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John A. Swets

Active 1954–2014

44
Papers
32,610
Citations
37
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Citations

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 3,909 citing papers, 37.6% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 867 citing papers, 8.3% of this breakdownGermany: 594 citing papers, 5.7% of this breakdownChina: 513 citing papers, 4.9% of this breakdownCanada: 477 citing papers, 4.6% of this breakdownFrance: 324 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownAustralia: 310 citing papers, 3% of this breakdownItaly: 306 citing papers, 2.9% of this breakdownNetherlands: 275 citing papers, 2.7% of this breakdownSpain: 233 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 190 citing papers, 1.8% of this breakdownJapan: 161 citing papers, 1.6% of this breakdown
0%37.6%Other 21.6%

Institutions

Fields

  • Neuroscience27.5%
  • Computer Science19.7%
  • Medicine15.3%
  • Psychology9.8%
  • Environmental Science5.8%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.5%
  • Other16.4%

Topics

  • Neural dynamics and brain function3.9%
  • Visual perception and processing mechanisms3.9%
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies3.2%
  • Memory Processes and Influences1.3%
  • Imbalanced Data Classification Techniques1.2%
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change1.2%
  • Other85.3%

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  1. Measuring the Accuracy of Diagnostic Systems

    Authors: John A. Swets - Science 1988 cited by 10,119

  2. A decision-making theory of visual detection.

    Authors: Wilson P. Tanner, John A. Swets - Psychological Review 1954 cited by 1,334

  3. Decision processes in perception.

    Authors: John A. Swets, Wilson P. Tanner, Theodore G. Birdsall - Psychological Review 1961 cited by 1,306

  4. Better Decisions through Science

    Authors: John A. Swets, Robyn M. Dawes, John C. Monahan - Scientific American 2000 cited by 574

  5. The Relative Operating Characteristic in Psychology

    Authors: John A. Swets - Science 1973 cited by 743

  6. Signal Detection Theory and ROC Analysis in Psychology and Diagnostics

    Authors: John A. Swets - Psychology Press eBooks 2014 cited by 205

  7. Signal detection theory and psychophysics

    Authors: David Marvin Green, John A. Swets - 1966 cited by 10,001

  8. Psychological Science Can Improve Diagnostic Decisions

    Authors: John A. Swets, Robyn M. Dawes, John Monahan - Gothic.net 2000 cited by 872

  9. Indices of discrimination or diagnostic accuracy: Their ROCs and implied models.

    Authors: John A. Swets - Psychological Bulletin 1986 cited by 575

  10. ROC Analysis Applied to the Evaluation of Medical Imaging Techniques

    Authors: John A. Swets - Investigative Radiology 1979 cited by 699

  11. System operator response to warnings of danger: A laboratory investigation of the effects of the predictive value of a warning on human response time.

    Authors: David J. Getty, John A. Swets, Ronald M. Pickett, David J. Gonthier - Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied 1995 cited by 143

  12. Signal Detection Theory and ROC Analysis in Psychology and Diagnostics: Collected Papers

    Authors: John A. Swets - Medical Entomology and Zoology 1996 cited by 784

  13. Information Retrieval Systems

    Authors: John A. Swets - Science 1963 cited by 220

  14. Applications of Signal Detection Theory

    Authors: John A. Swets, David M. Green - Psychology: From Research to Practice 1978 cited by 33

  15. The human use of information-III: Decision-making in signal detection and recognition situations involving multiple alternatives

    Authors: John A. Swets, Theodore G. Birdsall - IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, IRE Trans. Inf. Theory 1956 cited by 20

  16. Evaluation of diagnostic systems : methods from signal detection theory

    Authors: John A. Swets, Ronald M. Pickett - 1982 cited by 1,302

  17. Signal detection and recognition by human observers : contemporary readings

    Authors: John A. Swets - Wiley eBooks 1964 cited by 447

  18. Is There a Sensory Threshold?

    Authors: John A. Swets - Science 1961 cited by 347

  19. Teaching thinking skills.

    Authors: Richard J. Hernstein, Raymond S. Nickerson, Margarita de Sánchez, John A. Swets - American Psychologist 1986 cited by 343

  20. Enhancing human performance: issues, theories, and techniques

    Authors: Daniel Druckman, John A. Swets - 1988 cited by 220

  21. The science of choosing the right decision threshold in high-stakes diagnostics.

    Authors: John A. Swets - American Psychologist 1992 cited by 183

  22. Enhanced Interpretation of Diagnostic Images

    Authors: David J. Getty, Ronald M. Pickett, CARL J. D ORSI, John A. Swets - Investigative Radiology 1988 cited by 166

  23. Effectiveness of information retrieval methods

    Authors: John A. Swets - American Documentation 1969 cited by 152

  24. Computer-Aided Instruction

    Authors: John A. Swets, Wallace Feurzeig - Science 1965 cited by 94