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Robert J. Vallerand

Robert J. Vallerand publishes mostly in Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science, on topics such as Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports, Behavioral Health and Interventions and Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies.

World rank
#20,150
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Canada
#580
of 38,960
Works
39
Citations
1.3k
Citations per work
34.0

What does Robert J. Vallerand research?

Social Psychology: 42.1%Clinical Psychology: 13.2%Sociology and Political Science: 13.2%Applied Psychology: 7.9%other fields: 23.6%42%top field
Social Psychology42.1%Clinical Psychology13.2%Sociology and Political Science13.2%Applied Psychology7.9%other fields23.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Social Psychology42% of their works
  2. 2Clinical Psychology13% of their works
  3. 3Sociology and Political Science13% of their works
  4. 4Applied Psychology8% of their works
  5. 5Experimental and Cognitive Psychology8% of their works
  6. 6General Health Professions3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Robert J. Vallerand's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Well-being, Intrinsic Motivation, Self-Determination Theory, Self-Regulation, Mental Health, Achievement Motivation, Behavior Change Techniques and Perfectionism.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Well-being122 topics
  2. Intrinsic Motivation101 topic
  3. Self-Determination Theory101 topic
  4. Self-Regulation62 topics
  5. Mental Health52 topics
  6. Achievement Motivation31 topic
  7. Behavior Change Techniques31 topic
  8. Perfectionism31 topic
  9. Procrastination31 topic
  10. Self-Efficacy31 topic
  11. Theory of Planned Behaviour31 topic
  12. Positive Emotions21 topic
  13. Positive Psychology21 topic
  14. Professional Practices21 topic
  15. Public Action21 topic
  16. Aging11 topic
  17. Elderly11 topic
  18. Physical Education11 topic
  19. Sport Education11 topic

Where does Robert J. Vallerand work?

Robert J. Vallerand's main affiliation in the publication record is Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada.

How many publications and citations does Robert J. Vallerand have?

Science Explorer counts 39 works and 1,327 citations for Robert J. Vallerand, ranking #20,150 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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