Richard Centers

1.6k total citations
34 papers, 649 citations indexed

About

Richard Centers is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Centers has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 649 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Social Psychology and 4 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Richard Centers's work include Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (4 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 papers) and Marriage and Sexual Relationships (2 papers). Richard Centers is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (4 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 papers) and Marriage and Sexual Relationships (2 papers). Richard Centers collaborates with scholars based in United States and Brazil. Richard Centers's co-authors include Daphne E. Bugental, Aroldo Rodrígues, Bertram H. Raven, Richard R. Lau, David O. Sears, Roger W. Libby, Michael F. Hoyt, Diana E. H. Russell and Shawn A. Johnston and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and Journal of Applied Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Richard Centers

32 papers receiving 516 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Richard Centers United States 13 251 169 118 104 61 34 649
Kimball Young United States 7 209 0.8× 130 0.8× 51 0.4× 44 0.4× 74 1.2× 26 525
Dwight G. Dean United States 9 287 1.1× 244 1.4× 42 0.4× 63 0.6× 146 2.4× 30 771
Rose K. Goldsen United States 9 241 1.0× 183 1.1× 74 0.6× 64 0.6× 70 1.1× 20 809
Terry Honess United Kingdom 10 270 1.1× 255 1.5× 71 0.6× 62 0.6× 114 1.9× 21 634
John H. Rohrer United States 9 195 0.8× 132 0.8× 57 0.5× 48 0.5× 62 1.0× 19 536
Uri Leviatan Israel 9 153 0.6× 188 1.1× 72 0.6× 268 2.6× 40 0.7× 16 534
W. J. H. Sprott United Kingdom 5 271 1.1× 124 0.7× 54 0.5× 58 0.6× 62 1.0× 14 617
Raymond H. Potvin United States 15 398 1.6× 117 0.7× 85 0.7× 21 0.2× 70 1.1× 36 792
Jeanne E. Gullahorn United States 10 243 1.0× 179 1.1× 58 0.5× 96 0.9× 47 0.8× 21 717
Gregory J. Shepherd United States 11 247 1.0× 218 1.3× 52 0.4× 69 0.7× 59 1.0× 26 692

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Centers

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Centers

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Centers

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lau, Richard R., David O. Sears, & Richard Centers. (1979). The "Positivity Bias" in Evaluations of Public Figures: Evidence Against Instrument Artifacts. Public Opinion Quarterly. 43(3). 347–347. 35 indexed citations
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Centers, Richard. (1972). The Completion Hypothesis and the Compensatory Dynamic in Intersexual Attraction and Love. The Journal of Psychology. 82(1). 111–126. 3 indexed citations
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Centers, Richard, Bertram H. Raven, & Aroldo Rodrígues. (1971). Conjugal Power Structure: A Re-Examination. American Sociological Review. 36(2). 264–264. 96 indexed citations
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Centers, Richard, et al.. (1970). A field experiment in interpersonal persuasion using authoritative influence. Journal of Personality. 38(3). 392–403. 16 indexed citations
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Centers, Richard. (1969). The Anal Character and Social Severity in Attitudes. Journal of Projective Techniques and Personality Assessment. 33(6). 501–506. 2 indexed citations
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Centers, Richard & Daphne E. Bugental. (1966). Intrinsic and extrinsic job motivations among different segments of the working population.. Journal of Applied Psychology. 50(3). 193–197. 225 indexed citations
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Centers, Richard, et al.. (1963). Social Character Types and Beliefs about Childrearing. Child Development. 34(1). 69–69. 4 indexed citations
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Centers, Richard, et al.. (1963). Peer Group Attitudes toward the Amputee Child. The Journal of Social Psychology. 61(1). 127–132. 50 indexed citations
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Centers, Richard, et al.. (1963). SOCIAL CHARACTER TYPES AND BELIEFS ABOUT CHILDREARING. Child Development. 34(1). 69–78.
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Centers, Richard, et al.. (1963). Social Character and Conformity: A Differential in Susceptibility to Social Influence. The Journal of Social Psychology. 60(2). 343–349. 17 indexed citations
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Centers, Richard, et al.. (1963). Body cathexes of parents of normal and malformed children for progeny and self.. Journal of Consulting Psychology. 27(4). 319–323. 1 indexed citations
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Centers, Richard. (1963). A laboratory adaptation of the conversational procedure for the conditioning of verbal operants.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 67(4). 334–339. 9 indexed citations
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Centers, Richard, et al.. (1963). A Comparison of the Body Images of Amputee and Non-Amputee Children as Revealed in Figure Drawings. Journal of Projective Techniques and Personality Assessment. 27(2). 158–165. 14 indexed citations
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Centers, Richard. (1962). An Examination of the Riesman Social Character Typology: A Metropolitan Survey. Sociometry. 25(3). 231–231. 12 indexed citations
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Centers, Richard, et al.. (1959). Anxiety and socio-economic stratification. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 15(4). 439–442. 2 indexed citations
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Centers, Richard, et al.. (1958). Social-Psychological Factors in Public Orientation Toward an Out-Group. American Journal of Sociology. 63(4). 415–419. 6 indexed citations
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Centers, Richard, et al.. (1956). Authoritarianism and Internationalism. Public Opinion Quarterly. 20(4). 621–621. 5 indexed citations
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Centers, Richard, et al.. (1956). Authoritarianism and Internationalism. Public Opinion Quarterly. 20(4). 622–630. 6 indexed citations
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Centers, Richard, et al.. (1954). Social and Psychological Factors in Human Procreation: A Survey Approach. The Journal of Social Psychology. 40(2). 245–257. 9 indexed citations
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Centers, Richard. (1951). An Effective Classroom Demonstration of Stereotypes. The Journal of Social Psychology. 34(1). 41–46. 12 indexed citations

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