Kyle A. Thomas

996 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 665 citations indexed

About

Kyle A. Thomas is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Cognitive Neuroscience and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Kyle A. Thomas has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 665 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 4 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Kyle A. Thomas's work include Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (4 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (4 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (4 papers). Kyle A. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (4 papers), Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (4 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (4 papers). Kyle A. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Kyle A. Thomas's co-authors include Scott Clifford, Steven Pinker, Peter DeScioli, Omar Sultan Haque, Julian De Freitas, Liane Young, Bruce Bridgeman and Malte Persike and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Computers in Human Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Kyle A. Thomas

8 papers receiving 652 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.

Validity and Mechanical Turk: An assessment of exclusion methods and interactive experiments

2017 463 citations Kyle A. Thomas, Scott Clifford Computers in Human Behavior profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kyle A. Thomas United States	6	278	150	130	127	103	8	665
Giuliana Spadaro Netherlands	11	389 1.4×	229 1.5×	192 1.5×	163 1.3×	123 1.2×	21	778
Sanaz Talaifar United States	10	388 1.4×	227 1.5×	101 0.8×	123 1.0×	80 0.8×	17	742
Nadav Klein United States	13	239 0.9×	267 1.8×	168 1.3×	92 0.7×	75 0.7×	30	619
Randall E. Osborne United States	12	402 1.4×	221 1.5×	122 0.9×	67 0.5×	86 0.8×	50	859
Monique Pollmann Netherlands	13	346 1.2×	272 1.8×	191 1.5×	130 1.0×	137 1.3×	29	773
Barnabás Szászi Hungary	11	148 0.5×	142 0.9×	94 0.7×	58 0.5×	72 0.7×	22	747
Jordan M. Robbins United States	4	335 1.2×	280 1.9×	94 0.7×	76 0.6×	88 0.9×	7	722
Anca M. Miron United States	12	394 1.4×	322 2.1×	135 1.0×	102 0.8×	66 0.6×	36	737
Jianning Dang China	13	352 1.3×	300 2.0×	79 0.6×	93 0.7×	62 0.6×	53	732
Kate A. Ratliff United States	19	588 2.1×	331 2.2×	135 1.0×	70 0.6×	105 1.0×	55	953

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Freitas, Julian De, Kyle A. Thomas, Peter DeScioli, & Steven Pinker. (2019). Common knowledge, coordination, and strategic mentalizing in human social life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(28). 13751–13758. 41 indexed citations

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Freitas, Julian De, Peter DeScioli, Kyle A. Thomas, & Steven Pinker. (2018). Maimonides’ ladder: States of mutual knowledge and the perception of charitability.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 148(1). 158–173. 15 indexed citations

3.

Thomas, Kyle A. & Scott Clifford. (2017). Validity and Mechanical Turk: An assessment of exclusion methods and interactive experiments. Computers in Human Behavior. 77. 184–197. 463 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thomas, Kyle A., Peter DeScioli, & Steven Pinker. (2017). Common knowledge, coordination, and the logic of self-conscious emotions. Evolution and Human Behavior. 39(2). 179–190. 15 indexed citations

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Thomas, Kyle A., Julian De Freitas, Peter DeScioli, & Steven Pinker. (2016). Recursive mentalizing and common knowledge in the bystander effect.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 145(5). 621–629. 25 indexed citations

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Thomas, Kyle A., Peter DeScioli, Omar Sultan Haque, & Steven Pinker. (2014). The psychology of coordination and common knowledge.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 107(4). 657–676. 100 indexed citations

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Thomas, Kyle A., et al.. (2014). An Indecent Proposal: The Dual Functions of Indirect Speech. Cognitive Science. 39(1). 199–211. 5 indexed citations

8.

Thomas, Kyle A., et al.. (2014). A Slippery Slope: Estimated Slant of Hills Increases with Distance. Perception. 43(7). 631–646. 1 indexed citations

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