2026 Jeffrey B. Vancouver: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	41	7733	7216	4145	3767	77	11988

Overview

Jeffrey B. Vancouver is affiliated with Ohio University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on decision sciences, with a total of five publications in this field. The subfields covered include sociology and political science, general decision sciences, management science and operations research, applied psychology, and general psychology.

Their recent scholarly work spans various topics, notably:

Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Behavioral Health and Interventions
Social and Intergroup Psychology
Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Social Power and Status Dynamics
Economic and Environmental Valuation

Jeffrey B. Vancouver has contributed to several peer-reviewed articles, including:

"A dynamic, computational model of job insecurity and job performance." (2023), published in the Journal of Applied Psychology
"The influence of affect and goal priming on decision search behavior" (2020), published in Current Psychology
"Interpreting moderated multiple regression: A comment on Van Iddekinge, Aguinis, Mackey, and DeOrtentiis (2018)." (2021), published in the Journal of Applied Psychology
"Dynamic Sunk Costs: Importance matters when opportunity costs are explicit." (2020), published in DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
"Navigating the review process through the holier than thou" (2020), published in Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Jason L. Harman, Cassandra E. Colton, Mindy K. Shoss, Justin M. Weinhardt, and Claudia González-Vallejo. The co-authoring pattern reflects collaborations in topics related to psychology and decision sciences.

Common publication venues for their research are:

Journal of Applied Psychology
Current Psychology
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Emotion

Jeffrey B. Vancouver's work addresses multiple dimensions of behavioral science and decision-making, frequently appearing in journals that focus on applied psychology and organizational behavior. Their research incorporates both theoretical analysis and practical implications relating to behavioral economics and social psychology.

Best Publications

Goal constructs in psychology: Structure, process, and content.

James T. Austin;Jeffrey B. Vancouver

3484
Citations
AN EXPLORATORY EXAMINATION OF PERSON-ORGANIZATION FIT: ORGANIZATIONAL GOAL CONGRUENCE

Jeffrey B. Vancouver;Neal W. Schmitt

943
Citations
The changing signs in the relationships among self-efficacy, personal goals, and performance.

Jeffrey B. Vancouver;Charles M. Thompson;Amy A. Williams

823
Citations
Two studies examining the negative effect of self-efficacy on performance.

Jeffrey B. Vancouver;Charles M. Thompson;E. Casey Tischner;Dan J. Putka

814
Citations
When self-efficacy negatively relates to motivation and performance in a learning context.

Jeffrey B. Vancouver;Laura N. Kendall

665
Citations
Multilevel analysis of organizational goal congruence

Jeffrey B. Vancouver;Roger E. Millsap;Patricia A. Peters

365
Citations
Self-efficacy and resource allocation: support for a nonmonotonic, discontinuous model.

Jeffrey B. Vancouver;Kristen M. More;Ryan J. Yoder

340
Citations
Industrial and Organisation Research on Self‐Regulation: From Constructs to Applications

Jeffrey B. Vancouver;David V. Day

324
Citations
A formal, computational theory of multiple-goal pursuit: integrating goal-choice and goal-striving processes.

Jeffrey B. Vancouver;Justin M. Weinhardt;Aaron M. Schmidt

284
Citations
Feedback Inquiry: The Effect of Source Attributes and Individual Differences

Jeffrey B. Vancouver;Elizabeth Wolfe Morrison

282
Citations
Within-Person Analysis of Information Seeking: The Effects of Perceived Costs and Benefits

Elizabeth W. Morrison;Jeffrey B. Vancouver

268
Citations
Self-Regulation in Organizational Settings: A Tale of Two Paradigms

Jeffrey B. Vancouver

250
Citations
Dynamic Self-Regulation and Multiple-Goal Pursuit

Andrew Neal;Timothy Ballard;Jeffrey B. Vancouver

218
Citations
The depth of history and explanation as benefit and bane for psychological control theories.

Jeffrey B. Vancouver

216
Citations
Longitudinal Research: A Panel Discussion on Conceptual Issues, Research Design, and Statistical Techniques

Mo Wang;Daniel J. Beal;David Chan;Daniel A. Newman

191
Citations
Gender differences in Manning criteria in the irritable bowel syndrome.

Robert C. Smith;David S. Greenbaum;Jeffrey B. Vancouver;Rebecca C. Henry

164
Citations
The Effect of Feedback Sign on Task Performance Depends on Self-Concept Discrepancies.

Jeffrey B. Vancouver;E. Casey Tischner

156
Citations
Living systems theory as a paradigm for organizational behavior: Understanding humans, organizations, and social processes

Jeffrey B. Vancouver

151
Citations
Integrating self-regulation theories of work motivation into a dynamic process theory

Jeffrey B. Vancouver

134
Citations
A computational model of self-efficacy's various effects on performance: Moving the debate forward.

Jeffrey B Vancouver;Justin D Purl

116
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mo Wang University of Florida

Daniel R. Ilgen Michigan State University

Robert J. Vandenberg University of Georgia

David Chan Singapore Management University

Rodger W. Griffeth Ohio University

Robert C. Smith Michigan State University

David V. Day Claremont McKenna College

Cheri Ostroff University of South Australia

Julie Sarno Owens Ohio University

Neal Schmitt Michigan State University

External Links

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