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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
Psychology D-index 64 Citations 26,388 128 World Ranking 2098 National Ranking 1255

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Statistics
  • Cognition
  • Internal medicine

Thomas J. Bouchard spends much of his time researching Developmental psychology, Personality, Heritability, Cognition and Behavioural genetics. The various areas that Thomas J. Bouchard examines in his Developmental psychology study include Test, Social psychology and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. His research integrates issues of Nature versus nurture, Genetics, Educational attainment and Minnesota Twin Family Study in his study of Personality.

Thomas J. Bouchard combines Heritability and Monozygotic twin in his research. His Cognition study deals with Cognitive psychology intersecting with Human intelligence. His Human behaviour genetics study in the realm of Behavioural genetics interacts with subjects such as Genopolitics.

His most cited work include:

  • INTELLIGENCE : KNOWNS AND UNKNOWNS (1422 citations)
  • Personality similarity in twins reared apart and together. (1308 citations)
  • Sources of human psychological differences: the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart. (1042 citations)

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

His main research concerns Developmental psychology, Heritability, Personality, Twin study and Social psychology. Thomas J. Bouchard performs integrative Developmental psychology and Monozygotic twin research in his work. His Heritability research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Nature versus nurture, Family Environment Scale, Genetic variation and Educational attainment.

His research in the fields of Big Five personality traits, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and Personality development overlaps with other disciplines such as Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire. Thomas J. Bouchard usually deals with Social psychology and limits it to topics linked to Brainstorming and Group. As a part of the same scientific study, he usually deals with the Cognition, concentrating on Cognitive psychology and frequently concerns with Human intelligence and Test.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Developmental psychology (47.79%)
  • Heritability (26.47%)
  • Personality (25.74%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2009-2021)?

  • Developmental psychology (47.79%)
  • Social psychology (16.18%)
  • Heritability (26.47%)

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

Thomas J. Bouchard focuses on Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Heritability, Personality and Statistics. His study in Developmental psychology is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Mental ability and Minnesota Twin Family Study. His studies in Minnesota Twin Family Study integrate themes in fields like Test, Child rearing, Sibling relationship, Cognition and Family relationship.

His Social psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Twin study and Genius. His Heritability study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Molecular genetics, Psychopathology, Clinical psychology and Gerontology. His work deals with themes such as Structure and Value, which intersect with Personality.

Between 2009 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The Wilson Effect: the increase in heritability of IQ with age. (57 citations)
  • 'Obedience to traditional authority:' A heritable factor underlying authoritarianism, conservatism and religiousness (44 citations)
  • Genes, evolution and intelligence. (38 citations)

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

  • Statistics
  • Cognition
  • Internal medicine

Thomas J. Bouchard mostly deals with Social psychology, Twin study, Developmental psychology, Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire and Statistics. In the field of Social psychology, his study on Obedience overlaps with subjects such as Spirituality. His Twin study study incorporates themes from Religiosity and Conservatism.

His Developmental psychology research incorporates themes from California Psychological Inventory, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Personality and Robustness. In his papers, Thomas J. Bouchard integrates diverse fields, such as Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire and Structural robustness. His work on Factor analysis, Principal component analysis and Generalizability theory as part of general Statistics research is frequently linked to Dependability, bridging the gap between disciplines.

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Best Publications

Personality similarity in twins reared apart and together.

Auke Tellegen;David T. Lykken;Thomas J. Bouchard;Kimerly J. Wilcox.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1988)

2337 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

Sources of human psychological differences: the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart.

Thomas J. Bouchard;David T. Lykken;Matthew McGue;Nancy L. Segal.
Science (1990)

2260 Citations

Genes, evolution, and personality.

Thomas J. Bouchard;John C. Loehlin.
Behavior Genetics (2001)

1595 Citations

Familial Studies of Intelligence: A Review

Thomas J. Bouchard;Matthew McGue.
Science (1981)

1408 Citations

Job Satisfaction: Environmental and Genetic Components

Richard D. Arvey;Thomas J. Bouchard;Nancy L. Segal;Lauren M. Abraham.
Journal of Applied Psychology (1989)

1300 Citations

Genetic and environmental influences on human psychological differences.

Thomas J. Bouchard;Matt McGue.
Journal of Neurobiology (2003)

1195 Citations

Genes, Environment, and Personality

Thomas J. Bouchard.
Science (1994)

911 Citations

Adjustment of twin data for the effects of age and sex

Matt McGue;Thomas J. Bouchard.
Behavior Genetics (1984)

860 Citations

Genetic Influence on Human Psychological Traits A Survey

Thomas J. Bouchard.
Current Directions in Psychological Science (2004)

676 Citations

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