2026 Raymond W. Novaco: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	52	5010	4648	2746	2487	144	10180

Research.com Recognitions

1993 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Raymond W. Novaco is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their primary field of research is Psychology, with a significant focus on Clinical Psychology. Additional subfields include Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Health, and Gender Studies.

The main topics of their work encompass several areas:

Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Child Abuse and Trauma
Forgiveness and Related Behaviors
Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Novaco include the following:

"Anger rumination in the context of high anger and forgiveness" (2020), Personality and Individual Differences
"Anger rumination and imagined violence as related to violent behavior before and after psychiatric hospitalization" (2022), Journal of Clinical Psychology
"Anger Rumination Vs. Revenge Planning: Divergent Associations with Aggression and Life Satisfaction" (2023), Journal of School Violence
"Organization-Based Factors Bearing on Provider Screening and Referral Practices for Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence" (2021), Journal of Interpersonal Violence
"Cognitive behavioural anger treatment for adults with intellectual disabilities: effects of therapist experience on outcome" (2023), Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Novaco include:

Isaias M. Contreras
Klaudia Kosiak
Kaitlin M. Hardin
Emily Owens
Carolyn Coles

Frequent publication venues where Novaco's work appears include:

AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
Personality and Individual Differences
Journal of Clinical Psychology
Journal of School Violence
Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Novaco received the distinction of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1993.

Best Publications

Anger control: The development and evaluation of an experimental treatment.

Raymond W. Novaco

912
Citations
Anger as a risk factor for violence among the mentally disordered.

Raymond W. Novaco

586
Citations
Objective and subjective dimensions of travel impedance as determinants of commuting stress.

Raymond W. Novaco;Daniel Stokols;Louis Milanesi

409
Citations
Anger regulation deficits in combat‐related posttraumatic stress disorder

Claude M. Chemtob;Raymond W. Novaco;Roger S. Hamada;Douglas M. Gross

370
Citations
TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TYPE A BEHAVIOR, AND STRESS

Daniel Stokols;Raymond W. Novaco;Jeannette Stokols;Joan Campbell

323
Citations
The functions and regulation of the arousal of anger.

Raymond W. Novaco

309
Citations
Anger and combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder

Raymond W. Novaco;Claude M. Chemtob

300
Citations
Cognitive-behavioral treatment for severe anger in posttraumatic stress disorder

Claude M. Chemtob;Raymond W. Novaco;Roger S. Hamada;Douglas M. Gross

275
Citations
Stress inoculation: a cognitive therapy for anger and its application to a case of depression.

Raymond W. Novaco

250
Citations
Transportation, stress, and community psychology

Raymond W. Novaco;Daniel Stokols;Joan Campbell;Jeannette Stokols

241
Citations
Individual cognitive-behavioural anger treatment for people with mild-borderline intellectual disabilities and histories of aggression: a controlled trial

John L. Taylor;Raymond W. Novaco;Bruce T. Gillmer;Alison Robertson

231
Citations
Assessment of anger and aggression in male offenders with developmental disabilities.

Raymond W. Novaco;John L. Taylor

228
Citations
UTILITY OF THE DIMENSIONS OF ANGER REACTIONS–5 (DAR‐5) SCALE AS A BRIEF ANGER MEASURE

David Forbes;Nathan Alkemade;Damon Mitchell;Jon D. Elhai

212
Citations
Psychological Distress of Children and Mothers in Domestic Violence Emergency Shelters

Kelly L. Jarvis;Erin E. Gordon;Raymond W. Novaco

194
Citations
Cognitive-behavioural treatment of anger intensity among offenders with intellectual disabilities

John L. Taylor;Raymond W. Novaco;Bruce Gillmer;Ian Thorne

194
Citations
Home environmental consequences of commute travel impedance.

Raymond W. Novaco;Wendy Kliewer;Alexander Broquet

188
Citations
A concise measure of anger in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder.

David Forbes;Graeme Hawthorne;Peter Elliott;Tony McHugh

187
Citations
Technology and Psychological Well-being: Commuting and well-being

Raymond W. Novaco;Oscar I. Gonzalez

176
Citations
Cognitive-behavioural therapy v. social activity therapy for people with psychosis and a history of violence: Randomised controlled trial

Gillian Haddock;Christine Barrowclough;Jennifer J. Shaw;Graham Dunn

175
Citations
Remediating anger and aggression with violent offenders

Raymond W. Novaco

170
Citations
Anger regulation deficits in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder

Unknown

161
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John L. Taylor Northumbria University

Irwin G. Sarason University of Washington

Wendy Kliewer Virginia Commonwealth University

David Forbes University of Melbourne

John S. Brekke University of Southern California

Christine Barrowclough University of Manchester

Gillian Haddock Manchester Academic Health Science Centre

Gregory A. Gahm Madigan Army Medical Center

Richard A. Bryant University of New South Wales

Jon D. Elhai University of Toledo

External Links

Personal website of Raymond W. Novaco

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