Mitja D. Back

14.0k citations

182 papers · 7.7k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 46

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Clinical Psychology top 0.2%
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology top 0.2%
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Mental Health Research Topics

Papers in ⓘ

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 74
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior 36
- Mental Health Research Topics 29
Clinical Psychology 107
- Personality Traits and Psychology 94
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology 33

Co-authors: Boris Egloff (29 shared papers)Stefan C. Schmukle (23 shared papers)Steffen Nestler (48 shared papers)Albrecht C. P. Küfner (23 shared papers)Jaap J. A. Denissen (15 shared papers)Michael Dufner (17 shared papers)Katharina Geukes (40 shared papers)Tanja M. Gerlach (7 shared papers)
Journals: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (25 papers)European Journal of Personality (19 papers)Journal of Research in Personality (11 papers)Collabra Psychology (8 papers)Social Psychological and Personality Science (8 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States Netherlands

In The Last Decade

Mitja D. Back

172 papers receiving 7.5k citations

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Narcissism Today: What We Know and What We Need to Learn 2021 · 161 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Current Directions in Psychological Science
2018 Social Psychological and Personality Science
2013 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
2010 Psychological Science

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1	Facebook Profiles Reflect Actual Personality, Not Self-Idealization Psychological Science ·Mitja D. Back, Juliane M. Stopfer, Simine Vazire, Sam Gaddis, Stefan C. Schmukle, Boris Egloff, Samuel D. Gosling Hit paper breakdown →	2010	778
2	Narcissistic admiration and rivalry: Disentangling the bright and dark sides of narcissism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Mitja D. Back, Albrecht C. P. Küfner, Michael Dufner, Tanja M. Gerlach, John F. Rauthmann, Jaap J. A. Denissen Hit paper breakdown →	2013	777
3	Why are narcissists so charming at first sight? Decoding the narcissism–popularity link at zero acquaintance. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Mitja D. Back, Stefan C. Schmukle, Boris Egloff	2010	362
4	Predicting actual behavior from the explicit and implicit self-concept of personality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Mitja D. Back, Stefan C. Schmukle, Boris Egloff	2009	250
5	Response Surface Analysis in Personality and Social Psychology: Checklist and Clarifications for the Case of Congruence Hypotheses Social Psychological and Personality Science ·Sarah Humberg, Steffen Nestler, Mitja D. Back Hit paper breakdown →	2018	219
6	Behavioral processes underlying the decline of narcissists’ popularity over time. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Marius Leckelt, Albrecht C. P. Küfner, Steffen Nestler, Mitja D. Back	2015	200
7	The “Why” and “How” of Narcissism: A Process Model of Narcissistic Status Pursuit Perspectives on Psychological Science ·Stathis Grapsas, Eddie Brummelman, Mitja D. Back, Jaap J. A. Denissen	2019	185
8	PERSOC: A Unified Framework for Understanding the Dynamic Interplay of Personality and Social Relationships European Journal of Personality ·Mitja D. Back, Anna Baumert, Jaap J. A. Denissen, Freda–Marie Hartung, Lars Penke, Stefan C. Schmukle, Felix D. Schönbrodt, Michela Schröder–Abé, Manja Vollmann, Jenny Wagner, Cornelia Wrzus	2011	169
9	Narcissism Today: What We Know and What We Need to Learn Current Directions in Psychological Science ·Joshua D. Miller, Mitja D. Back, Donald R. Lynam, Aidan G.C. Wright Hit paper breakdown →	2021	161
10	The policy relevance of personality traits. American Psychologist ·Wiebke Bleidorn, Patrick L. Hill, Mitja D. Back, Jaap J. A. Denissen, Marie Hennecke, Christopher J. Hopwood, Markus Jokela, Christian Kandler, Richard E. Lucas, Maike Luhmann, Ulrich Orth, Jenny Wagner, Cornelia Wrzus, Johannes Zimmermann, Brent W. Roberts	2019	152
11	Neuroticism and emotional risk during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Research in Personality ·Lara Kroencke, Katharina Geukes, Till Utesch, Niclas Kuper, Mitja D. Back	2020	147
12	Puffed-up but shaky selves: State self-esteem level and variability in narcissists. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Katharina Geukes, Steffen Nestler, Roos Hutteman, Michael Dufner, Albrecht C. P. Küfner, Boris Egloff, Jaap J. A. Denissen, Mitja D. Back	2016	144
13	Narcissism and romantic relationships: The differential impact of narcissistic admiration and rivalry. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Stefanie Wurst, Tanja M. Gerlach, Michael Dufner, John F. Rauthmann, Michael P. Grosz, Albrecht C. P. Küfner, Jaap J. A. Denissen, Mitja D. Back	2016	136
14	Descriptive, Predictive and Explanatory Personality Research: Different Goals, Different Approaches, but a Shared Need to Move beyond the Big Few Traits European Journal of Personality ·René Mõttus, Dustin Wood, David Condon, Mitja D. Back, Anna Baumert, Giulio Costantini, Sacha Epskamp, Samuel Greiff, Wendy Johnson, Aaron W. Lukaszewski, Aja Louise Murray, William Revelle, Aidan G.C. Wright, Tal Yarkoni, Matthias Ziegler, Johannes Zimmermann	2020	122
15	From Dating to Mating and Relating: Predictors of Initial and Long–Term Outcomes of Speed–Dating in a Community Sample European Journal of Personality ·Jens B. Asendorpf, Lars Penke, Mitja D. Back	2010	117
16	A Closer Look at First Sight: Social Relations Lens Model Analysis of Personality and Interpersonal Attraction at Zero Acquaintance European Journal of Personality ·Mitja D. Back, Stefan C. Schmukle, Boris Egloff	2010	116
17	The Social Relations Model: How to Understand Dyadic Processes Social and Personality Psychology Compass ·Mitja D. Back, David A. Kenny	2010	113
18	Trait personality and state variability: Predicting individual differences in within- and cross-context fluctuations in affect, self-evaluations, and behavior in everyday life Journal of Research in Personality ·Katharina Geukes, Steffen Nestler, Roos Hutteman, Albrecht C. P. Küfner, Mitja D. Back	2016	113
19	Wherever I may roam: Processes of self-esteem development from adolescence to emerging adulthood in the context of international student exchange. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Roos Hutteman, Steffen Nestler, Jenny Wagner, Boris Egloff, Mitja D. Back	2014	107
20	TripleR: An R package for social relations analyses based on round-robin designs Behavior Research Methods ·Felix D. Schönbrodt, Mitja D. Back, Stefan C. Schmukle	2011	98

About Mitja D. Back

Mitja D. Back is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 182 papers that have together received 7.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Personality Traits and Psychology (94 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (43 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (36 papers), Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (33 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (29 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (22 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (15 papers) and Emotional Intelligence and Performance (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Clinical Psychology (4.5k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (2.5k citations), Applied Psychology (916 citations), Social Psychology (3.0k citations) and Sociology and Political Science (2.9k citations). Mitja D. Back has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Boris Egloff, Stefan C. Schmukle, Steffen Nestler, Albrecht C. P. Küfner, Jaap J. A. Denissen, Michael Dufner, Katharina Geukes, Tanja M. Gerlach, Simine Vazire and John F. Rauthmann. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, European Journal of Personality, Journal of Research in Personality, Collabra Psychology and Social Psychological and Personality Science.

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