C. B. Ferster

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
4 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

C. B. Ferster is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, C. B. Ferster has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 2 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 1 paper in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in C. B. Ferster's work include Behavioral and Psychological Studies (3 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (2 papers) and Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (1 paper). C. B. Ferster is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral and Psychological Studies (3 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (2 papers) and Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (1 paper). C. B. Ferster collaborates with scholars based in United States. C. B. Ferster's co-authors include B. F. Skinner and has published in prestigious journals such as American Psychologist, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior and Elsevier eBooks.

In The Last Decade

C. B. Ferster

4 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Schedules of reinforcement.

1957 3.6k citations C. B. Ferster, B. F. Skinner Appleton-Century-Crofts eBooks profile →
A functional analysis of depression.

1973 591 citations C. B. Ferster American Psychologist profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. B. Ferster United States	4	2.9k	1.7k	660	598	532	4	4.2k
A. Charles Catania United States	35	3.5k 1.2×	1.8k 1.1×	346 0.5×	371 0.6×	669 1.3×	133	4.6k
Werner K. Honig Canada	24	2.9k 1.0×	2.4k 1.4×	274 0.4×	1.0k 1.7×	658 1.2×	58	5.2k
John A. Nevin United States	40	4.6k 1.6×	2.7k 1.6×	627 0.9×	764 1.3×	602 1.1×	133	6.8k
K. Geoffrey White New Zealand	33	1.1k 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	492 0.7×	588 1.0×	317 0.6×	157	3.8k
Allen Neuringer United States	32	2.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	190 0.3×	386 0.6×	391 0.7×	81	3.3k
Alan Poling United States	34	2.6k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	629 1.0×	706 1.2×	252 0.5×	293	4.6k
William M. Baum United States	38	4.7k 1.6×	2.1k 1.3×	381 0.6×	638 1.1×	631 1.2×	117	6.0k
A. W. Logue United States	36	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	537 0.8×	497 0.8×	229 0.4×	90	4.4k
Ralph M. Turner United States	21	1.5k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 1.6×	290 0.5×	273 0.5×	53	3.4k
Frances K. McSweeney United States	33	1.9k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	333 0.5×	820 1.4×	171 0.3×	111	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by C. B. Ferster

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Fields of papers citing papers by C. B. Ferster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by C. B. Ferster. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by C. B. Ferster. The network helps show where C. B. Ferster may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. B. Ferster

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of C. B. Ferster. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of C. B. Ferster based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with C. B. Ferster. C. B. Ferster is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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4 of 4 papers shown

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Ferster, C. B.. (2002). SCHEDULES OF REINFORCEMENT WITH SKINNER. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 77(3). 303–311. 17 indexed citations

2.

Ferster, C. B.. (1973). A functional analysis of depression.. American Psychologist. 28(10). 857–870. 591 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Ferster, C. B.. (1964). Reinforcement and Punishment in the Control of Human Behavior by Social Agencies. Elsevier eBooks. 10. 189–206. 17 indexed citations

4.

Ferster, C. B. & B. F. Skinner. (1957). Schedules of reinforcement.. Appleton-Century-Crofts eBooks. 3568 indexed citations breakdown →

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