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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
Best Scientists D-index 172 Citations 128,149 1,340 World Ranking 566 National Ranking 382
Psychology D-index 172 Citations 127,461 1,183 World Ranking 15 National Ranking 7

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Best Scientist Award

2022 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award

2018 - Grawemeyer Award in Psychology, University of Louisville

2017 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)

2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

2003 - E. L. Thorndike Award, American Psychological Association

1999 - Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award, American Educational Research Association

1999 - James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science

1995 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

1993 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

1986 - Review of Research Award, American Educational Research Association

1985 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Psychology and Education

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Cognition
  • Social psychology

His primary scientific interests are in Social psychology, Cognition, Creativity, Cognitive science and Cognitive psychology. His study in Social psychology is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Construct validity, Style, Cognitive style and Intelligence quotient. His work deals with themes such as Developmental psychology and Analogical reasoning, which intersect with Cognition.

His research investigates the link between Creativity and topics such as Epistemology that cross with problems in Balance theory. His Cognitive science study incorporates themes from Context, Information processing, Human intelligence, Artificial intelligence and Component. Within one scientific family, Robert J. Sternberg focuses on topics pertaining to Educational psychology under Cognitive psychology, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking.

His most cited work include:

  • Handbook of creativity (2211 citations)
  • Beyond IQ: A Triarchic Theory of Human Intelligence (2023 citations)
  • Intelligence: Knowns and unknowns. (1653 citations)

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

Robert J. Sternberg mainly focuses on Cognitive psychology, Social psychology, Cognition, Creativity and Cognitive science. Robert J. Sternberg is interested in Information processing, which is a field of Cognitive psychology. The study incorporates disciplines such as Developmental psychology and Educational psychology in addition to Cognition.

His Creativity research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Mathematics education, Pedagogy and Epistemology. Many of his studies on Cognitive science involve topics that are commonly interrelated, such as Human intelligence. The concepts of his Human intelligence study are interwoven with issues in Theory of multiple intelligences and Intelligence quotient.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Cognitive psychology (17.46%)
  • Social psychology (15.63%)
  • Cognition (15.32%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Creativity (14.52%)
  • Epistemology (11.11%)
  • Mathematics education (11.67%)

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

Robert J. Sternberg mostly deals with Creativity, Epistemology, Mathematics education, Cognitive psychology and Social psychology. His research integrates issues of Test and Intelligence quotient in his study of Creativity. His research is interdisciplinary, bridging the disciplines of Standardized test and Test.

His Epistemology research includes themes of Psychological science and Field. Many of his studies involve connections with topics such as Cognition and Cognitive psychology.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The Psychology of Human Thought (129 citations)
  • ACCEL: A New Model for Identifying the Gifted (63 citations)
  • A Triangular Theory of Creativity (54 citations)

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

  • Law
  • Cognition
  • Social psychology

Creativity, Mathematics education, Epistemology, Cognitive psychology and Cognition are his primary areas of study. Creativity is a subfield of Social psychology that Robert J. Sternberg investigates. He has included themes like Test and The arts in his Mathematics education study.

His Epistemology research includes elements of Psychological science, Field and Set. His Cognitive psychology research incorporates elements of Verbal reasoning, Psychology of reasoning, Abstract reasoning, Applied psychology and Adaptation. His Cognition course of study focuses on Developmental psychology and Fluid ability, Taxonomy, Cognitive science, Test validity and Alternative assessment.

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Best Publications

Beyond IQ: A Triarchic Theory of Human Intelligence

Robert J. Sternberg.
(1984)

5726 Citations

Intelligence: Knowns and unknowns.

Ulric Neisser;A. Wade Boykin;Nathan Brody;Stephen J. Ceci.
American Psychologist (1996)

4337 Citations

A triangular theory of love.

Robert J. Sternberg.
Psychological Review (1986)

4022 Citations

The concept of creativity: Prospects and paradigms.

Robert J. Sternberg;Todd I. Lubart.
(1998)

3920 Citations

Handbook of creativity

Robert J. Sternberg.
(1998)

2959 Citations

Defying the Crowd: Cultivating Creativity in a Culture of Conformity

Robert J. Sternberg;Todd I. Lubart.
(1995)

2947 Citations

INTELLIGENCE : KNOWNS AND UNKNOWNS

U. Neisser;G. Boodoo;T. J. Bouchard;A. W. Boykin.
Annual progress in child psychiatry and child development (1997)

2302 Citations

Investing in Creativity.

Robert J. Sternberg;Todd I. Lubart.
(1996)

2267 Citations

An Investment Theory of Creativity and Its Development

Robert J. Sternberg;Todd I. Lubart.
(1991)

1890 Citations

Intelligence, information processing, and analogical reasoning : the componential analysis of human abilities

Robert J. Sternberg.
(1977)

1746 Citations

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