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Avshalom Caspi publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Avshalom Caspi sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 583 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Avshalom Caspi D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Avshalom Caspi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 201 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 2008 - Rema Lapouse Award, American Public Health Association
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Avshalom Caspi is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has a research focus spanning medicine and psychology, with significant contributions to clinical psychology, molecular biology, health, psychiatry and mental health, and general health professions. Their recent publications reflect a strong interest in mental health, aging, and biological markers.

The recent papers authored or co-authored by Caspi include:

  • What Is the Test-Retest Reliability of Common Task-Functional MRI Measures? New Empirical Evidence and a Meta-Analysis, 2020, Psychological Science
  • Longitudinal Assessment of Mental Health Disorders and Comorbidities Across 4 Decades Among Participants in the Dunedin Birth Cohort Study, 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • Quantification of the pace of biological aging in humans through a blood test, the DunedinPoAm DNA methylation algorithm, 2020, eLife
  • Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Disparities in the pace of biological aging among midlife adults of the same chronological age have implications for future frailty risk and policy, 2021, Nature Aging

Caspi frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Terrie E. Moffitt
  • Richie Poulton
  • Karen Sugden
  • Sandhya Ramrakha
  • Renate Houts

The primary venues where Caspi's work has been published include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Psychological Medicine
  • Clinical Psychological Science
  • Innovation in Aging

Book publications include two titles titled "The Origins of You" published by Harvard University Press in 2020.

The main research topics covered by Caspi include:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Caspi has been recognized with several awards during their career, such as the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology in 2016, the Rema Lapouse Award by the American Public Health Association in 2008, and has been made a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Influence of Life Stress on Depression: Moderation by a Polymorphism in the 5-HTT Gene

    Avshalom Caspi;Karen Sugden;Terrie E. Moffitt;Alan Taylor

  • Role of Genotype in the Cycle of Violence in Maltreated Children

    Avshalom Caspi;Avshalom Caspi;Joseph McClay;Terrie E. Moffitt;Terrie E. Moffitt;Jonathan Mill

  • A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safety

    Terrie E. Moffitt;Louise Arseneault;Daniel Belsky;Nigel Dickson

  • Personality development: stability and change.

    Avshalom Caspi;Brent W. Roberts;Rebecca L. Shiner

  • The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): A Dimensional Alternative to Traditional Nosologies

    Roman Kotov;Robert F. Krueger;David Watson;Thomas M. Achenbach

  • Sex Differences in Antisocial Behaviour: Conduct Disorder, Delinquency, and Violence in the Dunedin Longitudinal Study

    Terrie E. Moffitt;Avshalom Caspi;Michael Rutter;Phil A. Silva

  • The Power of Personality: The Comparative Validity of Personality Traits, Socioeconomic Status, and Cognitive Ability for Predicting Important Life Outcomes:

    Brent W. Roberts;Nathan R. Kuncel;Rebecca Shiner;Avshalom Caspi

  • Genetic Sensitivity to the Environment: The Case of the Serotonin Transporter Gene and Its Implications for Studying Complex Diseases and Traits

    Avshalom Caspi;Ahmad R Hariri;Andrew Bruce Holmes;Rudolf Uher

  • Prior juvenile diagnoses in adults with mental disorder: developmental follow-back of a prospective-longitudinal cohort.

    Julia Kim-Cohen;Avshalom Caspi;Terrie E. Moffitt;HonaLee Harrington

  • The p Factor: One General Psychopathology Factor in the Structure of Psychiatric Disorders?

    Avshalom Caspi;Renate M. Houts;Daniel W. Belsky;Sidra J. Goldman-Mellor

  • Males on the life-course-persistent and adolescence-limited antisocial pathways: follow-up at age 26 years.

    Terrie E. Moffitt;Avshalom Caspi;Honalee Harrington;Barry J. Milne

  • Childhood predictors differentiate life-course persistent and adolescence-limited antisocial pathways among males and females.

    Terrie E. Moffitt;Avshalom Caspi

  • Persistent cannabis users show neuropsychological decline from childhood to midlife

    Madeline H. Meier;Avshalom Caspi;Antony Ambler;Antony Ambler;Hona Lee Harrington

  • Cannabis use in adolescence and risk for adult psychosis: longitudinal prospective study

    Louise Arseneault;Mary Cannon;Richie Poulton;Robin Murray

  • Low Self-Esteem Is Related to Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, and Delinquency

    M. Brent Donnellan;Kali H. Trzesniewski;Kali H. Trzesniewski;Richard W. Robins;Terrie E. Moffitt;Terrie E. Moffitt

  • Moderation of the effect of adolescent-onset cannabis use on adult psychosis by a functional polymorphism in the catechol-O-methyltransferase gene: longitudinal evidence of a gene X environment interaction.

    Avshalom Caspi;Terrie E. Moffitt;Terrie E. Moffitt;Mary Cannon;Mary Cannon;Joseph McClay

  • BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATIONS AT AGE 3 YEARS PREDICT ADULT PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS: LONGITUDINAL EVIDENCE FROM A BIRTH COHORT

    A. Caspi;T. E. Moffitt;D. L. Newman;P. A. Silva

  • Gene–environment interactions in psychiatry: joining forces with neuroscience

    Avshalom Caspi;Terrie E. Moffitt;Terrie E. Moffitt

  • Low Self-Esteem During Adolescence Predicts Poor Health, Criminal Behavior, and Limited Economic Prospects During Adulthood

    Kali H. Trzesniewski;M. Brent Donnellan;Terrie E. Moffitt;Richard W. Robins

  • Childhood-onset versus adolescent-onset antisocial conduct problems in males: Natural history from ages 3 to 18 years

    Terrie E. Moffitt;Avshalom Caspi;Nigel Dickson;Phil Silva

  • Role of genotype in the cycle of violence in maltreated children. Fears of the future in children und young people

    Avshalom Caspi;Joseph McClay;Terrie E. Moffitt;Jonathan Mill

Frequent Co-Authors

Terrie E. Moffitt
Terrie E. Moffitt Duke University
Richie Poulton
Richie Poulton University of Otago
Louise Arseneault
Louise Arseneault King's College London
Renate Houts
Renate Houts Duke University
Andrea Danese
Andrea Danese King's College London
Daniel W. Belsky
Daniel W. Belsky Columbia University
Helen L. Fisher
Helen L. Fisher King's College London
Candice L. Odgers
Candice L. Odgers University of California, Irvine
Phil A. Silva
Phil A. Silva University of Otago
Alan Taylor
Alan Taylor King's College London

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