Daniel J. Benjamin

17.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Daniel J. Benjamin is a scholar working on General Decision Sciences, Genetics and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Daniel J. Benjamin has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in General Decision Sciences, 14 papers in Genetics and 14 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Daniel J. Benjamin's work include Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (17 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (13 papers) and Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (7 papers). Daniel J. Benjamin is often cited by papers focused on Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (17 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (13 papers) and Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (7 papers). Daniel J. Benjamin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Netherlands. Daniel J. Benjamin's co-authors include Jesse M. Shapiro, David Laibson, David Cesarini, James O. Berger, James J. Lee, Christopher F. Chabris, Magnus Johannesson, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Peter M. Visscher and Benjamin M. Neale and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Daniel J. Benjamin

53 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG

2017 538 citations Patrick Turley, Raymond K. Walters et al. Nature Genetics profile →
WHO IS ‘BEHAVIORAL’? COGNITIVE ABILITY AND ANOMALOUS PREFERENCES

2013 391 citations Daniel J. Benjamin, Jesse M. Shapiro et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Family-based genome-wide association study designs for increased power and robustness 2025 ·Nature Genetics ·(unknown), Tammy Tan, (unknown), Michael Bennett, Patrick Turley, Daniel J. Benjamin, Alexander I. Young	2
2	Overconfidence Persists Despite Years of Accurate, Precise, Public, and Continuous Feedback: Two Studies of Tournament Chess Players 2025 ·Psychological Science ·Patrick R. Heck, Daniel J. Benjamin, Daniel J. Simons, Christopher F. Chabris	0
3	Public views on polygenic screening of embryos 2023 ·Science ·Michelle N. Meyer, Tammy Tan, Daniel J. Benjamin, David Laibson, Patrick Turley	29
4	Mendelian imputation of parental genotypes improves estimates of direct genetic effects 2022 ·Nature Genetics ·Alexander I. Young, (unknown), Stefania Benónísdóttir, Aysu Okbay, (unknown), Chan Wook Lee, David Cesarini, Daniel J. Benjamin, Patrick Turley, Augustine Kong	43
5	Problems With Using Polygenic Scores to Select Embryos 2021 ·Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey ·Patrick Turley, Michelle N. Meyer, Nancy Wang, David Cesarini, Evelynn M. Hammonds, Alicia R. Martin, Benjamin M. Neale, Heidi L. Rehm, Louise Wilkins‐Haug, Daniel J. Benjamin, Steven E. Hyman, David Laibson, Peter M. Visscher	2
6	Predicting mid-life capital formation with pre-school delay of gratification and life-course measures of self-regulation 2019 ·Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization ·Daniel J. Benjamin, David Laibson, Walter Mischel, Philip K. Peake, Yuichi Shoda, (unknown), Nicole L. Wilson	24
7	Measuring and controlling for the compromise effect when estimating risk preference parameters 2019 ·Experimental Economics ·Jonathan Beauchamp, Daniel J. Benjamin, David Laibson, Christopher F. Chabris	22
8	No Evidence That Experiencing Physical Warmth Promotes Interpersonal Warmth 2018 ·Social Psychology ·Christopher F. Chabris, Patrick R. Heck, (unknown), Daniel J. Benjamin, Daniel J. Simons	40
9	Imprint of assortative mating on the human genome 2018 ·Nature Human Behaviour ·Loïc Yengo, Matthew R. Robinson, Matthew C. Keller, Kathryn E. Kemper, Yuanhao Yang, Maciej Trzaskowski, Jacob Gratten, Patrick Turley, David Cesarini, Daniel J. Benjamin, Naomi R. Wray, Michael E. Goddard, Jian Yang, Peter M. Visscher	71
10	GWAS of educational attainment: phase 3-main results 2017 ·Behavior Genetics ·Aysu Okbay, Robbee Wedow, Edward Kong, Patrick Turley, (unknown), Meghan Zacher, Kevin Thom, Anh Tuan Nguyen, Omeed Maghzian, Richard Karlsson Linnér, Matthew R. Robinson, Peter M. Visscher, Daniel J. Benjamin, David Cesarini	2
11	The relationship between the normalized gradient addition mechanism and quadratic voting 2017 ·Public Choice ·Daniel J. Benjamin, Ori Heffetz, Miles Kimball, (unknown)	2
12	Multi-trait analysis of genome-wide association summary statistics using MTAG breakdown → 2017 ·Nature Genetics ·Patrick Turley, Raymond K. Walters, Omeed Maghzian, Aysu Okbay, James J. Lee, Mark Alan Fontana, (unknown), Robbee Wedow, Meghan Zacher, Nicholas A. Furlotte, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Sven Oskarsson, Magnus Johannesson, Peter M. Visscher, David Laibson, David Cesarini, Benjamin M. Neale, Daniel J. Benjamin	538
13	Rejection odds and rejection ratios: A proposal for statistical practice in testing hypotheses 2016 ·Journal of Mathematical Psychology ·M. J. Bayarri, Daniel J. Benjamin, James O. Berger, Thomas Sellke	68
14	Smoking, Genes, and Health: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study 2015 ·Daniel J. Benjamin, Andrew Caplin, David Cesarini, Kevin Thom, Patrick Turley	1
15	The Fourth Law of Behavior Genetics 2015 ·Current Directions in Psychological Science ·Christopher F. Chabris, James J. Lee, David Cesarini, Daniel J. Benjamin, David Laibson	191
16	Are SNPs associated with educational attainment also associated with cognitive function? 2013 ·Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) ·Cornelius A. Rietveld, Philipp Koellinger, Daniel J. Benjamin, David Cesarini, George Davey Smith, Gail Davies, Ian J. Deary, Magnus Johannesson, Robert Plomin, Daniëlle Posthuma, Peter M. Visscher	1
17	Thin-Slice Forecasts of Gubernatorial Elections 2009 ·The Review of Economics and Statistics ·Daniel J. Benjamin, Jesse M. Shapiro	79
18	Does 401(k) Eligibility Increase Saving? Evidence from Propensity Score Subclassification 2005 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Daniel J. Benjamin	11
19	Does Cognitive Ability Reduce Psychological Bias 2005 ·Malaria Journal ·Daniel J. Benjamin, Jesse M. Shapiro, Andrew Caplin, (unknown), (unknown), Steve Cicala, (unknown), Erik Eyster	16
20	Good Policies For Bad Governments: Behavioral Political Economy 2003 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Daniel J. Benjamin, David Laibson	7

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