Thomas B. Ward

7.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
56 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Thomas B. Ward is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas B. Ward has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 21 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 14 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Thomas B. Ward's work include Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (21 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (16 papers) and Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (6 papers). Thomas B. Ward is often cited by papers focused on Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (21 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (16 papers) and Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (6 papers). Thomas B. Ward collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Singapore. Thomas B. Ward's co-authors include Ronald A. Finke, Steven M. Smith, Steven M. Smith, Cynthia M. Sifonis, Jyotsna Vaid, Robert A. Baron, James G. Scott, Joshua D. Landau, Richard L. Marsh and Zachary Estes and has published in prestigious journals such as American Psychologist, Child Development and Journal of Business Venturing.

In The Last Decade

Thomas B. Ward

54 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Creative Cognition

1992 909 citations Ronald A. Finke, Thomas B. Ward et al. The MIT Press eBooks profile →
Cognition, creativity, and entrepreneurship

2003 575 citations Thomas B. Ward profile →
Structured Imagination: the Role of Category Structure in Exemplar Generation

1994 509 citations Thomas B. Ward profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas B. Ward United States	29	2.7k	1.1k	940	905	854	56	4.7k
Todd Lubart France	44	5.0k 1.9×	1.8k 1.7×	930 1.0×	1.4k 1.6×	1.3k 1.5×	166	7.3k
Paul B. Paulus United States	41	2.4k 0.9×	545 0.5×	1.0k 1.1×	3.2k 3.5×	859 1.0×	105	6.7k
Robert W. Weisberg United States	27	2.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	638 0.7×	483 0.5×	819 1.0×	119	4.0k
Arthur J. Cropley Germany	31	2.5k 0.9×	767 0.7×	511 0.5×	700 0.8×	484 0.6×	112	3.8k
Jonathan A. Plucker United States	41	4.3k 1.6×	1.2k 1.1×	518 0.6×	1.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.4×	196	7.2k
Frank Barron United States	23	2.8k 1.0×	965 0.9×	343 0.4×	990 1.1×	464 0.5×	50	4.5k
Bernard A. Nijstad Netherlands	41	4.9k 1.8×	1.8k 1.7×	867 0.9×	3.6k 4.0×	804 0.9×	91	9.3k
Ronald A. Beghetto United States	35	5.2k 1.9×	1.5k 1.5×	649 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	1.3k 1.5×	98	6.6k
Ginamarie Scott United States	11	1.4k 0.5×	316 0.3×	308 0.3×	495 0.5×	207 0.2×	12	2.5k
Scott G. Isaksen United States	24	1.2k 0.4×	225 0.2×	368 0.4×	400 0.4×	343 0.4×	56	2.3k

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Johnson, Dan R., James C. Kaufman, John Patterson, et al.. (2022). Divergent semantic integration (DSI): Extracting creativity from narratives with distributional semantic modeling. Behavior Research Methods. 55(7). 3726–3759. 51 indexed citations

Ward, Thomas B., et al.. (2009). Graded Category Structure in Chinese-English Bilinguals. The International Journal of Creativity and Problem Solving. 19(2). 47–59. 1 indexed citations

Ward, Thomas B., et al.. (2009). Creative expression in virtual worlds: Imitation, imagination, and individualized collaboration.. Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts. 3(4). 211–221. 37 indexed citations

Ward, Thomas B., et al.. (2006). Measuring gifted adolescents' implicit theories of creativity. Roeper Review. 28(3). 131–139. 23 indexed citations

Ward, Thomas B., et al.. (2005). Divergence and overlap in bilingual concept representations. OakTrust (Texas A&M University Libraries). 27(27). 1 indexed citations

Ward, Thomas B.. (2004). Cognition, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations

Baron, Robert A. & Thomas B. Ward. (2004). Expanding Entrepreneurial Cognition's Toolbox: Potential Contributions from the Field of Cognitive Science. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 28(6). 553–573. 226 indexed citations

Ward, Thomas B., et al.. (2002). The role of graded category structure in imaginative thought. Memory & Cognition. 30(2). 199–216. 117 indexed citations

Ward, Thomas B., et al.. (2000). Attribute centrality and imaginative thought. Memory & Cognition. 28(8). 1387–1397. 20 indexed citations

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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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Marsh, Richard L., Thomas B. Ward, & Joshua D. Landau. (1999). The inadvertent use of prior knowledge in a generative cognitive task. Memory & Cognition. 27(1). 94–105. 113 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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Finke, Ronald A., Thomas B. Ward, & Steven M. Smith. (1992). Creative Cognition. The MIT Press eBooks. 909 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ward, Thomas B., et al.. (1991). Attribute availability and the shape bias in children's category generalization. Cognitive Development. 6(2). 143–167. 31 indexed citations

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Ward, Thomas B., et al.. (1990). Children and Adults Learn Family-Resemblance Categories Analytically. Child Development. 61(3). 593–593. 18 indexed citations

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Ward, Thomas B., et al.. (1989). What Makes a Vibble a Vibble? A Developmental Study of Category Generalization. Child Development. 60(1). 214–214. 13 indexed citations

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Ward, Thomas B.. (1988). Whenis category learning holistic?. Memory & Cognition. 16(1). 85–89. 10 indexed citations

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Ward, Thomas B.. (1987). Acquisition of Criterial Attribute and Family-Resemblance Concepts by Learning Disabled and Nondisabled Children.. Child study journal. 17(4). 239–250. 1 indexed citations

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Ward, Thomas B.. (1980). Separable and Integral Responding by Children and Adults to the Dimensions of Length and Density. Child Development. 51(3). 676–676. 34 indexed citations

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Thor, Donald H., et al.. (1974). A Social-Fighting Test of the Crosby-Cahoon Superstitious Responding Hypothesis in Shock-Elicited Aggression. The Psychological Record. 24(1). 47–52. 1 indexed citations

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