2026 K. Warner Schaie: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	80	1443	1288	867	755	274	26050

Research.com Recognitions

1992 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
1969 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

K. Warner Schaie is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a notable focus on clinical psychology and experimental and cognitive psychology. Additional subfields include psychiatry and mental health, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and behavioral neuroscience.

The scholar's work concentrates on several main topics, including personality traits and psychology, mental health research topics, cognitive abilities and testing, dementia and cognitive impairment research, heart rate variability and autonomic control, stress responses and cortisol, as well as health disparities and outcomes.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

Collabra Psychology
Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
European Journal of Personality
Psychological Science
Journal of Personality

K. Warner Schaie has authored multiple recent papers, including:

"Trajectories of Big Five Personality Traits: A Coordinated Analysis of 16 Longitudinal Samples" (2020), published in European Journal of Personality
"Is Healthy Neuroticism Associated with Health Behaviors? A Coordinated Integrative Data Analysis" (2020), published in Collabra Psychology
"Is Healthy Neuroticism Associated with Chronic Conditions? A Coordinated Integrative Data Analysis" (2020), published in Collabra Psychology
"Is Healthy Neuroticism Associated with Longevity? A Coordinated Integrative Data Analysis" (2020), published in Collabra Psychology
"Acting Like a Baby Boomer? Birth-Cohort Differences in Adults' Personality Trajectories During the Last Half a Century" (2022), published in Psychological Science

Collaborations have frequently involved several coauthors, notably:

Sherry L. Willis
Denis Gerstorf
Johanna Drewelies
Eileen K. Graham
Sara J. Weston

K. Warner Schaie has received recognition including the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association in 1992 and was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 1969.

Best Publications

Handbook of the Psychology of Aging

K. Warner Schaie;Sherry L. Willis;Bob G. Knight;Becca Levy

3274
Citations
Annual review of gerontology and geriatrics

Carl Eisdorfer;K. Warner Schaie;George L. Maddox;M. Powell Lawton

1694
Citations
A GENERAL MODEL FOR THE STUDY OF DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS.

K. Warner Schaie

1459
Citations
The course of adult intellectual development.

K. Warner Schaie

1009
Citations
Intellectual Development in Adulthood: The Seattle Longitudinal Study

K. Warner Schaie;Paul B. Baltes

842
Citations
Intellectual development in adulthood

K. Warner Schaie

581
Citations
Developmental Influences on Adult Intelligence: The Seattle Longitudinal Study

K. Warner Schaie

557
Citations
Handbook of the psychology of aging, 3rd ed.

James E. Birren;K. Warner Schaie

483
Citations
Life-span developmental psychology: Personality and socialization

Paul B. Baltes;K. Warner Schaie

431
Citations
Handbook of the psychology of aging, 2nd ed.

James E. Birren;K. Warner Schaie

409
Citations
Methodological Issues in Aging Research

K. Warner Schaie;I. L. Caskie

398
Citations
Everyday problem solving in older adults: observational assessment and cognitive correlates.

M Diehl;S L Willis;K W Schaie

359
Citations
Longitudinal studies of adult psychological development

K. Warner Schaie

355
Citations
Can decline in adult intellectual functioning be reversed

K. Warner Schaie;Sherry L. Willis

346
Citations
The Seattle Longitudinal Study: Relationship Between Personality and Cognition

K. Warner Schaie;Sherry L. Willis;Grace I.L. Caskie

344
Citations
Handbook of the psychology of aging, 5th ed.

James E. Birren;K. Warner Schaie

340
Citations
Adult development and aging.

Unknown

320
Citations
On the plasticity of intelligence in adulthood and old age: where Horn and Donaldson fail.

Paul B. Baltes;K. Warner Schaie

311
Citations
Personality predicts mortality risk: An integrative data analysis of 15 international longitudinal studies

Eileen Kranz Graham;Joshua P. Rutsohn;Nicholas A. Turiano;Rebecca Bendayan

240
Citations
Individual differences in cross-sectional and 3-year longitudinal memory performance across the adult life span.

Zelinski Em;Gilewski Mj;Schaie Kw

234
Citations
Generational versus ontogenetic components of change in adult cognitive behavior: A fourteen-year cross-sequential study.

K. Warner Schaie;Gisela Labouvie-Vief

225
Citations
Cognitive Functioning and Social Structure over the Life Course

Carmi Schooler;K. Warner Schaie

224
Citations
"The Memory Functioning Questionnaire for assessment of memory complaints in adulthood and old age": Correction to Gilewski et al.

Michael J. Gilewski;Elizabeth M. Zelinski;K. Warner Schaie

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sherry L. Willis University of Washington

Denis Gerstorf Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Paul B. Baltes Max Planck Institute for Human Development

Avron Spiro Boston University

Scott M. Hofer University of Victoria

Andrea M. Piccinin University of Victoria

Elizabeth M. Zelinski University of Southern California

Nicholas A. Turiano West Virginia University

Daniel K. Mroczek Northwestern University

Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh

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