Psychology & Mental Health: History of Psychology

Eminent Psychologist of the Modern Era (2014) - See particularly Table 7: Top 50 Highest Citation Publications of the Eminent Psychologists

Source: Diener, E., Oishi, S., & Park, J. (2014). An incomplete list of eminent psychologists of the modern era. Archives of Scientific Psychology, 2(1), 20–31. https://doi.org/10.1037/arc0000006 In the present paper, we analyzed citation impact, textbook citations, and major scientific awards to identify eminent psychologists of modern era (Post-World War II). Identifying these individuals serves educational, administrative, and scholarly purposes. Readers can more readily identify the psychologists who have made the most impact on the profession, as well as the type of contributions that receive recognition. In addition, young researchers can learn what is required if they want to achieve eminence. Finally, our analysis helps pinpoint imbalances in need of change, for example gender and ethnic disparities.

Eminent psychologists of the 20th century - 99 listed in order of 'eminence' at APA

Source: Haggbloom, S. J., Warnick, R., Warnick, J. E., Jones, V. K., Yarbrough, G. L., Russell, T. M., Borecky, C. M., McGahhey, R., Powell, J. L., Beavers, J., & Monte, E. (2002). The 100 Most Eminent Psychologists of the 20th Century. Review of General Psychology, 6(2), 139–152. https://doi.org/10.1037/1089-2680.6.2.139 A rank-ordered list was constructed that reports the first 99 of the 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th century. Eminence was measured by scores on 3 quantitative variables and 3 qualitative variables....