This introduction to the special symposium on the top 30 most-cited articles in APS journals considers some of the factors that lead some articles to have huge impact. What is it that scientists can do to achieve the greatest impact for their work?
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ChomskyN. (2015). Syntactic structures. Eastford, CA: Martino Fine Books.
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CsikszentmihalyiM. (1996). Creativity: The psychology of discovery and invention. New York, NY: Harper Perennial.
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DaiD. Y.SternbergR. J. (Eds.). (2004). Motivation, emotion, and cognition: Integrative perspectives on intellectual functioning and development. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
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FestingerL.CarlsmithJ. M. (1959). Cognitive consequences of forced compliance of forced compliance. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 58, 203–210.
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KahnemanD.TverskyA. (2000). Choices, values, and frames. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
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KuhnT. S. (2012). The structure of scientific revolutions (4th ed.). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
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LataneB.DarleyJ. M. (1970). The unresponsive bystander: Why doesn’t he help? Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
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LubartT. I. (2010). Cross-cultural perspectives on creativity. In KaufmanJ. C.SternbergR. J. (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of creativity (pp. 265–278). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
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MilgramS. (2008). Obedience to authority: An experimental view. New York, NY: Harper Perennial.
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MillerG. A. (1956). The magical number seven, plus or minus two: Some limits on our capacity for processing information. Psychological Review, 63, 81–97.
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NiuW.SternbergR. J. (2002). Contemporary studies on the concept of creativity: The East and the West. Journal of Creative Behavior, 36, 269–288.
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NiuW.SternbergR. J. (2003). Societal and school influences on student creativity: The case of China. Psychology in the Schools, 40, 103–114.
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PinkerS. (2015). The sense of style: The thinking person’s guide to writing in the 21st century. New York, NY: Penguin.
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SimonH. A. (1997). Administrative behavior (4th ed.). New York, NY: Free Press.
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SimontonD. K. (2002). Great psychologists and their times: Scientific insights into psychology’s history. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
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SternbergR. J. (1985). Teaching critical thinking, Part 1: Are we making critical mistakes?Phi Delta Kappan, 67, 194–198.
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SternbergR. J. (1997). Managerial intelligence: Why IQ isn’t enough. Journal of Management, 23(3), 463–475.
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SternbergR. J. (1999a). A propulsion model of types of creative contributions. Review of General Psychology, 3, 83–100.
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SternbergR. J. (1999b). Successful intelligence: Finding a balance. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 3, 436–442.
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SternbergR. J. (Ed.). (2003a). Psychologists defying the crowd: Stories of those who battled the establishment and won. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
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SternbergR. J. (2003b). WICS: A model for leadership in organizations. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 2, 386–401.
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SternbergR. J. (2003c). Wisdom, intelligence, and creativity synthesized. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
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SternbergR. J. (2005). Creativity or creativities?International Journal of Human Computer Studies, 63, 370–382.
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SternbergR. J. (2014). Building wisdom and character. In LynnS. J.O’DonohueW.LilienfeldS. (Eds.), Health, happiness, and well-being: Better living through psychological science (pp. 296–316). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
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SternbergR. J. (2016a). A triangular theory of creativity. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. doi:10.1037/aca0000095
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SternbergR. J. (2016b). Becoming an eminent researcher in psychological science. In SternbergR. J.FiskeS. T.FossD. J. (Eds.), Scientists making a difference: One hundred eminent behavioral and brain scientists talk about their most important contributions (pp. 487-491). New York: Cambridge University Press.
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SternbergR. J. (2016d). What universities can be: A new model for preparing students for active concerned citizenship and ethical leadership. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
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SternbergR. J.DavidsonJ. E. (1982, June). The mind of the puzzler. Psychology Today, 16, 37–44.
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SternbergR. J.FiskeS. T.FossD. J. (Eds.). (2016). Scientists making a difference: One hundred eminent behavioral and brain scientists talk about their most important contributions (pp. 487–491). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
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SternbergR. J.GordeevaT. (1996). The anatomy of impact: What makes an article influential?Psychological Science, 7, 69–75.
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SternbergR. J.HedlundJ. (2002). Practical intelligence, g, and work psychology. Human Performance15(1/2), 143–160.
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SternbergR. J.KaufmanJ. C.PretzJ. E. (2002). The creativity conundrum: A propulsion model of kinds of creative contributions. New York, NY: Psychology Press.
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SternbergR. J.LubartT. I. (1995). Defying the crowd: Cultivating creativity in a culture of conformity. New York, NY: Free Press.
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SternbergR. J.SternbergK. (2016). The psychologist’s companion (6th ed.). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
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ZimbardoP. (2008). The Lucifer effect: How good people turn evil. New York, NY: Random House.
