2026 Gregory J. Feist: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	33	10346	9686	5429	4958	88	9778

Overview

Gregory J. Feist is affiliated with San Jose State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with significant contributions in experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, sociology and political science, mechanical engineering, and social psychology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
Design Education and Practice
Emotional Intelligence and Performance
Climate Change Communication and Perception
Social and Intergroup Psychology
Environmental Education and Sustainability

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Gregory J. Feist include:

"When beliefs and evidence collide: psychological and ideological predictors of motivated reasoning about climate change" (2021), published in Thinking & Reasoning
"Strict Equal Odds: A Useful Reference to Study the Relationship between Quality and Quantity" (2020), published in Creativity Research Journal
"The Language of Creativity: Validating Linguistic Analysis to Assess Creative Scientists and Artists" (2021), published in Frontiers in Psychology
"Psychopathology in world-class artistic and scientific creativity" (2021), published in Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts
"Finding and Developing the 21st Century Scientific Pioneer" (2024), published in Collabra Psychology

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Gregory J. Feist include:

Jessica D. Hoffmann
Zorana Ivčević
Zachary A. Caddick
Boris Forthmann
Carsten Szardenings

Publication venues where their work has appeared are:

Thinking & Reasoning
Creativity Research Journal
Frontiers in Psychology
Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity and the Arts
Collabra Psychology

Best Publications

A Meta-Analysis of Personality in Scientific and Artistic Creativity

Gregory J. Feist

3254
Citations
The influence of personality on artistic and scientific creativity.

Gregory J. Feist

1040
Citations
Integrating top-down and bottom-up structural models of subjective well-being: A longitudinal investigation.

Gregory J. Feist;Todd E. Bodner;John F. Jacobs;Marilyn Miles

535
Citations
The Psychology of Science and the Origins of the Scientific Mind

Gregory J. Feist

487
Citations
Predicting creativity from early to late adulthood: Intellect, potential, and personality

Gregory J Feist;Frank X Barron

479
Citations
The Psychology of Science: Review and Integration of a Nascent Discipline:

Gregory J. Feist;Michael E. Gorman

340
Citations
The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity: The Function of Personality in Creativity

Gregory J. Feist

277
Citations
Openness to Experience, Non-Conformity, and the Preference for Abstract Art

Gregory J. Feist;Tara R. Brady

245
Citations
A Structural Model of Scientific Eminence

Gregory J. Feist

235
Citations
Theories of Personality

Jess Feist;Gregory J. Feist

212
Citations
Day-to-Day Variability in Empathy as a Function of Daily Events and Mood

John B. Nezlek;Gregory J. Feist;F.Carol Wilson;Rebecca M. Plesko

178
Citations
Trends in the creativity literature: An analysis of research in the journal of creative behavior (1967–1989)

Gregory J. Feist;Mark A. Runco

162
Citations
The Evolved Fluid Specificity of Human Creative Talent.

Gregory J. Feist

142
Citations
The creative person in science.

Maya Grosul;Gregory J. Feist

138
Citations
How Development and Personality Influence Scientific Thought, Interest, and Achievement

Gregory J. Feist

137
Citations
Quantity, Quality, and Depth of Research as Influences on Scientific Eminence: Is Quantity Most Important?

Gregory J. Feist

136
Citations
Predicting interest in and attitudes toward science from personality and need for cognition

Gregory J. Feist

127
Citations
The Development of Scientific Talent in Westinghouse Finalists and Members of the National Academy of Sciences

Gregory J. Feist

114
Citations
Personality and working style predictors of integrative complexity: A study of scientists' thinking about research and teaching.

Gregory J. Feist

95
Citations
The Cambridge Handbook of Creativity and Personality Research

Gregory J. Feist;Roni Reiter-Palmon;James C. Kaufman

94
Citations
Creativity in Science

G.J. Feist

93
Citations
Handbook of the psychology of science

Gregory J. Feist;Michael E. Gorman

65
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James C. Kaufman University of Connecticut

Roni Reiter-Palmon University of Nebraska at Omaha

Christian D. Schunn University of Pittsburgh

John B. Nezlek University of Social Sciences and Humanities

John Baer Rider University

Christina E. Shalley Georgia Institute of Technology

Todd Bodner Portland State University

Mark A. Runco Southern Oregon University

Paul J. Silvia University of North Carolina at Greensboro

S. T. Picraux Los Alamos National Laboratory

External Links

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