Bruce F. Pennington

45.6k total citations · 9 hit papers
257 papers, 32.5k citations indexed

About

Bruce F. Pennington is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce F. Pennington has authored 257 papers receiving a total of 32.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 158 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 89 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 78 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Bruce F. Pennington's work include Reading and Literacy Development (119 papers), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (77 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (51 papers). Bruce F. Pennington is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (119 papers), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (77 papers) and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (51 papers). Bruce F. Pennington collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. Bruce F. Pennington's co-authors include Erik G. Willcutt, Sally Ozonoff, Sally J. Rogers, John C. DeFries, Richard K. Olson, Marilyn C. Welsh, Joel T. Nigg, Robin L. Peterson, Shelley D. Smith and Stephen V. Faraone and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Bruce F. Pennington

256 papers receiving 30.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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 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. Validity of the Executive Function Theory of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Meta-Analytic Review
    2005 2.6k citations Erik G. Willcutt, Alysa E. Doyle et al. Biological Psychiatry profile →
  2. Executive Functions and Developmental Psychopathology
    1996 2.3k citations Bruce F. Pennington et al. profile →
  3. Executive Function Deficits in High‐Functioning Autistic Individuals: Relationship to Theory of Mind
    1991 1.2k citations Bruce F. Pennington, Sally J. Rogers et al. profile →
  4. A normative‐developmental study of executive function: A window on prefrontal function in children
    1991 976 citations Bruce F. Pennington et al. profile →
  5. From single to multiple deficit models of developmental disorders
    2006 780 citations Bruce F. Pennington profile →
  6. Validity of DSM-IV attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptom dimensions and subtypes.
    2012 651 citations Erik G. Willcutt, Joel T. Nigg et al. profile →
  7. Assessing frontal lobe functioning in children: Views from developmental psychology
    1988 608 citations Bruce F. Pennington et al. profile →
  8. Developmental dyslexia
    2012 481 citations Robin L. Peterson, Bruce F. Pennington profile →
  9. Developmental Dyslexia
    2015 408 citations Robin L. Peterson, Bruce F. Pennington Annual Review of Clinical Psychology profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Bruce F. Pennington 17.3k 15.9k 13.0k 5.1k 4.7k 257 32.5k
Adele Diamond 10.5k 0.6× 9.6k 0.6× 5.0k 0.4× 5.4k 1.1× 2.2k 0.5× 102 26.7k
Martha B. Denckla 7.0k 0.4× 9.4k 0.6× 6.5k 0.5× 2.8k 0.5× 2.0k 0.4× 192 17.6k
Francesca Happé 10.8k 0.6× 26.0k 1.6× 6.3k 0.5× 9.7k 1.9× 625 0.1× 330 33.0k
Erik G. Willcutt 7.7k 0.4× 8.8k 0.6× 13.6k 1.0× 4.7k 0.9× 2.0k 0.4× 174 19.9k
Rosemary Tannock 6.3k 0.4× 11.7k 0.7× 15.4k 1.2× 5.6k 1.1× 839 0.2× 232 22.8k
Bennett A. Shaywitz 11.8k 0.7× 8.6k 0.5× 3.8k 0.3× 1.4k 0.3× 5.0k 1.1× 226 19.1k
Naomi P. Friedman 6.2k 0.4× 12.3k 0.8× 5.1k 0.4× 5.0k 1.0× 1.6k 0.3× 125 24.8k
John C. DeFries 6.1k 0.4× 3.6k 0.2× 3.1k 0.2× 2.0k 0.4× 2.2k 0.5× 163 13.0k
Sally E. Shaywitz 13.2k 0.8× 8.1k 0.5× 3.2k 0.3× 1.1k 0.2× 5.7k 1.2× 165 18.2k
Susan E. Gathercole 18.3k 1.1× 12.6k 0.8× 2.7k 0.2× 1.5k 0.3× 4.5k 0.9× 196 26.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Treiman, Rebecca, Jacqueline Hulslander, Erik G. Willcutt, Bruce F. Pennington, & Richard K. Olson. (2024). On the relationship between word reading ability and spelling ability. Reading and Writing. 38(6). 1509–1531. 3 indexed citations
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Willcutt, Erik G., et al.. (2023). Processing Speed is Related to the General Psychopathology Factor in Youth. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. 51(8). 1179–1193. 6 indexed citations
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Anderson, Nina, Michelle Rozenman, Bruce F. Pennington, Erik G. Willcutt, & Lauren M. McGrath. (2022). Compounding Effects of Domain-General Cognitive Weaknesses and Word Reading Difficulties on Anxiety Symptoms in Youth. Journal of Learning Disabilities. 56(5). 343–358. 3 indexed citations
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McGrath, Lauren M., Robin L. Peterson, & Bruce F. Pennington. (2019). The Multiple Deficit Model: Progress, Problems, and Prospects. Scientific Studies of Reading. 24(1). 7–13. 93 indexed citations
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Peterson, Robin L. & Bruce F. Pennington. (2015). Developmental Dyslexia. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. 11(1). 283–307. 408 indexed citations breakdown →
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Christopher, Micaela E., Jacqueline Hulslander, Brian Byrne, et al.. (2014). Genetic and Environmental Etiologies of the Longitudinal Relations Between Prereading Skills and Reading. Child Development. 86(2). 342–361. 29 indexed citations
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Arnett, Anne B., Bruce F. Pennington, Erik G. Willcutt, et al.. (2012). A Cross-Lagged Model of the Development of ADHD Inattention Symptoms and Rapid Naming Speed. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 40(8). 1313–1326. 44 indexed citations
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Willcutt, Erik G., Rebecca S. Betjemann, Lauren M. McGrath, et al.. (2010). Etiology and neuropsychology of comorbidity between RD and ADHD: The case for multiple-deficit models. Cortex. 46(10). 1345–1361. 249 indexed citations
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Willcutt, Erik G., Alysa E. Doyle, Joel T. Nigg, Stephen V. Faraone, & Bruce F. Pennington. (2005). Validity of the Executive Function Theory of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Meta-Analytic Review. Biological Psychiatry. 57(11). 1336–1346. 2598 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meng, Haiying, Shelley D. Smith, Karl Hager, et al.. (2005). DCDC2 is associated with reading disability and modulates neuronal development in the brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(47). 17053–17058. 310 indexed citations
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Pennington, Bruce F., et al.. (2003). The Neuropsychology of Down Syndrome: Evidence for Hippocampal Dysfunction. Child Development. 74(1). 75–93. 373 indexed citations
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Knopik, Valerie S., Shelley D. Smith, Lon R. Cardon, et al.. (2002). Differential Genetic Etiology of Reading Component Processes as a Function of IQ. Behavior Genetics. 32(3). 181–198. 30 indexed citations
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Pennington, Bruce F. & Dianne L. Lefly. (2001). Early Reading Development in Children at Family Risk for Dyslexia. Child Development. 72(3). 816–833. 359 indexed citations
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Riddle, Jeannette E., Amrita K. Cheema, William E. Sobesky, et al.. (1997). Phenotypic Involvement in Females With the FMR1 Gene Mutation. American Journal on Mental Retardation. 102(6). 590–590. 97 indexed citations
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Gilger, Jeffrey W., et al.. (1996). Differential risk for developmental reading disorders in the offspring of compensated versus noncompensated parents. Reading and Writing. 8(5). 407–417. 18 indexed citations
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Haith, Marshall M., Janette B. Benson, Ralph J. Roberts, & Bruce F. Pennington. (1994). The development of future-oriented processes. University of Chicago Press eBooks. 111 indexed citations
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Rogers, Sally J. & Bruce F. Pennington. (1991). A theoretical approach to the deficits in infantile autism. Development and Psychopathology. 3(2). 137–162. 439 indexed citations
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DeFries, J. C., Richard K. Olson, Bruce F. Pennington, & S. D. Smith. (1991). Colorado Reading Project: Past, Present, and Future. 2(2). 25 indexed citations
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Pennington, Bruce F., Robert K. Heaton, Peter Karzmark, et al.. (1985). The Neuropsychological Phenotype in Turner Syndrome. Cortex. 21(3). 391–404. 93 indexed citations

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