Avshalom Caspi

150.0k total citations · 53 hit papers
535 papers, 99.0k citations indexed

About

Avshalom Caspi is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Avshalom Caspi has authored 535 papers receiving a total of 99.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 224 papers in Clinical Psychology, 117 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 69 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Avshalom Caspi's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (143 papers), Cognitive Abilities and Testing (72 papers) and Child Abuse and Trauma (59 papers). Avshalom Caspi is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (143 papers), Cognitive Abilities and Testing (72 papers) and Child Abuse and Trauma (59 papers). Avshalom Caspi collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Avshalom Caspi's co-authors include Terrie E. Moffitt, Richie Poulton, Phil A. Silva, HonaLee Harrington, Brent W. Roberts, Louise Arseneault, Alan Taylor, Barry Milne, Michael Rutter and Renate Houts and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Avshalom Caspi

527 papers receiving 93.6k citations

Hit Papers

Influence of Life Stress ... 1985 2026 1998 2012 2003 2011 2002 2005 2013 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Influence of Life Stress on Depression: Moderation by a Polymorphism in the 5-HTT Gene
    2003 5.5k citations Avshalom Caspi, Karen Sugden et al. profile →
  2. A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safety
    2011 3.2k citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Louise Arseneault et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Role of Genotype in the Cycle of Violence in Maltreated Children
    2002 2.8k citations Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt et al. profile →
  4. Personality Development: Stability and Change
    2005 1.8k citations Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →
  5. The p Factor
    2013 1.6k citations Avshalom Caspi, Renate Houts et al. Clinical Psychological Science profile →
  6. Prior Juvenile Diagnoses in Adults With Mental Disorder
    2003 1.6k citations Julia Kim‐Cohen, Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →
  7. The Power of Personality: The Comparative Validity of Personality Traits, Socioeconomic Status, and Cognitive Ability for Predicting Important Life Outcomes
    2007 1.5k citations Avshalom Caspi et al. Perspectives on Psychological Science profile →
  8. Males on the life-course-persistent and adolescence-limited antisocial pathways: Follow-upat age 26 years
    2002 1.2k citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →
  9. Childhood predictors differentiate life-course persistent and adolescence-limited antisocialpathways among males and females
    2001 1.1k citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi profile →
  10. Sex Differences in Antisocial Behaviour
    2001 1.1k citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →
  11. Persistent cannabis users show neuropsychological decline from childhood to midlife
    2012 1.0k citations Madeline H. Meier, Avshalom Caspi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  12. Genetic Sensitivity to the Environment: The Case of the Serotonin Transporter Gene and Its Implications for Studying Complex Diseases and Traits
    2010 963 citations Avshalom Caspi, Ahmad R. Hariri et al. profile →
  13. Cannabis use in adolescence and risk for adult psychosis: longitudinal prospective study
    2002 956 citations Louise Arseneault, Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →
  14. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult Risk Factors for Age-Related Disease
    2009 913 citations Andrea Danese, Terrie E. Moffitt et al. profile →
  15. Childhood maltreatment predicts adult inflammation in a life-course study
    2007 899 citations Andrea Danese, Carmine M. Pariante et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  16. Gene–environment interactions in psychiatry: joining forces with neuroscience
    2006 878 citations Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt profile →
  17. Children's Self-Reported Psychotic Symptoms and Adult Schizophreniform Disorder
    2000 876 citations Richie Poulton, Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →
  18. Moderation of the Effect of Adolescent-Onset Cannabis Use on Adult Psychosis by a Functional Polymorphism in the Catechol-O-Methyltransferase Gene: Longitudinal Evidence of a Gene X Environment Interaction
    2005 873 citations Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt et al. Biological Psychiatry profile →
  19. Behavioral Observations at Age 3 Years Predict Adult Psychiatric Disorders
    1996 868 citations Avshalom Caspi profile →
  20. Low Self-Esteem Is Related to Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, and Delinquency
    2005 799 citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi et al. Psychological Science profile →
  21. Association between children's experience of socioeconomic disadvantage and adult health: a life-course study
    2002 765 citations Richie Poulton, Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →
  22. Causes of conduct disorder and juvenile delinquency
    2003 763 citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →
  23. MAOA, maltreatment, and gene–environment interaction predicting children's mental health: new evidence and a meta-analysis
    2006 759 citations Julia Kim‐Cohen, Avshalom Caspi et al. Molecular Psychiatry profile →
  24. Low self-esteem during adolescence predicts poor health, criminal behavior, and limited economic prospects during adulthood.
    2006 742 citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Richie Poulton et al. profile →
  25. Childhood-onset versus adolescent-onset antisocial conduct problems in males: Natural history from ages 3 to 18 years
    1996 709 citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →
  26. Gene–environment interplay and psychopathology: multiple varieties but real effects
    2005 692 citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →
  27. Sex Differences in Antisocial Behaviour Conduct Disorder, Delinquency, and Violence in the Dunedin Longitudinal Study
    2009 675 citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →
  28. Female and male antisocial trajectories: From childhood origins to adult outcomes
    2008 671 citations Candice L. Odgers, Terrie E. Moffitt et al. profile →
  29. Maternal Expressed Emotion Predicts Children's Antisocial Behavior Problems: Using Monozygotic-Twin Differences to Identify Environmental Effects on Behavioral Development.
    2004 628 citations Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt et al. profile →
  30. Quantification of biological aging in young adults
    2015 626 citations Daniel W. Belsky, Avshalom Caspi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  31. How common are common mental disorders? Evidence that lifetime prevalence rates are doubled by prospective versus retrospective ascertainment
    2009 606 citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →
  32. Lest we forget: comparing retrospective and prospective assessments of adverse childhood experiences in the prediction of adult health
    2016 597 citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →
  33. Evidence for Early-Childhood, Pan-Developmental Impairment Specific to Schizophreniform Disorder
    2002 583 citations Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt et al. profile →
  34. Strategy for Investigating Interactions Between Measured Genes and Measured Environments
    2005 554 citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →
  35. All for One and One for All: Mental Disorders in One Dimension
    2018 549 citations Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt profile →
  36. Mental Disorders and Violence in a Total Birth Cohort
    2000 535 citations Louise Arseneault, Terrie E. Moffitt et al. profile →
  37. Personality Development Across the Life Course:The Argument for Change and Continuity
    2001 533 citations Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →
  38. Psychiatric disorder in a birth cohort of young adults: Prevalence, comorbidity, clinical significance, and new case incidence from ages 11 to 21.
    1996 523 citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →
  39. Temperamental Origins of Child and Adolescent Behavior Problems: From Age Three to Age Fifteen
    1995 516 citations Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt et al. Child Development profile →
  40. Using sex differences in psychopathology to study causal mechanisms: unifying issues and research strategies
    2003 512 citations Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt et al. profile →
  41. On the "remembrance of things past": A longitudinal evaluation of the retrospective method.
    1994 507 citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi et al. Psychological Assessment profile →
  42. Measuring impulsivity and examining its relationship to delinquency.
    1994 501 citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi et al. profile →
  43. Work stress precipitates depression and anxiety in young, working women and men
    2007 482 citations Avshalom Caspi, Barry Milne et al. profile →
  44. What Is the Test-Retest Reliability of Common Task-Functional MRI Measures? New Empirical Evidence and a Meta-Analysis
    2020 450 citations Maxwell L. Elliott, David Ireland et al. Psychological Science profile →
  45. Childhood Trauma and Children's Emerging Psychotic Symptoms: A Genetically Sensitive Longitudinal Cohort Study
    2010 430 citations Louise Arseneault, Helen L. Fisher et al. profile →
  46. Linking Family Hardship to Children's Lives
    1985 415 citations Avshalom Caspi et al. Child Development profile →
  47. Is Adult ADHD a Childhood-Onset Neurodevelopmental Disorder? Evidence From a Four-Decade Longitudinal Cohort Study
    2015 405 citations Terrie E. Moffitt, Renate Houts et al. profile →
  48. Static and Dynamic Cognitive Deficits in Childhood Preceding Adult Schizophrenia: A 30-Year Study
    2010 396 citations Avshalom Caspi, HonaLee Harrington et al. profile →
  49. Longitudinal Assessment of Mental Health Disorders and Comorbidities Across 4 Decades Among Participants in the Dunedin Birth Cohort Study
    2020 333 citations Avshalom Caspi, Renate Houts et al. profile →
  50. The epidemiology of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in a representative cohort of young people in England and Wales
    2019 286 citations Stephanie J. Lewis, Louise Arseneault et al. The Lancet Psychiatry profile →
  51. Measuring childhood maltreatment to predict early-adult psychopathology: Comparison of prospective informant-reports and retrospective self-reports
    2017 263 citations Louise Arseneault, Terrie E. Moffitt et al. profile →
  52. Lonely young adults in modern Britain: findings from an epidemiological cohort study
    2018 250 citations Timothy Matthews, Andrea Danese et al. profile →
  53. Population vs Individual Prediction of Poor Health From Results of Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening
    2021 137 citations Avshalom Caspi, Louise Arseneault et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Avshalom Caspi United States 174 52.6k 20.1k 17.8k 15.4k 12.5k 535 99.0k
Terrie E. Moffitt United States 179 62.2k 1.2× 21.8k 1.1× 17.9k 1.0× 20.2k 1.3× 14.5k 1.2× 613 111.3k
Charles S. Carver United States 114 34.2k 0.7× 32.5k 1.6× 21.1k 1.2× 18.5k 1.2× 6.7k 0.5× 378 98.4k
Pim Cuijpers Netherlands 145 35.6k 0.7× 18.5k 0.9× 25.3k 1.4× 10.1k 0.7× 10.1k 0.8× 1.1k 82.3k
Sheldon Cohen United States 110 29.7k 0.6× 22.7k 1.1× 10.8k 0.6× 14.3k 0.9× 6.1k 0.5× 312 94.3k
Kurt Kroenke United States 114 42.0k 0.8× 22.6k 1.1× 17.6k 1.0× 8.8k 0.6× 23.4k 1.9× 453 120.1k
Michael Rutter United Kingdom 162 58.2k 1.1× 12.3k 0.6× 8.6k 0.5× 9.8k 0.6× 18.0k 1.4× 622 105.1k
Aaron T. Beck United States 97 57.6k 1.1× 20.8k 1.0× 33.1k 1.9× 7.2k 0.5× 22.1k 1.8× 363 108.0k
Janet B. W. Williams United States 54 40.8k 0.8× 17.0k 0.8× 16.5k 0.9× 7.3k 0.5× 16.3k 1.3× 118 89.7k
Martin E. P. Seligman United States 111 31.4k 0.6× 35.3k 1.8× 15.6k 0.9× 10.4k 0.7× 3.4k 0.3× 323 80.2k
Robert L. Spitzer United States 79 59.0k 1.1× 24.5k 1.2× 23.1k 1.3× 9.7k 0.6× 27.5k 2.2× 239 129.0k

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Nordmo, Magnus, Magnus Nordmo, Morten Nordmo, et al.. (2025). Cognitive Abilities and Educational Attainment as Antecedents of Mental Disorders: A Total Population Study of Males. Psychological Science. 36(7). 499–513. 1 indexed citations
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Elliott, Maxwell L., Annchen R. Knodt, Wickliffe C. Abraham, et al.. (2025). DunedinPACNI estimates the longitudinal Pace of Aging from a single brain image to track health and disease. Nature Aging. 5(8). 1619–1636. 1 indexed citations
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Caspi, Avshalom, Gemma Shireby, Jonathan Mill, et al.. (2023). Accelerated Pace of Aging in Schizophrenia: Five Case-Control Studies. Biological Psychiatry. 95(11). 1038–1047. 18 indexed citations
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Røysamb, Espen, Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi, Eivind Ystrøm, & Ragnhild Bang Nes. (2023). Worldwide Well-Being: Simulated Twins Reveal Genetic and (Hidden) Environmental Influences. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 18(6). 1562–1574. 1 indexed citations
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Caspi, Avshalom, Renate Houts, Helen L. Fisher, Andrea Danese, & Terrie E. Moffitt. (2023). The General Factor of Psychopathology (p): Choosing Among Competing Models and Interpreting p. Clinical Psychological Science. 12(1). 53–82. 26 indexed citations
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Richmond‐Rakerd, Leah S., Stephanie D’Souza, Barry Milne, Avshalom Caspi, & Terrie E. Moffitt. (2022). Longitudinal Associations of Mental Disorders With Dementia. JAMA Psychiatry. 79(4). 333–333. 79 indexed citations
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Bourassa, Kyle J., David A. Sbarra, Avshalom Caspi, & Terrie E. Moffitt. (2020). Social Distancing as a Health Behavior: County-Level Movement in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Associated with Conventional Health Behaviors. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 54(8). 548–556. 65 indexed citations
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Lewis, Stephanie J., Louise Arseneault, Avshalom Caspi, et al.. (2019). The epidemiology of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in a representative cohort of young people in England and Wales. The Lancet Psychiatry. 6(3). 247–256. 286 indexed citations breakdown →
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d’Arbeloff, Tracy, Maxwell L. Elliott, Annchen R. Knodt, et al.. (2019). White matter hyperintensities are common in midlife and already associated with cognitive decline. Brain Communications. 1(1). fcz041–fcz041. 57 indexed citations
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Elliott, Maxwell L., Daniel W. Belsky, Annchen R. Knodt, et al.. (2019). Brain-age in midlife is associated with accelerated biological aging and cognitive decline in a longitudinal birth cohort. Molecular Psychiatry. 26(8). 3829–3838. 170 indexed citations
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Belsky, Daniel W., Benjamin W. Domingue, Robbee Wedow, et al.. (2018). Genetic analysis of social-class mobility in five longitudinal studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(31). E7275–E7284. 201 indexed citations
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Elliott, Maxwell L., Daniel W. Belsky, Kevin Anderson, et al.. (2018). A Polygenic Score for Higher Educational Attainment is Associated with Larger Brains. Cerebral Cortex. 29(8). 3496–3504. 25 indexed citations
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Cerdá, Magdalena, Terrie E. Moffitt, Madeline H. Meier, et al.. (2016). Persistent Cannabis Dependence and Alcohol Dependence Represent Risks for Midlife Economic and Social Problems. Clinical Psychological Science. 4(6). 1028–1046. 73 indexed citations
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Belsky, Daniel W., Avshalom Caspi, Renate Houts, et al.. (2015). Quantification of biological aging in young adults. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(30). E4104–10. 626 indexed citations breakdown →
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Moffitt, Terrie E., HonaLee Harrington, Avshalom Caspi, et al.. (2007). Depression and generalized anxiety disorder: cumulative and sequential comorbidity in a birth cohort followed prospectively to age 32 years.. PubMed. 64(6). 651–60. 492 indexed citations
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Lynam, Donald R., Karen J. Derefinko, Avshalom Caspi, Rolf Loeber, & Magda Stouthamer‐Loeber. (2007). The content validity of juvenile psychopathy: An empirical examination.. Psychological Assessment. 19(3). 363–367. 31 indexed citations
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Caspi, Avshalom, Benjamin Williams, Julia Kim‐Cohen, et al.. (2007). Moderation of breastfeeding effects on the IQ by genetic variation in fatty acid metabolism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(47). 18860–18865. 258 indexed citations
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Danese, Andrea, Carmine M. Pariante, Avshalom Caspi, Alan Taylor, & Richie Poulton. (2007). Childhood maltreatment predicts adult inflammation in a life-course study. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(4). 1319–1324. 899 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hughes, Claire, Sara R. Jaffee, Francesca Happé, et al.. (2005). Origins of Individual Differences in Theory of Mind: From Nature to Nurture?. Child Development. 76(2). 356–370. 165 indexed citations
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Caspi, Avshalom, et al.. (2004). Interaction between measured genes and measured environments: A research strategy. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 3–3. 1 indexed citations

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