Journal Articles

[J63] On the nature of human performance in competitive endeavors

V. Zhukov, P. Tsiamyrtzis, and I. Pavlidis

npj Complexity

March 2026.

[J62] Intraindividual variability, how do I measure thee? Let me count the ways

J. Wall, K. Litson, I. Pavlidis, et al.

The Clinical Neuropsychologist

2025, pp. 1–28.

[J61] The state of science convergence in implantable brain-computer interface clinical trials

K.M. Patrick-Krueger, I. Pavlidis, and J.L. Contreras-Vidal

Journal of Neural Engineering

December 2025. [Impact factor: 3.8]

[J60] STREL – Naturalistic Dataset and Methods for Studying Mental Stress and Relaxation Patterns in Critical Leading Roles

C. Rott, F. Kiran, M. Segers, P. Bossche, and I. Pavlidis

IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing

September 2025. [Impact factor: 9.8]

[J59] Science convergence in affective research is associated with impactful multidisciplinary appeal rather than multidisciplinary content

V. Zhukov, A.M. Petersen, D. Dukes, D. Sander, P. Tsiamyrtzis, I. Pavlidis

Communications Psychology

September 2024. [Impact factor: 11.2]

[J58] A New Look At Breathing for Affective Studies

N. Sun and I. Pavlidis

IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing

June 2024. [Impact factor: 11.2]

[J57] Special issue on unobtrusive physiological measurement methods for affective applications

I. Pavlidis, T. Chaspari, D. McDuff

2023 IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing

October 2023. [Impact factor: 11.2]

[J56] Methods for measuring social and conceptual dimensions
of convergence science

AM Petersen, F. Arroyave, and I. Pavlidis

Research Evaluation

July 2023. [Impact factor: 3.3]

[J55] Investigating cardiovascular activation of young adults in routine driving

MD T. Hasan, H. Alghamdi, S. Taamneh, M. Manser, R. Wunderlich,
P. Tsiamyrtzis, and I. Pavlidis

2023 IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing

June 2023. [Impact factor: 11.2]

[J54] Biomedical convergence facilitated by the emergence of technological and informatic capabilities

D. Yang, I. Pavlidis, A. M. Petersen

Advances in Complex Systems

Vol. 26, No. 1, July 2023. [Impact factor: 0.4]

[J53] From polymaths to cyborgs – convergence is relentless

I. Pavlidis, E. Akleman, and A.M. Petersen

American Scientist

vol. 110, no. 4, pp. 196-200, July-August 2022. [Impact Factor: 0.548]

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[J52] Grand challenges and emergent modes of convergence science

A.M. Petersen, M.E. Ahmed, and I. Pavlidis

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

vol. 8, no. 1, August 2021.

[J51] Search committee diversity and applicant pool representation of women and underrepresented minorities: A quasi-experimental field study

M.A. Kazmi, C. Spitzmueller, J. Yu, J.M. Madera, A.S Tsao, J.F. Dawson, and I. Pavlidis

Journal of Applied Psychology

10.1037/apl0000725, 2021. [Impact Factor: 7.429]

[J50] The rise of affectivism

D. Dukes et al.

Nature Human Behaviour

10.1038/s41562-021-01130-8, June 2021. [Impact Factor: 13.663]

[J49] Biofeedback arrests sympathetic and driving behavioral effects in distracted driving

I. Pavlidis, A. Khatri, P. Buddharaju, M. Manser, R. Wunderlich, and P. Tsiamyrtzis

IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing

10.1109/TAFFC.2018.2883950, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 453-465, April-June 2021. [Impact Factor: 11.2]

[J48] Forecasting markers of habitual driving behaviors associated with crash risk.

G. Panagopoulos, and I. Pavlidis

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

10.1109/TITS.2019.2910157, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 841-851, 2020. [Impact Factor: 6.492]

[J47] Scholar Plot: Design and evaluation of an information interface for faculty research performance

D. Majeti, E. Akleman, M.E. Ahmed, A.M. Petersen, B. Uzzi, and I. Pavlidis

Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics

10.3389/frma.2019.00006, January 28, 2020.

[J46] Stress and productivity patterns of interrupted, synergistic, and antagonistic office activities

S. Zaman, A. Wesley, D. R. D. C. Silva, P. Buddharaju, F. Akbar, G. Gao, G. Mark, R. Gutierrez-Osuna, and I. Pavlidis

Scientific Data

10.1038/s41597-019-0249-5, November 8, 2019. [Impact Factor: 6.444]

[J45] An empirical study comparing unobtrusive physiological sensors for stress detection in computer work

F. Akbar, G. Mark, I. Pavlidis, and R. Gutierrez-Osuna

Sensors

10.3390/s19173766, August 2019. [Impact Factor: 3.576]

[J44] Dynamic quantification of migrainous thermal facial patterns – A Pilot Study

I. Pavlidis, I. Garza, P. Tsiamyrtzis, M. Dcosta, J. Swanson, T. Krouskop, and J. Levine

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

10.1109/JBHI.2018.2855670, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 1225-1233, May 2019. [Impact Factor: 5.772]

[J43] Absence of stressful conditions accelerates dexterous skill acquisition in surgery

I. Pavlidis, D. Zavlin, A. Khatri, A. Wesley, G. Panagopoulos, and A. Echo

Scientific Reports

10.1038/s41598-019-38727-z, vol. 9, February 11, 2019. [Impact Factor: 4.380]

[J42] Exercise interventions for depressed smokers: the promise of community settings and robots

C.A. Patten, J. Levine, P.S. Sinicrope, and I. Pavlidis

Journal of Mental Health and Clinical Psychology

December 18, 2018.

[J41] Causality effects of interventions and stressors on driving behaviors under typical conditions

L. Gadamus, J.P. Gomez, D. Akleman, E. Akleman, and I. Pavlidis

Mathematics

10.3390/math6080139, 2018. [Impact Factor: 1.747]

[J40] Cross-disciplinary evolution of the genomics revolution

A.M. Petersen, D. Majeti, K. Kwon, M.E. Ahmed, and I. Pavlidis

Science Advances

10.1126/sciadv.aat4211, August 15, 2018. [Impact Factor: 14.143]

[J39] Survey of potential receptivity to robotic-assisted exercise coaching in a diverse sample of smokers and nonsmokers

C. Patten, J. Levine, I. Pavlidis, J. Balls-Berry, A. Shah, C. Hughes, T. Brockman, M. Soto, D. Witt, G. Koepp, P. Sinicrope, and J. Richards

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0197090, May 10, 2018. [Impact Factor: 2.740]

[J38] A multimodal dataset for various forms of distracted driving

S. Taamneh, P. Tsiamyrtzis, M. Dcosta, P. Buddharaju, A. Khatri, M. Manser, T. Ferris, R. Wunderlich, and I. Pavlidis

Scientific Data

10.1038/sdata.2017.110, vol. 4, August 2017. [Impact Factor: 5.541]

[J37] The ability of human nuclear DNA to cause false positive low-abundance heteroplasmy calls varies across the mitochondrial genome

L. Albayrak, K. Khanipov, M. Pimenova, G. Golovko, M. Rojas, I. Pavlidis, S. Chumakov, G. Aguilar, A. Chavez, W. Widger, and Y. Fofanov

BMC Genomics

10.1186/s12864-016-3375-x, December 12, 2016. [Impact Factor: 3.594]

[J36] Dissecting driver behaviors under cognitive, emotional, sensorimotor, and mixed stressors

I. Pavlidis, M. Dcosta, S. Taamneh, M. Manser, T. Ferris, R. Wunderlich, E. Akleman, and P. Tsiamyrtzis

Scientific Reports

10.1038/srep25651, vol. 6, May 2016. [Impact Factor: 3.998]

[J35] Connecting past with present: A mixed-methods science ethics course and its evaluation.

I. Semendeferi, P. Tsiamyrtzis, M. Dcosta, and I. Pavlidis

Science and Engineering Ethics

vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 251-274, Feb 2016. [Impact Factor: 3.525]

[J34] A quantitative perspective on ethics in large team science

A.M. Petersen, I. Pavlidis, and I. Semendeferi

Science and Engineering Ethics

vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 923-945, 2014. [Impact Factor: 3.525]

[J33] Together we stand

I. Pavlidis, A. Petersen and I. Semendeferi

Nature Physics

vol. 10, no. 10, pp. 700-702, October 2014. [Impact Factor: 20.034]

[J32] Spatio-temporal smoothing as a basis for facial tissue tracking in thermal imaging

Y. Zhou, P. Tsiamyrtzis, P. Lindner, I. Timofeyev, and I. Pavlidis

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 1280-1289, May 2013. [Impact Factor: 4.424]

[J31] Perinasal imaging of physiological stress and its affective potential

D. Shastri, M. Papadakis, P. Tsiamyrtzis, B. Bass, and I. Pavlidis

IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing

vol. 3, no. 3, July 2012. [Impact Factor: 11.2]

[J30] Fast by nature – how stress patterns define human experience and performance in dexterous tasks

I. Pavlidis, P. Tsiamyrtzis, D. Shastri, A. Wesley, Y. Zhou, P. Lindner, P. Buddharaju, R. Joseph, A. Mandapati, B. Dunkin, and B. Bass

Scientific Reports

vol. 2, March 2012. [Impact Factor: 3.998]

[J29] Evaluation of the accuracy of a triaxial accelerometer embedded into a cell phone platform for measuring physical activity

C.U. Manohar, S.K. McCrady, Y. Fujiki, I.T. Pavlidis, and J.A. Levine

Journal of Obesity & Weight loss Therapy

vol. 1, no. 1, December 2011. [Impact Factor: 1.22]

[J28] Laboratory evaluation of the accuracy of a triaxial accelerometer embedded into a cell phone platform for measuring physical activity.

C. Manohar, SM Crady, Y. Fujiki, I. Pavlidis, and J. Levine

The FASEB Journal

April 2010. [Impact Factor: 4.966]

[J27] Thermistor at a distance: Unobtrusive measurement of breath

J. Fei and I. Pavlidis

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 988-998, April 2010. [Impact Factor: 4.424]

[J26] An accelerometer-based earpiece to monitor and quantify physical activity

C. Manohar, S. McCrady, I.T. Pavlidis, and J.A. Levine

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 781-789, November 2009. [Impact Factor: 2.079]

[J25] Thermal Infrared Imaging: A novel method to monitor airflow during polysomnography

J.N. Murthy, J van Jaarsveld, J. Fei, I. Pavlidis, R.I. Harrykissoon, J.F. Lucke, and R.J. Castriotta

SLEEP

vol. 32, no. 11, pp. 1521-1527, November 2009. [Impact Factor: 4.805]

[J24] Description and clinical studies of a device for the instantaneous detection of office-place stress

J. Levine, I. Pavlidis, L. MacBride, Z. Zhu, and P. Tsiamyrtzis

WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation

vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 359-364, 2009. [Impact Factor: 1.132]

[J23] Imaging facial signs of neurophysiological responses

D. Shastri, A. Merla, P. Tsiamyrtzis, and I. Pavlidis

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 477-484, February 2009. [Impact Factor: 4.491]

[J22] NEAT-o-Games: Blending physical activity and fun in the daily routine

Y. Fujiki, K. Kazakos, C. Puri, P. Buddharaju, I. Pavlidis, and J. Levine

ACM Computers in Entertainment

vol. 6, no. 2, April 2008.

[J21] Interacting with human physiology

I. Pavlidis, J. Dowdall, N. Sun, C. Puri, J. Fei and M. Garbey

Computer Vision and Image Understanding

vol. 108, no. 1-2, pp. 150-170, October 2007. [Impact Factor: 3.121]

[J20] Contact-free measurement of cardiac pulse based on the analysis of thermal imagery

M. Garbey, N. Sun, A. Merla, and I. Pavlidis

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

vol. 54, no. 8, pp. 1418-1426, August 2007. [Impact Factor: 4.424]

[J19] Coalitional tracking

J. Dowdall, I.T. Pavlidis, and P. Tsiamyrtzis

Computer Vision and Image Understanding

vol. 106, no. 2-3, pp. 205-219, May 2007. [Impact Factor: 3.121]

[J18] Physiology-based face recognition in the thermal infrared spectrum

P. Buddharaju, I.T. Pavlidis, P. Tsiamyrtzis, and M. Bazakos

IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 613-626, April 2007. [Impact Factor: 17.861]

[J17] Imaging facial physiology for the detection of deceit

P. Tsiamyrtzis, J. Dowdall, D. Shastri, I. Pavlidis, M.G. Frank, and P. Ekman

International Journal of Computer Vision

vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 197-214, February 2007. [Impact Factor: 5.698]

[J16] Face recognition by fusing thermal infrared and visible imagery

Bebis, A. Gyaourova, S. Singh, and I. Pavlidis

Image and Vision Computing

vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 727-742, July 2006. [Impact Factor: 3.103]

[J15] Facial skin surface temperature changes during a “Concealed Information” test

D.A. Pollina, A.B. Dollins, S.M. Senter, T.E. Brown, I. Pavlidis, J.A. Levine, and A.H. Ryan

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

vol. 34, no. 7, pp. 1182-1189, 2006. [Impact Factor: 3.324]

[J14] Noncontact measurement of breathing function

R. Murthy and I. Pavlidis

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 57-67, May 2006.

[J13] Deter: detection of events for threat evaluation and recognition

V. Morellas, I. Pavlidis, and P. Tsiamyrtzis

Machine Vision and Applications

vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 29-45, October 2003. [Impact Factor: 1.605]

[J12] Guest editorial: Special issue on computer vision beyond the visible spectrum

I. Pavlidis and B. Bhanu

Image and Vision Computing

vol. 21, pp. 563-564, July 2003. [Impact Factor: 3.103]

[J11] Face detection in the near-IR spectrum

J. Dowdall, I. Pavlidis, and G. Bebis

Image and Vision Computing

vol. 21, pp. 565-578, July 2003. [Impact Factor: 3.103]

[J10] Thermal image analysis for polygraph testing

I. Pavlidis and J. Levine

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 56-64, November 2002.

[J9] Human behavior: seeing through the face of deception

I. Pavlidis, N.L. Eberhardt, and J. Levine

Nature

vol. 415, no. 6867, pp. 35, January 2002. [Impact Factor: 49.962]

[J8] Urban surveillance systems: From the laboratory to the commercial world

I. Pavlidis, V. Morellas, P. Tsiamyrtzis, and S. Harp

Proceedings of the IEEE

vol. 89, no. 10, pp. 1478-1497, October 2001. [Impact Factor: 10.252]

[J7] The face of fear

J. Levine, I. Pavlidis, and M. Cooper

The Lancet

vol. 357, no. 9270, pp. 1757, June 2001. [Impact Factor: 60.390]

[J6] A vehicle occupant counting system based on near-infrared phenomenology and fuzzy neural classification

I. Pavlidis, V. Morellas, P. Symosek, and N. Papanikolopoulos

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 72-85, June 2000. [Impact Factor: 6.319]

[J5] Guest editorial: Special issue on computer vision beyond the visible spectrum.

B. Bhanu, I. Pavlidis, and R. Hummel

Machine Vision and Applications

May 2000. [Impact Factor: 1.605]

[J4] Automatic detection of vehicle occupants – the imaging problem and its solution

I. Pavlidis, P. Symosek, B. Fritz, M. Bazakos, and N. Papanikolopoulos

Machine Vision and Applications

vol. 11, no. 6, pp. 313-320, 2000. [Impact Factor: 1.605]

[J3] The energy expended in chewing gum

J. Levine, P. Baukol, and I. Pavlidis

The New England Journal of Medicine

vol. 341, no. 27, pp. 2100, 1999. [Impact Factor: 74.699]

[J2] Signature identification through the use of deformable structures

I. Pavlidis, N.P. Papanikolopoulos, and R. Mavuduru

Signal Processing

10.1016/S0165-1684(98)00144-3, December 15, 1998. [Impact Factor: 4.662]

[J1] Online handwriting recognition using physics-based shape metamorphosis

I. Pavlidis, R. Singh, and N. Papanikolopoulos

Pattern Recognition

vol. 31, no. 11, pp. 1589-1600, 1998. [Impact Factor: 7.740]