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Barbara De Clercq

Barbara De Clercq

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Psychology 47 6213 5775 82 78 163 8020

Barbara De Clercq publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Barbara De Clercq between 2003 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Barbara De Clercq published across 24 years, from 2003 to 2026, averaging 8.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2013. 7 of the 194 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2013. 2003: 2 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 6 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 21 publications 2014: 18 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 6 publications 2026: 1 publication
2003 2026

194 publications in total across all disciplines

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Barbara De Clercq: publications per year, 2003 to 2026
Year Publications
2003 2
2004 2
2005 1
2006 6
2007 5
2008 5
2009 10
2010 2
2011 7
2012 11
2013 21
2014 18
2015 10
2016 15
2017 14
2018 6
2019 12
2020 11
2021 11
2022 6
2023 6
2024 6
2025 6
2026 1
Total 194
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Barbara De Clercq 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 Barbara De Clercq sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 69 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 31–40 to 705+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 736. Most scientists, 736, have 101–110 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 161–170 publications, is where this scientist sits. 31–40 publications: 6 scientists 41–50 publications: 52 scientists 51–60 publications: 138 scientists 61–70 publications: 299 scientists 71–80 publications: 461 scientists 81–90 publications: 605 scientists 91–100 publications: 713 scientists 101–110 publications: 736 scientists 111–120 publications: 686 scientists 121–130 publications: 670 scientists 131–140 publications: 644 scientists 141–150 publications: 597 scientists 151–160 publications: 576 scientists 161–170 publications: 477 scientists 171–180 publications: 450 scientists 181–190 publications: 397 scientists 191–200 publications: 343 scientists 201–210 publications: 328 scientists 211–220 publications: 313 scientists 221–230 publications: 283 scientists 231–240 publications: 226 scientists 241–250 publications: 196 scientists 251–260 publications: 201 scientists 261–270 publications: 171 scientists 271–280 publications: 151 scientists 281–290 publications: 139 scientists 291–300 publications: 113 scientists 301–310 publications: 102 scientists 311–320 publications: 100 scientists 321–330 publications: 76 scientists 331–340 publications: 92 scientists 341–350 publications: 85 scientists 351–360 publications: 69 scientists 361–370 publications: 71 scientists 371–380 publications: 63 scientists 381–390 publications: 58 scientists 391–400 publications: 57 scientists 401–410 publications: 43 scientists 411–420 publications: 33 scientists 421–430 publications: 50 scientists 431–440 publications: 41 scientists 441–450 publications: 32 scientists 451–460 publications: 27 scientists 461–470 publications: 28 scientists 471–480 publications: 25 scientists 481–490 publications: 28 scientists 491–500 publications: 20 scientists 501–510 publications: 23 scientists 511–520 publications: 26 scientists 521–530 publications: 17 scientists 531–540 publications: 21 scientists 541–550 publications: 14 scientists 551–560 publications: 16 scientists 561–570 publications: 10 scientists 571–580 publications: 22 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 14 scientists 601–610 publications: 9 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 4 scientists 631–640 publications: 7 scientists 641–650 publications: 5 scientists 651–660 publications: 10 scientists 661–670 publications: 8 scientists 671–680 publications: 8 scientists 681–690 publications: 4 scientists 691–700 publications: 3 scientists 701–704 publications: 4 scientists 705+ publications: 100 scientists
31–40 publications 705+

This scientist: 163 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Psychology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
31–40 6
41–50 52
51–60 138
61–70 299
71–80 461
81–90 605
91–100 713
101–110 736
111–120 686
121–130 670
131–140 644
141–150 597
151–160 576
161–170 477 163
171–180 450
181–190 397
191–200 343
201–210 328
211–220 313
221–230 283
231–240 226
241–250 196
251–260 201
261–270 171
271–280 151
281–290 139
291–300 113
301–310 102
311–320 100
321–330 76
331–340 92
341–350 85
351–360 69
361–370 71
371–380 63
381–390 58
391–400 57
401–410 43
411–420 33
421–430 50
431–440 41
441–450 32
451–460 27
461–470 28
471–480 25
481–490 28
491–500 20
501–510 23
511–520 26
521–530 17
531–540 21
541–550 14
551–560 16
561–570 10
571–580 22
581–590 9
591–600 14
601–610 9
611–620 11
621–630 4
631–640 7
641–650 5
651–660 10
661–670 8
671–680 8
681–690 4
691–700 3
701–704 4
705+ 100
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Barbara De Clercq 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 Barbara De Clercq sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 144+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 702. Most scientists, 702, have 32–33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 46–47 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30–31 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Psychology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 398
32–33 702
34–35 671
36–37 659
38–39 641
40–41 671
42–43 617
44–45 558
46–47 495 47
48–49 487
50–51 445
52–53 390
54–55 408
56–57 345
58–59 325
60–61 321
62–63 248
64–65 290
66–67 218
68–69 219
70–71 215
72–73 183
74–75 169
76–77 132
78–79 137
80–81 120
82–83 112
84–85 86
86–87 101
88–89 83
90–91 77
92–93 70
94–95 78
96–97 58
98–99 53
100–101 57
102–103 48
104–105 53
106–107 46
108–109 24
110–111 35
112–113 27
114–115 32
116–117 31
118–119 22
120–121 16
122–123 24
124–125 18
126–127 11
128–129 19
130–131 10
132–133 16
134–135 10
136–137 12
138–139 8
140–141 5
142–143 12
144+ 98
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Overview

Barbara De Clercq is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and specializes in Psychology, with a focus on Clinical Psychology as the primary subfield. Their research extends into Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Philosophy, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers key topics such as:

  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Personality Traits and Psychology

Barbara De Clercq has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • Emotion Regulation as a Transdiagnostic Risk Factor for (Non)Clinical Adolescents' Internalizing and Externalizing Psychopathology: Investigating the Intervening Role of Psychological Need Experiences, 2021, Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • Towards a better understanding of adolescent obsessive-compulsive personality traits and obsessive-compulsive symptoms from growth trajectories of perfectionism, 2021, Development and Psychopathology
  • The Development of Criterion A Personality Pathology: The Relevance of Childhood Social Functioning for Young Adult Daily Self-Functioning, 2021, Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • Unraveling Prospective Reciprocal Effects between Parental Invalidation and Pre-Adolescents' Borderline Traits: Between- and Within-Family Associations and Differences with Common Psychopathology-Parenting Transactions, 2021, Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
  • Towards a fine-grained analysis of the link between borderline personality pathology and job burnout: Investigating the association with work-family conflict, 2020, Personality and Individual Differences

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Raissa Franssens
  • Jasmine Vergauwe
  • Salome Vanwoerden
  • Marie-Céline Gouwy
  • Katrijn Brenning

Barbara De Clercq has published extensively in several venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • Development and Psychopathology
  • Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, including a work published by Cambridge University Press titled The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders (2020).

Best Publications

  • Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health 2002-2010 : a time-series analysis of 34 countries participating in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study

    Frank J. Elgar;Timo Kolja Pförtner;Irene Moor;Bart De Clercq

  • Five types of personality continuity in childhood and adolescence.

    Filip De Fruyt;Meike Bartels;Karla G. Van Leeuwen;Barbara De Clercq

  • The time has come for dimensional personality disorder diagnosis

    Christopher J. Hopwood;Roman Kotov;Robert F. Krueger;David Watson

  • Temperament, personality, and developmental psychopathology as childhood antecedents of personality disorders.

    Ivan Mervielde;Barbara De Clercq;Filip De Fruyt;Karla Van Leeuwen

  • General and maladaptive traits in a five-factor framework for DSM-5 in a university student sample.

    Filip De Fruyt;Barbara De Clercq;Marleen De Bolle;Bart Wille

  • Integrating the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) into clinical practice

    Camilo J. Ruggero;Roman Kotov;Christopher J. Hopwood;Michael First

  • The structure of maladaptive personality traits in childhood : A step toward an integrative developmental perspective for DSM-V

    Barbara De Clercq;Filip De Fruyt;Karla Van Leeuwen;Ivan Mervielde

  • A meta-analysis of psychopathy-, antisocial PD- and FFM associations

    Mieke Decuyper;Sarah De Pauw;Filip De Fruyt;Marleen De Bolle

  • Does Neighbourhood Social Capital Aid in Levelling the Social Gradient in the Health and Well-Being of Children and Adolescents? A Literature Review

    Veerle Vyncke;Veerle Vyncke;Bart De Clercq;Veerle Stevens;Caroline Costongs

  • The hierarchical structure and construct validity of the PID-5 trait measure in adolescence

    Barbara De Clercq;Filip De Fruyt;Marleen De Bolle;Alain Van Hiel

  • Criterion A of the AMPD in HiTOP

    Thomas A. Widiger;Bo Bach;Michael Chmielewski;Lee Anna Clark

  • The relationship between immigrant school composition, classmate support and involvement in physical fighting and bullying among adolescent immigrants and non-immigrants in 11 countries

    Sophie D Walsh;Bart De Clercq;Michal Molcho;Yossi Harel-Fisch

  • Expanding and Reconceptualizing Aberrant Personality at Work: Validity of Five-Factor Model Aberrant Personality Tendencies to Predict Career Outcomes

    Bart Wille;Filip De Fruyt;Barbara De Clercq

  • General Personality and Psychopathology in Referred and Nonreferred Children and Adolescents: An Investigation of Continuity, Pathoplasty, and Complication Models

    Marleen De Bolle;Wim Beyers;Barbara De Clercq;Filip De Fruyt

  • Quality of Life in Children Surviving Cancer: A Personality and Multi-Informant Perspective

    Barbara De Clercq;Filip De Fruyt;Hans M Koot;Yves Benoit

  • Antecedents of Personality Disorder in Childhood and Adolescence: Toward an Integrative Developmental Model

    Filip De Fruyt;Barbara De Clercq

  • Personality disorder symptoms in adolescence: a five-factor model perspective.

    Barbara De Clercq;Filip De Fruyt

  • Childhood antecedents of personality disorder: an alternative perspective.

    Thomas A. Widiger;Barbara De Clercq;Filip De Fruyt

  • The Construct Validity of the Dutch Personality Inventory for DSM-5 Personality Disorders (PID-5) in a Clinical Sample:

    Tim Bastiaens;Laurence Claes;Dirk Smits;Dirk Smits;Barbara De Clercq

  • How Temperament and Personality Contribute to the Maladjustment of Children With Autism

    Sarah S. W. De Pauw;Ivan Mervielde;Karla G. Van Leeuwen;Barbara J. De Clercq

  • Authoritarianism is good for you: Right‐wing authoritarianism as a buffering factor for mental distress:

    Alain Van Hiel;Barbara De Clercq

Frequent Co-Authors

Filip De Fruyt
Filip De Fruyt Ghent University
Ivan Mervielde
Ivan Mervielde Ghent University
Joeri Hofmans
Joeri Hofmans Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Alain Van Hiel
Alain Van Hiel Ghent University
Jennifer L. Tackett
Jennifer L. Tackett Northwestern University
Marcel A. G. van Aken
Marcel A. G. van Aken Utrecht University
Carla Sharp
Carla Sharp University of Houston
Thomas A. Widiger
Thomas A. Widiger University of Kentucky
Robert F. Krueger
Robert F. Krueger University of Minnesota

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