| The Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R). PT Costa Jr, RR McCrae Psychological Assessment Resources, 1992 | 26523* | 1992 |
| An introduction to the five-factor model and its applications RR McCrae, OP John J Pers 60, 175-215, 1992 | 11052 | 1992 |
| An introduction to the five‐factor model and its applications RR McCrae, OP John Journal of personality 60 (2), 175-215, 1992 | 10991 | 1992 |
| Validation of the five-factor model of personality across instruments and observers. RR McCrae, PT Costa Journal of personality and social psychology 52 (1), 81, 1987 | 10783 | 1987 |
| Neo Personality Inventory Manual PT Costa Jr, RR McCrae Psychological Assessment Resources, 1985 | 7907* | 1985 |
| The five-factor theory of personality. RR McCrae, PT Costa Jr Handbook of personality: Theory and research (3rd ed., pp. 159-181), 2008 | 7231* | 2008 |
| Personality in adulthood: A five-factor theory perspective RR McCrae, PT Costa Jr Guilford Press, 2003 | 6980 | 2003 |
| Personality trait structure as a human universal. RR McCrae, PT Costa Jr American psychologist 52 (5), 509, 1997 | 6576 | 1997 |
| Normal personality assessment in clinical practice: The NEO Personality Inventory. PT Costa, RR McCrae Psychological assessment 4 (1), 5, 1992 | 5988 | 1992 |
| Four ways five factors are basic PT Costa Jr, RR McCrae Personality and individual differences 13 (6), 653-665, 1992 | 5491 | 1992 |
| Influence of extraversion and neuroticism on subjective well-being: happy and unhappy people. PT Costa, RR McCrae Journal of personality and social psychology 38 (4), 668, 1980 | 4925 | 1980 |
| Gender differences in personality traits across cultures: robust and surprising findings. PT Costa Jr, A Terracciano, RR McCrae Journal of personality and social psychology 81 (2), 322, 2001 | 4415 | 2001 |
| Domains and facets: Hierarchical personality assessment using the Revised NEO Personality Inventory PT Costa Jr, RR McCrae Journal of personality assessment 64 (1), 21-50, 1995 | 3303 | 1995 |
| Personality in adulthood: a six-year longitudinal study of self-reports and spouse ratings on the NEO Personality Inventory. PT Costa, RR McCrae Journal of personality and social psychology 54 (5), 853, 1988 | 2987 | 1988 |
| Creativity, divergent thinking, and openness to experience. RR McCrae Journal of personality and social psychology 52 (6), 1258, 1987 | 2696 | 1987 |
| NEO PI/FFI manual supplement for use with the NEO Personality Inventory and the NEO Five-Factor Inventory PT Costa, RR McCrae Psychological Assessment Resources, 1989 | 2586* | 1989 |
| Personality, coping, and coping effectiveness in an adult sample RR McCrae, PT Costa Jr Journal of personality 54 (2), 385-404, 1986 | 2395 | 1986 |
| Facet scales for agreeableness and conscientiousness: A revision of the NEO Personality Inventory PT Costa Jr, RR McCrae, DA Dye Personality and individual Differences 12 (9), 887-898, 1991 | 2300 | 1991 |
| Nature over nurture: temperament, personality, and life span development. RR McCrae, PT Costa Jr, F Ostendorf, A Angleitner, M Hřebíčková, ... Journal of personality and social psychology 78 (1), 173, 2000 | 2237 | 2000 |
| Personality and culture revisited: Linking traits and dimensions of culture G Hofstede, RR McCrae Cross-cultural research 38 (1), 52-88, 2004 | 2217 | 2004 |
