Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers

66.5k total citations · 24 hit papers
315 papers, 32.8k citations indexed

About

Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Cognitive Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers has authored 315 papers receiving a total of 32.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Statistics and Probability, 83 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 62 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers's work include Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (66 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (58 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (53 papers). Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers is often cited by papers focused on Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (66 papers), Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (58 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (53 papers). Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers's co-authors include Michael Lee, Simon Farrell, Birte U. Forstmann, Ruud Wetzels, Dóra Matzke, Han L. J. van der Maas, Scott Brown, Quentin F. Gronau, Richard D. Morey and Raoul P. P. P. Grasman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers

308 papers receiving 32.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. AIC model selection using Akaike weights
    2004 2.0k citations Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers et al. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review profile →
  2. A practical solution to the pervasive problems ofp values
    2007 1.8k citations Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers Psychonomic Bulletin & Review profile →
  3. A manifesto for reproducible science
    2017 1.7k citations Chris Chambers, Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers et al. Nature Human Behaviour profile →
  4. Bayesian Cognitive Modeling
    2014 1.2k citations Michael Lee, Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers profile →
  5. Bayesian inference for psychology. Part I: Theoretical advantages and practical ramifications
    2017 1.1k citations Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers, Maarten Marsman et al. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review profile →
  6. Editors’ Introduction to the Special Section on Replicability in Psychological Science
    2012 913 citations Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers et al. Perspectives on Psychological Science profile →
  7. Bayesian Cognitive Modeling: A Practical Course
    2014 883 citations Michael Lee, Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers profile →
  8. Statistical Evidence in Experimental Psychology
    2011 671 citations Michael Lee, Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers et al. Perspectives on Psychological Science profile →
  9. The JASP guidelines for conducting and reporting a Bayesian analysis
    2020 652 citations Johnny van Doorn, Don van den Bergh et al. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review profile →
  10. Why psychologists must change the way they analyze their data: The case of psi: Comment on Bem (2011).
    2011 639 citations Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers et al. profile →
  11. On the ability to inhibit thought and action: General and special theories of an act of control.
    2014 637 citations Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers et al. profile →
  12. An Agenda for Purely Confirmatory Research
    2012 610 citations Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers et al. Perspectives on Psychological Science profile →
  13. Erroneous analyses of interactions in neuroscience: a problem of significance
    2011 585 citations Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers et al. profile →
  14. JASP: Graphical Statistical Software for Common Statistical Designs
    2019 561 citations Maarten Marsman, Tahira Jamil et al. profile →
  15. The neural basis of the speed–accuracy tradeoff
    2009 512 citations Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers et al. profile →
  16. Bayesian hypothesis testing for psychologists: A tutorial on the Savage–Dickey method
    2010 443 citations Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers et al. profile →
  17. Bayes factor design analysis: Planning for compelling evidence
    2017 425 citations Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers et al. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review profile →
  18. Using Bayes factor hypothesis testing in neuroscience to establish evidence of absence
    2020 413 citations Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers et al. profile →
  19. The fallacy of placing confidence in confidence intervals
    2015 389 citations Richard D. Morey, Rink Hoekstra et al. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review profile →
  20. A default Bayesian hypothesis test for correlations and partial correlations
    2012 387 citations Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers et al. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review profile →
  21. Sequential Sampling Models in Cognitive Neuroscience: Advantages, Applications, and Extensions
    2015 371 citations Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers et al. profile →
  22. Sequential hypothesis testing with Bayes factors: Efficiently testing mean differences.
    2015 319 citations Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers et al. Psychological Methods profile →
  23. Hidden multiplicity in exploratory multiway ANOVA: Prevalence and remedies
    2015 309 citations Don van Ravenzwaaij, Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers et al. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review profile →
  24. Detecting and avoiding likely false‐positive findings – a practical guide
    2016 273 citations Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers 14.6k 6.5k 4.0k 3.6k 3.2k 315 32.8k
Douglas M. Bates 15.2k 1.0× 11.0k 1.7× 7.5k 1.9× 9.3k 2.6× 4.6k 1.4× 87 100.0k
Jeffrey N. Rouder 7.9k 0.5× 3.2k 0.5× 2.1k 0.5× 2.2k 0.6× 1.6k 0.5× 132 14.5k
Gerd Gigerenzer 5.0k 0.3× 2.5k 0.4× 3.3k 0.8× 2.7k 0.8× 4.8k 1.5× 397 35.1k
Harold Pashler 14.6k 1.0× 5.5k 0.8× 3.6k 0.9× 4.9k 1.4× 2.5k 0.8× 185 23.2k
Russell A. Poldrack 37.1k 2.5× 8.1k 1.2× 4.6k 1.1× 5.6k 1.6× 1.5k 0.5× 319 49.2k
Larry V. Hedges 7.0k 0.5× 7.2k 1.1× 7.3k 1.8× 8.3k 2.3× 1.6k 0.5× 275 74.9k
Robert Rosenthal 8.2k 0.6× 9.3k 1.4× 14.8k 3.7× 5.3k 1.5× 1.7k 0.5× 418 58.2k
Yoav Benjamini 13.5k 0.9× 4.4k 0.7× 3.8k 1.0× 2.0k 0.6× 2.5k 0.8× 144 101.1k
Marcus R. Munafò 7.8k 0.5× 5.9k 0.9× 3.1k 0.8× 1.2k 0.3× 571 0.2× 640 38.0k
Keith E. Muller 10.3k 0.7× 10.3k 1.6× 13.9k 3.5× 10.2k 2.9× 2.7k 0.8× 185 100.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bartos̆, Frantis̆ek, Alexandra Sarafoglou, Balázs Aczél, et al.. (2025). Introducing synchronous robustness reports. Nature Human Behaviour. 9(4). 635–637. 1 indexed citations
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Maier, Maximilian, Frantis̆ek Bartos̆, Nichola Raihani, et al.. (2024). Exploring open science practices in behavioural public policy research. Royal Society Open Science. 11(2). 231486–231486. 4 indexed citations
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Marsman, Maarten, et al.. (2024). A Good check on the Bayes factor. Behavior Research Methods. 56(8). 8552–8566.
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Maier, Maximilian, Frantis̆ek Bartos̆, Daniel Quintana, et al.. (2024). Model-averaged Bayesian t tests. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 32(3). 1007–1031. 2 indexed citations
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Visser, Ingmar, Šimon Kucharský, Clara C. Levelt, et al.. (2023). Bayesian sample size planning for developmental studies. Infant and Child Development. 33(1). 5 indexed citations
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Dablander, Fabian, Don van den Bergh, Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers, & Alexander Ly. (2023). Default Bayes Factors for Testing the (In)equality of Several Population Variances. Bayesian Analysis. 19(3). 1 indexed citations
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Aust, Frederik, et al.. (2023). Normalized power priors always discount historical data. Stat. 12(1). 6 indexed citations
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Forscher, Patrick S., Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers, Nicholas A. Coles, et al.. (2022). The Benefits, Barriers, and Risks of Big-Team Science. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 18(3). 607–623. 48 indexed citations
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Bartos̆, Frantis̆ek, Maximilian Maier, Daniel Quintana, & Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers. (2022). Adjusting for Publication Bias in JASP and R: Selection Models, PET-PEESE, and Robust Bayesian Meta-Analysis. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 5(3). 59 indexed citations
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Hofman, Abe Dirk, et al.. (2022). Bayesian tests of two proportions: A tutorial with R and JASP. Methodology. 18(4). 239–277. 7 indexed citations
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Hoogeveen, Suzanne, Alexandra Sarafoglou, Michiel van Elk, & Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers. (2022). Many-analysts religion project: reflection and conclusion. Religion Brain & Behavior. 13(3). 356–363. 5 indexed citations
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Ly, Alexander, Johnny van Doorn, Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers, et al.. (2022). A Bayesian perspective on Biogen's aducanumab trial. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 18(11). 2341–2351. 8 indexed citations
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Sarafoglou, Alexandra, Julia M. Haaf, Alexander Ly, et al.. (2021). Evaluating multinomial order restrictions with bridge sampling.. Psychological Methods. 28(2). 322–338. 5 indexed citations
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Doorn, Johnny van, Frederik Aust, Julia M. Haaf, Angelika Marlene Stefan, & Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers. (2021). Bayes Factors for Mixed Models. Computational Brain & Behavior. 6(1). 1–13. 23 indexed citations
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Mulder, Joris, Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers, & Maarten Marsman. (2020). A Generalization of the Savage–Dickey Density Ratio for Testing Equality and Order Constrained Hypotheses. The American Statistician. 76(2). 102–109. 6 indexed citations
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Faulkenberry, Thomas J., Alexander Ly, & Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers. (2020). Bayesian inference in numerical cognition: A tutorial using JASP. Journal of Numerical Cognition. 6(2). 231–259. 43 indexed citations
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Doorn, Johnny van, Quentin F. Gronau, Don van Ravenzwaaij, et al.. (2019). Multiple Perspectives on Inference for Two Simple Statistical Scenarios. The American Statistician. 73(sup1). 328–339. 27 indexed citations
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Gronau, Quentin F., et al.. (2017). Supplemental Material for Bayesian Mixture Modeling of Significant p Values: A Meta-Analytic Method to Estimate the Degree of Contamination From H0. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 1 indexed citations
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Wagenmakers, Eric‐Jan, Benjamin Scheibehenne, & Tahira Jamil. (2016). Supplementary Material for "Bayesian Evidence Synthesis Can Reconcile Seemingly Inconsistent Results: The Case of Hotel Towel Reuse". OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations
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Wagenmakers, Eric‐Jan, Richard D. Morey, & Michael Lee. (2016). Bayesian Benefits for the Pragmatic Researcher. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 25(3). 169–176. 233 indexed citations

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