2026 David V. Canter: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	55	4350	4021	467	442	268	14729

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Psychology

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467

442

268

14729

Research.com Recognitions

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

David V. Canter is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their primary research field is psychology, with a notable focus on clinical psychology, general health professions, developmental and educational psychology, sociology and political science, and social psychology.

The scientist's work has explored a range of topics including identity, memory, and therapy; counseling, therapy, and family dynamics; psychological well-being and life satisfaction; optimism, hope, and well-being; health, psychology, and well-being; environmental education and sustainability; as well as place attachment and urban studies.

David V. Canter has contributed to publications in several venues, notably the Journal of Applied Social Psychology with three articles, Journal of Substance Use with two articles, and one article each in Current Psychology, Journal of Environmental Psychology, and International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.

Notable recent papers include:

"Development of a measure of kindness" (2021), published in Current Psychology
"On the importance of qualitative research in environmental psychology" (2023), published in Journal of Environmental Psychology
"Offense Narrative Roles of Turkish Offenders" (2021), published in International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
"The Role of Third Place concerning Loneliness in the Context of Ageing in Place: Three Neighbourhoods in Stockholm" (2024), published in Health & Social Care in the Community
"Developing a mixed-methods digital Multiple Sorting Task procedure using Zoom and Miro" (2023), published in Methodological Innovations

Frequent collaborators in their research include Donna Youngs, David J. Rowlands, Richard Crisp, Nancy E. Adler, and Bárbara Anderson.

David V. Canter has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

The psychology of place

David V. Canter

2204
Citations
Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer

David Canter

680
Citations
The environmental range of serial rapists

David V. Canter;Paul Larkin

563
Citations
Facet theory : approaches to social research

David V. Canter

542
Citations
A multivariate model of sexual offence behaviour: Developments in ‘offender profiling'. I.

David Canter

518
Citations
Differentiating arsonists: A model of firesetting actions and characteristics

David Canter;Katarina Fritzon

429
Citations
Offender profiling and criminal differentiation

David V. Canter

416
Citations
The Organized/Disorganized Typology of Serial Murder: Myth or Model?

David V. Canter;Laurence J. Alison;Emily Alison;Natalia Wentink

400
Citations
Differentiating stranger murders: profiling offender characteristics from behavioral styles

C. Gabrielle Salfati;David V. Canter

372
Citations
Fires and Human Behaviour

David V. Canter

354
Citations
The Purposive Evaluation of Places A Facet Approach

David Canter

351
Citations
Investigative Psychology: Offender Profiling and the Analysis of Criminal Action

David V. Canter;Donna E. Youngs

325
Citations
Predicting Serial Killers' Home Base Using a Decision Support System

David V. Canter;Toby Coffey;Malcolm Huntley;Christopher Missen

325
Citations
Employee attitudes and safety in the chemical industry

Ian Donald;David Canter

315
Citations
Empirical Approaches to Social Representations

Glynis Marie Breakwell;David V. Canter

297
Citations
The Facets of Place

David V. Canter

295
Citations
Differentiating sex offences: a behaviorally based thematic classification of stranger rapes.

David V. Canter;Craig Bennell;Laurence J. Alison;Steve Reddy

286
Citations
Distance estimation in cities

David V. Canter;Stephen K. Tagg

268
Citations
PICTURE OR PLACE? A MULTIPLE SORTING STUDY OF LANDSCAPE☆

M.J. Scott;D.V. Canter

218
Citations
A multivariate model of housing satisfaction

David Canter;Kathy Rees

201
Citations
The decision to evacuate: a study of the motivations which contribute to evacuation in the event of fire

David Tong;David Canter

182
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurence Alison University of Liverpool

Glynis M. Breakwell University of Bath

Pekka Santtila New York University Shanghai

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