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B. F. Skinner

B. F. Skinner publishes mostly in Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and General Psychology, on topics such as Behavioral and Psychological Studies, Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology and Autism Spectrum Disorder Research.

World rank
#2,454
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,118
of 358,040
Works
70
Citations
3.2k
Citations per work
46.4

What does B. F. Skinner research?

Developmental and Educational Psychology: 27.8%Cognitive Neuroscience: 11.1%General Psychology: 7.4%Statistics and Probability: 5.6%other fields: 48.1%28%top field
Developmental and Educational Psychology27.8%Cognitive Neuroscience11.1%General Psychology7.4%Statistics and Probability5.6%other fields48.1%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Developmental and Educational Psychology28% of their works
  2. 2Cognitive Neuroscience11% of their works
  3. 3General Psychology7% of their works
  4. 4Statistics and Probability6% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations6% of their works
  6. 6Education4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe B. F. Skinner's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Behavioral Interventions, Special Education, Executive Functioning, History, Psychology, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Child Development and Genetics.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Behavioral Interventions101 topic
  2. Special Education101 topic
  3. Executive Functioning62 topics
  4. History41 topic
  5. Psychology41 topic
  6. Autism Spectrum Disorders31 topic
  7. Child Development31 topic
  8. Genetics31 topic
  9. Mathematical Achievement31 topic
  10. Numerical Cognition31 topic
  11. Theory of Mind31 topic
  12. Global Justice21 topic
  13. Human Rights21 topic
  14. Consumer Perception11 topic
  15. Ecosystem Services11 topic
  16. Pollinator Decline11 topic
  17. Sensory Analysis11 topic

Where does B. F. Skinner work?

B. F. Skinner's main affiliation in the publication record is Harvard University Press, United States.

How many publications and citations does B. F. Skinner have?

Science Explorer counts 70 works and 3,248 citations for B. F. Skinner, ranking #2,454 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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