A. Charles Catania

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
133 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

A. Charles Catania is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Charles Catania has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 35 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 22 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in A. Charles Catania's work include Behavioral and Psychological Studies (86 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (30 papers) and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (29 papers). A. Charles Catania is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral and Psychological Studies (86 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (30 papers) and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (29 papers). A. Charles Catania collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. A. Charles Catania's co-authors include G. S. Reynolds, Eliot Shimoff, Byron A. Matthews, Terje Sagvolden, David Cutts, S. S. Stevens, Harlan Lane, Pauline J. Horne, C. Fergus Lowe and Kathleen Keller and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, American Psychologist and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

A. Charles Catania

125 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE RESPONDING MAINTAINED BY INTERVAL SCHEDULES OF REINFORCEMENT1
    1968 645 citations A. Charles Catania et al. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. Charles Catania United States 35 3.5k 1.8k 669 558 523 133 4.6k
Edmund Fantino United States 41 4.0k 1.1× 1.9k 1.0× 913 1.4× 533 1.0× 615 1.2× 170 6.1k
William M. Baum United States 38 4.7k 1.3× 2.1k 1.2× 631 0.9× 781 1.4× 529 1.0× 117 6.0k
Allen Neuringer United States 32 2.2k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 391 0.6× 451 0.8× 410 0.8× 81 3.3k
Werner K. Honig Canada 24 2.9k 0.8× 2.4k 1.3× 658 1.0× 661 1.2× 779 1.5× 58 5.2k
C. B. Ferster United States 4 2.9k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 532 0.8× 370 0.7× 453 0.9× 4 4.2k
John A. Nevin United States 40 4.6k 1.3× 2.7k 1.4× 602 0.9× 573 1.0× 786 1.5× 133 6.8k
H. S. Terrace United States 39 3.7k 1.1× 3.0k 1.6× 1.6k 2.3× 1.1k 2.0× 479 0.9× 123 6.7k
Peter R. Killeen United States 47 3.0k 0.9× 3.6k 1.9× 1.0k 1.5× 724 1.3× 398 0.8× 173 7.2k
Kennon A. Lattal United States 31 2.6k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 248 0.4× 331 0.6× 333 0.6× 180 3.2k
Alan Poling United States 34 2.6k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 252 0.4× 438 0.8× 325 0.6× 293 4.6k

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All Works

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Catania, A. Charles. (2025). Urcuioli's differential‐outcomes research: Implications for our behavioral units. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 124(1). e70018–e70018.
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Stahlman, W. David & A. Charles Catania. (2022). Faustian bargains: Short‐term and long‐term contingencies in phylogeny, ontogeny, and sociogeny. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 119(1). 192–202. 2 indexed citations
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Catania, A. Charles. (2008). An Orderly Arrangement of Well-Known Facts:Retrospective Review of B. F. Skinner's Verbal Behavior. Revista internacional de psicología y terapia psicológica. 8(3). 279–285. 1 indexed citations
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Catania, A. Charles. (2008). THE JOURNAL OF THE EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR AT FIFTY AND ONE HUNDRED. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 89(1). 111–118. 11 indexed citations
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Catania, A. Charles. (2006). Words as Behavior. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior. 22(1). 87–88. 3 indexed citations
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Catania, A. Charles. (2006). Antecedents and Consequences of Words. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior. 22(1). 89–100. 9 indexed citations
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Catania, A. Charles. (2005). The operant reserve: A computer simulation in (accelerated) real time. Behavioural Processes. 69(2). 257–278. 37 indexed citations
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Catania, A. Charles. (2003). ULLIN T. PLACE: A LIFE IN VERBAL BEHAVIOR. 31. 1 indexed citations
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Catania, A. Charles. (2003). B. F. SKINNER'S SCIENCE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR: ITS ANTECEDENTS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 80(3). 313–320. 11 indexed citations
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Catania, A. Charles. (2001). Three Types of Selection and Three Centuries. Revista internacional de psicología y terapia psicológica. 1(1). 1–9. 14 indexed citations
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Cerutti, Daniel T. & A. Charles Catania. (1997). PIGEONS' PREFERENCE FOR FREE CHOICE: NUMBER OF KEYS VERSUS KEY AREA. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 68(3). 349–356. 18 indexed citations
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Catania, A. Charles. (1995). Higher-order behavior classes: Contingencies, beliefs, and verbal behavior. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 26(3). 191–200. 28 indexed citations
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Catania, A. Charles. (1991). Contingent Reviews. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 56(3). 591–598. 1 indexed citations
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Catania, A. Charles. (1988). GEORGE S. REYNOLDS, 1936–1987. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 49(1). 3–4. 1 indexed citations
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Matthews, Byron A., Eliot Shimoff, & A. Charles Catania. (1987). SAYING AND DOING: A CONTINGENCY‐SPACE ANALYSIS. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 20(1). 69–74. 48 indexed citations
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Catania, A. Charles & Stevan Harnad. (1984). Behavior and the selective role of the environment. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 7. 2 indexed citations
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Catania, A. Charles & Gary M. Reich. (1982). Key area versus number of keys in the pigeon's preference for free choice over forced choice: a preliminary study. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 8(2). 127–132. 2 indexed citations
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Catania, A. Charles. (1973). The concept of the operant in the analysis of behavior.. 125 indexed citations
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Catania, A. Charles. (1972). Chomsky's formal analysis of natural languages: A behavioral translation. 1(1). 20 indexed citations
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Catania, A. Charles. (1968). Contemporary research in operant behavior. 129 indexed citations

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