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W. John Livesley 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 W. John Livesley sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 165 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

W. John Livesley 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 W. John Livesley sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

W. John Livesley is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with particular attention to clinical psychology and philosophy as subfields.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

Livesley has published research in several academic venues, notably:

  • Personality and Mental Health
  • Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment

Selected recent publications include:

  • "Why is an evidence-based classification of personality disorder so elusive?", 2020, Personality and Mental Health
  • "BPD Compass: A different direction to the treatment of borderline personality disorder?: Comment on Sauer-Zavala et al. (2022).", 2023, Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment

Collaborative work details are not extensively listed, as frequent co-authors are not identified in the available data.

Among recognized distinctions, Livesley was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2005 under the Academy of Science category.

Best Publications

  • The borderline diagnosis I: psychopathology, comorbidity, and personality structure.

    Andrew E Skodol;John G Gunderson;John G Gunderson;Bruce Pfohl;Thomas A Widiger

  • Phenotypic and Genetic Structure of Traits Delineating Personality Disorder

    W. John Livesley;Kerry L. Jang;Philip A. Vernon

  • Genetic and Environmental Influences on Trauma Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms: A Twin Study

    Murray B. Stein;Kerry L. Jang;Steven Taylor;Philip A. Vernon

  • Heritability of Facet-Level Traits in a Cross-Cultural Twin Sample: Support for a Hierarchical Model of Personality

    KL Jang;RR McCrae;Alois Angleitner;Rainer Riemann

  • The borderline diagnosis II: biology, genetics, and clinical course

    Andrew E Skodol;Larry J Siever;W.John Livesley;John G Gunderson

  • Is the genetic structure of human personality universal? A cross-cultural twin study from North America, Europe, and Asia.

    Shinji Yamagata;Atsunobu Suzuki;Atsunobu Suzuki;Juko Ando;Yutaka Ono

  • An international two-stage genome-wide search for schizophrenia susceptibility genes.

    H.W. Moises;L. Yang;H. Kristbjarnarson;C. Wiese

  • Handbook of personality disorders : theory, research, and treatment

    W. John Livesley

  • Heritability of facet-level traits in a cross-cultural twin sample: support for a hierarchical model of personality.

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  • Deriving an empirical structure of personality pathology for DSM-5.

    Robert F. Krueger;Nicholas R. Eaton;Lee Anna Clark;David Watson

  • Severe Personality Disorders

    Bert van Luyn;Salman Akhtar;W. John Livesley

  • Heritability of Anxiety Sensitivity: A Twin Study

    M B Stein;K L Jang;W J Livesley

  • Genetic and environmental contributions to dimensions of personality disorder.

    W J Livesley;K L Jang;D N Jackson;P A Vernon

  • The time has come for dimensional personality disorder diagnosis

    Christopher J. Hopwood;Roman Kotov;Robert F. Krueger;David Watson

  • Major Theories of Personality Disorder

    John F. Clarkin;Mark F. Lenzenweger;W. J. Livesley

  • Categorical distinctions in the study of personality disorder : implications for classification

    Livesley Wj;Schroeder Ml;Jackson Dn;Jang Kl

  • The DSM-IV personality disorders.

    W. John Livesley

  • Personality disorder research agenda for the DSM-V

    Thomas A. Widiger;Erik Simonsen;Robert Krueger;W. John Livesley

  • Genetic and environmental influences on the covariance of facets defining the domains of the five-factor model of personality

    Kerry L. Jang;W.John Livesley;Alois Angleitner;Rainer Riemann

  • The borderline diagnosis III: identifying endophenotypes for genetic studies

    Larry J Siever;Svenn Torgersen;John G Gunderson;W.John Livesley

  • Dimensions of Personality Disorder and Their Relationships to the Big Five Dimensions of Personality.

    Marsha L. Schroeder;Janice A. Wormworth;W. John Livesley

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip A. Vernon
Philip A. Vernon University of Western Ontario
Kerry L. Jang
Kerry L. Jang University of British Columbia
Thomas A. Widiger
Thomas A. Widiger University of Kentucky
Steven Taylor
Steven Taylor University of British Columbia
Lee Anna Clark
Lee Anna Clark University of Notre Dame
Alois Angleitner
Alois Angleitner Bielefeld University
Murray B. Stein
Murray B. Stein University of California, San Diego
Rainer Riemann
Rainer Riemann Bielefeld University
Robert F. Krueger
Robert F. Krueger University of Minnesota
John G. Gunderson
John G. Gunderson Harvard University

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