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D-Index
123
Citations
112996
World Ranking
220
National Ranking
140

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2002 - APA Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 2001 - James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science
  • 1988 - Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • 1973 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1962 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert Rosenthal was affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Throughout their career, their research contributions spanned multiple fields including Medicine and Psychology, with a focus on Dermatology, Social Psychology, and Nutrition and Dietetics as subfields.

Their published work covered several main topics such as Acne and Rosacea Treatments and Effects, Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research, Deception Detection and Forensic Psychology, and Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs.

  • Acne vulgaris and risk of depression and anxiety: A meta-analytic review (2020), published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
  • Parapsychology (2024), published in the Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition

Frequent coauthors throughout their research included Danielle V. Samuels, Rick C.S. Lin, Soham Chaudhari, Misaki N. Natsuaki, and Etzel Cardeña.

  • Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
  • Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition

Robert Rosenthal received several awards recognizing their scientific contributions. These included the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009, the APA Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology from the American Psychological Association in 2002, and the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science in 2001.

Additional honors were the Donald T. Campbell Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in 1988, Fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1973, and Fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1962.

Robert Rosenthal passed away, leaving behind a body of work that contributed to both theoretical and applied aspects of psychology and medicine, particularly in understanding the intersections of dermatological conditions and psychological effects, as well as exploring paranormal phenomena and deception detection.

Best Publications

  • The file drawer problem and tolerance for null results

    Robert Rosenthal

  • Meta-analytic procedures for social research

    Robert Rosenthal

  • Essentials of Behavioral Research: Methods and Data Analysis

    Robert Rosenthal;Ralph L. Rosnow

  • Selective Publication of Antidepressant Trials and Its Influence on Apparent Efficacy

    Erick H. Turner;Annette M. Matthews;Eftihia Linardatos;Robert A. Tell

  • Comparing correlated correlation coefficients

    Xiao-li Meng;Robert Rosenthal;Donald B. Rubin

  • Parametric measures of effect size.

    Robert Rosenthal

  • Pygmalion in the Classroom: Teacher Expectation and Pupils' Intellectual Development

    Robert Rosenthal;Lenore Jacobson

  • Thin slices of expressive behavior as predictors of interpersonal consequences: A meta-analysis.

    Nalini Ambady;Robert Rosenthal

  • Meta-Analysis: Recent Developments in Quantitative Methods for Literature Reviews

    R. Rosenthal;M. R. DiMatteo

  • Experimenter effects in behavioral research

    Robert Rosenthal

  • Verbal and Nonverbal Communication of Deception

    Miron Zuckerman;Bella M. DePaulo;Robert Rosenthal

  • Contrast Analysis: Focused Comparisons in the Analysis of Variance

    Robert Rosenthal;Ralph L. Rosnow

  • Contrasts and Effect Sizes in Behavioral Research: A Correlational Approach

    Robert Rosenthal;Ralph L. Rosnow;Donald B. Rubin

  • Interpersonal expectancy effects: the first 345 studies

    Robert Rosenthal;Donald B. Rubin

  • The Volunteer Subject

    Robert Rosenthal

  • A Simple, General Purpose Display of Magnitude of Experimental Effect

    Robert Rosenthal;Donald B. Rubin

  • WRITING META-ANALYTIC REVIEWS

    Robert Rosenthal

  • Sensitivity to Nonverbal Communication: The PONS Test

    Robert Rosenthal

  • Statistical Procedures and the Justification of Knowledge in Psychological Science

    Ralph L. Rosnow;Robert Rosenthal

  • The Nature of Rapport and Its Nonverbal Correlates

    Linda Tickle-Degnen;Robert Rosenthal

  • Combining results of independent studies.

    Robert Rosenthal

Frequent Co-Authors

Ralph L. Rosnow
Ralph L. Rosnow Temple University
Bella M. DePaulo
Bella M. DePaulo University of California, Santa Barbara
Miron Zuckerman
Miron Zuckerman University of Rochester
Judith A. Hall
Judith A. Hall Northeastern University
Frank J. Bernieri
Frank J. Bernieri Oregon State University
Elisha Babad
Elisha Babad Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Nalini Ambady
Nalini Ambady Stanford University
Itiel E. Dror
Itiel E. Dror University College London
Harris Cooper
Harris Cooper Duke University
R. Michael Furr
R. Michael Furr Wake Forest University

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