Gary L. Wells

18.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
216 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Gary L. Wells is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary L. Wells has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 100 papers in Social Psychology and 60 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Gary L. Wells's work include Memory Processes and Influences (125 papers), Deception detection and forensic psychology (91 papers) and Radiology practices and education (59 papers). Gary L. Wells is often cited by papers focused on Memory Processes and Influences (125 papers), Deception detection and forensic psychology (91 papers) and Radiology practices and education (59 papers). Gary L. Wells collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Gary L. Wells's co-authors include R. C. L. Lindsay, Paul D. Windschitl, Elizabeth A. Olson, Richard E. Petty, Amy L. Bradfield, Elizabeth F. Loftus, Neil Brewer, C. A. Elizabeth Lüüs, Igor Gavanski and Steven Penrod 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

Gary L. Wells

209 papers receiving 10.9k 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.

Stimulus Sampling and Social Psychological Experimentation

1999 526 citations Gary L. Wells et al. profile →
Eyewitness testimony : psychological perspectives

1984 481 citations Gary L. Wells, Elizabeth F. Loftus Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →
Distraction can enhance or reduce yielding to propaganda: Thought disruption versus effort justification.

1976 412 citations Gary L. Wells et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Improving face identification of mask-wearing individuals 2022 ·Cognitive Research Principles and Implications ·(unknown), Jason C. K. Chan, Gary L. Wells	8
2	Eyewitnesses’ free-report verbal confidence statements are diagnostic of accuracy. 2021 ·Law and Human Behavior ·Laura Smalarz, Yueran Yang, Gary L. Wells	19
3	Four utilities in eyewitness identification practice: Dissociations between receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis and expected utility analysis. 2018 ·Law and Human Behavior ·James Michael Lampinen, Andrew M. Smith, Gary L. Wells	10
4	Do masked-face lineups facilitate eyewitness identification of a masked individual? 2018 ·Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied ·(unknown), Jason C. K. Chan, Gary L. Wells	23
5	Eyewitness identification performance on showups improves with an additional-opportunities instruction: Evidence for present–absent criteria discrepancy. 2018 ·Law and Human Behavior ·Andrew M. Smith, Gary L. Wells, R. C. L. Lindsay, (unknown)	11
6	Reforms required to the Australian tax system to improve biodiversity conservation on private land 2016 ·Own your potential (DEAKIN) ·(unknown), (unknown), James Fitzsimons, Bruce E. Lindsay, Gary L. Wells, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	18
7	Fair lineups are better than biased lineups and showups, but not because they increase underlying discriminability. 2016 ·Law and Human Behavior ·Andrew M. Smith, Gary L. Wells, R. C. L. Lindsay, Steven Penrod	40
8	A Bayesian analysis on the (dis)utility of iterative-showup procedures: The moderating impact of prior probabilities. 2016 ·Law and Human Behavior ·Andrew M. Smith, R. C. L. Lindsay, Gary L. Wells	4
9	Expert Testimony Regarding Eyewitness Identification 2009 ·Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University) ·Brian L. Cutler, Gary L. Wells	1
10	Children’s metacognitive judgments in an eyewitness identification task 2007 ·Journal of Experimental Child Psychology ·(unknown), Neil Brewer, Gary L. Wells	47
11	Eyewitness identification: Systemic reforms 2006 ·Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University) ·Gary L. Wells	25
12	Helping Experimental Psychology Affect Legal Policy 2005 ·Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University) ·Gary L. Wells	6
13	Not the same old hindsight bias: Outcome information distorts a broad range of retrospective judgments 2005 ·Memory & Cognition ·Amy L. Bradfield, Gary L. Wells	33
14	Building face composites can harm lineup identification performance. 2005 ·Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied ·Gary L. Wells, Steve D. Charman, Elizabeth A. Olson	35
15	Eyewitness Identification Accuracy and Response Latency: The Unruly 10-12-Second Rule. 2004 ·Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied ·Nathan Weber, Neil Brewer, Gary L. Wells, Carolyn Semmler, (unknown)	64
16	The damaging effect of confirming feedback on the relation between eyewitness certainty and identification accuracy. 2002 ·Journal of Applied Psychology ·Amy L. Bradfield, Gary L. Wells, Elizabeth A. Olson	108
17	From the lab to the police station: A successful application of eyewitness research. 2000 ·American Psychologist ·Gary L. Wells, Roy S. Malpass, R. C. L. Lindsay, Ronald P. Fisher, John W. Turtle, Solomon M. Fulero	151
18	Fast Neutron Teletherapy in Advanced Epidermoid Head and Neck Cancer 1989 ·American Journal of Clinical Oncology ·Gary L. Wells, Wui‐Jin Koh, James Pelton, Kenneth Russell, Brian R. Griffin, George E. Laramore, Thomas W. Griffin, Robert G. Parker, Lester J. Peters, Lawrence W. Davis, (unknown)	11
19	Eyewitness identification: A system handbook 1988 ·Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University) ·Gary L. Wells	58
20	Eyewitness testimony : psychological perspectives breakdown → 1984 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Gary L. Wells, Elizabeth F. Loftus	481

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