C. Alan Boneau

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

C. Alan Boneau is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Alan Boneau has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 2 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in C. Alan Boneau's work include Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (2 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (2 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (1 paper). C. Alan Boneau is often cited by papers focused on Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (2 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (2 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (1 paper). C. Alan Boneau collaborates with scholars based in United States. C. Alan Boneau's co-authors include William L. Hays, James L. Cole, Werner K. Honig, H. S. Pennypacker, Seymour Axelrod, Morris K. Holland and William Baker and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Psychological Bulletin and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

C. Alan Boneau

17 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Statistics for Psychologists 1960 2026 1982 2004 1966 1960 500 1000 1.5k
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. Statistics for Psychologists
    1966 1.6k citations C. Alan Boneau, William L. Hays The American Journal of Psychology profile →
  2. The effects of violations of assumptions underlying the t test.
    1960 570 citations C. Alan Boneau Psychological Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C. Alan Boneau United States 13 460 445 424 300 290 19 2.7k
A. S. C. Ehrenberg United Kingdom 18 531 1.2× 452 1.0× 380 0.9× 318 1.1× 253 0.9× 57 3.3k
George A. Ferguson Canada 15 613 1.3× 569 1.3× 584 1.4× 516 1.7× 190 0.7× 23 3.6k
Quinn McNemar United States 19 539 1.2× 523 1.2× 561 1.3× 625 2.1× 302 1.0× 36 3.9k
Holly Smith United Kingdom 12 296 0.6× 282 0.6× 300 0.7× 207 0.7× 132 0.5× 24 2.3k
Ralph G. OʼBrien United States 18 331 0.7× 474 1.1× 222 0.5× 217 0.7× 278 1.0× 29 2.2k
Eugene S. Edgington Canada 19 663 1.4× 613 1.4× 231 0.5× 203 0.7× 729 2.5× 65 3.2k
John W. Cotton United States 22 954 2.1× 520 1.2× 311 0.7× 472 1.6× 105 0.4× 94 3.0k
A. B. Silverstein United States 25 729 1.6× 438 1.0× 267 0.6× 956 3.2× 235 0.8× 162 3.1k
Leonard A. Marascuilo United States 21 575 1.3× 367 0.8× 408 1.0× 297 1.0× 511 1.8× 64 4.9k
Paul A. Games United States 23 162 0.4× 204 0.5× 241 0.6× 171 0.6× 533 1.8× 79 2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. Alan Boneau

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Boneau, C. Alan. (1998). In Defense of Human Psychology. Contemporary Psychology. 43(8). 535–536.
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Boneau, C. Alan. (1992). Observations on psychology's past and future.. American Psychologist. 47(12). 1586–1596. 18 indexed citations
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Boneau, C. Alan. (1990). Short-term recognition memory under rehearsal instructions and imaging instructions. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society. 28(4). 297–299. 8 indexed citations
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Boneau, C. Alan. (1990). Psychological literacy: A first approximation.. American Psychologist. 45(7). 891–900. 50 indexed citations
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Boneau, C. Alan, et al.. (1974). An overview of psychology's human resources: Characteristics and salaries from the 1972 APA survey.. American Psychologist. 29(11). 821–840. 23 indexed citations
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Boneau, C. Alan. (1974). Paradigm regained? Cognitive behaviorism restated.. American Psychologist. 29(5). 297–309. 22 indexed citations
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Boneau, C. Alan. (1969). The APA project for studying undergraduate curriculum in psychology.. American Psychologist. 24(11). 1057–1059. 1 indexed citations
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Boneau, C. Alan & James L. Cole. (1967). Decision theory, the pigeon, and the psychophysical function.. Psychological Review. 74(2). 123–135. 73 indexed citations
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Boneau, C. Alan & William L. Hays. (1966). Statistics for Psychologists. The American Journal of Psychology. 79(1). 171–171. 1649 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boneau, C. Alan, Morris K. Holland, & William Baker. (1965). Color-Discrimination Performance of Pigeons: Effects of Reward. Science. 149(3688). 1113–1114. 15 indexed citations
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Boneau, C. Alan & Werner K. Honig. (1964). Opposed generalization gradients based upon conditional discrimination training.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 68(1). 89–93. 24 indexed citations
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Honig, Werner K., et al.. (1963). Positive and negative generalization gradients obtained after equivalent training conditions.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 56(1). 111–116. 95 indexed citations
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Boneau, C. Alan & Seymour Axelrod. (1962). Work decrement and reminiscence in pigeon operant responding.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 64(4). 352–354. 20 indexed citations
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Boneau, C. Alan & James L. Cole. (1962). Discrimination Performance in the Pigeon. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 15(3). 758–758. 1 indexed citations
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Boneau, C. Alan & H. S. Pennypacker. (1961). Group Matching as Research Strategy: How Not to Get Significant Results. Psychological Reports. 8(1). 143–147. 6 indexed citations
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Boneau, C. Alan. (1961). A note on measurement scales and statistical tests.. American Psychologist. 16(5). 260–261. 30 indexed citations
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Boneau, C. Alan, et al.. (1961). Learning and Behavior. The American Journal of Psychology. 74(4). 660–660. 9 indexed citations
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Boneau, C. Alan. (1960). The effects of violations of assumptions underlying the t test.. Psychological Bulletin. 57(1). 49–64. 570 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boneau, C. Alan. (1958). The interstimulus interval and the latency of the conditioned eyelid response.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 56(6). 464–471. 65 indexed citations

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