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Jan Smedslund

Jan Smedslund

Jan Smedslund publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jan Smedslund sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

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Jan Smedslund D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jan Smedslund sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

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Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Psychology and Education

Overview

Jan Smedslund is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway. Their research primarily spans multiple areas within psychology and neuroscience, focusing on various subfields and specialized topics.

The main fields of study include:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Their work covers several subfields of psychology, notably:

  • Social Psychology
  • General Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

The core topics explored in their publications are diverse and include:

  • Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
  • Social Representations and Identity
  • Cognitive Science and Mapping
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Is psychological science progressing? Explained variance in PsycINFO articles during the period 1956 to 2022," 2022, published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "From statistics to trust: Psychology in transition," 2020, published in New Ideas in Psychology

Frequent co-authors of Jan Smedslund include:

  • Geir Smedslund
  • Jan Ketil Arnulf

Publications have appeared predominantly in:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • New Ideas in Psychology

The scientist has been recognized as a Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in the area of Psychology and Education.

Best Publications

  • THE CONCEPT OF CORRELATION IN ADULTS

    Jan Smedslund

  • THE ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION OF SUBSTANCE AND WEIGHT IN CHILDREN

    Jan Smedslund

  • Bandura's theory of self-efficacy: A set of common sense theorems.

    Jan Smedslund

  • THE ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION OF SUBSTANCE AND WEIGHT IN CHILDREN.: III. Extinction of conservation of weight acquired ‘normally’ and by means of empirical controls on a balance

    Jan Smedslund

  • The Pseudoempirical in Psychology and the Case for Psychologic

    Jan Smedslund

  • CONCRETE REASONING: A STUDY OF INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT.

    Jan Smedslund

  • THE ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION OF SUBSTANCE AND WEIGHT IN CHILDREN: II.External reinforcement of conservation of weight and of the operations of addition and subtraction

    Jan Smedslund

  • PIAGET'S PSYCHOLOGY IN PRACTICE*

    J. Smedslund

  • Why Psychology Cannot be an Empirical Science.

    Jan Smedslund

  • CIRCULAR RELATION BETWEEN UNDERSTANDING AND LOGIC

    Jan Smedslund

  • The structure of psychological common sense

    Jan Smedslund

  • The Mismatch between Current Research Methods and the Nature of Psychological Phenomena What Researchers Must Learn from Practitioners

    Jan Smedslund

  • THE ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION OF SUBSTANCE AND WEIGHT IN CHILDREN.: V. Practice in conflict situations without external reinforcement

    Jan Smedslund

  • How Shall the Concept of Anger be Defined

    Jan Smedslund

  • THE ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION OF SUBSTANCE AND WEIGHT IN CHILDREN.: VI. Practice on continuous vs. discontinuous material in problem situations without external reinforcement

    Jan Smedslund

  • What Is Necessarily True in Psychology

    Jan Smedslund

  • Between the analytic and the arbitrary: A case study of psychological research

    Jan Smedslund

  • THE ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION OF SUBSTANCE AND WEIGHT IN CHILDREN.: IV. Attempt at extinction of the visual components of the weight concept

    Jan Smedslund

  • From Hypothesis-Testing Psychology to Procedure-Testing Psychologic:

    Jan Smedslund

  • Psychologic and the study of memory

    Jan Smedslund

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