Denny Borsboom

59.9k total citations · 28 hit papers
213 papers, 30.9k citations indexed

About

Denny Borsboom is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Denny Borsboom has authored 213 papers receiving a total of 30.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 148 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 88 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 29 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Denny Borsboom's work include Mental Health Research Topics (137 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (77 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (29 papers). Denny Borsboom is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Research Topics (137 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (77 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (29 papers). Denny Borsboom collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Denny Borsboom's co-authors include Angélique O. J. Cramer, Lourens Waldorp, Sacha Epskamp, Han L. J. van der Maas, Verena D. Schmittmann, Gideon J. Mellenbergh, Jaap van Heerden, Claudia D. van Borkulo, Robert A. Schoevers and Lynn Boschloo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Denny Borsboom

207 papers receiving 30.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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. qgraph: Network Visualizations of Relationships in Psychometric Data
    2012 3.0k citations Sacha Epskamp, Angélique O. J. Cramer et al. profile →
  2. Network Analysis: An Integrative Approach to the Structure of Psychopathology
    2013 2.6k citations Denny Borsboom, Angélique O. J. Cramer profile →
  3. A network theory of mental disorders
    2017 1.9k citations Denny Borsboom profile →
  4. The Concept of Validity.
    2004 1.1k citations Denny Borsboom et al. Psychological Review profile →
  5. Comorbidity: A network perspective
    2010 1.0k citations Angélique O. J. Cramer, Lourens Waldorp et al. Behavioral and Brain Sciences profile →
  6. The theoretical status of latent variables.
    2003 972 citations Denny Borsboom et al. Psychological Review profile →
  7. Mental disorders as networks of problems: a review of recent insights
    2016 682 citations Eiko I. Fried, Claudia D. van Borkulo et al. profile →
  8. The Gaussian Graphical Model in Cross-Sectional and Time-Series Data
    2018 651 citations Sacha Epskamp, Lourens Waldorp et al. Multivariate Behavioral Research profile →
  9. Comparing network structures on three aspects: A permutation test.
    2022 648 citations Claudia D. van Borkulo, Riet van Bork et al. Psychological Methods profile →
  10. Why psychologists must change the way they analyze their data: The case of psi: Comment on Bem (2011).
    2011 639 citations Denny Borsboom, Han L. J. van der Maas et al. profile →
  11. State of the aRt personality research: A tutorial on network analysis of personality data in R
    2014 629 citations Sacha Epskamp, Denny Borsboom et al. profile →
  12. Network analysis of multivariate data in psychological science
    2021 624 citations Denny Borsboom, Sacha Epskamp et al. profile →
  13. An Agenda for Purely Confirmatory Research
    2012 610 citations Denny Borsboom, Han L. J. van der Maas et al. profile →
  14. Association of Symptom Network Structure With the Course of Depression
    2015 581 citations Claudia D. van Borkulo, Lynn Boschloo et al. profile →
  15. What are 'good' depression symptoms? Comparing the centrality of DSM and non-DSM symptoms of depression in a network analysis
    2015 504 citations Eiko I. Fried, Sacha Epskamp et al. profile →
  16. Deconstructing the construct: A network perspective on psychological phenomena
    2011 498 citations Angélique O. J. Cramer, Lourens Waldorp et al. profile →
  17. Critical slowing down as early warning for the onset and termination of depression
    2013 492 citations Marieke Wichers, Angélique O. J. Cramer et al. profile →
  18. A new method for constructing networks from binary data
    2014 457 citations Claudia D. van Borkulo, Denny Borsboom et al. profile →
  19. The network approach to psychopathology: a review of the literature 2008–2018 and an agenda for future research
    2019 451 citations Donald J. Robinaugh, Ria H. A. Hoekstra et al. profile →
  20. A Network Approach to Psychopathology: New Insights into Clinical Longitudinal Data
    2013 435 citations Laura F. Bringmann, Marieke Wichers et al. profile →
  21. Mental Disorders as Causal Systems
    2014 419 citations Richard J. McNally, Donald J. Robinaugh et al. profile →
  22. Comparing network structures on three aspects: A permutation test
    2017 379 citations Claudia D. van Borkulo, Lynn Boschloo et al. profile →
  23. Major Depression as a Complex Dynamic System
    2016 344 citations Angélique O. J. Cramer, Claudia D. van Borkulo et al. profile →
  24. Measuring the Mind
    2005 316 citations Denny Borsboom profile →
  25. Reporting standards for psychological network analyses in cross-sectional data.
    2022 240 citations Julian Burger, Adela‐Maria Isvoranu et al. Psychological Methods profile →
  26. Theory Construction Methodology: A Practical Framework for Building Theories in Psychology
    2021 195 citations Denny Borsboom, Han L. J. van der Maas et al. profile →
  27. Psychopathological networks: Theory, methods and practice
    2021 152 citations Laura F. Bringmann, Casper J. Albers et al. Behaviour Research and Therapy profile →
  28. A Dynamical Systems View of Psychiatric Disorders—Practical Implications
    2024 38 citations Marten Scheffer, Claudi Bockting et al. profile →

Peers

Denny Borsboom
Sacha Epskamp Netherlands
Angélique O. J. Cramer Netherlands
Kenneth S. Kendler United States
Lourens Waldorp Netherlands
Martin P. Paulus United States
Michael C. Neale United States
Ruben C. Gur United States
Dorret I. Boomsma Netherlands
Ian J. Deary United Kingdom
Ian H. Gotlib United States
Sacha Epskamp Netherlands
Denny Borsboom
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Robinaugh, Donald J., Jonas M B Haslbeck, Lourens Waldorp, et al.. (2024). Advancing the network theory of mental disorders: A computational model of panic disorder.. Psychological Review. 131(6). 1482–1508. 4 indexed citations
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Sijtsma, Klaas, Jules L. Ellis, & Denny Borsboom. (2024). Recognize the Value of the Sum Score, Psychometrics’ Greatest Accomplishment. Psychometrika. 89(1). 84–117. 26 indexed citations
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Huth, Karoline, et al.. (2024). The urban desirability paradox: U.K. urban-rural differences in well-being, social satisfaction, and economic satisfaction. Science Advances. 10(29). eadn1636–eadn1636. 5 indexed citations
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Dablander, Fabian, Hans Heesterbeek, Denny Borsboom, & John M. Drake. (2022). Overlapping timescales obscure early warning signals of the second COVID-19 wave. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 289(1968). 20211809–20211809. 9 indexed citations
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Borkulo, Claudia D. van, Riet van Bork, Lynn Boschloo, et al.. (2022). Supplemental Material for Comparing Network Structures on Three Aspects: A Permutation Test. Psychological Methods.
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Burger, Julian, Adela‐Maria Isvoranu, Gabriela Lunansky, et al.. (2022). Reporting standards for psychological network analyses in cross-sectional data.. Psychological Methods. 28(4). 806–824. 240 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dalege, Jonas, et al.. (2022). How compliance with behavioural measures during the initial phase of a pandemic develops over time: A longitudinal COVID ‐19 study. British Journal of Social Psychology. 62(1). 302–321. 10 indexed citations
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Borkulo, Claudia D. van, Riet van Bork, Lynn Boschloo, et al.. (2022). Comparing network structures on three aspects: A permutation test.. Psychological Methods. 28(6). 1273–1285. 648 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bringmann, Laura F., Casper J. Albers, Claudi Bockting, et al.. (2021). Psychopathological networks: Theory, methods and practice. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 149. 104011–104011. 152 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bathelt, Joe, Hilde M. Geurts, & Denny Borsboom. (2021). More than the sum of its parts: Merging network psychometrics and network neuroscience with application in autism. Network Neuroscience. 6(2). 445–466. 12 indexed citations
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Borsboom, Denny, et al.. (2021). The Theoretical and Statistical Ising Model: A Practical Guide in R. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). 593–617. 15 indexed citations
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Geiger, Sandra J., Fabian Dablander, Frenk van Harreveld, et al.. (2021). Smart Distance Lab’s art fair, experimental data on social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific Data. 8(1). 179–179. 9 indexed citations
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Kalis, Annemarie & Denny Borsboom. (2020). Folk psychology as a causal language. Theory & Psychology. 30(5). 723–728. 4 indexed citations
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Bringmann, Laura F., Emilio Ferrer, Ellen L. Hamaker, Denny Borsboom, & Francis Tuerlinckx. (2018). Modeling Nonstationary Emotion Dynamics in Dyads using a Time-Varying Vector-Autoregressive Model. Multivariate Behavioral Research. 53(3). 293–314. 92 indexed citations
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Borsboom, Denny, Angélique O. J. Cramer, & Annemarie Kalis. (2018). Brain disorders? Not really: Why network structures block reductionism in psychopathology research. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 42. e2–e2. 269 indexed citations
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Borsboom, Denny, Eiko I. Fried, Sacha Epskamp, et al.. (2017). False alarm? A comprehensive reanalysis of “Evidence that psychopathology symptom networks have limited replicability” by Forbes, Wright, Markon, and Krueger (2017).. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 126(7). 989–999. 171 indexed citations
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Epskamp, Sacha, Lourens Waldorp, René Mõttus, & Denny Borsboom. (2016). Discovering Psychological Dynamics in Time-Series Data. arXiv (Cornell University). 5 indexed citations
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Franić, Sanja, et al.. (2013). Can genetics help psychometrics? Improving dimensionality assessment through genetic factor modeling.. Psychological Methods. 18(3). 406–433. 32 indexed citations
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Borsboom, Denny, Sophie van der Sluis, Arjen Noordhof, et al.. (2012). What kind of causal modelling approach does personality research need. European Journal of Personality. 26(4). 392–393. 2 indexed citations
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Borsboom, Denny, et al.. (2010). Metaphors In Psychological Conceptualization and Explanation. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 121–144. 5 indexed citations

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