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Olivier F. Colins

Olivier F. Colins

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
37
Citations
4399
World Ranking
9284
National Ranking
133

Olivier F. Colins 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 Olivier F. Colins sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 135 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Olivier F. Colins 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 Olivier F. Colins sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Olivier F. Colins is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has focused their research primarily within the field of Psychology, with a specialization in Clinical Psychology. Their work spans related subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

The scientist's publication record includes research on topics such as:

  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Deception detection and forensic psychology
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Their recent papers include the following titles, years of publication, and venues:

  • Towards Integrated Youth Care: A Systematic Review of Facilitators and Barriers for Professionals, 2020, Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
  • The DSM-5 Limited Prosocial Emotions Specifier for Conduct Disorder: Comorbid Problems, Prognosis, and Antecedents, 2020, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • The DSM-5 with Limited Prosocial Emotions Specifier for Conduct Disorder: a Systematic Literature Review, 2020, Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Olivier F. Colins frequently publishes in key venues such as:

  • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
  • Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
  • Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • PsycTESTS Dataset

They have collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors:

  • Henrik Andershed
  • Kostas A. Fanti
  • Randall T. Salekin
  • Laura López-Romero
  • Robert Vermeiren

Olivier F. Colins' research topics reflect a focus on the developmental and clinical aspects of conduct disorder and psychopathy, particularly examining psychopathic traits such as callous-unemotional characteristics in youth. Their publications also address broader concerns in forensic psychiatry, child trauma, and molecular epigenetic factors linked to aggression and related behaviors.

Best Publications

  • Psychiatric Disorders in Detained Male Adolescents : A Systematic Literature Review

    Olivier Colins;Robert Vermeiren;Coby Vreugdenhil;Wim van den Brink

  • A New Measure to Assess Psychopathic Personality in Children: The Child Problematic Traits Inventory

    Olivier F. Colins;Olivier F. Colins;Henrik Andershed;Louise Frogner;Laura Lopez-Romero

  • Psychopathic personality in the general population: differences and similarities across gender

    Olivier F. Colins;Kostas A. Fanti;Randall T. Salekin;Henrik Andershed

  • Stability and Change in Callous-Unemotional Traits : Longitudinal Associations With Potential Individual and Contextual Risk and Protective Factors

    Kostas A. Fanti;Olivier F. Colins;Henrik Andershed;Maria Sikki

  • Psychiatric disorder in detained male adolescents as risk factor for serious recidivism

    Olivier F. Colins;Robert Vermeiren;Pauline Vahl;Monica Markus

  • Psychopathic-like traits among detained female adolescents: reliability and validity of the Antisocial Process Screening Device and the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory.

    Olivier F. Colins;Patricia Bijttebier;Eric Broekaert;Henrik Andershed

  • Early Childhood Trajectories of Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits: The Role of Fearlessness and Psychopathic Personality Dimensions.

    Ida Klingzell;Kostas A. Fanti;Olivier F. Colins;Olivier F. Colins;Louise Frogner

  • Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory-Short Version: A further test of the internal consistency and criterion validity.

    Olivier F. Colins;Marc Noom;Wouter Vanderplasschen

  • Comparing Different Approaches for Subtyping Children with Conduct Problems: Callous-Unemotional Traits Only Versus the Multidimensional Psychopathy Construct.

    Olivier F. Colins;Henrik Andershed;Randall T. Salekin;Kostas A. Fanti

  • Psychiatric disorders in property, violent, and versatile offending detained male adolescents.

    Olivier F. Colins;Robert Vermeiren;Gilberte Schuyten;Eric Broekaert

  • Callous-Unemotional Traits Only Versus the Multidimensional Psychopathy Construct as Predictors of Various Antisocial Outcomes During Early Adolescence

    Henrik Andershed;Olivier F. Colins;Olivier F. Colins;Randall T. Salekin;Alexandros Lordos

  • Different brain responses during empathy in autism spectrum disorders versus conduct disorder and callous-unemotional traits

    Eduard T. Klapwijk;Eduard T. Klapwijk;Moji Aghajani;Moji Aghajani;Olivier F. Colins;Olivier F. Colins;Godfried M. Marijnissen

  • Towards integrated youth care : a systematic review of facilitators and barriers for professionals

    Laura A Nooteboom;Eva A Mulder;Eva A Mulder;Chris H Z Kuiper;Olivier F Colins;Olivier F Colins

  • The association between childhood maltreatment, mental health problems, and aggression in justice-involved boys

    Machteld Hoeve;Olivier F. Colins;Eva A. Mulder;Rolf Loeber

  • Disorganized Amygdala Networks in Conduct-Disordered Juvenile Offenders With Callous-Unemotional Traits

    Moji Aghajani;Eduard T. Klapwijk;Nic J. van der Wee;Ilya M. Veer

  • Unique and Interactive Associations of Callous-Unemotional Traits, Impulsivity and Grandiosity with Child and Adolescent Conduct Disorder Symptoms

    Kostas A. Fanti;Melina Nicole Kyranides;Alexandros Lordos;Olivier F. Colins

  • The DSM-5 with limited prosocial emotions specifier for conduct disorder among detained girls.

    Olivier F. Colins;Henrik Andershed

  • Informant agreement in the assessment of disruptive behavior disorders in detained minors in Belgium: a diagnosis-level and symptom-level examination.

    Olivier F. Colins;Robert Vermeiren;Gilberte Schuyten;Eric Broekaert

  • Psychopathic-like traits in detained adolescents : clinical usefulness of self-report

    Pauline Vahl;Olivier F. Colins;Henny P. B. Lodewijks;Monica T. Markus

  • Gender differences in psychiatric disorders and clusters of self-esteem among detained adolescents.

    Lore Van Damme;Olivier F. Colins;Wouter Vanderplasschen

  • Psychopathic traits as predictors of future criminality, intimate partner aggression, and substance use in young adult men

    Olivier F. Colins;Henrik Andershed;Dustin A. Pardini

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Vermeiren
Robert Vermeiren Leiden University Medical Center
Henrik Andershed
Henrik Andershed Örebro University
Kostas A. Fanti
Kostas A. Fanti University of Cyprus
Meike Bartels
Meike Bartels Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Arne Popma
Arne Popma University of Amsterdam
Eric Broekaert
Eric Broekaert Ghent University
Randall T. Salekin
Randall T. Salekin University of Alabama
Nic J.A. van der Wee
Nic J.A. van der Wee Leiden University Medical Center
Thomas Grisso
Thomas Grisso University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

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