Kris N. Kirby

9.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
31 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Kris N. Kirby is a scholar working on General Decision Sciences, Economics and Econometrics and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Kris N. Kirby has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in General Decision Sciences, 8 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Kris N. Kirby's work include Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (18 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (4 papers) and Gambling Behavior and Treatments (4 papers). Kris N. Kirby is often cited by papers focused on Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (18 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (4 papers) and Gambling Behavior and Treatments (4 papers). Kris N. Kirby collaborates with scholars based in United States and Bolivia. Kris N. Kirby's co-authors include Warren K. Bickel, Nancy M. Petry, Nancy M. Petry, R. J. Herrnstein, Gordon C. Winston, Henry R. Kranzler, Ricardo Godoy, David Wilkie, William R. Leonard and Elizabeth Byron and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Science, Cognition and Ecological Economics.

In The Last Decade

Kris N. Kirby

30 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Heroin addicts have higher discount rates for delayed rewards than non-drug-using controls.

1999 1.4k citations Kris N. Kirby, Nancy M. Petry et al. Journal of Experimental Psychology General profile →
Heroin addicts have higher discount rates for delayed rewards than non-drug-using controls.

1999 1.3k citations Kris N. Kirby, Nancy M. Petry et al. Journal of Experimental Psychology General profile →
Delay-discounting probabilistic rewards: Rates decrease as amounts increase

1996 628 citations Kris N. Kirby et al. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review profile →
Bidding on the future: Evidence against normative discounting of delayed rewards.

1997 551 citations Kris N. Kirby Journal of Experimental Psychology General profile →
Heroin and cocaine abusers have higher discount rates for delayed rewards than alcoholics or non‐drug‐using controls

2004 533 citations Kris N. Kirby, Nancy M. Petry Addiction profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kris N. Kirby United States	20	3.0k	1.9k	1.6k	1.5k	1.3k	31	6.7k
Gregory J. Madden United States	38	2.6k 0.9×	2.3k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	111	6.9k
George Ainslie United States	26	2.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1000 0.6×	1.6k 1.0×	683 0.5×	60	5.5k
Amy L. Odum United States	24	1.6k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	916 0.6×	958 0.6×	598 0.5×	67	3.8k
Michael Lamport Commons United States	21	942 0.3×	559 0.3×	688 0.4×	900 0.6×	895 0.7×	140	3.5k
Tali Sharot United Kingdom	41	931 0.3×	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	2.9k 1.9×	611 0.5×	86	6.7k
Alan G. Sanfey Netherlands	42	1.6k 0.5×	838 0.4×	2.7k 1.7×	6.5k 4.2×	1.1k 0.9×	116	10.7k
Mónica Rodríguez United States	18	555 0.2×	981 0.5×	973 0.6×	783 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	34	4.3k
Maggie E. Toplak Canada	40	1.1k 0.4×	476 0.3×	1.4k 0.9×	2.4k 1.5×	1.3k 1.0×	82	6.8k
Bernd Figner Netherlands	20	726 0.2×	752 0.4×	875 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	804 0.6×	58	3.1k
Matthew S. Stanford United States	25	331 0.1×	1.3k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	2.1k 1.4×	5.0k 3.9×	61	9.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Kirby, Kris N., et al.. (2017). Finding Bootstrap Confidence Intervals for Effect Sizes With BootES. APS observer. 30(3). 2 indexed citations

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Kirby, Kris N., et al.. (2013). BootES: An R package for bootstrap confidence intervals on effect sizes. Behavior Research Methods. 45(4). 905–927. 208 indexed citations

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Kirby, Kris N.. (2011). An empirical assessment of the form of utility functions.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 37(2). 461–476. 5 indexed citations

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Kirby, Kris N., et al.. (2010). The hierarchical structure of self-reported impulsivity. Personality and Individual Differences. 48(6). 704–713. 60 indexed citations

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Kirby, Kris N.. (2009). One-year temporal stability of delay-discount rates. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 16(3). 457–462. 313 indexed citations

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Kirby, Kris N.. (2006). The present values of delayed rewards are approximately additive. Behavioural Processes. 72(3). 273–282. 16 indexed citations

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Kirby, Kris N., et al.. (2005). Impatience and grades: Delay-discount rates correlate negatively with college GPA. Learning and Individual Differences. 15(3). 213–222. 152 indexed citations

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Kirby, Kris N. & Nancy M. Petry. (2004). Heroin and cocaine abusers have higher discount rates for delayed rewards than alcoholics or non‐drug‐using controls. Addiction. 99(4). 461–471. 533 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kirby, Kris N., et al.. (2003). Concave utility, transaction costs, and risk in measuring discounting of delayed rewards.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 29(1). 66–79. 64 indexed citations

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Kirby, Kris N., et al.. (2001). Making choices in anticipation of similar future choices can increase self-control.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied. 7(2). 154–164. 29 indexed citations

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Kirby, Kris N., et al.. (2001). Making choices in anticipation of similar future choices can increase self-control.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied. 7(2). 154–164. 78 indexed citations

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Kirby, Kris N., Nancy M. Petry, & Warren K. Bickel. (1999). Heroin addicts have higher discount rates for delayed rewards than non-drug-using controls.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 128(1). 78–87. 1405 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kirby, Kris N.. (1997). Bidding on the future: Evidence against normative discounting of delayed rewards.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 126(1). 54–70. 35 indexed citations

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Kirby, Kris N.. (1997). Bidding on the future: Evidence against normative discounting of delayed rewards.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 126(1). 54–70. 551 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kirby, Kris N., et al.. (1996). Delay-discounting probabilistic rewards: Rates decrease as amounts increase. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 3(1). 100–104. 628 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kirby, Kris N. & R. J. Herrnstein. (1995). Preference Reversals Due to Myopic Discounting of Delayed Reward. Psychological Science. 6(2). 83–89. 393 indexed citations

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Kirby, Kris N.. (1994). Probabilities and utilities of fictional outcomes in Wason's four-card selection task. Cognition. 51(1). 1–28. 110 indexed citations

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Kirby, Kris N.. (1994). False alarm: a reply to Over and Evans. Cognition. 52(3). 245–250. 15 indexed citations

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Kirby, Kris N.. (1992). Intensify of Stimulation, Necessary Truths, and the Acquisition of Numeracy. Mind & Language. 7(4). 359–363. 2 indexed citations

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Kirby, Kris N. & Stephen M. Kosslyn. (1990). Thinking Visually. Mind & Language. 5(4). 324–341. 9 indexed citations

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