Robert Plomin

108.6k total citations · 18 hit papers
926 papers, 61.1k citations indexed

About

Robert Plomin is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Genetics and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Plomin has authored 926 papers receiving a total of 61.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 427 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 276 papers in Genetics and 228 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Robert Plomin's work include Cognitive Abilities and Testing (397 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (189 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (136 papers). Robert Plomin is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive Abilities and Testing (397 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (189 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (136 papers). Robert Plomin collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Robert Plomin's co-authors include Arnold H. Buss, Philip S. Dale, J. C. DeFries, Gerald E. McClearn, Claire M. A. Haworth, Denise Daniels, Yulia Kovas, Angelica Ronald, Nancy L. Pedersen and David W. Fulker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert Plomin

904 papers receiving 57.2k citations

Hit Papers

Temperament: Early Developing Personality Traits 1976 2026 1992 2009 1984 1977 1976 1987 1987 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

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 threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Temperament: Early Developing Personality Traits
    1984 1.6k citations Robert Plomin et al. profile →
  2. Genotype-environment interaction and correlation in the analysis of human behavior.
    1977 1.1k citations Robert Plomin et al. profile →
  3. A Temperament Theory of Personality Development
    1976 1.0k citations Robert Plomin et al. profile →
  4. Why are children in the same family so different from one another?
    1987 955 citations Robert Plomin, Denise Daniels profile →
  5. Roundtable: What Is Temperament? Four Approaches
    1987 815 citations Robert Plomin et al. profile →
  6. International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
    2001 739 citations Robert Plomin profile →
  7. Time to give up on a single explanation for autism
    2006 673 citations Angelica Ronald, Robert Plomin et al. profile →
  8. The Genetic Basis of Complex Human Behaviors
    1994 663 citations Robert Plomin et al. profile →
  9. Behavioral genetics, a primer
    1980 555 citations Robert Plomin et al. profile →
  10. Substantial Genetic Influence on Cognitive Abilities in Twins 80 or More Years Old
    1997 539 citations Stephen A. Petrill, Robert Plomin et al. profile →
  11. Evidence for substantial genetic risk for psychopathy in 7‐year‐olds
    2005 529 citations Essi Viding, Terrie E. Moffitt et al. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry profile →
  12. Gene–environment interaction analysis of serotonin system markers with adolescent depression
    2004 509 citations Thalia C. Eley, Robert Plomin et al. profile →
  13. Common disorders are quantitative traits
    2009 503 citations Robert Plomin, Claire M. A. Haworth et al. profile →
  14. Evidence for a strong genetic influence on childhood adiposity despite the force of the obesogenic environment
    2008 486 citations Claire M. A. Haworth, Robert Plomin et al. profile →
  15. 1991 Nebraska Symposium on Motivation
    1992 481 citations Robert Plomin et al. profile →
  16. Genetics and intelligence differences: five special findings
    2014 415 citations Robert Plomin, Ian J. Deary profile →
  17. True grit and genetics: Predicting academic achievement from personality.
    2016 277 citations Kaili Rimfeld, Yulia Kovas et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  18. The new genetics of intelligence
    2018 248 citations Robert Plomin, Sophie von Stumm profile →

Peers

Robert Plomin
Avshalom Caspi United States
Terrie E. Moffitt United States
Michael Rutter United Kingdom
Kathleen R. Merikangas United States
Ian J. Deary United Kingdom
Dorret I. Boomsma Netherlands
Simon Baron‐Cohen United Kingdom
Bruce S. McEwen United States
Richie Poulton New Zealand
Andrew Pickles United Kingdom
Avshalom Caspi United States
Robert Plomin
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Plomin, Robert, et al.. (2025). Nurture and nonshared environment in cognitive development.. Psychological Review. 133(1). 187–196. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Yujing, Thalia C. Eley, Andrea G. Allegrini, et al.. (2024). W29. PREDICTING PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS FROM POLYGENIC SCORES BETWEEN AND WITHIN FAMILIES. European Neuropsychopharmacology. 87. 116–117. 1 indexed citations
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Bright, Joanna K., Yasmin I. Ahmadzadeh, Gerome Breen, et al.. (2023). Twins Early Development Study (TEDS): A genetically sensitive investigation of mental health outcomes in the mid‐twenties. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). e12154–e12154. 26 indexed citations
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Malanchini, Margherita, Kaili Rimfeld, Andrew McMillan, et al.. (2022). Explaining the influence of non‐shared environment ( NSE ) on symptoms of behaviour problems from preschool to adulthood: mind the missing NSE gap. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 64(5). 747–757. 5 indexed citations
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Rimfeld, Kaili, Margherita Malanchini, Andrea G. Allegrini, et al.. (2021). The winding roads to adulthood: A twin study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(4). e12053–e12053. 8 indexed citations
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Rimfeld, Kaili, Margherita Malanchini, Andrea G. Allegrini, et al.. (2021). Using DNA to predict behaviour problems from preschool to adulthood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 63(7). 781–792. 9 indexed citations
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Cheesman, Rosa, Jonathan R. I. Coleman, Yasmin I. Ahmadzadeh, et al.. (2020). Comparison of Adopted and Nonadopted Individuals Reveals Gene–Environment Interplay for Education in the UK Biobank. Psychological Science. 31(5). 582–591. 64 indexed citations
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Rimfeld, Kaili, Eva Krapohl, Maciej Trzaskowski, et al.. (2018). Genetic influence on social outcomes during and after the Soviet era in Estonia. Nature Human Behaviour. 2(4). 269–275. 62 indexed citations
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Smith‐Woolley, Emily, Jean‐Baptiste Pingault, Saskia Selzam, et al.. (2018). Differences in exam performance between pupils attending selective and non-selective schools mirror the genetic differences between them. npj Science of Learning. 3(1). 3–3. 43 indexed citations
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Rimfeld, Kaili, Yulia Kovas, Philip S. Dale, & Robert Plomin. (2016). True grit and genetics: Predicting academic achievement from personality.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 111(5). 780–789. 277 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rietveld, Cornelius A., Philipp Koellinger, Daniel J. Benjamin, et al.. (2013). Are SNPs associated with educational attainment also associated with cognitive function?. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1 indexed citations
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Hanscombe, Ken B., Maciej Trzaskowski, Claire M. A. Haworth, et al.. (2012). Socioeconomic status (SES) and children's intelligence (IQ) : in a UK-representative sample SES moderates the environmental, not genetic, effect on IQ. Warwick Research Archive Portal (University of Warwick). 2 indexed citations
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Viding, Essi, et al.. (2005). Strong genetic risk for psychopathic syndrome in children. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Price, Thomas S., Philip S. Dale, & Robert Plomin. (2004). A Longitudinal Genetic Analysis of Low Verbal and Nonverbal Cognitive Abilities in Early Childhood. Twin Research. 7(2). 139–148. 12 indexed citations
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Plomin, Robert. (2001). Genetics - response to peer commentaries. Psychologist. 14(3). 152–152.
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Price, Thomas S., et al.. (2000). Infant zygosity can be assigned by parental report questionnaire data. Twin Research. 3(3). 129–133. 352 indexed citations
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Saudino, Kimberly J., Stacey S. Cherny, & Robert Plomin. (2000). Parent ratings of temperament in twins: explaining the ‘too low’ DZ correlations. Twin Research. 3(4). 224–233. 62 indexed citations
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Saudino, Kimberly J., Stacey S. Cherny, & Robert Plomin. (2000). Parent ratings of temperament in twins: explaining the ‘too low’ DZ correlations. Twin Research. 3(4). 224–233. 9 indexed citations
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Plomin, Robert & Denise Daniels. (1984). The Interaction between Temperament and Environment: Methodological Considerations.. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly. 30(2). 149–162. 53 indexed citations

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