John W. Cotton

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

John W. Cotton is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, John W. Cotton has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 9 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in John W. Cotton's work include Behavioral and Psychological Studies (4 papers), Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (4 papers) and Phonetics and Phonology Research (4 papers). John W. Cotton is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral and Psychological Studies (4 papers), Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (4 papers) and Phonetics and Phonology Research (4 papers). John W. Cotton collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. John W. Cotton's co-authors include Sandra P. Marshall, Rand J. Spiro, Richard C. Anderson, William E. Montague, Roberta L. Klatzky, Lothar Sachs, Donald J. Lewis, William S. Verplanck, S. Jay Samuels and Elliot Saltzman and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

John W. Cotton

82 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Schooling and the Acquisition of Knowledge

1978 1.1k citations Sandra P. Marshall, John W. Cotton et al. The American Journal of Psychology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John W. Cotton United States	22	954	551	520	472	364	94	3.0k
Stephen Olejnik United States	27	854 0.9×	587 1.1×	658 1.3×	449 1.0×	202 0.6×	83	4.6k
A. S. C. Ehrenberg United Kingdom	18	531 0.6×	233 0.4×	452 0.9×	318 0.7×	163 0.4×	57	3.3k
George A. Ferguson Canada	15	613 0.6×	512 0.9×	569 1.1×	516 1.1×	124 0.3×	23	3.6k
Kenneth D. Hopkins United States	19	748 0.8×	1.1k 1.9×	281 0.5×	406 0.9×	140 0.4×	84	4.2k
Quinn McNemar United States	19	539 0.6×	385 0.7×	523 1.0×	625 1.3×	127 0.3×	36	3.9k
Harry P. Bahrick United States	29	1.2k 1.3×	317 0.6×	1.8k 3.5×	854 1.8×	647 1.8×	66	3.3k
Norman Cliff United States	26	285 0.3×	274 0.5×	328 0.6×	467 1.0×	408 1.1×	89	4.3k
Donald W. Zimmerman Canada	30	376 0.4×	314 0.6×	351 0.7×	306 0.6×	297 0.8×	161	3.7k
F.J. Langdon United Kingdom	19	1.1k 1.2×	850 1.5×	795 1.5×	703 1.5×	154 0.4×	34	4.0k
Mary K. Kaiser United States	26	476 0.5×	298 0.5×	1.2k 2.3×	493 1.0×	144 0.4×	84	2.8k

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Dunning, Darren, John W. Cotton, Saz Ahmed, et al.. (2024). Investigation of the mental health and cognitive correlates of psychological decentering in adolescence. Cognition & Emotion. 39(2). 465–475. 1 indexed citations

Ingham, Roger J., et al.. (2006). The Distribution of Phonated Intervals in the Speech of Individuals Who Stutter. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 49(1). 161–171. 10 indexed citations

Stone, Michael H., William A. Sands, Jon Carlock, et al.. (2004). The Importance of Isometric Maximum Strength and Peak Rate-of-Force Development in Sprint Cycling. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 18(4). 878–878. 154 indexed citations

Ormerod, R. Mark, et al.. (2003). Preparation and performance of a perovskite-type tubular membrane for the partial oxidation of methane. Ionics. 9(5-6). 411–416. 4 indexed citations

Ormerod, R. Mark, et al.. (2003). Influence of synthesis route on the powder properties of a perovskite-type oxide. Ionics. 9(1-2). 77–82. 4 indexed citations

Cotton, John W.. (1989). Interpreting data from two-period crossover design (also termed the replicated 2 × 2 Latin square design).. Psychological Bulletin. 106(3). 503–515. 17 indexed citations

Cotton, John W.. (1982). Where is the randomness for the human computer?. Behavior Research Methods. 14(2). 59–70. 4 indexed citations

Cotton, John W.. (1978). Review of Fundamental statistics in psychology and education. 6th ed.. Contemporary Psychology. 23(9). 698–699. 83 indexed citations

Klatzky, Roberta L. & John W. Cotton. (1978). Semantic factors in cognition. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 146 indexed citations

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Marshall, Sandra P., John W. Cotton, Richard C. Anderson, Rand J. Spiro, & William E. Montague. (1978). Schooling and the Acquisition of Knowledge. The American Journal of Psychology. 91(4). 735–735. 1063 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cotton, John W.. (1977). Review of Introduction to probability and statistics. 6th ed.. Contemporary Psychology. 22(9). 725–725. 15 indexed citations

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Cotton, John W., John P. Gallagher, & Sandra P. Marshall. (1977). The Identification and Decomposition of Hierarchical Tasks. American Educational Research Journal. 14(3). 189–212. 19 indexed citations

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Cotton, John W.. (1976). Review of Educational psychology in the classroom. 5th ed.. Contemporary Psychology. 21(8). 604–605. 1 indexed citations

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Cotton, John W.. (1976). Review of Fundamentals of behavioral statistics 3rd ed.. Contemporary Psychology. 21(7). 510–511. 5 indexed citations

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Cotton, John W.. (1974). Review of Sturdy Statistics: Non-parametrics and Order Statistics.. Contemporary Psychology. 19(6). 488–488. 8 indexed citations

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Shanab, Mitri E. & John W. Cotton. (1970). Effects of runway training on behavior in the T-maze. Psychonomic Science. 19(3). 129–130. 3 indexed citations

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Peters, William S., et al.. (1968). Modern Statistics for Behavioral Sciences. Journal of Marketing Research. 5(1). 109–109. 6 indexed citations

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Hill, Winfred F., John W. Cotton, & Keith N. Clayton. (1962). Effect of reward magnitude, percentage of reinforcement, and training method on acquisition and reversal in a T maze.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 64(1). 81–86. 13 indexed citations

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Cotton, John W. & William S. Verplanck. (1955). The Dependence of Frequencies of Seeing on Procedural Variables: III. The Time-Interval Between Successive Stimuli. The Journal of General Psychology. 53(1). 59–66. 3 indexed citations

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Hunt, William A., Franklyn N. Arnhoff, & John W. Cotton. (1954). Reliability, chance, and fantasy in inter-judge agreement among clinicians. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 10(3). 294–296. 10 indexed citations

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