Ronald Cohen

7.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
146 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Ronald Cohen is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald Cohen has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 18 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ronald Cohen's work include Memory Processes and Influences (24 papers), Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (11 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (8 papers). Ronald Cohen is often cited by papers focused on Memory Processes and Influences (24 papers), Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (11 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (8 papers). Ronald Cohen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Sweden. Ronald Cohen's co-authors include Raoul Naroll, G. Kingsley Garbett, Jennifer L. Hochschild, Tom R. Tyler, Jerald Greenberg, Hans Werner Bierhoff, Duane F. Alwin, Theodore M. Newcomb, Elman R. Service and C. Netley and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Ronald Cohen

136 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

A Handbook of Method in Cultural Anthropology. 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 1989 1984 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. A Handbook of Method in Cultural Anthropology.
    1975 615 citations Ronald Cohen et al. Man profile →
  2. The Social Psychology of Procedural Justice.
    1989 302 citations Ronald Cohen et al. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews profile →
  3. What's Fair? American Beliefs about Distributive Justice
    1984 242 citations Ronald Cohen 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
Ronald Cohen United States 35 1.4k 1.4k 975 945 628 146 4.9k
Alice Ambrose United States 12 1.1k 0.8× 938 0.7× 935 1.0× 818 0.9× 1.5k 2.4× 36 6.7k
Maurice Merleau-Ponty 15 1.6k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 349 0.4× 1.4k 2.2× 64 6.8k
G. E. M. Anscombe United Kingdom 23 2.1k 1.5× 1.7k 1.2× 1.4k 1.4× 1.1k 1.2× 2.3k 3.7× 115 11.5k
Maurice Merleau-Ponty France 21 2.2k 1.6× 1.3k 0.9× 1.8k 1.8× 515 0.5× 2.0k 3.1× 84 9.7k
Donald Davidson United States 36 1.2k 0.9× 2.0k 1.5× 839 0.9× 594 0.6× 3.7k 6.0× 98 9.5k
Aristotle  South Africa 27 1.5k 1.1× 807 0.6× 826 0.8× 144 0.2× 724 1.2× 325 7.3k
Richard A. Shweder United States 35 2.0k 1.4× 687 0.5× 2.2k 2.3× 533 0.6× 668 1.1× 102 5.6k
Gilbert Ryle China 32 633 0.5× 867 0.6× 600 0.6× 431 0.5× 906 1.4× 129 5.8k
George H. Mead 16 2.4k 1.7× 262 0.2× 1.2k 1.2× 412 0.4× 400 0.6× 35 5.5k
Mark L. Johnson United States 10 1.4k 1.0× 891 0.6× 1.6k 1.6× 813 0.9× 4.6k 7.4× 21 9.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Ronald Cohen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ronald Cohen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ronald Cohen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ronald Cohen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ronald Cohen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ronald Cohen. Ronald Cohen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hüttermann, A., I. Chet, Andrzej Majcherczyk, et al.. (2000). Recycling of agricultural wastes by white-rot fungi for the production of fodder for ruminants.. 11(6). 29–32. 14 indexed citations
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Glickman, Harvey, et al.. (1989). The Crisis in African Agriculture. African Economic History. 168–168. 10 indexed citations
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Cohen, Ronald. (1989). General/Theoretical Anthropology: Comparative Anthropology. Ladislav Holy, ed. American Anthropologist. 91(1). 247–249. 1 indexed citations
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Jackson, Patrick G. & Ronald Cohen. (1988). Justice: Views from the Social Sciences. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 17(1). 68–68. 86 indexed citations
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Cohen, Ronald, et al.. (1987). Aging and memory for words and action events: Effects of item repetition and list length.. Psychology and Aging. 2(3). 280–285. 49 indexed citations
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Cohen, Ronald, et al.. (1984). Laypersons' Conceptions of Social Relationships: A Test of Contract Theory. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 1(4). 433–458. 14 indexed citations
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Cohen, Ronald. (1983). Dynastic traditions and the state. 1. 45–55. 1 indexed citations
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Adams, Richard N., Donald T. Campbell, Ronald Cohen, et al.. (1981). Natural Selection, Energetics, and "Cultural Materialism" [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 22(6). 603–624. 16 indexed citations
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Smith, Michael G., Ronald Cohen, & Elman R. Service. (1979). Origins of the State: The Anthropology of Political Evolution.. Man. 14(3). 568–568. 63 indexed citations
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Cohen, Ronald. (1975). Judicial Treatment of the Due-on-Sale Clause: The Case for Adopting Standards of Reasonableness and Unconscionability. Stanford Law Review. 27(4). 1109–1109. 1 indexed citations
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Cohen, Ronald, et al.. (1967). NOTE ON THE RETENTION OF CONNECTED DISCOURSE. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 8(1). 11–16. 15 indexed citations
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Cohen, Ronald, et al.. (1967). The activity trace in immediate memory: A re-evaluation. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior. 6(1). 139–143. 34 indexed citations
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Cohen, Ronald. (1967). Family Life in Bornu. Anthropologica. 9(1). 21–21. 3 indexed citations
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Cohen, Ronald. (1967). Anthropology and Political Science. American Behavioral Scientist. 11(2). 1–7. 15 indexed citations
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Cohen, Ronald. (1966). Modernism and the Hinterland: The Canadian Example1. International Journal of Comparative Sociology. 7(1). 52–64. 1 indexed citations
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Cohen, Ronald. (1965). Political Anthropology: The Future of a Pioneer. Anthropological Quarterly. 38(3). 117–117. 4 indexed citations
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Cohen, Ronald. (1964). Problems in motion perception. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 22 indexed citations
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Cohen, Ronald, et al.. (1963). The Challenge of Africa. International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis. 18(4). 544–544. 21 indexed citations
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Cohen, Ronald, Gabriel A. Almond, & James S. Coleman. (1962). The Politics of the Developing Areas. Anthropologica. 4(1). 175–175. 5 indexed citations
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Lint, Jan de & Ronald Cohen. (1960). One Factor Magic: A Discussion of Murdock's Theory of Social Evolution. Anthropologica. 2(1). 95–95. 1 indexed citations

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