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.
Choosing Prediction Over Explanation in Psychology: Lessons From Machine Learning
20171.1k citationsTal Yarkoni, Jacob WestfallPerspectives on Psychological Scienceprofile →
Treating stimuli as a random factor in social psychology: A new and comprehensive solution to a pervasive but largely ignored problem.
2012876 citationsCharles M. Judd, Jacob Westfall et al.Journal of Personality and Social Psychologyprofile →
Statistical power and optimal design in experiments in which samples of participants respond to samples of stimuli.
2014550 citationsJacob Westfall, David A. Kenny et al.Journal of Experimental Psychology Generalprofile →
Statistically Controlling for Confounding Constructs Is Harder than You Think
2016358 citationsJacob Westfall, Tal YarkoniPLoS ONEprofile →
Experiments with More Than One Random Factor: Designs, Analytic Models, and Statistical Power
2016310 citationsCharles M. Judd, Jacob Westfall et al.Annual Review of Psychologyprofile →
Perceiving Political Polarization in the United States
2015240 citationsJacob Westfall, Leaf Van Boven et al.Perspectives on Psychological Scienceprofile →
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This map shows the geographic impact of Jacob Westfall's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Jacob Westfall with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Jacob Westfall more than expected).
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Jacob Westfall. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Jacob Westfall. The network helps show where Jacob Westfall may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jacob Westfall
This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jacob Westfall.
A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jacob Westfall based on the total number of
citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges
represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together.
Node borders
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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 →
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 →
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 →
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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