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J. Reid Meloy 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 J. Reid Meloy sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 183 publications — 63rd percentile

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

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

J. Reid Meloy 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 J. Reid Meloy sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

J. Reid Meloy is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science as prominent subfields. The scope of their work includes Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology, among others.

Their scholarly contributions address several core topics, including:

  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
  • Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology

J. Reid Meloy has published extensively in various academic journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Threat Assessment and Management
  • Psychology Public Policy and Law
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Forensische Psychiatrie Psychologie Kriminologie
  • Behavioral Sciences & the Law

Their notable recent papers include:

  • "Reliability and validity of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised in the assessment of risk for institutional violence: A cautionary note on DeMatteo et al. (2020)," published in 2020 in Psychology Public Policy and Law
  • "Assessing the threat of lone-actor terrorism: the reliability and validity of the TRAP-18," published in 2020 in Forensische Psychiatrie Psychologie Kriminologie
  • "Cognitive-affective drivers of fixation in threat assessment," published in 2020 in Behavioral Sciences & the Law
  • "TRAP-18 indicators validated through the forensic linguistic analysis of targeted violence manifestos," published in 2021 in Journal of Threat Assessment and Management
  • "Extreme Overvalued Beliefs," published in 2020 in PubMed

The scientist frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, including Tahir Rahman, Julia Kupper, Jens Hoffmann, Mark E. Olver, and Keira C. Stockdale.

Best Publications

  • Reduced Prefrontal and Increased Subcortical Brain Functioning Assessed Using Positron Emission Tomography in Predatory and Affective Murderers

    Adrian Raine;J. Reid Meloy;Susan Bihrle;Jackie Stoddard

  • The psychology of stalking : clinical and forensic perspectives

    J. Reid Meloy;J. Reid Meloy

  • The psychopathic mind : origins, dynamics, and treatment

    J. Reid Meloy

  • The role of warning behaviors in threat assessment: an exploration and suggested typology.

    J. Reid Meloy;Jens Hoffmann;Angela Guldimann;David James

  • The Rorschach Assessment of Aggressive and Psychopathic Personalities

    Carl B. Gacono;J. Reid Meloy

  • The RECON typology of stalking: reliability and validity based upon a large sample of North American stalkers.

    Kris Mohandie;J Reid Meloy;Mila Green McGowan;Jenn Williams

  • Stalking (obsessional following): A review of some preliminary studies

    J. Reid Meloy

  • Empirical basis and Forensic Application of Affective and Predatory Violence

    J. Reid Meloy

  • Offender and offense characteristics of a nonrandom sample of adolescent mass murderers.

    J. Reid Meloy;Anthony G. Hempel;Kris Mohandie;Andrew A. Shiva

  • The lone-actor terrorist and the TRAP-18.

    J. Reid Meloy;Paul Gill

  • The Concept of Leakage in Threat Assessment

    J. Reid Meloy;Mary Ellen O'Toole

  • A comparative analysis of North American adolescent and adult mass murderers.

    J. Reid Meloy;Anthony G. Hempel;B. Thomas Gray;Kris Mohandie

  • Risk Factors for Violence Among Stalkers

    J. Reid Meloy;Beth Davis;Jon Lovette

  • Characterizing aggressive behavior in a forensic population.

    Tim R. Kockler;Matthew S. Stanford;Chad E. Nelson;J. Reid Meloy

  • Female stalkers and their victims.

    J. Reid Meloy;Cynthia Boyd

  • The aggression response and the Rorschach.

    J. Reid Meloy;Carl B. Gacono

  • The Violent True Believer as a “Lone Wolf” – Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Terrorism

    J. Reid Meloy;Jessica Yakeley

  • Psychopathy and stalking.

    Jennifer E. Storey;Stephen D. Hart;J. Reid Meloy;James A. Reavis

  • The clinical risk management of stalking: "someone is watching over me....".

    J. Reid Meloy

  • A clinical investigation of malingering and psychopathy in hospitalized insanity acquittees.

    Carl B. Gacono;J. Reid Meloy;Karen Sheppard;Eric Speth

  • The Psychology of Stalking: Clinical and Forensic Perspectives

    Grant Jewell Rich;J. Reid Meloy

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul E. Mullen
Paul E. Mullen Monash University
Craig S. Neumann
Craig S. Neumann University of North Texas
Randall T. Salekin
Randall T. Salekin University of Alabama
Mark E. Olver
Mark E. Olver University of Saskatchewan
Michael J. Vitacco
Michael J. Vitacco Augusta University
Nicola S. Gray
Nicola S. Gray Swansea University
Raymond A. Knight
Raymond A. Knight Brandeis University
Robert D. Hare
Robert D. Hare University of British Columbia
Robert Jefferson Snowden
Robert Jefferson Snowden Cardiff University

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