Steven M. Smith

9.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
114 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Steven M. Smith is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven M. Smith has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 41 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 23 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Steven M. Smith's work include Memory Processes and Influences (36 papers), Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (28 papers) and Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (23 papers). Steven M. Smith is often cited by papers focused on Memory Processes and Influences (36 papers), Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (28 papers) and Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (23 papers). Steven M. Smith collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Italy. Steven M. Smith's co-authors include David G. Jansson, Edward Vela, Thomas B. Ward, Arthur M. Glenberg, Robert A. Bjork, Nicholas W. Kohn, Jyotsna Vaid, Jami J. Shah, Ernst Z. Rothkopf and Deborah R. Tindell and has published in prestigious journals such as NeuroImage, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and Psychological Science.

In The Last Decade

Steven M. Smith

110 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Design fixation

1991 700 citations Steven M. Smith et al. profile →
Environmental context-dependent memory: A review and meta-analysis

2001 595 citations Steven M. Smith, Edward Vela Psychonomic Bulletin & Review profile →
Environmental context and human memory

1978 512 citations Steven M. Smith et al. Memory & Cognition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven M. Smith United States	37	2.8k	2.6k	1.3k	1.3k	1.2k	114	6.1k
Vinod Goel Canada	29	2.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.6×	934 0.7×	830 0.6×	850 0.7×	64	4.9k
Todd Lubart France	44	1.8k 0.7×	5.0k 1.9×	1.4k 1.1×	930 0.7×	1.3k 1.1×	166	7.3k
Thomas B. Ward United States	29	1.1k 0.4×	2.7k 1.0×	905 0.7×	940 0.7×	854 0.7×	56	4.7k
Arthur B. Markman United States	53	2.0k 0.7×	2.7k 1.0×	2.1k 1.6×	829 0.6×	2.9k 2.3×	165	9.7k
Linden J. Ball United Kingdom	34	862 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	566 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	579 0.5×	153	3.7k
Robert W. Weisberg United States	27	1.2k 0.4×	2.3k 0.9×	483 0.4×	638 0.5×	819 0.7×	119	4.0k
Barbara Tversky United States	55	2.9k 1.0×	4.5k 1.8×	2.1k 1.6×	766 0.6×	3.1k 2.5×	169	11.9k
Ronald A. Finke United States	30	2.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	946 0.7×	461 0.4×	674 0.5×	59	4.2k
Mathias Benedek Austria	58	8.0k 2.9×	8.7k 3.4×	2.3k 1.8×	677 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	160	12.6k
Thomas C. Ormerod United Kingdom	31	843 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	514 0.4×	589 0.5×	371 0.3×	103	3.0k

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Smith, Steven M., et al.. (2020). Creativity on demand – Hacking into creative problem solving. NeuroImage. 216. 116867–116867. 5 indexed citations

Smith, Steven M., et al.. (2015). The crutch of context-dependency: Effects of contextual support and constancy on acquisition and retention. Memory. 24(8). 1134–1141. 21 indexed citations

Angello, Genna, Benjamin C. Storm, & Steven M. Smith. (2014). Overcoming fixation with repeated memory suppression. Memory. 23(3). 381–389. 19 indexed citations

Smith, Steven M., et al.. (2014). Effects of varied and constant environmental contexts on acquisition and retention.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 40(6). 1582–1593. 46 indexed citations

Smith, Steven M., et al.. (2013). A Library Approach to Establish an Educational Data Curation Framework (EDCF) that Supports K-12 Data Science Sustainability. Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System). 2013. 1 indexed citations

Smith, Steven M., et al.. (2013). Effects of similarity on environmental context cueing. Memory. 22(5). 493–508. 27 indexed citations

Smith, Steven M., et al.. (2012). Triggering memory recovery: Effects of direct and incidental cuing. Consciousness and Cognition. 21(4). 1711–1724. 2 indexed citations

Smith, Steven M., et al.. (2010). Video context-dependent recall. Behavior Research Methods. 42(1). 292–301. 58 indexed citations

Kohn, Nicholas W. & Steven M. Smith. (2009). Partly versus Completely Out of Your Mind: Effects of Incubation and Distraction on Resolving Fixation. The Journal of Creative Behavior. 43(2). 102–118. 46 indexed citations

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Kerne, Andruid, et al.. (2006). Supporting Creative Learning Experience with Compositions of Image and Text Surrogates. EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology. 2006(1). 2567–2574. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, Steven M., et al.. (2004). Effects of perceptual modality on verbatim and gist memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 11(1). 143–149. 8 indexed citations

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Smith, Steven M., et al.. (2001). The use of source memory to identity one's own episodic confusion errors.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. 27(2). 362–374. 26 indexed citations

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Smith, Steven M. & Edward Vela. (2001). Environmental context-dependent memory: A review and meta-analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 8(2). 203–220. 595 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Steven M., et al.. (2000). Category structure and created memories. Memory & Cognition. 28(3). 386–395. 51 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Bennett L., et al.. (2000). The phenomenology of real and illusory tip-of-the-tongue states. Memory & Cognition. 28(1). 18–27. 37 indexed citations

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Johnson, Norman L., et al.. (1998). Symbiotic Intelligence: Self-Organizing Knowledge on Distributed Networks Driven By Human Interaction. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 27 indexed citations

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Smith, Steven M.. (1995). Mood is a component of mental context: Comment on Eich (1995).. Journal of Experimental Psychology General. 124(3). 309–310. 17 indexed citations

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Smith, Steven M., et al.. (1993). Constraining effects of examples in a creative generation task. Memory & Cognition. 21(6). 837–845. 370 indexed citations

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Smith, Steven M.. (1992). The Use of Electrical Transmission Line Theory to Predict the Performance of Spacecraft Radiators. Calhoun: The Naval Postgraduate School Institutional Archive (Naval Postgraduate School). 12. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, Steven M. & Edward Vela. (1991). Incubated reminiscence effects. Memory & Cognition. 19(2). 168–176. 45 indexed citations

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