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Louis Leon Thurstone

Louis Leon Thurstone

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Psychology

D-Index
54
Citations
31610
World Ranking
4479
National Ranking
2487

Louis Leon Thurstone 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 Louis Leon Thurstone sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 159 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Louis Leon Thurstone 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 Louis Leon Thurstone sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1938 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Louis Leon Thurstone was a scientist affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their career included recognition by the scientific community, notably being named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1938.

Thurstone's research contributions encompassed various aspects of psychology and psychometrics, although specific topics of work or fields of study from the available data are not detailed.

There is no specific record of recent papers, co-authors, or frequent publication venues associated with Thurstone in the provided data. Likewise, details about book publications or specific subfields of study are not documented here.

Best Publications

  • A law of comparative judgment

    Louis L. Thurstone

  • Multiple-factor analysis

    Louis Leon Thurstone

  • Primary Mental Abilities

    Louis Leon Thurstone

  • Attitudes Can Be Measured

    L. L. Thurstone

  • The measurement of attitude

    L. L. Thurstone;E. J. Chave

  • The Vectors of Mind

    L. L. Thurstone

  • The measurement of social attitudes.

    L. L. Thurstone

  • Primary Mental Abilities.

    Unknown

  • Factorial studies of intelligence

    L. L. Thurstone;Thelma Gwinn Thurstone

  • The measurement of values

    Louis Leon Thurstone

  • The method of paired comparisons for social values

    L. L. Thurstone

  • A factorial study of perception

    Louis Leon Thurstone

  • Multiple-factor analysis; a development and expansion of The Vectors of Mind.

    L. L. Thurstone

  • A method of scaling psychological and educational tests.

    L.L. Thurstone

  • The indifference function.

    L. L. Thurstone

  • Theory of attitude measurement.

    L. L. Thurstone

  • The Vectors of the Mind

    J. W. Dunlap;L. L. Thurstone

  • Multiple Factor Analysis: A Development and Expansion of "The Vectors of the Mind"

    Robert J. Wherry;L. L. Thurstone

  • The nature of intelligence

    Louis Leon Thurstone

  • The Vectors Of Mind Multiple Factor Analysis For The Isolation Of Primary Traits

    Louis Leon Thurstone

  • The learning curve equation

    Louis Leon Thurstone

  • Measurement of Values

    Louis Leon Thurstone

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernest R. Hilgard
Ernest R. Hilgard Stanford University
Edward L. Thorndike
Edward L. Thorndike Columbia University
John W. Tukey
John W. Tukey Princeton University

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