Paul J. Woods

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Paul J. Woods is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul J. Woods has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 13 papers in Clinical Psychology and 12 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Paul J. Woods's work include Psychological Treatments and Assessments (12 papers), Behavioral and Psychological Studies (8 papers) and Counseling Practices and Supervision (6 papers). Paul J. Woods is often cited by papers focused on Psychological Treatments and Assessments (12 papers), Behavioral and Psychological Studies (8 papers) and Counseling Practices and Supervision (6 papers). Paul J. Woods collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and United Kingdom. Paul J. Woods's co-authors include Robert C. Bolles, Jennifer Burns, James M. Sakoda, Guy L. Rowland, Robert J. Peters, Carole Harris, Albert Ellis, Russell P. Feirer, Dale Shaller and Russell Grieger and has published in prestigious journals such as American Psychologist, Child Development and Clinical Psychology Review.

In The Last Decade

Paul J. Woods

60 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

The ontogeny of behaviour in the albino rat 1964 2026 1984 2005 1964 100 200 300 400
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 ontogeny of behaviour in the albino rat
    1964 469 citations Paul J. Woods et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul J. Woods United States 16 403 260 188 178 176 63 1.2k
Roger E. Ulrich United States 14 472 1.2× 230 0.9× 344 1.8× 241 1.4× 549 3.1× 30 1.3k
W. Horsley Gantt United States 17 244 0.6× 168 0.6× 305 1.6× 100 0.6× 117 0.7× 83 1.1k
Robert R. Zimmermann United States 12 488 1.2× 170 0.7× 199 1.1× 59 0.3× 208 1.2× 45 1.2k
William F. Caul United States 18 508 1.3× 187 0.7× 441 2.3× 313 1.8× 153 0.9× 60 1.5k
Jaylan S. Turkkan United States 19 168 0.4× 205 0.8× 274 1.5× 165 0.9× 133 0.8× 50 1.0k
Judson S. Brown United States 15 316 0.8× 150 0.6× 501 2.7× 378 2.1× 248 1.4× 42 1.4k
Neil R. Carlson United States 13 201 0.5× 102 0.4× 252 1.3× 130 0.7× 103 0.6× 22 873
Verne C. Cox United States 21 451 1.1× 174 0.7× 505 2.7× 464 2.6× 93 0.5× 49 1.9k
Alexander J. Rosen United States 17 186 0.5× 133 0.5× 520 2.8× 251 1.4× 102 0.6× 47 1.1k
F. Robert Brush United States 23 453 1.1× 85 0.3× 394 2.1× 346 1.9× 232 1.3× 53 1.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul J. Woods

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Woods, Paul J.. (1996). Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Has a Humanistic Orientation—Definitely. The Journal of Humanistic Education and Development. 35(2). 89–92. 2 indexed citations
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Woods, Paul J., et al.. (1991). The efficacy of rational-emotive therapy: A quantitative review of the outcome research. Clinical Psychology Review. 11(4). 357–369. 96 indexed citations
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Woods, Paul J., et al.. (1990). Irrational beliefs and psychosomatic disorders. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. 8(1). 3–20. 11 indexed citations
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Woods, Paul J., et al.. (1987). Is Psychology the Major for You: Planning for Your Undergraduate Years. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 6 indexed citations
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Woods, Paul J., et al.. (1985). Irrationality profiles for anger and anxiety. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. 3(2). 124–129. 9 indexed citations
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Woods, Paul J. & Jennifer Burns. (1984). Type A behavior and illness in general. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 7(4). 411–415. 46 indexed citations
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Woods, Paul J., et al.. (1984). Findings on a relationship between Type A behavior and headaches. Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 7(3). 277–286. 30 indexed citations
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Woods, Paul J., et al.. (1975). Frustrative nonrelief in instrumental escape conditioning. Animal Learning & Behavior. 3(1). 28–32. 1 indexed citations
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Woods, Paul J.. (1974). A taxonomy of instrumental conditioning.. American Psychologist. 29(8). 584–597. 22 indexed citations
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Woods, Paul J.. (1973). The effects of a sudden reduction in anticipated “relief”. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society. 1(1). 5–8. 3 indexed citations
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McGuigan, F. J. & Paul J. Woods. (1972). Contemporary studies in psychology. Appleton-Century-Crofts eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Woods, Paul J., et al.. (1972). Partial reinforcement effects in instrumental escape conditioning. Learning and Motivation. 3(3). 279–292. 6 indexed citations
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Woods, Paul J.. (1967). Performance changes in escape conditioning following shifts in the magnitude of reinforcement.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 75(4). 487–491. 18 indexed citations
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Woods, Paul J., et al.. (1966). Instrumental escape conditioning in a water tank: Effects of constant reinforcement at different levels of drive stimulus intensity.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 62(3). 403–408. 12 indexed citations
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Woods, Paul J., et al.. (1964). The behavioral effects of changes in environmental complexity.. Canadian Journal of Psychology/Revue Canadienne de Psychologie. 18(1). 23–27. 6 indexed citations
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Woods, Paul J., et al.. (1961). Performance on a Black-White Discrimination Problem in a Water Maze as Influenced by Water Temperature and Swimming Ability. Psychological Reports. 9(2). 433–439. 7 indexed citations
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Woods, Paul J.. (1961). Some characteristics of journals and authors.. American Psychologist. 16(11). 699–701. 5 indexed citations
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Woods, Paul J., et al.. (1960). Some Effects of “Free” and “Restricted” Environmental Rearing Conditions upon Adult Behavior in the Rat. Psychological Reports. 6(2). 191–200. 37 indexed citations
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Woods, Paul J., et al.. (1960). A Mother-Daughter Comparison on Selected Aspects of Child Rearing in a High Socioeconomic Group. Child Development. 31(1). 121–121. 5 indexed citations
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Woods, Paul J., et al.. (1959). Response to Environmental Change: A Further Confirmation. Psychological Reports. 5(2). 560–560. 6 indexed citations

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