J. J. McDowell

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

J. J. McDowell is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, J. J. McDowell has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 26 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in J. J. McDowell's work include Behavioral and Psychological Studies (62 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (20 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (12 papers). J. J. McDowell is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral and Psychological Studies (62 papers), Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (20 papers) and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (12 papers). J. J. McDowell collaborates with scholars based in United States. J. J. McDowell's co-authors include E. Gene Towne, Scott Wardwell, Subhashis Banerjee, Ping Li, Michael Paskind, Jochen Salfeld, Wei Fang, Hamish Allen, Tara Seshadri and Winnie W. Wong and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Psychological Bulletin and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

J. J. McDowell

77 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Mice deficient in IL-1β-converting enzyme are defective in production of mature IL-1β and resistant to endotoxic shock

1995 1.2k citations Ping Li, Hamish Allen et al. Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. J. McDowell United States	25	1.6k	899	882	570	232	80	3.2k
Jamie I. D. Campbell Canada	38	2.3k 1.4×	777 0.9×	1.9k 2.2×	676 1.2×	30 0.1×	118	6.2k
A.F. Sanders Netherlands	26	371 0.2×	623 0.7×	1.5k 1.7×	1.0k 1.8×	131 0.6×	66	4.5k
Juan Carlos Gómez United Kingdom	31	639 0.4×	226 0.3×	577 0.7×	124 0.2×	171 0.7×	95	2.6k
J. Okuda Japan	27	309 0.2×	287 0.3×	1.5k 1.7×	426 0.7×	112 0.5×	87	3.2k
Punit Shah United Kingdom	37	296 0.2×	1.7k 1.8×	1.4k 1.6×	257 0.5×	31 0.1×	125	4.4k
Susan Johnson United States	31	1.3k 0.8×	140 0.2×	616 0.7×	627 1.1×	22 0.1×	63	3.4k
Wolfgang Köhler Germany	26	178 0.1×	861 1.0×	352 0.4×	188 0.3×	109 0.5×	79	2.3k
Bryan H. King United States	49	510 0.3×	2.3k 2.6×	3.4k 3.9×	649 1.1×	229 1.0×	136	8.0k
Ilaria Castelli Italy	26	354 0.2×	242 0.3×	650 0.7×	161 0.3×	21 0.1×	111	2.3k
Christina G.S. Palmer United States	26	212 0.1×	593 0.7×	515 0.6×	49 0.1×	150 0.6×	86	2.5k

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Dallery, Jesse, et al.. (2025). The Evolutionary Theory of Behavior Dynamics Predicts Delay Discounting. Perspectives on Behavior Science. 48(2). 423–446.

McDowell, J. J., et al.. (2021). Modeling Subtypes of Automatically Reinforced Self-Injurious Behavior with the Evolutionary Theory of Behavior Dynamics. Perspectives on Behavior Science. 44(4). 581–603. 9 indexed citations

McDowell, J. J.. (2021). Empirical Matching, Matching Theory, and an Evolutionary Theory of Behavior Dynamics in Clinical Application. Perspectives on Behavior Science. 44(4). 561–580. 6 indexed citations

McDowell, J. J., et al.. (2017). Falsification of matching theory and confirmation of an evolutionary theory of behavior dynamics in a critical experiment. Behavioural Processes. 140. 61–68. 7 indexed citations

McDowell, J. J.. (2015). Doing It Yourself. Behavior Analysis in Practice. 8(2). 161–162. 1 indexed citations

McDowell, J. J., et al.. (2015). Against matching theory: Predictions of an evolutionary theory of behavior dynamics. Behavioural Processes. 114. 14–25. 17 indexed citations

McDowell, J. J., et al.. (2013). Computational model of selection by consequences: Patterns of preference change on concurrent schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 100(2). 147–164. 15 indexed citations

McDowell, J. J.. (2013). Representations of complexity: How nature appears in our theories. The Behavior Analyst. 36(2). 345–359. 21 indexed citations

McDowell, J. J., et al.. (2012). SELECTION DYNAMICS IN JOINT MATCHING TO RATE AND MAGNITUDE OF REINFORCEMENT. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 98(2). 199–212. 18 indexed citations

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McDowell, J. J.. (2012). On the theoretical and empirical status of the matching law and matching theory.. Psychological Bulletin. 139(5). 1000–1028. 70 indexed citations

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McDowell, J. J.. (2012). Minding Rachlin’s eliminative materialism. The Behavior Analyst. 35(1). 17–27. 5 indexed citations

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McDowell, J. J. & Marcia L. Caron. (2010). MATCHING IN AN UNDISTURBED NATURAL HUMAN ENVIRONMENT. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 93(3). 415–433. 23 indexed citations

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McDowell, J. J. & Andreï Popa. (2009). Beyond continuous mathematics and traditional scientific analysis: Understanding and mining Wolfram's A New Kind of Science. Behavioural Processes. 81(2). 343–352. 26 indexed citations

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McDowell, J. J. & Marcia L. Caron. (2007). Undermatching is an emergent property of selection by consequences. Behavioural Processes. 75(2). 97–106. 31 indexed citations

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McDowell, J. J., et al.. (2007). A computational model of selection by consequences: Log survivor plots. Behavioural Processes. 78(2). 291–296. 19 indexed citations

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Soto, Paul L., J. J. McDowell, & Jesse Dallery. (2006). FEEDBACK FUNCTIONS, OPTIMIZATION, AND THE RELATION OF RESPONSE RATE TO REINFORCER RATE. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 85(1). 57–71. 9 indexed citations

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Soto, Paul L., J. J. McDowell, & Jesse Dallery. (2005). EFFECTS OF ADDING A SECOND REINFORCEMENT ALTERNATIVE: IMPLICATIONS FOR HERRNSTEIN'S INTERPRETATION OF r_e. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 84(2). 185–225. 15 indexed citations

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Dallery, Jesse, Paul L. Soto, & J. J. McDowell. (2005). A TEST OF THE FORMAL AND MODERN THEORIES OF MATCHING. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 84(2). 129–145. 19 indexed citations

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Fernández, Ephrem & J. J. McDowell. (1995). Response-reinforcement relationships in chronic pain syndrome: Applicability of Herrnstein's law. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 33(7). 855–863. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Ping, Hamish Allen, Subhashis Banerjee, et al.. (1995). Mice deficient in IL-1β-converting enzyme are defective in production of mature IL-1β and resistant to endotoxic shock. Cell. 80(3). 401–411. 1225 indexed citations breakdown →

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