Wes Bonifay

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Wes Bonifay is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Wes Bonifay has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Clinical Psychology, 10 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 7 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Wes Bonifay's work include Mental Health Research Topics (9 papers), Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (5 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 papers). Wes Bonifay is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Research Topics (9 papers), Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (5 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 papers). Wes Bonifay collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Wes Bonifay's co-authors include Steven P. Reise, Mark G. Haviland, Sean P. Lane, Li Cai, Richard Scheines, Rob R. Meijer, Ashley L. Watts, Douglas Steinley, Hye-jin Shim and Eiko I. Fried and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Affective Disorders, Sustainability and Psychological Methods.

In The Last Decade

Wes Bonifay

28 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Scoring and Modeling Psychological Measures in the Presence of Multidimensionality

2012 775 citations Steven P. Reise, Wes Bonifay et al. Journal of Personality Assessment profile →
Three Concerns With Applying a Bifactor Model as a Structure of Psychopathology

2016 282 citations Wes Bonifay, Steven P. Reise et al. profile →

Peers

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David Gallardo‐Pujol Spain

Luís Eduardo Garrido Dominican Republic

Emily Johnson United States

Mark H. C. Lai United States

Fridtjof W. Nußbeck Germany

Francesca Chiesi Italy

Andreu Vigil‐Colet Spain

Tanja Lischetzke Germany

Caterina Primi Italy

William M. van der Veld Netherlands

David Gallardo‐Pujol Spain

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284 ×0.5

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446 ×1.3

74 ×0.5

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130 ×0.8

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Citations per year, relative to Wes Bonifay Wes Bonifay (= 1×) peers David Gallardo‐Pujol

Countries citing papers authored by Wes Bonifay

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wes Bonifay

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Embse, Nathaniel P. von der, Sonja D. Winter, Wes Bonifay, et al.. (2025). Reconciling discrepant universal screening data to improve decision-making: A Bayesian logistic regression approach. Journal of School Psychology. 110. 101461–101461. 1 indexed citations

Bonifay, Wes, Li Cai, Carl F. Falk, & Kristopher J. Preacher. (2025). Reassessing the fitting propensity of factor models.. Psychological Methods.

Winter, Sonja D., et al.. (2025). A tutorial on Bayesian item response theory: An illustration using the Teacher Stress Inventory-Short Form. Journal of School Psychology. 109. 101427–101427.

Bottiani, Jessika H., et al.. (2024). The CARES classroom observation tool: Psychometrics of an observational measure of culturally responsive practices. Journal of School Psychology. 107. 101381–101381. 3 indexed citations

Bonifay, Wes, et al.. (2024). Good Fit Is Weak Evidence of Replication: Increasing Rigor Through Prior Predictive Similarity Checking. Assessment. 32(2). 170–189. 1 indexed citations

Bonifay, Wes, et al.. (2023). Establishing the measurement precision of the patient health questionnaire in an adolescent sample. Journal of Affective Disorders. 342. 76–84. 2 indexed citations

Watts, Ashley L., Ashley L. Greene, Wes Bonifay, & Eiko I. Fried. (2023). A critical evaluation of the p-factor literature. Nature Reviews Psychology. 3(2). 108–122. 22 indexed citations

Slaten, Christopher D., et al.. (2023). Measuring Belongingness in Higher Education: Assessing the Relevance of the University Belongingness Questionnaire (UBQ) in Community College Settings. Community College Journal of Research and Practice. 49(2). 87–104. 1 indexed citations

Shim, Hye-jin, Wes Bonifay, & Wolfgang Wiedermann. (2023). Parsimonious item response theory modeling with the negative log-log link: The role of inflection point shift. Behavior Research Methods. 56(5). 4385–4402. 3 indexed citations

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Herman, Keith C. & Wes Bonifay. (2023). Best practices for examining and reporting the social consequences of educational measures.. School Psychology. 38(3). 129–136. 5 indexed citations

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Davis‐Stober, Clintin P., et al.. (2023). Better Accuracy for Better Science . . . Through Random Conclusions. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 19(1). 223–243. 1 indexed citations

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Shim, Hye-jin, Wes Bonifay, & Wolfgang Wiedermann. (2022). Parsimonious asymmetric item response theory modeling with the complementary log-log link. Behavior Research Methods. 55(1). 200–219. 15 indexed citations

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Bonifay, Wes & Sarah Depaoli. (2021). Model Evaluation in the Presence of Categorical Data: Bayesian Model Checking as an Alternative to Traditional Methods. Prevention Science. 24(3). 467–479. 2 indexed citations

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Kilgus, Stephen P., et al.. (2020). Development and validation of the Intervention Skills Profile–Skills: A brief measure of student social-emotional and academic enabling skills. Journal of School Psychology. 83. 66–88. 6 indexed citations

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Slaten, Christopher D., et al.. (2018). The Milwaukee Youth Belongingness Scale (MYBS): Development and validation of the scale utilizing item response theory.. School Psychology. 34(3). 296–306. 12 indexed citations

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Kilgus, Stephen P., et al.. (2018). Evidence for the interpretation of Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS) scores: An argument-based approach to screener validation. Journal of School Psychology. 68. 129–141. 10 indexed citations

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Rodl, Janelle E., et al.. (2018). A Survey of School Administrators’ Training and Support Related to Evaluating Special Education Teachers. 3(1). 19–31. 8 indexed citations

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IsHak, Waguih William, Wes Bonifay, Katherine L. Collison, et al.. (2016). The recovery index: A novel approach to measuring recovery and predicting remission in major depressive disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders. 208. 369–374. 20 indexed citations

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Bonifay, Wes. (2015). Abstract: On the Complexity of IRT Models. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 50(1). 128–128. 1 indexed citations

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Reise, Steven P., Wes Bonifay, & Mark G. Haviland. (2012). Scoring and Modeling Psychological Measures in the Presence of Multidimensionality. Journal of Personality Assessment. 95(2). 129–140. 775 indexed citations breakdown →

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