2026 Allan Paivio: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	78	1542	81	189	45651

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Psychology

1542

189

45651

Research.com Recognitions

1982 - CPA Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science, Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
1978 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Allan Paivio was affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research contributions were recognized within the field of psychology, particularly through awards and honors received during their career.

Paivio was awarded the CPA Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science by the Canadian Psychological Association in 1982. They were also named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1978, specifically within the Academy of Social Sciences.

The scientist's work is known through various academic outputs and contributions, although specific publications, frequent coauthors, and primary or subfields of study details are not documented here. There is no available data listing specific research topics, papers, or publication venues linked to their career.

Best Publications

Imagery and verbal processes

Allan Paivio

7471
Citations
Mental Representations: A Dual Coding Approach

Allan Paivio

6242
Citations
Concreteness, imagery, and meaningfulness values for 925 nouns

Allan Paivio;John C. Yuille;Stephen A. Madigan

4107
Citations
Dual coding theory and education

James M. Clark;Allan Paivio

3245
Citations
Dual coding theory: Retrospect and current status.

Allan Paivio

2585
Citations
Mental imagery in associative learning and memory

Allan Paivio

1782
Citations
Picture superiority in free recall: Imagery or dual coding?

Allan Paivio;Kalman Csapo

973
Citations
Perceptual comparisons through the mind's eye.

Allan Paivio

766
Citations
Why are pictures easier to recall than words

Allan Paivio;T. B. Rogers;Pad Ric C. Smythe

640
Citations
Mind and Its Evolution: A Dual Coding Theoretical Approach

Allan Paivio

573
Citations
Imagery and Text: A Dual Coding Theory of Reading and Writing

Mark Sadoski;Allan Paivio

564
Citations
Cognitive and motivational functions of imagery in human performance.

Paivio A

536
Citations
Concrete image and verbal memory codes

Allan Paivio;Kal Csapo

461
Citations
Abstractness, imagery, and meaningfulness in paired-associate learning

Allan Paivio

408
Citations
Cognitive components of picture naming

Carla J. Johnson;Allan Paivio;James M. Clark

365
Citations
Extensions of the Paivio, Yuille, and Madigan (1968) norms.

James M. Clark;Allan Paivio

295
Citations
Imagery and Verbal Processes

Arpad Mezei;Allan Paivio

294
Citations
A dual-coding approach to bilingual memory.

Allan Paivio;Alain Desrochers

258
Citations
A factor-analytic study of word attributes and verbal learning.

Allan Paivio

237
Citations
Concreteness and imagery in sentence meaning.

Ian Begg;Allan Paivio

231
Citations
The neuropsychology of anxiety.

Unknown

91
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Marschark Rochester Institute of Technology

John C. Yuille University of British Columbia

Wallace E. Lambert McGill University

Jyotsna Vaid Texas A&M University

Marc F. Joanisse University of Western Ontario

Valerie A. Thompson University of Saskatchewan

Nicholas A. Kuiper University of Western Ontario

Robert C. Gardner University of Western Ontario

Ken McRae University of Western Ontario

Fred Genesee McGill University

External Links

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