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Terje Falck-Ytter

Terje Falck-Ytter

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
39
Citations
5157
World Ranking
8657
National Ranking
83

Terje Falck-Ytter 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 Terje Falck-Ytter sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 120 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Terje Falck-Ytter 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 Terje Falck-Ytter sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Terje Falck-Ytter is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and specializes in research primarily within the neuroscience and psychology fields, with a notable publication record in cognitive neuroscience and developmental psychology. Their research addresses topics related to autism spectrum disorder, child development, and cognitive processes.

The scientist's main fields of study include Neuroscience with 64 publications and Psychology with 48 publications. Their work frequently focuses on several subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Clinical Psychology.

Key research topics covered in their publications encompass:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Face Recognition and Perception
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Infant Health and Development
  • Language Development and Disorders

Falck-Ytter has contributed to multiple papers, some of which include:

  • Social Attention: Developmental Foundations and Relevance for Autism Spectrum Disorder (2022) in Biological Psychiatry
  • The Babytwins Study Sweden (BATSS): A Multi-Method Infant Twin Study of Genetic and Environmental Factors Influencing Infant Brain and Behavioral Development (2021) in Twin Research and Human Genetics
  • Parent-child interaction during the first year of life in infants at elevated likelihood of autism spectrum disorder (2020) in Infant Behavior and Development

Other relevant papers co-authored by Falck-Ytter or appearing within the same research context include:

  • Eye tracking in human interaction: Possibilities and limitations (2021) in Behavior Research Methods
  • Early-life differences in the gut microbiota composition and functionality of infants at elevated likelihood of developing autism spectrum disorder (2023) in Translational Psychiatry

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Sven Bölte
  • Charlotte Viktorsson
  • Angelica Ronald
  • Pär Nyström
  • Ana Maria Portugal

Falck-Ytter has also published a book chapter titled "The Cambridge Handbook of Infant Development" (2020) through Cambridge University Press.

The scientist's work appears regularly in specialized venues, notably:

  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Autism

Best Publications

  • Infants predict other people's action goals.

    Terje Falck-Ytter;Gustaf Gredebäck;Claes von Hofsten

  • Eye tracking in early autism research

    Terje Falck-Ytter;Terje Falck-Ytter;Sven Bölte;Sven Bölte;Gustaf Gredebäck

  • How special is social looking in ASD: a review.

    Terje Falck-Ytter;Claes von Hofsten;Claes von Hofsten

  • Eye tracking in human interaction: Possibilities and limitations

    Niilo V. Valtakari;Ignace T. C. Hooge;Charlotte Viktorsson;Pär Nyström

  • Altered gaze following during live interaction in infants at risk for autism: An eye tracking study

    Emilia Thorup;Pär Nyström;Gustaf Gredebäck;Sven Bölte;Sven Bölte

  • Face scanning distinguishes social from communication impairments in autism

    Terje Falck-Ytter;Elisabeth Fernell;Christopher Gillberg;Claes von Hofsten

  • Joint Attention in Infancy and the Emergence of Autism.

    Pär Nyström;Emilia Thorup;Sven Bölte;Terje Falck-Ytter

  • Gaze performance in children with autism spectrum disorder when observing communicative actions.

    Terje Falck-Ytter;Terje Falck-Ytter;Terje Falck-Ytter;Elisabeth Fernell;Åsa Lundholm Hedvall;Claes von Hofsten;Claes von Hofsten

  • Autistic Traits and Symptoms of Social Anxiety are Differentially Related to Attention to Others’ Eyes in Social Anxiety Disorder

    Johan Lundin Kleberg;Jens Högström;Martina Nord;Martina Nord;Sven Bölte

  • Face inversion effects in autism: a combined looking time and pupillometric study

    Terje Falck-Ytter

  • Young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder look differently at positive versus negative emotional faces

    Tessa C.J. de Wit;Terje Falck-Ytter;Claes von Hofsten

  • Action type and goal type modulate goal-directed gaze shifts in 14-month-old infants.

    Gustaf Gredebäck;Dorota Stasiewicz;Terje Falck-Ytter;Kerstin Rosander

  • Genetic Influence on Eye Movements to Complex Scenes at Short Timescales

    Daniel P. Kennedy;Brian M. D’Onofrio;Patrick D. Quinn;Sven Bölte

  • Enhanced pupillary light reflex in infancy is associated with autism diagnosis in toddlerhood

    Pär Nyström;Teodora Gliga;Elisabeth Nilsson Jobs;Gustaf Gredebäck

  • Lack of visual orienting to biological motion and audiovisual synchrony in 3-year-olds with autism.

    Terje Falck-Ytter;Terje Falck-Ytter;Erik Rehnberg;Sven Bölte

  • Eye Movements During Action Observation

    Gustaf Gredebäck;Terje Falck-Ytter;Terje Falck-Ytter

  • Eye contact modulates cognitive processing differently in children with autism.

    Terje Falck-Ytter;Terje Falck-Ytter;Christoffer Carlström;Martin Johansson

  • The motor cortex is causally related to predictive eye movements during action observation

    Claudia Elsner;Alessandro D'Ausilio;Gustaf Gredebäck;Terje Falck-Ytter;Terje Falck-Ytter

  • Hypersensitive pupillary light reflex in infants at risk for autism

    Pär Nyström;Gustaf Gredebäck;Sven Bölte;Sven Bölte;Terje Falck-Ytter;Terje Falck-Ytter

  • Reduced orienting to audiovisual synchrony in infancy predicts autism diagnosis at 3 years of age

    Terje Falck-Ytter;Terje Falck-Ytter;Terje Falck-Ytter;Pär Nyström;Gustaf Gredebäck;Teodora Gliga

  • Reduced Alternating Gaze During Social Interaction in Infancy is Associated with Elevated Symptoms of Autism in Toddlerhood.

    Emilia Thorup;Pär Nyström;Gustaf Gredebäck;Sven Bölte;Sven Bölte

Frequent Co-Authors

Sven Bölte
Sven Bölte Karolinska Institute
Gustaf Gredebäck
Gustaf Gredebäck Uppsala University
Peter B. Marschik
Peter B. Marschik University of Göttingen
Claes von Hofsten
Claes von Hofsten Uppsala University
Emily J.H. Jones
Emily J.H. Jones Birkbeck, University of London
Herbert Roeyers
Herbert Roeyers Ghent University
Tony Charman
Tony Charman King's College London
Christopher Gillberg
Christopher Gillberg University of Gothenburg
Eva Serlachius
Eva Serlachius Karolinska Institute
Brian M. D’Onofrio
Brian M. D’Onofrio Indiana University

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