2026 Robert D. Hare: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	108	420	369	16	14	227	56703

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Psychology in Canada Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Psychology in Canada Leader Award
2016 - Bruno Klopfer Award, Society for Personality Assessment
2010 - CPA Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science, Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)

Overview

Robert D. Hare is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a strong focus on Clinical Psychology and related subfields.

The main topics of their work include:

Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Crime Patterns and Interventions
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

They have published extensively in several professional venues, with frequent contributions to:

Assessment
Psychology Public Policy and Law
Psychological Assessment
PsycTESTS Dataset
Journal of Criminal Justice

Their recent papers include:

"Reliability and validity of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised in the assessment of risk for institutional violence: A cautionary note on DeMatteo et al. (2020)." (2020), published in Psychology Public Policy and Law
"Factor Structure and Construct Validity of the Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) Scale in Chinese Adolescents" (2020), published in Assessment
"The Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD) Scale: Factor Structure and Validation of the Self-Report Version in a Forensic Sample of Belgian Youth" (2022), published in Assessment
"Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD): Factor structure and psychometric properties in a residential school facility." (2022), published in Psychological Assessment
"Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder (PSCD): Further validation of the parent-report version in a nationally representative U.S. sample of 10- to 17-year-olds." (2024), published in Psychological Assessment

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Craig S. Neumann
Randall T. Salekin
Blair D. Batky
Jorge Óscar Folino
Elizabeth León Mayer

Recognition received by the scientist encompasses:

Bruno Klopfer Award, Society for Personality Assessment (2016)
CPA Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science, Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) (2010)

Best Publications

Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us

Robert D. Hare

3868
Citations
Psychopathy as a clinical and empirical construct.

Robert D. Hare;Craig S. Neumann

1918
Citations
Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths Go to Work

Paul Babiak;Robert D. Hare

1807
Citations
Psychopathy: A Clinical Construct Whose Time Has Come

Robert D. Hare

1781
Citations
Two-factor conceptualization of psychopathy: construct validity and assessment implications

Timothy J. Harpur;Robert D. Hare;A. Ralph Hakstian

1722
Citations
A research scale for the assessment of psychopathy in criminal populations

Robert D. Hare

1710
Citations
Psychopathy and the DSM-IV Criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder

Robert D. Hare;Stephen D. Hart;Timothy J. Harpur

1403
Citations
The revised Psychopathy Checklist: Reliability and factor structure.

Robert D. Hare;Timothy J. Harpur;A. R. Hakstian;Adelle E. Forth

1370
Citations
Comparison of procedures for the assessment of psychopathy.

Robert D. Hare

1228
Citations
Psychopathy and recidivism: A review

James F. Hemphill;Robert D. Hare;Stephen Wong

1219
Citations
Limbic abnormalities in affective processing by criminal psychopaths as revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging.

Kent A Kiehl;Andra M Smith;Robert D Hare;Adrianna Mendrek

1190
Citations
Psychopathy and the predictive validity of the PCL-R: an international perspective

Robert D. Hare;Danny Clark;Martin Grann;David Thornton

1031
Citations
Psychopathy: theory and research

Robert D. Hare

983
Citations
Corporate psychopathy: Talking the walk.

Paul Babiak;Craig S. Neumann;Robert D. Hare

947
Citations
Factor structure of the Psychopathy Checklist.

Timothy J. Harpur;A. Ralph Hakstian;Robert D. Hare

888
Citations
The PCL-R Assessment of Psychopathy

Robert D. Hare

752
Citations
Psychopathic traits in a large community sample: links to violence, alcohol use, and intelligence.

Craig S. Neumann;Robert D. Hare

704
Citations
Performance of male psychopaths following conditional release from prison.

Stephen D. Hart;Philip R. Kropp;Robert D. Hare

673
Citations
Capturing the four-factor structure of psychopathy in college students via self-report.

Kevin M. Williams;Delroy L. Paulhus;Robert D. Hare

644
Citations
Assessment of psychopathy in male young offenders.

Adelle E. Forth;Stephen D. Hart;Robert D. Hare

642
Citations
The Psychopathy Checklist—Revised (PCL-R)

Stephen D. Hart;Robert D. Hare;Timothy J. Harpur

640
Citations
Psychopathy Checklist—Revised

Robert D. Hare

295
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig S. Neumann University of North Texas

Stephen D. Hart Simon Fraser University

Adelle E. Forth Carleton University

Kent A. Kiehl University of New Mexico

Raymond A. Knight Brandeis University

Stephen C. P. Wong University of Saskatchewan

Randall T. Salekin University of Alabama

Mark E. Olver University of Saskatchewan

David J. Cooke Australian Catholic University

John Ruscio College of New Jersey

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