On the Rate of Gain of Information1952 · 1.7k citations
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Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.
Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.
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On the Rate of Gain of Information
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology·W. E. Hick
W. E. Hick is a scholar working on General Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, History and Philosophy of Science and Artificial Intelligence, having authored 10 papers that have together received 1.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Visual perception and processing mechanisms (3 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (3 papers), Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (2 papers), Psychology Research and Bibliometrics (2 papers), Embedded Systems and FPGA Design (1 paper), Motor Control and Adaptation (1 paper), Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery (1 paper) and Cognitive Abilities and Testing (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Cognitive Neuroscience (897 citations), General Decision Sciences (96 citations), Human-Computer Interaction (217 citations), General Psychology (53 citations) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (327 citations). W. E. Hick has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Alan T. Welford. Their work appears in journals such as Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, The Lancet, Nature, Psychological Review and The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.
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