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Top Social Psychology Researchers

Ronald C. Kessler ranks first, out of 5,401 ranked researchers.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.

The ranking

  1. 1 Ronald C. Kessler United States · #14 worldwide 9.8k citations · 232 works
  2. 2 Norman K. Denzin United States · #16 worldwide 8.6k citations · 169 works
  3. 3 Steven Long United States · #20 worldwide 4.9k citations · 181 works
  4. 4 Sigmund Freud United States · #25 worldwide 2.7k citations · 174 works
  5. 5 Niklas Luhmann Germany · #53 worldwide 2.3k citations · 277 works
  6. 6 Josep María Haro Spain · #63 worldwide 6.4k citations · 180 works
  7. 7 Louisa Degenhardt Australia · #80 worldwide 5.7k citations · 164 works
  8. 8 John J. McGrath Australia · #105 worldwide 5.3k citations · 193 works
  9. 9 James G. Scott Australia · #112 worldwide 4.3k citations · 219 works
  10. 10 Wilmar B. Schaufeli Netherlands · #130 worldwide 5.3k citations · 157 works
  11. 11 Richard M. Ryan United States · #153 worldwide 10k citations · 118 works
  12. 12 Robert Rosenthal United States · #204 worldwide 3.8k citations · 135 works
  13. 13 Howard Gardner United States · #205 worldwide 3.7k citations · 123 works
  14. 14 Peter M. Bentler United States · #237 worldwide 16k citations · 107 works
  15. 15 Peter C Gøtzsche Denmark · #238 worldwide 6.7k citations · 107 works
  16. 16 Arnold B. Bakker Netherlands · #293 worldwide 6k citations · 124 works
  17. 17 John T. Cacioppo United States · #364 worldwide 3.7k citations · 119 works
  18. 18 James A. Russell United States · #453 worldwide 5k citations · 104 works
  19. 19 Richard E. Mayer United States · #706 worldwide 4.7k citations · 233 works
  20. 20 Simon Baron‐Cohen United Kingdom · #719 worldwide 3.8k citations · 212 works
  21. 21 Timothy G. Dinan Ireland · #742 worldwide 3.1k citations · 126 works
  22. 22 Carl R. Rogers United States · #776 worldwide 3k citations · 96 works
  23. 23 Richard E. Petty United States · #851 worldwide 4.2k citations · 116 works
  24. 24 Martin E. P. Seligman United States · #854 worldwide 7.1k citations · 91 works
  25. 25 Dante Cicchetti United States · #892 worldwide 2.7k citations · 126 works
  26. 26 Edwin A. Locke United States · #904 worldwide 3.5k citations · 98 works
  27. 27 Bruce S. McEwen United States · #921 worldwide 3.6k citations · 181 works
  28. 28 Jacquelynne S. Eccles United States · #982 worldwide 3.6k citations · 105 works
  29. 29 Alice H. Eagly United States · #1,123 worldwide 3.3k citations · 94 works
  30. 30 Scott B. Patten Canada · #1,125 worldwide 2.5k citations · 148 works
  31. 31 Arthur Kleinman United States · #1,187 worldwide 1.7k citations · 95 works
  32. 32 Jordi Alonso Spain · #1,304 worldwide 4k citations · 85 works
  33. 33 Mel Slater United Kingdom · #1,307 worldwide 2.4k citations · 100 works
  34. 34 Daniel Kahneman United States · #1,391 worldwide 21k citations · 80 works
  35. 35 Charles S. Carver United States · #1,452 worldwide 2.8k citations · 99 works
  36. 36 Jeffrey F. Cohn United States · #1,456 worldwide 3.1k citations · 90 works
  37. 37 Norito Kawakami Japan · #1,461 worldwide 4.2k citations · 82 works
  38. 38 Richard M. Steers Canada · #1,468 worldwide 2.2k citations · 94 works
  39. 39 Barry J. Everitt United Kingdom · #1,474 worldwide 2.2k citations · 159 works
  40. 40 Albert Bandura United States · #1,489 worldwide 14k citations · 79 works
  41. 41 John F. Cryan Ireland · #1,527 worldwide 2.3k citations · 195 works
  42. 42 Rosalind W. Picard United States · #1,535 worldwide 2.5k citations · 112 works
  43. 43 Harvey Whiteford Australia · #1,554 worldwide 4.7k citations · 80 works
  44. 44 Oye Gureje Nigeria · #1,611 worldwide 1.9k citations · 102 works
  45. 45 James W. Pennebaker United States · #1,620 worldwide 1.9k citations · 86 works
  46. 46 Gavin Andrews Australia · #1,709 worldwide 2k citations · 93 works
  47. 47 John W. Berry Canada · #1,713 worldwide 2.2k citations · 91 works
  48. 48 Kenneth I. Pargäment United States · #1,823 worldwide 1.9k citations · 103 works
  49. 49 Dan J. Stein South Africa · #1,863 worldwide 7.7k citations · 620 works
  50. 50 James M. Buchanan United States · #1,865 worldwide 1.6k citations · 151 works
  51. 51 Edward E. Lawler United States · #1,997 worldwide 1.7k citations · 90 works
  52. 52 John E. Hunter United States · #2,025 worldwide 2k citations · 120 works
  53. 53 Roy F. Baumeister United States · #2,038 worldwide 3.6k citations · 181 works
  54. 54 Richard P. Bagozzi United States · #2,132 worldwide 2.6k citations · 109 works
  55. 55 Michael I. Posner United States · #2,169 worldwide 1.9k citations · 84 works
  56. 56 Preben Bo Mortensen Denmark · #2,176 worldwide 2.2k citations · 159 works
  57. 57 Fred Luthans United States · #2,181 worldwide 1.9k citations · 82 works
  58. 58 Susan T. Fiske United States · #2,195 worldwide 3k citations · 120 works
  59. 59 Bernard Weiner United States · #2,198 worldwide 2.9k citations · 81 works
  60. 60 John D. Mayer United States · #2,243 worldwide 3.2k citations · 76 works
  61. 61 Steven C. Hayes United States · #2,276 worldwide 1.8k citations · 116 works
  62. 62 Peter Salovey United States · #2,362 worldwide 3.3k citations · 71 works
  63. 63 Avshalom Caspi United Kingdom · #2,391 worldwide 2k citations · 108 works
  64. 64 Michael L. Tushman United States · #2,511 worldwide 3.6k citations · 70 works
  65. 65 Glen H. Elder United States · #2,512 worldwide 1.5k citations · 85 works
  66. 66 David W. Johnson United States · #2,522 worldwide 1.8k citations · 83 works
  67. 67 Roger T. Johnson United States · #2,530 worldwide 1.7k citations · 82 works
  68. 68 Christof Koch United States · #2,536 worldwide 2.4k citations · 201 works
  69. 69 Walter Mischel United States · #2,539 worldwide 2.1k citations · 75 works
  70. 70 Giovanni de Girolamo Italy · #2,587 worldwide 1.6k citations · 97 works
  71. 71 Fred Paas Netherlands · #2,602 worldwide 2.2k citations · 95 works
  72. 72 Shelley E. Taylor United States · #2,646 worldwide 3.8k citations · 69 works
  73. 73 Eduardo Salas United States · #2,757 worldwide 2.3k citations · 142 works
  74. 74 Lester Luborsky United States · #2,764 worldwide 1.3k citations · 88 works
  75. 75 Charles A. O’Reilly United States · #2,772 worldwide 2.7k citations · 69 works
  76. 76 Bernard M. Bass United States · #2,830 worldwide 1.8k citations · 70 works
  77. 77 Paul T. Costa United States · #2,868 worldwide 2.7k citations · 74 works
  78. 78 Craig A. Anderson United States · #2,872 worldwide 1.5k citations · 90 works
  79. 79 Harry C. Triandis United States · #2,887 worldwide 2.1k citations · 73 works
  80. 80 Jan J. Koenderink Netherlands · #2,893 worldwide 1.7k citations · 109 works
  81. 81 Carol S. Dweck United States · #2,928 worldwide 2.1k citations · 79 works
  82. 82 David Cohen France · #3,010 worldwide 1.4k citations · 109 works
  83. 83 Norbert Schwarz United States · #3,034 worldwide 2.3k citations · 135 works
  84. 84 Bruce G. Link United States · #3,129 worldwide 2.7k citations · 70 works
  85. 85 Pattie Maes United States · #3,144 worldwide 2.2k citations · 155 works
  86. 86 Richard J. Davidson United States · #3,176 worldwide 2.5k citations · 150 works
  87. 87 Barbara L. Fredrickson United States · #3,183 worldwide 4.7k citations · 65 works
  88. 88 Raymond B. Cattell United States · #3,191 worldwide 1.6k citations · 112 works
  89. 89 Rudolf Schmid United States · #3,287 worldwide 1.9k citations · 216 works
  90. 90 Dan G. Blazer United States · #3,334 worldwide 1.3k citations · 141 works
  91. 91 Gordon W. Āllport United States · #3,361 worldwide 1.8k citations · 69 works
  92. 92 Kenneth A. Dodge United States · #3,387 worldwide 2.3k citations · 84 works
  93. 93 Irwin G. Sarason United States · #3,450 worldwide 1.5k citations · 85 works
  94. 94 Gary P. Latham Canada · #3,451 worldwide 1.9k citations · 80 works
  95. 95 Louis‐Philippe Morency United States · #3,522 worldwide 2.4k citations · 135 works
  96. 96 Brenda W.J.H. Penninx Netherlands · #3,593 worldwide 4k citations · 291 works
  97. 97 Richard S. Lazarus United States · #3,614 worldwide 2k citations · 68 works
  98. 98 Stephen Joseph United Kingdom · #3,708 worldwide 1.4k citations · 84 works
  99. 99 Jay Belsky United States · #3,751 worldwide 1.8k citations · 96 works
  100. 100 Herbert W. Marsh Australia · #3,807 worldwide 4.6k citations · 265 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Social Psychology, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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