2026 Vincent Egan: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	46	6456	6011	652	620	167	7947

Overview

Vincent Egan is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the field of Psychology. Their work focuses on several subfields including Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Neurology.

The main topics addressed in their research include Personality Traits and Psychology, Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Personality Disorders and Psychopathology, Intimate Partner and Family Violence, and Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints.

Frequent publication venues for their work are:

Personality and Individual Differences
Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
Trauma Violence & Abuse
Aggression and Violent Behavior
Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Recent papers authored by Vincent Egan include:

Prevalence of Victimisation in Autistic Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2022), published in Trauma Violence & Abuse
A systematic review and meta-analysis examining the relationship between everyday sadism and aggression: Can subclinical sadistic traits predict aggressive behaviour within the general population? (2022), published in Aggression and Violent Behavior
Neurological impact of emboli during adult cardiac surgery (2020), published in Journal of the Neurological Sciences
The Offender Personality Disorder Pathway: An exploration of the differences between offenders accessing a prison pathway service and a non-accessing population (2020), published in Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
Dark shadow of the self: How the dark triad and empathy impact parental and intimate adult attachment relationships in women (2021), published in Forensic Science International Mind and Law

Vincent Egan collaborates frequently with a group of researchers, including Grace Trundle, Jack Tomlin, Birgit Völlm, Vivek Furtado, and Katy A. Jones. These collaborations contribute to a range of interdisciplinary studies within their fields of interest.

Best Publications

Personality, well-being and health correlates of trait emotional intelligence

Elizabeth J. Austin;Donald H. Saklofske;Vincent Egan

1061
Citations
The dark triad and normal personality traits

Sharon Jakobwitz;Vincent Egan

1001
Citations
Intelligence and the differentiation hypothesis

Ian J. Deary;Vincent Egan;Gavin J. Gibson;Elizabeth J. Austin

295
Citations
Moral disengagement, the dark triad, and unethical consumer attitudes

Vincent Egan;Natalie Hughes;Emma J. Palmer

263
Citations
Personality, the Dark Triad and violence

Andrea Pailing;Julian Boon;Vincent Egan

245
Citations
The NEO-FFI: emerging British norms and an item-level analysis suggest N, A and C are more reliable than O and E

Vincent Egan;Ian Deary;Elizabeth Austin

239
Citations
The Dark Triad, happiness and subjective well-being

Vincent Egan;Stephanie Chan;Gillian W. Shorter

211
Citations
Individual differences in response scale use: Mixed Rasch modelling of responses to NEO-FFI items

Elizabeth J. Austin;Ian J. Deary;Vincent Egan

183
Citations
The dark triad and intimate partner violence

Hannah Carton;Vincent Egan

168
Citations
An investigation of the correlations between aggression, impulsiveness, social problem-solving, and alcohol use

Mary McMurran;Marie Blair;Vincent Egan

166
Citations
Is social dominance a sex-specific strategy for infidelity?

Vincent Egan;Sarah Angus

143
Citations
Criminal cognitions and personality: what does the PICTS really measure?

Vincent Egan;Mary McMurran;Cathryn Richardson;Marie Blair

130
Citations
Dirty Habits? Online Pornography Use, Personality, Obsessionality, and Compulsivity

Vincent Egan;Reena Parmar

129
Citations
Myths and legends: The reality of rape offences reported to a UK police force

Genevieve F. Waterhouse;Ali Reynolds;Vincent Egan;Vincent Egan

119
Citations
The Five Factor Model of personality and evaluation of drug consumption risk

Elaine Fehrman;Awaz K. Muhammad;Evgeny M. Mirkes;Vincent Egan

99
Citations
Size isn't everything: A study of brain volume, intelligence and auditory evoked potentials

Vincent Egan;Ann Chiswick;Celestine Santosh;K. Naidu

98
Citations
PASAT: Observed correlations with IQ

Vincent Egan

97
Citations
Sexual Offenders Against Children: The Influence of Personality and Obsessionality on Cognitive Distortions:

Vincent Egan;Beth Kavanagh;Marie Blair

94
Citations
Shoplifting, unethical consumer behaviour, and personality

Vincent Egan;David Taylor

92
Citations
Do internet-based sexual offenders reduce to normal, inadequate and deviant groups?

Olivia Henry;Rebecca Mandeville-Norden;Elizabeth Hayes;Vincent Egan

81
Citations
Empathy at the heart of darkness: empathy deficits that bind the Dark Triad and those that mediate indirect relational aggression

Nadja Heym;Jennifer Firth;Fraenze Kibowski;Alexander Sumich;Alexander Sumich

78
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary McMurran University of Nottingham

Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh

Elizabeth J. Austin University of Edinburgh

Guy M. Goodwin University of Oxford

Birgit Völlm University of Rostock

Alexander Sumich Nottingham Trent University

Aurelio José Figueredo University of Arizona

Conor Duggan University of Nottingham

Jon C. Cole University of Liverpool

Mark Shevlin University of Ulster

External Links

Personal website of Vincent Egan

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