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Peter Mitchell 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 Peter Mitchell sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 150 publications — 49th percentile

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

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

Peter Mitchell 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 Peter Mitchell sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Peter Mitchell is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, principally psychology, social sciences, and the arts and humanities. Within these broader areas, their work often intersects with subfields such as history, cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, sociology and political science, and social psychology.

The primary topics of Peter Mitchell's research include Autism Spectrum Disorder research, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, historical studies on reproduction, gender, health, and societal changes, historical studies and socio-cultural analysis, French historical and cultural studies, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, and child and animal learning development.

Peter Mitchell has contributed to a variety of academic journals and publication venues over their career. Notable frequent venues of publication include:

  • Manchester University Press eBooks
  • Autism in Adulthood
  • PLoS ONE
  • British Journal of Developmental Psychology
  • Psychological Research

Among their recent papers are contributions such as:

  • "Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health," 2021, British Journal of Developmental Psychology
  • "Do Neurotypical People Like or Dislike Autistic People?", 2021, Autism in Adulthood
  • "An examination of perseverative errors and cognitive flexibility in autism," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Speak of the Devil... and he Shall Appear": Religiosity, Unconsciousness, and the Effects of Explicit Priming in the Misperception of Immorality," 2021, Psychological Research
  • "How Do Autistic Students Do in the Eyes of Their Peers? Non-Autistic Judgments About the Academic Experiences of Autistic and Non-Autistic University Students, Based on Brief Samples of Behavior," 2024, Autism in Adulthood

Collaboration is a significant part of their scholarly activity. Frequent coauthors include Alan Lester, Kate Boehme, Elizabeth Sheppard, Rabi Samil Alkhaldi, and Emily Burdett.

Best Publications

  • The potential of virtual reality in social skills training for people with autistic spectrum disorders

    S. Parsons;P. Mitchell

  • Cognitive theories of autism

    Gnanathusharan Rajendran;Peter Mitchell

  • Using virtual environments for teaching social understanding to 6 adolescents with autistic spectrum disorders.

    Peter Mitchell;Sarah Parsons;Anne Leonard

  • Children's early understanding of false belief

    Peter Mitchell;Hazel Lacohée

  • The use and understanding of virtual environments by adolescents with autistic spectrum disorders.

    Sarah Parsons;Sarah Parsons;Peter Mitchell;Anne Leonard

  • Susceptibility to Illusions and Performance on Visuospatial Tasks in Individuals with Autism

    Danielle Ropar;Peter Mitchell

  • Virtual environments for social skills training: comments from two adolescents with autistic spectrum disorder

    Sarah Parsons;Anne Leonard;Peter Mitchell

  • Children's Early Understanding of Mind: Origins and Development

    Charlie Lewis;Peter Mitchell

  • Siblings in the development of executive control and a theory of mind

    Kristina Cole;Peter Mitchell

  • Children's reasoning and the mind

    Peter Mitchell;Kevin John Riggs

  • Introduction to theory of mind: Children, autism and apes.

    Peter Mitchell

  • Are errors in false belief tasks symptomatic of a broader difficulty with counterfactuality

    Kevin J. Riggs;Donald M. Peterson;Elizabeth J. Robinson;Peter Mitchell

  • How Easy Is It to Read the Minds of People with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Elizabeth Sheppard;Dhanya Pillai;Genevieve Tze-Lynn Wong;Danielle Ropar

  • Autism and the double empathy problem: Implications for development and mental health.

    Peter Mitchell;Peter Mitchell;Elizabeth Sheppard;Sarah Cassidy

  • Are individuals with autism and Asperger's syndrome susceptible to visual illusions?

    Danielle Ropar;Peter Mitchell

  • Acquiring a Conception of Mind: A Review of Psychological Research and Theory

    Peter Mitchell

  • Do gaze cues in complex scenes capture and direct the attention of high functioning adolescents with ASD? Evidence from eye-tracking.

    M. Freeth;M. Freeth;P. Chapman;D. Ropar;P. Mitchell

  • Do adolescents with autistic spectrum disorders adhere to social conventions in virtual environments

    Sarah Parsons;Peter Mitchell;Anne Leonard

  • Contamination in reasoning about false belief: an instance of realist bias in adults but not children

    P. Mitchell;E.J. Robinson;J.E. Isaacs;R.M. Nye

  • Visuo‐spatial abilities in autism: A review

    Peter Mitchell;Danielle Ropar

Frequent Co-Authors

Danielle Ropar
Danielle Ropar University of Nottingham
Elizabeth J. Robinson
Elizabeth J. Robinson University of Warwick
Peter Chapman
Peter Chapman University of Nottingham
Sue Cobb
Sue Cobb University of Nottingham
Sarah Cassidy
Sarah Cassidy University of Nottingham
Steve Benford
Steve Benford University of Nottingham
Laurent Mottron
Laurent Mottron University of Montreal
Jules Davidoff
Jules Davidoff Goldsmiths University of London
Josef Perner
Josef Perner University of Salzburg
Charlie Lewis
Charlie Lewis Lancaster University

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