| Beyond formal operations: Late adolescent and adult cognitive development ML Commons, FA Richards, C Armon (No Title), 1984 | 576 | 1984 |
| Quantitative analyses of behavior JE Mazur, ML Commons, JA Nevin, H Rachlin | 336 | 1987 |
| Hierarchical complexity of tasks shows the existence of developmental stages ML Commons, EJ Trudeau, SA Stein, FA Richards, SR Krause Developmental Review 18 (3), 237-278, 1998 | 330 | 1998 |
| Adult life: Developmental processes J Stevens-Long, ML Commons (No Title), 1979 | 263 | 1979 |
| A general model of stage theory ML Commons, FA Richards Beyond formal operations 1, 120-140, 1984 | 241 | 1984 |
| Intelligent control with hierarchical stacked neural networks ML Commons US Patent 9,015,093, 2015 | 238 | 2015 |
| Systematic and metasystematic reasoning: A case for levels of reasoning beyond Piaget's stage of formal operations ML Commons, FA Richards, D Kuhn Child Development, 1058-1069, 1982 | 223 | 1982 |
| Intelligent control with hierarchical stacked neural networks ML Commons US Patent 8,775,341, 2014 | 221 | 2014 |
| Adult development ML Commons, FA Richards, L Kohlberg, C Armon Bloomsbury Publishing, 1990 | 218* | 1990 |
| Organizing components into combinations: How stage transition works ML Commons, FA Richards Journal of Adult Development 9, 159-177, 2002 | 216 | 2002 |
| The existence of developmental stages as shown by the hierarchical complexity of tasks ML Commons, EJ Trudeau, SA Stein, FA Richards, SR Krause Developmental Review 8 (3), 237-78, 1998 | 180 | 1998 |
| The shape of development TL Dawson-Tunik, M Commons, M Wilson, KW Fischer European Journal of Developmental Psychology 2 (2), 163-195, 2005 | 174 | 2005 |
| Introduction to the model of hierarchical complexity and its relationship to postformal action ML Commons World Futures 64 (5-7), 305-320, 2008 | 160 | 2008 |
| Four postformal stages ML Commons, FA Richards Handbook of adult development, 199-219, 2003 | 141 | 2003 |
| Quantitative analyses of behavior, vol. 2, Matching and maximizing accounts ML Commons, RJ Hermstein, H Rachlin | 128* | 1982 |
| The benefits of attachment parenting for infants and children: A behavioral developmental view. PM Miller, ML Commons Behavioral Development Bulletin 16 (1), 1, 2010 | 119 | 2010 |
| “Equal access” without “establishing” religion: The necessity for assessing social perspective-taking skills and institutional atmosphere ML Commons, JA Rodriguez Developmental Review 10 (4), 323-340, 1990 | 119 | 1990 |
| Kompetenzmodellierung zwischen Forschung und Unterrichtspraxis S Bernholt, I Parchmann, ML Commons Zeitschrift für Didaktik der Naturwissenschaften 15, 219-245, 2009 | 117 | 2009 |
| Quantitative analyses of behavior ML Commons, JA Nevin Ballinger Publishing Company, 1981 | 110* | 1981 |
| Using Rasch scaled stage scores to validate orders of hierarchical complexity of balance beam task sequences ML Commons, EA Goodheart, A Pekker, TL Dawson, K Draney, ... Journal of Applied Measurement 9 (2), 182, 2008 | 99 | 2008 |
