Carol Lawton

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Carol Lawton is a scholar working on Automotive Engineering, Geography, Planning and Development and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carol Lawton has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Automotive Engineering, 4 papers in Geography, Planning and Development and 3 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Carol Lawton's work include Spatial Cognition and Navigation (9 papers), Geography Education and Pedagogy (4 papers) and Geographic Information Systems Studies (2 papers). Carol Lawton is often cited by papers focused on Spatial Cognition and Navigation (9 papers), Geography Education and Pedagogy (4 papers) and Geographic Information Systems Studies (2 papers). Carol Lawton collaborates with scholars based in United States and Hungary. Carol Lawton's co-authors include János Kállai, Judith Elaine Blakemore, Lesa Vartanian, David W. Hatcher, Kenneth S Bordens and John Eliot and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Environmental Psychology, Environment and Behavior and Sex Roles.

In The Last Decade

Carol Lawton

15 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Gender differences in way-finding strategies: Relationship to spatial ability and spatial anxiety

1994 583 citations Carol Lawton Sex Roles profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Carol Lawton United States	10	1.2k	530	353	293	292	16	1.5k
Chiara Meneghetti Italy	26	1.1k 0.9×	397 0.7×	531 1.5×	236 0.8×	517 1.8×	131	1.9k
Nathaniel G. Meadow United States	4	869 0.7×	365 0.7×	296 0.8×	261 0.9×	402 1.4×	8	1.3k
Mark G. McGee United States	11	959 0.8×	336 0.6×	332 0.9×	333 1.1×	287 1.0×	19	1.4k
Raffaella Nori Italy	22	587 0.5×	151 0.3×	548 1.6×	153 0.5×	294 1.0×	87	1.4k
M. Beth Casey United States	20	867 0.7×	265 0.5×	495 1.4×	154 0.5×	579 2.0×	42	1.6k
Valérie Gyselinck France	20	515 0.4×	156 0.3×	495 1.4×	137 0.5×	345 1.2×	55	1.2k
Evelyn Lawrence	4	937 0.8×	277 0.5×	506 1.4×	167 0.6×	785 2.7×	5	2.3k
Claudia Quaiser‐Pohl Germany	16	687 0.6×	218 0.4×	182 0.5×	157 0.5×	447 1.5×	46	1.0k
Alycia M. Hund United States	21	545 0.5×	181 0.3×	293 0.8×	100 0.3×	579 2.0×	47	1.2k
Marvin Levine United States	19	403 0.3×	193 0.4×	412 1.2×	94 0.3×	564 1.9×	41	1.6k

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Lawton, Carol, et al.. (2023). Perceived Difficulty of Everyday Spatial Activities: Underlying Dimensions and Gender Differences. Spatial Cognition and Computation. 24(1). 32–60.

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Lawton, Carol, et al.. (2015). Laterality, sex, and everyday spatial behaviours: an exploratory analysis. Laterality Asymmetries of Body Brain and Cognition. 21(4-6). 745–766. 6 indexed citations

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Blakemore, Judith Elaine, Carol Lawton, & Lesa Vartanian. (2005). I Can't Wait to Get Married: Gender Differences in Drive to Marry. Sex Roles. 53(5-6). 327–335. 63 indexed citations

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Lawton, Carol & David W. Hatcher. (2005). Gender Differences in Integration of Images in Visuospatial Memory. Sex Roles. 53(9-10). 717–725. 25 indexed citations

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Lawton, Carol, Judith Elaine Blakemore, & Lesa Vartanian. (2003). The New Meaning of Ms.: Single, But too Old for Miss. Psychology of Women Quarterly. 27(3). 215–220. 6 indexed citations

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Lawton, Carol & János Kállai. (2002). Gender Differences in Wayfinding Strategies and Anxiety About Wayfinding: A Cross-Cultural Comparison. Sex Roles. 47(9-10). 389–401. 220 indexed citations

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Lawton, Carol. (2001). Gender and Regional Differences in Spatial Referents Used in Direction Giving. Sex Roles. 44(5-6). 321–337. 67 indexed citations

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Lawton, Carol. (2000). Die attischen Bildfeldstelen des 4. Jhs. v. Chr.: Untersuchungen zu den kleinformatigen Grabreliefs im spätklassischen Athen. By Andreas Scholl.. American Journal of Archaeology. 104(4). 808–809. 6 indexed citations

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Lawton, Carol, et al.. (1999). Gender Differences in Pointing Accuracy in Computer-Simulated 3D Mazes. Sex Roles. 40(1-2). 73–92. 88 indexed citations

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Lawton, Carol, et al.. (1996). Individual- and Gender-Related Differences in Indoor Wayfinding. Environment and Behavior. 28(2). 204–219. 144 indexed citations

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Lawton, Carol. (1996). STRATEGIES FOR INDOOR WAYFINDING: THE ROLE OF ORIENTATION. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 16(2). 137–145. 267 indexed citations

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Lawton, Carol & Kenneth S Bordens. (1995). Gender Differences in Science Interests: An Analysis of Science Fair Projects.. 5 indexed citations

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Lawton, Carol & Kenneth S Bordens. (1995). Gender Differences in Science Fair Projects. Opus: Research & Creativity (Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne). 1 indexed citations

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Lawton, Carol. (1994). Gender differences in way-finding strategies: Relationship to spatial ability and spatial anxiety. Sex Roles. 30(11-12). 765–779. 583 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lawton, Carol. (1993). Contextual Factors Affecting Errors in Proportional Reasoning. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 24(5). 460–466. 32 indexed citations

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Lawton, Carol. (1993). Contextual Factors Affecting Errors in Proportional Reasoning. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 24(5). 460–460. 25 indexed citations

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