Herman A. Witkin

14.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
86 papers, 8.8k citations indexed

About

Herman A. Witkin is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Herman A. Witkin has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 8.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 17 papers in Social Psychology and 17 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Herman A. Witkin's work include Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences (14 papers), Emotional Intelligence and Performance (8 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (7 papers). Herman A. Witkin is often cited by papers focused on Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences (14 papers), Emotional Intelligence and Performance (8 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (7 papers). Herman A. Witkin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Herman A. Witkin's co-authors include Donald R. Goodenough, Carol Ann Moore, Patricia W. Cox, Stephen A. Karp, R. B. Dyk, John W. Berry, Helen Lewis, Seymour Wapner, Philip K. Oltman and Karen Machover and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Herman A. Witkin

84 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

Field-Dependent and Field-Independent Cognitive Styles an... 1955 2026 1978 2002 1977 1971 1955 1962 1963 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. Field-Dependent and Field-Independent Cognitive Styles and Their Educational Implications
    1977 1.5k citations Herman A. Witkin, Carol Ann Moore et al. profile →
  2. A Manual for the embedded figures tests
    1971 1.0k citations Herman A. Witkin profile →
  3. Personality through Perception
    1955 781 citations Herman A. Witkin, Helen Lewis et al. profile →
  4. Differentiation: Studies of development.
    1962 393 citations Herman A. Witkin, R. B. Dyk et al. profile →
  5. Psychological Differentiation: Studies of Development
    1963 357 citations Riley W. Gardner, Herman A. Witkin et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Herman A. Witkin United States 36 3.4k 2.6k 2.2k 2.1k 1.7k 86 8.8k
Bärbel Inhelder Switzerland 30 4.4k 1.3× 1.7k 0.7× 3.9k 1.7× 1.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 76 10.9k
Jean M. Mandler United States 50 5.0k 1.5× 2.9k 1.1× 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 0.8× 2.5k 1.5× 116 9.1k
Roger Brown United States 43 6.2k 1.8× 3.4k 1.3× 878 0.4× 1.8k 0.9× 3.2k 1.8× 87 14.9k
Earl Hunt United States 41 2.3k 0.7× 2.5k 1.0× 729 0.3× 1.4k 0.7× 1.7k 1.0× 166 8.6k
Ulric Neisser United States 51 4.5k 1.3× 4.8k 1.9× 1.3k 0.6× 3.8k 1.8× 6.4k 3.7× 120 16.0k
Arthur R. Jensen United States 53 3.6k 1.1× 7.2k 2.8× 2.6k 1.2× 2.0k 0.9× 2.7k 1.6× 235 14.6k
Tom Trabasso United States 38 5.3k 1.5× 2.2k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 942 0.4× 2.2k 1.3× 86 8.7k
Joel R. Levin United States 54 7.3k 2.1× 3.3k 1.3× 3.2k 1.4× 1.3k 0.6× 3.1k 1.8× 393 14.3k
Donald R. Goodenough United States 35 1.4k 0.4× 1.8k 0.7× 835 0.4× 976 0.5× 1.8k 1.0× 78 5.0k
William F. Brewer United States 34 4.1k 1.2× 1.9k 0.7× 3.3k 1.5× 1.6k 0.7× 1.8k 1.0× 89 8.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Witkin, Herman A. & Donald R. Goodenough. (1985). Estilos cognitivos: naturaleza y orígenes. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 72(2). 363–70. 12 indexed citations
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Goodenough, Donald R., Philip K. Oltman, Florence Friedman, et al.. (1979). Cognitive styles in the development of medical careers. Journal of Vocational Behavior. 14(3). 341–351. 10 indexed citations
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Witkin, Herman A.. (1977). Cognitive Styles in the Educational Setting.. 12 indexed citations
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Witkin, Herman A.. (1977). Cognitive styles in personal and cultural adaptation. Clark Digital Commons (Clark University). 87 indexed citations
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Witkin, Herman A., Donald R. Goodenough, & Kurt Hirschhorn. (1977). XYY Men: Are They Criminally Aggressive?. The Sciences. 17(6). 10–13. 3 indexed citations
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Goodenough, Donald R., et al.. (1977). A study of X chromosome linkage with field dependence and spatial visualization. Behavior Genetics. 7(5). 373–387. 23 indexed citations
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Goodenough, Donald R. & Herman A. Witkin. (1977). ORIGINS OF THE FIELD‐DEPENDENT AND FIELD‐INDEPENDENT COGNITIVE STYLES. ETS Research Bulletin Series. 1977(1). 33 indexed citations
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Witkin, Herman A., Carol Ann Moore, Philip K. Oltman, et al.. (1977). Role of the field-dependent and field-independent cognitive styles in academic evolution: A longitudinal study.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 69(3). 197–211. 180 indexed citations
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Witkin, Herman A., et al.. (1974). SUPPLEMENT NO. 1: FIELD‐DEPENDENCE‐INDEPENDENCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFERENTIATION. ETS Research Bulletin Series. 1974(2). 2 indexed citations
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Witkin, Herman A.. (1971). A Manual for the embedded figures tests. 1035 indexed citations breakdown →
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Witkin, Herman A., et al.. (1968). Cognitive Patterning in Congenitally Totally Blind Children. Child Development. 39(3). 767–767. 39 indexed citations
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Witkin, Herman A., Helen Block Lewis, & Frederick R. Snyder. (1967). Experimental studies of dreaming. Random House eBooks. 25 indexed citations
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Witkin, Herman A., et al.. (1966). Cognitive Patterning in Mildly Retarded Boys. Child Development. 37(2). 301–301. 34 indexed citations
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Witkin, Herman A.. (1965). HEINZ WERNER: 1890-1964. Child Development. 36(2). 306–328. 7 indexed citations
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Karp, Stephen A., Herman A. Witkin, & Donald R. Goodenough. (1965). Alcoholism and psychological differentiation: Effect of alcohol on field dependence.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 70(4). 262–265. 40 indexed citations
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Gardner, Riley W. & Herman A. Witkin. (1963). [Psychological Significance of Styles of Conceptualization]: Discussion. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 28(2). 112–112. 1 indexed citations
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Witkin, Herman A., et al.. (1962). Differentiation: Studies of development.. 393 indexed citations breakdown →
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Witkin, Herman A., Stephen A. Karp, & Donald R. Goodenough. (1959). Dependence in Alcoholics. Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 20(3). 493–504. 91 indexed citations
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Witkin, Herman A.. (1959). The Perception of the Upright. Scientific American. 200(2). 50–56. 97 indexed citations
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Witkin, Herman A., Helen Lewis, Max Hertzman, et al.. (1954). Personality through perception: an experimental and clinical study.. 149 indexed citations

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