James L. Bruning

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

James L. Bruning is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, James L. Bruning has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 7 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in James L. Bruning's work include Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research (7 papers), Behavioral and Psychological Studies (6 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (4 papers). James L. Bruning is often cited by papers focused on Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research (7 papers), Behavioral and Psychological Studies (6 papers) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (4 papers). James L. Bruning collaborates with scholars based in United States. James L. Bruning's co-authors include B. L. Kintz, Alfred Crofts, Ronald R. Schmeck, Milton E. Rosenbaum, Chris Taylor, Justin T. Buckingham, David R. Mettee, John J. O’Malley, Rudolf Hopp and Horst Surburg and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

James L. Bruning

40 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Computational Handbook of Statistics. 1969 2026 1988 2007 1969 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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. Computational Handbook of Statistics.
    1969 2.1k citations Alfred Crofts, James L. Bruning et al. Journal of the American Statistical Association profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James L. Bruning United States 11 415 401 309 293 260 43 2.7k
B. L. Kintz United States 8 405 1.0× 355 0.9× 264 0.9× 231 0.8× 177 0.7× 29 2.5k
Kenneth M. Michels United States 13 448 1.1× 661 1.6× 253 0.8× 248 0.8× 139 0.5× 33 3.3k
Alfred Crofts United States 2 312 0.8× 251 0.6× 199 0.6× 169 0.6× 119 0.5× 4 2.1k
C. Alan Boneau United States 13 424 1.0× 445 1.1× 460 1.5× 300 1.0× 216 0.8× 19 2.7k
Larry B. Wallnau United States 17 433 1.0× 203 0.5× 266 0.9× 179 0.6× 313 1.2× 25 2.3k
George A. Ferguson Canada 15 584 1.4× 569 1.4× 613 2.0× 516 1.8× 205 0.8× 23 3.6k
William A. Spencer United States 16 358 0.9× 916 2.3× 211 0.7× 281 1.0× 98 0.4× 50 2.9k
Holly Smith United Kingdom 12 300 0.7× 282 0.7× 296 1.0× 207 0.7× 133 0.5× 24 2.3k
Quinn McNemar United States 19 561 1.4× 523 1.3× 539 1.7× 625 2.1× 296 1.1× 36 3.9k
Denis Leigh United Kingdom 26 332 0.8× 444 1.1× 180 0.6× 201 0.7× 266 1.0× 122 3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James L. Bruning

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bruning, James L., et al.. (2000). The Effect on Expected Job Success of the Connotative Meanings of Names and Nicknames. The Journal of Social Psychology. 140(2). 197–201. 10 indexed citations
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Bruning, James L., et al.. (1998). Connotative Meanings of Names and Nicknames: Changes over Twenty-Seven Years. Psychological Reports. 83(2). 427–430. 8 indexed citations
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Bruning, James L.. (1998). CONNOTATIVE MEANINGS OF NAMES AND NICKNAMES: CHANGES OVER TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS. Psychological Reports. 83(6). 427–427. 3 indexed citations
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Bruning, James L., et al.. (1972). Given names and stereotyping.. Developmental Psychology. 7(1). 91–91. 7 indexed citations
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Bruning, James L., et al.. (1971). The effects of disorganizing cues on the utilization of a mnemonic structure. Psychonomic Science. 23(2). 167–168.
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Kintz, B. L. & James L. Bruning. (1970). Research in psychology : readings for the introductory course. 1 indexed citations
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Schmeck, Ronald R. & James L. Bruning. (1970). Frustration Theory and Quality of Performance: Elicitation and Elimination of Competing Responses. Psychological Reports. 26(3). 987–994. 5 indexed citations
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Bruning, James L., et al.. (1970). Given Names: A Neglected Social Variable. The Psychological Record. 20(4). 527–532. 18 indexed citations
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Crofts, Alfred, James L. Bruning, & B. L. Kintz. (1969). Computational Handbook of Statistics.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 64(325). 400–400. 2057 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bruning, James L. & B. L. Kintz. (1969). Corrigenda: Computational Handbook of Statistics.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 64(328). 1699–1699. 1 indexed citations
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Schmeck, Ronald R. & James L. Bruning. (1968). Task difficulty and the frustration effect.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 78(3, Pt.1). 516–520. 11 indexed citations
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Taylor, Chris & James L. Bruning. (1968). Report of a nonnutritive food substance, palatable to rats. Behavior Research Methods. 1(1). 32–33. 3 indexed citations
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Bruning, James L. & David R. Mettee. (1966). The Effects of Various Social Factors on Motivation in a Competitive Situation. The Journal of Social Psychology. 70(2). 295–297. 8 indexed citations
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Rosenbaum, Milton E. & James L. Bruning. (1966). DIRECT AND VICARIOUS EXPERIENCE OF VARIATIONS IN PERCENTAGE OF REINFORCEMENT. Child Development. 37(4). 959–966. 10 indexed citations
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Rosenbaum, Milton E. & James L. Bruning. (1966). Direct and Vicarious Experience of Variations in Percentage of Reinforcement. Child Development. 37(4). 959–959. 6 indexed citations
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Bruning, James L., et al.. (1966). Drive and the range of cue utilization.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 71(3). 382–384. 32 indexed citations
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Bruning, James L.. (1965). Direct and vicarious effects of a shift in magnitude of reward on performance.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 2(2). 278–282. 14 indexed citations
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Bruning, James L., et al.. (1965). The effect of goal proximity on acquisition and extinction of a five part response chain. Psychonomic Science. 3(1-12). 211–212. 4 indexed citations
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Bruning, James L., et al.. (1965). Suppression of a learned response by punishment when an alternative learned response is provided. Psychonomic Science. 3(1-12). 399–400. 1 indexed citations
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Bruning, James L.. (1964). Effects of Magnitude of Reward and Percentage of Reinforcement on a Lever Movement Response12. Child Development. 35(1). 281–285. 30 indexed citations

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