Jacob Westfall

6.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
14 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Jacob Westfall is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacob Westfall has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Social Psychology, 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Jacob Westfall's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (5 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (3 papers) and Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods (3 papers). Jacob Westfall is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (5 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (3 papers) and Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods (3 papers). Jacob Westfall collaborates with scholars based in United States, Finland and Argentina. Jacob Westfall's co-authors include Tal Yarkoni, Charles M. Judd, David A. Kenny, Leaf Van Boven, John R. Chambers, Sarah Banchefsky, Bernadette Park, Kellen Mrkva, Ravin Kumar and Osvaldo A. Martin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, PLoS ONE and Psychological Science.

In The Last Decade

Jacob Westfall

14 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Choosing Prediction Over Explanation in Psychology: Less... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2017 2012 2014 2016 2016 250 500 750 1000

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jacob Westfall United States 11 1.3k 1.1k 934 881 453 14 3.7k
Alexander A. Aarts 1 1.0k 0.8× 975 0.9× 839 0.9× 816 0.9× 449 1.0× 2 5.0k
Tobias Brosch Switzerland 34 2.1k 1.6× 1.4k 1.2× 936 1.0× 996 1.1× 427 0.9× 108 5.0k
Jamin Halberstadt New Zealand 34 1.7k 1.4× 1.4k 1.3× 942 1.0× 1.5k 1.7× 600 1.3× 122 3.8k
Kerri L. Johnson United States 28 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 1.5k 1.6× 1.5k 1.7× 455 1.0× 74 4.7k
Rick B. van Baaren Netherlands 34 1.6k 1.3× 1.3k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 2.0k 2.3× 370 0.8× 68 4.7k
Pamela K. Smith United States 24 1.4k 1.1× 746 0.7× 1.4k 1.6× 1.4k 1.6× 272 0.6× 44 4.1k
Agnes Moors Belgium 26 2.0k 1.6× 1.4k 1.3× 1.2k 1.3× 1.9k 2.2× 623 1.4× 84 4.9k
Carolyn Yoon United States 29 1.1k 0.9× 679 0.6× 834 0.9× 866 1.0× 154 0.3× 79 3.4k
Raoul P. P. P. Grasman Netherlands 26 1.6k 1.3× 1.9k 1.7× 762 0.8× 1.3k 1.4× 1.4k 3.1× 67 6.1k
Felix D. Schönbrodt Germany 29 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.3× 1.1k 1.2× 1.7k 1.9× 1.2k 2.7× 108 5.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jacob Westfall

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jacob Westfall

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Kumar, Ravin, et al.. (2022). Bambi: A Simple Interface for Fitting Bayesian Linear Models in Python. Journal of Statistical Software. 103(15). 41 indexed citations
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Mrkva, Kellen, Jacob Westfall, & Leaf Van Boven. (2019). Attention Drives Emotion: Voluntary Visual Attention Increases Perceived Emotional Intensity. Psychological Science. 30(6). 942–954. 25 indexed citations
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Yarkoni, Tal & Jacob Westfall. (2017). Choosing Prediction Over Explanation in Psychology: Lessons From Machine Learning. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 12(6). 1100–1122. 1100 indexed citations breakdown →
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Westfall, Jacob, et al.. (2016). Modeling stimulus variation in three common implicit attitude tasks. Behavior Research Methods. 49(4). 1193–1209. 23 indexed citations
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Judd, Charles M., Jacob Westfall, & David A. Kenny. (2016). Experiments with More Than One Random Factor: Designs, Analytic Models, and Statistical Power. Annual Review of Psychology. 68(1). 601–625. 310 indexed citations breakdown →
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Westfall, Jacob & Tal Yarkoni. (2016). Statistically Controlling for Confounding Constructs Is Harder than You Think. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0152719–e0152719. 358 indexed citations breakdown →
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Banchefsky, Sarah, Jacob Westfall, Bernadette Park, & Charles M. Judd. (2016). But You Don’t Look Like A Scientist!: Women Scientists with Feminine Appearance are Deemed Less Likely to be Scientists. Sex Roles. 75(3-4). 95–109. 93 indexed citations
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Westfall, Jacob, Charles M. Judd, & David A. Kenny. (2015). Replicating Studies in Which Samples of Participants Respond to Samples of Stimuli. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 10(3). 390–399. 83 indexed citations
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Westfall, Jacob, Leaf Van Boven, John R. Chambers, & Charles M. Judd. (2015). Perceiving Political Polarization in the United States. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 10(2). 145–158. 240 indexed citations breakdown →
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Westfall, Jacob, David A. Kenny, & Charles M. Judd. (2014). Statistical power and optimal design in experiments in which samples of participants respond to samples of stimuli.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 143(5). 2020–2045. 550 indexed citations breakdown →
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Westfall, Jacob, Charles M. Judd, & David A. Kenny. (2014). Replicating Studies in Which Samples of Participants Respond to Samples of Stimuli. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
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Boven, Leaf Van, et al.. (2013). Judgment and Decision Making. Oxford University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations
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Judd, Charles M., Jacob Westfall, & David A. Kenny. (2012). Treating stimuli as a random factor in social psychology: A new and comprehensive solution to a pervasive but largely ignored problem.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 103(1). 54–69. 876 indexed citations breakdown →
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Westfall, Jacob, John R. Chambers, Charles M. Judd, & Leaf Van Boven. (2012). The Exaggeration of Political Polarization in America. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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