E. C. Tolman

14.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

E. C. Tolman is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, E. C. Tolman has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Social Psychology, 3 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 2 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in E. C. Tolman's work include Cognitive Abilities and Testing (3 papers), Cognitive Science and Mapping (2 papers) and Social Representations and Identity (2 papers). E. C. Tolman is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive Abilities and Testing (3 papers), Cognitive Science and Mapping (2 papers) and Social Representations and Identity (2 papers). E. C. Tolman collaborates with scholars based in United States. E. C. Tolman's co-authors include Gordon W. Āllport, Henry A. Murray, Clyde Kluckhohn, Talcott Parsons, Robert R. Sears, Richard C. Sheldon, Clarence Schrag, Samuel A. Stouffer, Edward Shils and Jerry Hirsch and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Psychological Review and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

E. C. Tolman

15 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Toward a General Theory of Action.

1952 1.1k citations Clarence Schrag, Talcott Parsons et al. American Sociological Review profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
E. C. Tolman United States	7	520	419	196	114	104	16	1.5k
Manford H. Kuhn United States	11	703 1.4×	522 1.2×	139 0.7×	95 0.8×	110 1.1×	23	1.6k
Louis Schneider United States	15	1.1k 2.1×	427 1.0×	126 0.6×	149 1.3×	112 1.1×	49	2.4k
Richard C. Sheldon	3	581 1.1×	405 1.0×	248 1.3×	129 1.1×	61 0.6×	3	1.4k
W. Edgar Vinacke United States	18	581 1.1×	313 0.7×	110 0.6×	33 0.3×	71 0.7×	44	1.4k
Robert L. Hamblin United States	17	403 0.8×	239 0.6×	129 0.7×	53 0.5×	82 0.8×	48	1.2k
Clarence Schrag United States	7	582 1.1×	294 0.7×	186 0.9×	108 0.9×	41 0.4×	15	1.3k
Maurice Natanson United States	17	706 1.4×	356 0.8×	111 0.6×	53 0.5×	160 1.5×	71	2.3k
Albert Pepitone United States	20	954 1.8×	668 1.6×	80 0.4×	168 1.5×	184 1.8×	49	2.1k
Robert E. L. Faris United States	11	517 1.0×	201 0.5×	60 0.3×	59 0.5×	121 1.2×	21	1.4k
Lloyd Sloan United States	6	1.1k 2.0×	540 1.3×	274 1.4×	84 0.7×	92 0.9×	8	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of E. C. Tolman

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All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Tolman, E. C.. (2023). Behavior and Psychological Man. 2 indexed citations

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Tolman, E. C., et al.. (1993). A self-recording maze with an automatic delivery table. University Microfilms International eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Tolman, E. C.. (1959). Performance vectors: A theoretical and experimental attack upon emphasis, effect, and repression.. American Psychologist. 14(1). 1–7. 5 indexed citations

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Tolman, E. C.. (1958). Behavior and psychological man : essays in motivation and learning. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 28 indexed citations

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Tolman, E. C.. (1955). Egon Brunswik, Psychologist and Philosopher of Science. Science. 122(3176). 910–910. 1 indexed citations

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Tolman, E. C.. (1955). Performance vectors and the unconscious. Acta Psychologica. 11. 31–40. 5 indexed citations

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Hirsch, Jerry, et al.. (1955). An experimental test of an alleged innate sign stimulus.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 48(4). 278–280. 30 indexed citations

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Tolman, E. C.. (1955). Principles of performance.. Psychological Review. 62(5). 315–326. 125 indexed citations

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Tolman, E. C.. (1954). The Process Known as Scapegoating. Science. 120(3122). 5A–5A.

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Tolman, E. C.. (1954). Freedom and the cognitive mind.. American Psychologist. 9(9). 536–538. 6 indexed citations

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Schrag, Clarence, Talcott Parsons, Edward Shils, et al.. (1952). Toward a General Theory of Action.. American Sociological Review. 17(2). 247–247. 1086 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tolman, E. C.. (1952). A theoretical analysis of the relations between sociology and psychology.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 47(2, Suppl). 291–298. 3 indexed citations

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Tolman, E. C.. (1952). A cognition motivation model.. Psychological Review. 59(5). 389–400. 25 indexed citations

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Tolman, E. C.. (1951). Report on the Controversy at the University of California.. American Psychologist. 6(2). 69–70. 1 indexed citations

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Tolman, E. C.. (1951). Collected Papers in Psychology. 74 indexed citations

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Tolman, E. C.. (1951). Behavior and Psychological Man. 77 indexed citations

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