William M. Mace

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

William M. Mace is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, William M. Mace has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 4 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in William M. Mace's work include Philosophy and History of Science (3 papers), Multisensory perception and integration (3 papers) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (2 papers). William M. Mace is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (3 papers), Multisensory perception and integration (3 papers) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (2 papers). William M. Mace collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Kenya. William M. Mace's co-authors include Robert E. Shaw, M. T. Turvey, Edward S. Reed, Howard Leventhal, Michael I. Bird, Samuel A. Andanje, Jay Quade, Christopher H. Remien, Thure E. Cerling and Jonathan G. Wynn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Psychological Bulletin and Cognition.

In The Last Decade

William M. Mace

20 papers receiving 997 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Woody cover and hominin environments in the past 6 million years
    2011 360 citations Thure E. Cerling, Jonathan G. Wynn et al. Nature 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. Mace United States 9 444 369 205 192 174 22 1.1k
P.E. Wheeler United Kingdom 13 152 0.3× 822 2.2× 563 2.7× 465 2.4× 185 1.1× 18 2.2k
Brian M. Wood United States 25 241 0.5× 764 2.1× 354 1.7× 264 1.4× 741 4.3× 53 3.0k
Dwight Read United States 23 127 0.3× 417 1.1× 508 2.5× 451 2.3× 183 1.1× 113 1.9k
Krist Vaesen Netherlands 18 190 0.4× 227 0.6× 235 1.1× 174 0.9× 121 0.7× 46 1.1k
Adriaan Kortlandt Netherlands 13 153 0.3× 694 1.9× 162 0.8× 122 0.6× 204 1.2× 26 1.2k
Nicholas S. Thompson United States 16 197 0.4× 427 1.2× 73 0.4× 55 0.3× 183 1.1× 60 1.1k
Harry J. Jerison United States 27 907 2.0× 1.3k 3.5× 175 0.9× 636 3.3× 508 2.9× 62 3.6k
Thomas Wynn United States 31 564 1.3× 1.3k 3.6× 1.3k 6.2× 657 3.4× 462 2.7× 77 3.0k
Dietrich Stout United States 28 835 1.9× 1.8k 4.9× 1.6k 7.8× 997 5.2× 296 1.7× 54 3.6k
Robert G. Bednarik China 23 173 0.4× 305 0.8× 1.3k 6.2× 921 4.8× 154 0.9× 147 2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William M. Mace

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shaw, Robert E., Jeffrey Kinsella-Shaw, & William M. Mace. (2018). Affordance Types and Affordance Tokens: Are Gibson’s Affordances Trustworthy?. Ecological Psychology. 31(1). 49–75. 12 indexed citations
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Mace, William M.. (2016). Origins and Development of Ecological Psychology , the Journal. Ecological Psychology. 28(2). 65–77. 1 indexed citations
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Valenti, S. Stavros, John B. Pittenger, & William M. Mace. (2013). Studies in Perception and Action II. Psychology Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Valenti, S. Stavros, John B. Pittenger, & William M. Mace. (2013). Situational Awareness: Passive Observation and Active Control. 370–373. 1 indexed citations
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Rostain, Anthony L., et al.. (2012). Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in the Treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adolescents and Young Adults. Journal of Ect. 28(2). 98–103. 72 indexed citations
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Cerling, Thure E., Jonathan G. Wynn, Samuel A. Andanje, et al.. (2011). Woody cover and hominin environments in the past 6 million years. Nature. 476(7358). 51–56. 360 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mace, William M.. (2005). JAMES J. GIBSON'S ECOLOGICAL APPROACH:PERCEIVING WHAT EXISTS. Ethics & the Environment. 10(2). 195–216. 14 indexed citations
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Mace, William M.. (2005). James J. Gibson's Ecological Approach: Perceiving What Exists. Ethics & the Environment. 10(2). 195–216.
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Mace, William M.. (2002). The primacy of ecological realism. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 25(1). 111–111. 7 indexed citations
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Mace, William M.. (2000). Discussion: The Roots of Emerging Ecological Psychology. Ecological Psychology. 12(4). 345–352. 2 indexed citations
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Mace, William M.. (1997). In Memoriam: Edward S. Reed November 20, 1954- February 14, 1997. Ecological Psychology. 9(3). 179–188. 3 indexed citations
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Ford, Laurie, et al.. (1991). The Reliability and Validity of the Cognitive Levels Test (CLT) for Preschool Children. Diagnostique. 16(2-3). 94–100. 5 indexed citations
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Mace, William M. & M. T. Turvey. (1983). The implications of occlusion for perceiving persistence. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 6(1). 29–31. 3 indexed citations
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Mace, William M.. (1983). Proceedings of a meeting of the International Society of Ecological Psychology.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 9(1). 151–157. 2 indexed citations
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Mace, William M.. (1983). Proceedings of a meeting of the International Society of Ecological Psychology.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 9(1). 151–157. 4 indexed citations
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Turvey, M. T., Robert E. Shaw, Edward S. Reed, & William M. Mace. (1981). Ecological laws of perceiving and acting: In reply to Fodor and Pylyshyn (1981). Cognition. 9(3). 237–304. 480 indexed citations
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Mace, William M.. (1980). Perceptual activity and direct perception. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 3(3). 392–393. 12 indexed citations
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Mace, William M. & John B. Pittenger. (1975). Directly perceiving Gibson: A further reply to Gyr.. Psychological Bulletin. 82(1). 137–139. 30 indexed citations
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Mace, William M. & Robert E. Shaw. (1974). Simple kinetic information for transparent depth. Perception & Psychophysics. 15(2). 201–209. 9 indexed citations
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Leventhal, Howard & William M. Mace. (1970). The effect of laughter on evaluation of a slapstick movie 1. Journal of Personality. 38(1). 16–30. 76 indexed citations

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