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68
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26598
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2436
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Wendy Johnson 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 Wendy Johnson sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 234 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wendy Johnson 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 Wendy Johnson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wendy Johnson is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in psychology, with a focus on experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, education, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. Their work spans 37 published items primarily in the field of psychology, with subfields including experimental and cognitive psychology (20 publications), clinical psychology (9), cognitive neuroscience (7), education (7), and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging (4).

Their research covers a variety of topics, particularly cognitive abilities and testing, mental health research, early childhood education and development, personality traits and psychology, functional brain connectivity studies, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and personality disorders and psychopathology. The main topics in their published works include:

  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology

Johnson's research has appeared frequently in several scholarly venues. The most common publication outlets include:

  • Behavior Genetics
  • QUBES
  • Journal of Personality
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Learning Disability Practice

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • "Descriptive, Predictive and Explanatory Personality Research: Different Goals, Different Approaches, but a Shared Need to Move beyond the Big Few Traits," 2020, European Journal of Personality
  • "The finer details? The predictability of life outcomes from Big Five domains, facets, and nuances," 2021, Journal of Personality
  • "Bottom Up Construction of a Personality Taxonomy," 2020, European Journal of Psychological Assessment
  • "Strategy mediation in working memory training in younger and older adults," 2020, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
  • "Longitudinal analyses indicate bidirectional associations between loneliness and health," 2022, Aging & Mental Health

Collaborations have been a notable feature of Johnson's work. Frequent co-authors with multiple joint publications include:

  • René Mõttus
  • Cory Kohn
  • Amy Lark
  • Jim Smith
  • Louise S. Mead

Best Publications

  • Handbook of Personality: Theory and Research

    R. F. Krueger;Wendy Johnson

  • The Neuroscience of Human Intelligence Differences

    Ian J. Deary;Lars Penke;Wendy Johnson

  • Personality Stability and Change in Early Adulthood: A Behavioral Genetic Analysis

    Matt McGue;Steven Bacon;David T. Lykken

  • The structure of human intelligence: It is verbal, perceptual, and image rotation (VPR), not fluid and crystallized

    Wendy Johnson;Thomas J. Bouchard

  • How Money Buys Happiness: Genetic and Environmental Processes Linking Finances and Life Satisfaction

    Wendy Johnson;Robert F. Krueger

  • The determinants of leadership role occupancy: Genetic and personality factors.

    Richard D. Arvey;Maria Rotundo;Wendy Johnson;Zhen Zhang

  • Just one g: consistent results from three test batteries

    Wendy Johnson;Thomas J Bouchard;Robert F Krueger;Matt McGue

  • Handbook of Aging and Cognition

    M. McGue;W. Johnson

  • Genetic foundations of human intelligence.

    Ian J. Deary;W. Johnson;L. M. Houlihan

  • Integrating Personality Structure, Personality Process, and Personality Development:

    Anna Baumert;Anna Baumert;Manfred Schmitt;Marco Perugini;Wendy Johnson

  • First results from the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search in the Soudan Underground Laboratory.

    D. S. Akerib;J. Alvaro-Dean;M. S. Armel-Funkhouser;M. J. Attisha

  • Still just 1 g: Consistent results from five test batteries

    Wendy Johnson;Jan te Nijenhuis;Thomas J. Bouchard

  • The limitations of model fit in comparing the bi-factor versus higher-order models of human cognitive ability structure

    Aja L. Murray;Wendy Johnson

  • Intelligence and education: causal perceptions drive analytic processes and therefore conclusions

    Ian J Deary;Wendy Johnson

  • The Heritability of Personality is not Always 50%: Gene-Environment Interactions and Correlations between Personality and Parenting

    Robert F. Krueger;Susan South;Wendy Johnson;William Iacono

  • Genetic and environmental influences on academic achievement trajectories during adolescence.

    Wendy Johnson;Matt McGue;William G. Iacono

  • Sex differences in mental abilities: g masks the dimensions on which they lie

    Wendy Johnson;Thomas J. Bouchard

  • Sex Differences in Variability in General Intelligence: A New Look at the Old Question

    Wendy Johnson;Andrew Carothers;Ian J. Deary

  • Behavioral genetics and personality: A new look at the integration of nature and nurture

    Robert F. Krueger;Wendy Johnson

  • Beyond Heritability: Twin Studies in Behavioral Research

    Wendy Johnson;Eric Turkheimer;Irving I. Gottesman;Irving I. Gottesman;Thomas J. Bouchard

  • Group differences in the heritability of items and test scores

    Jelte M. Wicherts;Wendy Johnson

  • What Intelligence Tests Miss: The Psychology of Rational Thought

    Ian J. Deary;Wendy Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Matt McGue
Matt McGue University of Minnesota
Ian J. Deary
Ian J. Deary University of Edinburgh
Thomas J. Bouchard
Thomas J. Bouchard University of Minnesota
Robert F. Krueger
Robert F. Krueger University of Minnesota
William G. Iacono
William G. Iacono University of Minnesota
John M. Starr
John M. Starr University of Edinburgh
René Mõttus
René Mõttus University of Edinburgh
Lars Penke
Lars Penke University of Göttingen
Frank M. Spinath
Frank M. Spinath Saarland University
Sherif Karama
Sherif Karama McGill University

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