William M. Baum

8.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
117 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

William M. Baum is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, William M. Baum has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 26 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 18 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in William M. Baum's work include Behavioral and Psychological Studies (84 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (23 papers) and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (22 papers). William M. Baum is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral and Psychological Studies (84 papers), Child and Animal Learning Development (23 papers) and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research (22 papers). William M. Baum collaborates with scholars based in United States, New Zealand and Mexico. William M. Baum's co-authors include Howard Rachlin, Michael Davison, Carlos F. Aparício, Peter J. Richerson, Brian Paciotti, Charles Efferson, John A. Nevin, Richard McElreath, Mark Lubell and Timothy M. Waring and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, American Psychologist and Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William M. Baum

111 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

ON TWO TYPES OF DEVIATION FROM THE MATCHING LAW: BIAS AND... 1969 2026 1988 2007 1974 1969 1973 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. ON TWO TYPES OF DEVIATION FROM THE MATCHING LAW: BIAS AND UNDERMATCHING1
    1974 1.1k citations William M. Baum Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior profile →
  2. CHOICE AS TIME ALLOCATION1
    1969 576 citations William M. Baum et al. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior profile →
  3. THE CORRELATION‐BASED LAW OF EFFECT1
    1973 532 citations William M. Baum Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 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 M. Baum United States 38 4.7k 2.1k 781 763 638 117 6.0k
Edmund Fantino United States 41 4.0k 0.8× 1.9k 0.9× 533 0.7× 588 0.8× 341 0.5× 170 6.1k
John A. Nevin United States 40 4.6k 1.0× 2.7k 1.2× 573 0.7× 991 1.3× 764 1.2× 133 6.8k
J. E. R. Staddon United States 44 3.4k 0.7× 2.6k 1.2× 726 0.9× 585 0.8× 605 0.9× 179 6.8k
Peter R. Killeen United States 47 3.0k 0.6× 3.6k 1.7× 724 0.9× 521 0.7× 1.1k 1.8× 173 7.2k
Howard Rachlin United States 47 4.4k 0.9× 3.3k 1.6× 1.5k 1.9× 544 0.7× 965 1.5× 167 11.4k
A. Charles Catania United States 35 3.5k 0.7× 1.8k 0.9× 558 0.7× 456 0.6× 371 0.6× 133 4.6k
Edward A. Wasserman United States 46 3.7k 0.8× 2.9k 1.3× 1.8k 2.3× 684 0.9× 702 1.1× 293 7.5k
H. S. Terrace United States 39 3.7k 0.8× 3.0k 1.4× 1.1k 1.4× 418 0.5× 653 1.0× 123 6.7k
Frances K. McSweeney United States 33 1.9k 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 529 0.7× 656 0.9× 820 1.3× 111 4.0k
Werner K. Honig Canada 24 2.9k 0.6× 2.4k 1.1× 661 0.8× 680 0.9× 1.0k 1.6× 58 5.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Baum, William M.. (2025). Explaining Performance on Interval and Ratio Schedules with a Molar View of Behavior. Perspectives on Behavior Science. 48(2). 173–202.
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Baum, William M.. (2018). Relativity in Hearing and Stimulus Discrimination. Perspectives on Behavior Science. 42(2). 283–289. 1 indexed citations
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Baum, William M.. (2015). The role of induction in operant schedule performance. Behavioural Processes. 114. 26–33. 16 indexed citations
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Baum, William M. & Michael Davison. (2014). Background activities, induction, and behavioral allocation in operant performance. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 102(2). 213–230. 23 indexed citations
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Baum, William M.. (2012). RETHINKING REINFORCEMENT: ALLOCATION, INDUCTION, AND CONTINGENCY. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 97(1). 101–124. 139 indexed citations
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Baum, William M.. (2012). Extinction as discrimination: The molar view. Behavioural Processes. 90(1). 101–110. 30 indexed citations
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Baum, William M.. (2011). Introducción al análisis molar de la conducta. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 21(3). 7–25.
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Baum, William M.. (2011). Introduction to Molar Behavior Analysis. 21(3). 7–25. 11 indexed citations
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Baum, William M.. (2010). Getting it wrong: Comment on Moore’s “Behaviorism and the stages of scientific activity”. The Behavior Analyst. 33(2). 235–236. 1 indexed citations
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Davison, Michael & William M. Baum. (2010). STIMULUS EFFECTS ON LOCAL PREFERENCE: STIMULUS—RESPONSE CONTINGENCIES, STIMULUS—FOOD PAIRING, AND STIMULUS—FOOD CORRELATION. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 93(1). 45–59. 22 indexed citations
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Baum, William M. & Michael Davison. (2009). Modeling the dynamics of choice. Behavioural Processes. 81(2). 189–194. 7 indexed citations
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Davison, Michael & William M. Baum. (2006). DO CONDITIONAL REINFORCERS COUNT?. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 86(3). 269–283. 74 indexed citations
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Baum, William M.. (2004). Molar and molecular views of choice. Behavioural Processes. 66(3). 349–359. 37 indexed citations
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Baum, William M.. (2002). FROM MOLECULAR TO MOLAR: A PARADIGM SHIFT IN BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 78(1). 95–116. 137 indexed citations
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Baum, William M.. (2002). THE HARVARD PIGEON LAB UNDER HERRNSTEIN. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 77(3). 347–355. 5 indexed citations
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Baum, William M., et al.. (2002). Group choice and individual choices: modeling human social behavior with the Ideal Free Distribution. Behavioural Processes. 57(2-3). 227–240. 11 indexed citations
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Baum, William M.. (2000). Behavior and the General Evolutionary Process. CogPrints (University of Southampton). 4 indexed citations
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Machado, Armando, Randolph C. Grace, Alliston K. Reid, et al.. (1996). Notices and announcements. Animal Learning & Behavior. 24(2). 230–230.
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Baum, William M.. (1995). Rules, Culture, and Fitness. The Behavior Analyst. 18(1). 1–21. 39 indexed citations
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Baum, William M., et al.. (1984). Adhering to fitness in the corporate setting.. PubMed. 1(2). 37–44. 3 indexed citations

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