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.
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This map shows the geographic impact of Frank C. Keil's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Frank C. Keil with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Frank C. Keil more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Frank C. Keil. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Frank C. Keil. The network helps show where Frank C. Keil may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank C. Keil
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frank C. Keil.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frank C. Keil 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
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the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.
Yousif, Sami R. & Frank C. Keil. (2021). ‘Decoding’ the locus of spatial representation from simple localization errors. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 43(43).1 indexed citations
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Keil, Frank C., et al.. (2020). Jargon Jinx: An Early Bias Toward Opaque Explanations.. Cognitive Science.1 indexed citations
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Yousif, Sami R., et al.. (2020). I don't know if you did it, but I know why: A 'motive' preference at multiple stages of the legal-investigative process.. Cognitive Science.1 indexed citations
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Keil, Frank C., et al.. (2020). Does informational independence always matter? Children believe small group discussion is more accurate than ten times as many independent informants.. Cognitive Science.1 indexed citations
Yousif, Sami R., et al.. (2019). Perceived Area Plays a Dominant Role in Visual Quantity Estimation.. Cognitive Science. 1241–1246.1 indexed citations
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Johnson, Samuel G. B., Jiewen Zhang, & Frank C. Keil. (2018). Psychological Underpinnings of Zero-Sum Thinking.. Cognitive Science. 566–571.1 indexed citations
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Johnson, Samuel G. B., et al.. (2017). Opponent Uses of Simplicity and Complexity in Causal Explanation.. Cognitive Science. 606–611.4 indexed citations
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Johnson, Samuel G. B., et al.. (2016). Decision-Making and Biases in Causal-Explanatory Reasoning.. Cognitive Science. 1967–1972.8 indexed citations
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Johnson, Samuel G. B., et al.. (2016). Explanatory biases in social categorization. Cognitive Science. 776–781.11 indexed citations
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Johnson, Samuel G. B., et al.. (2015). Belief utility as an explanatory virtue. Cognitive Science. 1009–1014.5 indexed citations
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Johnson, Samuel G. B., et al.. (2014). Inferred Evidence in Latent Scope Explanations. Cognitive Science. 36(36). 707–712.10 indexed citations
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Johnson, Samuel G. B., et al.. (2014). Simplicity and Goodness-of-Fit in Explanation: The Case of Intuitive Curve-Fitting.. Cognitive Science. 36(36). 701–706.17 indexed citations
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Rottman, Benjamin M. & Frank C. Keil. (2011). Learning Causal Direction from Repeated Observations over Time. Cognitive Science. 33(33).4 indexed citations
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Rottman, Benjamin M. & Frank C. Keil. (2010). Connecting Causal Events: Learning Causal Structures Through Repeated Interventions Over Time. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 32(32).1 indexed citations
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Keil, Frank C.. (1998). Words, Moms, and Things: Language as a Road Map to Reality.. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 63(1).10 indexed citations
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