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Researcher · Uppsala University · Sweden

Claes von Hofsten

Claes von Hofsten publishes mostly in Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology, on topics such as Child and Animal Learning Development, Spatial Cognition and Navigation and Tactile and Sensory Interactions.

ORCID 0000-0002-2607-8274 OpenAlex
World rank
#233,964
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Sweden
#2,601
of 71,437
Works
222
Citations
12k
Citations per work
53.2
h-index
57
i10-index 127Top 1.2% in Developmental and Educational Psychology
Claes von Hofsten

What does Claes von Hofsten research?

Claes von Hofsten's work is mostly in Psychology (32%), Neuroscience (21%), Engineering (6%).

Social Sciences: 71 works · 32.2% of their workPsychology: 71 works · 32.2% of their workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 56 works · 25.0% of their workSocial Psychology: 16 works · 7.2% of their workEverything else: 70 works · 31.7% of their workLife Sciences: 48 works · 21.4% of their workNeuroscience: 48 works · 21.4% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 48 works · 21.4% of their workPhysical Sciences: 20 works · 8.9% of their workEngineering: 13 works · 5.8% of their workAutomotive Engineering: 13 works · 5.8% of their workComputer Science: 7 works · 3.1% of their workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 works · 3.1% of their workHealth Sciences: 13 works · 5.8% of their workMedicine: 13 works · 5.8% of their workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 works · 5.8% of their workTHEIR WORKClaes von Hofsten222works
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences32%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology7132.2%
  2. Everything else7031.7%
    1. Neuroscience4821.4%
    1. Engineering135.8%
    2. Computer Science73.1%
    1. Medicine135.8%
  1. 1Developmental and Educational Psychology25% of their works
  2. 2Cognitive Neuroscience21% of their works
  3. 3Social Psychology7% of their works
  4. 4Automotive Engineering6% of their works
  5. 5Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health6% of their works
  6. 6Human-Computer Interaction3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Claes von Hofsten's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Social Cognition, Child Development, Theory of Mind, Cognitive Development, Spatial Ability, STEM Education, Cross-modal Plasticity and Tactile Perception.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Social Cognition1052 topics
  2. Child Development831 topic
  3. Theory of Mind831 topic
  4. Cognitive Development432 topics
  5. STEM Education321 topic
  6. Spatial Ability321 topic
  7. Cross-modal Plasticity311 topic
  8. Tactile Perception311 topic
  9. Neural Processing261 topic
  10. Visual Perception261 topic
  11. Developmental Coordination Disorder231 topic
  12. Motor Skill Competence231 topic
  13. Embodiment221 topic
  14. Mirror Neuron System221 topic
  15. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes221 topic
  16. Preterm Birth221 topic
  17. Gesture201 topic
  18. Sign Language201 topic

Where does Claes von Hofsten work?

Claes von Hofsten's main affiliation in the publication record is Uppsala University, Sweden.

How many publications and citations does Claes von Hofsten have?

OpenAlex counts 222 works and 11,810 citations for Claes von Hofsten, an h-index of 57, ranking #233,964 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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