Standout Papers

Architecture of Cognition 1972 2026 1990 2008 1983 1982 1991 2004 1989 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Architecture of Cognition
    1983 3.3k citations John R. Anderson HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) profile →
  2. Acquisition of cognitive skill.
    1982 2.3k citations John R. Anderson Psychological Review profile →
  3. The will and the ways: Development and validation of an individual-differences measure of hope.
    1991 2.3k citations C. R. Snyder, John R. Anderson et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  4. An Integrated Theory of the Mind.
    2004 1.7k citations John R. Anderson, Daniel Bothell et al. Psychological Review profile →
  5. Similarity and Analogical Reasoning
    1989 1.6k citations Stella Vosniadou, Stella Vosniadou et al. Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
  6. The Representation of Meaning in Memory
    1975 1.5k citations John R. Anderson, Walter Kintsch The American Journal of Psychology profile →
  7. A spreading activation theory of memory
    1983 1.4k citations John R. Anderson Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior profile →
  8. Intelligent Tutoring Systems
    1985 1.4k citations John R. Anderson, C. Franklin Boyle et al. Science profile →
  9. Rules of the Mind
    1993 1.3k citations John R. Anderson Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  10. Knowledge tracing: Modeling the acquisition of procedural knowledge
    1995 1.2k citations Albert T. Corbett, John R. Anderson User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction profile →
  11. Cognitive Tutors: Lessons Learned
    1995 1.1k citations John R. Anderson, Albert T. Corbett et al. Journal of the Learning Sciences profile →
  12. Situated Learning and Education
    1996 858 citations John R. Anderson, Lynne M. Reder et al. Educational Researcher profile →
  13. The Architecture of Cognition
    2013 851 citations John R. Anderson Psychology Press eBooks profile →
  14. How Can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe?
    2007 849 citations John R. Anderson Oxford University Press eBooks profile →
  15. Arguments concerning representations for mental imagery.
    1978 772 citations John R. Anderson Psychological Review profile →
  16. Reflections of the Environment in Memory
    1991 715 citations John R. Anderson, Lael J. Schooler Psychological Science profile →
  17. Skill acquisition: Compilation of weak-method problem situations.
    1987 712 citations John R. Anderson Psychological Review profile →
  18. The adaptive nature of human categorization.
    1991 675 citations John R. Anderson Psychological Review profile →
  19. Recognition and retrieval processes in free recall.
    1972 628 citations John R. Anderson, Gordon H. Bower Psychological Review profile →
  20. Cognitive Psychology and Its Implications
    2014 609 citations John R. Anderson Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  21. Learning and Memory: An Integrated Approach
    1994 555 citations John R. Anderson Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  22. Cognitive psychology and its implications, 2nd ed.
    1985 485 citations John R. Anderson profile →
  23. Cognitive Skills and Their Acquisition
    2013 470 citations John R. Anderson Psychology Press eBooks profile →
  24. The Atomic Components of Thought
    2014 310 citations John R. Anderson, Christian Lebière Psychology Press eBooks profile →

Immediate Impact

17 by Nobel laureates 17 from Science/Nature 117 hit
Sub-graph 1 of 20

Citing Papers

Grounded language acquisition through the eyes and ears of a single child
2024 HitScience
A distributional code for value in dopamine-based reinforcement learning
2020 HitNatureNobel
6 intermediate papers

Works of John R. Anderson being referenced

An Integrated Theory of the Mind.
2004 Hit
The adaptive nature of human categorization.
1991 Hit
and 5 more

Author Peers

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

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
John R. Anderson 14.7k 14.4k 14.2k 8.6k 6.8k 431 48.6k
Herbert A. Simon 12.5k 0.9× 14.4k 1.0× 8.1k 0.6× 10.9k 1.3× 8.2k 1.2× 458 93.6k
Henry L. Roediger 10.7k 0.7× 6.3k 0.4× 22.3k 1.6× 7.0k 0.8× 7.2k 1.1× 312 33.6k
Jean Piaget 16.2k 1.1× 2.7k 0.2× 6.2k 0.4× 6.0k 0.7× 7.3k 1.1× 381 45.9k
Fred Paas 14.3k 1.0× 5.3k 0.4× 3.0k 0.2× 14.9k 1.7× 3.9k 0.6× 325 30.2k
K. Anders Ericsson 11.1k 0.8× 2.8k 0.2× 5.0k 0.4× 6.2k 0.7× 7.6k 1.1× 142 35.5k
Robert J. Sternberg 13.9k 0.9× 3.2k 0.2× 6.8k 0.5× 21.8k 2.5× 14.1k 2.1× 910 51.4k
John Sweller 20.1k 1.4× 8.1k 0.6× 2.7k 0.2× 21.7k 2.5× 4.0k 0.6× 210 44.5k
Walter Kintsch 17.7k 1.2× 7.6k 0.5× 9.5k 0.7× 9.3k 1.1× 3.0k 0.4× 165 33.2k
Richard E. Mayer 25.7k 1.8× 7.3k 0.5× 3.2k 0.2× 23.8k 2.8× 5.5k 0.8× 528 60.2k
Keith J. Holyoak 10.6k 0.7× 6.3k 0.4× 6.3k 0.4× 6.5k 0.8× 3.6k 0.5× 260 25.5k

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