John D. Mayer

50.5k total citations · 16 hit papers
185 papers, 26.5k citations indexed

About

John D. Mayer is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, John D. Mayer has authored 185 papers receiving a total of 26.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Social Psychology, 69 papers in Clinical Psychology and 63 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in John D. Mayer's work include Emotional Intelligence and Performance (61 papers), Personality Traits and Psychology (52 papers) and Cognitive Abilities and Testing (29 papers). John D. Mayer is often cited by papers focused on Emotional Intelligence and Performance (61 papers), Personality Traits and Psychology (52 papers) and Cognitive Abilities and Testing (29 papers). John D. Mayer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and India. John D. Mayer's co-authors include Peter Salovey, David R. Caruso, Marc A. Brackett, Gill Sitarenios, Sigal G. Barsade, Richard D. Roberts, Glenn Geher, Rebecca M. Warner, Casey D. Cobb and Zorana Ivčević and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, American Psychologist and Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

In The Last Decade

John D. Mayer

177 papers receiving 22.9k citations

Hit Papers

Emotional Intelligence 1988 2026 2000 2013 1990 1999 2007 2004 2003 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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. Emotional Intelligence
    1990 5.7k citations Peter Salovey, John D. Mayer profile →
  2. Emotional intelligence meets traditional standards for an intelligence
    1999 1.9k citations John D. Mayer, David R. Caruso et al. profile →
  3. Human Abilities: Emotional Intelligence
    2007 1.4k citations John D. Mayer, Richard D. Roberts et al. Annual Review of Psychology profile →
  4. TARGET ARTICLES: "Emotional Intelligence: Theory, Findings, and Implications"
    2004 1.3k citations John D. Mayer, Peter Salovey et al. Psychological Inquiry profile →
  5. Measuring emotional intelligence with the MSCEIT V2.0.
    2003 1.2k citations John D. Mayer, Peter Salovey et al. profile →
  6. The intelligence of emotional intelligence
    1993 1.2k citations John D. Mayer, Peter Salovey profile →
  7. Emotional intelligence: New ability or eclectic traits?
    2008 981 citations John D. Mayer, Peter Salovey et al. American Psychologist profile →
  8. Convergent, Discriminant, and Incremental Validity of Competing Measures of Emotional Intelligence
    2003 972 citations John D. Mayer et al. profile →
  9. The Ability Model of Emotional Intelligence: Principles and Updates
    2016 811 citations John D. Mayer, David R. Caruso et al. profile →
  10. Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) Users Manual
    2002 718 citations John D. Mayer, Peter Salovey et al. University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester) profile →
  11. The experience and meta-experience of mood.
    1988 700 citations John D. Mayer et al. profile →
  12. Emotional intelligence as a standard intelligence.
    2001 698 citations John D. Mayer, Peter Salovey et al. profile →
  13. The experience and meta-experience of mood.
    1988 669 citations John D. Mayer et al. profile →
  14. Emotional intelligence and its relation to everyday behaviour
    2003 603 citations John D. Mayer et al. Personality and Individual Differences profile →
  15. Perceiving Affective Content in Ambiguous Visual Stimuli: A Component of Emotional Intelligence
    1990 587 citations John D. Mayer, Peter Salovey et al. profile →
  16. Emotional intelligence and the construction and regulation of feelings
    1995 514 citations John D. Mayer, Peter Salovey profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John D. Mayer United States 55 18.8k 8.8k 4.9k 4.4k 3.6k 185 26.5k
Todd D. Little United States 70 11.9k 0.6× 10.5k 1.2× 4.0k 0.8× 5.7k 1.3× 2.4k 0.7× 287 28.8k
Gian Vittorio Caprara Italy 78 11.6k 0.6× 9.5k 1.1× 4.2k 0.9× 5.7k 1.3× 1.7k 0.5× 282 25.9k
Niall Bolger United States 57 14.0k 0.7× 10.0k 1.1× 7.1k 1.5× 1.9k 0.4× 3.9k 1.1× 113 32.6k
Peter Salovey United States 98 25.7k 1.4× 13.0k 1.5× 7.0k 1.4× 7.0k 1.6× 4.9k 1.4× 276 45.5k
Richard Koestner Canada 64 11.0k 0.6× 5.5k 0.6× 4.8k 1.0× 3.0k 0.7× 2.9k 0.8× 238 22.7k
Bernard Weiner United States 72 13.1k 0.7× 5.8k 0.7× 5.8k 1.2× 5.9k 1.3× 3.7k 1.0× 205 32.0k
Richard W. Robins United States 78 14.1k 0.8× 14.7k 1.7× 7.9k 1.6× 2.7k 0.6× 1.4k 0.4× 247 30.3k
Jean M. Twenge United States 89 13.0k 0.7× 11.6k 1.3× 4.8k 1.0× 4.0k 0.9× 2.4k 0.7× 177 32.2k
Alexandre J. S. Morin Canada 66 8.3k 0.4× 5.3k 0.6× 4.1k 0.8× 3.7k 0.8× 3.2k 0.9× 337 18.2k
Maarten Vansteenkiste Belgium 95 20.2k 1.1× 10.2k 1.2× 6.6k 1.3× 6.2k 1.4× 3.5k 1.0× 389 33.9k

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All Works

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Mayer, John D. & David R. Caruso. (2025). Emotional intelligence and socioemotional attributes: Distinct constructs and their uses.. Consulting psychology journal. 77(3). 219–237. 1 indexed citations
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Mayer, John D., David R. Caruso, & A. T. Panter. (2024). Lifespace Patterns of College Students High and Low in Personal Intelligence. Collabra Psychology. 10(1). 2 indexed citations
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Sylaska, Kateryna M. & John D. Mayer. (2024). Major Choices: Students’ Personal Intelligence, Considerations When Choosing a Major, and Academic Success. Journal of Intelligence. 12(11). 115–115. 2 indexed citations
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Mayer, John D., et al.. (2024). On Personality Measures and Their Data: A Classification of Measurement Approaches and Their Recommended Uses. Personality and Social Psychology Review. 28(3). 325–345. 6 indexed citations
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Mayer, John D., et al.. (2023). How many emotional intelligence abilities are there? An examination of four measures of emotional intelligence. Personality and Individual Differences. 219. 112468–112468. 14 indexed citations
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Mayer, John D., et al.. (2022). Personal Intelligence Is Evident in the Sophistication of People’s Narratives about Personality. Journal of Intelligence. 10(3). 56–56. 4 indexed citations
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Mayer, John D., et al.. (2021). Are People-Centered Intelligences Psychometrically Distinct from Thing-Centered Intelligences? A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Intelligence. 9(4). 48–48. 17 indexed citations
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Leichtman, Michelle D., et al.. (2020). ‘How would you describe Grandpa?’ Mothers’ personal intelligence predicts personality talk with their children. Social Development. 30(3). 850–866. 2 indexed citations
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Mayer, John D., A. T. Panter, & David R. Caruso. (2020). When people estimate their personal intelligence who is overconfident? Who is accurate?. Journal of Personality. 88(6). 1129–1144. 8 indexed citations
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Mayer, John D. & Michelle D. Leichtman. (2012). Saddam Hussein is “dangerous to the extreme”: The ethics of professional commentary on public figures.. Psychology of Popular Media Culture. 1(1). 3–22. 6 indexed citations
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Mayer, John D., Peter Salovey, & David R. Caruso. (2008). Emotional intelligence: New ability or eclectic traits?. American Psychologist. 63(6). 503–517. 981 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mayer, John D., Richard D. Roberts, & Sigal G. Barsade. (2007). Human Abilities: Emotional Intelligence. Annual Review of Psychology. 59(1). 507–536. 1378 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mayer, John D.. (2005). A Tale of Two Visions: Can a New View of Personality Help Integrate Psychology?. American Psychologist. 60(4). 294–307. 97 indexed citations
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Mayer, John D.. (2005). La inteligencia emocional. Una breve sinopsis. University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester). 1(1). 35–46. 1 indexed citations
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Mayer, John D., et al.. (2001). Emotional intelligence and giftedness. Roeper Review. 23(3). 131–137. 111 indexed citations
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Mayer, John D.. (2000). Understanding personality organization helps clarify mood regulation. Psychological Inquiry. 2 indexed citations
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Cobb, Casey D. & John D. Mayer. (2000). Emotional Intelligence: What the Research Says.. Educational leadership. 58(3). 14–18. 64 indexed citations
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Mayer, John D.. (1998). https://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15327965pli0902_10A systems framework for the field of personality psychology. Psychological Inquiry. 16 indexed citations
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Bower, Gordon H. & John D. Mayer. (1989). In search of mood-dependent retrieval.. Journal of social behavior and personality. 51 indexed citations

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