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D-Index
55
Citations
14729
World Ranking
4348
National Ranking
466

David V. Canter 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 V. Canter sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 268 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David V. Canter 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 V. Canter sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 63rd percentile

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

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

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
  • 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

  • Criminal Shadows: Inside the Mind of the Serial Killer

    David Canter

  • The environmental range of serial rapists

    David V. Canter;Paul Larkin

  • Facet theory : approaches to social research

    David V. Canter

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

    David Canter

  • Differentiating arsonists: A model of firesetting actions and characteristics

    David Canter;Katarina Fritzon

  • Offender profiling and criminal differentiation

    David V. Canter

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

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

  • Differentiating stranger murders: profiling offender characteristics from behavioral styles

    C. Gabrielle Salfati;David V. Canter

  • Fires and Human Behaviour

    David V. Canter

  • The Purposive Evaluation of Places A Facet Approach

    David Canter

  • Investigative Psychology: Offender Profiling and the Analysis of Criminal Action

    David V. Canter;Donna E. Youngs

  • Predicting Serial Killers' Home Base Using a Decision Support System

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

  • Employee attitudes and safety in the chemical industry

    Ian Donald;David Canter

  • Empirical Approaches to Social Representations

    Glynis Marie Breakwell;David V. Canter

  • The Facets of Place

    David V. Canter

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

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

  • Distance estimation in cities

    David V. Canter;Stephen K. Tagg

  • PICTURE OR PLACE? A MULTIPLE SORTING STUDY OF LANDSCAPE☆

    M.J. Scott;D.V. Canter

  • A multivariate model of housing satisfaction

    David Canter;Kathy Rees

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

    David Tong;David Canter

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurence Alison
Laurence Alison University of Liverpool
Fabio Crestani
Fabio Crestani Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Glynis M. Breakwell
Glynis M. Breakwell University of Bath
Edwin R. Galea
Edwin R. Galea University of Greenwich
Pekka Santtila
Pekka Santtila New York University Shanghai
David Uzzell
David Uzzell University of Surrey

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