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Deception detection and forensic psychology

Deception detection and forensic psychology is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the detection of deception in communication and interrogation, exploring various cues, cognitive processes, neural correlates, and psychophysiological measures associated with lying. It also delves into the dynamics of police interviews, the impact of confessions, and the role of nonverbal behavior in detecting deception.

  • Deception
  • Detection
  • Lying
  • Interrogation
  • Cognitive Processes
  • Neural Correlates
  • Psychophysiological Measures
  • Police Interviews
  • Confessions
  • Nonverbal Behavior
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
37% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Deception detection and forensic psychology

Which countries lead Deception detection and forensic psychology research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (545 and 177 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 545 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 177 works
  3. 3 China 141 works
  4. 4 Germany 117 works
  5. 5 India 101 works
  6. 6 Russia 98 works
  7. 7 Canada 89 works
  8. 8 Australia 85 works
  9. 9 Japan 70 works
  10. 10 Netherlands 67 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 36.5%United Kingdom: 11.9%China: 9.5%Germany: 7.8%6 others listed: 34.3%37%largest
United States545 · 36.5%United Kingdom177 · 11.9%China141 · 9.5%Germany117 · 7.8%6 others listed511 · 34.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Deception detection and forensic psychology research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Portsmouth publishes the most Deception detection and forensic psychology research, followed by City University of New York and Erasmus University Rotterdam.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of PortsmouthUnited Kingdom 14 works
  2. 2 City University of New YorkUnited States 13 works
  3. 3 Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands 13 works
  4. 4 Maastricht UniversityNetherlands 12 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 11 works
  6. 6 Florida International UniversityUnited States 9 works
  7. 7 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 9 works
  8. 8 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 8 works
  9. 9 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 8 works
  10. 10 Deakin UniversityAustralia 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Deception detection and forensic psychology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Deception detection and forensic psychology include David A. Kenny, David F. Larcker and Paul M. Thompson.

  1. 1 David A. Kenny United States 198k citations
  2. 2 David F. Larcker United States 197k citations
  3. 3 Paul M. Thompson United States 196k citations
  4. 4 Terrie E. Moffitt United Kingdom 195k citations
  5. 5 Roy Frederick Baumeister United States 183k citations
  6. 6 Chris Frith United Kingdom 175k citations
  7. 7 John T. Cacioppo United States 168k citations
  8. 8 Raymond J. Dolan United Kingdom 165k citations
  9. 9 Michael L. Rutter United Kingdom 163k citations
  10. 10 Andrew F. Hayes United States 163k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Deception detection and forensic psychology?

The most cited paper in Deception detection and forensic psychology is "Understanding face recognition" (Vicki Bruce, Andy Young, 1986), with 3,987 citations. Next come "The Nature of Recollection and Familiarity: A Review of 30 Years of Research" (3,950) and "Creating false memories: Remembering words not presented in lists." (3,666).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Understanding face recognition Vicki Bruce, Andy Young · British Journal of Psychology Open access Aug 1986 3,987
2 The Nature of Recollection and Familiarity: A Review of 30 Years of Research Andrew P. Yonelinas · Journal of Memory and Language Apr 2002 3,950
3 Creating false memories: Remembering words not presented in lists. Henry L. Roediger, Kathleen B. McDermott · Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition Jul 1995 3,666
4 Self-monitoring of expressive behavior. Mark Snyder · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Oct 1974 3,447
5 Two-component models of socially desirable responding. Delroy L. Paulhus · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Mar 1984 2,965
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Where is Deception detection and forensic psychology research done?

The largest centres of Deception detection and forensic psychology research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 40 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 39 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 35 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 31 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 29 works
  6. 6 SydneyAustralia 16 works
  7. 7 WarsawPoland 15 works
  8. 8 MontrealCanada 15 works
  9. 9 AmsterdamNetherlands 14 works
  10. 10 PortsmouthUnited Kingdom 14 works
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Where is the best place to study Deception detection and forensic psychology?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Portsmouth, City University of New York and Erasmus University Rotterdam score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 12.3375%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University College L…City University of N…University of Portsm…Erasmus University R…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of PortsmouthUnited Kingdom 55.910.2%50.7×14 -51.5%
2City University of New YorkUnited States 50.912.1%12.8×13 -39.6%
3Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands 50.97.4%12.8×12 +120.0%
4University College LondonUnited Kingdom 50.519.5%2.8×8 -13.0%
5Iowa State UniversityUnited States 47.220.8%11.3×8 +4.7%
6Florida International UniversityUnited States 42.411.6%16.5×9 +26.0%
7Maastricht UniversityNetherlands 42.39.6%16.8×12 -36.3%
8Arizona State UniversityUnited States 12.27.5%7.0×8 -14.7%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Deception detection and forensic psychology, country by country

Is Deception detection and forensic psychology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Deception detection and forensic psychology.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Deception detection and forensic psychology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0092% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Deception detection and forensic psychology over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Deception detection and forensic psychology10.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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