Alan Scoboria

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Alan Scoboria is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Scoboria has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 28 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 20 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Alan Scoboria's work include Memory Processes and Influences (45 papers), Identity, Memory, and Therapy (23 papers) and Deception detection and forensic psychology (16 papers). Alan Scoboria is often cited by papers focused on Memory Processes and Influences (45 papers), Identity, Memory, and Therapy (23 papers) and Deception detection and forensic psychology (16 papers). Alan Scoboria collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Alan Scoboria's co-authors include Irving Kirsch, Thomas J. Moore, Blair T. Johnson, Tania B. Huedo–Medina, Brett J. Deacon, Giuliana Mazzoni, Sarah S. Nicholls, Henry Otgaar, Brian Lakey and Mark Relyea and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Psychological Science and PLoS Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Alan Scoboria

69 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Anal... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration
    2008 1.5k citations Irving Kirsch, Brett J. Deacon et al. PLoS Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan Scoboria Canada 26 1.6k 885 816 695 647 71 3.5k
Bernard Sabbe Belgium 46 1.8k 1.1× 548 0.6× 659 0.8× 1.1k 1.6× 1.7k 2.7× 246 6.4k
Joel R. Sneed United States 32 738 0.4× 319 0.4× 649 0.8× 613 0.9× 495 0.8× 79 2.7k
Keith R. Laws United Kingdom 39 2.1k 1.3× 565 0.6× 291 0.4× 1.1k 1.6× 1.2k 1.8× 131 4.9k
Anthony Harris Australia 41 3.5k 2.1× 444 0.5× 519 0.6× 1.3k 1.9× 939 1.5× 174 6.3k
Ian Reid United Kingdom 36 1.2k 0.8× 641 0.7× 853 1.0× 821 1.2× 677 1.0× 98 4.4k
Christopher G. Davey Australia 36 1.9k 1.1× 665 0.8× 374 0.5× 1.4k 2.0× 1.5k 2.3× 158 4.8k
Bruce D. Grannemann United States 34 1.1k 0.7× 931 1.1× 622 0.8× 1.0k 1.4× 1.3k 2.1× 88 4.2k
Scott Wetzler United States 33 576 0.4× 482 0.5× 428 0.5× 984 1.4× 1.6k 2.5× 77 3.9k
Miguel Casas Spain 44 1.8k 1.1× 449 0.5× 659 0.8× 562 0.8× 1.9k 2.9× 343 7.4k
Scott D. Lane United States 40 1.6k 1.0× 582 0.7× 521 0.6× 1.1k 1.5× 1.4k 2.2× 184 5.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Scoboria

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Scoboria

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All Works

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Matsuba, M. Kyle, et al.. (2025). Dissociation mediates the link between negative emotionality and false memory.. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition.
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Brubacher, Sonja P., Stefanie J. Sharman, Alan Scoboria, & Martine B. Powell. (2020). The effect of question type on resistance to misinformation about present and absent details. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 34(6). 1323–1334. 4 indexed citations
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Ernst, Alexandra, Alan Scoboria, & Arnaud D’Argembeau. (2019). On the role of autobiographical knowledge in shaping belief in the future occurrence of imagined events. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 72(11). 2658–2671. 13 indexed citations
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Scoboria, Alan, et al.. (2019). Translating (lack of) memories into reports: Conversion processes in responding to unanswerable questions.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 149(7). 1231–1248. 3 indexed citations
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Scoboria, Alan, et al.. (2018). Intoxicated eyewitnesses: The effect of a fully balanced placebo design on event memory and metacognitive control. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 33(3). 344–357. 6 indexed citations
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Scoboria, Alan, et al.. (2016). Dissociating appraisals of accuracy and recollection in autobiographical remembering.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 42(7). 1068–1077. 12 indexed citations
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Scoboria, Alan, Kimberley A. Wade, D. Stephen Lindsay, et al.. (2016). A mega-analysis of memory reports from eight peer-reviewed false memory implantation studies. Memory. 25(2). 146–163. 109 indexed citations
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Bernstein, Daniel M., Alan Scoboria, & Robert W. Arnold. (2015). The consequences of suggesting false childhood food events. Acta Psychologica. 156. 1–7. 29 indexed citations
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Scoboria, Alan, et al.. (2014). Metamemory appraisals in autobiographical event recall. Cognition. 136. 337–349. 26 indexed citations
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Scoboria, Alan, et al.. (2014). Reasons for withdrawing belief in vivid autobiographical memories. Memory. 23(4). 545–562. 36 indexed citations
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Memon, Amina, et al.. (2013). Equipping witnesses with transferable skills: the Self-Administered Interview ©. Psychology Crime and Law. 20(4). 315–325. 18 indexed citations
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Scoboria, Alan, et al.. (2013). Encouraging and clarifying “don't know” responses enhances interview quality.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied. 19(1). 72–82. 27 indexed citations
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Scoboria, Alan & Jennifer M. Talarico. (2013). Indirect cueing elicits distinct types of autobiographical event representations. Consciousness and Cognition. 22(4). 1495–1509. 24 indexed citations
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Scoboria, Alan, et al.. (2012). Credible suggestions affect false autobiographical beliefs. Memory. 20(5). 429–442. 16 indexed citations
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Scoboria, Alan, Giuliana Mazzoni, Josée L. Jarry, & Daniel M. Bernstein. (2011). Personalized and not general suggestion produces false autobiographical memories and suggestion-consistent behavior. Acta Psychologica. 139(1). 225–232. 19 indexed citations
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Scoboria, Alan & Antonio Pascual‐Leone. (2009). An ‘interteaching’ informed approach to instructing large undergraduate classes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 24 indexed citations
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Kirsch, Irving, Brett J. Deacon, Tania B. Huedo–Medina, et al.. (2008). Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration. PLoS Medicine. 5(2). e45–e45. 1537 indexed citations breakdown →
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Scoboria, Alan, Giuliana Mazzoni, & Irving Kirsch. (2006). Effects of Misleading Questions and Hypnotic Memory Suggestion on Memory Reports: A Signal-Detection Analysis. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 54(3). 340–359. 11 indexed citations
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Scoboria, Alan, Giuliana Mazzoni, Irving Kirsch, & Leonard S. Milling. (2002). Immediate and persisting effects of misleading questions and hypnosis on memory reports.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied. 8(1). 26–32. 4 indexed citations

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