Michael Domjan

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
145 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Domjan is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cognitive Neuroscience and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Domjan has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 41 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 34 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Michael Domjan's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (50 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (38 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (33 papers). Michael Domjan is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (50 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (38 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (33 papers). Michael Domjan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Türkiye. Michael Domjan's co-authors include Michael R. Best, Lewis M. Barker, Lawrence Crawford, Bennett G. Galef, Shepard Siegel, Kevin S. Holloway, Nancy Wilson, Germán Gutiérrez, Douglas J. Gillan and Andrew D. Mills and has published in prestigious journals such as American Psychologist, Psychological Science and Annual Review of Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Domjan

144 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

The principles of learning and behavior 1977 2026 1993 2009 1982 1977 200 400 600
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 principles of learning and behavior
    1982 630 citations Michael Domjan profile →
  2. Learning mechanisms in food selection
    1977 399 citations Lewis M. Barker, Michael R. Best et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Domjan United States 36 1.7k 1.5k 1.2k 1.2k 835 145 5.1k
Bennett G. Galef Canada 52 1.3k 0.8× 4.6k 3.0× 731 0.6× 3.3k 2.8× 1.2k 1.4× 225 9.6k
William Hodos United States 40 2.4k 1.4× 1.3k 0.9× 2.3k 2.0× 1.4k 1.2× 282 0.3× 106 7.0k
John García United States 41 2.8k 1.7× 1.1k 0.8× 2.3k 2.0× 456 0.4× 2.3k 2.7× 107 7.8k
William A. Roberts Canada 47 3.2k 1.9× 1.1k 0.8× 944 0.8× 453 0.4× 414 0.5× 199 6.3k
David F. Sherry Canada 42 2.0k 1.2× 2.3k 1.6× 638 0.6× 2.6k 2.2× 338 0.4× 101 6.6k
Howard S. Hoffman United States 32 2.5k 1.5× 695 0.5× 1.4k 1.2× 310 0.3× 579 0.7× 139 5.9k
Robert A. Boakes Australia 38 1.8k 1.1× 730 0.5× 1.0k 0.9× 173 0.2× 1.1k 1.4× 147 5.0k
Mauricio R. Papini United States 33 1.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 486 0.4× 389 0.5× 192 3.7k
M. E. Bitterman United States 43 2.1k 1.2× 1.4k 0.9× 1.7k 1.5× 2.8k 2.4× 412 0.5× 245 8.6k
Winfred F. Hill United States 20 2.7k 1.6× 1.0k 0.7× 1.6k 1.3× 449 0.4× 401 0.5× 51 5.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Domjan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Domjan, Michael. (2025). Thorndike's law of effect and its inconsistent description over the years. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 125(1). e70073–e70073.
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Domjan, Michael & Michael S. Fanselow. (2024). Pavlovian or associative sensitization and its biological significance. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 163. 105790–105790. 2 indexed citations
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Domjan, Michael & Germán Gutiérrez. (2019). The behavior system for sexual learning. Behavioural Processes. 162. 184–196. 15 indexed citations
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Gutiérrez, Germán & Michael Domjan. (2011). Conditioning of sexual proceptivity in female quail: Measures of conditioned place preference. Behavioural Processes. 87(3). 268–273. 8 indexed citations
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Domjan, Michael. (2008). Claiming Credit in the Interdisciplinary Age. APS observer. 21(4). 2 indexed citations
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Çetınkaya, Hakan & Michael Domjan. (2006). Sexual fetishism in a quail (Coturnix japonica) model system: Test of reproductive success.. Journal of comparative psychology. 120(4). 427–432. 18 indexed citations
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Domjan, Michael, et al.. (2004). Learning with arbitrary versus ecological conditioned stimuli: Evidence from sexual conditioning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 11(2). 232–246. 39 indexed citations
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Krause, Mark A., et al.. (2003). Extinction of conditioned sexual responses in male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica): role of species-typical cues.. Journal of comparative psychology. 117(1). 76–86. 22 indexed citations
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Domjan, Michael, et al.. (2003). Relative Contributions of the Male and the Female to Sexual Behavior and Reproductive Success in the Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica).. Journal of comparative psychology. 117(4). 391–399. 20 indexed citations
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Domjan, Michael, et al.. (2003). An animal model of fetishism. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 42(12). 1421–1434. 23 indexed citations
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Mills, Andrew D., Lawrence Crawford, Michael Domjan, & Jean Michel Faure. (1997). The behavior of the japanese or domestic quail Coturnix japonica. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 21(3). 261–281. 212 indexed citations
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Gutiérrez, Germán & Michael Domjan. (1997). Differences in the sexual conditioned behavior of male and female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica).. Journal of comparative psychology. 111(2). 135–142. 35 indexed citations
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Crawford, Lawrence & Michael Domjan. (1996). Conditioned inhibition of social approach in male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) using visual exposure to a female. Behavioural Processes. 36(2). 163–169. 11 indexed citations
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Domjan, Michael, et al.. (1995). Animal research in psychology: More than meets the eye of the general psychology student.. American Psychologist. 50(7). 496–503. 29 indexed citations
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Crawford, Lawrence, Chana K. Akins, & Michael Domjan. (1994). Stimulus control of copulatory behavior in sexually naive male Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica): Effects of test context and stimulus movement.. Journal of comparative psychology. 108(3). 252–261. 13 indexed citations
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Domjan, Michael & Barbara Burkhard. (1993). Domjan and Burkhard's The principles of learning and behavior. 9 indexed citations
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Holloway, Kevin S. & Michael Domjan. (1993). Sexual approach conditioning: Unconditioned stimulus factors.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior Processes. 19(1). 38–46. 33 indexed citations
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Nash, Susan Smith & Michael Domjan. (1991). Learning to discriminate the sex of conspecifics in male Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica): Tests of "biological constraints.". Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Behavior Processes. 17(3). 342–353. 28 indexed citations
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Domjan, Michael, et al.. (1988). CONDITIONING OF APPETITIVE AND CONSUMMATORY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN MALE JAPANESE QUAIL. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 50(3). 505–519. 49 indexed citations
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Barker, Lewis M., Michael R. Best, & Michael Domjan. (1977). Learning mechanisms in food selection. 399 indexed citations breakdown →

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