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72
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659
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317

John W. Payne 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 John W. Payne sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 174 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John W. Payne 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 John W. Payne sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 72 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John W. Payne is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields including sociology and political science, computer vision and pattern recognition, as well as signal processing and statistical and nonlinear physics.

The main topics of their work include risk perception and management, data visualization and analytics, data management and algorithms, and complex network analysis techniques. Their scholarly output reflects a focus on understanding and modeling complex systems, decision-making processes, and algorithmic approaches to data problems.

Recent publications by John W. Payne include the following papers:

  • Online Learning of Temporal Dependencies for Sustainable Foraging Problem, 2024, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Local Optima Networks (LONs) and Search Trajectory Networks (STNs) for Noisy Combinatorial Problems, 2025, Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion

Additionally, Payne has coauthored with researchers such as Michael Boutros and collaborators who have jointly published various papers including studies on miscalibration and behavioral economics. Other frequent coauthors include Itzhak Ben-David, Campbell R. Harvey, N.A. Aishwaryaprajna, and John R. Graham.

Payne's work has appeared in multiple venues, with frequent publications in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion
  • Review of Financial Studies

Among the notable papers with frequent coauthors are "The Persistence of Miscalibration" published in both the SSRN Electronic Journal (2020) and the Review of Financial Studies (2025), as well as "Social Security Claiming Intentions: Psychological Ownership, Loss Aversion, and Information Displays" published in SSRN Electronic Journal (2023).

John W. Payne's research contributes to understanding the cognitive and algorithmic mechanisms behind decision-making under uncertainty, sustainable resource management, and combinatorial optimization problems. The diversity of topics and publication venues underscores an interdisciplinary approach to addressing complex scientific and social challenges.

Best Publications

  • The adaptive decision maker

    John W. Payne;James R. Bettman;Eric J. Johnson

  • Constructive Consumer Choice Processes

    James R. Bettman;Mary Frances Luce;John W. Payne

  • Contingent decision behavior.

    John W. Payne

  • The adaptive decision maker: Frontmatter

    John W. Payne;James R. Bettman;Eric J. Johnson

  • Task complexity and contingent processing in decision making: An information search and protocol analysis☆

    John W. Payne

  • Adding asymmetrically dominated alternatives: Violations of regularity and the similarity hypothesis.

    Joel Huber;John W. Payne;Christopher Puto

  • Adaptive Strategy Selection in Decision Making.

    John W Payne;James R Bettman;Eric J Johnson

  • Behavioral decision research: A constructive processing perspective.

    John W. Payne;James R. Bettman;Eric J. Johnson

  • Effort and Accuracy in Choice

    Eric J. Johnson;John W. Payne

  • Beyond nudges: Tools of a choice architecture

    Eric J. Johnson;Suzanne B. Shu;Benedict G. C. Dellaert;Craig Fox

  • A Componential Analysis of Cognitive Effort in Choice

    James R Bettman;Eric J Johnson;John W Payne

  • Measuring Constructed Preferences: Towards a Building Code

    John W. Payne;James R. Bettman;David A. Schkade;Norbert Schwarz

  • Choice Processing in Emotionally Difficult Decisions

    Mary Frances Luce;James R. Bettman;John W. Payne

  • How People Respond to Contingent Valuation Questions: A Verbal Protocol Analysis of Willingness to Pay for an Environmental Regulation

    David A. Schkade;John W. Payne

  • Emotional Trade-Off Difficulty and Choice:

    Mary Frances Luce;John W. Payne;James R. Bettman

  • When time is money : Decision behavior under opportunity-cost time pressure

    John W. Payne;James R. Bettman;Mary Frances Luce

  • Translation of Gambles and Aspiration Level Effects in Risky Choice Behavior

    John W. Payne;Dan J. Laughhunn;Roy Crum

  • Exploring predecisional behavior: An alternative approach to decision research

    John W. Payne;Myron L. Braunstein;John S. Carroll

  • Issues in ecosystem valuation: improving information for decision making

    Gail Bingham;Richard Bishop;Michael Brody;Daniel Bromley

  • Cognition and social behavior

    John S. Carroll;John W. Payne

  • The Construction of Preference: Constructive Consumer Choice Processes

    James R. Bettman;Mary Frances Luce;John W. Payne

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. Bettman
James R. Bettman Duke University
Mary Frances Luce
Mary Frances Luce Duke University
David A. Schkade
David A. Schkade University of California, San Diego
Scott A. Huettel
Scott A. Huettel Duke University
Reid Hastie
Reid Hastie University of Chicago
Daniel G. Goldstein
Daniel G. Goldstein Microsoft (United States)
Christopher F. Higgins
Christopher F. Higgins Hammersmith Hospital
Joel Huber
Joel Huber Duke University
Ellen Peters
Ellen Peters University of Oregon

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