2026 Timothy A. Shahan: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	38	8961	8372	4748	4323	129	4811

Overview

Timothy A. Shahan is affiliated with Utah State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with a focus on developmental and educational psychology, cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, clinical psychology, and behavioral neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including behavioral and psychological studies, autism spectrum disorder research, neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, memory and neural mechanisms, stress responses and cortisol, and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders.

Notable recent papers authored by Timothy A. Shahan include:

Destructive behavior increases as a function of reductions in alternative reinforcement during schedule thinning: A retrospective quantitative analysis (2021, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior)
Resurgence and downshifts in alternative reinforcement rate (2020, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior)
A Theory of the Extinction Burst (2022, Perspectives on Behavior Science)

Other relevant papers associated with their research environment or coauthors include:

Punishment and its putative fallout: A reappraisal (2020, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior)
Basic and applied research on extinction bursts (2022, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis)

Timothy A. Shahan frequently publishes in several venues, including:

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (16 publications)
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis (3 publications)
Perspectives on Behavior Science (2 publications)
Behavioural Processes (2 publications)
Psychopharmacology (2 publications)

The scientist often collaborates with a set of frequent coauthors such as Anthony N. Nist, Brian Greer, Gabrielle M. Sutton, Matías Avellaneda, and Kaitlyn O. Browning.

Best Publications

An evaluation of persistence of treatment effects during long-term treatment of destructive behavior.

David P Wacker;Jay W Harding;Wendy K Berg;John F Lee

243
Citations
Behavioral momentum and relapse of extinguished operant responding.

Christopher A. Podlesnik;Timothy A. Shahan

213
Citations
Behavioral momentum theory: equations and applications.

John A. Nevin;Timothy A. Shahan

187
Citations
Comparing the reinforcing efficacy of nicotine containing and de-nicotinized cigarettes: a behavioral economic analysis

Timothy A. Shahan;Warren K. Bickel;Gregory J. Madden;Gary J. Badger

163
Citations
Resurgence as Choice

Timothy A. Shahan;Andrew R. Craig

161
Citations
A MODEL OF RESURGENCE BASED ON BEHAVIORAL MOMENTUM THEORY

Timothy A. Shahan;Mary M. Sweeney

160
Citations
Effects of high, low, and thinning rates of alternative reinforcement on response elimination and resurgence.

Mary M. Sweeney;Timothy A. Shahan

146
Citations
Resurgence of Alcohol Seeking Produced by Discontinuing Non-Drug Reinforcement as an Animal Model of Drug Relapse

Christopher A. Podlesnik;Corina Jimenez-Gomez;Timothy A. Shahan

145
Citations
CONDITIONED REINFORCEMENT AND RESPONSE STRENGTH

Timothy A. Shahan

135
Citations
Novelty, stimulus control, and operant variability.

Timothy A. Shahan;Philip N. Chase

126
Citations
Extinction, relapse, and behavioral momentum

Christopher A. Podlesnik;Timothy A. Shahan

123
Citations
Behavioral momentum theory fails to account for the effects of reinforcement rate on resurgence

Andrew R. Craig;Timothy A. Shahan

109
Citations
Nicotine Gum as a Substitute for Cigarettes: A Behavioral Economic Analysis

Timothy A. Shahan;Amy Laurie Odum;W. K. Bickel

98
Citations
Loss of Alternative Non-Drug Reinforcement Induces Relapse of Cocaine-Seeking in Rats: Role of Dopamine D1 Receptors

Stacey L Quick;Adam D Pyszczynski;Kelli A Colston;Timothy A Shahan

82
Citations
Behavioral momentum and resurgence: Effects of time in extinction and repeated resurgence tests.

Mary M. Sweeney;Timothy A. Shahan

80
Citations
Early and prolonged exposure to reward delay: effects on impulsive choice and alcohol self-administration in male rats

Jeffrey S. Stein;Patrick S. Johnson;C. Renee Renda;Rochelle R. Smits

77
Citations
Quantitative models of persistence and relapse from the perspective of behavioral momentum theory: Fits and misfits☆

John A. Nevin;Andrew R. Craig;Paul J. Cunningham;Christopher A. Podlesnik

75
Citations
Sensitivity of nicotine-containing and de-nicotinized cigarette consumption to alternative non-drug reinforcement: a behavioral economic analysis.

Timothy A. Shahan;W. K. Bickel;G. J. Badger;L. A. Giordano

74
Citations
Resurgence as Choice: Implications for promoting durable behavior change.

Brian D. Greer;Timothy A. Shahan

72
Citations
Ethanol-maintained responding of rats is more resistant to change in a context with added non-drug reinforcement.

Timothy A. Shahan;K. Burke

70
Citations
Resurgence and alternative-reinforcer magnitude.

Andrew R. Craig;Kaitlyn O. Browning;Rusty W. Nall;Ciara M. Marshall

70
Citations
A theory of attending and reinforcement in conditional discriminations.

John A. Nevin;Michael Davison;Timothy A. Shahan

61
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Nevin University of New Hampshire

Gregory J. Madden Utah State University

Kennon A. Lattal West Virginia University

Warren K. Bickel Virginia Tech

Randolph C. Grace University of Canterbury

Michael Davison University of Auckland

Wendy K. Berg University of Iowa

Michael P. Twohig Utah State University

Wayne W. Fisher Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

William V. Dube University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

External Links

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