2026 J. Frank Yates: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	44	4091	1948	88	9708

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Social Sciences and Humanities

4091

1948

9708

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

722
Citations
External correspondence: Decompositions of the mean probability score

J.Frank Yates

619
Citations
The risk construct.

J. Frank Yates;Eric R. Stone

519
Citations
Attitudes, decisions, and habits as determinants of repeated behavior.

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

441
Citations
Effects of procedural and outcome accountability on judgment quality

Karen Siegel-Jacobs;J.Frank Yates

433
Citations
General knowledge overconfidence : Cross-national variations, response style, and reality

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

372
Citations
Components of probability judgment accuracy: Individual consistency and effects of subject matter and assessment method.

David L Ronis;J.Frank Yates

301
Citations
The center and range of the probability interval as factors affecting ambiguity preferences

Shawn P Curley;J.Frank Yates

296
Citations
Probability judgment accuracy: China, Japan, and the United States

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

290
Citations
Beliefs about Overconfidence, Including Its Cross-National Variation

J. Frank Yates;Ju Whei Lee;Hiromi Shinotsuka

287
Citations
Cross-cultural variations in probability judgment accuracy: Beyond general knowledge overconfidence?

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

257
Citations
Effects of numerical and graphical displays on professed risk-taking behavior.

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

256
Citations
Characterization of Ambiguity in Decision Making.

J. Frank Yates;Lisa G. Zukowski

246
Citations
Measures of Discrimination Skill in Probabilistic Judgment

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

240
Citations
Culture and decision making.

J. Frank Yates;Stephanie de Oliveira

231
Citations
Probabilistic Forecasts of Stock Prices and Earnings: The Hazards of Nascent Expertise

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

229
Citations
Foreground:background salience: Explaining the effects of graphical displays on risk avoidance

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

226
Citations
Risk communication: absolute versus relative expressions of low-probability risks

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

219
Citations
Exposition Effects on Decision Making: Choice and Confidence in Choice

Winston Sieck;J.Frank Yates

219
Citations
An empirical evaluation of descriptive models of ambiguity reactions in choice situations

Shawn P. Curley;J.Frank Yates

201
Citations
Sunk Cost Effects: The Influences of Instruction and Future Return Estimates

Hun Tong Tan;J. Frank Yates

191
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard P. Bagozzi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Patricia J. Deldin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Thomas S. Wallsten University of Maryland, College Park

David V. Budescu Fordham University

Andrew M. Parker RAND Corporation

Sandra A. Graham-Bermann University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Michael R. Waldmann University of Göttingen

Hal R. Arkes The Ohio State University

Richard A. Abrams Washington University in St. Louis

Priti Shah University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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