2026 William F. Brewer: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	47	6018	5598	3261	2962	109	22436

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Psychology

6018

5598

3261

2962

109

22436

Research.com Recognitions

1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

William F. Brewer is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with a focus on developmental and educational psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's recent work includes the paper titled Accuracy and completeness of autobiographical memory: evidence from a wearable camera study, published in 2024 in the journal Memory. This publication has garnered citations and reflects ongoing research in the areas of memory processes and influences.

Brewer's research topics encompass:

Identity, Memory, and Therapy
Memory Processes and Influences
Psychological and Educational Research Studies

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, notably with Jason R. Finley.

Their work has appeared in the following publication venue:

Memory

William F. Brewer's contributions to the scientific community extend across several subfields of study, including:

Developmental and Educational Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

In recognition of their scientific career, Brewer was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1996.

Best Publications

Mental Models of the Earth: A Study of Conceptual Change in Childhood

Stella Vosniadou;William F Brewer

2730
Citations
The Role of Anomalous Data in Knowledge Acquisition: A Theoretical Framework and Implications for Science Instruction

Clark A. Chinn;William F. Brewer

2455
Citations
Role of Schemata in Memory for Places

William F. Brewer;James C. Treyens

1373
Citations
The nature and functions of schemas.

William F. Brewer;Glenn V. Nakamura

1221
Citations
Mental models of the day/night cycle☆

Stella Vosniadou;William F. Brewer

1107
Citations
Theories of Knowledge Restructuring in Development

Stella Vosniadou;William F. Brewer

917
Citations
What is autobiographical memory

William F. Brewer

880
Citations
There is no convincing evidence for operant or classical conditioning in adult humans.

William F. Brewer

855
Citations
Stories are to entertain : a structural-affect theory of stories

William F. Brewer;Edward H. Lichtenstein;Edward H. Lichtenstein

771
Citations
An empirical test of a taxonomy of responses to anomalous data in science.

Clark A. Chinn;William F. Brewer

608
Citations
Memory for Goal-Directed Events

Edward H. Lichtenstein;William F. Brewer

509
Citations
Event schemas, story schemas, and story grammars

William F. Brewer;Edward H. Lichtenstein

471
Citations
Remembering reconsidered: Memory for randomly sampled autobiographical events

William F. Brewer

439
Citations
Mental Models of the Day/Night Cycle

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432
Citations
What is recollective memory

William F. Brewer

410
Citations
Schemas versus mental models in human memory.

William F. Brewer

371
Citations
Development of story liking: Character identification, suspense, and outcome resolution.

Paul E. Jose;William F. Brewer

366
Citations
Literary Theory, Rhetoric, and Stylistics: Implications for Psychology

William F. Brewer

339
Citations
Explanation in Scientists and Children

William F. Brewer;Clark A. Chinn;Ala Samarapungavan

301
Citations
Mental models of the earth, sun, and moon: Indian children's cosmologies

Ala Samarapungavan;Stella Vosniadou;William F. Brewer

267
Citations
Models of data: A theory of how people evaluate data

Clark A. Chinn;William F. Brewer

256
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stella Vosniadou Flinders University

Kathryn Bock University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Woo-kyoung Ahn Yale University

Paul E. Jose Victoria University of Wellington

Alan Garnham University of Sussex

Karen Emmorey San Diego State University

Stephen M. Kosslyn Harvard University

David E. Irwin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Jane Oakhill University of Sussex

Aaron S. Benjamin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

External Links

Personal website of William F. Brewer

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