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David C. McClelland

David C. McClelland

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
67
Citations
46107
World Ranking
2532
National Ranking
1466

David C. McClelland publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 181 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David C. McClelland 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 David C. McClelland sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David C. McClelland was affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research primarily focused on areas within Economics, Econometrics and Finance as well as Decision Sciences. The work spanned subfields such as Finance, Management Science and Operations Research, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their publications contributed to deeper understanding in topics including Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Stock Market Forecasting Methods, and Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis.

Throughout their career, they collaborated frequently with other researchers. Notable co-authors included:

  • Daniel E. Page
  • Christo Auret

McClelland published in venues such as Cogent Economics & Finance. One specific paper published in 2023 was titled "Pure quantile portfolios on the Johannesburg stock exchange," which focused on financial portfolio strategies within the context of the Johannesburg stock market.

This paper was authored alongside Daniel E. Page. Their research output featured contributions to both theoretical and applied aspects of economics and finance.

Best Publications

  • The Achieving Society

    David Clarence McClelland

  • Testing for Competence Rather Than for "Intelligence"

    David C. McClelland

  • The Achievement Motive.

    O. J. Harvey;David C. McClelland;John W. Atkinson;Russell A. Clark

  • How Do Self-Attributed and Implicit Motives Differ?.

    David C. McClelland;Richard Koestner;Joel Weinberger

  • Power: The Inner Experience

    David Clarence McClelland

  • The Achievement Motive

    David Clarence McClelland

  • Power is the great motivator

    David C. McClelland;David H. Burnham

  • Leadership motive pattern and long-term success in management.

    David C. McClelland;Richard E. Boyatzis

  • How motives, skills, and values determine what people do.

    David C. McClelland

  • Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs*

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  • N ACHIEVEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY.

    David C. McClelland

  • Motivating economic achievement

    David C. McClelland;David G. Winter

  • Identifying Competencies with Behavioral-Event Interviews:

    David C. McClelland

  • TOWARD A THEORY OF MOTIVE ACQUISITION.

    David C. McClelland

  • The Drinking man

    David C. McClelland

  • SOURCES OF ADULT MOTIVES IN PATTERNS OF PARENT BEHAVIOR IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

    David C. McClelland;David A. Pilon

  • The anatomy of achievement motivation

    Heinz Heckhausen;Kay F. Butler;Robert Charles Birney;David Clarence McClelland

  • Stressed power motivation, sympathetic activation, immune function, and illness.

    David C. McClelland;Erik Floor;Richard J. Davidson;Clifford Saron

  • Childhood antecedents of conventional social accomplishment in midlife adults: a 36-year prospective study

    Carol E. Franz;David C. McClelland;Joel Weinberger

  • Implicit Power Motivation Moderates Men's Testosterone Responses to Imagined and Real Dominance Success

    Oliver C. Schultheiss;Kenneth L. Campbell;David C. McClelland

  • The Achieving Society

    Robert C. Davis;David C. McClelland

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Winter
David G. Winter University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Abigail J. Stewart
Abigail J. Stewart University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Richard Koestner
Richard Koestner McGill University
Clifford D. Saron
Clifford D. Saron University of California, Davis
Carol E. Franz
Carol E. Franz University of California, San Diego
Richard E. Boyatzis
Richard E. Boyatzis Case Western Reserve University
Oliver C. Schultheiss
Oliver C. Schultheiss University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Richard J. Davidson
Richard J. Davidson University of Wisconsin–Madison
John B. Jemmott
John B. Jemmott University of Pennsylvania
Dan P. McAdams
Dan P. McAdams Northwestern University

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