Ruben C. Arslan

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ruben C. Arslan is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruben C. Arslan has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 8 papers in Social Psychology and 6 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ruben C. Arslan's work include Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (7 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (6 papers) and Personality Traits and Psychology (3 papers). Ruben C. Arslan is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (7 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (6 papers) and Personality Traits and Psychology (3 papers). Ruben C. Arslan collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and United States. Ruben C. Arslan's co-authors include Jaap J. A. Denissen, Lars Penke, Jeff Potter, Samuel D. Gosling, Peter J. Rentfrow, Wiebke Bleidorn, Jochen E. Gebauer, Julia M. Rohrer, Malte Elson and Tanja M. Gerlach and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ruben C. Arslan

31 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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 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.

Age and gender differences in self-esteem—A cross-cultural window.

2015 438 citations Wiebke Bleidorn, Ruben C. Arslan et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
That’s a Lot to Process! Pitfalls of Popular Path Models

2022 137 citations Julia M. Rohrer, Paul Hünermund et al. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ruben C. Arslan Germany	16	509	476	407	365	178	32	1.4k
Jiliang Shen China	20	413 0.8×	567 1.2×	330 0.8×	285 0.8×	132 0.7×	56	1.2k
Marc A. Fournier Canada	20	400 0.8×	641 1.3×	472 1.2×	436 1.2×	238 1.3×	64	1.7k
F Richard United States	7	342 0.7×	503 1.1×	451 1.1×	464 1.3×	234 1.3×	22	1.4k
Rodica Ioana Damian United States	19	621 1.2×	351 0.7×	438 1.1×	264 0.7×	98 0.6×	39	1.3k
Denis Bratko Croatia	20	804 1.6×	720 1.5×	988 2.4×	312 0.9×	214 1.2×	63	2.1k
Łukasz D. Kaczmarek Poland	20	287 0.6×	487 1.0×	310 0.8×	284 0.8×	260 1.5×	64	1.2k
M. Ersin Kuşdil Türkiye	6	482 0.9×	546 1.1×	879 2.2×	255 0.7×	143 0.8×	13	1.5k
Margarida Pedroso de Lima Portugal	13	379 0.7×	400 0.8×	622 1.5×	155 0.4×	106 0.6×	61	1.2k
Jeanne Nakamura United States	20	330 0.6×	545 1.1×	210 0.5×	160 0.4×	166 0.9×	44	1.3k
Gary J. Lewis United Kingdom	23	633 1.2×	460 1.0×	400 1.0×	478 1.3×	163 0.9×	55	1.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Arslan, Ruben C., et al.. (2025). The Synthetic Nomological Net: A search engine to identify conceptual overlap in measures in the behavioral sciences.

Hussey, Ian, et al.. (2025). An Aberrant Abundance of Cronbach’s Alpha Values at .70. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 8(1). 8 indexed citations

Arslan, Ruben C., et al.. (2023). Emotional (in)stability: Neuroticism is associated with increased variability in negative emotion after all. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(23). e2212154120–e2212154120. 29 indexed citations

Elson, Malte, et al.. (2023). Psychological measures aren’t toothbrushes. Communications Psychology. 1(1). 25–25. 48 indexed citations

Rohrer, Julia M., Paul Hünermund, Ruben C. Arslan, & Malte Elson. (2022). That’s a Lot to Process! Pitfalls of Popular Path Models. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 5(2). 137 indexed citations breakdown →

Holzleitner, Iris J., Ruben C. Arslan, Amanda Hahn, et al.. (2022). No increased inbreeding avoidance during the ovulatory phase of the menstrual cycle. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 4. 1–48. 1 indexed citations

Arslan, Ruben C., et al.. (2021). Assessing Ego-Centered Social Networks in formr: A Tutorial. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 4(1). 3 indexed citations

Rohrer, Julia M. & Ruben C. Arslan. (2021). Precise Answers to Vague Questions: Issues With Interactions. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 4(2). 40 indexed citations

Arslan, Ruben C., et al.. (2021). The evidence for good genes ovulatory shifts in Arslan et al. (2018) is mixed and uncertain.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 121(2). 441–446. 8 indexed citations

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Gerlach, Tanja M., et al.. (2021). Women feel more attractive before ovulation: evidence from a large-scale online diary study. Evolutionary Human Sciences. 3. e47–e47. 16 indexed citations

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Arslan, Ruben C., et al.. (2020). Routinely randomize potential sources of measurement reactivity to estimate and adjust for biases in subjective reports.. Psychological Methods. 26(2). 175–185. 35 indexed citations

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Arslan, Ruben C.. (2019). How to Automatically Document Data With the codebook Package to Facilitate Data Reuse. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. 2(2). 169–187. 39 indexed citations

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Hill, W. David, Ruben C. Arslan, Charley Xia, et al.. (2018). Genomic analysis of family data reveals additional genetic effects on intelligence and personality. Molecular Psychiatry. 23(12). 2347–2362. 71 indexed citations

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Arslan, Ruben C., et al.. (2018). Using 26,000 diary entries to show ovulatory changes in sexual desire and behavior.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 121(2). 410–431. 74 indexed citations

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Arslan, Ruben C., Emma M. Frans, Karin J. H. Verweij, et al.. (2017). Older fathers' children have lower evolutionary fitness across four centuries and in four populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 284(1862). 20171562–20171562. 36 indexed citations

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Gerlach, Tanja M., et al.. (2017). Predictive validity and adjustment of ideal partner preferences across the transition into romantic relationships.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 116(2). 313–330. 54 indexed citations

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Heß, Ursula, Ruben C. Arslan, Christophe Blaison, et al.. (2016). Reliability of surface facial electromyography. Psychophysiology. 54(1). 12–23. 61 indexed citations

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Bleidorn, Wiebke, Ruben C. Arslan, Jaap J. A. Denissen, et al.. (2015). Age and gender differences in self-esteem—A cross-cultural window.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 111(3). 396–410. 438 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dufner, Michael, Ruben C. Arslan, Birk Hagemeyer, Felix D. Schönbrodt, & Jaap J. A. Denissen. (2015). Affective contingencies in the affiliative domain: Physiological assessment, associations with the affiliation motive, and prediction of behavior.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 109(4). 662–676. 57 indexed citations

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Arslan, Ruben C., Lars Penke, Wendy Johnson, William G. Iacono, & Matt McGue. (2014). The Effect of Paternal Age on Offspring Intelligence and Personality when Controlling for Parental Trait Levels. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e90097–e90097. 14 indexed citations

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