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Piers L. Cornelissen

Piers L. Cornelissen

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
45
Citations
8703
World Ranking
6661
National Ranking
669

Piers L. Cornelissen publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 117 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Piers L. Cornelissen 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 Piers L. Cornelissen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Piers L. Cornelissen is affiliated with Northumbria University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on various aspects of psychology, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology and experimental and cognitive psychology. They have contributed extensively to the study of eating disorders, body image, and related health behaviors.

The main fields of study for Cornelissen include:

  • Psychology

Their subfields of study encompass:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Pharmacy

Key topics they have investigated involve:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Using immersive virtual reality to modify body image" (2020), published in Body Image
  • "Targeting body image in eating disorders" (2021), published in Current Opinion in Psychology
  • "The ageing body: contributing attitudinal factors towards perceptual body size estimates in younger and middle-aged women" (2020), published in Archives of Women's Mental Health
  • "Beyond BMI for self-estimates of body size and shape: A new method for developing stimuli correctly calibrated for body composition" (2020), published in Behavior Research Methods
  • "The degree to which the cultural ideal is internalized predicts judgments of male and female physical attractiveness" (2022), published in Frontiers in Psychology

Frequent coauthors in Cornelissen's work include:

  • Martin J. Tovée
  • Kristofor McCarty
  • Robin S. S. Kramer
  • Bethany J. Ridley
  • Katri K. Cornelissen

Cornelissen's publications often appear in the following venues:

  • Body Image
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Children
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Dynamics of letter string perception in the human occipitotemporal cortex

    Antti Tarkiainen;P. Helenius;P. C. Hansen;P. L. Cornelissen

  • Contrast sensitivity and coherent motion detection measured at photopic luminance levels in dyslexics and controls.

    Piers Cornelissen;Alex Richardson;Alexandra Mason;Sue Fowler

  • Visual cues to female physical attractiveness.

    M. J. Tovée;D. S. Maisey;J. L. Emery;P. L. Cornelissen

  • A specific and rapid neural signature for parental instinct

    Morten L. Kringelbach;Annukka Lehtonen;Sarah E. Squire;Allison G Harvey

  • Female and male perceptions of female physical attractiveness in front-view and profile

    Martin J. Tovée;Piers L. Cornelissen

  • Dissociation of Normal Feature Analysis and Deficient Processing of Letter-strings in Dyslexic Adults

    P. Helenius;A. Tarkiainen;P. Cornelissen;P.C. Hansen

  • Optimum body-mass index and maximum sexual attractiveness

    MJ Tovée;S Reinhardt;JL Emery;PL Cornelissen

  • Automatic and Controlled Semantic Retrieval: TMS Reveals Distinct Contributions of Posterior Middle Temporal Gyrus and Angular Gyrus

    James Davey;Piers L. Cornelissen;Hannah E. Thompson;X Saurabh Sonkusare

  • Visual word recognition: the first half second.

    Kristen Pammer;Peter C. Hansen;Morten L. Kringelbach;Ian E. Holliday

  • Dynamics of visual feature analysis and object-level processing in face versus letter-string perception.

    A. Tarkiainen;P. L. Cornelissen;R. Salmelin

  • Magnocellular visual function and children's single word reading

    P.L. Cornelissen;P.C. Hansen;J.L. Hutton;V. Evangelinou

  • Characteristics of male attractiveness for women

    D. S. Maisey;E. L. E. Vale;P. L. Cornelissen;M. J. Tovee

  • Human female attractiveness: waveform analysis of body shape.

    Martin J Tovee;Peter J B Hancock;Sasan Mahmoodi;Ben R R Singleton

  • Activation of the left inferior frontal gyrus in the first 200 ms of reading: evidence from magnetoencephalography (MEG)

    Piers L. Cornelissen;Morten L. Kringelbach;Andrew W. Ellis;Carol Whitney

  • Phase Coupling in a Cerebro-Cerebellar Network at 8–13 Hz during Reading

    Jan Kujala;Kristen Pammer;Kristen Pammer;Piers Cornelissen;Alard Roebroeck

  • Coherent motion detection and letter position encoding

    PL Cornelissen;PC Hansen;ID Gilchrist;F Cormack

  • Letter‐position encoding and dyslexia

    Carol Whitney;Piers Cornelissen

  • What is an attractive body? Using an interactive 3D program to create the ideal body for you and your partner.

    Kara L. Crossley;Piers L. Cornelissen;Piers L. Cornelissen;Martin J. Tovée

  • During visual word recognition, phonology is accessed within 100 ms and may be mediated by a speech production code: evidence from magnetoencephalography

    Katherine L. Wheat;Piers L. Cornelissen;Stephen J. Frost;Peter C. Hansen

  • Symbol-string sensitivity and children's reading

    Kristen Pammer;Ruth Lavis;Peter Hansen;Piers L Cornelissen

  • Color 3D bodies and judgements of human female attractiveness

    Kathryn L. Smith;Piers L. Cornelissen;Martin J. Tovée

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin J. Tovée
Martin J. Tovée Northumbria University
Peter C. Hansen
Peter C. Hansen University of Birmingham
John F. Stein
John F. Stein University of Oxford
Elizabeth Jefferies
Elizabeth Jefferies University of York
Riitta Salmelin
Riitta Salmelin Aalto University
Morten L. Kringelbach
Morten L. Kringelbach University of Oxford
Jonathan Smallwood
Jonathan Smallwood Queen's University
Peter J. B. Hancock
Peter J. B. Hancock University of Stirling
Andrew W. Ellis
Andrew W. Ellis University of York
Melissa Bateson
Melissa Bateson Newcastle University

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