Frank Restle

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Frank Restle is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Restle has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 6 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Frank Restle's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (8 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (5 papers) and Spatial Cognition and Navigation (4 papers). Frank Restle is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (8 papers), Natural Language Processing Techniques (5 papers) and Spatial Cognition and Navigation (4 papers). Frank Restle collaborates with scholars based in United States. Frank Restle's co-authors include Patrick Suppes, Samuel Karlin, Kenneth J. Arrow, Hans Buffart, Lyle E. Bourne, Robert R. Bush, James G. Greeno, Eric R. Brown, James H. Davis and Emanuel Leeuwenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Frank Restle

64 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences 1964 2026 1984 2005 1964 100 200 300
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. Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences
    1964 367 citations Frank Restle et al. The American Journal of Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Frank Restle United States 29 1.6k 753 671 532 526 65 3.6k
Robert R. Bush United States 15 1.2k 0.7× 744 1.0× 345 0.5× 860 1.6× 521 1.0× 23 4.6k
W. K. Estes United States 45 3.4k 2.2× 2.2k 2.9× 482 0.7× 1.4k 2.7× 1.5k 2.8× 130 6.6k
Richard C. Atkinson United States 29 1.7k 1.1× 1.4k 1.9× 165 0.2× 929 1.7× 1.0k 1.9× 130 4.6k
Eugene Galanter United States 25 3.0k 1.9× 1.7k 2.2× 441 0.7× 1.2k 2.3× 2.0k 3.8× 54 9.0k
A. S. C. Ehrenberg United Kingdom 18 452 0.3× 531 0.7× 253 0.4× 163 0.3× 318 0.6× 57 3.3k
M. S. Mayzner United States 20 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 1.6× 276 0.4× 649 1.2× 1.0k 1.9× 90 3.9k
Gregory R. Lockhead United States 27 1.9k 1.2× 567 0.8× 211 0.3× 286 0.5× 950 1.8× 62 3.0k
Herbert M. Jenkins Canada 13 1.2k 0.8× 1.9k 2.5× 338 0.5× 507 1.0× 360 0.7× 13 3.7k
Ian Spence Australia 35 738 0.5× 649 0.9× 305 0.5× 433 0.8× 802 1.5× 154 5.2k
William G. Chase United States 18 2.3k 1.5× 2.3k 3.1× 410 0.6× 1.1k 2.0× 2.3k 4.3× 24 6.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Restle

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Restle

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frank Restle. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frank Restle 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 signify the number of papers an author published with Frank Restle. Frank Restle is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Buffart, Hans, Emanuel Leeuwenberg, & Frank Restle. (1983). Analysis of ambiguity in visual pattern completion.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 9(6). 980–1000. 23 indexed citations
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Buffart, Hans, et al.. (1981). Coding theory of visual pattern completion.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 7(2). 241–274. 117 indexed citations
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Restle, Frank. (1979). Coding theory of the perception of motion configurations.. Psychological Review. 86(1). 1–24. 99 indexed citations
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Castellan, N. John, et al.. (1979). Cognitive Theory. Volume 3. The American Journal of Psychology. 92(1). 165–165. 9 indexed citations
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Restle, Frank. (1975). Learning : animal behavior and human cognition. McGraw-Hill eBooks. 8 indexed citations
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Restle, Frank. (1973). Serial pattern learning: Higher order transitions.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 99(1). 61–69. 20 indexed citations
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Restle, Frank. (1973). Coding of nonsense vs the detection of patterns. Memory & Cognition. 1(4). 499–502. 5 indexed citations
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Restle, Frank. (1971). Mathematical models in psychology : an introduction. Penguin Books. 7 indexed citations
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Restle, Frank. (1971). Instructions and the magnitude of an illusion: Cognitive factors in the frame of reference. Perception & Psychophysics. 9(1). 31–32. 8 indexed citations
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Restle, Frank & Eric R. Brown. (1970). Serial pattern learning.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 83(1, Pt.1). 120–125. 75 indexed citations
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Restle, Frank & Eric R. Brown. (1970). Serial pattern learning: Pretraining of runs and trills. Psychonomic Science. 19(6). 321–322. 14 indexed citations
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Restle, Frank. (1970). Theory of serial pattern learning: Structural trees.. Psychological Review. 77(6). 481–495. 270 indexed citations
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Restle, Frank, et al.. (1970). Perceptual displacement of a test mark toward the larger of two visual objects.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 84(2). 311–318. 4 indexed citations
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Restle, Frank. (1969). Illusions of bent line. Perception & Psychophysics. 5(5). 273–274. 34 indexed citations
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Restle, Frank, et al.. (1969). Distance and an illusion of length of line.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 81(2). 297–302. 22 indexed citations
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Restle, Frank, et al.. (1966). Process of enumeration.. Psychological Review. 73(5). 437–444. 98 indexed citations
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Polson, Martha C., Frank Restle, & Peter G. Polson. (1965). Association and discrimination in paired-associates learning.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 69(1). 47–55. 22 indexed citations
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Restle, Frank. (1965). Significance of all-or-none learning.. Psychological Bulletin. 64(5). 313–325. 37 indexed citations
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Restle, Frank, Martha C. Andrews, & Milton Rokeach. (1964). Differences between open- and closed-minded subjects on learning-set and oddity problems.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 68(6). 648–654. 18 indexed citations
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McGill, W. J. & Frank Restle. (1964). Psychology of Judgment and Choice: Theoretical Essay. The American Journal of Psychology. 77(3). 528–528. 19 indexed citations

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