2026 Steven Franconeri: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	41	7845	7318	4218	3834	171	7886
Computer Science	42	8399	8162	3596	3460	174	7312

Steven Franconeri 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 Steven Franconeri sits on this spectrum.

31 publications 705+

This scientist: 171 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Steven Franconeri 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 Steven Franconeri sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Steven Franconeri is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Computer Science. The scholar's work spans several subfields, including Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Cognitive Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Food Science.

Their research focuses on a range of topics, notably:

Data Visualization and Analytics
Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Data Analysis with R
Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes
Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods

Steven Franconeri has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

The Science of Visual Data Communication: What Works (2021) published in Gothic.net
The Unmet Data Visualization Needs of Decision Makers Within Organizations (2021) published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Declutter and Focus: Empirically Evaluating Design Guidelines for Effective Data Communication (2021) published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Seeing What You Believe or Believing What You See? Belief Biases Correlation Estimation (2022) published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Visual Arrangements of Bar Charts Influence Comparisons in Viewer Takeaways (2021) published in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

The venues in which they frequently publish reflect their focus, with the most common being:

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
arXiv (Cornell University)
Journal of Vision
Cognition
Gothic.net

Frequent co-authors include Cindy Xiong, Fumeng Yang, Cristina R. Ceja, Kylie Lin, and Caitlyn McColeman, indicating collaborative research efforts primarily in visualization and cognitive science domains.

Best Publications

Moving and looming stimuli capture attention.

Steven L. Franconeri;Daniel J. Simons

818
Citations
How many objects can you track? Evidence for a resource-limited attentive tracking mechanism.

George A. Alvarez;Steven L. Franconeri

675
Citations
Flexible cognitive resources: Competitive content maps for attention and memory

Steven L. Franconeri;George A. Alvarez;Patrick Cavanagh

415
Citations
Change Blindness in the Absence of a Visual Disruption

Daniel J Simons;Steven L Franconeri;Rebecca L Reimer

393
Citations
The Science of Visual Data Communication: What Works

Unknown

375
Citations
Eye movements during emotion recognition in faces.

M. W. Schurgin;J. Nelson;S. Iida;H. Ohira

349
Citations
Do New Objects Capture Attention

Steven L. Franconeri;Andrew Hollingworth;Daniel J. Simons

275
Citations
Ranking visualizations of correlation using Weber's law

Lane Harrison;Fumeng Yang;Steven Franconeri;Remco Chang

259
Citations
Tracking Multiple Objects Is Limited Only by Object Spacing, Not by Speed, Time, or Capacity

Steven Franconeri;S. V. Jonathan;J. M. Scimeca

255
Citations
Number estimation relies on a set of segmented objects.

Steven L. Franconeri;Douglas K. Bemis;George Angelo Alvarez

232
Citations
ISOTYPE Visualization: Working Memory, Performance, and Engagement with Pictographs

Steve Haroz;Robert Kosara;Steven L. Franconeri

191
Citations
Look before you regulate: differential perceptual strategies underlying expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal.

Genna M. Bebko;Steven L. Franconeri;Kevin N. Ochsner;Joan Y. Chiao

178
Citations
Sudden insight is associated with shutting out visual inputs

Carola Salvi;Carola Salvi;Emanuela Bricolo;Steven L. Franconeri;John Kounios

155
Citations
A Task-Based Taxonomy of Cognitive Biases for Information Visualization

Evanthia Dimara;Steven Franconeri;Catherine Plaisant;Anastasia Bezerianos

153
Citations
The siren song of implicit change detection.

Stephen R. Mitroff;Daniel J. Simons;Steven L. Franconeri

148
Citations
How many locations can be selected at once

Steven L. Franconeri;George A. Alvarez;James T. Enns

145
Citations
Four types of ensemble coding in data visualizations

Danielle Albers Szafir;Steve Haroz;Michael Gleicher;Steven Franconeri

130
Citations
Perception of Average Value in Multiclass Scatterplots

Michael Gleicher;Michael Correll;Christine Nothelfer;Steven Franconeri

116
Citations
Evidence against a speed limit in multiple-object tracking

S. L. Franconeri;J. Y. Lin;J. T. Enns;Z. W. Pylyshyn

115
Citations
Object Correspondence across Brief Occlusion Is Established on the Basis of both Spatiotemporal and Surface Feature Cues.

Andrew Hollingworth;Steven L. Franconeri

108
Citations
The dynamic events that capture visual attention: A reply to Abrams and Christ (2005)

Steven L. Franconeri;Daniel J. Simons

102
Citations
Comparing averages in time series data

Michael Correll;Danielle Albers;Steven Franconeri;Michael Gleicher

93
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel J. Simons University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

George A. Alvarez Harvard University

David H. Uttal Northwestern University

Michael Gleicher University of Wisconsin–Madison

James T. Enns University of British Columbia

Enrico Bertini Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital

Joan Y. Chiao Northwestern University

Zenon W. Pylyshyn Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Dedre Gentner Northwestern University

Susan Goldin-Meadow University of Chicago

External Links

Personal website of Steven Franconeri Google Scholar page

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