2026 David C. Rubin: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	93	839	733	530	452	258	33925
Neuroscience	94	939	841	504	442	250	34073

David C. Rubin 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 David C. Rubin sits on this spectrum.

31 publications 705+

This scientist: 258 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David C. Rubin 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. Rubin sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% 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. Rubin is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience. Their work spans several subfields, notably Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, and Clinical Psychology.

The main topics addressed in their research include Identity, Memory, and Therapy; Memory Processes and Influences; Family Support in Illness; Memory and Neural Mechanisms; Psychological and Educational Research Studies; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research; and Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations.

David C. Rubin has contributed extensively to academic literature, with a significant presence in journals such as Memory, Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Cognition, Journal of Experimental Psychology General, and Memory & Cognition.

Some of their recent papers include:

A conceptual space for episodic and semantic memory, 2021, Memory & Cognition
Properties of autobiographical memories are reliable and stable individual differences, 2021, Cognition
The ability to recall scenes is a stable individual difference: Evidence from autobiographical remembering, 2020, Cognition
Individual differences in autobiographical memory: The autobiographical recollection test predicts ratings of specific memories across cueing conditions, 2022, Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
Self-Concept Focus: A Tendency to Perceive Autobiographical Events as Central to Identity, 2020, Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Frequent co-authors in David C. Rubin's research include:

Dorthe Berntsen
Rick H. Hoyle
Tine Bennedsen Gehrt
Niels Peter Nielsen
Carolyn F. Bell

Their body of work reflects a focus on autobiographical memory, cognitive processes related to identity formation, and memory stability across individuals. The integration of experimental methods and cognitive theory is evident in their contributions.

Best Publications

Memory in Oral Traditions: The Cognitive Psychology of Epic, Ballads, and Counting-out Rhymes

David C. Rubin

1226
Citations
One hundred years of forgetting: A quantitative description of retention

David C. Rubin;Amy E. Wenzel

1125
Citations
The centrality of event scale: a measure of integrating a trauma into one's identity and its relation to post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms.

Dorthe Berntsen;David C. Rubin

1122
Citations
Confidence, Not Consistency, Characterizes Flashbulb Memories

Jennifer M. Talarico;David C. Rubin

1025
Citations
A Tale of Three Functions: The Self-Reported Uses of Autobiographical Memory.

Susan Bluck;Nicole Alea;Tilmann Habermas;David C. Rubin

967
Citations
Cultural life scripts structure recall from autobiographical memory.

Dorthe Berntsen;David C. Rubin

866
Citations
Belief and recollection of autobiographical memories

David C. Rubin;Robert W. Schrauf;Daniel L. Greenberg

825
Citations
Emotional intensity predicts autobiographical memory experience.

Jennifer M. Talarico;Kevin S. LaBar;David C. Rubin

742
Citations
Emotionally Charged Autobiographical Memories Across the Life Span: The Recall of Happy, Sad, Traumatic, and Involuntary Memories

Dorthe Berntsen;David C. Rubin

703
Citations
A memory-based model of posttraumatic stress disorder: evaluating basic assumptions underlying the PTSD diagnosis.

David C. Rubin;Dorthe Berntsen;Malene Klindt Bohni

666
Citations
The structure of autobiographical memory

Martin A. Conway;David C. Rubin

638
Citations
Things learned in early adulthood are remembered best.

David C. Rubin;Tamara A. Rahhal;Leonard W. Poon

634
Citations
When a trauma becomes a key to identity: Enhanced integration of trauma memories predicts posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms

Dorthe Berntsen;David C. Rubin

603
Citations
Remembering our past : studies in autobiographical memory

David C. Rubin

583
Citations
The Basic-Systems Model of Episodic Memory.

David C. Rubin

573
Citations
Autobiographical memory across the lifespan.

David C. Rubin;Scott E. Wetzler;Robert D. Nebes

559
Citations
Brain Activity during Episodic Retrieval of Autobiographical and Laboratory Events: An fMRI Study using a Novel Photo Paradigm

Roberto Cabeza;Steve E. Prince;Sander M. Daselaar;Daniel L. Greenberg

514
Citations
Life scripts help to maintain autobiographical memories of highly positive, but not highly negative, events.

David C. Rubin;Dorthe Berntsen

512
Citations
Activation in mesolimbic and visuospatial neural circuits elicited by smoking cues: Evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging

Deborah L. Due;Scott A. Huettel;Warren G. Hall;David C. Rubin

506
Citations
Theoretical perspectives on autobiographical memory

Martin A. Conway;David C. Rubin;Hans Spinnler;Willem A. Wagenaar

502
Citations
Autobiographical memory: Autobiographical Memory

David C. Rubin

40
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Dorthe Berntsen Aarhus University

Ilene C. Siegler Duke University

Jean C. Beckham Duke University

Kevin S. LaBar Duke University

Adriel Boals University of North Texas

Roberto Cabeza Duke University

Rick H. Hoyle Duke University

Leonard W. Poon University of Georgia

Barbara A. Wilson St George's, University of London

Steve M. J. Janssen University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus

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