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D-Index
46
Citations
17585
World Ranking
6284
National Ranking
48

David L. Sam 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 L. Sam sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 136 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David L. Sam 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 L. Sam sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David L. Sam is affiliated with the University of Bergen in Norway. Their research spans primarily within social sciences and psychology, focusing on sociology and political science, clinical psychology, social psychology, general health professions, and education.

Their research topics include:

  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • Social and Cultural Dynamics
  • Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
  • Iron Metabolism and Disorders

David L. Sam has contributed to multiple publication venues, including:

  • International Journal of Intercultural Relations
  • Children
  • Current Directions in Psychological Science
  • British Journal of Psychology
  • Journal of Social and Political Psychology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David L. Sam have been:

  • Jonas R. Kunst
  • Milan Obaidi
  • Tuuli Anna Renvik
  • Raivo Vetik
  • Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti

Notable recent papers include:

  • The Missing Side of Acculturation: How Majority-Group Members Relate to Immigrant and Minority-Group Cultures (2021), published in Current Directions in Psychological Science
  • How 'should' the majority group acculturate? Acculturation expectations and their correlates among minority- and majority-group members (2023), published in International Journal of Intercultural Relations
  • Evaluating the integration hypothesis: A meta-analysis of the ICSEY project data using two new methods (2023), published in British Journal of Psychology
  • Citizenship and socio-political integration: A person-oriented analysis among Russian-speaking minorities in Estonia, Finland and Norway (2020), published in Journal of Social and Political Psychology
  • Acculturation preferences and perceived (dis)loyalty of Muslims in the U.K.: Two vignette-based experimental studies (2023), published in International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Best Publications

  • Immigrant Youth: Acculturation, Identity, and Adaptation

    John W. Berry;Jean S. Phinney;David L. Sam;Paul Vedder

  • Immigrant Youth in Cultural Transition : Acculturation, Identity, and Adaptation Across National Contexts

    John W. Berry;Jean S. Phinney;David L. Sam;Paul Vedder

  • Acculturation When Individuals and Groups of Different Cultural Backgrounds Meet

    David L. Sam;John W. Berry

  • The Cambridge handbook of acculturation psychology.

    David L. Sam;John Widdup Berry

  • Culture-Level Dimensions of Social Axioms and Their Correlates across 41 Cultures

    Michael Harris Bond;Kwok Leung;Al Au;Kwok-Kit Tong

  • Acculturation: conceptual background and core components

    David L. Sam

  • Satisfaction with life among international students: An exploratory study

    David Lackland Sam

  • Acculturative stress among young immigrants in Norway

    David L. Sam;John W. Berry

  • Cross-Cultural Psychology: List of figures

    John W. Berry;Ype H. Poortinga;Seger M. Breugelmans;Athanasios Chasiotis

  • Psychological adaptation of adolescents with immigrant backgrounds.

    David Lackland Sam

  • The effect of acculturation and social support on change in mental health among young immigrants

    Brit Oppedal;Espen Røysamb;David Lackland Sam

  • Cross-Cultural Psychology: List of additional topics online

    John W. Berry;Ype H. Poortinga;Seger M. Breugelmans;Athanasios Chasiotis

  • Adolescents with Turkish background in Norway and Sweden: A comparative study of their psychological adaptation

    Erkki Virta;David L. Sam;Charles Westin

  • Coping with Islamophobia : the effects of religious stigma on muslim minorities' identity formation

    Jonas R. Kunst;Hajra Tajamal;David L. Sam;Pål Ulleberg

  • Immigration, acculturation and the paradox of adaptation in Europe

    David L. Sam;Paul Vedder;Karmela Liebkind;Felix Neto

  • Positive immigrant youth adaptation in context: Developmental, acculturation, and social-psychological perspectives.

    Frosso Motti-Stefanidi;John Berry;Xenia Chryssochoou;David Lackland Sam

  • Psychological and Sociocultural Adaptation of Immigrant Youth

    David L. Sam;Paul Vedder;Colleen Ward;Gabriel Horenczyk

  • The role of majority attitudes towards out-group in the perception of the acculturation strategies of immigrants

    Ankica Kosic;Lucia Mannetti;David Lackland Sam

  • Predicting Life Satisfaction Among Adolescents from Immigrant Families in Norway

    David Lackland Sam

  • Perceived islamophobia: Scale development and validation

    Jonas R. Kunst;David L. Sam;Pål Ulleberg

  • Developing and Evaluating the Social Axioms Survey in Eleven Countries Its Relationship With the Five-Factor Model of Personality

    Kwok Leung;Ben C. P. Lam;Michael Harris Bond;Lucian Gideon Conway

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Berry
John W. Berry Queen's University
Seger M. Breugelmans
Seger M. Breugelmans Tilburg University
Jonas R. Kunst
Jonas R. Kunst BI Norwegian Business School
Paul Vedder
Paul Vedder Leiden University
Gro M. Sandal
Gro M. Sandal University of Bergen
Jean S. Phinney
Jean S. Phinney California State University Los Angeles
Fons J. R. van de Vijver
Fons J. R. van de Vijver Tilburg University
Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti
Inga Jasinskaja-Lahti University of Helsinki
Kwok Leung
Kwok Leung Chinese University of Hong Kong
Michael Bond
Michael Bond Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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