Jonathan Wai

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Wai is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Education and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Wai has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 23 papers in Education and 12 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Wai's work include Cognitive Abilities and Testing (28 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (25 papers) and School Choice and Performance (13 papers). Jonathan Wai is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive Abilities and Testing (28 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (25 papers) and School Choice and Performance (13 papers). Jonathan Wai collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Jonathan Wai's co-authors include Camilla Persson Benbow, David Lubinski, Matthew C. Makel, Martha Putallaz, James H. Steiger, David I. Miller, Matisyahu Shulman, Edward V. Nunes, Joni M. Lakin and Frank C. Worrell and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Educational Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Wai

63 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jonathan Wai United States	20	1.0k	906	677	468	387	70	2.7k
David F. Lohman United States	28	1.4k 1.4×	801 0.9×	812 1.2×	910 1.9×	270 0.7×	53	3.0k
Christian Geiser United States	33	1.1k 1.1×	313 0.3×	708 1.0×	481 1.0×	107 0.3×	79	3.9k
Gerardo Ramirez United States	19	1.9k 1.9×	369 0.4×	2.0k 2.9×	691 1.5×	130 0.3×	37	3.9k
Raymond W. Kulhavy United States	30	1.1k 1.1×	439 0.5×	1.2k 1.8×	1.5k 3.2×	274 0.7×	100	3.0k
Patrick C. Kyllonen United States	26	1.7k 1.6×	248 0.3×	622 0.9×	1.0k 2.2×	57 0.1×	89	3.4k
Sandra P. Marshall United States	20	614 0.6×	205 0.2×	695 1.0×	868 1.9×	77 0.2×	46	2.9k
William Winn United States	25	395 0.4×	161 0.2×	998 1.5×	976 2.1×	60 0.2×	68	2.0k
David N. Rapp United States	38	965 0.9×	150 0.2×	870 1.3×	1.8k 3.8×	57 0.1×	106	4.3k
K. J. Gilhooly United Kingdom	35	1.8k 1.8×	131 0.1×	252 0.4×	1.6k 3.5×	47 0.1×	94	4.7k
Julie Sarama United States	37	319 0.3×	424 0.5×	5.4k 8.0×	2.1k 4.4×	87 0.2×	150	6.6k

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Wai, Jonathan, et al.. (2025). The Notorious SBG: Administrators’ Perceptions of Standards-Based Grading Practices. Journal of School Leadership. 36(1). 160–184.

Wai, Jonathan. (2024). Metrics and their misapplications Audit Culture: How Indicators and Rankings Are Reshaping the World Cris Shore and Susan Wright Pluto Press, 2024. 256 pp.. Science. 383(6685). 836–836.

Wai, Jonathan. (2023). Battling information bias On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy Lee McIntyre MIT Press, 2023. 184 pp.. Science. 381(6659). 739–739.

Wai, Jonathan, Harrison J. Kell, & Frank C. Worrell. (2023). Method considerations for school psychology from longitudinal research on gifted students. Journal of School Psychology. 103. 101269–101269. 2 indexed citations

Wai, Jonathan, et al.. (2023). Initial vs. retest GRE performance: A study of one million Graduate Record Examination test-retest observations. Personality and Individual Differences. 207. 112180–112180. 1 indexed citations

Wai, Jonathan, et al.. (2023). The Evolution of Intelligence: Analysis of the Journal of Intelligence and Intelligence. Journal of Intelligence. 11(2). 35–35. 2 indexed citations

Wai, Jonathan, et al.. (2022). Multidisciplinary perspectives and field strengthening questions for gifted education research. High Ability Studies. 34(1). 39–59. 3 indexed citations

Brown, Matt I., Jonathan Wai, & Christopher F. Chabris. (2021). Can You Ever Be Too Smart for Your Own Good? Comparing Linear and Nonlinear Effects of Cognitive Ability on Life Outcomes. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 16(6). 1337–1359. 37 indexed citations

Shulman, Matisyahu, Tse-Hwei Choo, Jennifer Scodes, et al.. (2021). Association between methadone or buprenorphine use during medically supervised opioid withdrawal and extended-release injectable naltrexone induction failure. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 124. 108292–108292. 8 indexed citations

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Wai, Jonathan & Matt I. Brown. (2021). Developmental Histories Facilitating the Emergence of Creative Scientific Expertise: The Role of Developed Cognitive Talents, Education, and Social and Cultural Contexts. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 716529–716529. 4 indexed citations

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Wai, Jonathan & Benjamin J. Lovett. (2021). Improving Gifted Talent Development Can Help Solve Multiple Consequential Real-World Problems. Journal of Intelligence. 9(2). 31–31. 13 indexed citations

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Wai, Jonathan, et al.. (2019). Changes in cardiac vagal tone as measured by heart rate variability during naloxone-induced opioid withdrawal. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 204. 107538–107538. 12 indexed citations

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Shulman, Matisyahu, Jonathan Wai, & Edward V. Nunes. (2019). Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: An Overview. CNS Drugs. 33(6). 567–580. 118 indexed citations

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Wai, Jonathan, et al.. (2019). Using clinical decision support through the electronic medical record to increase prescribing of high-dose parenteral thiamine in hospitalized patients with alcohol use disorder. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 99. 117–123. 13 indexed citations

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Asbury, Kathryn & Jonathan Wai. (2019). Viewing Education Policy through a Genetic Lens. Journal of School Choice. 14(2). 301–315. 10 indexed citations

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Wai, Jonathan, et al.. (2015). Investigating the right tail of wealth: Education, cognitive ability, giving, network power, gender, ethnicity, leadership, and other characteristics. Intelligence. 54. 1–32. 9 indexed citations

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Miller, David I. & Jonathan Wai. (2015). The bachelorâ€™s to Ph.D. STEM pipeline no longer leaks more women than men: a 30-year analysis. Frontiers in Psychology. 6. 37–37. 83 indexed citations

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Jehle, Dietrich, et al.. (2012). Case series of 64 slice computed tomography-computed tomographic angiography with 3D reconstruction to diagnose symptomatic cerebral aneurysms: new standard of care?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 2–2. 1 indexed citations

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Makel, Matthew C., Martha Putallaz, & Jonathan Wai. (2012). Teach Students What They Don’t Know but Are Ready to Learn. Gifted Child Quarterly. 56(4). 198–201. 4 indexed citations

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Halpern, Diane F. & Jonathan Wai. (2007). The world of competitive Scrabble: Novice and expert differences in visuopatial and verbal abilities.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied. 13(2). 79–94. 27 indexed citations

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