Subfield · Developmental and Educational Psychology
Most cited papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology
What are the most cited papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology?
The most cited paper in Developmental and Educational Psychology is "The theory of planned behavior" (Icek Ajzen, 1991), with 87,913 citations. Next come "Common method biases in behavioral research: A critical review of the literature and recommended remedies." (80,679) and "G*Power 3: A flexible statistical power analysis program for the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences" (66,357).
Showing 50 of 98 papers. Every paper with more than 3,955 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The theory of planned behavior Icek Ajzen · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes | Dec 1991 | 87,913 |
| 2 | Common method biases in behavioral research: A critical review of the literature and recommended remedies. Philip M. Podsakoff, SCOTT B. MACKENZIE, Jeong Yeon Lee et al. · Journal of Applied Psychology | 2003 | 80,679 |
| 3 | G*Power 3: A flexible statistical power analysis program for the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences Franz Faul, Edgar Erdfelder, Albert-Georg Lang et al. · Behavior Research Methods | May 2007 | 66,357 |
| 4 | A power primer. Jacob Cohen · Psychological Bulletin | 1992 | 42,833 |
| 5 | Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling Rex B. Kline | 27 May 1998 | 36,227 |
| 6 | Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Albert Bandura · Psychological Review | 1977 | 35,570 |
| 7 | Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences Henri Guitton, Sidney Siegel · Revue économique | Jul 1958 | 35,478 |
| 8 | Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement. Julian B. Rotter · The Psychological Monographs | 1966 | 22,129 |
| 9 | The magical number seven, plus or minus two: Some limits on our capacity for processing information. George Miller · Psychological Review | Mar 1956 | 17,806 |
| 10 | Mastering the game of Go with deep neural networks and tree search David Lawrence Silver, Aja Huang, Chris J. Maddison et al. · Nature | 26 Jan 2016 | 16,121 |
| 11 | Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning John Seely Brown, Allan Collins, Paul Duguid · Educational Researcher | 1989 | 13,078 |
| 12 | The Power of Feedback John Hattie, Helen S. Timperley · Review of Educational Research | Mar 2007 | 12,703 |
| 13 | The social readjustment rating scale Thomas H. Holmes, Richard H. Rahe · Journal of Psychosomatic Research | Aug 1967 | 11,193 |
| 14 | Construct validity in psychological tests. Lee J. Cronbach, Paul E. Meehl · Psychological Bulletin | Jul 1955 | 11,076 |
| 15 | Toward an experimental ecology of human development. Urie Bronfenbrenner · American Psychologist | Jul 1977 | 10,424 |
| 16 | Metacognition and cognitive monitoring: A new area of cognitive–developmental inquiry. John H. Flavell · American Psychologist | Oct 1979 | 10,374 |
| 17 | Addressing Moderated Mediation Hypotheses: Theory, Methods, and Prescriptions Kristopher J. Preacher, Derek D. Rucker, Andrew F. Hayes · Multivariate Behavioral Research | 29 Jun 2007 | 9,974 |
| 18 | Levels of processing: A framework for memory research Fergus I. M. Craik, Robert S. Lockhart · Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior | Dec 1972 | 9,656 |
| 19 | Cognitive Load During Problem Solving: Effects on Learning John Sweller · Cognitive Science | Apr 1988 | 9,446 |
| 20 | Mastering the game of Go without human knowledge David Lawrence Silver, Julian Schrittwieser, Karen Simonyan et al. · Nature | Oct 2017 | 9,370 |
| 21 | Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised: A revised version of a diagnostic interview for caregivers of individuals with possible pervasive developmental disorders Catherine Lord, Michael L. Rutter, Ann Le Couteur · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Oct 1994 | 9,189 |
| 22 | The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of expert performance. K. Anders Ericsson, Ralf T. Krampe, Clemens Tesch‐Römer · Psychological Review | Jul 1993 | 9,052 |
| 23 | Science and Human Behavior Ernest Kilzer, B. F. Skinner · The American Catholic Sociological Review | Jun 1953 | 9,003 |
| 24 | Structural Equation Modelling: Guidelines for Determining Model Fit Daire Hooper, Joseph P. Coughlan, Michael R. Mullen · Maynooth University ePrints and eTheses Archive (Maynooth University) | 2008 | 8,799 |
| 25 | Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in the United States, 1999-2004 Cynthia L. Ogden, Margaret Deutsch Carroll, Lester R. Curtin et al. · JAMA | 4 Apr 2006 | 8,754 |
| 26 | Does the chimpanzee have a theory of mind? David Premack, Guy Woodruff · Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Dec 1978 | 8,737 |
| 27 | Mixed-effects modeling with crossed random effects for subjects and items R. Harald Baayen, Douglas J. Davidson, Douglas M. Bates · Journal of Memory and Language | 4 Mar 2008 | 8,736 |
| 28 | Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction Jeffrey D. Johnson, Jinghong Li, Zengshi Chen · Neurocomputing | Nov 2000 | 8,698 |
| 29 | Teachers’ Beliefs and Educational Research: Cleaning Up a Messy Construct M. Frank Pajares · Review of Educational Research | Sep 1992 | 8,465 |
| 30 | From game design elements to gamefulness Sebastian Deterding, Dan Dixon, Rilla Khaled et al. | 28 Sep 2011 | 8,256 |
| 31 | Clinical significance: A statistical approach to defining meaningful change in psychotherapy research. Neil S. Jacobson, Paula A. Truax · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | 1991 | 7,971 |
| 32 | Assessment and Classroom Learning Paul J Black, Dylan Wiliam · Assessment in Education Principles Policy and Practice | Mar 1998 | 7,901 |
| 33 | Motivational and self-regulated learning components of classroom academic performance. Paul R. Pintrich, Elisabeth Vialpando De Groot · Journal of Educational Psychology | Mar 1990 | 7,882 |
| 34 | Eye movements in reading and information processing: 20 years of research. Keith Rayner · Psychological Bulletin | Nov 1998 | 7,711 |
| 35 | Features of similarity. Amos Tversky · Psychological Review | Jul 1977 | 7,354 |
| 36 | Conflict monitoring and cognitive control. Matthew Botvinick, Todd Samuel Braver, Deanna M. Barch et al. · Psychological Review | 2001 | 7,222 |
| 37 | THE MIRROR-NEURON SYSTEM Giacomo Rizzolatti, Laila Craighero · Annual Review of Neuroscience | 24 Jun 2004 | 7,193 |
| 38 | The magical number 4 in short-term memory: A reconsideration of mental storage capacity Nelson Cowan · Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Feb 2001 | 6,947 |
| 39 | Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching Paul A. Kirschner, John Sweller, Richard E. Clark · Educational Psychologist | May 2006 | 6,873 |
| 40 | Social cognitive theory of self-regulation Albert Bandura · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes | Dec 1991 | 6,843 |
| 41 | What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy James Paul Gee · Education + Training | May 2004 | 6,681 |
| 42 | Critical Inquiry in a Text-Based Environment: Computer Conferencing in Higher Education D. Randy Garrison, Terry D. Anderson, Walter Archer · The Internet and Higher Education | Mar 1999 | 6,566 |
| 43 | Individual differences in working memory and reading Meredyth Daneman, Patricia A. Carpenter · Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior | Aug 1980 | 6,400 |
| 44 | Beliefs about beliefs: Representation and constraining function of wrong beliefs in young children's understanding of deception Heinz Wimmer · Cognition | 1983 | 6,373 |
| 45 | TARGET ARTICLE: "Posttraumatic Growth: Conceptual Foundations and Empirical Evidence" Richard G. Tedeschi, Lawrence G. Calhoun · Psychological Inquiry | 2004 | 6,215 |
| 46 | A cognitive model of posttraumatic stress disorder Anke Ehlers, David M. Clark · Behaviour Research and Therapy | Apr 2000 | 6,137 |
| 47 | Interactive-engagement versus traditional methods: A six-thousand-student survey of mechanics test data for introductory physics courses Richard R. Hake · American Journal of Physics | 1998 | 6,063 |
| 48 | Family resemblances: Studies in the internal structure of categories Eleanor H. Rosch, Carolyn B. Mervis · Cognitive Psychology | Oct 1975 | 5,991 |
| 49 | The effects of feedback interventions on performance: A historical review, a meta-analysis, and a preliminary feedback intervention theory. Avraham N. Kluger, Angelo S. DeNisi · Psychological Bulletin | Mar 1996 | 5,900 |
| 50 | Statistical Learning by 8-Month-Old Infants Jenny R. Saffran, Richard Ν. Aslin, Elissa L. Newport · Science | 13 Dec 1996 | 5,779 |
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