2026 Geoffrey R. Loftus: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	51	5117	4747	2816	2549	121	16734

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Psychology

5117

4747

2816

2549

121

16734

Research.com Recognitions

1991 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Geoffrey R. Loftus is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with specific work in cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology. This work covers various topics related to brain and mental processes.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

Neural dynamics and brain function
Neuroscience and music perception
Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Mental health research topics

Among the recent publications by Geoffrey R. Loftus are:

"VISTO: An open-source device to measure exposure time in psychological experiments," 2021, MethodsX
"Corrigendum to "VISTO: An open-source device to measure exposure time in psychological experiments"," 2021, MethodsX

The publication venue frequently chosen by Loftus includes MethodsX, where they have multiple contributions.

Collaborations are a part of their research activity, with frequent co-authors including:

Andrea De Cesarei
Michele Marzocchi

Loftus has contributed to the academic field with a focus on both broad and specialized areas of neuroscience and psychology, engaging with core questions about brain functions and perception mechanisms.

Among distinctions, Loftus was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1991.

Best Publications

Using confidence intervals in within-subject designs

Geoffrey R. Loftus;Michael E. J. Masson

2994
Citations
Cognitive determinants of fixation location during picture viewing.

Geoffrey R. Loftus;Norman H. Mackworth

1251
Citations
On the permanence of stored information in the human brain.

Elizabeth F. Loftus;Geoffrey R. Loftus

983
Citations
Some facts about “weapon focus”

Elizabeth F. Loftus;Geoffrey R. Loftus;Jane Messo

920
Citations
Using confidence intervals for graphically based data interpretation.

Michael E. J. Masson;Geoffrey R. Loftus

910
Citations
Mind at Play; The Psychology of Video Games

Geoffrey R. Loftus;Elizabeth F. Loftus

621
Citations
Psychology Will Be a Much Better Science When We Change the Way We Analyze Data

Geoffrey R. Loftus

511
Citations
Eye fixations and memory for emotional events.

Sven Åke Christianson;Elizabeth F. Loftus;Hunter Hoffman;Geoffrey R. Loftus

507
Citations
Human Memory: The Processing of Information

Geoffrey R. Loftus;Elizabeth F. Loftus

494
Citations
On interpretation of interactions

Geoffrey R. Loftus

488
Citations
Eye fixations and recognition memory for pictures

Geoffrey R. Loftus

484
Citations
Accounts of the confidence-accuracy relation in recognition memory

Thomas A. Busey;Jennifer Tunnicliff;Geoffrey R. Loftus;Elizabeth F. Loftus

403
Citations
FACE PROCESSING : HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS

Peter J. B. Hancock;A. Mike Burton;Vicki Bruce

387
Citations
Evaluating forgetting curves.

Geoffrey R. Loftus

332
Citations
Atkinson & Hilgard s Introduction to Psychology

Susan Nolen-Hoeksema;Barbara L. Fredrickson;Geoffrey R. Loftus;Willem Albert Wagenaar

312
Citations
The functional visual field during picture viewing.

Walter W. Nelson;Geoffrey R. Loftus

270
Citations
A picture is worth a thousandp values: On the irrelevance of hypothesis testing in the microcomputer age

Geoffrey R. Loftus

227
Citations
Why is it easier to identify someone close than far away

Geoffrey R. Loftus;Erin M. Harley

205
Citations
Essence of statistics

Geoffrey Loftus

192
Citations
Hindsight Bias from 3 to 95 Years of Age

Daniel M. Bernstein;Edgar Erdfelder;Andrew N. Meltzoff;William Peria

165
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth F. Loftus University of California, Irvine

Daniel M. Bernstein Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Andrew N. Meltzoff University of Washington

Edgar Erdfelder University of Mannheim

Michael E. J. Masson University of Victoria

Eric Ruthruff University of New Mexico

Barbara L. Fredrickson University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

David E. Irwin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Earl Hunt University of Washington

Jonathan W. Schooler University of California, Santa Barbara

External Links

Personal website of Geoffrey R. Loftus

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