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49
Citations
23469
World Ranking
5532
National Ranking
3013

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1983 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John C. Loehlin is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans several areas within psychology and social sciences, with an emphasis on cognitive and developmental topics.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Within these fields, Loehlin's work focuses on subfields such as:

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Safety Research
  • Clinical Psychology

The core topics covered in their publications include:

  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Loehlin's recent scholarly contributions include the paper titled Heritability × SES Interaction for IQ: Is it Present in US Adoption Studies? published in 2021 in the journal Behavior Genetics. This work has accrued citations, indicating ongoing engagement with the research community.

Frequent coauthors collaborated with Loehlin on multiple occasions are:

  • Robin P. Corley
  • Chandra A. Reynolds
  • Sally J. Wadsworth
  • Catarina Almqvist
  • Juko Ando

All known publications have appeared primarily in the venue Behavior Genetics, highlighting a focus on the genetics of behavioral traits.

John C. Loehlin has been recognized by the scientific community with the award of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1983.

Best Publications

  • Intelligence: Knowns and unknowns.

    Ulric Neisser;A. Wade Boykin;Nathan Brody;Stephen J. Ceci

  • INTELLIGENCE : KNOWNS AND UNKNOWNS

    U. Neisser;G. Boodoo;T. J. Bouchard;A. W. Boykin

  • Latent Variable Models: An Introduction to Factor, Path, and Structural Equation Analysis

    John C. Loehlin

  • Genotype-environment interaction and correlation in the analysis of human behavior.

    Robert Plomin;J. C. DeFries;John C. Loehlin

  • Genes, evolution, and personality.

    Thomas J. Bouchard;John C. Loehlin

  • Genes and environment in personality development

    John C. Loehlin

  • Heredity, Environment, and Personality: A Study of 850 Sets of Twins

    John C. Loehlin;Robert C. Nichols

  • The Cholesky approach: A cautionary note

    John C. Loehlin

  • Heritabilities of Common and Measure-Specific Components of the Big Five Personality Factors

    John C. Loehlin;Robert R. McCrae;Paul T. Costa;Oliver P. John

  • Race Differences in Intelligence

    John C. Loehlin;Gardner Lindzey;James N. Spuhler

  • Genotype by Environment Interaction in Adolescents’ Cognitive Aptitude

    K. Paige Harden;Eric Turkheimer;John C. Loehlin

  • Genetic and environmental components of "environmental" influences.

    Robert Plomin;John C. Loehlin;J. C. DeFries

  • Intellectual resemblance among adoptive and biological relatives: The texas Adoption Project

    Joseph M. Horn;John C. Loehlin;Lee Willerman

  • Partitioning environmental and genetic contributions to behavioral development.

    John C. Loehlin

  • Resemblance in appearance and the equal environments assumption in twin studies of personality traits

    Robert Plomin;Lee Willerman;John C. Loehlin

  • Are personality traits differentially heritable

    John C. Loehlin

  • Behavior genetics : principles and applications

    John C. Loehlin;John L. Fuller;Edward C. Simmel

  • Human Behavior Genetics

    J C Loehlin;L Willerman;J M Horn

  • Personality resemblance in adoptive families.

    John C. Loehlin;Joseph M. Horn;Lee Willerman

  • The influence of different activities on the apparent length of time.

    John C. Loehlin

  • Intelligence: Genetic and environmental influences.

    John C. Loehlin

  • Race Differences in Intelligence.

    J. C. Bear;John C. Loehlin;Michael Banton;Jonathan Harwood

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas G. Martin
Nicholas G. Martin QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Sarah E. Medland
Sarah E. Medland QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
John C. DeFries
John C. DeFries University of Colorado Boulder
Margaret J. Wright
Margaret J. Wright University of Queensland
Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin King's College London
Qazi Rahman
Qazi Rahman King's College London
Robert J. Sternberg
Robert J. Sternberg Cornell University
Thomas J. Bouchard
Thomas J. Bouchard University of Minnesota
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Grant W. Montgomery
Grant W. Montgomery University of Queensland

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