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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Psychology 91 924 808 582 499 236 27950

Richard K. Olson publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Richard K. Olson between 1965 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Richard K. Olson published across 60 years, from 1965 to 2024, averaging 4 papers a year. Output peaked at 13 publications in 2006. 5 of the 241 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1965 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 13. Peak 13 publications in 2006. 1965: 1 publication 1966: 1 publication 1967: 1 publication 1968: 0 publications 1969: 0 publications 1970: 1 publication 1971: 1 publication 1972: 0 publications 1973: 0 publications 1974: 1 publication 1975: 2 publications 1976: 2 publications 1977: 1 publication 1978: 1 publication 1979: 1 publication 1980: 2 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 1 publication 1983: 3 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 3 publications 1986: 2 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 4 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 4 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 4 publications 1995: 3 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 7 publications 2002: 12 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 8 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 2 publications
1965 2024

241 publications in total across all disciplines

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Richard K. Olson: publications per year, 1965 to 2024
Year Publications
1965 1
1966 1
1967 1
1968 0
1969 0
1970 1
1971 1
1972 0
1973 0
1974 1
1975 2
1976 2
1977 1
1978 1
1979 1
1980 2
1981 1
1982 1
1983 3
1984 1
1985 3
1986 2
1987 0
1988 0
1989 4
1990 3
1991 4
1992 4
1993 1
1994 4
1995 3
1996 0
1997 3
1998 3
1999 5
2000 2
2001 7
2002 12
2003 2
2004 8
2005 11
2006 13
2007 5
2008 10
2009 7
2010 11
2011 8
2012 9
2013 13
2014 6
2015 6
2016 8
2017 8
2018 4
2019 12
2020 5
2021 6
2022 3
2023 3
2024 2
Total 241
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Richard K. Olson 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 Richard K. Olson sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 69 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 31–40 to 705+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 736. Most scientists, 736, have 101–110 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 231–240 publications, is where this scientist sits. 31–40 publications: 6 scientists 41–50 publications: 52 scientists 51–60 publications: 138 scientists 61–70 publications: 299 scientists 71–80 publications: 461 scientists 81–90 publications: 605 scientists 91–100 publications: 713 scientists 101–110 publications: 736 scientists 111–120 publications: 686 scientists 121–130 publications: 670 scientists 131–140 publications: 644 scientists 141–150 publications: 597 scientists 151–160 publications: 576 scientists 161–170 publications: 477 scientists 171–180 publications: 450 scientists 181–190 publications: 397 scientists 191–200 publications: 343 scientists 201–210 publications: 328 scientists 211–220 publications: 313 scientists 221–230 publications: 283 scientists 231–240 publications: 226 scientists 241–250 publications: 196 scientists 251–260 publications: 201 scientists 261–270 publications: 171 scientists 271–280 publications: 151 scientists 281–290 publications: 139 scientists 291–300 publications: 113 scientists 301–310 publications: 102 scientists 311–320 publications: 100 scientists 321–330 publications: 76 scientists 331–340 publications: 92 scientists 341–350 publications: 85 scientists 351–360 publications: 69 scientists 361–370 publications: 71 scientists 371–380 publications: 63 scientists 381–390 publications: 58 scientists 391–400 publications: 57 scientists 401–410 publications: 43 scientists 411–420 publications: 33 scientists 421–430 publications: 50 scientists 431–440 publications: 41 scientists 441–450 publications: 32 scientists 451–460 publications: 27 scientists 461–470 publications: 28 scientists 471–480 publications: 25 scientists 481–490 publications: 28 scientists 491–500 publications: 20 scientists 501–510 publications: 23 scientists 511–520 publications: 26 scientists 521–530 publications: 17 scientists 531–540 publications: 21 scientists 541–550 publications: 14 scientists 551–560 publications: 16 scientists 561–570 publications: 10 scientists 571–580 publications: 22 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 14 scientists 601–610 publications: 9 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 4 scientists 631–640 publications: 7 scientists 641–650 publications: 5 scientists 651–660 publications: 10 scientists 661–670 publications: 8 scientists 671–680 publications: 8 scientists 681–690 publications: 4 scientists 691–700 publications: 3 scientists 701–704 publications: 4 scientists 705+ publications: 100 scientists
31–40 publications 705+

This scientist: 236 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Psychology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
31–40 6
41–50 52
51–60 138
61–70 299
71–80 461
81–90 605
91–100 713
101–110 736
111–120 686
121–130 670
131–140 644
141–150 597
151–160 576
161–170 477
171–180 450
181–190 397
191–200 343
201–210 328
211–220 313
221–230 283
231–240 226 236
241–250 196
251–260 201
261–270 171
271–280 151
281–290 139
291–300 113
301–310 102
311–320 100
321–330 76
331–340 92
341–350 85
351–360 69
361–370 71
371–380 63
381–390 58
391–400 57
401–410 43
411–420 33
421–430 50
431–440 41
441–450 32
451–460 27
461–470 28
471–480 25
481–490 28
491–500 20
501–510 23
511–520 26
521–530 17
531–540 21
541–550 14
551–560 16
561–570 10
571–580 22
581–590 9
591–600 14
601–610 9
611–620 11
621–630 4
631–640 7
641–650 5
651–660 10
661–670 8
671–680 8
681–690 4
691–700 3
701–704 4
705+ 100
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Richard K. Olson 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 Richard K. Olson sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 144+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 702. Most scientists, 702, have 32–33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 90–91 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30–31 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Psychology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 398
32–33 702
34–35 671
36–37 659
38–39 641
40–41 671
42–43 617
44–45 558
46–47 495
48–49 487
50–51 445
52–53 390
54–55 408
56–57 345
58–59 325
60–61 321
62–63 248
64–65 290
66–67 218
68–69 219
70–71 215
72–73 183
74–75 169
76–77 132
78–79 137
80–81 120
82–83 112
84–85 86
86–87 101
88–89 83
90–91 77 91
92–93 70
94–95 78
96–97 58
98–99 53
100–101 57
102–103 48
104–105 53
106–107 46
108–109 24
110–111 35
112–113 27
114–115 32
116–117 31
118–119 22
120–121 16
122–123 24
124–125 18
126–127 11
128–129 19
130–131 10
132–133 16
134–135 10
136–137 12
138–139 8
140–141 5
142–143 12
144+ 98
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Overview

Richard K. Olson is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a focus on developmental and educational psychology, genetics, education, statistics and probability, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their main topics of study include:

  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Writing and Handwriting Education
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Language Development and Disorders

Richard K. Olson has contributed extensively to academic literature with several recent papers, including:

  • Genome-wide association study reveals new insights into the heritability and genetic correlates of developmental dyslexia (2020), published in Molecular Psychiatry
  • Genome-wide analyses of individual differences in quantitatively assessed reading- and language-related skills in up to 34,000 people (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • How Specific Are Learning Disabilities? (2021), published in Journal of Learning Disabilities
  • Discovery of 42 Genome-Wide Significant Loci Associated with Dyslexia (2021), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genome-wide association analyses of individual differences in quantitatively assessed reading- and language-related skills in up to 34,000 people (2021), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard K. Olson include:

  • Erik G. Willcutt
  • Bruce F. Pennington
  • John C. DeFries
  • Beaté St Pourcain
  • Shelley D. Smith

Their work is regularly published in several journals and venues, notably:

  • Reading and Writing
  • Journal of Learning Disabilities
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Studies of Reading
  • Molecular Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • The Nonword Reading Deficit in Developmental Dyslexia: A Review.

    John P. Rack;Margaret J. Snowling;Richard K. Olson

  • Reading Comprehension Tests Vary in the Skills They Assess: Differential Dependence on Decoding and Oral Comprehension.

    Janice M. Keenan;Rebecca S. Betjemann;Richard K. Olson

  • Neuropsychological Analyses of Comorbidity Between Reading Disability and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: In Search of the Common Deficit

    Erik G Willcutt;Bruce F Pennington;Richard K Olson;Nomita Chhabildas

  • Specific Deficits in Component Reading and Language Skills: Genetic and Environmental Influences

    Richard Olson;Barbara Wise;Frances Conners;John Rack

  • The heritability of general cognitive ability increases linearly from childhood to young adulthood

    Claire M. A. Haworth;M. J. Wright;M. Luciano;N. G. Martin

  • A comparison of the cognitive deficits in reading disability and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    Erik G. Willcutt;Bruce F. Pennington;Richard Boada;Jamie S. Ogline

  • Processing speed deficits in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and reading disability.

    Michelle A. Shanahan;Bruce F. Pennington;Benjamin E. Yerys;Ashley Scott

  • DCDC2 is associated with reading disability and modulates neuronal development in the brain

    Haiying Meng;Shelley D. Smith;Karl Hager;Matthew Held

  • Pitch as a medium: a new approach to psychophysical scaling.

    Fred Attneave;Richard K. Olson

  • Measurement of word recognition, orthographic, and phonological skills.

    Richard Olson;Helen Forsberg;Barbara Wise;John Rack

  • Individual and developmental differences in reading disability

    Richard K. Olson;Reinhold Kliegl;Brian J. Davidson;Gregory Foltz

  • Comorbidity Between Reading Disability and Math Disability Concurrent Psychopathology, Functional Impairment, and Neuropsychological Functioning

    Erik G. Willcutt;Stephen A. Petrill;Sarah Wu;Richard Boada

  • Etiology and neuropsychology of comorbidity between RD and ADHD: the case for multiple-deficit models.

    Erik G. Willcutt;Rebecca S. Betjemann;Lauren M. McGrath;Nomita A. Chhabildas

  • Predicting Word Reading and Comprehension with Executive Function and Speed Measures Across Development: A Latent Variable Analysis

    Micaela E. Christopher;Akira Miyake;Janice M. Keenan;Bruce Pennington

  • A multiple deficit model of reading disability and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: searching for shared cognitive deficits

    Lauren M. McGrath;Bruce F. Pennington;Michelle A. Shanahan;Laura E. Santerre-Lemmon

  • Eye fixation patterns among dyslexic and normal readers: Effects of word length and word frequency.

    Jukka Hyönä;Richard K. Olson

  • Quantitative-Trait Locus for Specific Language and Reading Deficits on Chromosome 6p

    Javier Gayán;Shelley D. Smith;Stacey S. Cherny;Stacey S. Cherny;Lon R. Cardon

  • Individual prediction of dyslexia by single versus multiple deficit models.

    Bruce F. Pennington;Laura Santerre-Lemmon;Jennifer Rosenberg;Beatriz MacDonald

  • Independent genome-wide scans identify a chromosome 18 quantitative-trait locus influencing dyslexia.

    Simon E. Fisher;Clyde Francks;Angela J. Marlow;I. Laurence MacPhie

  • Training phonological awareness with and without explicit attention to articulation.

    Barbara W. Wise;Jerry Ring;Richard K. Olson

  • Classification of learning disabilities: An evidence-based evaluation.

    Jack M. Fletcher;G. Reid Lyonm;Marcia Barnes;Karla K. Stuebing

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. DeFries
John C. DeFries University of Colorado Boulder
Bruce F. Pennington
Bruce F. Pennington University of Denver
Erik G. Willcutt
Erik G. Willcutt University of Colorado Boulder
Brian Byrne
Brian Byrne University of New England
Stefan Samuelsson
Stefan Samuelsson Linköping University
Sally J. Wadsworth
Sally J. Wadsworth University of Colorado Boulder
Janice M. Keenan
Janice M. Keenan University of Denver
Robin P. Corley
Robin P. Corley University of Colorado Boulder
Simon E. Fisher
Simon E. Fisher Max Planck Society
Anthony P. Monaco
Anthony P. Monaco Tufts University

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