2026 Robert J. Sternberg: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	184	523	484	337	306	1521	148429
Psychology	186	18	16	7	6	1387	154700

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader 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
Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Psychology and Education
Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Psychology and Education
Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Psychology and Education

Overview

Robert J. Sternberg is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their primary field of study is psychology, with a focus on experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, neuropsychology and physiological psychology, and clinical psychology.

Their recent research outputs encompass various topics within psychology and education. The main topics covered in their work include:

Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
Cognitive Abilities and Testing
Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
Emotional Intelligence and Performance
Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
Aging and Gerontology Research
Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Sternberg has published extensively in several venues, with frequent contributions to the following journals:

Roeper Review
Journal of Intelligence
Gifted Education International
Possibility Studies & Society
The Journal of Creative Behavior

Their recent papers include:

"Transformational Giftedness: Rethinking Our Paradigm for Gifted Education" (2020), published in Roeper Review
"An 8P Theoretical Framework for Understanding Creativity and Theories of Creativity" (2021), published in The Journal of Creative Behavior
"Transformational Creativity: The Link between Creativity, Wisdom, and the Solution of Global Problems" (2021), published in Philosophies
"Beyond Transformational Giftedness" (2021), published in Education Sciences
"What Is Wisdom? A Unified 6P Framework" (2021), published in Review of General Psychology

Sternberg has worked with several frequent co-authors, including:

Judith Glück
Sareh Karami
Ophélie Allyssa Desmet
Arezoo Soleimani Dashtaki
James C. Kaufman

The scientist has authored multiple books published by Cambridge University Press, such as:

Adaptive Intelligence (2021)
The Nature of Intelligence and Its Development in Childhood (2020)
The Hidden Talents Framework (2023)
Wisdom (2021)
Giftedness in Childhood (2023)

Other book publications include "The Psychology of Human Thought" (2020) published by the Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology and "Mądrość. Psychologia mądrych myśli, słów i czynów" (2023) published by University of Lodz Press.

Awards received by Sternberg over their career include:

Grawemeyer Award in Psychology, University of Louisville (2018)
William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (2017)
Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (2008)
E. L. Thorndike Award, American Psychological Association (2003)
James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (1999)
Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award, American Educational Research Association (1999)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1995)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1993)
Review of Research Award, American Educational Research Association (1986)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1985)
Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (Psychology and Education)

Best Publications

Beyond IQ: A Triarchic Theory of Human Intelligence

Robert J. Sternberg

5921
Citations
Intelligence: Knowns and unknowns.

Ulric Neisser;A. Wade Boykin;Nathan Brody;Stephen J. Ceci

4538
Citations
A triangular theory of love.

Robert J. Sternberg

4466
Citations
The concept of creativity: Prospects and paradigms.

Robert J. Sternberg;Todd I. Lubart

4237
Citations
Defying the Crowd: Cultivating Creativity in a Culture of Conformity

Robert J. Sternberg;Todd I. Lubart

3134
Citations
Handbook of creativity

Robert J. Sternberg

2960
Citations
Investing in Creativity.

Robert J. Sternberg;Todd I. Lubart

2419
Citations
INTELLIGENCE : KNOWNS AND UNKNOWNS

U. Neisser;G. Boodoo;T. J. Bouchard;A. W. Boykin

2353
Citations
An Investment Theory of Creativity and Its Development

Robert J. Sternberg;Todd I. Lubart

2094
Citations
Implicit theories of intelligence. creativity, and wisdom

Robert J. Sternberg

1819
Citations
Intelligence, information processing, and analogical reasoning : the componential analysis of human abilities

Robert J. Sternberg

1777
Citations
Advances in the psychology of human intelligence

Robert J. Sternberg

1693
Citations
Practical Intelligence in Everyday Life

Robert J. Sternberg;George B. Forsythe;Jennifer Hedlund;Joseph A. Horvath

1588
Citations
The Triarchic Mind: A New Theory of Human Intelligence

Robert J. Sternberg

1495
Citations
The Nature of Creativity

Robert J. Sternberg

1477
Citations
Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification

C. Robert Cloninger

1398
Citations
Practical intelligence in real-world pursuits: The role of tacit knowledge.

Richard K. Wagner;Robert J. Sternberg

1372
Citations
The Nature of Creativity: Contemporary Psychological Perspectives

Robert J. Sternberg

1371
Citations
What is Intelligence?: Contemporary Viewpoints on its Nature and Definition

Douglas K. Detterman;Robert J. Sternberg

1352
Citations
Wisdom, Intelligence, and Creativity Synthesized

Robert J. Sternberg

1308
Citations
Conceptions of Giftedness

Scott Barry Kaufman;Robert J. Sternberg

1254
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Elena L. Grigorenko University of Houston

Susan T. Fiske Princeton University

James C. Kaufman University of Connecticut

Li-fang Zhang University of Hong Kong

Todd Lubart Université Paris Cité

Richard K. Wagner Florida State University

Donald A.P. Bundy London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Douglas K. Detterman Case Western Reserve University

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Claremont Graduate University

Diane F. Halpern Claremont McKenna College

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