Research ArticleOpen AccessGoogle Scholar indexed
Fame in Psychology: A Pilot Study
Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway
- 1 Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway
Copy link · social · email
Abstract
An opportunist sample was asked to nominate nine psychologists under different categories. Participants, all qualified psychologists, reported finding the task both challenging and engaging. There was little agreement between participants with a number of nominated psychologists appearing on different, sometimes contradictory, lists. Ideas for a more serious and systematic study in the area are suggested.
KeywordsFameImportanceContributionHistory of Psychology
- Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Park, J. (2014). An Incomplete List of Eminent Psychologists of the Modern Era. Archives of Scientific Psychology, 2, 20-32. https://doi.org/10.1037/arc0000006
- Endler, N. (1987). The Scholarly Impact of Psychologists. In D. Jackson, & J. Rushton, (Eds), Scientific Excellence, Origins and Assessment. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
- Endler, N., Rushton, J., & Roediger, H. (1978). Productivity and Scholarly Impact (Citations) of British, Canadian and US Departments of Psychology (1975). American Psychologist, 33, 1064-1083. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.33.12.1064
- Furnham, A. (1990). Quantifying Quality: An Argument in Favour of Citation Counts. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 14, 105-110. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877900140208
- Furnham, A., & Bonnett, C. (1992). British Research Productivity in Psychology 1980-1989. Personality and Individual Differences, 13, 1333-1341. https://doi.org/10.1016/0191-8869(92)90176-P
- Rushton, J. (1989). A Ten-Year Scientometric Revisit of British Psychology Departments. The Psychologist, 2, 6468.
- Rushton, J., Murray, H., & Paunonen, S. (1983). Personality, Research Creativity and Reaching Effectiveness in University Professors. Scientometrics, 5, 93-116. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02072856
- Simonton, D. K. (2016). Giving Credit Where Credit’s Due. Perspectives in Psychological Science, 11, 888-892. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691616660155
- Sternberg, R. (2016). “Am I Famous Yet?” Judging Scholarly Merit in Psychological Science. Perspectives in Psychological Science, 11, 877-881. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691616661777
- Thorndike, R. (1955). The Psychological Value Systems of Psychologists. American Psychologist, 10, 787-789.