2026 Michael J. Watkins: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	40	8236	4408	82	6879

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Psychology

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Overview

Michael J. Watkins is affiliated with Rice University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Psychology, with a focus on Clinical Psychology. Their work engages with subfields including Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, History and Philosophy of Science, and General Health Professions.

The research topics covered by Watkins include:

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Child Abuse and Trauma
Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
Philosophy and History of Science
Child and Adolescent Health
Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
Color perception and design

Watkins has published several papers, including:

"Colors, Perceptual Variation, and Science" (2022), published in Erkenntnis
"Supervenience and Realization: Aesthetic Objects and their Properties" (2020), published in The British Journal of Aesthetics
"50.1 Additional, Alternative Avoidant Cluster Symptoms for the Diagnosis of PTSD in Children" (2021), published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Other recent papers with contributions include:

"International perspective on integrated care models in child and adult mental health" (2022), published in International Review of Psychiatry
"The Problem of Perceptual Agreement" (2023), published in Croatian Journal of Philosophy

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

Elay Shech
Cassandra Acevedo
Jeffrey N. Wherry
Deepika Shaligram
Norbert Skokauskas

Watkins' publications have appeared most often in:

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Erkenntnis
International Review of Psychiatry
Croatian Journal of Philosophy
The British Journal of Aesthetics

In addition to articles, Watkins has authored books published by Cambridge University Press. One forthcoming title is The Metaphysics of Color, scheduled for publication in 2025.

Best Publications

The role of rehearsal in short-term memory

Fergus I.M. Craik;Michael J. Watkins

989
Citations
Buildup of Proactive Inhibition as a Cue-Overload Effect.

Olga C. Watkins;Michael J. Watkins

624
Citations
Theories Of Memory

Alan F. Collins;Susan E. Gathercole;Martin A. Conway;Peter E. Morris

369
Citations
Episodic memory: When recognition fails.

Michael J. Watkins;Endel Tulving

333
Citations
The effects of aging on selectivity and control in short-term recall.

Alan D. Castel;Aaron S. Benjamin;Fergus I. M. Craik;Michael J. Watkins

302
Citations
Structure of memory traces.

Endel Tulving;Michael J. Watkins

293
Citations
Mediationism and the Obfuscation of Memory

Michael J. Watkins

272
Citations
The modality effect and echoic persistence.

Olga C. Watkins;Michael J. Watkins

199
Citations
The Modality Effect in Free and Serial Recall as a Function of Phonological Similarity.

Michael J. Watkins;Olga C. Watkins;Robert G. Crowder

197
Citations
Serial recall and the modality effect: Effects of word frequency.

Olga C. Watkins;Michael J. Watkins

182
Citations
An appreciation of generate-recognize theory of recall

Michael J. Watkins;John M. Gardiner

167
Citations
Response conformity in recognition testing.

Dana M. Schneider;Michael J. Watkins

142
Citations
Continuity between recall and recognition.

Endel Tulving;Michael J. Watkins

130
Citations
The intricacy of memory span

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124
Citations
On negative transfer: Effects of testing one list on the recall of another

Endel Tulving;Michael J. Watkins

122
Citations
Concept and measurement of primary memory.

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113
Citations
The revelation effect: when disguising test items induces recognition.

Michael J. Watkins;Zehra F. Peynircioglu

103
Citations
Role of study strategy in recall of mixed lists of common and rare words.

Michael J. Watkins;Denny C. LeCompte;Kyungmi Kim

99
Citations
Context effects in recognition memory for faces

Michael J. Watkins;Elaine Ho;Endel Tulving

99
Citations
Processing of recency items for free recall.

Michael J. Watkins;Olga C. Watkins

98
Citations
Further evidence for a negative recency effect in free recall

Fergus I.M. Craik;John M. Gardiner;Michael J. Watkins

80
Citations
A part-set cuing effect in recognition memory.

Amy K. Todres;Michael J. Watkins

78
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Endel Tulving University of Toronto

Fergus I. M. Craik University of Toronto

Alan D. Castel University of California, Los Angeles

Anthony A. Wright The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Aaron S. Benjamin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Robert G. Crowder Yale University

Ian Neath Memorial University of Newfoundland

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