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Society for Personality Assessment

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Research works
93
▼ 49% vs 2018-21
Citations
6k
64.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Society for Personality Assessment

Not ranked overall: Society for Personality Assessment is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Society for Personality Assessment work in?

In all years, 68% of research at Society for Personality Assessment is in Social Sciences, 16% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Psychology (43%), Social Sciences (14%), Medicine (11%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 64 fractional works · 68.5% of its workPsychology: 40 fractional works · 42.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 12.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 9 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 9.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 6.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 14.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 15.5% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 10.0% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKSociety forPersonality…93fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences68%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology4042.9%
    2. Social Sciences1314.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities66.9%
    4. Decision Sciences22.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.6%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    1. Medicine1111.5%
    2. Health Professions44.0%
    1. Computer Science44.1%
    2. Engineering33.0%
    3. Chemistry10.7%
    4. Environmental Science10.7%
    5. Energy00.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    7. Mathematics00.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Neuroscience22.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.84× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.43× its world share, 0 worksEnergyHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksMedicinePsychology: 10.84× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.63× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology10.84×2 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.84×0 works
  3. Social Sciences2.63×2 works
  4. Energy2.43×0 works
  5. Medicine1.04×2 works
  6. Health Professions0.53×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.39×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.34×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Society for Personality Assessment?

The most cited paper from Society for Personality Assessment is "Orienting Dispositions in the Perception of Risk" (Karl Dake, 1991), with 624 citations. Next come "Artistic Perception as a Possible Factor in Personality Style: Its Measurement By a Figure Preference Test" (277) and "Some Personality Correlates of Independence of Judgment1,2" (175).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Orienting Dispositions in the Perception of Risk Karl Dake · Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology Mar 1991 624
2 Artistic Perception as a Possible Factor in Personality Style: Its Measurement By a Figure Preference Test Frank Barron, George Schlager Welsh · The Journal of Psychology Apr 1952 277
3 Some Personality Correlates of Independence of Judgment1,2 Frank Barron · Journal of Personality Mar 1953 175
4 Personality change in women from the early 40s to the early 50s. Ravenna Helson, Paul M. Wink · Psychology and Aging 1992 160
5 Assessment practices of professional psychologists: Results of a national survey. Caroline Vaile Wright, Shannon G. Beattie, Daniel I. Galper et al. · Professional Psychology Research and Practice 11 Jul 2016 109
All 91 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Society for Personality Assessment?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Personality Traits, Achievement Motivation, Mental Health, Psychological Testing, Rorschach Comprehensive System, Psychology, Meta-Analysis and Well-being.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Personality Traits10▲ 86×6 topics
  2. Achievement Motivation9▲ 411×2 topics
  3. Mental Health8▲ 8.2×18 topics
  4. Psychological Testing8▲ 412×1 topic
  5. Rorschach Comprehensive System8▲ 884×1 topic
  6. Psychology4▲ 34×3 topics
  7. Meta-Analysis4▲ 7.9×7 topics
  8. Well-being4▲ 16×8 topics
  9. Academic Medicine4▲ 65×3 topics
  10. Resilience4▲ 10×7 topics
  11. Science4▲ 21×2 topics
  12. Emotion4▲ 20×6 topics
  13. Innovation4▲ 4.1×4 topics
  14. Neuroscience4▲ 12×5 topics
  15. Social Justice4▲ 7.5×5 topics
  16. Qualitative Research3▲ 6.2×3 topics
  17. Education3▲ 2.7×7 topics
  18. Psychopathy3▲ 96×2 topics
  19. Academic Performance3▲ 45×3 topics
  20. Self-Efficacy3▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Evidence-Based Practice3▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Self-Esteem3▲ 64×2 topics
  23. Big Five3▲ 202×1 topic
  24. Narcissism3▲ 202×1 topic
  25. Brain Activity3▲ 43×2 topics
  26. Career Development3▲ 31×4 topics
  27. Cognitive Processes3▲ 58×2 topics
  28. Psychopathology3▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Creativity2▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Problem Solving2▲ 77×1 topic
  31. Gender Bias2▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Health Care Disparities2▲ 98×1 topic
  33. Gender Differences2▲ 7.3×7 topics
  34. Positive Psychology2▲ 41×3 topics
  35. Subjective Well-Being2▲ 43×2 topics
  36. Neurobiological Correlates2▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Ethical Principles2▲ 50×1 topic
  38. Life Satisfaction2▲ 44×2 topics
  39. Multicultural Counseling2▲ 103×1 topic
  40. Reflective Practice2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Society for Personality Assessment publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, sociology, and vocational training, Medical Education and Admissions, Mentoring and Academic Development and Diversity and Career in Medicine.

Education, sociology, an…0Education, sociology, and vocational training: 0 fractional worksMedical Education and Ad…0Medical Education and Admissions: 0 fractional worksMentoring and Academic D…0Mentoring and Academic Development: 0 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …0Diversity and Career in Medicine: 0 fractional worksBody Composition Measurement Techniques: 0 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 0 fractional worksCardiovascular Health an…0Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 0 fractional worksMental Health via Writing: 0 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 0 fractional worksEmotional Intelligence a…0Emotional Intelligence and Performance: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSocial PsychologyGender Studies4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  2. 2 Medical Education and Admissions Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  3. 3 Mentoring and Academic Development Social Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 0 works
  5. 5 Body Composition Measurement Techniques Physiology 0 works
  6. 6 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Mental Health via Writing Social Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  10. 10 Emotional Intelligence and Performance Social Psychology 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available16.4%not open83.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.0%domestic only82.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Society for Personality Assessment's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Society for Personality Assessment as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000017% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Society for Personality Assessment0.000028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Society for Personality Assessment over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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