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Multisensory perception and integration

Multisensory perception and integration is a research topic within Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 19.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the phenomenon of multisensory integration, focusing on how humans combine and process information from different sensory modalities such as vision, touch, and hearing. It delves into topics such as crossmodal processing, neural correlates of audiovisual interaction, synesthetic experiences, perceptual enhancement, sensory expectations, temporal integration, neuronal oscillations, and cortical connectivity.

  • Multisensory Integration
  • Crossmodal Processing
  • Audiovisual Interaction
  • Neural Correlates
  • Synesthetic Experiences
  • Perceptual Enhancement
  • Sensory Expectations
  • Temporal Integration
  • Neuronal Oscillations
  • Cortical Connectivity
Research works
25k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+3%
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Which countries lead Multisensory perception and integration research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (665 and 428 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 665 works
  2. 2 China 428 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 316 works
  4. 4 Japan 300 works
  5. 5 Germany 291 works
  6. 6 France 201 works
  7. 7 Italy 187 works
  8. 8 Canada 145 works
  9. 9 Netherlands 96 works
  10. 10 Australia 89 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 24.5%China: 15.7%United Kingdom: 11.6%Japan: 11.0%6 others listed: 37.1%24%largest
United States665 · 24.5%China428 · 15.7%United Kingdom316 · 11.6%Japan300 · 11.0%6 others listed1,009 · 37.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Multisensory perception and integration research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Oxford publishes the most Multisensory perception and integration research, followed by University College London and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 27 works
  2. 2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 26 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 25 works
  4. 4 The University of TokyoJapan 22 works
  5. 5 Soochow UniversityChina 15 works
  6. 6 New York UniversityUnited States 14 works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 13 works
  8. 8 Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGermany 13 works
  9. 9 University of TorontoCanada 13 works
  10. 10 University of PaduaItaly 13 works

Where is Multisensory perception and integration research done?

The largest centres of Multisensory perception and integration research in 2022–2025 are Tokyo (Japan), Beijing (China), Paris (France) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tokyo Japan 111 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 102 works
  3. 3 Paris France 81 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 78 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 43 works
  6. 6 New York United States 40 works
  7. 7 Seoul South Korea 37 works
  8. 8 Montreal Canada 34 works
  9. 9 Toronto Canada 31 works
  10. 10 Oxford United Kingdom 30 works
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Where is the best place to study Multisensory perception and integration?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Oxford, University of Sussex and University College London score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 26.22%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Oxford: 27, 36.5%University of Sussex: 9, 33.8%University College London: 26, 28.1%University of Trento: 9, 30.1%Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen: 13, 17.9%Radboud University Nijmegen: 12, 23.7%Durham University: 10, 20.9%Trinity College Dublin: 9, 29.3%University of Milano-Bicocca: 10, 18.1%New York University: 14, 23.8%University of OxfordUniversity of SussexUniversity of TrentoUniversity College L…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 75.236.5%5.8×27 +11.8%
2 University of SussexUnited Kingdom 71.733.8%12.4×9 +95.0%
3 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 63.828.1%5.2×26 -12.1%
4 University of TrentoItaly 60.730.1%9.9×9 -6.5%
5 Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGermany 60.517.9%16.0×13 +85.6%
6 Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 59.723.7%7.9×12 +46.6%
7 Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom 59.220.9%7.9×10 +128.5%
8 Trinity College DublinIreland 52.229.3%7.8×9 -40.0%
9 University of Milano-BicoccaItaly 51.018.1%9.4×10 +30.1%
10 New York UniversityUnited States 49.023.8%4.8×14 +54.4%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Multisensory perception and integration research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Multisensory perception and integration.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.