--- title: "Keith J. Holyoak — author profile and papers · Reasoning" description: "Keith J. Holyoak, University of California, Los Angeles: 3 papers on Elamur Research (1980–2012), h-index 83 — affiliations, topics…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/keith-j-holyoak/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/keith-j-holyoak/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Keith J. Holyoak # Keith J. Holyoak Keith J. Holyoak has 3 papers in our library, in 1980–2012, most of them on [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [David Jurgens](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-jurgens/), [Peter Turney](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-turney/), [Saif Mohammad](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/saif-mohammad/). 3 papers in our library · 1980–2012 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5049216983) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8010-6267) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1738054) · [**h-index 83**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5049216983) · [358 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5049216983) · [38,995 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5049216983&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/keith-j-holyoak/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 101 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/keith-j-holyoak/cited-by/) · [1 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #851](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/9/#star-851) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Keith+J.+Holyoak) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Keith+J.+Holyoak) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Keith+J.+Holyoak) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Keith+J.+Holyoak) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of California, Los Angeles** Los Angeles · United States 1987–2026 · 193 papersEmployment · Distinguished Professor, Psychology*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-los-angeles/) · [🎓**University of Michigan** Ann Arbor · United States 1977–1993 · 20 papersEmployment](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-michigan/) · [🎓**Stanford University** Stanford · United States 1974–1993 · 8 papersEducation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stanford-university/) · [🎓**University of California System** Oakland · United States 1995–2023 · 3 papers](https://ror.org/00pjdza24) · [🎓**Södertörn University** Huddinge · Sweden 2023–2024 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/00d973h41) · [🎓**University of British Columbia** Vancouver · Canada 1972 · 1 paperEducation](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-british-columbia/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 8 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Psychology · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) · [Cognitive Neuroscience · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/cognitive-neuroscience/) · [Neuroscience · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Reasoning · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2012** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/keith-j-holyoak/year/2012/) ### 1980s [**1989** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/keith-j-holyoak/year/1989/) · [**1980** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/keith-j-holyoak/year/1980/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Analogical problem solving](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gick-1980-analogical-problem-solving/)** *(1980 · 2,561 citations)* Gick and Holyoak study how people solve a new problem by drawing on a structurally similar situation from a different domain. 2. **[Analogical mapping by constraint satisfaction](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/holyoak-1989-analogical-mapping-constraint-satisfaction/)** *(1989 · 1,272 citations)* Holyoak and Thagard ask how a reasoner decides which parts of a familiar source situation correspond to which parts of a new target. 3. **[SemEval-2012 Task 2: Measuring Degrees of Relational Similarity](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/jurgens-2012-semeval-2012-task-2-measuring/)** *(2012 · 259 citations)* Most earlier work on semantic relations, including previous SemEval tasks, treats relations as discrete classes: a word pair either belongs to CAUSE : EFFECT or it does not. ## All works 4 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 3 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. [**Analogical problem solving Cognitive Psychology**Mary L. Gick, Keith J. Holyoak*1980 · 2,561 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gick-1980-analogical-problem-solving/) 2. **[Analogical mapping by constraint satisfaction](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/holyoak-1989-analogical-mapping-constraint-satisfaction/) [Cognitive Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cognitive-science/)**Keith J. Holyoak, Paul Thagard*1989 · 1,272 citations* 3. **[SemEval-2012 Task 2: Measuring Degrees of Relational Similarity](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/jurgens-2012-semeval-2012-task-2-measuring/) [Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics (*SEM)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/starsem/)**David Jurgens, Saif Mohammad, Peter Turney, et al.*2012 · 259 citations* 4. **[Catherine Pelachaud, Norman I. Badler, and Mark Steedman ↗](https://openalex.org/W8031881) no summary yet**Risto Miikkulainen et al.*1996 · 1 citation* ## Co-authors here 3 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [David Jurgens](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-jurgens/) - [Peter Turney](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/peter-turney/) - [Saif Mohammad](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/saif-mohammad/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Cognitive Science](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cognitive-science/): [Cognitive Science 1989](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cognitive-science/1989/) - [Joint Conference on Lexical and Computational Semantics (*SEM)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/starsem/): [*SEM 2012](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/starsem/2012/) - Cognitive Psychology ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 101 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [26 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/keith-j-holyoak/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026