Robert A. Ackerman

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Robert A. Ackerman is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert A. Ackerman has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Clinical Psychology, 28 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 23 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Robert A. Ackerman's work include Mental Health Research Topics (22 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (20 papers) and Personality Traits and Psychology (14 papers). Robert A. Ackerman is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Research Topics (22 papers), Schizophrenia research and treatment (20 papers) and Personality Traits and Psychology (14 papers). Robert A. Ackerman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Robert A. Ackerman's co-authors include M. Brent Donnellan, Deborah A. Kashy, Edward A. Witt, Richard W. Robins, Kali H. Trzesniewski, Amy E. Pinkham, Noah J. Sasson, Raeanne C. Moore, Colin A. Depp and Philip D. Harvey and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Robert A. Ackerman

71 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert A. Ackerman United States	25	1.4k	797	536	499	376	78	2.3k
Emiliana Simon-Thomas United States	10	976 0.7×	930 1.2×	449 0.8×	355 0.7×	436 1.2×	17	2.2k
Tammy English United States	24	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.8×	828 1.5×	609 1.2×	430 1.1×	76	3.0k
Elizabeth P. Shulman United States	24	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	627 1.2×	657 1.3×	455 1.2×	34	2.8k
Steven C. Pitts United States	23	1.4k 1.0×	454 0.6×	310 0.6×	368 0.7×	159 0.4×	49	2.9k
Jennifer Lodi‐Smith United States	16	875 0.6×	597 0.7×	511 1.0×	611 1.2×	272 0.7×	34	2.1k
Kimberly A. Coffey United States	7	1.9k 1.4×	1.3k 1.6×	952 1.8×	263 0.5×	249 0.7×	8	3.1k
Jeanne C. Watson Canada	28	2.5k 1.8×	1.4k 1.7×	605 1.1×	325 0.7×	175 0.5×	75	3.7k
Philip C. Watkins United States	21	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.8×	475 0.9×	411 0.8×	447 1.2×	40	2.7k
Andreu Vigil‐Colet Spain	24	876 0.6×	600 0.8×	393 0.7×	440 0.9×	172 0.5×	98	1.9k
Jennifer Woolard United States	18	1.5k 1.1×	719 0.9×	743 1.4×	1.0k 2.0×	532 1.4×	40	3.5k

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Parrish, Emma M., Raeanne C. Moore, Robert A. Ackerman, et al.. (2025). Protocol for evaluation of iTEST, a novel blended intervention to enhance introspective accuracy in psychotic disorders. PubMed. 3(1). 5–5.

Weidmann, Rebekka, et al.. (2025). Ready (for love) or not? Self and other perceptions of commitment readiness and associations with attachment orientations. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 42(6). 1243–1264.

Kluger, Avraham N., Robert A. Ackerman, David A. Kenny, Thomas E. Malloy, & Paul W. Eastwick. (2025). The Social-Relations Model for Asymmetric-Block-Design Data: A Tutorial With R. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 8(1).

Lewis, Steff, Danielle Ropar, Robert A. Ackerman, et al.. (2025). Diagnostic status influences rapport and communicative behaviours in dyadic interactions between autistic and non-autistic people. PLoS ONE. 20(8). e0330222–e0330222. 1 indexed citations

Paquin, Vincent, Robert A. Ackerman, Colin A. Depp, et al.. (2024). Media Use and Its Associations With Paranoia in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: Ecological Momentary Assessment. JMIR Mental Health. 11. e59198–e59198. 5 indexed citations

Dalkner, Nina, Raeanne C. Moore, Colin A. Depp, et al.. (2024). A meta-cognitive Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Self-assessment of sorting performance. Psychiatry Research. 334. 115831–115831. 3 indexed citations

Parrish, Emma M., Philip D. Harvey, Robert A. Ackerman, et al.. (2023). Time-course and convergence of positive and negative moods in participants with schizophrenia: An ecological momentary assessment study. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 159. 76–81. 7 indexed citations

Henneghan, Ashley M., Kathleen Van Dyk, Robert A. Ackerman, Emily W. Paolillo, & Raeanne C. Moore. (2023). Assessing cancer-related cognitive function in the context of everyday life using ecological mobile cognitive testing: A protocol for a prospective quantitative study. Digital Health. 9. 589838656–589838656. 4 indexed citations

Fan, Linlin, et al.. (2023). Assessing the diametrical model of schizotypal and autistic traits in emotion recognition and social functioning in a community sample. Schizophrenia Research. 261. 194–202. 2 indexed citations

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Moore, Raeanne C., et al.. (2022). The association of momentary sad moods, concurrent productive behaviour, and global functional outcomes: a 30-day ecological momentary assessment study of people with bipolar illness. Cognitive Neuropsychiatry. 27(5). 342–355. 5 indexed citations

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Parrish, Emma M., Samantha A. Chalker, Philip D. Harvey, et al.. (2022). Ecological Momentary Assessment of Social Approach and Avoidance Motivations in Serious Mental Illness: Connections to Suicidal Ideation and Symptoms. Archives of Suicide Research. 28(1). 123–140. 9 indexed citations

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Burnell, Kaitlyn, et al.. (2021). Associations between Self-Reports and Device-Reports of Social Networking Site Use: An Application of the Truth and Bias Model. Communication Methods and Measures. 15(2). 156–163. 26 indexed citations

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Bleidorn, Wiebke, Christopher J. Hopwood, Robert A. Ackerman, et al.. (2019). The healthy personality from a basic trait perspective.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 118(6). 1207–1225. 52 indexed citations

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Ackerman, Robert A., et al.. (2018). Experiences with warmth in middle childhood predict features of text-message communication in early adolescence.. Developmental Psychology. 55(2). 351–365. 4 indexed citations

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Leckelt, Marius, Eunike Wetzel, Tanja M. Gerlach, et al.. (2017). Validation of the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire Short Scale (NARQ-S) in convenience and representative samples.. Psychological Assessment. 30(1). 86–96. 2 indexed citations

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Ackerman, Robert A., et al.. (2016). Sending and receiving text messages with sexual content: Relations with early sexual activity and borderline personality features in late adolescence. Computers in Human Behavior. 70. 119–130. 49 indexed citations

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Hopwood, Christopher J., M. Brent Donnellan, Robert A. Ackerman, et al.. (2012). The Validity of the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire–4 Narcissistic Personality Disorder Scale for Assessing Pathological Grandiosity. Journal of Personality Assessment. 95(3). 274–283. 12 indexed citations

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Ackerman, Robert A., Thomas Ledermann, & David A. Kenny. (2010). Using dyadic analysis in health psychology. European Health Psychologist. 12(2). 18–20. 10 indexed citations

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Fincham, Frank D., Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, Alan Reifman, et al.. (2010). Romantic Relationships in Emerging Adulthood. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 180 indexed citations

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Friedman, Steven, Lisa C. Smith, Cheryl M. Paradis, et al.. (2002). The incidence and influence of early traumatic life events in patients with panic disorder: A comparison with other psychiatric outpatients. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 16(3). 259–272. 64 indexed citations

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