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100 Most Eminent Psychologists of the 20th Century. Haggbloom et al., Review of general Psychology, 2002
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Table 4 as it appeared in Haggbloom et al. (2002). The 100 Most Eminent Psychologists of the 20th Century. Review
of General Psychology, 6, 139-152. (pdf format)
Rank-ordered list of 99 of the 100 most-eminent psychologists
of the 20th century
Alphabetical list of the 99 of the100 most-eminent
psychologists of the 20th century
Revised Table 4 | Errata
Rank-ordered list of 99 of the 100 most-eminent
psychologists of the 20th century modified on the basis of the errata that appear
below and Black, S.L. (2003) Cannonical [sic] confusions, an illusory allusion, and more:
A critique of Haggbloom et al.'s list of eminent psychologists (2002). Psychological
Reports, 92, 853-857.
Alphabetical list of 99 of the 100 most-eminent
psychologists of the 20th century modified on the basis of the errata that appear
below and Black, S.L. (2003) Cannonical [sic] confusions, an illusory allusion, and more:
A critique of Haggbloom et al.'s list of eminent psychologists (2002). Psychological
Reports, 92, 853-857.
A version of Table 4 with annotated information about each entry
Jews
among the 100 most eminent psychologists
Article in
the APA Monitor
Poster: Tumasjan, A., Männich, M.
& Spörrle, M. (2008). The 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th century on the
internet: Do internet page counts provide latent indicators of scientific eminence?
[Abstract]. International Journal of Psychology, 43(3/4), 122.
Abstract: Recently, Haggbloom et al. (2002) established a rank-ordered
list of the 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th century meticulously measured by
several quantitative and qualitative indicators. We aimed at replicating this listing by
simply using page counts obtained from three major internet search engines using different
search queries and five points of measurements. The resulting highly reliable indicators
of internet frequency were consistently positively associated with the existing ranking
and this correlation reached significance when the field of research was included in the
query. We conclude that frequency data obtained by this method can be considered a simple
and valid indicator of scientific impact and discuss additional applications of this
method.
UK Internet Survey published in
The Psychologist
Elliot
Aronson on being Ranked 78th
Journal Citation List: Rank-ordered
| Alphabetical
Textbook Citation List: Rank ordered | Alphabetical
Survey List: Rank-ordered | Alphabetical
From Haggbloom et al. (2002). The 100 Most Eminent Psychologists of the 20th Century. Review
of General Psychology, 6, 139-152.
and
Errata. (2003). Review of General Psychology, 7, 37.
I note two errors in Haggbloom et al's list of eminent psychologists. One is the
appearance of the name of W. Gary Cannon, a recently-deceased psychologist, who was
neither a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) nor associated with the
Cannon-Bard theory of emotion. These were instead the accomplishments of the great
American physiologist, Walter B. Cannon, who made important contributions to psychology. A
second error involving the name of Cannon concerns the entry for an individual identified
as Margarete [sic] Washburn whose accomplishments were those of Margaret F. Washburn.
Haggbloom et al credit her with an eponym for the Cannon-Washburn experiment on the nature
of hunger sensations (Cannon, W.B., & Washburn, A.L., 1912, An explanation of hunger.
American Journal of Physiology, 29, 441-454.). The Washburn of this famous experiment was
A.L. Washburn, and the eponym memorializes his heroic contribution to this experiment, not
Margaret F. Washburn's. Consequently, a reassessment and possible revision of the list of
Haggbloom et al (2002) is called for. From: Stephen L. Black, Department of Psychology,
Bishop's University, Lennoxville, QC J1M-1Z7, Canada..
The authors thank Stephen L. Black, Bishop's University, for identifying our errors and
especially for drawing our attention to the mis-attributed Cannon-Washburn eponym. In
Table 4 on page 147, the name W. Gary Cannon should in fact be W. B. Cannon. Also, the
eponym "Cannon-Washburn experiment" was incorrectly attributed to Margaret
Washburn rather than A. L. Washburn. Correcting this error (a) removes Margaret Washburn
from the list, (b), moves each name below Washburn up one place, and (c) moves Leo Postman
from #100 (previously unidentified) to #99. Postman has a ranking of 52 on the Journal
Citation List and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. From: Steven J.
Haggbloom, Department of Psychology, Western Kentucky University, 1 Big Red Way, Bowling
Green, KY 42101.
Black (2003) identified two additional errors, not noted in the errata published
in the Review of general Psychology, that affected the positions of individuals on
the most-eminent list. (See Black, S.L. (2003) Cannonical [sic] confusions, an
illusory allusion, and more: A critique of Haggbloom et al.'s list of eminent
psychologists (2002). Psychological Reports, 92, 853-857.)
- An eponym, the "Deutsch illusion," was erroneously attributed to Morton
Deutsch. That eponym should be credited to Diana Deutsch. Removing the credit for this
eponym moves Morton Deutsch from a position of 63rd on the most-eminent list to 78th.
- An eponym, "Hall's theory of interpersonal zones," was misattributed to
G. Stanley Hall. That eponym should be credited to anthropologist Edward T. Hall. Removing
the credit for this eponym has the effect of removing G. Stanley Hall from the
most-eminent list.
The removal from the most-eminent list of Hall and of Margaret Washburn created two
"slots" at the bottom of the list that are now occupied, respectively, by Leo
Postman and B.J. Winer.
Other errors identified by Black (2003) had no effect on rankings in the most-eminent
list. Note especially that correcting the error in the number of citations attributed to
Eysenck on the textbook citation list did not alter his position on
the most-eminent list because there was a relatively large composite score gap between
Eysenk at position 13 and Erikson at position 12.
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