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New Zealand
2022

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
99
Citations
53330
World Ranking
100
National Ranking
1

Phil A. Silva publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Phil A. Silva sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 276 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Phil A. Silva D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Phil A. Silva sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Phil A. Silva is a researcher affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their academic profile is characterized primarily by their institutional association, with documented activities linked to this university.

There are no listed recent papers or publications attributed to Silva in the available data. Consequently, detailed insights into the specific research themes or scholarly output in terms of peer-reviewed work are not provided.

No frequent co-authors or collaborators have been identified, indicating either a largely independent research approach or limited publicly available information about collaborative projects.

Similarly, there are no recurrent publication venues associated with Silva, which limits the ability to trace a pattern of engagement with particular academic journals or conferences.

Information regarding book publications by Silva is not available, indicating no record of authored or edited books in scholarly or commercial presses.

The data does not specify the main fields or subfields of study pursued by Silva, nor does it list the primary topics addressed in their research activities.

There are no awards or distinctions recorded for Silva in the data currently accessible.

Best Publications

  • Development of Depression From Preadolescence to Young Adulthood: Emerging Gender Differences in a 10-Year Longitudinal Study

    Benjamin L. Hankin;Lyn Y. Abramson;Terrie E. Moffitt;Phil A. Silva

  • 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

  • DSM-III disorders in preadolescent children. Prevalence in a large sample from the general population.

    Jessie C. Anderson;Sheila M. Williams;Rob McGee;Phil A. Silva

  • BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATIONS AT AGE 3 YEARS PREDICT ADULT PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS: LONGITUDINAL EVIDENCE FROM A BIRTH COHORT

    A. Caspi;T. E. Moffitt;D. L. Newman;P. A. Silva

  • A longitudinal, population-based, cohort study of childhood asthma followed to adulthood

    Malcolm R. Sears;Justina M. Greene;Andrew R. Willan;Elizabeth M. Wiecek

  • Childhood-onset versus adolescent-onset antisocial conduct problems in males: Natural history from ages 3 to 18 years

    Terrie E. Moffitt;Avshalom Caspi;Nigel Dickson;Phil Silva

  • Temperamental Origins of Child and Adolescent Behavior Problems: From Age Three to Age Fifteen

    Avshalom Caspi;Brian Henry;Rob O. McGee;Terrie E. Moffitt

  • Mental disorders and violence in a total birth cohort: results from the Dunedin Study.

    Louise Arseneault;Terrie E. Moffitt;Avshalom Caspi;Pamela J. Taylor

  • DSM-III Disorders in a Large Sample of Adolescents

    Rob McGEE;Michael Feehan;Sheila Williams;Fiona Partridge

  • Psychiatric disorder in a birth cohort of young adults: prevalence, comorbidity, clinical significance, and new case incidence from ages 11 to 21.

    Denise L. Newman;Terrie E. Moffitt;Avshalom Caspi;Lynn Magdol

  • Temperamental Qualities at Age Three Predict Personality Traits in Young Adulthood: Longitudinal Evidence from a Birth Cohort

    Avshalom Caspi;Phil A. Silva

  • Early failure in the labor market : Childhood and adolescent predictors of unemployment in the transition to adulthood

    Avshalom Caspi;Bradley R. Entner Wright;Terrie E. Moffitt;Phil A. Silva

  • On the remembrance of things past': a longitudinal evaluation of the retrospective method

    Bill Henry;Terrie E. Moffitt;Avshalom Caspi;John Langley

  • Unraveling Girls' Delinquency: Biological, Dispositional, and Contextual Contributions to Adolescent Misbehavior

    Avshalom Caspi;Donald Lynam;Terrie E. Moffitt;Phil A. Silva

  • The structure and stability of common mental disorders (DSM-III-R): A longitudinal-epidemiological study

    Robert F. Krueger;Avshalom Caspi;Terrie E. Moffitt;Phil A. Silva

  • Low socioeconomic status and mental disorders : A longitudinal study of selection and causation during young adulthood

    Richard A. Miech;Avshalom Caspi;Terrie E. Moffitt;Bradley R. Entner Wright

  • THE LIFE HISTORY CALENDAR: A RESEARCH AND CLINICAL ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR COLLECTING RETROSPECTIVE EVENT‐HISTORY DATA

    Avshalom Caspi;Terrie E. Moffitt;Arland Thornton;Deborah Freedman

  • ARE SOME PEOPLE CRIME‐PRONE? REPLICATIONS OF THE PERSONALITY‐CRIME RELATIONSHIP ACROSS COUNTRIES, GENDERS, RACES, AND METHODS*

    Avshalom Caspi;Terrie E. Moffitt;Phil A. Silva;Magda Stouthamer‐Loeber

  • The relative risks of sensitivity to grass pollen, house dust mite and cat dander in the development of childhood asthma

    M. R. Sears;G. P. Herbison;M. D. Holdaway;C. J. Hewitt

  • Development of depression from preadolescence to young adulthood: Emerging gender differences in a 10-year longitudinal study.

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  • Personality traits are differentially linked to mental disorders : A multitrait-multidiagnosis study of an adolescent birth cohort

    Robert F. Krueger;Avshalom Caspi;Terrie E. Moffitt;Phil A. Silva

  • HOW EARLY CAN WE TELL?: PREDICTORS OF CHILDHOOD CONDUCT DISORDER AND ADOLESCENT DELINQUENCY *

    Jennifer L. White;Terrie E. Moffitt;Felton Earls;Lee Robins

  • Personality differences predict health-risk behaviors in young adulthood: evidence from a longitudinal study.

    Avshalom Caspi;Dorothy Jean Begg;Nigel Dickson;HonaLee Harrington

  • Childhood Experience and the Onset of Menarche: A Test of a Sociobiological Model

    Terrie E. Moffitt;Avshalom Caspi;Jay Belsky;Phil A. Silva

Frequent Co-Authors

Terrie E. Moffitt
Terrie E. Moffitt Duke University
Sheila M. Williams
Sheila M. Williams University of Otago
Rob McGee
Rob McGee University of Otago
Avshalom Caspi
Avshalom Caspi Duke University
Michael Rutter
Michael Rutter King's College London
David L. Share
David L. Share University of Haifa
Malcolm R. Sears
Malcolm R. Sears McMaster University
Richie Poulton
Richie Poulton University of Otago
Robert F. Krueger
Robert F. Krueger University of Minnesota
Tian P. S. Oei
Tian P. S. Oei University of Queensland

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