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Virgil Zeigler-Hill

Virgil Zeigler-Hill

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
61
Citations
15978
World Ranking
3353
National Ranking
1892

Virgil Zeigler-Hill publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Virgil Zeigler-Hill sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 642 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Virgil Zeigler-Hill D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Virgil Zeigler-Hill sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Virgil Zeigler-Hill is affiliated with Oakland University in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the field of psychology. Their work spans several subfields including Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

Their research addresses a wide range of main topics such as:

  • Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Marriage and Sexual Relationships
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Emotional Intelligence and Performance
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

Virgil Zeigler-Hill's publication record is marked by contributions to several prominent venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • International Journal of Personality Psychology
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Some of their recent papers include:

  • The darker angels of our nature: Do social worldviews mediate the associations that dark personality features have with ideological attitudes? (2020), Personality and Individual Differences
  • Through the Eyes of Narcissus: Competitive Social Worldviews Mediate the Associations that Narcissism has with Ideological Attitudes (2020), Self and Identity
  • Adaptability to a sudden transition to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: Understanding the challenges for students. (2020), Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology
  • Psychological Stress and Vocal Symptoms Among University Professors in Israel: Implications of the Shift to Online Synchronous Teaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020), Journal of Voice
  • Personality, Cognition, and Adaptability to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Associations with Loneliness, Distress, and Positive and Negative Mood States (2020), International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Collaborative work has been undertaken with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Avi Besser
  • Todd K. Shackelford
  • Gavin Vance
  • Jennifer Vonk
  • Gracynn Young

Additionally, Virgil Zeigler-Hill has contributed to book publications, notably with eBooks, including a title published in 2021 titled : .

Best Publications

  • Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences

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  • The Better-Than-Average Effect.

    Mark D. Alicke;Olesya Govorun

  • Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences

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  • Discrepancies Between Implicit and Explicit Self-Esteem: Implications for Narcissism and Self-Esteem Instability

    Virgil Zeigler-Hill

  • Self-Enhancement Tendencies Among People With High Explicit Self-Esteem: The Moderating Role of Implicit Self-Esteem

    Jennifer K. Bosson;Ryan P. Brown;Virgil Zeigler-Hill;William B. Swann Jr.

  • Untangling the links between narcissism and self‐esteem: A theoretical and empirical review.

    Jennifer K. Bosson;Chad E. Lakey;W. Keith Campbell;Virgil Zeigler-Hill

  • Adaptability to a sudden transition to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: Understanding the challenges for students

    Besser, Avi, Flett, Gordon L.;Virgil Zeigler-Hill

  • Narcissism and the non-equivalence of self-esteem measures: A matter of dominance?

    Ryan P. Brown;Virgil Zeigler-Hill

  • The Connections Between Self-Esteem and Psychopathology

    Virgil Zeigler-Hill

  • Self-conscious emotions.

    June Price Tangney;Jessica L. Tracy

  • Narcissistic subtypes and contingent self-esteem: do all narcissists base their self-esteem on the same domains?

    Virgil Zeigler-Hill;C. Brendan Clark;Jessica D. Pickard

  • Understanding the connection between self-esteem and aggression: The mediating role of emotion dysregulation

    Carlo Garofalo;Christopher J. Holden;Virgil Zeigler-Hill;Patrizia Velotti

  • Psychological Stress and Vocal Symptoms Among University Professors in Israel: Implications of the Shift to Online Synchronous Teaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Avi Besser;Sari Lotem;Virgil Zeigler-Hill

  • Barriers to the success of ethnic minority students in school psychology graduate programs.

    Chelsi R. Clark;Sterett H. Mercer;Virgil Zeigler-Hill;Brad A. Dufrene

  • Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version

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  • Intuition and the correspondence between implicit and explicit self-esteem.

    Christian H. Jordan;Mervyn Whitfield;Virgil Zeigler-Hill

  • Narcissism and the pursuit of status.

    Virgil Zeigler‐Hill;Jennifer K. Vrabel;Gillian A. McCabe;Cheryl A. Cosby

  • Trouble ahead, trouble behind: Narcissism and early maladaptive schemas

    Virgil Zeigler-Hill;Bradley A. Green;Randolph C. Arnau;Teddi B. Sisemore

  • The Psychology of Spite and the Measurement of Spitefulness

    David K. Marcus;Virgil Zeigler-Hill;Sterett H. Mercer;Alyssa L. Norris

  • Organization of self-knowledge: Features, functions, and flexibility

    Carolin J. Showers;Virgil Zeigler-Hill

  • Development and initial validation of the inventory of Microaggressions Against Black Individuals.

    Sterett H. Mercer;Virgil Zeigler-Hill;Marion T. Wallace;Demarquis M. Hayes

  • The influence of pathological narcissism on emotional and motivational responses to negative events: The roles of visibility and concern about humiliation

    Avi Besser;Virgil Zeigler-Hill

  • Self-Structure and Self-Esteem Stability: The Hidden Vulnerability of Compartmentalization

    Virgil Zeigler-Hill;Carolin J. Showers

  • Narcissism and Self-Esteem Reactivity: The Role of Negative Achievement Events

    Virgil Zeigler-Hill;Erin M. Myers;C. Brendan Clark

  • Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Which Form of Narcissist Knows Self and Others Best of All?

    Jennifer Vonk;Virgil Zeigler-Hill;Patricia Mayhew;Sterett Mercer

Frequent Co-Authors

Avi Besser
Avi Besser Hadassah Academic College
Todd K. Shackelford
Todd K. Shackelford Oakland University
Jennifer Vonk
Jennifer Vonk Oakland University
David K. Marcus
David K. Marcus Washington State University
Lisa L. M. Welling
Lisa L. M. Welling Oakland University
Yuval Neria
Yuval Neria Columbia University
Peter K. Jonason
Peter K. Jonason VIZJA University
Sterett H. Mercer
Sterett H. Mercer University of British Columbia
Aaron L. Pincus
Aaron L. Pincus Pennsylvania State University
Qinglin Zhang
Qinglin Zhang Southwest University

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