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Ronald J. Pekala

Ronald J. Pekala publishes mostly in Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Pain Management and Placebo Effect, Mind wandering and attention and Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function.

World rank
#419,927
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#146,498
of 358,040
Works
21
Citations
79
Citations per work
3.8

What does Ronald J. Pekala research?

Cognitive Neuroscience: 39.1%Clinical Psychology: 13.0%Sociology and Political Science: 8.7%Social Psychology: 8.7%other fields: 30.5%39%top field
Cognitive Neuroscience39.1%Clinical Psychology13.0%Sociology and Political Science8.7%Social Psychology8.7%other fields30.5%

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

  1. 1Cognitive Neuroscience39% of their works
  2. 2Clinical Psychology13% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science9% of their works
  4. 4Social Psychology9% of their works
  5. 5General Psychology9% of their works
  6. 6Information Systems and Management4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ronald J. Pekala's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nocebo, Placebo, Attention Lapses, Mind Wandering, Neuroscience, Education, History and Neuromyths.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Nocebo41 topic
  2. Placebo41 topic
  3. Attention Lapses31 topic
  4. Mind Wandering31 topic
  5. Neuroscience32 topics
  6. Education21 topic
  7. History21 topic
  8. Neuromyths21 topic
  9. Psychiatric Disorders22 topics
  10. Psychology21 topic
  11. Alcohol Dependence11 topic
  12. DSM11 topic
  13. Information Overload11 topic
  14. Interruptions11 topic
  15. Phenomenology11 topic
  16. Psychotherapy Outcome11 topic
  17. Substance Use Disorders11 topic
  18. Therapeutic Alliance11 topic

Where does Ronald J. Pekala work?

Ronald J. Pekala's main affiliation in the publication record is Coatesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does Ronald J. Pekala have?

Science Explorer counts 21 works and 79 citations for Ronald J. Pekala, ranking #419,927 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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