatz Cornell University
David B. Pisoni
David B. Pisoni Indiana University
Mitchell S. Sommers
Mitchell S. Sommers Washington University in St. Louis
Stephen D. Goldinger
Stephen D. Goldinger Arizona State University
Omri Gillath
Omri Gillath University of Kansas
Yoed N. Kenett
Yoed N. Kenett Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Steven Roodenrys
Steven Roodenrys University of Wollongong
Kelsie T. Forbush
Kelsie T. Forbush University of Kansas
J. Scott Yaruss
J. Scott Yaruss Michigan State University

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