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D-Index
40
Citations
9993
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8092
National Ranking
4337

R. Michael Furr 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 R. Michael Furr sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 106 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

R. Michael Furr 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 R. Michael Furr sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% 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

  • 1951 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

R. Michael Furr is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of psychology, with a particular focus on clinical psychology. Their research spans several subfields including cognitive neuroscience, information systems and management, experimental and cognitive psychology, and social psychology.

The scientist has published a significant number of papers addressing topics such as the psychology of moral and emotional judgment, personality traits and psychology, ethics in business and education, personality disorders and psychopathology, posttraumatic stress disorder research, and mental health research.

Frequent topics in their work include:

  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Ethics in Business and Education
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry

Some of the more recent papers involving or related to their work include:

  • Post-traumatic growth as positive personality change: Challenges, opportunities, and recommendations, 2020, Journal of Personality
  • Not all disengagement coping strategies are created equal: positive distraction, but not avoidance, can be an adaptive coping strategy for chronic life stressors, 2020, Anxiety Stress & Coping
  • Adaptive and maladaptive forms of disengagement coping in caregivers of children with chronic illnesses, 2020, Stress and Health
  • Development and validation of the Moral Character Questionnaire, 2022, Journal of Research in Personality
  • The reciprocal impacts of adversity and personality traits: A prospective longitudinal study of growth, change, and the power of personality, 2020, Journal of Personality

R. Michael Furr's collaborations include frequent coauthors such as Eranda Jayawickreme, William Fleeson, Mike Prentice, Ashley Hawkins Parham, and Jesse Reynolds.

Publication venues where their work frequently appears include:

  • Journal of Personality
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
  • Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Anxiety Stress & Coping

The scientist's work has been recognized within the academic community, including the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Psychometrics: An Introduction.

    R. Michael Furr;Verne R. Bacharach

  • Scale Construction and Psychometrics for Social and Personality Psychology

    R. Michael Furr

  • Personality and Life Satisfaction: A Facet-Level Analysis

    Ulrich Schimmack;Shigehiro Oishi;R. Michael Furr;David C. Funder

  • A New Measure of Perfectionism: The Perfectionism Inventory

    Robert W. Hill;Timothy J. Huelsman;R. Michael Furr;Jason Kibler

  • A multimodal analysis of personal negativity.

    R. Michael Furr;David C. Funder

  • A Framework for Profile Similarity: Integrating Similarity, Normativeness, and Distinctiveness

    R. Michael Furr

  • The Riverside Behavioral Q-sort: a tool for the description of social behavior

    David C. Funder;R. Michael Furr;C. Randall Colvin

  • Personality psychology as a truly behavioural science

    R. Michael Furr

  • Situational similarity and behavioral consistency: Subjective, objective, variable-centered, and person-centered approaches ☆

    R.Michael Furr;David C. Funder

  • Post-traumatic growth as positive personality change: Challenges, opportunities, and recommendations.

    Eranda Jayawickreme;Frank J. Infurna;Kinan Alajak;Laura E.R. Blackie

  • Impulsivity, attention, memory, and decision-making among adolescent marijuana users

    Donald M Dougherty;Charles Wayne Mathias;Michael A Dawes;R. Michael Furr

  • Meta-insight: do people really know how others see them?

    Erika N Carlson;Simine Vazire;R Michael Furr

  • Evaluating Theories Efficiently: The Nuts and Bolts of Contrast Analysis

    R. Michael Furr;Robert Rosenthal

  • The Correlates of Similarity Estimates Are Often Misleadingly Positive The Nature and Scope of the Problem, and Some Solutions

    Dustin Wood;R. Michael Furr

  • The Double-Entry Intraclass Correlation as an Index of Profile Similarity: Meaning, Limitations, and Alternatives

    R. Michael Furr

  • Racial and Gender Science Achievement Gaps in Secondary Education

    Verne R. Bacharach;Alfred A. Baumeister;R. Michael Furr

  • Adolescent attachment security, family functioning, and suicide attempts.

    Arielle H. Sheftall;Charles Wayne Mathias;R. Michael Furr;Donald M Dougherty

  • What’s the Harm in Asking About Suicidal Ideation?

    Charles Wayne Mathias;R. Michael Furr;Arielle H. Sheftall;Nathalie S Hill-Kapturczak

  • Persons, situations, and person–situation interactions.

    R. Michael Furr;David C. Funder

  • Character: The Prospects for a Personality-Based Perspective on Morality

    William Fleeson;R. Michael Furr;Eranda Jayawickreme;Peter Meindl

Frequent Co-Authors

William Fleeson
William Fleeson Wake Forest University
Donald M. Dougherty
Donald M. Dougherty The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Dustin Wood
Dustin Wood University of Alabama
Charles W. Mathias
Charles W. Mathias The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Eranda Jayawickreme
Eranda Jayawickreme Wake Forest University
David C. Funder
David C. Funder University of California, Riverside
David L. Streiner
David L. Streiner University of Toronto
Rob R. Meijer
Rob R. Meijer University of Groningen
Christian E. Waugh
Christian E. Waugh Wake Forest University
Simine Vazire
Simine Vazire University of Melbourne

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