Stephen W. Link

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 727 citations indexed

About

Stephen W. Link is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Statistics and Probability and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen W. Link has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 727 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 6 papers in Statistics and Probability and 2 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Stephen W. Link's work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (5 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (5 papers) and Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (3 papers). Stephen W. Link is often cited by papers focused on Visual perception and processing mechanisms (5 papers), Tactile and Sensory Interactions (5 papers) and Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (3 papers). Stephen W. Link collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United States. Stephen W. Link's co-authors include Richard A. Heath, Kang Lee, Hewitt D. Crane, James C. Bliss, James T. Townsend, Richard B. Day, Howard E. Gruber, William L. King, David W. Murray and Helen Ross and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Psychological Bulletin and Psychological Science.

In The Last Decade

Stephen W. Link

18 papers receiving 669 citations

Hit Papers

A Sequential Theory of Psychological Discrimination 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 100 200 300
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 Sequential Theory of Psychological Discrimination
    1975 366 citations Stephen W. Link, Richard A. Heath Psychometrika profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen W. Link Canada 11 437 176 117 116 89 22 727
J. St B. T. Evans United Kingdom 10 191 0.4× 120 0.7× 270 2.3× 204 1.8× 175 2.0× 13 655
Douglas A. Bors Canada 13 200 0.5× 340 1.9× 40 0.3× 164 1.4× 106 1.2× 20 679
Detlef Rhenius Germany 4 214 0.5× 331 1.9× 36 0.3× 76 0.7× 114 1.3× 6 522
Rani Moran United Kingdom 19 899 2.1× 220 1.3× 248 2.1× 98 0.8× 131 1.5× 49 1.2k
N. E. Wetherick United Kingdom 11 172 0.4× 164 0.9× 100 0.9× 156 1.3× 170 1.9× 53 538
Mackenzie G. Glaholt Canada 14 521 1.2× 188 1.1× 88 0.8× 169 1.5× 80 0.9× 25 810
Pauline Austin Adams United States 14 255 0.6× 99 0.6× 58 0.5× 120 1.0× 57 0.6× 24 567
Robert G. Pachella United States 13 467 1.1× 183 1.0× 29 0.2× 150 1.3× 81 0.9× 23 683
Charley M. Wu Germany 12 190 0.4× 128 0.7× 89 0.8× 141 1.2× 98 1.1× 27 526
Richard B. Millward United States 12 222 0.5× 90 0.5× 27 0.2× 204 1.8× 142 1.6× 26 510

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen W. Link

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephen W. Link. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephen W. Link 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 Stephen W. Link. Stephen W. Link 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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Link, Stephen W., et al.. (2020). Design of Effective Positioning and Form of Front-of-Pack Nutrition Labelling on Food Products Based on Eye-Tracking Method. IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering. 1003(1). 12008–12008.
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Link, Stephen W.. (2020). The Wave Theory of Difference and Similarity. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 7 indexed citations
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Link, Stephen W.. (2014). The Relative Judgment Theory Analysis of Response Time Deadline Experiments. 129–150. 1 indexed citations
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Link, Stephen W., et al.. (2009). New “golden” ratios for facial beauty. Vision Research. 50(2). 149–154. 102 indexed citations
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Link, Stephen W., David W. Murray, & Helen Ross. (2009). THE WIDE IMPACT OF GUSTAV FECHNER’S THOUGHT-PROVOKING WRITINGS. The American Journal of Psychology. 122(3). 405–410. 1 indexed citations
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Link, Stephen W.. (1994). Rediscovering the Past: Gustav Fechner and Signal Detection Theory. Psychological Science. 5(6). 335–340. 19 indexed citations
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Link, Stephen W.. (1993). Fechner's theory of mental measurement. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 16(1). 153–154. 1 indexed citations
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Link, Stephen W. & Richard B. Day. (1992). A theory of cheating. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers. 24(2). 311–316. 11 indexed citations
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Link, Stephen W.. (1990). Modeling imageless thought: The relative judgment theory of numerical comparisons. Journal of Mathematical Psychology. 34(1). 2–41. 59 indexed citations
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Link, Stephen W.. (1982). Correcting response measures for guessing and partial information.. Psychological Bulletin. 92(2). 469–486. 38 indexed citations
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Link, Stephen W.. (1979). Improvements on a new model for choice reaction time. Perception & Psychophysics. 25(5). 443–446. 4 indexed citations
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Link, Stephen W.. (1975). 4K laboratory FOCAL. Behavior Research Methods. 7(2). 137–142. 3 indexed citations
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Link, Stephen W. & Richard A. Heath. (1975). A Sequential Theory of Psychological Discrimination. Psychometrika. 40(1). 77–105. 366 indexed citations breakdown →
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Link, Stephen W., et al.. (1971). Speed and accuracy in comparative judgments of line length. Perception & Psychophysics. 9(3). 284–288. 33 indexed citations
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Link, Stephen W.. (1971). Applying RT deadlines to discrimination reaction time. Psychonomic Science. 25(6). 355–358. 19 indexed citations
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Bliss, James C., et al.. (1967). Tactual perception - Experiments and models. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 3 indexed citations
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Bliss, James C., Hewitt D. Crane, & Stephen W. Link. (1966). Effect of display movement on tactile pattern perception. Perception & Psychophysics. 1(4). 195–202. 11 indexed citations
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Bliss, James C., Hewitt D. Crane, & Stephen W. Link. (1966). Effect of display movement on tactile pattern perception. Perception & Psychophysics. 1(7). 195–202. 9 indexed citations
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Bliss, James C., Hewitt D. Crane, Stephen W. Link, & James T. Townsend. (1966). Tactile perception of sequentially presented spatial patterns. Perception & Psychophysics. 1(3). 125–130. 27 indexed citations
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Gruber, Howard E., William L. King, & Stephen W. Link. (1963). Moon Illusion: An Event in Imaginary Space. Science. 139(3556). 750–752. 13 indexed citations

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