Edward Joseph Shoben

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
101 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Edward Joseph Shoben is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Artificial Intelligence and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Edward Joseph Shoben has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 19 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 12 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Edward Joseph Shoben's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (16 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (9 papers) and Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Edward Joseph Shoben is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (16 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (9 papers) and Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (7 papers). Edward Joseph Shoben collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Edward Joseph Shoben's co-authors include Edward E. Smith, Lance J. Rips, Paula J. Schwanenflugel, Christina L. Gagné, Douglas L. Medin, Emilie M. Roth, Claude G. Čech, William D. Wattenmaker, Kevin M. Sailor and Patricia L. Tenpenny and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

Edward Joseph Shoben

90 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Structure and process in semantic memory: A featural mode... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1974 1973 250 500 750
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. Structure and process in semantic memory: A featural model for semantic decisions.
    1974 890 citations Edward E. Smith, Edward Joseph Shoben et al. profile →
  2. Semantic distance and the verification of semantic relations
    1973 596 citations Lance J. Rips, Edward Joseph Shoben et al. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Edward Joseph Shoben United States 22 1.7k 1.5k 1.3k 923 648 101 3.8k
Roger W. Schvaneveldt United States 23 2.4k 1.4× 2.9k 1.9× 1.3k 1.0× 765 0.8× 636 1.0× 48 4.8k
Jeffery J. Franks United States 22 2.0k 1.2× 2.4k 1.6× 1.4k 1.1× 1.0k 1.1× 626 1.0× 34 4.5k
James Deese United States 23 1.1k 0.6× 2.4k 1.6× 995 0.8× 857 0.9× 1.3k 2.0× 50 4.5k
William E. Montague United States 14 1.7k 1.0× 2.0k 1.3× 1.1k 0.9× 706 0.8× 474 0.7× 53 3.8k
Leo Postman United States 36 1.5k 0.8× 2.1k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 808 0.9× 615 0.9× 128 4.2k
Murray Singer Canada 23 2.3k 1.3× 1.4k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 891 1.0× 291 0.4× 70 3.5k
Douglas L. Hintzman United States 42 2.4k 1.4× 4.9k 3.2× 1.6k 1.2× 1.8k 2.0× 1.6k 2.4× 91 6.9k
Anthony J. Sanford United Kingdom 38 1.8k 1.0× 2.6k 1.7× 1.8k 1.4× 910 1.0× 616 1.0× 113 4.6k
Susan A. Duffy United States 26 1.8k 1.0× 1.9k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 773 0.8× 364 0.6× 41 3.6k
Martin D. S. Braine United States 30 2.1k 1.2× 666 0.4× 832 0.7× 1.0k 1.1× 144 0.2× 56 3.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shoben, Edward Joseph & Thomas L. Wilson. (1998). Categorization in Judgments of Relative Magnitude. Journal of Memory and Language. 38(1). 94–111. 12 indexed citations
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Gagné, Christina L. & Edward Joseph Shoben. (1997). Influence of thematic relations on the comprehension of modifier–noun combinations.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 23(1). 71–87. 225 indexed citations
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Sailor, Kevin M. & Edward Joseph Shoben. (1996). The role of categorical information in processing relational attributes. Memory & Cognition. 24(6). 756–765. 7 indexed citations
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Shoben, Edward Joseph & Brian H. Ross. (1986). The crucial role of dissociations. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 9(3). 568–571. 8 indexed citations
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Shoben, Edward Joseph. (1983). Applications of Multidimensional Scaling in Cognitive Psychology. Applied Psychological Measurement. 7(4). 473–490. 20 indexed citations
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Shoben, Edward Joseph. (1982). Impulse and Virtue in Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility in Two Centuries. The Hudson Review. 35(4). 521–521. 1 indexed citations
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Čech, Claude G. & Edward Joseph Shoben. (1980). Componential reasoning in kinship.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 109(4). 393–421. 3 indexed citations
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Rips, Lance J., Edward E. Smith, & Edward Joseph Shoben. (1978). Semantic composition in sentence verification. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior. 17(4). 375–401. 8 indexed citations
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Shoben, Edward Joseph, et al.. (1978). Sentence verification, sentence recognition, and the semantic-episodic distinction.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Learning & Memory. 4(4). 304–317. 14 indexed citations
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Herrmann, Douglas J., et al.. (1975). Cross-category structure in semantic memory. Memory & Cognition. 3(6). 591–594. 13 indexed citations
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Shoben, Edward Joseph. (1973). Commission on Liberal Learning.. Liberal education. 1 indexed citations
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Shoben, Edward Joseph. (1972). Problems of Person and Purpose.. Liberal education. 1 indexed citations
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Shoben, Edward Joseph. (1969). Stray Thoughts on Revisited Eclecticism.. The Personnel and Guidance Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Shoben, Edward Joseph. (1968). Means, Ends, and the Liberties of Education. The Journal of Higher Education. 39(2). 61–68. 3 indexed citations
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Shoben, Edward Joseph. (1965). Psychology : Natural Science or Humanistic Discipline?. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 5(2). 210–218. 6 indexed citations
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Shoben, Edward Joseph. (1964). Culture Against Man. Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education. 65(6). 560–560.
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Shoben, Edward Joseph. (1957). Educating psychology's underwriters.. American Psychologist. 12(8). 515–515.
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Shoben, Edward Joseph, et al.. (1956). The psychology of adjustment : a dynamic and experimental approach to personality and mental hygiene. Houghton Mifflin eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Shoben, Edward Joseph. (1954). Review of Communication and persuasion.. Journal of Consulting Psychology. 18(2). 152–152. 1 indexed citations
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Shoben, Edward Joseph. (1953). New Frontiers IN THEORY. The Personnel and Guidance Journal. 32(2). 80–83. 10 indexed citations

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