Gary Klein

20.1k total citations · 10 hit papers
146 papers, 11.5k citations indexed

About

Gary Klein is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Management Science and Operations Research and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary Klein has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 11.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 32 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 31 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Gary Klein's work include Complex Systems and Decision Making (26 papers), Human-Automation Interaction and Safety (26 papers) and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (16 papers). Gary Klein is often cited by papers focused on Complex Systems and Decision Making (26 papers), Human-Automation Interaction and Safety (26 papers) and Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (16 papers). Gary Klein collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Israel. Gary Klein's co-authors include J. P. Sullivan, Daniel Kahneman, Robert R. Hoffman, Roberta Calderwood, Beth Crandall, Eduardo Salas, Donald G. MacGregor, B. Moon, Raanan Lipshitz and Judith Orasanu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Applied Psychology and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Gary Klein

137 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions 1989 2026 2001 2013 2001 2009 2008 1993 1989 400 800 1.2k
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. Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions
    2001 1.4k citations Gary Klein et al. profile →
  2. Conditions for intuitive expertise: A failure to disagree.
    2009 1.3k citations Daniel Kahneman, Gary Klein American Psychologist profile →
  3. Naturalistic Decision Making
    2008 1.1k citations Gary Klein profile →
  4. Decision Making in Action: Models and Methods
    1993 916 citations Gary Klein profile →
  5. Critical decision method for eliciting knowledge
    1989 661 citations Gary Klein et al. profile →
  6. A recognition-primed decision (RPD) model of rapid decision making.
    1993 551 citations Gary Klein profile →
  7. Taking stock of naturalistic decision making
    2001 511 citations Gary Klein et al. profile →
  8. Working Minds: A Practitioner's Guide to Cognitive Task Analysis
    2006 500 citations Gary Klein, Robert R. Hoffman et al. profile →
  9. Making Sense of Sensemaking 1: Alternative Perspectives
    2006 497 citations Gary Klein, Robert R. Hoffman et al. IEEE Intelligent Systems profile →
  10. Measures for explainable AI: Explanation goodness, user satisfaction, mental models, curiosity, trust, and human-AI performance
    2023 89 citations Robert R. Hoffman, Shane T. Mueller et al. Frontiers in Computer Science profile →

Peers

Gary Klein
Comparison fields: 5 of 194
  • Social Psychology 3.4k
  • Management Science and Operations Research 1.9k
  • Artificial Intelligence 1.8k
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.4k
  • General Decision Sciences 1.2k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1
Should we Make AI More Tool-like or Teammate-Like?
2025 ·Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making ·Neelam Naikar, Robert R. Hoffman, Emilie M. Roth, Gary Klein, Laura G. Militello, (unknown)
0
2
Cue Detection and Self-Debriefing Techniques in Virtual Simulation: Techniques Using Cognitive Engineering Inspired Expertise Development Approaches
2025 ·Simulation in Healthcare The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare ·Yan Xiao, (unknown), (unknown), Marie Reid, John F. Schmitt, (unknown), Gary Klein, Mary E. Mancini
0
3
The plausibility transition model for sensemaking
2023 ·Frontiers in Psychology ·Gary Klein, (unknown), Robert R. Hoffman, Shane T. Mueller
2
4
Evaluating machine-generated explanations: a “Scorecard” method for XAI measurement science
2023 ·Frontiers in Computer Science ·Robert R. Hoffman, (unknown), Connor Tate, Gary Klein, Shane T. Mueller
6
5
Explainable AI: roles and stakeholders, desirements and challenges
2023 ·Frontiers in Computer Science ·Robert R. Hoffman, Shane T. Mueller, Gary Klein, (unknown), Connor Tate
14
6
Increasing the Value of XAI for Users: A Psychological Perspective
2023 ·KI - Künstliche Intelligenz ·Robert R. Hoffman, Timothy M. Miller, Gary Klein, Shane T. Mueller, William J. Clancey
9
7
Sources of Power
2017 ·The MIT Press eBooks ·Gary Klein
26
8
Decision-Centered Design
2013 ·Oxford University Press eBooks ·Laura G. Militello, Gary Klein
13
9
Evaluating the effectiveness of the PreMortem technique on plan confidence.
2010 ·ISCRAM ·(unknown), Gary Klein, (unknown)
8
10
Conditions for intuitive expertise: A failure to disagree. breakdown →
2009 ·American Psychologist ·Daniel Kahneman, Gary Klein
1337
11
Flexecution as a Paradigm for Replanning, Part 1
2007 ·IEEE Intelligent Systems ·Gary Klein
18
12
Systems analysts' attitude toward information systems development
2001 ·James J. Jiang, Gary Klein, Joseph L. Balloun
1
13
Expert decision making
1999 ·Systems Engineering ·Robert J. B. Hutton, Gary Klein
60
14
Restless sleep, illness intrusiveness, and depressive symptoms in three chronic illness conditions: Rheumatoid arthritis, end-stage renal disease, and multiple sclerosis
1993 ·Journal of Psychosomatic Research ·Gerald M. Devins, Steven M. Edworthy, Leendert C. Paul, Henry Mandin, Torrey Seland, Gary Klein, Charles G. Costello, (unknown)
96
15
Observing Team Coordination within Army Rotary-Wing Aircraft Crews
1992 ·Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) ·Marvin L. Thordsen, Gary Klein, Steven E. Wolf
0
16
An Agent for Intelligent Model Management
1990 ·Journal of Management Information Systems ·(unknown), David Y. Y. Yun, Gary Klein
10
17
The use of analogues in comparability analysis
1982 ·Applied Ergonomics ·Gary Klein, (unknown)
10
18
Training Requirements Analysis for Tactical Domains
1981 ·Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) ·Gary Klein
1
19
Analogical Reasoning as a Discovery Logic.
1979 ·Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) ·(unknown), Gary Klein
4
20
Effect of Task Demands on Relationship between Eye Movements and Sentence Complexity
1974 ·Perceptual and Motor Skills ·Gary Klein, (unknown)
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