2026 Steven C. Dakin: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	55	3058	2928	7	7	198	9481

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Engineering and Technology

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9481

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in New Zealand Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Steven C. Dakin is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Their research primarily spans the fields of Neuroscience and Medicine, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their scholarly work concentrates on topics such as Visual perception and processing mechanisms, Neural dynamics and brain function, Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies, Retinal Development and Disorders, Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Tactile and Sensory Interactions, as well as Global Health and Surgery.

Key recent publications by Steven C. Dakin include:

Retinal Implantation of Electronic Vision Prostheses to Treat Retinitis Pigmentosa: A Systematic Review, 2021, Translational Vision Science & Technology
Diagnosis of colour vision deficits using eye movements, 2022, Scientific Reports
The Effect of Simulated Visual Field Loss on Optokinetic Nystagmus, 2020, Translational Vision Science & Technology
The effect of cellphone position on driving and gaze behaviour, 2021, Scientific Reports
Motion adaptation improves acuity (but perceived size doesn't matter), 2022, Journal of Vision

Steven C. Dakin frequently publishes in the following venues:

Journal of Vision
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Scientific Reports
Translational Vision Science & Technology
Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Their research collaborations include multiple works with these frequent co-authors:

D. Samuel Schwarzkopf
Ecem Altan
Philip Turnbull
Catherine Morgan
Selassie Tagoh

Best Publications

Vagaries of Visual Perception in Autism

Steven Dakin;Uta Frith

953
Citations
Visual perception and its impairment in schizophrenia.

Pamela D. Butler;Pamela D. Butler;Pamela D. Butler;Steven M. Silverstein;Steven C. Dakin

573
Citations
A common visual metric for approximate number and density.

Steven C. Dakin;Marc S. Tibber;John A. Greenwood;Frederick A. A. Kingdom

368
Citations
The Computation of Orientation Statistics from Visual Texture

S.C. Dakin;R.J. Watt

291
Citations
Weak suppression of visual context in chronic schizophrenia

Steven Dakin;Patricia Carlin;David Hemsley

285
Citations
Biological "bar codes" in human faces

Steven C. Dakin;Roger J. Watt

256
Citations
Horizontal Information Drives the Behavioral Signatures of Face Processing

Valérie Goffaux;Steven C. Dakin

235
Citations
Information limit on the spatial integration of local orientation signals.

Steven C. Dakin

231
Citations
A texture-processing model of the 'visual sense of number'

Michael J. Morgan;Sabine Raphael;Marc S. Tibber;Steven C. Dakin

222
Citations
Contrast sensitivity in natural scenes depends on edge as well as spatial frequency structure.

Peter J. Bex;Peter J. Bex;Samuel G. Solomon;Steven C. Dakin

209
Citations
Local and global limitations on direction integration assessed using equivalent noise analysis.

Steven C. Dakin;Isabelle Mareschal;Peter J. Bex

165
Citations
What causes non-monotonic tuning of fMRI response to noisy images?

S.C Dakin;R.F Hess;T Ledgeway;R.L Achtman

153
Citations
Are judgements of circularity local or global

Robert F. Hess;Yi-Zhong Wang;Steven C. Dakin

142
Citations
Prior object-knowledge sharpens properties of early visual feature-detectors

Christoph Teufel;Steven C. Dakin;Steven C. Dakin;Paul C. Fletcher;Paul C. Fletcher

133
Citations
Sensitivity to contrast modulation depends on carrier spatial frequency and orientation.

Steven C Dakin;Isabelle Mareschal

126
Citations
Visual Surround Suppression in Schizophrenia

Marc Samuel Tibber;Marc Samuel Tibber;Elaine J Anderson;Elaine J Anderson;Tracy Bobin;Elena Antonova

125
Citations
Natural image statistics mediate brightness 'filling in'.

Steven C Dakin;Peter J Bex

123
Citations
Detection of bilateral symmetry using spatial filters

S.C. Dakin;R.J. Watt

123
Citations
The spatial mechanisms mediating symmetry perception.

Steven C. Dakin;Robert F. Hess

121
Citations
The foveal 'crowding' effect: physics or physiology?

Robert F Hess;Steven C Dakin;Neil Kapoor

117
Citations