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52
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26456
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4881
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2685

Richard F. West 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 Richard F. West sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 100 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Richard F. West 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 Richard F. West sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Richard F. West is affiliated with James Madison University in the United States. Their academic profile reflects collaboration with several researchers, notably frequent co-authors Keith E. Stanovich and Maggie E. Toplak.

Their work spans various areas within academic research, although specific details about publications, main fields of study, and topics have not been disclosed in the available data. Despite that, the presence of frequent collaboration with Keith E. Stanovich and Maggie E. Toplak suggests an interest in fields related to cognitive science, education, or psychology, as these co-authors are known for work in those domains.

Richard F. West has not publicly listed any recent papers with titles, venues, or years of publication in the current data set. There is also no recorded information on awards received or book publications associated with this researcher.

This profile is based solely on verified affiliations and co-authorship patterns, without speculation on research impact or specific contributions due to limited available data.

Best Publications

  • Individual differences in reasoning: Implications for the rationality debate?

    Keith E. Stanovich;Richard F. West

  • Practitioner Review: Do performance-based measures and ratings of executive function assess the same construct?

    Maggie E. Toplak;Richard F. West;Keith E. Stanovich

  • Exposure to print and orthographic processing.

    Keith E Stanovich;Richard F. West

  • The Cognitive Reflection Test as a predictor of performance on heuristics-and-biases tasks

    Maggie E. Toplak;Richard F. West;Keith E. Stanovich

  • On the relative independence of thinking biases and cognitive ability.

    Keith E. Stanovich;Richard F. West

  • Individual differences in rational thought.

    Keith E. Stanovich;Richard F. West

  • Assessing miserly information processing: An expansion of the Cognitive Reflection Test

    Maggie E. Toplak;Richard F. West;Keith E. Stanovich

  • Reasoning independently of prior belief and individual differences in actively open-minded thinking.

    Keith E. Stanovich;Richard F. West

  • On Priming by a Sentence Context

    Keith E. Stanovich;Richard F. West

  • Heuristics and Biases as Measures of Critical Thinking: Associations with Cognitive Ability and Thinking Dispositions

    Richard F. West;Maggie E. Toplak;Keith E. Stanovich

  • Myside Bias, Rational Thinking, and Intelligence

    Keith E. Stanovich;Richard F. West;Maggie E. Toplak

  • Cognitive sophistication does not attenuate the bias blind spot.

    Richard F. West;Russell J. Meserve;Keith E. Stanovich

  • Advancing the rationality debate

    Keith E. Stanovich;Richard F. West

  • Decision-making and cognitive abilities: A review of associations between Iowa Gambling Task performance, executive functions, and intelligence.

    Maggie E. Toplak;Geoff B. Sorge;André Benoit;Richard F. West

  • Mechanisms of sentence context effects in reading: Automatic activation and conscious attention.

    Keith E. Stanovich;Richard F. West

  • Natural myside bias is independent of cognitive ability

    Keith E. Stanovich;Richard F. West

  • Heuristic and analytic processing: age trends and associations with cognitive ability and cognitive styles.

    Judite V. Kokis;Robyn Macpherson;Maggie E. Toplak;Richard F. West

  • Automatic Contextual Facilitation in Readers of Three Ages.

    Richard F. West;Keith E. Stanovich

  • The domain specificity and generality of belief bias: Searching for a generalizable critical thinking skill.

    Walter C. Sá;Richard F. West;Keith E. Stanovich

  • The effect of sentence context on ongoing word recognition: Tests of a two-process theory.

    Keith E. Stanovich;Richard F. West

  • Heuristics and Biases: Individual Differences in Reasoning: Implications for the Rationality Debate?

    Keith E. Stanovich;Richard F. West

  • Individual differences in reasoning: Implications for the rationality debate?-Open Peer Commentary-Gone with the wind: Individual differences in heuristics and biases undermine the implication of

    K. E. Stanovich;R. F. West;D. C. Funder

Frequent Co-Authors

Keith E. Stanovich
Keith E. Stanovich University of Toronto
Maggie E. Toplak
Maggie E. Toplak York University
David C. Funder
David C. Funder University of California, Riverside
Richard M. Sorrentino
Richard M. Sorrentino University of Western Ontario

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