Frances K. McSweeney

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
111 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

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Frances K. McSweeney is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Small Animals. According to data from OpenAlex, Frances K. McSweeney has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 45 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 44 papers in Small Animals. Recurrent topics in Frances K. McSweeney's work include Behavioral and Psychological Studies (96 papers), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (44 papers) and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (37 papers). Frances K. McSweeney is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral and Psychological Studies (96 papers), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (44 papers) and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (37 papers). Frances K. McSweeney collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Australia. Frances K. McSweeney's co-authors include Samantha Swindell, Jeffrey N. Weatherly, John M. Roll, Eric S. Murphy, Mark A. Geyer, Catharine H. Rankin, Gianluca Coppola, Richard F. Thompson, David L. Glanzman and Seema Bhatnagar and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Consumer Research and Psychopharmacology.

In The Last Decade

Frances K. McSweeney

111 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

Habituation revisited: An updated and revised description of the behavioral characteristics of habituation

2008 1.1k citations Catharine H. Rankin, Thomas W. Abrams et al. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frances K. McSweeney United States	33	1.9k	1.3k	820	656	529	111	4.0k
Allen Neuringer United States	32	2.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	386 0.5×	509 0.8×	451 0.9×	81	3.3k
William Timberlake United States	32	1.8k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	574 0.7×	618 0.9×	813 1.5×	135	3.6k
William M. Baum United States	38	4.7k 2.5×	2.1k 1.6×	638 0.8×	763 1.2×	781 1.5×	117	6.0k
Werner K. Honig Canada	24	2.9k 1.6×	2.4k 1.8×	1.0k 1.3×	680 1.0×	661 1.2×	58	5.2k
A. Charles Catania United States	35	3.5k 1.9×	1.8k 1.4×	371 0.5×	456 0.7×	558 1.1×	133	4.6k
Kennon A. Lattal United States	31	2.6k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	480 0.6×	409 0.6×	331 0.6×	180	3.2k
J. E. R. Staddon United States	44	3.4k 1.9×	2.6k 1.9×	605 0.7×	585 0.9×	726 1.4×	179	6.8k
Alan Poling United States	34	2.6k 1.4×	1.7k 1.3×	706 0.9×	423 0.6×	438 0.8×	293	4.6k
Edmund Fantino United States	41	4.0k 2.1×	1.9k 1.4×	341 0.4×	588 0.9×	533 1.0×	170	6.1k
Eliot Hearst United States	29	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	773 0.9×	434 0.7×	479 0.9×	82	3.3k

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Rankin, Catharine H., Thomas W. Abrams, Robert J. Barry, et al.. (2008). Habituation revisited: An updated and revised description of the behavioral characteristics of habituation. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 92(2). 135–138. 1120 indexed citations breakdown →

McSweeney, Frances K., et al.. (2004). Dishabituation produces interactions during multiple schedules. Learning and Motivation. 35(4). 419–434. 1 indexed citations

McSweeney, Frances K., Benjamin P. Kowal, & Eric S. Murphy. (2003). The effect of rate of reinforcement and time in session on preference for variability. Learning & Behavior. 31(3). 225–241. 7 indexed citations

McSweeney, Frances K., Eric S. Murphy, & Benjamin P. Kowal. (2003). Extinguished operant responding shows stimulus specificity. Behavioural Processes. 65(3). 211–220. 6 indexed citations

Murphy, Eric S., Frances K. McSweeney, Richard G. Smith, & Jennifer J. McComas. (2003). DYNAMIC CHANGES IN REINFORCER EFFECTIVENESS: THEORETICAL, METHODOLOGICAL, AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR APPLIED RESEARCH. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 36(4). 421–438. 72 indexed citations

McSweeney, Frances K., Eric S. Murphy, & Benjamin P. Kowal. (2001). Within-session changes in responding during concurrent variable interval variable ratio schedules. Behavioural Processes. 55(3). 163–179. 6 indexed citations

McSweeney, Frances K., Patricia K. Donahoe, & Samantha Swindell. (2000). Women in applied behavior analysis. The Behavior Analyst. 23(2). 267–277. 44 indexed citations

Roll, John M. & Frances K. McSweeney. (1997). Within-session changes in operant responding when gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) serve as subjects. Current Psychology. 15(4). 340–345. 7 indexed citations

McSweeney, Frances K., et al.. (1996). Sensitization-habituation may occur during operant conditioning.. Psychological Bulletin. 120(2). 256–271. 5 indexed citations

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McSweeney, Frances K., Samantha Swindell, & Jeffrey N. Weatherly. (1996). WITHIN‐SESSION CHANGES IN RESPONDING DURING AUTOSHAPING AND AUTOMAINTENANCE PROCEDURES. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 66(1). 51–61. 13 indexed citations

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Roll, John M., et al.. (1996). Knowledge of session length is a determinant of within-session response patterns in a human operant paradigm. Behavioural Processes. 36(1). 1–9. 6 indexed citations

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McSweeney, Frances K. & John M. Hinson. (1992). PATTERNS OF RESPONDING WITHIN SESSIONS. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 58(1). 19–36. 55 indexed citations

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McSweeney, Frances K., et al.. (1987). Effect of aging on anticonflict and CNS depressant activity of diazepam in rats. Psychopharmacology. 93(4). 443–8. 9 indexed citations

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McSweeney, Frances K., et al.. (1986). Behavioral contrast as a function of component duration and baseline rate of reinforcement. Animal Learning & Behavior. 14(2). 173–183. 35 indexed citations

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McSweeney, Frances K., et al.. (1985). SOME PARAMETERS OF BEHAVIORAL CONTRAST AND ALLOCATION OF INTERIM BEHAVIOR IN RATS. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 44(3). 325–335. 20 indexed citations

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McSweeney, Frances K.. (1983). POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL CONTRAST WHEN PIGEONS PRESS TREADLES DURING MULTIPLE SCHEDULES. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 39(1). 149–156. 12 indexed citations

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McSweeney, Frances K.. (1982). POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CONTRAST AS A FUNCTION OF COMPONENT DURATION FOR KEY PECKING AND TREADLE PRESSING. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 37(2). 281–293. 33 indexed citations

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McSweeney, Frances K., et al.. (1981). THREE VERSIONS OF THE ADDITIVE THEORIES OF BEHAVIORAL CONTRAST. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 36(2). 285–297. 13 indexed citations

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McSweeney, Frances K.. (1977). Sum of responding as a function of sum of reinforcement on two-key concurrent schedules. Animal Learning & Behavior. 5(1). 110–114. 5 indexed citations

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McSweeney, Frances K.. (1975). Concurrent schedule responding as a function of body weight. Animal Learning & Behavior. 3(3). 264–270. 74 indexed citations

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