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Personality Traits and Psychology

Personality Traits and Psychology is a research topic within Clinical Psychology. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 30.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of personality traits, including the Big Five, self-esteem, narcissism, and psychopathy, on various aspects of life outcomes such as academic performance, health, social behavior, and mental well-being. It includes longitudinal studies, cross-cultural comparisons, and investigations into the stability and change of personality traits across the life span.

  • Personality Traits
  • Big Five
  • Self-Esteem
  • Narcissism
  • Psychopathy
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Social Behavior
  • Mental Health
  • Cross-Cultural
  • Life Span Development
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
30.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+35%
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Which countries lead Personality Traits and Psychology research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (625 and 374 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 625 works
  2. 2 China 374 works
  3. 3 Germany 249 works
  4. 4 India 180 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 166 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 165 works
  7. 7 Canada 111 works
  8. 8 Japan 93 works
  9. 9 Australia 90 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 87 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: 29.2%China: 17.5%Germany: 11.7%India: 8.4%6 others listed: 33.3%29%largest
United States625 · 29.2%China374 · 17.5%Germany249 · 11.7%India180 · 8.4%6 others listed713 · 33.3%

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

Which institutions lead Personality Traits and Psychology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing Normal University publishes the most Personality Traits and Psychology research, followed by University of Alabama and University of Zurich.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 27 works
  2. 2 University of AlabamaUnited States 16 works
  3. 3 University of ZurichSwitzerland 15 works
  4. 4 Southwest UniversityChina 13 works
  5. 5 Western UniversityCanada 13 works
  6. 6 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 13 works
  7. 7 Tilburg UniversityNetherlands 12 works
  8. 8 BI Norwegian Business SchoolNorway 10 works
  9. 9 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 10 works
  10. 10 Institute of PsychologyPoland 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Personality Traits and Psychology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Personality Traits and Psychology include H.J. Eysenck.

  1. 1 H.J. Eysenck United Kingdom 5.7k citations

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

Where is Personality Traits and Psychology research done?

The largest centres of Personality Traits and Psychology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Tehran (Iran).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 87 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 46 works
  3. 3 Istanbul Türkiye 40 works
  4. 4 Tehran Iran 39 works
  5. 5 Warsaw Poland 35 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 32 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 32 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 28 works
  9. 9 Wuhan China 27 works
  10. 10 Berlin Germany 24 works
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Where is the best place to study Personality Traits and Psychology?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Zurich, University of Alabama and Tilburg University 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%20%40%mean 25.2%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Zurich: 15, 41.1%University of Alabama: 16, 25.6%Tilburg University: 12, 33.1%Beijing Normal University: 27, 7.0%Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: 8, 40.0%BI Norwegian Business School: 10, 10.6%University of Bonn: 9, 27.4%Western University: 13, 23.3%University College London: 10, 32.5%University of Novi Sad: 9, 11.4%University of ZurichTilburg UniversityUniversity of AlabamaBeijing Normal Unive…
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#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of ZurichSwitzerland 74.241.1%8.6×15 +25.6%
2 University of AlabamaUnited States 69.325.6%18.8×16 +598.4%
3 Tilburg UniversityNetherlands 64.733.1%21.2×12 +30.7%
4 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 60.87.0%11.6×27 +183.2%
5 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 54.940.0%6.6×8 -1.2%
6 BI Norwegian Business SchoolNorway 53.510.6%72.0×10 +147.6%
7 University of BonnGermany 51.127.4%7.7×9 +89.6%
8 Western UniversityCanada 46.223.3%7.4×13 -28.5%
9 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 37.432.5%2.1×10 -9.1%
10 University of Novi SadSerbia 36.611.4%8.6×9 +77.2%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Personality Traits and Psychology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Personality Traits and Psychology.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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