David Krech

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

David Krech is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Krech has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 6 papers in Pharmacology and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in David Krech's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (6 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (3 papers). David Krech is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (8 papers), Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (6 papers) and Stress Responses and Cortisol (3 papers). David Krech collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. David Krech's co-authors include Mark R. Rosenzweig, Edward L. Bennett, Marian C. Diamond, Richard S. Crutchfield, Egerton L. Ballachey, George S. Klein, Bernice Lindner, Helen Rhodes, Ernest R. Hilgard and Norman Livson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

David Krech

62 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Chemical and Anatomical Plasticity of Brain 1962 2026 1983 2004 1964 1962 100 200 300 400 500
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. Chemical and Anatomical Plasticity of Brain
    1964 540 citations Edward L. Bennett, Marian C. Diamond et al. Science profile →
  2. Effects of environmental complexity and training on brain chemistry and anatomy: A replication and extension.
    1962 367 citations Mark R. Rosenzweig, David Krech et al. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Krech United States 23 1.0k 881 658 441 326 65 3.5k
Abram Amsel United States 35 2.0k 1.9× 1.4k 1.6× 1.1k 1.6× 732 1.7× 165 0.5× 144 5.4k
Arthur Kling United States 29 1.1k 1.0× 641 0.7× 730 1.1× 335 0.8× 72 0.2× 74 3.3k
Roger Walsh United States 28 696 0.7× 811 0.9× 1.3k 2.0× 530 1.2× 166 0.5× 84 4.8k
James Black United States 27 1.2k 1.1× 894 1.0× 506 0.8× 219 0.5× 435 1.3× 61 4.3k
Robert J. Samuelson United States 7 1.2k 1.1× 713 0.8× 291 0.4× 224 0.5× 102 0.3× 32 2.4k
A. H. Black Canada 23 4.2k 4.0× 2.0k 2.3× 1.0k 1.5× 814 1.8× 96 0.3× 49 6.4k
Norman D. Henderson United States 23 378 0.4× 841 1.0× 624 0.9× 453 1.0× 94 0.3× 59 2.9k
Hasker P. Davis United States 31 1.9k 1.9× 1.8k 2.0× 365 0.6× 242 0.5× 315 1.0× 60 3.8k
William W. Beatty United States 55 3.0k 2.9× 1.8k 2.0× 1.9k 2.9× 1.3k 2.9× 256 0.8× 196 8.9k
Jean A. King United States 45 1.6k 1.6× 1.0k 1.2× 704 1.1× 574 1.3× 110 0.3× 212 6.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Krech

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Krech

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Krech. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Krech 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 David Krech. David Krech is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Krech, David, Lewis Petrinovich, & James L. McGaugh. (1976). Knowing, thinking, and believing : Festschrift for professor David Krech. Plenum Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations
2.
Huitson, A., J. L. Hodges, David Krech, & Richard S. Crutchfield. (1976). Stat Lab: An Empirical Introduction to Statistics.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 139(3). 404–404. 12 indexed citations
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Krech, David, et al.. (1974). A student handbook for elements of psychology. 1 indexed citations
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Krech, David, et al.. (1973). Grundlagen der Psychologie. Beltz eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Krech, David. (1970). Don't Use the Kitchen-Sink Approach to Enrichment.. 1 indexed citations
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Krech, David, et al.. (1970). Elements of psychology : a briefer course. 3 indexed citations
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Quay, W. B., Edward L. Bennett, Mark R. Rosenzweig, & David Krech. (1969). Effects of isolation and environmental complexity on brain and pineal organ. Physiology & Behavior. 4(4). 489–494. 8 indexed citations
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Krech, David, et al.. (1968). Človek v spoločnosti - základy sociálnej psychológie. 3 indexed citations
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Diamond, Marian C., Mark R. Rosenzweig, & David Krech. (1965). Relationships between body weight and skull development in rats raised in enriched and impoverished conditions. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 160(1). 29–35. 18 indexed citations
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Bennett, Edward L., Marian C. Diamond, David Krech, & Mark R. Rosenzweig. (1964). Chemical and Anatomical Plasticity of Brain. Science. 146(3644). 610–619. 540 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bennett, Edward L., David Krech, & Mark R. Rosenzweig. (1964). Reliability and regional specificity of cerebral effects of environmental complexity and training.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 57(3). 440–441. 36 indexed citations
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Krech, David, Richard S. Crutchfield, & Egerton L. Ballachey. (1962). Individual in society : a textbook of social psychology. McGraw-Hill eBooks. 154 indexed citations
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Krech, David, Mark R. Rosenzweig, & Edward L. Bennett. (1962). Relations between brain chemistry and problem-solving among rats raised in enriched and impoverished environments.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 55(5). 801–807. 201 indexed citations
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Woolley, Dorothy E., P.S. Timiras, Mark R. Rosenzweig, David Krech, & Edward L. Bennett. (1961). Sex and Strain Differences in Electroshock Convulsions of the Rat. Nature. 190(4775). 515–516. 31 indexed citations
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Rosenzweig, Mark R., David Krech, & Edward L. Bennett. (1960). A search for relations between brain chemistry and behavior.. Psychological Bulletin. 57(6). 476–492. 80 indexed citations
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Bennett, Edward L., James Crossland, David Krech, & Mark R. Rosenzweig. (1960). Strain Differences in Acetylcholine Concentration in the Brain of the Rat. Nature. 187(4739). 787–788. 13 indexed citations
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Livson, Norman & David Krech. (1956). Dynamic Systems, Perceptual Differentiation, and Intelligence1. Journal of Personality. 25(1). 46–58. 5 indexed citations
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Krech, David, Mark R. Rosenzweig, & Edward L. Bennett. (1956). Dimensions of discrimination and level of cholinesterase activity in the cerebral cortex of the rat.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 49(3). 261–268. 31 indexed citations
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Krech, David & Ernest R. Hilgard. (1954). Introduction to Psychology. The American Journal of Psychology. 67(3). 561–561. 37 indexed citations
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Klein, George S. & David Krech. (1951). The problem of Personality and Its Theory*. Journal of Personality. 20(1). 2–23. 15 indexed citations

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