Richard W. Robins

377 total papers · 44.3k total citations
245 papers, 30.1k citations indexed

About

Richard W. Robins is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard W. Robins has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 30.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Clinical Psychology, 114 papers in Social Psychology and 75 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Richard W. Robins's work include Personality Traits and Psychology (69 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (59 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (27 papers). Richard W. Robins is often cited by papers focused on Personality Traits and Psychology (69 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (59 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (27 papers). Richard W. Robins collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Switzerland. Richard W. Robins's co-authors include Kali H. Trzesniewski, Jessica L. Tracy, Oliver P. John, Ulrich Orth, M. Brent Donnellan, Brent W. Roberts, Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt, Holly M. Hendin and Lawrence A. Pervin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Richard W. Robins

237 papers receiving 28.1k citations

Hit Papers

Measuring Global Self-Est... 1993 2026 2004 2015 2001 1999 2004 2005 1994 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Measuring Global Self-Esteem: Construct Validation of a Single-Item Measure and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale
    2001 2.3k citations Richard W. Robins, Holly M. Hendin et al. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin profile →
  2. Handbook of personality: Theory and research, 2nd ed.
    1999 1.3k citations Oliver P. John, Richard W. Robins et al. profile →
  3. TARGET ARTICLE: "Putting the Self Into Self-Conscious Emotions: A Theoretical Model"
    2004 1.0k citations Jessica L. Tracy, Richard W. Robins Psychological Inquiry profile →
  4. Low Self-Esteem Is Related to Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, and Delinquency
    2005 794 citations M. Brent Donnellan, Kali H. Trzesniewski et al. Psychological Science profile →
  5. Accuracy and bias in self-perception: Individual differences in self-enhancement and the role of narcissism.
    1994 764 citations Oliver P. John, Richard W. Robins Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  6. Low self-esteem during adolescence predicts poor health, criminal behavior, and limited economic prospects during adulthood.
    2006 738 citations Kali H. Trzesniewski, M. Brent Donnellan et al. Developmental Psychology profile →
  7. The psychological structure of pride: A tale of two facets.
    2007 688 citations Jessica L. Tracy, Richard W. Robins Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  8. Personality predictors of academic outcomes: Big five correlates of GPA and SAT scores.
    2007 685 citations Erik E. Noftle, Richard W. Robins Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  9. What Does the Narcissistic Personality Inventory Really Measure?
    2010 610 citations Robert A. Ackerman, Edward A. Witt et al. Assessment profile →
  10. Global self-esteem across the life span.
    2002 568 citations Richard W. Robins, Kali H. Trzesniewski et al. Psychology and Aging profile →
  11. Life-span development of self-esteem and its effects on important life outcomes.
    2011 558 citations Ulrich Orth, Richard W. Robins et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  12. Low self-esteem prospectively predicts depression in adolescence and young adulthood.
    2008 554 citations Ulrich Orth, Richard W. Robins et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  13. The Development of Self-Esteem
    2014 551 citations Ulrich Orth, Richard W. Robins Current Directions in Psychological Science profile →
  14. Stability of self-esteem across the life span.
    2003 531 citations Kali H. Trzesniewski, M. Brent Donnellan et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  15. Testing prospective effects in longitudinal research: Comparing seven competing cross-lagged models.
    2020 451 citations Ulrich Orth, David A. Clark et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  16. Gender differences in narcissism: A meta-analytic review.
    2014 421 citations Emily Grijalva, Daniel A. Newman et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
  17. Effect size guidelines for cross-lagged effects.
    2022 329 citations Ulrich Orth, Laurenz L. Meier et al. Psychological Methods profile →
  18. The divided self: Concurrent and longitudinal effects of psychological adjustment and social roles on self-concept differentiation.
    1993 295 citations Eileen M. Donahue, Richard W. Robins et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  19. Is high self-esteem beneficial? Revisiting a classic question.
    2022 141 citations Ulrich Orth, Richard W. Robins American Psychologist profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Richard W. Robins 14.7k 14.1k 7.9k 7.5k 3.6k 245 30.1k
Brent W. Roberts 16.5k 1.1× 10.5k 0.7× 10.1k 1.3× 5.3k 0.7× 5.3k 1.4× 229 30.8k
Lyn Y. Abramson 20.5k 1.4× 9.9k 0.7× 13.3k 1.7× 4.0k 0.5× 4.3k 1.2× 276 35.0k
Robert R. McCrae 24.5k 1.7× 16.8k 1.2× 12.3k 1.6× 9.2k 1.2× 6.4k 1.8× 201 47.1k
Arnold H. Buss 11.2k 0.8× 9.3k 0.7× 4.8k 0.6× 5.9k 0.8× 2.4k 0.7× 145 23.9k
Niall Bolger 10.0k 0.7× 14.0k 1.0× 7.1k 0.9× 7.9k 1.1× 4.1k 1.1× 113 32.4k
Gian Vittorio Caprara 9.4k 0.6× 11.6k 0.8× 4.2k 0.5× 6.8k 0.9× 2.7k 0.7× 283 25.7k
Mark R. Leary 15.7k 1.1× 22.3k 1.6× 8.5k 1.1× 14.9k 2.0× 5.9k 1.6× 254 45.1k
Sonja Lyubomirsky 12.9k 0.9× 17.5k 1.2× 9.9k 1.3× 4.5k 0.6× 7.6k 2.1× 161 32.7k
Walter Mischel 12.2k 0.8× 11.7k 0.8× 8.9k 1.1× 7.2k 1.0× 7.2k 2.0× 230 33.8k
H.J. Eysenck 15.2k 1.0× 12.0k 0.9× 5.8k 0.7× 9.0k 1.2× 3.7k 1.0× 202 41.7k

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