Jeff Kukucka

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 887 citations indexed

About

Jeff Kukucka is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jeff Kukucka has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 887 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Social Psychology, 12 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Jeff Kukucka's work include Deception detection and forensic psychology (23 papers), Memory Processes and Influences (11 papers) and Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (6 papers). Jeff Kukucka is often cited by papers focused on Deception detection and forensic psychology (23 papers), Memory Processes and Influences (11 papers) and Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (6 papers). Jeff Kukucka collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Jeff Kukucka's co-authors include Saul M. Kassin, Itiel E. Dror, Patricia A. Zapf, Brandon L. Garrett, Judy Melinek, Sarah Hawkins, Bethany Growns, Daniel S. Atherton, Abby L. Mello and Ruth M. Morgan and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Forensic Science International and Applied Cognitive Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Jeff Kukucka

29 papers receiving 809 citations

Hit Papers

The forensic confirmation bias: Problems, perspectives, a... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
What are hit papers?

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. The forensic confirmation bias: Problems, perspectives, and proposed solutions.
    2013 369 citations Saul M. Kassin, Itiel E. Dror et al. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jeff Kukucka United States 13 480 232 206 205 130 33 887
Kristy A. Martire Australia 18 195 0.4× 149 0.6× 144 0.7× 55 0.3× 154 1.2× 69 892
David L. Faigman United States 18 228 0.5× 262 1.1× 160 0.8× 269 1.3× 250 1.9× 74 1.1k
Christopher Slobogin United States 16 187 0.4× 436 1.9× 102 0.5× 503 2.5× 192 1.5× 141 1.0k
Nicholas Scurich United States 16 154 0.3× 318 1.4× 175 0.8× 366 1.8× 113 0.9× 82 831
Laura Smalarz United States 13 295 0.6× 205 0.9× 255 1.2× 109 0.5× 44 0.3× 33 538
Nancy K. Steblay United States 12 587 1.2× 125 0.5× 667 3.2× 38 0.2× 145 1.1× 24 867
Rebecca Hofstein Grady United States 11 174 0.4× 404 1.7× 149 0.7× 211 1.0× 20 0.2× 19 764
Scott E. Culhane United States 18 353 0.7× 378 1.6× 208 1.0× 268 1.3× 151 1.2× 41 930
Joseph Eastwood Canada 12 291 0.6× 142 0.6× 150 0.7× 145 0.7× 22 0.2× 45 477
Günter Köhnken Germany 15 816 1.7× 276 1.2× 526 2.6× 376 1.8× 60 0.5× 27 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jeff Kukucka

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jeff Kukucka

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kukucka, Jeff, et al.. (2025). On the benefits of sequencing case information to combat bias: A commentary on Oberlader and Verschuere (2025). Legal and Criminological Psychology. 30(2). 185–187.
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Kukucka, Jeff, et al.. (2024). Unpacking workplace stress and forensic expert decision-making: From theory to practice. Forensic Science International Synergy. 8. 100473–100473. 3 indexed citations
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Kukucka, Jeff, et al.. (2024). An audit study of barriers to mental health treatment for wrongly incarcerated people.. Law and Human Behavior. 48(5-6). 474–485.
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Findley, Keith A., Barry Scheck, Chris B. Brook, et al.. (2023). Shaken Baby Syndrome. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Growns, Bethany, Jeff Kukucka, Richard Moorhead, & Rebecca K. Helm. (2023). The Post Office Scandal in the United Kingdom: Mental health and social experiences of wrongly convicted and wrongly accused individuals. Legal and Criminological Psychology. 29(1). 17–31. 3 indexed citations
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Dror, Itiel E., et al.. (2022). A practical tool for information management in forensic decisions: Using Linear Sequential Unmasking-Expanded (LSU-E) in casework. Forensic Science International Synergy. 4. 100216–100216. 21 indexed citations
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Growns, Bethany, James D. Dunn, Rebecca K. Helm, Alice Towler, & Jeff Kukucka. (2022). The low prevalence effect in fingerprint comparison amongst forensic science trainees and novices. PLoS ONE. 17(8). e0272338–e0272338. 3 indexed citations
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Kukucka, Jeff, et al.. (2022). The Exoneree Health and Life Experiences (ExHaLE) study: Trauma exposure and mental health among wrongly convicted individuals.. Psychology Public Policy and Law. 28(3). 387–399. 5 indexed citations
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Dror, Itiel E., et al.. (2021). Cognitive bias in forensic pathology decisions. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 66(5). 1751–1757. 56 indexed citations
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Growns, Bethany & Jeff Kukucka. (2021). The prevalence effect in fingerprint identification: Match and non‐match base‐rates impact misses and false alarms. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 35(3). 751–760. 14 indexed citations
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Kukucka, Jeff. (2020). People who live in ivory towers shouldn’t throw stones: A refutation of Curley et al.. Forensic Science International Synergy. 2. 110–113. 8 indexed citations
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Kukucka, Jeff, et al.. (2020). Juror appraisals of forensic evidence: Effects of blind proficiency and cross-examination. Forensic Science International. 315. 110433–110433. 11 indexed citations
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Kukucka, Jeff, et al.. (2020). Can Defense Attorneys Detect Forensic Confirmation Bias?. Zeitschrift für Psychologie. 228(3). 216–220. 6 indexed citations
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Kukucka, Jeff, et al.. (2020). Presence of administrators differentially impacts eyewitness discriminability for same‐ and other‐race identifications. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 34(6). 1530–1537. 2 indexed citations
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Kassin, Saul M., et al.. (2019). Does video recording inhibit crime suspects? Evidence from a fully randomized field experiment.. Law and Human Behavior. 43(1). 45–55. 7 indexed citations
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Kassin, Saul M., et al.. (2016). Police reports of mock suspect interrogations: A test of accuracy and perception.. Law and Human Behavior. 41(3). 230–243. 15 indexed citations
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Kukucka, Jeff, et al.. (2015). Lost proof of innocence: The impact of confessions on alibi witnesses.. Law and Human Behavior. 40(1). 65–71. 17 indexed citations
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Dror, Itiel E., Saul M. Kassin, & Jeff Kukucka. (2013). New application of psychology to law: Improving forensic evidence and expert witness contributions.. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 2(1). 78–81. 23 indexed citations
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Kukucka, Jeff & Saul M. Kassin. (2013). Do confessions taint perceptions of handwriting evidence? An empirical test of the forensic confirmation bias.. Law and Human Behavior. 38(3). 256–270. 68 indexed citations
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Kassin, Saul M., Itiel E. Dror, & Jeff Kukucka. (2013). The forensic confirmation bias: Problems, perspectives, and proposed solutions.. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 2(1). 42–52. 369 indexed citations breakdown →

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