Subfield · General Decision Sciences
Most cited papers in General Decision Sciences
What are the most cited papers in General Decision Sciences?
The most cited paper in General Decision Sciences is "Prospect theory: An analysis of decision under risk" (Daniel J. Kahneman, Amos Tversky, 1988), with 32,957 citations. Next come "Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases" (28,737) and "The Framing of Decisions and the Psychology of Choice" (17,591).
Showing 50 of 97 papers. Every paper with more than 2,492 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prospect theory: An analysis of decision under risk Daniel J. Kahneman, Amos Tversky · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 25 Mar 1988 | 32,957 |
| 2 | Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases Amos Tversky, Daniel J. Kahneman · Science | 27 Sep 1974 | 28,737 |
| 3 | The Framing of Decisions and the Psychology of Choice Amos Tversky, Daniel J. Kahneman · Science | 30 Jan 1981 | 17,591 |
| 4 | Advances in prospect theory: Cumulative representation of uncertainty Amos Tversky, Daniel J. Kahneman · Journal of Risk and Uncertainty | Oct 1992 | 15,858 |
| 5 | A Theory of Fairness, Competition, and Cooperation Ernst Fehr, Klaus M. Schmidt · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Aug 1999 | 11,313 |
| 6 | Availability: A heuristic for judging frequency and probability Amos Tversky, Daniel J. Kahneman · Cognitive Psychology | Sep 1973 | 10,112 |
| 7 | Efficacy of the Theory of Planned Behaviour: A meta‐analytic review Christopher J. Armitage, Mark T. Conner · British Journal of Social Psychology | Dec 2001 | 9,991 |
| 8 | A Cognitive Model of the Antecedents and Consequences of Satisfaction Decisions Richard L. Oliver · Journal of Marketing Research | Nov 1980 | 9,952 |
| 9 | The case for motivated reasoning. Ziva Kunda · Psychological Bulletin | 1990 | 8,390 |
| 10 | Feeling and thinking: Preferences need no inferences. Robert B. Zajonc · American Psychologist | Feb 1980 | 7,922 |
| 11 | Perceived Behavioral Control, Self‐Efficacy, Locus of Control, and the Theory of Planned Behavior 1 Icek Ajzen · Journal of Applied Social Psychology | Apr 2002 | 7,619 |
| 12 | Does the Stock Market Overreact? Werner F. M. De Bondt, Richard H. Thaler · The Journal of Finance | Jul 1985 | 7,335 |
| 13 | Confirmation Bias: A Ubiquitous Phenomenon in Many Guises Raymond S. Nickerson · Review of General Psychology | Jun 1998 | 7,302 |
| 14 | False-Positive Psychology Joseph P. Simmons, Leif D. Nelson, Uri Simonsohn · Psychological Science | 17 Oct 2011 | 6,878 |
| 15 | Loss Aversion in Riskless Choice: A Reference-Dependent Model Amos Tversky, Daniel J. Kahneman · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Nov 1991 | 6,543 |
| 16 | On the psychology of prediction. Daniel J. Kahneman, Amos Tversky · Psychological Review | Jul 1973 | 6,292 |
| 17 | Rational choice and the structure of the environment. H. A. Simon · Psychological Review | 1956 | 5,982 |
| 18 | Status quo bias in decision making William F. Samuelson, Richard Zeckhauser · Journal of Risk and Uncertainty | Mar 1988 | 5,977 |
| 19 | Gender Differences in Preferences Rachel T. A. Croson, Uri Gneezy · Journal of Economic Literature | May 2009 | 5,912 |
| 20 | Risk as feelings. George F. Loewenstein, Elke U. Weber, Christopher K. Hsee et al. · Psychological Bulletin | 2001 | 5,817 |
| 21 | Toward a positive theory of consumer choice Richard H. Thaler · Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization | Mar 1980 | 5,637 |
| 22 | ERC: A Theory of Equity, Reciprocity, and Competition Gary Eugene Bolton, Axel Ockenfels · American Economic Review | Mar 2000 | 5,583 |
| 23 | A perspective on judgment and choice: Mapping bounded rationality. Daniel J. Kahneman · American Psychologist | 2003 | 5,582 |
| 24 | Maps of Bounded Rationality: Psychology for Behavioral Economics Daniel J. Kahneman · American Economic Review | Nov 2003 | 5,465 |
| 25 | Choices, Values, and Frames Daniel J. Kahneman, Amos Tversky · World Scientific handbook in financial economic series | Jul 2013 | 5,409 |
| 26 | Cognitive Reflection and Decision Making Shane William Frederick · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | Nov 2005 | 5,408 |
| 27 | Dual-Processing Accounts of Reasoning, Judgment, and Social Cognition Jonathan St. B. T. Evans · Annual Review of Psychology | 21 Dec 2007 | 5,188 |
| 28 | Anomalies: The Endowment Effect, Loss Aversion, and Status Quo Bias Daniel J. Kahneman, Jack L. Knetsch, Richard H. Thaler · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | Feb 1991 | 5,077 |
| 29 | Subjective probability: A judgment of representativeness Daniel J. Kahneman, Amos Tversky · Cognitive Psychology | Jul 1972 | 4,923 |
| 30 | Mood, misattribution, and judgments of well-being: Informative and directive functions of affective states. Norbert Schwarz, Gerald L. Clore · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Sep 1983 | 4,900 |
| 31 | Unrealistic optimism about future life events. Neil D. Weinstein · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Nov 1980 | 4,886 |
| 32 | Time Discounting and Time Preference: A Critical Review Shane William Frederick, George F. Loewenstein, Ted O’Donoghue · Journal of Economic Literature | Jun 2002 | 4,802 |
| 33 | Negativity Bias, Negativity Dominance, and Contagion Paul N. Rozin, Edward B. Royzman · Personality and Social Psychology Review | Nov 2001 | 4,380 |
| 34 | Individual differences in reasoning: Implications for the rationality debate? Keith E. Stanovich, Richard F. West · Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Oct 2000 | 4,303 |
| 35 | Dual-Process Theories of Higher Cognition Jonathan St. B. T. Evans, Keith E. Stanovich · Perspectives on Psychological Science | May 2013 | 4,249 |
| 36 | Maxmin expected utility with non-unique prior Itzhak Gilboa, David Schmeidler · Journal of Mathematical Economics | 1989 | 4,217 |
| 37 | The Intuitive Psychologist And His Shortcomings: Distortions in the Attribution Process Lee D. Ross · Advances in experimental social psychology | 1977 | 4,189 |
| 38 | Regret Theory: An Alternative Theory of Rational Choice Under Uncertainty Graham Loomes, Robert Sugden · The Economic Journal | Dec 1982 | 4,105 |
| 39 | Reflective and Impulsive Determinants of Social Behavior Fritz Strack, Roland Deutsch · Personality and Social Psychology Review | Aug 2004 | 4,039 |
| 40 | Heuristic Decision Making Gerd Gigerenzer, Wolfgang Gaissmaier · Annual Review of Psychology | 2 Dec 2010 | 4,038 |
| 41 | INDIVIDUAL RISK ATTITUDES: MEASUREMENT, DETERMINANTS, AND BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David Huffman et al. · Journal of the European Economic Association | 31 Mar 2011 | 4,020 |
| 42 | Bayesian t tests for accepting and rejecting the null hypothesis Jeffrey N. Rouder, Paul L. Speckman, Dongchu Sun et al. · Psychonomic Bulletin & Review | 16 Mar 2009 | 4,016 |
| 43 | Extensional versus intuitive reasoning: The conjunction fallacy in probability judgment. Amos Tversky, Daniel J. Kahneman · Psychological Review | Oct 1983 | 4,013 |
| 44 | Implications of rational inattention Christopher A. Sims · Journal of Monetary Economics | Apr 2003 | 3,997 |
| 45 | The Theory of Reasoned Action: A Meta-Analysis of Past Research with Recommendations for Modifications and Future Research Blair H. Sheppard, Jon Hartwick, Paul R. Warshaw · Journal of Consumer Research | Dec 1988 | 3,887 |
| 46 | The Explanatory and Predictive Scope of Self-Efficacy Theory Albert Bandura · Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology | Sep 1986 | 3,809 |
| 47 | Perceived stress in a probability sample of the United States Sheldon Cohen | 1988 | 3,806 |
| 48 | RATIONAL CHOICE AND THE FRAMING OF DECISIONS Amos Tversky, Daniel J. Kahneman · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 28 Oct 1988 | 3,764 |
| 49 | The Constructive, Destructive, and Reconstructive Power of Social Norms P. Wesley Schultz, Jessica M. Nolan, Robert B. Cialdini et al. · Psychological Science | May 2007 | 3,714 |
| 50 | Reaching a Consensus Morris H. DeGroot · Journal of the American Statistical Association | Mar 1974 | 3,609 |
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