Alan Silberberg

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Alan Silberberg is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Silberberg has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 24 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 23 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Alan Silberberg's work include Behavioral and Psychological Studies (52 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (23 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (14 papers). Alan Silberberg is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral and Psychological Studies (52 papers), Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (23 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (14 papers). Alan Silberberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Italy. Alan Silberberg's co-authors include Steven R. Hursh, John M. Ziriax, Burton M. Slotnick, David N. Kearns, Edmund Fantino, Peter G. Roma, Stephen J. Suomi, David B. Peele, Angela Ruggiero and Kazuo Fujita and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Psychological Bulletin and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

Alan Silberberg

86 papers receiving 2.5k 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. Economic demand and essential value.
    2008 599 citations Steven R. Hursh, Alan Silberberg profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Alan Silberberg 1.1k 772 625 583 297 86 2.6k
Randolph C. Grace 1.5k 1.3× 963 1.2× 271 0.4× 289 0.5× 216 0.7× 159 4.1k
A. W. Logue 2.0k 1.7× 1.2k 1.6× 497 0.8× 616 1.1× 642 2.2× 90 4.4k
Gene M. Heyman 929 0.8× 653 0.8× 654 1.0× 163 0.3× 134 0.5× 60 2.0k
Allen Neuringer 2.2k 1.9× 1.3k 1.7× 386 0.6× 451 0.8× 106 0.4× 81 3.3k
J. Bruce Overmier 819 0.7× 1.5k 2.0× 1.0k 1.6× 846 1.5× 137 0.5× 142 4.3k
Timothy A. Shahan 2.4k 2.1× 1.7k 2.2× 769 1.2× 354 0.6× 160 0.5× 123 3.1k
Eliot Hearst 1.7k 1.5× 1.3k 1.7× 773 1.2× 479 0.8× 82 0.3× 82 3.3k
Abram Amsel 1.5k 1.3× 2.0k 2.5× 1.4k 2.2× 1.1k 1.8× 168 0.6× 144 5.4k
John M. Hinson 586 0.5× 1.1k 1.5× 183 0.3× 346 0.6× 209 0.7× 68 2.6k
Herbert M. Jenkins 1.9k 1.7× 1.2k 1.6× 549 0.9× 544 0.9× 101 0.3× 13 3.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Silberberg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Silberberg

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All Works

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Kearns, David N., et al.. (2025). Demand for heroin in rats: effects of non-drug alternative substitutes and complements. Neuropsychopharmacology. 50(12). 1896–1903. 1 indexed citations
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Kearns, David N., et al.. (2024). No evidence tube entrapment distresses rodents in typical empathy tests. Animal Cognition. 27(1). 29–29. 1 indexed citations
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Silberberg, Alan, et al.. (2020). Heroin choice depends on income level and economy type. Psychopharmacology. 237(5). 1447–1457. 5 indexed citations
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Silberberg, Alan, et al.. (2019). The effect of economy type on heroin and saccharin essential value.. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 27(6). 598–608. 10 indexed citations
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Silberberg, Alan, et al.. (2018). The effect of economy type on demand and preference for cocaine and saccharin in rats. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 192. 150–157. 11 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Lindsay P., David N. Kearns, & Alan Silberberg. (2017). The effect of nicotine pre-exposure on demand for cocaine and sucrose in male rats. Behavioural Pharmacology. 29(4). 316–326. 5 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Lindsay P., et al.. (2017). Heroin and saccharin demand and preference in rats. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 178. 87–93. 19 indexed citations
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Silberberg, Alan, Tobias Moeller‐Bertram, & Mark S. Wallace. (2014). A Randomized, Double-Blind, Crossover Study to Evaluate the Depth Response Relationship of Intradermal Capsaicin-Induced Pain and Hyperalgesia in Healthy Adult Volunteers. Pain Medicine. 16(4). 745–752. 5 indexed citations
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Genty, Émilie, et al.. (2012). Time preferences in long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) and humans (Homo sapiens). Animal Cognition. 15(6). 1161–1172. 21 indexed citations
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Silberberg, Alan & Edmund Fantino. (2010). Observing responses: Maintained by good news only?. Behavioural Processes. 85(1). 80–82. 7 indexed citations
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Marks, Katherine R., et al.. (2010). Learning that a cocaine reward is smaller than expected: A test of Redish's computational model of addiction. Behavioural Brain Research. 212(2). 204–207. 12 indexed citations
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Fantino, Edmund & Alan Silberberg. (2010). REVISITING THE ROLE OF BAD NEWS IN MAINTAINING HUMAN OBSERVING BEHAVIOR. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 93(2). 157–170. 20 indexed citations
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Silberberg, Alan, et al.. (2009). SINGLE‐SAMPLE DISCRIMINATION OF DIFFERENT SCHEDULES' REINFORCED INTERRESPONSE TIMES. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 91(2). 157–167. 3 indexed citations
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Silberberg, Alan, et al.. (2009). Does inequity aversion depend on a frustration effect? A test with capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Animal Cognition. 12(3). 505–509. 62 indexed citations
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Silberberg, Alan, et al.. (2008). Essential value of cocaine and food in rats: tests of the exponential model of demand. Psychopharmacology. 198(2). 221–229. 59 indexed citations
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Roma, Peter G., et al.. (2007). Mark Tests for mirror self‐recognition in capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella) trained to touch marks. American Journal of Primatology. 69(9). 989–1000. 23 indexed citations
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Silberberg, Alan, Richard A. Bauman, & Steven R. Hursh. (1993). STOCK OPTIMIZING: MAXIMIZING REINFORCERS PER SESSION ON A VARIABLE‐INTERVAL SCHEDULE. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 59(2). 389–399. 29 indexed citations
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Silberberg, Alan, et al.. (1991). HUMAN CHOICE ON CONCURRENT VARIABLE‐INTERVAL VARIABLE‐RATIO SCHEDULES. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 56(3). 575–584. 14 indexed citations
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Slotnick, Burton M., et al.. (1991). Olfactory learning and odor memory in the rat. Physiology & Behavior. 50(3). 555–561. 55 indexed citations
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Silberberg, Alan, John M. Ziriax, William E. Timberlake, & William P. Vaughan. (1987). COMMENTARY PROMPTED BY VAUGHAN'S REPLY TO SILBERBERG AND ZIRIAX. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 48(2). 341–346. 5 indexed citations

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