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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
Psychology D-index 81 Citations 21,644 205 World Ranking 823 National Ranking 39

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Cognition
  • Social psychology
  • Statistics

His primary areas of study are Developmental psychology, Personality, Big Five personality traits, Heritability and Cognition. His Developmental psychology study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Twin study, Facet, Audiology and Speed of processing. His work on Personality Assessment Inventory as part of general Personality study is frequently connected to g factor, therefore bridging the gap between diverse disciplines of science and establishing a new relationship between them.

The concepts of his Big Five personality traits study are interwoven with issues in Fluid and crystallized intelligence and Openness to experience. His Heritability study combines topics in areas such as Social psychology, Genetic correlation, Disease course, Behavioural genetics and Total plasma. His research in Cognition intersects with topics in Cognitive psychology, Information processing and Adult male.

His most cited work include:

  • Heritability of the Big Five Personality Dimensions and Their Facets: A Twin Study (677 citations)
  • The Structure of Human Abilities. (652 citations)
  • Phenotypic and Genetic Structure of Traits Delineating Personality Disorder (510 citations)

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

Philip A. Vernon focuses on Developmental psychology, Personality, Social psychology, Big Five personality traits and Dark triad. His Developmental psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Twin study, Heritability and Cognition, Intelligence quotient. His Cognition research includes elements of Cognitive psychology, Information processing, Cognitive science and Audiology.

Philip A. Vernon interconnects Test, Statistics, Psychometrics, Aptitude and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale in the investigation of issues within Intelligence quotient. His work in Personality Assessment Inventory, Agreeableness, Hierarchical structure of the Big Five, Alternative five model of personality and Extraversion and introversion are all subfields of Personality research. Philip A. Vernon mostly deals with Conscientiousness in his studies of Big Five personality traits.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Developmental psychology (52.23%)
  • Personality (33.48%)
  • Social psychology (17.86%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2020)?

  • Dark triad (13.39%)
  • Social psychology (17.86%)
  • Developmental psychology (52.23%)

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

His scientific interests lie mostly in Dark triad, Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Psychopathy and Narcissism. Personality and Psychoanalysis are the main topics of his Dark triad study. His work in the fields of Personality, such as Facet, intersects with other areas such as Independent samples.

In general Social psychology, his work in Big Five personality traits, Interpersonal style, Emotional intelligence and Orientation is often linked to Trait linking many areas of study. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Interpersonal communication and Alexithymia. His studies in Behavioural genetics integrate themes in fields like Humor styles, Twin study, Interpersonal relationship and Intelligence quotient.

Between 2013 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Overlap between the general factor of personality and emotional intelligence: A meta-analysis. (93 citations)
  • Vengeance and the Dark Triad: The role of empathy and perspective taking in trait forgivingness (82 citations)
  • What a tangled web we weave: The Dark Triad traits and deception (69 citations)

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

  • Cognition
  • Social psychology
  • Statistics

Dark triad, Social psychology, Psychopathy, Machiavellianism and Narcissism are his primary areas of study. To a larger extent, Philip A. Vernon studies Big Five personality traits with the aim of understanding Dark triad. His Big Five personality traits study introduces a deeper knowledge of Personality.

His research on Psychopathy frequently links to adjacent areas such as Developmental psychology. His studies deal with areas such as Self-monitoring and Self as well as Developmental psychology. As a part of the same scientific family, Philip A. Vernon mostly works in the field of Machiavellianism, focusing on Deception and, on occasion, Evolutionary psychology.

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Best Publications

Heritability of the Big Five Personality Dimensions and Their Facets: A Twin Study

K L Jang;W J Livesley;P A Vernon.
Journal of Personality (1996)

1053 Citations

The Structure of Human Abilities.

Philip Ewart Vernon.
(1950)

1011 Citations

Phenotypic and Genetic Structure of Traits Delineating Personality Disorder

W. John Livesley;Kerry L. Jang;Philip A. Vernon.
Archives of General Psychiatry (1998)

776 Citations

Genetic and Environmental Influences on Trauma Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: A Twin Study

Murray B. Stein;Kerry L. Jang;Steven Taylor;Philip A. Vernon.
American Journal of Psychiatry (2002)

687 Citations

Speed of Information Processing and General Intelligence.

Philip A. Vernon.
Intelligence (1983)

590 Citations

A behavioral genetic investigation of the Dark Triad and the Big 5

Philip A. Vernon;Vanessa C. Villani;Leanne C. Vickers;Julie Aitken Harris.
Personality and Individual Differences (2008)

489 Citations

Intelligence, heredity and environment

Philip Ewart Vernon.
(1979)

474 Citations

Study of values

Gordon W. Allport;Philip Ewart Vernon;Gardner Lindzey.
(1960)

473 Citations

A study of values

G. W. Allport;P. E. Vernon.
(1931)

450 Citations

Intelligence and cultural environment

Philip Ewart Vernon.
(1969)

449 Citations

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