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D-Index
53
Citations
13928
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4745
National Ranking
2632

Brian M. Hicks 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 Brian M. Hicks sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 126 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brian M. Hicks 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 Brian M. Hicks sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Brian M. Hicks is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their work encompasses multiple subfields, including clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, sociology and political science, genetics, and health.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, with a focus on child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, genetic associations and epidemiology, mental health research, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, gun ownership and violence research, and crime patterns and interventions.

Brian M. Hicks has contributed to various scholarly articles across several publication venues. These frequent venues include:

  • PLoS ONE
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Clinical Psychological Science
  • Psychological Medicine
  • Addiction

Some of their recent publications illustrate the breadth of their research:

  • The James Webb Space Telescope Mission: Optical Telescope Element Design, Development, and Performance (2023), Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  • To vax or not to vax: Predictors of anti-vax attitudes and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy prior to widespread vaccine availability (2022), PLoS ONE
  • The General Factor of Psychopathology in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study: A Comparison of Alternative Modeling Approaches (2021), Clinical Psychological Science
  • Differentiated nomological networks of internalizing, externalizing, and the general factor of psychopathology ('p factor') in emerging adolescence in the ABCD study (2021), Psychological Medicine
  • Sex, drugs, and early emerging risk: Examining the association between sexual debut and substance use across adolescence (2020), PLoS ONE

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research efforts. Frequent coauthors include:

  • David A. Clark
  • Mary M. Heitzeg
  • C. Emily Durbin
  • William G. Iacono
  • Matt McGue

Best Publications

  • Etiologic connections among substance dependence, antisocial behavior, and personality: Modeling the externalizing spectrum

    Robert F. Krueger;Brian M. Hicks;Christopher J. Patrick;Scott R. Carlson

  • Factor structure of the psychopathic personality inventory: validity and implications for clinical assessment.

    Stephen D. Benning;Christopher J. Patrick;Brian M. Hicks;Daniel M. Blonigen

  • Family Transmission and Heritability of Externalizing Disorders: A Twin-Family Study

    Brian M. Hicks;Robert F. Krueger;William G. Iacono;Matt McGue

  • Identifying psychopathy subtypes on the basis of personality structure.

    Brian M. Hicks;Kristian E. Markon;Christopher J. Patrick;Robert F. Krueger

  • Estimating facets of psychopathy from normal personality traits: a step toward community epidemiological investigations.

    Stephen D. Benning;Christopher J. Patrick;Daniel M. Blonigen;Brian M. Hicks

  • Psychopathic personality traits: heritability and genetic overlap with internalizing and externalizing psychopathology

    Daniel M. Blonigen;Brian M. Hicks;Robert F. Krueger;Christopher J. Patrick

  • Altruism and Antisocial Behavior: Independent Tendencies, Unique Personality Correlates, Distinct Etiologies

    Robert F. Krueger;Brian M. Hicks;Matt McGue

  • Psychopathy and Negative Emotionality: Analyses of Suppressor Effects Reveal Distinct Relations With Emotional Distress, Fearfulness, and Anger–Hostility

    Brian M. Hicks;Christopher J. Patrick

  • Continuity and Change in Psychopathic Traits as Measured Via Normal-Range Personality: A Longitudinal–Biometric Study

    Daniel M. Blonigen;Brian M. Hicks;Robert F. Krueger;Christopher J. Patrick

  • Gender Differences and Developmental Change in Externalizing Disorders From Late Adolescence to Early Adulthood: A Longitudinal Twin Study

    Brian M. Hicks;Daniel M. Blonigen;Mark D. Kramer;Robert F. Krueger

  • Stability, Change, and Heritability of Borderline Personality Disorder Traits from Adolescence to Adulthood: A Longitudinal Twin Study

    Marina A. Bornovalova;Brian M. Hicks;William G. Iacono;Matt McGue

  • Environmental adversity and increasing genetic risk for externalizing disorders.

    Brian M. Hicks;Susan C. South;Ana C. Dirago;William G. Iacono

  • Validating Female Psychopathy Subtypes: Differences in Personality, Antisocial and Violent Behavior, Substance Abuse, Trauma, and Mental Health

    Brian M. Hicks;Uma Vaidyanathan;Christopher J. Patrick

  • Relations between Psychopathy Facets and Externalizing in a Criminal Offender Sample

    Christopher J. Patrick;Brian M. Hicks;Robert F. Krueger;Alan R. Lang

  • A construct-network approach to bridging diagnostic and physiological domains: application to assessment of externalizing psychopathology.

    Christopher J. Patrick;Noah C. Venables;James R. Yancey;Brian M. Hicks

  • A bifactor approach to modeling the structure of the psychopathy checklist-revised.

    Christopher J. Patrick;Brian M. Hicks;Penny E. Nichol;Robert F. Krueger

  • The role of internalizing and externalizing liability factors in accounting for gender differences in the prevalence of common psychopathological syndromes

    Mark D. Kramer;Robert F. Krueger;Brian M. Hicks

  • Genetic and environmental influences on the positive traits of the values in action classification, and biometric covariance with normal personality

    Michael F. Steger;Brian M. Hicks;Todd B. Kashdan;Robert F. Krueger

  • Stability and change in personality traits from late adolescence to early adulthood: A longitudinal twin study

    Daniel M. Blonigen;Marie D. Carlson;Brian M. Hicks;Robert F. Krueger

  • Tests of a direct effect of childhood abuse on adult borderline personality disorder traits: a longitudinal discordant twin design.

    Marina A. Bornovalova;Brooke M. Huibregtse;Brian M. Hicks;Margaret Keyes

Frequent Co-Authors

William G. Iacono
William G. Iacono University of Minnesota
Matt McGue
Matt McGue University of Minnesota
Christopher J. Patrick
Christopher J. Patrick Florida State University
Robert F. Krueger
Robert F. Krueger University of Minnesota
Daniel M. Blonigen
Daniel M. Blonigen VA Palo Alto Health Care System
C. Emily Durbin
C. Emily Durbin Michigan State University
Marina A. Bornovalova
Marina A. Bornovalova University of South Florida
Robert A. Zucker
Robert A. Zucker University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Wendy Johnson
Wendy Johnson University of Edinburgh
Mary M. Heitzeg
Mary M. Heitzeg University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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