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Fons J. R. van de Vijver

Fons J. R. van de Vijver

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking National Ranking Publications Citations
Psychology 91 916 49 429 35784

Fons J. R. van de Vijver publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Fons J. R. van de Vijver between 1982 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Fons J. R. van de Vijver published across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025, averaging 10.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 42 publications in 2016. 1 of the 462 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 42. Peak 42 publications in 2016. 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 1 publication 1986: 3 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 2 publications 1989: 1 publication 1990: 2 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 3 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 5 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 14 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 14 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 24 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 17 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 27 publications 2014: 32 publications 2015: 36 publications 2016: 42 publications 2017: 34 publications 2018: 27 publications 2019: 25 publications 2020: 23 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 0 publications 2025: 1 publication
1982 2025

462 publications in total across all disciplines

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Fons J. R. van de Vijver: publications per year, 1982 to 2025
Year Publications
1982 1
1983 0
1984 0
1985 1
1986 3
1987 1
1988 2
1989 1
1990 2
1991 2
1992 0
1993 1
1994 3
1995 3
1996 2
1997 5
1998 3
1999 3
2000 5
2001 7
2002 9
2003 14
2004 14
2005 5
2006 14
2007 10
2008 24
2009 14
2010 17
2011 17
2012 12
2013 27
2014 32
2015 36
2016 42
2017 34
2018 27
2019 25
2020 23
2021 7
2022 12
2023 1
2024 0
2025 1
Total 462
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Fons J. R. van de Vijver publications per year - data summary

  • Fons J. R. van de Vijver, a Psychology scholar from Tilburg University, has 462 publications recorded across 44 years, from 1982 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1982 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2016, with 42 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 4 of the 44 years in the span carry no publications at all (1983, 1984, 1992 and 2024).
  • The rate of publication averages 10.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 11.6 per year counting only the 40 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 21 publications, 5% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1982-1996: 22 publications (1.5 per year); 1997-2011: 161 publications (10.7 per year); 2012-2025: 279 publications (19.9 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

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.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 69 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 31–40 to 705+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 736. Most scientists, 736, have 101–110 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 421–430 publications, is where this scientist sits. 31–40 publications: 6 scientists 41–50 publications: 52 scientists 51–60 publications: 138 scientists 61–70 publications: 299 scientists 71–80 publications: 461 scientists 81–90 publications: 605 scientists 91–100 publications: 713 scientists 101–110 publications: 736 scientists 111–120 publications: 686 scientists 121–130 publications: 670 scientists 131–140 publications: 644 scientists 141–150 publications: 597 scientists 151–160 publications: 576 scientists 161–170 publications: 477 scientists 171–180 publications: 450 scientists 181–190 publications: 397 scientists 191–200 publications: 343 scientists 201–210 publications: 328 scientists 211–220 publications: 313 scientists 221–230 publications: 283 scientists 231–240 publications: 226 scientists 241–250 publications: 196 scientists 251–260 publications: 201 scientists 261–270 publications: 171 scientists 271–280 publications: 151 scientists 281–290 publications: 139 scientists 291–300 publications: 113 scientists 301–310 publications: 102 scientists 311–320 publications: 100 scientists 321–330 publications: 76 scientists 331–340 publications: 92 scientists 341–350 publications: 85 scientists 351–360 publications: 69 scientists 361–370 publications: 71 scientists 371–380 publications: 63 scientists 381–390 publications: 58 scientists 391–400 publications: 57 scientists 401–410 publications: 43 scientists 411–420 publications: 33 scientists 421–430 publications: 50 scientists 431–440 publications: 41 scientists 441–450 publications: 32 scientists 451–460 publications: 27 scientists 461–470 publications: 28 scientists 471–480 publications: 25 scientists 481–490 publications: 28 scientists 491–500 publications: 20 scientists 501–510 publications: 23 scientists 511–520 publications: 26 scientists 521–530 publications: 17 scientists 531–540 publications: 21 scientists 541–550 publications: 14 scientists 551–560 publications: 16 scientists 561–570 publications: 10 scientists 571–580 publications: 22 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 14 scientists 601–610 publications: 9 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 4 scientists 631–640 publications: 7 scientists 641–650 publications: 5 scientists 651–660 publications: 10 scientists 661–670 publications: 8 scientists 671–680 publications: 8 scientists 681–690 publications: 4 scientists 691–700 publications: 3 scientists 701–704 publications: 4 scientists 705+ publications: 100 scientists
31–40 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.

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Number of Psychology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
31–40 6
41–50 52
51–60 138
61–70 299
71–80 461
81–90 605
91–100 713
101–110 736
111–120 686
121–130 670
131–140 644
141–150 597
151–160 576
161–170 477
171–180 450
181–190 397
191–200 343
201–210 328
211–220 313
221–230 283
231–240 226
241–250 196
251–260 201
261–270 171
271–280 151
281–290 139
291–300 113
301–310 102
311–320 100
321–330 76
331–340 92
341–350 85
351–360 69
361–370 71
371–380 63
381–390 58
391–400 57
401–410 43
411–420 33
421–430 50 429
431–440 41
441–450 32
451–460 27
461–470 28
471–480 25
481–490 28
491–500 20
501–510 23
511–520 26
521–530 17
531–540 21
541–550 14
551–560 16
561–570 10
571–580 22
581–590 9
591–600 14
601–610 9
611–620 11
621–630 4
631–640 7
641–650 5
651–660 10
661–670 8
671–680 8
681–690 4
691–700 3
701–704 4
705+ 100
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Fons J. R. van de Vijver publication distribution in Psychology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 11,416 Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 69 ranges running from 31–40 to 705+ publications.
  • Fons J. R. van de Vijver, a Psychology scholar from Tilburg University, records 429 publications - the 95th percentile of the discipline.
  • 95% of ranked Psychology scientists score the same or lower than Fons J. R. van de Vijver, and about 5% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 151–160 publications range, and Fons J. R. van de Vijver ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 101–110 publications, holding 736 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 72% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 705 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

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.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 144+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 702. Most scientists, 702, have 32–33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 90–91 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30–31 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.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Psychology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 398
32–33 702
34–35 671
36–37 659
38–39 641
40–41 671
42–43 617
44–45 558
46–47 495
48–49 487
50–51 445
52–53 390
54–55 408
56–57 345
58–59 325
60–61 321
62–63 248
64–65 290
66–67 218
68–69 219
70–71 215
72–73 183
74–75 169
76–77 132
78–79 137
80–81 120
82–83 112
84–85 86
86–87 101
88–89 83
90–91 77 91
92–93 70
94–95 78
96–97 58
98–99 53
100–101 57
102–103 48
104–105 53
106–107 46
108–109 24
110–111 35
112–113 27
114–115 32
116–117 31
118–119 22
120–121 16
122–123 24
124–125 18
126–127 11
128–129 19
130–131 10
132–133 16
134–135 10
136–137 12
138–139 8
140–141 5
142–143 12
144+ 98
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Fons J. R. van de Vijver D-index placement in Psychology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 11,416 Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 30–31 to 144+ D-Index.
  • Fons J. R. van de Vijver, a Psychology scholar from Tilburg University, records 91 D-Index - the 92nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 92% of ranked Psychology scientists score the same or lower than Fons J. R. van de Vijver, and about 8% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 48–49 D-Index range, and Fons J. R. van de Vijver ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 32–33 D-Index, holding 702 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 68% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 58–59 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

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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