Robert M. Ross

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
118 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Robert M. Ross is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert M. Ross has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 34 papers in Ecology and 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Robert M. Ross's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (40 papers), Marine and fisheries research (17 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (13 papers). Robert M. Ross is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (40 papers), Marine and fisheries research (17 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (13 papers). Robert M. Ross collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Robert M. Ross's co-authors include Gordon Pennycook, James H. Johnson, Derek J. Koehler, Jonathan A. Fugelsang, Ryan McKay, Simon J. Greenhill, Robyn Langdon, Max Coltheart, Russell D. Gray and George S. Losey and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Robert M. Ross

108 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Understanding and combatting misinformation across 16 countries on six continents

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert M. Ross United States	31	715	671	506	494	442	118	3.3k
Scott F. Gilbert United States	44	693 1.0×	523 0.8×	337 0.7×	591 1.2×	329 0.7×	200	7.0k
M. J. Bryant United Kingdom	29	758 1.1×	664 1.0×	360 0.7×	153 0.3×	176 0.4×	105	4.3k
Joanna L. Mountain United States	36	995 1.4×	657 1.0×	268 0.5×	315 0.6×	190 0.4×	63	8.9k
Richard L. Pyle United States	40	1.3k 1.9×	752 1.1×	724 1.4×	565 1.1×	28 0.1×	142	5.7k
Jeffrey C. Long United States	37	785 1.1×	458 0.7×	256 0.5×	166 0.3×	131 0.3×	70	5.9k
Steven Hecht Orzack United States	27	703 1.0×	565 0.8×	317 0.6×	393 0.8×	140 0.3×	46	2.7k
Chris Venditti United Kingdom	26	781 1.1×	405 0.6×	326 0.6×	117 0.2×	70 0.2×	52	3.1k
Hamish G. Spencer New Zealand	40	2.2k 3.0×	623 0.9×	763 1.5×	229 0.5×	1.5k 3.4×	174	7.5k
Eva Jablonka Israel	40	560 0.8×	157 0.2×	208 0.4×	1.3k 2.7×	620 1.4×	129	7.4k
Dustin J. Penn Austria	46	1.3k 1.9×	376 0.6×	474 0.9×	290 0.6×	102 0.2×	108	7.0k

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Gervais, Will M., Ryan McKay, Jazmin L. Brown‐Iannuzzi, et al.. (2025). Belief in belief: Even atheists in secular countries show intuitive preferences favoring religious belief. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(13). e2404720122–e2404720122. 1 indexed citations

Savalei, Victoria, et al.. (2025). Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test Scores Demonstrate Poor Structural Properties in Nine Large Non-Clinical Samples. Assessment. 33(2). 204–220.

Ross, Robert M., et al.. (2024). It’s past time to stop using the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test.

Wildman, Wesley J., Robert M. Ross, Ryan McKay, et al.. (2024). Religion, Brain & Behavior adopts stricter transparency standards. Religion Brain & Behavior. 14(4). 341–344.

Kaplan, David M., et al.. (2024). Why most research based on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test is unsubstantiated and uninterpretable: A response to Murphy and Hall (2024). Clinical Psychology Review. 115. 102530–102530. 3 indexed citations

Ross, Robert M., Justin Sulik, Jacek Buczny, & Bruno Schivinski. (2022). Many analysts and few incentives. Religion Brain & Behavior. 13(3). 336–339. 3 indexed citations

Whitehouse, Harvey, Peter Turchin, Pieter François, et al.. (2020). New Era in the Study of Global History Is Born but It Needs to Be Nurtured. 5(1-2). 142–158. 4 indexed citations

Sulik, Justin, Robert M. Ross, & Ryan McKay. (2020). The contingency illusion bias as a potential driver of science denial. Cognitive Science. 829–835. 1 indexed citations

Ross, Robert M., et al.. (2019). Beyond “fake news”: Analytic thinking and the detection of false and hyperpartisan news headlines. PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints). 17 indexed citations

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Bluemke, Matthias, Jamin Halberstadt, Jonathan Jong, et al.. (2019). Negative life experiences and religiosity. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations

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Stagnaro, Michael N., Robert M. Ross, Gordon Pennycook, & David G. Rand. (2019). Cross-cultural support for a link between analytic thinking and disbelief in God: Evidence from India and the United Kingdom. Judgment and Decision Making. 14(2). 179–186. 30 indexed citations

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Ross, Robert M.. (2018). Faith at the Frontiers of Knowledge. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University).

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Ross, Robert M., et al.. (2016). Analytic cognitive style predicts paranormal explanations of anomalous experiences but not the experiences themselves: Implications for cognitive theories of delusions. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry. 56. 90–96. 26 indexed citations

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Pennycook, Gordon & Robert M. Ross. (2016). Commentary: Cognitive reflection vs. calculation in decision making. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. 9–9. 64 indexed citations

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Tobler, K.J., Yulian Zhao, Robert M. Ross, et al.. (2014). Blastocoel fluid (BF) harbors embryonic DNA that may result from the marginalization of aneuploid cells during embryogenesis. Fertility and Sterility. 102(3). e205–e205. 5 indexed citations

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Johnson, James H., et al.. (2011). Ontogenetic and diel variation in stream habitat use by brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in a headwater stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 26(1). 143–152. 5 indexed citations

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Fragouli, E., Michelle L. Lenzi, Robert M. Ross, et al.. (2008). Comprehensive molecular cytogenetic analysis of the human blastocyst stage. Human Reproduction. 23(11). 2596–2608. 155 indexed citations

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Ross, Robert M., et al.. (2004). Mesohabitat use of threatened hemlock forests by breeding birds of the Delaware River basin in northeastern United States. Natural Areas Journal. 24(4). 307–315. 26 indexed citations

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Schneider, Clifford P., Thomas H. Eckert, Brian F. Lantry, et al.. (1999). Double-crested cormorant predation on smallmouth bass and other fishes of the eastern basin of Lake Ontario: overview and summary. Archives of Oral Biology. 31(1). 1–6. 8 indexed citations

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Ross, Robert M., et al.. (1977). A role of the vestibular nuclei in contact placing by kittens [proceedings].. PubMed. 266(1). 97P–98P. 3 indexed citations

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