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Fons J. R. van de Vijver

Fons J. R. van de Vijver

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
91
Citations
35784
World Ranking
916
National Ranking
49

Fons J. R. van de Vijver 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 Fons J. R. van de Vijver sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 429 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Fons J. R. van de Vijver 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 Fons J. R. van de Vijver sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% 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

  • 2013 - APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology

Overview

Fons J. R. van de Vijver was affiliated with Tilburg University in the Netherlands. Their research spanned primarily the fields of social sciences and psychology, with notable contributions to several related subfields including sociology and political science, social psychology, education, communication, and demography.

The scientist's main research topics addressed cultural differences and values, social and intergroup psychology, international student and expatriate challenges, global education and multiculturalism, racial and ethnic identity research, higher education governance and development, and community health and development.

Fons J. R. van de Vijver published multiple recent papers, including:

  • Job crafting mediates the relation between creativity, personality, job autonomy and well-being in Lebanese nurses (2021) in Journal of Nursing Management
  • Intercultural contacts and acculturation resources among International students in Australia: A mixed-methods study (2020) in International Journal of Intercultural Relations
  • The role of perceived discrimination, intergroup contact and adoption in acculturation among four Dutch immigrant groups (2021) in International Journal of Intercultural Relations
  • Juggling Between Parental and School Expectations: The Development of Domain-Specific Acculturation Orientations in Early Adolescence (2020) in Journal of Research on Adolescence
  • A peer mentoring social learning perspective of cross-cultural adjustment: The rapid-acculturation mateship program (2021) in International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Their frequent co-authors included Velichko H. Fetvadjiev, Jia He, Johnny R. J. Fontaine, Kwok Wa Leung, and Kwok Leung.

The scientist's work appeared repeatedly in several academic venues, with multiple publications in the International Journal of Intercultural Relations, the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, as well as contributions to the Journal of Nursing Management, the Journal of Research on Adolescence, and Psychology in Russia State of Art.

Fons J. R. van de Vijver also published books including:

  • Methods and Data Analysis for Cross-Cultural Research (2021), published by Cambridge University Press
  • Non-Western Identity (2021), published by Springer International Publishing

In 2013, the scientist was recognized with the APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology.

Best Publications

  • Methods and Data Analysis for Cross-Cultural Research

    Fons J. R. van de Vijver;Fons J. R. van de Vijver;Kwok Leung

  • Translating Tests: Some Practical Guidelines

    Fons van de Vijver;Ronald K. Hambleton

  • Bias and equivalence in cross-cultural assessment: an overview

    Fons van de Vijver;Norbert K Tanzer

  • The Influence of Method Factors on the Relation between Attitudes and Self-Reported Behaviors in the Assessment of Acculturation

    Judit Arends-Tóth;Fons J.R. van de Vijver;Fons J.R. van de Vijver;Ype H. Poortinga;Ype H. Poortinga

  • Cross-Cultural Survey Methods

    J.A. Harkness;F.J.R. van de Vijver;P.Ph. Mohler

  • Multiculturalism and acculturation: views of Dutch and Turkish–Dutch

    Judit Arends-Tóth;Fons J. R. Van De Vijver

  • Testing for Measurement and Structural Equivalence in Large-Scale Cross-Cultural Studies: Addressing the Issue of Nonequivalence

    Barbara M. Byrne;Fons J. R. van de Vijver

  • Methodological Issues in Psychological Research on Culture

    Fons J. R. van de Vijver;Kwok Leung

  • Toward a new approach to the study of personality in culture

    Fanny M. Cheung;Fons J. R. van de Vijver;Frederick T. L. Leong

  • Towards an integrated analysis of bias in cross-cultural assessment

    Fons J. R. van de Vijver;Ype H. Poortinga

  • Assessment of acculturation

    Fons J. R. van de Vijver;John W. Berry;John W. Berry;Ozgur Celenk

  • Questionnaire design in comparative research

    J.A. Harkness;F.J.R. van de Vijver;T.P. Johnson

  • A Global Look at Time: A 24-Country Study of the Equivalence of the Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory

    Anna Sircova;Fons J. R. van de Vijver;Fons J. R. van de Vijver;Fons J. R. van de Vijver;Evgeny Osin;Taciano L. Milfont

  • Validation of the Child and Youth Resilience Measure-28 (CYRM-28) Among Canadian Youth:

    Linda Liebenberg;Michael Ungar;Fons Van de Vijver

  • Families across cultures: A 30-nation psychological study

    James Georgas;John W. Berry;Fons J. R. van de Vijver;Çigdem Kagitçibasi

  • Examination of the dimensionality of fatigue: The construction of the Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS)

    Helen J. Michielsen;Jolanda De Vries;Guus L. Van Heck;Fons J.R. Van de Vijver

  • Social desirability in cross-cultural research

    T.P. Johnson;F.J.R. van de Vijver

  • Cultural intelligence: A theory-based, short form measure

    David C. Thomas;Yuan Liao;Zeynep Aycan;Jean Luc Cerdin

  • A model of work‐related well‐being for educators in South Africa

    Leon T. B. Jackson;Sebastiaan Rothmann;Fons J. R. van de Vijver

  • Assessment in Multicultural Groups: The Role of Acculturation

    Fons J.R. Van De Vijver;Karen Phalet

  • Multilevel Analysis of Individuals and Cultures

    F.J.R. van de Vijver;D.A. van Hemert;Y.H. Poortinga

  • Cross-cultural Research Methods

    F.J.R. van de Vijver

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles R. Newton
Charles R. Newton University of Oxford
Sebastiaan Rothmann
Sebastiaan Rothmann North-West University
Seger M. Breugelmans
Seger M. Breugelmans Tilburg University
John W. Berry
John W. Berry Queen's University
Peter Noack
Peter Noack Friedrich Schiller University Jena
W. Kim Halford
W. Kim Halford University of Queensland
Gro M. Sandal
Gro M. Sandal University of Bergen
David Matsumoto
David Matsumoto San Francisco State University
Kwok Leung
Kwok Leung Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ronald Fischer
Ronald Fischer Victoria University of Wellington

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