Merrill Roff

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 942 citations indexed

About

Merrill Roff is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Education and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Merrill Roff has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 942 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Clinical Psychology, 2 papers in Education and 2 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Merrill Roff's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 papers), Health and Well-being Studies (2 papers) and Cognitive Abilities and Testing (1 paper). Merrill Roff is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 papers), Health and Well-being Studies (2 papers) and Cognitive Abilities and Testing (1 paper). Merrill Roff collaborates with scholars based in United States. Merrill Roff's co-authors include S. B. Sells, Robert D. Wirt, David F. Ricks, Lee N. Robins, George Winokur, Max Pollack, A. G. R. Thomas, John S. Strauss, Haroutun M. Babigian and R. B. Payne and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Psychology, The Journal of Psychology and Psychology in the Schools.

In The Last Decade

Merrill Roff

17 papers receiving 765 citations

Hit Papers

Social adjustment and personality development in children 1972 2026 1990 2008 1972 100 200 300
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. Social adjustment and personality development in children
    1972 374 citations Merrill Roff, S. B. Sells et al. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Merrill Roff United States 9 612 295 285 245 119 18 942
Leon J. Yarrow United States 16 605 1.0× 294 1.0× 395 1.4× 395 1.6× 55 0.5× 36 1.3k
Sherri Oden United States 11 607 1.0× 388 1.3× 427 1.5× 393 1.6× 55 0.5× 19 1.0k
Robert D. Wirt United States 13 502 0.8× 142 0.5× 131 0.5× 109 0.4× 157 1.3× 24 840
William J. Helsel United States 14 689 1.1× 187 0.6× 280 1.0× 228 0.9× 202 1.7× 20 1.0k
Wallace A. Kennedy United States 17 686 1.1× 126 0.4× 290 1.0× 271 1.1× 70 0.6× 53 1.4k
W. M. Nelson United States 16 567 0.9× 161 0.5× 212 0.7× 177 0.7× 153 1.3× 63 850
Ruth S. Eissler 5 594 1.0× 173 0.6× 69 0.2× 116 0.5× 85 0.7× 8 1.1k
William N. Thetford United States 7 449 0.7× 203 0.7× 73 0.3× 104 0.4× 132 1.1× 15 892
Norman M. Prentice United States 16 321 0.5× 256 0.9× 145 0.5× 198 0.8× 31 0.3× 34 747
Douglas G. Ullman United States 12 332 0.5× 114 0.4× 137 0.5× 113 0.5× 113 0.9× 17 645

Countries citing papers authored by Merrill Roff

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Fields of papers citing papers by Merrill Roff

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Merrill Roff

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Merrill Roff. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Merrill Roff based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Merrill Roff. Merrill Roff is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Strauss, John S., Haroutun M. Babigian, & Merrill Roff. (1977). The Origins and course of psychopathology : methods of longitudinal research. Plenum Press eBooks. 16 indexed citations
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Strauss, John S., Haroutun M. Babigian, & Merrill Roff. (1977). The Origins and Course of Psychopathology. 72 indexed citations
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Roff, Merrill, et al.. (1972). Social adjustment and personality development in children. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 374 indexed citations breakdown →
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Roff, Merrill. (1971). Problems in Search of Solutions. Contemporary Psychology. 16(3). 150–154. 2 indexed citations
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Roff, Merrill, David F. Ricks, Max Pollack, et al.. (1970). Life history research in psychopathology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 215 indexed citations
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Roff, Merrill & S. B. Sells. (1968). Juvenile delinquency in relation to peer acceptance-rejection and socio-economic status. Psychology in the Schools. 5(1). 3–18. 24 indexed citations
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Roff, Merrill & S. B. Sells. (1967). The relations between the status of chooser and chosen in a sociometric situation at the grade school level. Psychology in the Schools. 4(2). 101–111. 8 indexed citations
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Roff, Merrill, et al.. (1966). Developmental Abnormal Psychology: A Casebook.
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Sells, S. B. & Merrill Roff. (1965). Family influence as reflected in peer acceptance rejection resemblance of siblings as compared with random sets of school children. Psychology in the Schools. 2(2). 133–137. 3 indexed citations
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Roff, Merrill & S. B. Sells. (1965). Relations between Intelligence and Sociometric Status in Groups Differing in Sex and Socio-Economic Background. Psychological Reports. 16(2). 511–516. 5 indexed citations
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Sells, S. B. & Merrill Roff. (1964). Peer acceptance‐rejection and birth order. Psychology in the Schools. 1(2). 156–162. 19 indexed citations
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Sells, S. B. & Merrill Roff. (1964). Problems in the estimation of peer rejection in the early grades. Psychology in the Schools. 1(3). 256–262. 8 indexed citations
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Roff, Merrill. (1963). Childhood social interactions and young adult psychosis. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 19(2). 152–157. 39 indexed citations
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Roff, Merrill. (1961). Childhood social interactions and young adult bad conduct.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 63(2). 333–337. 125 indexed citations
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Roff, Merrill. (1960). Relation between certain preservice factors and psychoneurosis during military duty.. PubMed. 11. 152–60. 6 indexed citations
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Roff, Merrill & R. B. Payne. (1956). The Relation Between Learning Ability Scores Obtained in Different Situations. The Journal of Psychology. 41(1). 47–54. 3 indexed citations
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Roff, Merrill. (1953). A factorial study of tests in the perceptual area. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 19 indexed citations
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Roff, Merrill & David S. Brody. (1953). Appearance and Choice Status During Adolescence. The Journal of Psychology. 36(2). 347–356. 4 indexed citations

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