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D-Index
44
Citations
9708
World Ranking
4090
National Ranking
1948

J. Frank Yates publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where J. Frank Yates sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 88 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

J. Frank Yates D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where J. Frank Yates sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2011 - James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science

Overview

J. Frank Yates was affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research contributed mainly to the field of Psychology, with a focus on the subfields of Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology.

Yates's work covered several main topics, including:

  • Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
  • Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
  • Creativity in Education and Neuroscience

The scientist published in notable venues such as Frontiers in Psychology and PsycTESTS Dataset. Two recent papers include:

  • "Fanning the Flames of Passion: A Develop Mindset Predicts Strategy-Use Intentions to Cultivate Passion" (2021), published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Develop and Fit Mindset Measures" (2021), published in PsycTESTS Dataset

Frequent collaborators of Yates were:

  • Patricia Chen
  • Yu-Ching Lin
  • Don J. H. Pereira
  • Paul A. O'Keefe

Among the recognitions received, Yates was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2017 and was honored with the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Psychological sources of ambiguity avoidance

    Shawn P Curley;J.Frank Yates;Richard A Abrams

  • External correspondence: Decompositions of the mean probability score

    J.Frank Yates

  • The risk construct.

    J. Frank Yates;Eric R. Stone

  • Attitudes, decisions, and habits as determinants of repeated behavior.

    David L. Ronis;J. Frank Yates;John P. Kirscht

  • Effects of procedural and outcome accountability on judgment quality

    Karen Siegel-Jacobs;J.Frank Yates

  • General knowledge overconfidence : Cross-national variations, response style, and reality

    J. Frank Yates;Ju Whei Lee;Julie G.G. Bush

  • Components of probability judgment accuracy: Individual consistency and effects of subject matter and assessment method.

    David L Ronis;J.Frank Yates

  • The center and range of the probability interval as factors affecting ambiguity preferences

    Shawn P Curley;J.Frank Yates

  • Probability judgment accuracy: China, Japan, and the United States

    J. Frank Yates;Ying Zhu;David L. Ronis;Deng Feng Wang

  • Beliefs about Overconfidence, Including Its Cross-National Variation

    J. Frank Yates;Ju Whei Lee;Hiromi Shinotsuka

  • Cross-cultural variations in probability judgment accuracy: Beyond general knowledge overconfidence?

    J. Frank Yates;Ju Whei Lee;Hiromi Shinotsuka;Andrea L. Patalano

  • Effects of numerical and graphical displays on professed risk-taking behavior.

    Eric R. Stone;J. Frank Yates;Andrew M. Parker

  • Characterization of Ambiguity in Decision Making.

    J. Frank Yates;Lisa G. Zukowski

  • Measures of Discrimination Skill in Probabilistic Judgment

    Ilan Yaniv;J. Frank Yates;J. E. Keith Smith

  • Culture and decision making.

    J. Frank Yates;Stephanie de Oliveira

  • Probabilistic Forecasts of Stock Prices and Earnings: The Hazards of Nascent Expertise

    J.Frank Yates;Linda S McDaniel;Eric S Brown

  • Foreground:background salience: Explaining the effects of graphical displays on risk avoidance

    Eric R. Stone;Winston R. Sieck;Benita E. Bull;J. Frank Yates

  • Risk communication: absolute versus relative expressions of low-probability risks

    Eric R. Stone;J.Frank Yates;Andrew M. Parker

  • Exposition Effects on Decision Making: Choice and Confidence in Choice

    Winston Sieck;J.Frank Yates

  • An empirical evaluation of descriptive models of ambiguity reactions in choice situations

    Shawn P. Curley;J.Frank Yates

  • Sunk Cost Effects: The Influences of Instruction and Future Return Estimates

    Hun Tong Tan;J. Frank Yates

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard P. Bagozzi
Richard P. Bagozzi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Hun-Tong Tan
Hun-Tong Tan Nanyang Technological University
Andrew M. Parker
Andrew M. Parker RAND Corporation
Patricia J. Deldin
Patricia J. Deldin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Thomas S. Wallsten
Thomas S. Wallsten University of Maryland, College Park
David V. Budescu
David V. Budescu Fordham University
Michael R. Waldmann
Michael R. Waldmann University of Göttingen
Hal R. Arkes
Hal R. Arkes The Ohio State University
Richard A. Abrams
Richard A. Abrams Washington University in St. Louis
Priti Shah
Priti Shah University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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