Christian Kandler

Christian Kandler publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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Christian Kandler D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

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Best Publications

• Personality traits below facets: The consensual validity, longitudinal stability, heritability, and utility of personality nuances.

  René Mõttus;Christian Kandler;Wiebke Bleidorn;Rainer Riemann

  363
  Citations

• What Drives Adult Personality Development? A Comparison of Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence:

  Jule Specht;Wiebke Bleidorn;Jaap J. A. Denissen;Marie Hennecke

  361
  Citations

• Patterns and sources of adult personality development: growth curve analyses of the NEO PI-R scales in a longitudinal twin study.

  Wiebke Bleidorn;Christian Kandler;Rainer Riemann;Alois Angleitner

  327
  Citations

• Left or right? Sources of political orientation: the roles of genetic factors, cultural transmission, assortative mating, and personality

  Christian Kandler;Wiebke Bleidorn;Rainer Riemann

  292
  Citations

• Genetic and environmental effects on body mass index from infancy to the onset of adulthood: an individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts participating in the COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins (CODATwins) study

  Karri Silventoinen;Karri Silventoinen;Aline Jelenkovic;Aline Jelenkovic;Reijo Sund;Yoon-Mi Hur

  262
  Citations

• Studying Changes in Life Circumstances and Personality: It's About Time

  Maike Luhmann;Ulrich Orth;Jule Specht;Christian Kandler

  259
  Citations

• The policy relevance of personality traits

  Wiebke Bleidorn;Patrick L. Hill;Mitja D. Back;Jaap J. A. Denissen

  243
  Citations

• Genetic and environmental influences on height from infancy to early adulthood: An individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts

  Aline Jelenkovic;Aline Jelenkovic;Reijo Sund;Yoon Mi Hur;Yoshie Yokoyama

  242
  Citations

• Core and Surface Characteristics for the Description and Theory of Personality Differences and Development

  Christian Kandler;Julia Zimmermann;Dan P. McAdams

  230
  Citations

• The Nature of Creativity: The Roles of Genetic Factors, Personality Traits, Cognitive Abilities, and Environmental Sources

  Christian Kandler;Rainer Riemann;Alois Angleitner;Frank M. Spinath

  206
  Citations

• Sources of cumulative continuity in personality: a longitudinal multiple-rater twin study.

  Christian Kandler;Wiebke Bleidorn;Rainer Riemann;Frank M. Spinath

  192
  Citations

• Nature and nurture of the interplay between personality traits and major life goals.

  Wiebke Bleidorn;Christian Kandler;Ute R. Hülsheger;Rainer Riemann

  175
  Citations

• Life events as environmental states and genetic traits and the role of personality : A longitudinal twin study

  Christian Kandler;Wiebke Bleidorn;Rainer Riemann;Alois Angleitner

  174
  Citations

• Differences in genetic and environmental variation in adult BMI by sex, age, time period, and region: an individual-based pooled analysis of 40 twin cohorts.

  Karri Silventoinen;Karri Silventoinen;Aline Jelenkovic;Reijo Sund;Reijo Sund;Yoshie Yokoyama

  172
  Citations

• Adults' Learning Motivation: Expectancy of Success, Value, and the Role of Affective Memories.

  Julia Gorges;Christian Kandler

  157
  Citations

• Personality characteristics below facets: A replication and meta-analysis of cross-rater agreement, rank-order stability, heritability and utility of personality nuances

  René Mõttus;Jonah Sinick;Antonio Terracciano;Martina Hřebíčková

  156
  Citations

• The Behavioural Genetics of Personality Development in Adulthood—Classic, Contemporary, and Future Trends

  Wiebke Bleidorn;Christian Kandler;Avshalom Caspi;Avshalom Caspi

  152
  Citations

• Nature and Nurture in Personality Development The Case of Neuroticism and Extraversion

  Christian Kandler

  150
  Citations

• Patterns and Sources of Personality Development in Old Age

  Christian Kandler;Anna Elena Kornadt;Birk Hagemeyer;Franz J. Neyer

  150
  Citations

• Genetic and environmental variation in educational attainment: an individual-based analysis of 28 twin cohorts.

  Karri Silventoinen;Karri Silventoinen;Aline Jelenkovic;Aline Jelenkovic;Reijo Sund;Reijo Sund;Antti Latvala

  148
  Citations