Standout Papers

Spatial ability for STEM ... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Spatial ability for STEM domains: Aligning over 50 years of cumulative psychological knowledge solidifies its importance.
    2009 1.2k citations Jonathan Wai, David Lubinski et al. Journal of Educational Psychology profile →

Immediate Impact

3 by Nobel laureates 18 from Science/Nature 79 hit
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Citing Papers

Gender stereotypes about intellectual ability emerge early and influence children’s interests
2017 HitScience
Semantics derived automatically from language corpora contain human-like biases
2017 HitScience
26 intermediate papers

Works of David Lubinski being referenced

Work preferences, life values, and personal views of top math/science graduate students and the profoundly gifted: Developmental changes and gender differences during emerging adulthood and parenthood.
2009
Sex Differences in Mathematical Reasoning Ability at Age 13: Their Status 20 Years Later
2000
and 22 more

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David Lubinski 4.0k 1.9k 1.7k 1.5k 1.3k 104 8.3k
Camilla Persson Benbow 6.0k 1.5× 2.5k 1.3× 3.2k 1.9× 1.7k 1.2× 2.0k 1.5× 144 11.3k
Lynn S. Liben 1.0k 0.3× 1.6k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 1.6k 1.2× 156 6.8k
Diane F. Halpern 4.1k 1.0× 1.2k 0.6× 5.6k 3.3× 2.3k 1.5× 3.4k 2.6× 156 14.5k
David H. Uttal 1.1k 0.3× 2.1k 1.1× 2.1k 1.2× 599 0.4× 2.0k 1.5× 144 5.9k
James W. Pellegrino 1.9k 0.5× 1.7k 0.9× 4.5k 2.6× 1.1k 0.8× 3.6k 2.7× 189 11.0k
Bärbel Inhelder 1.7k 0.4× 896 0.5× 3.9k 2.3× 1.4k 0.9× 4.4k 3.4× 76 10.9k
Susan C. Levine 3.1k 0.8× 2.0k 1.1× 6.5k 3.8× 1.4k 1.0× 5.6k 4.2× 178 12.9k
Earl Hunt 2.5k 0.6× 713 0.4× 727 0.4× 1.4k 0.9× 2.3k 1.8× 166 8.6k
Sian L. Beilock 4.7k 1.2× 539 0.3× 3.7k 2.2× 4.3k 2.9× 4.0k 3.1× 113 12.5k
Marcia C. Linn 4.2k 1.0× 2.4k 1.3× 10.2k 5.9× 1.8k 1.2× 7.9k 6.0× 322 19.7k

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