William A. Scott

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

William A. Scott is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Scott has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 5 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 5 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in William A. Scott's work include Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (5 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (5 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (4 papers). William A. Scott is often cited by papers focused on Psychometric Methodologies and Testing (5 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (5 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (4 papers). William A. Scott collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. William A. Scott's co-authors include Debora L. Osgood, Christopher Peterson, Ralph D. Norman, Ruth Scott, John W. Bardo, Ekaterina Rhodes, Ronald C. Johnson, Mark Jaccard, Christina E. Hoicka and Paul Vare and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

William A. Scott

29 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Cognitive Complexity and Cognitive Flexibility 1962 2026 1983 2004 1962 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. Cognitive Complexity and Cognitive Flexibility
    1962 343 citations William A. Scott Sociometry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William A. Scott United States 15 477 354 250 197 128 34 1.4k
Siu L. Chow Canada 12 203 0.4× 185 0.5× 175 0.7× 161 0.8× 70 0.5× 40 1.0k
Kenneth L. Higbee United States 16 219 0.5× 234 0.7× 213 0.9× 71 0.4× 136 1.1× 49 931
Ronald Taft Australia 19 354 0.7× 348 1.0× 223 0.9× 219 1.1× 111 0.9× 62 1.3k
Jon Grahe United States 16 491 1.0× 310 0.9× 195 0.8× 205 1.0× 75 0.6× 46 1.0k
Lawrence J. Stricker United States 22 410 0.9× 424 1.2× 302 1.2× 276 1.4× 134 1.0× 120 1.6k
Samuel Shye Israel 15 379 0.8× 489 1.4× 118 0.5× 264 1.3× 50 0.4× 33 1.3k
Brian D. Haig New Zealand 17 186 0.4× 256 0.7× 265 1.1× 181 0.9× 71 0.6× 63 1.3k
Arthur L. Beaman United States 12 616 1.3× 639 1.8× 212 0.8× 172 0.9× 140 1.1× 27 1.4k
Jennifer Fogo United States 5 248 0.5× 230 0.6× 150 0.6× 252 1.3× 67 0.5× 9 1.6k
Malte Elson Germany 17 402 0.8× 542 1.5× 154 0.6× 158 0.8× 127 1.0× 52 1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William A. Scott

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Scott, William A.. (2025). Passing the check: How overlapping climate policies shift the distribution of costs in California. Energy Research & Social Science. 125. 104119–104119.
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Scott, William A.. (2024). Cost and carbon-intensity reducing innovation in biofuels for road transportation. Energy Policy. 197. 114416–114416. 3 indexed citations
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Scott, William A.. (2024). Cost, innovation, and emissions leakage from overlapping climate policy. Energy Economics. 139. 107949–107949. 4 indexed citations
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Scott, William A., Ekaterina Rhodes, & Christina E. Hoicka. (2023). Multi-level climate governance: examining impacts and interactions between national and sub-national emissions mitigation policy mixes in Canada. Climate Policy. 23(8). 1004–1018. 14 indexed citations
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Rhodes, Ekaterina, William A. Scott, & Mark Jaccard. (2021). Designing flexible regulations to mitigate climate change: A cross-country comparative policy analysis. Energy Policy. 156. 112419–112419. 46 indexed citations
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Scott, William A.. (2001). New York Modern. Johns Hopkins University Press eBooks.
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Bullock, Kate, et al.. (1993). Economic and industrial understanding in the primary school: An overview. Early Child Development and Care. 94(1). 11–20. 3 indexed citations
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Bardo, John W., et al.. (1990). Adaptation of Immigrants: Individual Differences and Determinants.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 19(5). 719–719. 91 indexed citations
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Scott, William A. & Ruth Scott. (1985). Some predictors of migrant adaptation available at selection time. Australian Psychologist. 20(3). 313–343. 11 indexed citations
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Scott, William A. & R. D. Cohen. (1978). Sociometric indices of group structure. Australian Journal of Psychology. 30(1). 41–57. 6 indexed citations
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Peterson, Christopher & William A. Scott. (1975). Generality and topic specificity of cognitive styles. Journal of Research in Personality. 9(4). 366–374. 4 indexed citations
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Scott, William A.. (1974). Interreferee agreement on some characteristics of manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.. American Psychologist. 29(9). 698–702. 137 indexed citations
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Scott, William A. & Ronald C. Johnson. (1972). Comparative validities of direct and indirect personality tests.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 38(3). 301–318. 31 indexed citations
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Scott, William A.. (1972). The Distribution of Test Scores1. Educational and Psychological Measurement. 32(3). 725–735. 1 indexed citations
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Scott, William A.. (1969). Structure of natural cognitions.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 12(4). 261–278. 193 indexed citations
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Scott, William A.. (1968). Comparative validities of forced-choice and single-stimulus tests.. Psychological Bulletin. 70(4). 231–244. 16 indexed citations
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Scott, William A.. (1963). Cognitive Complexity and Cognitive Balance. Sociometry. 26(1). 66–66. 56 indexed citations
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Scott, William A.. (1955). Physical Education for Children. Physical Therapy. 35(12). 753–755. 4 indexed citations
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Scott, William A.. (1954). The Avoidance Response To Pictorial Representation Of Threatening Situations.. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 1 indexed citations
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Norman, Ralph D. & William A. Scott. (1952). Color and Affect: A Review and Semantic Evaluation. The Journal of General Psychology. 46(2). 185–223. 58 indexed citations

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