John C. Loehlin

17.4k total citations · 7 hit papers
162 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

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John C. Loehlin is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Genetics and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, John C. Loehlin has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 38 papers in Genetics and 36 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in John C. Loehlin's work include Cognitive Abilities and Testing (63 papers), Personality Traits and Psychology (20 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (19 papers). John C. Loehlin is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive Abilities and Testing (63 papers), Personality Traits and Psychology (20 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (19 papers). John C. Loehlin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Sweden. John C. Loehlin's co-authors include Robert Plomin, Thomas J. Bouchard, J. C. DeFries, Lee Willerman, James L. Wardrop, Joseph M. Horn, Robert J. Sternberg, Stephen J. Ceci, Ulric Neisser and Diane F. Halpern and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

John C. Loehlin

155 papers receiving 11.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Intelligence: Knowns and unknowns.

1996 1.5k citations John C. Loehlin et al. profile →
Intelligence: Knowns and unknowns.

1996 1.2k citations John C. Loehlin et al. profile →
Genotype-environment interaction and correlation in the analysis of human behavior.

1977 1.1k citations John C. Loehlin et al. profile →
Genes, Evolution, and Personality

2001 695 citations John C. Loehlin et al. Behavior Genetics profile →
Latent Variable Models: An Introduction to Factor, Path, and Structural Equation Analysis

2003 611 citations John C. Loehlin profile →
Latent Variable Models: An Introduction to Factor, Path, and Structural Analysis

1987 605 citations John C. Loehlin et al. profile →
Genes and environment in personality development

1992 581 citations John C. Loehlin profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John C. Loehlin United States	42	5.8k	3.4k	2.2k	1.7k	1.6k	162	12.1k
Thomas J. Bouchard United States	55	6.1k 1.1×	3.7k 1.1×	3.5k 1.6×	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	139	14.6k
Eric Turkheimer United States	51	3.3k 0.6×	4.7k 1.4×	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	189	10.5k
John J. McArdle United States	59	3.4k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	2.0k 0.9×	588 0.3×	1.3k 0.8×	157	12.2k
J. Philippe Rushton Canada	55	4.5k 0.8×	2.7k 0.8×	3.0k 1.4×	663 0.4×	925 0.6×	216	10.5k
Wendy Johnson United Kingdom	49	4.7k 0.8×	4.5k 1.3×	3.4k 1.5×	963 0.6×	978 0.6×	189	13.3k
Conor V. Dolan Netherlands	51	3.7k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	890 0.5×	231	10.0k
John R. Nesselroade United States	56	4.6k 0.8×	3.1k 0.9×	3.9k 1.8×	466 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	170	13.5k
Sarnoff A. Mednick United States	62	4.5k 0.8×	5.2k 1.5×	2.3k 1.1×	649 0.4×	682 0.4×	237	14.6k
Frank M. Spinath Germany	46	3.2k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	752 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	163	7.0k
David Rowe United States	58	3.3k 0.6×	3.4k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	798 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	302	11.4k

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Loehlin, John C.. (2015). What Can an Adoption Study Tell Us About the Effect of Prenatal Environment on a Trait?. Behavior Genetics. 46(3). 329–333. 10 indexed citations

Loehlin, John C. & Nicholas G. Martin. (2014). The Genetic Correlation Between Procrastination and Impulsivity. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 17(6). 512–515. 12 indexed citations

Loehlin, John C.. (2010). Is There an Active Gene-Environment Correlation in Adolescent Drinking Behavior?. Behavior Genetics. 40(4). 447–451. 11 indexed citations

Medland, Sarah E., John C. Loehlin, Gonneke Willemsen, et al.. (2008). Males Do Not Reduce the Fitness of Their Female Co-Twins in Contemporary Samples. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 11(5). 481–487. 20 indexed citations

Loehlin, John C., et al.. (2008). Antecedents of Children's Adult Outcomes in the Texas Adoption Project. Journal of Personality. 77(1). 1–22. 17 indexed citations

Loehlin, John C., et al.. (2007). Genetic and Environmental Influences on Adult Life Outcomes: Evidence from the Texas Adoption Project. Behavior Genetics. 37(3). 463–476. 16 indexed citations

Harden, K. Paige, Eric Turkheimer, & John C. Loehlin. (2006). Genotype by Environment Interaction in Adolescents’ Cognitive Aptitude. Behavior Genetics. 37(2). 273–283. 140 indexed citations

McFadden, Dennis, John C. Loehlin, S. Marc Breedlove, et al.. (2005). A Reanalysis of Five Studies on Sexual Orientation and the Relative Length of the 2nd and 4th Fingers (the 2D:4D Ratio). Archives of Sexual Behavior. 34(3). 341–356. 99 indexed citations

Loehlin, John C., Erik G. Jönsson, Petter Gustavsson, et al.. (2004). Gender Diagnosticity and Androgen Receptor Gene CAG Repeat Sequence. Twin Research. 7(5). 456–461. 3 indexed citations

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Loehlin, John C. & Dennis McFadden. (2003). Otoacoustic Emissions, Auditory Evoked Potentials, and Traits Related to Sex and Sexual Orientation. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 32(2). 115–127. 19 indexed citations

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Loehlin, John C., Erik G. Jönsson, Petter Gustavsson, Martin Schalling, & Michael C. Stallings. (2003). The Androgen Receptor Gene and Psychological Traits: Are Results Consistent in Sweden and Australia?. Twin Research. 6(3). 201–208. 6 indexed citations

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Finch, Caleb E. & John C. Loehlin. (1998). Environmental Influences that May Precede Fertilization: A First Examination of the Prezygotic Hypothesis from Maternal Age Influences on Twins. Behavior Genetics. 28(2). 101–106. 11 indexed citations

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Loehlin, John C. & Nicholas G. Martin. (1998). A Comparison of Adult Female Twins from Opposite-Sex and Same-Sex Pairs on Variables Related to Reproduction. Behavior Genetics. 28(1). 21–27. 25 indexed citations

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McFadden, Dennis & John C. Loehlin. (1995). On the heritability of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions: A twins study. Hearing Research. 85(1-2). 181–198. 46 indexed citations

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Loehlin, John C.. (1992). Using EQS for a simple analysis of the Colorado Adoption Project data on height and intelligence. Behavior Genetics. 22(2). 239–245. 6 indexed citations

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Loehlin, John C. & Harrison G. Gough. (1990). Genetic and Environmental Variation on the California Psychological Inventory Vector Scales. Journal of Personality Assessment. 54(3-4). 463–468. 11 indexed citations

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Loehlin, John C., Joseph M. Horn, & Lee Willerman. (1989). Modeling IQ Change: Evidence from the Texas Adoption Project. Child Development. 60(4). 993–993. 55 indexed citations

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Loehlin, John C., Lee Willerman, & J. Horn. (1988). Human Behavior Genetics. Annual Review of Psychology. 39(1). 101–133. 98 indexed citations

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Loehlin, John C.. (1972). Intelligence: Genetic and environmental influences.. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 24. 705–705. 200 indexed citations

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Loehlin, John C.. (1968). Computer models of personality. Andalas University Repository (Andalas University). 28 indexed citations

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