2026 Donn Byrne: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	61	3296	1857	180	26734

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D-Index

World Ranking

National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Psychology

3296

1857

180

26734

Research.com Recognitions

1970 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Donn Byrne was affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research contributions spanned primarily within the social sciences, focusing specifically on education and its subfields.

The main topics of Byrne's work included:

Education and Character Development
Pancasila Values in Education
School Leadership and Teacher Performance

Byrne authored several papers in recent years, reflecting interests in education, science equity, and community dynamics. Notable publications included:

"How AI can deepen inequities for non-native English speakers in science" (2025), published in Nature
"ANALYZING THE ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT IN INCREASING THE INDEPENDENCE OF DARULUGGAH WALKAROMAH STUDENTS" (2024), published in Madani.
"Round and Round We Ran: On Circles, Reconciliation, and Relational Conscience" (2025), published in the Journal of Ecumenical Studies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Byrne were Benny Hamdani and Rofiqi Amfatwa.

Their research appeared primarily in the following venues:

Nature
Madani.
Journal of Ecumenical Studies

Throughout their career, Byrne was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1970.

Best Publications

The Attraction Paradigm

Donn Erwin Byrne

6735
Citations
Social Psychology: Understanding Human Interaction

Robert A. Baron;Donn Erwin Byrne

2683
Citations
Interpersonal attraction and attitude similarity.

D Byrne

1531
Citations
ATTRACTION AS A LINEAR FUNCTION OF PROPORTION OF POSITIVE REINFORCEMENTS.

Donn Byrne;Don Nelson

910
Citations
Erotophobia‐erotophilia as a dimension of personality

William A. Fisher;Leonard A. White;Donn Byrne;Kathryn Kelley

899
Citations
The repression-sensitization scale: rationale, reliability. and validity.

Donn Byrne

897
Citations
Attitudes and Attraction

Donn Byrne

836
Citations
An Overview (and Underview) of Research and Theory within the Attraction Paradigm

Donn Byrne

783
Citations
A reinforcement model of evaluative responses.

Donn Byrne;Gerald L. Clore

689
Citations
RELATION OF THE REVISED REPRESSION-SENSITIZATION SCALE TO MEASURES OF SELF-DESCRIPTION

Donn Byrne;James Barry;Don Nelson

449
Citations
The attraction hypothesis: do similar attitudes affect anything?

Donn Byrne;Gerald L. Clore;George Smeaton

439
Citations
The effects of physical attractiveness, sex, and attitude similarity on interpersonal attraction

Donn Byrne;Oliver London;Keith Reeves

403
Citations
Attraction and similarity of personality characteristics.

Donn Byrne;William Griffitt;Daniel Stefaniak

396
Citations
Racial prejudice, interpersonal attraction, and assumed dissimilarity of attitudes.

Donn Byrne;Terry J. Wong

348
Citations
Continuity between the experimental study of attraction and real-life computer dating.

Donn Byrne;Charles R. Ervin;John Lamberth

343
Citations
Effect of economic similarity-dissimilarity on interpersonal attraction.

Donn Byrne;Gerald L. Clore Jr.;Philip Worchel

343
Citations
The defendant's dilemma: effects of jurors' attitudes and authoritarianism on judicial decisions.

Herman E. Mitchell;Donn Byrne

293
Citations
The Ubiquitous Relationship: Attitude Similarity and Attraction: A Cross-Cultural Study

D. Byrne;C. Gouaux;W. Griffitt;J. Lamberth

289
Citations
Magnitude of positive and negative reinforcements as a determinant of attraction.

Donn Byrne;Ray Rhamey

288
Citations
Teaching oral English

Donn Byrne

283
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald L. Clore University of Virginia

William A. Fisher University of Western Ontario

Jeffrey D. Fisher University of Connecticut

Carol T. Miller University of Vermont

Sarah K. Murnen Kenyon College

Robert A. Baron Oklahoma State University

Nyla R. Branscombe University of Kansas

External Links

Personal website of Donn Byrne

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