Paul E. Meehl

40.8k total citations · 12 hit papers
131 papers, 26.3k citations indexed

About

Paul E. Meehl is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, History and Philosophy of Science and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul E. Meehl has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 26.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Clinical Psychology, 19 papers in History and Philosophy of Science and 17 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Paul E. Meehl's work include Philosophy and History of Science (19 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (13 papers) and Mental Health and Psychiatry (12 papers). Paul E. Meehl is often cited by papers focused on Philosophy and History of Science (19 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (13 papers) and Mental Health and Psychiatry (12 papers). Paul E. Meehl collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. Paul E. Meehl's co-authors include Lee J. Cronbach, David Faust, Robyn M. Dawes, William M. Grove, Albert Rosen, Leslie J. Yonce, Niels G. Waller, Raymond F. Sletto, Robert R. Golden and David L. Wallace and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Psychological Bulletin and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

Paul E. Meehl

131 papers receiving 23.0k citations

Hit Papers

Construct validity in psychological tests. 1954 2026 1978 2002 1955 1989 1962 1954 1978 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul E. Meehl United States 56 8.8k 5.1k 4.4k 4.1k 4.0k 131 26.3k
Raymond B. Cattell United States 55 6.7k 0.8× 8.3k 1.6× 6.3k 1.4× 3.2k 0.8× 1.6k 0.4× 345 31.1k
H.J. Eysenck United Kingdom 46 15.3k 1.7× 5.8k 1.1× 12.0k 2.7× 9.1k 2.2× 2.7k 0.7× 202 41.9k
Robert C. MacCallum United States 59 8.3k 1.0× 5.3k 1.0× 8.9k 2.0× 7.2k 1.8× 2.1k 0.5× 95 39.1k
Richard L. Gorsuch United States 50 11.5k 1.3× 7.9k 1.5× 8.5k 1.9× 6.2k 1.5× 3.4k 0.8× 155 36.1k
Arnold H. Buss United States 42 11.2k 1.3× 4.8k 0.9× 9.3k 2.1× 5.9k 1.5× 1.9k 0.5× 145 23.9k
Steven P. Reise United States 57 7.8k 0.9× 5.9k 1.1× 4.6k 1.1× 2.3k 0.6× 3.2k 0.8× 138 22.4k
Michael W. Browne United States 41 9.3k 1.1× 5.4k 1.1× 9.4k 2.2× 7.4k 1.8× 1.9k 0.5× 105 39.8k
H. J. Eysenck United Kingdom 93 15.3k 1.7× 12.2k 2.4× 11.5k 2.6× 6.2k 1.5× 2.4k 0.6× 671 41.7k
Rex B. Kline Canada 26 11.0k 1.3× 5.2k 1.0× 11.6k 2.7× 10.8k 2.7× 1.7k 0.4× 71 46.0k
Patricia Cohen United States 90 21.6k 2.5× 4.3k 0.8× 7.5k 1.7× 6.1k 1.5× 4.8k 1.2× 245 37.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Meehl, Paul E. & Niels G. Waller. (2002). The Path Analysis Controversy: A new statistical approach to strong appraisal of verisimilitude.. Psychological Methods. 7(3). 283–300. 63 indexed citations
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Meehl, Paul E.. (2001). Primary and secondary hypohedonia.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 110(1). 188–193. 82 indexed citations
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Meehl, Paul E.. (1999). Clarifications about taxometric method. Applied and Preventive Psychology. 8(3). 165–174. 117 indexed citations
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Grove, William M. & Paul E. Meehl. (1996). Comparative efficiency of informal (subjective, impressionistic) and formal (mechanical, algorithmic) prediction procedures: The clinical-statistical controversy.. Psychology Public Policy and Law. 2(2). 293–323. 117 indexed citations
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Meehl, Paul E.. (1995). Bootstraps taxometrics: Solving the classification problem in psychopathology.. American Psychologist. 50(4). 266–275. 477 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meehl, Paul E. & Leslie J. Yonce. (1994). Taxometric analysis. I: Detecting taxonicity with two quantitative indicators using means above and below a sliding cut (MAMBAC procedure). Psychological Reports. 74(3). 1059–1274. 316 indexed citations
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Meehl, Paul E.. (1993). If Freud Could Define Psychoanalysis, Why Can't ABPP Do It?. 16(3). 299–326. 3 indexed citations
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Dawes, Robyn M., David Faust, & Paul E. Meehl. (1993). Statistical prediction versus clinical prediction: Improving what works.. 22 indexed citations
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Meehl, Paul E.. (1992). Cliometric metatheory : the actuarial approach to empirical, history-based philosophy of science. Psychological Reports. 71(2). 339–467. 42 indexed citations
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Faust, David & Paul E. Meehl. (1992). Using scientific methods to resolve questions in the history and philosophy of science: Some illustrations. Behavior Therapy. 23(2). 195–211. 26 indexed citations
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Meehl, Paul E., Dante Cicchetti, & William M. Grove. (1991). Matters of public interest. University of Minnesota Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Meehl, Paul E.. (1989). Schizotaxia Revisited. Archives of General Psychiatry. 46(10). 935–935. 285 indexed citations
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Meehl, Paul E.. (1983). Subjectivity in psychoanalytic inference: the nagging persistence of Wilhelm Fliess's Achensee question. University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy (University of Minnesota). 17(1). 3–82. 28 indexed citations
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Meehl, Paul E.. (1975). Hedonic capacity: some conjectures.. PubMed. 39(4). 295–307. 222 indexed citations
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Meehl, Paul E.. (1973). Why I Do Not Attend Case Conferences. Chemical Senses. 20(5). 565–71. 96 indexed citations
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Meehl, Paul E.. (1971). High school yearbooks: A reply to Schwarz.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 77(2). 143–148. 170 indexed citations
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Meehl, Paul E.. (1970). Psychology and The Criminal Law. University of Richmond law review. 5(1). 1–30. 12 indexed citations
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Meehl, Paul E.. (1959). Structured and Projective Tests: Some Common Problems in Validation. Journal of Projective Techniques. 23(3). 268–272. 3 indexed citations
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Cronbach, Lee J. & Paul E. Meehl. (1955). Construct validity in psychological tests.. Psychological Bulletin. 52(4). 281–302. 7537 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hathaway, Starke R. & Paul E. Meehl. (1951). An atlas for the clinical use of the MMPI. 142 indexed citations

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