W. David Pierce

15.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
99 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

W. David Pierce is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. David Pierce has authored 99 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 17 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 16 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in W. David Pierce's work include Behavioral and Psychological Studies (31 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (12 papers) and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (12 papers). W. David Pierce is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral and Psychological Studies (31 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (12 papers) and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (12 papers). W. David Pierce collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. W. David Pierce's co-authors include Albert Bandura, Judy Cameron, W. Frank Epling, Carl D. Cheney, Terry W. Belke, C. Donald Heth, James C. Russell, Douglas P. Boer, J. K. Chadwick‐Jones and Sarah‐Jeanne Salvy and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Journal of Applied Physiology.

In The Last Decade

W. David Pierce

89 papers receiving 9.4k citations

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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.

Social Learning Theory

1977 6.7k citations W. David Pierce et al. profile →
Reinforcement, Reward, and Intrinsic Motivation: A Meta-Analysis

1994 724 citations Judy Cameron, W. David Pierce profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. David Pierce Canada	29	2.0k	2.0k	1.9k	1.9k	1.8k	99	10.2k
Harris Cooper United States	32	1.3k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	54	9.7k
Roel Bosker Netherlands	38	1.9k 0.9×	4.2k 2.2×	1.2k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	2.2k 1.2×	190	12.0k
Lea Pulkkinen Finland	64	2.5k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	4.3k 2.3×	1.3k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	292	13.4k
Frederick L. Oswald United States	42	2.5k 1.2×	984 0.5×	1.9k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	154	9.8k
William D. Schafer United States	19	1.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	917 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	72	7.7k
Jacob Cohen United States	13	1.9k 1.0×	721 0.4×	1.7k 0.9×	668 0.4×	1.5k 0.8×	52	9.0k
Deborah L Bandalos United States	26	2.0k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	2.2k 1.2×	605 0.3×	1.4k 0.8×	60	7.3k
David Magnusson Sweden	40	2.9k 1.4×	1.4k 0.7×	3.7k 2.0×	1.1k 0.6×	1.8k 1.0×	116	8.6k
Avraham N. Kluger Israel	34	2.8k 1.4×	1.8k 0.9×	869 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	77	8.8k
Patrick S. Malone United States	46	3.2k 1.6×	2.7k 1.3×	4.4k 2.4×	828 0.4×	2.3k 1.2×	140	10.0k

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Belke, Terry W., et al.. (2018). Automatic reinforcement from operant wheel-running undermines temporal control by fixed-interval schedules of reinforcement. Behavioural Processes. 157. 91–101. 4 indexed citations

Belke, Terry W. & W. David Pierce. (2016). Evidence for positive, but not negative, behavioral contrast with wheel-running reinforcement on multiple variable-ratio schedules. Behavioural Processes. 133. 37–43. 5 indexed citations

Diané, Abdoulaye, et al.. (2015). Cardiometabolic and reproductive benefits of early dietary energy restriction and voluntary exercise in an obese PCOS-prone rodent model. Journal of Endocrinology. 226(3). 193–206. 11 indexed citations

Diané, Abdoulaye, W. David Pierce, Rabban Mangat, et al.. (2015). Differential expression of hypothalamic, metabolic and inflammatory genes in response to short-term calorie restriction in juvenile obese- and lean-prone JCR rats. Nutrition and Diabetes. 5(8). e178–e178. 6 indexed citations

Pierce, W. David. (2012). Commentary on “what happened to analysis in applied behavior analysis” (Pierce & Epling, 1980). The Behavior Analyst. 35(2). 275–276. 3 indexed citations

Diané, Abdoulaye, W. David Pierce, C. Donald Heth, et al.. (2011). Feeding History and Obese‐Prone Genotype Increase Survival of Rats Exposed to a Challenge of Food Restriction and Wheel Running. Obesity. 20(9). 1787–1795. 7 indexed citations

Pierce, W. David, Abdoulaye Diané, C. Donald Heth, James C. Russell, & Spencer D. Proctor. (2010). Evolution and obesity: resistance of obese-prone rats to a challenge of food restriction and wheel running. International Journal of Obesity. 34(3). 589–592. 10 indexed citations

Pierce, W. David & C. Donald Heth. (2009). Blocking of conditioned taste avoidance induced by wheel running. Behavioural Processes. 83(1). 41–47. 11 indexed citations

Belke, Terry W., et al.. (2006). REINFORCEMENT VALUE AND SUBSTITUTABILITY OF SUCROSE AND WHEEL RUNNING: IMPLICATIONS FOR ACTIVITY ANOREXIA. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 86(2). 131–158. 16 indexed citations

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Cameron, Judy & W. David Pierce. (2005). Rewards and motivation in the classroom. Academic exchange quarterly. 9(2). 67–70. 4 indexed citations

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Salvy, Sarah‐Jeanne, et al.. (2004). Taste avoidance induced by wheel running: effects of backward pairings and robustness of conditioned taste aversion. Physiology & Behavior. 82(2-3). 303–308. 22 indexed citations

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Salvy, Sarah‐Jeanne, et al.. (2004). Conditioned taste aversion induced by wheel running: further evidence on wheel running duration. Behavioural Processes. 66(2). 101–106. 13 indexed citations

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Cameron, Judy, et al.. (2004). Rewards, Task Difficulty, and Intrinsic Motivation: A Test of Learned Industriousness Theory. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 50(3). 9 indexed citations

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Belke, Terry W., W. David Pierce, & Kenneth B. Jensen. (2004). Effect of short-term prefeeding and body weight on wheel running and responding reinforced by the opportunity to run in a wheel. Behavioural Processes. 67(1). 1–10. 12 indexed citations

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Salvy, Sarah‐Jeanne, et al.. (2002). Pre-exposure to wheel running disrupts taste aversion conditioning. Physiology & Behavior. 76(1). 51–56. 29 indexed citations

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Pierce, W. David, et al.. (1995). IQ Testing in America: A Victim of Its Own Success.. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 41(3). 2 indexed citations

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Epling, W. Frank, et al.. (1995). Diurnal variation of intensive running in food-deprived rats. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 73(10). 1519–1523. 41 indexed citations

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Boer, Douglas P., W. Frank Epling, W. David Pierce, & James C. Russell. (1990). Suppression of food deprivation-induced high-rate wheel running in rats. Physiology & Behavior. 48(2). 339–342. 34 indexed citations

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Spetch, Marcia L., Terry W. Belke, Robert C. Barnet, Roger Dunn, & W. David Pierce. (1990). SUBOPTIMAL CHOICE IN A PERCENTAGE‐REINFORCEMENT PROCEDURE: EFFECTS OF SIGNAL CONDITION AND TERMINAL‐LINK LENGTH. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 53(2). 219–234. 88 indexed citations

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Belke, Terry W., W. David Pierce, & Russell A. Powell. (1989). DETERMINANTS OF CHOICE FOR PIGEONS AND HUMANS ON CONCURRENT‐CHAINS SCHEDULES OF REINFORCEMENT. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 52(2). 97–109. 19 indexed citations

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