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John R. Z. Abela

John R. Z. Abela

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
63
Citations
13450
World Ranking
3143
National Ranking
194

John R. Z. Abela 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 John R. Z. Abela sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 132 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John R. Z. Abela 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 John R. Z. Abela sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

John R. Z. Abela was affiliated with McGill University in Canada. Their research spanned multiple fields with a primary focus on Psychology, including subfields such as Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Political Science and International Relations, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

Their published works addressed several main topics, including:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Intelligence, Security, War Strategy
  • Advanced Image Processing Techniques
  • Image Processing Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies

The scientist's recent publications included:

  • Comorbid Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents: Testing the Explanatory Power of a Diathesis-Anxiety Model, 2020, Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
  • International Conference on the Voynich Manuscript 2022, 2023, Linköping electronic conference proceedings
  • The Best of Both Worlds: a Framework for Combining Degradation Prediction with High Performance Super-Resolution Networks, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Recombination vs Stochasticity: A Comparative Study on the Maximum Clique Problem, 2024, OAR@UM (University of Malta)

They frequently collaborated with coauthors such as Jae Wan Choi, Wei Hong, Joseph R. Cohen, Colin Layfield, and R. Zandbergen.

Publication venues where their work appeared included:

  • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
  • Linköping electronic conference proceedings
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • OAR@UM (University of Malta)

Best Publications

  • An examination of the response styles theory of depression in third- and seventh-grade children: a short-term longitudinal study.

    John R. Z. Abela;Karen Brozina;Emily P. Haigh

  • Development of psychopathology: A vulnerability-stress perspective.

    Benjamin L. Hankin;John R. Z. Abela

  • Depression from childhood into late adolescence: Influence of gender, development, genetic susceptibility, and peer stress.

    Benjamin L. Hankin;Jami F. Young;John R. Z. Abela;Andrew Smolen

  • The positivity scale.

    Gian Vittorio Caprara;Guido Alessandri;Nancy Eisenberg;A. Kupfer

  • Rumination as a vulnerability factor to depression during the transition from early to middle adolescence: A multiwave longitudinal study.

    John R. Z. Abela;Benjamin L. Hankin

  • Nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescence: Prospective rates and risk factors in a 2 ½ year longitudinal study

    Benjamin L. Hankin;John R.Z. Abela

  • Adult Attachment Dimensions and Specificity of Emotional Distress Symptoms: Prospective Investigations of Cognitive Risk and Interpersonal Stress Generation as Mediating Mechanisms

    Benjamin L. Hankin;Benjamin L. Hankin;Jon D. Kassel;John R. Z. Abela

  • Rates of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Youth: Age, Sex, and Behavioral Methods in a Community Sample

    Andrea L. Barrocas;Benjamin L. Hankin;Jami F. Young;John R. Z. Abela

  • Intrinsic Need Satisfaction and Well–Being in Children and Adolescents: An Application of the Self–Determination Theory

    Marie–Hélène Véronneau;Richard F. Koestner;John R.Z. Abela

  • The hopelessness theory of depression: a test of the diathesis-stress and causal mediation components in third and seventh grade children.

    John Robert Zachary Abela

  • A TEST OF THE INTEGRATION OF THE RESPONSE STYLES AND SOCIAL SUPPORT THEORIES OF DEPRESSION IN THIRD AND SEVENTH GRADE CHILDREN

    John R. Z. Abela;Ella Vanderbilt;Adèle Rochon

  • Co-rumination predicts the onset of depressive disorders during adolescence.

    Lindsey B. Stone;Benjamin L. Hankin;Brandon E. Gibb;John R. Z. Abela

  • Positive orientation: Explorations on what is common to life satisfaction, self-esteem, and optimism

    Gian Vittorio Caprara;Patrizia Steca;Guido Alessandri;John R. Abela

  • Measuring adolescent psychopathology: psychometric properties of the self-report strengths and difficulties questionnaire in a sample of Chinese adolescents.

    Shuqiao Yao;Chenchen Zhang;Xiongzhao Zhu;Xiao Jing

  • The Hopelessness Theory of Depression: A Test of the Diathesis-Stress Component in the Interpersonal and Achievement Domains

    John R. Z. Abela;Martin E. P. Seligman

  • Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis Dysregulation in Dysphoric Children and Adolescents: Cortisol Reactivity to Psychosocial Stress from Preschool Through Middle Adolescence

    Benjamin L. Hankin;Lisa S. Badanes;John R.Z. Abela;Sarah E. Watamura

  • Cognitive vulnerability to depression in children and adolescents: A developmental psychopathology perspective.

    John R. Z. Abela;Benjamin L. Hankin

  • Dysfunctional attitudes, self-esteem, and hassles: Cognitive vulnerability to depression in children of affectively ill parents

    John R.Z. Abela;Steven A. Skitch

  • Selective attention to affective stimuli and clinical depression among youths: role of anxiety and specificity of emotion.

    Benjamin L. Hankin;Brandon E. Gibb;John R. Z. Abela;Kate Flory

  • Psychometric properties of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire: Chinese version

    Xiongzhao Zhu;Randy P. Auerbach;Shuqiao Yao;John R. Z. Abela

  • Interpersonal Vulnerability to Depression in High-Risk Children: The Role of Insecure Attachment and Reassurance Seeking.

    John R. Z. Abela;Benjamin L. Hankin;Emily A. P. Haigh;Philippe Adams

Frequent Co-Authors

Randy P. Auerbach
Randy P. Auerbach Columbia University
Benjamin L. Hankin
Benjamin L. Hankin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Moon-Ho Ringo Ho
Moon-Ho Ringo Ho Nanyang Technological University
Martin E. P. Seligman
Martin E. P. Seligman University of Pennsylvania
Alexander McGirr
Alexander McGirr University of Calgary
Guido Alessandri
Guido Alessandri Sapienza University of Rome
Gian Vittorio Caprara
Gian Vittorio Caprara Sapienza University of Rome
Shuqiao Yao
Shuqiao Yao Central South University
Brandon E. Gibb
Brandon E. Gibb Binghamton University
Nancy Eisenberg
Nancy Eisenberg Arizona State University

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