2026 Kenneth A. Bollen: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	88	212	178	100	84	247	153739

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award
2011 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)
2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kenneth A. Bollen is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their recent scholarly contributions include research articles published in various academic journals, spanning clinical psychology, epidemiology, and statistics.

Selected recent papers include:

Prognostic neuroimaging biomarkers of trauma-related psychopathology: resting-state fMRI shortly after trauma predicts future PTSD and depression symptoms in the AURORA study, 2021, Neuropsychopharmacology
Structural covariance of the ventral visual stream predicts posttraumatic intrusion and nightmare symptoms: a multivariate data fusion analysis, 2022, Translational Psychiatry
Bayesian Estimation of Causal Direction in Acyclic Structural Equation Models with Individual-specific Confounder Variables and Non-Gaussian Distributions, 2021, PubMed
Development and Validation of a Model to Predict Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depression After a Motor Vehicle Collision, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
An introduction to model implied instrumental variables using two stage least squares (MIIV-2SLS) in structural equation models (SEMs), 2021, Psychological Methods

Frequent co-authors associated with Bollen's work include:

Samuel A. McLean
Ronald C. Kessler
Sarah D. Linnstaedt
Paul I. Musey
Niels K. Rathlev

Publication venues with multiple contributions from this author comprise:

UNC Libraries
Biological Psychiatry
Journal of Psychiatric Research
Psychometrika
Molecular Psychiatry

Their research spans various subfields, including:

Clinical Psychology
Epidemiology
Statistics and Probability
Health
Sociology and Political Science

Main topics of focus in the research include:

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
Traumatic Brain Injury Research
Child Abuse and Trauma
Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
Mental Health Research Topics
Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
Advanced Statistical Modeling Techniques

Kenneth A. Bollen has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association since 2011 and as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2008.

Best Publications

Structural Equations with Latent Variables

Kenneth A. Bollen

37518
Citations
Structural equation models

Kenneth Bollen;Sophia Rabe-Hesketh;Anders Skrondal

36004
Citations
Testing Structural Equation Models

Kenneth A. Bollen;J. Scott Long

8418
Citations
Conventional wisdom on measurement: A structural equation perspective.

Kenneth Bollen;Richard Lennox

5371
Citations
A New Incremental Fit Index for General Structural Equation Models

Kenneth A. Bollen

4261
Citations
Latent curve models : a structural equation perspective

Kenneth A. Bollen;Patrick J. Curran

3163
Citations
Redefine statistical significance

Daniel J. Benjamin;James O. Berger;Magnus Johannesson;Magnus Johannesson;Brian A. Nosek;Brian A. Nosek

2992
Citations
Bootstrapping Goodness-of-Fit Measures in Structural Equation Models

Kenneth A. Bollen;Robert A. Stine

1917
Citations
An Empirical Evaluation of the Use of Fixed Cutoff Points in RMSEA Test Statistic in Structural Equation Models

Feinian Chen;Patrick J. Curran;Kenneth A. Bollen;James Kirby

1833
Citations
DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS: CLASSICAL AND BOOTSTRAP ESTIMATES OF VARIABILITY

Kenneth A. Bollen;Robert Stinet

1812
Citations
Latent Variables in Psychology and the Social Sciences

Kenneth A. Bollen

1570
Citations
Perceived Cohesion: A Conceptual and Empirical Examination

Kenneth A. Bollen;Rick H. Hoyle

1380
Citations
Overall Fit in Covariance Structure Models: Two Types of Sample Size Effects

Kenneth A. Bollen

1360
Citations
Issues in the Comparative Measurement of Political Democracy

Kenneth A. Bollen

1218
Citations
Regression Diagnostics: An Expository Treatment of Outliers and Influential Cases

Kenneth A. Bollen;Robert W. Jackman

1109
Citations
POLITICAL DEMOCRACY AND THE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME

Kenneth A. Bollen;Robert W. Jackman

864
Citations
Political Democracy: Conceptual and Measurement Traps

Kenneth A. Bollen

826
Citations
Sample size and bentler and Bonett's nonnormed fit index

Kenneth A. Bollen

740
Citations
Improper Solutions in Structural Equation Models Causes, Consequences, and Strategies

Feinian Chen;Kenneth A. Bollen;Pamela Paxton;Patrick J. Curran

728
Citations
Liberal Democracy: Validity and Method Factors in Cross-National Measures

Kenneth Bollen

725
Citations
Political Democracy and the Timing of Development

Kenneth A. Bollen

661
Citations
Total, Direct, and Indirect Effects in Structural Equation Models

Kenneth A. Bollen

624
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick J. Curran University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Pamela Paxton The University of Texas at Austin

Diego A. Pizzagalli Harvard University

Sandra L. Martin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kerry J. Ressler Harvard University

Robert H. Pietrzak Yale University

Thomas C. Neylan University of California, San Francisco

Jutta Joormann Yale University

Sheila A.M. Rauch Emory University

Karestan C. Koenen Harvard University

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