Sally N. Wall

14.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
6 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Sally N. Wall is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sally N. Wall has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 1 paper in Cognitive Neuroscience, 1 paper in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 1 paper in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sally N. Wall's work include Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (1 paper), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (1 paper) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (1 paper). Sally N. Wall is often cited by papers focused on Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (1 paper), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (1 paper) and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (1 paper). Sally N. Wall collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Sally N. Wall's co-authors include Mary D. Salter Ainsworth, Mary C. Blehar, Everett Waters, Howard E. Egeth, John Jonides and Alan M. Wing and has published in prestigious journals such as Cognitive Psychology, Psychology Press eBooks and MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society).

In The Last Decade

Sally N. Wall

5 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

Patterns of Attachment: A Psychological Study of the Stra... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 2015 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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. Patterns of Attachment: A Psychological Study of the Strange Situation
    1978 8.3k citations Mary D. Salter Ainsworth, Mary C. Blehar et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  2. Patterns of Attachment
    2015 345 citations Mary D. Salter Ainsworth, Mary C. Blehar et al. Psychology Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sally N. Wall United States 3 5.9k 5.4k 1.5k 1.5k 1.2k 6 8.9k
Mary C. Blehar United States 18 6.3k 1.1× 5.7k 1.0× 1.6k 1.1× 1.6k 1.1× 1.6k 1.3× 33 10.0k
Mary Main United States 30 8.8k 1.5× 7.7k 1.4× 2.4k 1.6× 1.6k 1.1× 1.4k 1.2× 48 11.6k
Karlen Lyons‐Ruth United States 57 10.2k 1.7× 5.6k 1.0× 998 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 2.5k 2.0× 164 12.3k
W. Andrew Collins United States 53 5.4k 0.9× 4.5k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 2.1k 1.4× 616 0.5× 145 10.0k
Howard Steele United States 36 6.6k 1.1× 4.3k 0.8× 981 0.6× 1.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 110 8.4k
Inge Bretherton United States 39 5.2k 0.9× 4.8k 0.9× 1.5k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 718 0.6× 70 9.3k
Duane Buhrmester United States 32 6.3k 1.1× 5.1k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 2.4k 1.6× 464 0.4× 42 10.2k
Gayla Margolin United States 56 6.2k 1.1× 4.5k 0.8× 2.1k 1.4× 3.1k 2.1× 803 0.7× 197 10.7k
Philip A. Cowan United States 49 3.6k 0.6× 3.3k 0.6× 2.6k 1.7× 2.0k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 136 7.0k
David Reiss United States 58 7.3k 1.2× 2.9k 0.5× 920 0.6× 1.6k 1.1× 1.6k 1.3× 290 10.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sally N. Wall

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All Works

6 of 6 papers shown
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Wall, Sally N.. (2015). An Interpretation of Individual Differences. 351–363. 1 indexed citations
2.
Ainsworth, Mary D. Salter, Mary C. Blehar, Everett Waters, & Sally N. Wall. (2015). Patterns of Attachment. Psychology Press eBooks. 345 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wall, Sally N., et al.. (2001). Friction and curature judgement. MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society). 36–40. 1 indexed citations
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Wall, Sally N., et al.. (1995). Collaborative Learning across the Psychology Curriculum.. 1 indexed citations
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Ainsworth, Mary D. Salter, Mary C. Blehar, Everett Waters, & Sally N. Wall. (1978). Patterns of Attachment: A Psychological Study of the Strange Situation. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8314 indexed citations breakdown →
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Egeth, Howard E., John Jonides, & Sally N. Wall. (1972). Parallel processing of multielement displays. Cognitive Psychology. 3(4). 674–698. 248 indexed citations

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