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Psychology
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2023

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Best Scientists D-index 213 Citations 223,081 709 World Ranking 115 National Ranking 15
Psychology D-index 213 Citations 224,031 691 World Ranking 3 National Ranking 3

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Psychology in United Kingdom Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Best Scientist Award

2022 - Research.com Psychology in United Kingdom Leader Award

2003 - Joseph Zubin Award, Society for Research in Psychopathology

2001 - Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, National Academy of Medicine

1995 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association

1989 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

1988 - Member of Academia Europaea

1988 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

1987 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

1986 - Rema Lapouse Award, American Public Health Association

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Developmental psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Cognition

His primary areas of investigation include Developmental psychology, Autism, Psychiatry, Clinical psychology and Developmental disorder. His studies deal with areas such as Coping, Psychopathology, Cognition and Social environment as well as Developmental psychology. His research in Autism intersects with topics in Intellectual disability, Family history and Intelligence quotient.

His Psychiatry research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Wight, Follow up studies and Risk factor. The various areas that Michael Rutter examines in his Clinical psychology study include Child and adolescent psychiatry, Epidemiology, Childhood schizophrenia and Personality. His Developmental disorder research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Inter-rater reliability, Psychometrics, Test validity, Pediatrics and Cognitive disorder.

His most cited work include:

  • Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised: a revised version of a diagnostic interview for caregivers of individuals with possible pervasive developmental disorders (6968 citations)
  • The autism diagnostic observation schedule-generic: a standard measure of social and communication deficits associated with the spectrum of autism. (5706 citations)
  • Psychosocial resilience and protective mechanisms. (4365 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary scientific interests are in Developmental psychology, Psychiatry, Autism, Clinical psychology and Psychopathology. His Developmental psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Social psychology, Cognition and Social environment. His Psychiatry study frequently links to related topics such as El Niño.

His Autism research includes themes of Genetics and Intelligence quotient. Michael Rutter works in the field of Psychopathology, focusing on Developmental psychopathology in particular. His Conduct disorder study frequently intersects with other fields, such as Twin study.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Developmental psychology (49.78%)
  • Psychiatry (22.87%)
  • Autism (22.14%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2007-2020)?

  • Developmental psychology (49.78%)
  • Psychiatry (22.87%)
  • Autism (22.14%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Developmental psychology, Psychiatry, Autism, Clinical psychology and Psychopathology. Michael Rutter does research in Developmental psychology, focusing on Child development specifically. His Psychiatry research incorporates themes from Pregnancy, Cohort study and Family history.

Michael Rutter has included themes like Genetics, Intellectual disability and Genome-wide association study in his Autism study. Michael Rutter interconnects Young adult, Depression and Comorbidity in the investigation of issues within Clinical psychology. His Young adult research includes elements of Conduct disorder, Mental health, Early childhood and Persistence.

Between 2007 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Functional impact of global rare copy number variation in autism spectrum disorders (1592 citations)
  • Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (1513 citations)
  • Resilience as a dynamic concept. (706 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Internal medicine
  • Developmental psychology
  • Psychiatry

His primary areas of study are Psychiatry, Developmental psychology, Autism, Clinical psychology and Genetics. Age of onset, Major depressive episode, Severity of illness and Cohort is closely connected to Family history in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Psychiatry. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Romanian and Social environment.

His Autism research is mostly focused on the topic Developmental disorder. His work on Descriptive psychiatry as part of general Clinical psychology research is often related to Medical diagnosis, thus linking different fields of science. Michael Rutter combines subjects such as Heritability of autism and Copy-number variation with his study of Genome-wide association study.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

The autism diagnostic observation schedule-generic: a standard measure of social and communication deficits associated with the spectrum of autism.

Catherine Lord;Susan Risi;Linda Lambrecht;Edwin H. Cook.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2000)

14329 Citations

Psychosocial resilience and protective mechanisms.

Michael Rutter.
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (1987)

12065 Citations

Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised: a revised version of a diagnostic interview for caregivers of individuals with possible pervasive developmental disorders

Catherine Lord;Michael Rutter;Ann Le Couteur.
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (1994)

9735 Citations

Fifteen Thousand Hours : Secondary Schools and Their Effects on Children

Michael Rutter.
(1979)

7427 Citations

Resilience in the face of adversity. Protective factors and resistance to psychiatric disorder.

Michael Rutter.
British Journal of Psychiatry (1985)

6518 Citations

Education, health, and behaviour

Michael etc. Rutter.
(1970)

4000 Citations

Protective factors in children's responses to stress and disadvantage.

M Rutter.
Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore (1979)

3796 Citations

Autism as a strongly genetic disorder: evidence from a British twin study.

A. Bailey;A. Le Couteur;I. Gottesman;P. Bolton.
Psychological Medicine (1995)

3441 Citations

The Social Communication Questionnaire Manual

M Rutter;A. Bailey;C. Lord;A. O. Bailey.
(2003)

3168 Citations

Sex Differences in Antisocial Behaviour: Conduct Disorder, Delinquency, and Violence in the Dunedin Longitudinal Study

Terrie E. Moffitt;Avshalom Caspi;Michael Rutter;Phil A. Silva.
(2001)

2931 Citations

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