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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Psychology 78 1556 1390 929 809 168 29245

Alexander Todorov publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Alexander Todorov between 1997 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Alexander Todorov published across 29 years, from 1997 to 2025, averaging 7 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2011. 16 of the 202 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2011. 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 7 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 7 publications
1997 2025

202 publications in total across all disciplines

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Alexander Todorov: publications per year, 1997 to 2025
Year Publications
1997 1
1998 1
1999 0
2000 4
2001 0
2002 4
2003 2
2004 3
2005 3
2006 3
2007 5
2008 8
2009 8
2010 15
2011 17
2012 11
2013 13
2014 8
2015 12
2016 8
2017 10
2018 8
2019 7
2020 11
2021 10
2022 8
2023 6
2024 9
2025 7
Total 202
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Alexander Todorov publications per year - data summary

  • Alexander Todorov, a Psychology scholar from University of Chicago, has 202 publications recorded across 29 years, from 1997 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1997 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2011, with 17 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1997 and 1998, with 1 publication each.
  • 2 of the 29 years in the span carry no publications at all (1999 and 2001).
  • The rate of publication averages 7.0 papers per year over the whole span, or 7.5 per year counting only the 27 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 40 publications, 20% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1997-2006: 21 publications (2.1 per year); 2007-2016: 105 publications (10.5 per year); 2017-2025: 76 publications (8.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Alexander Todorov publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Todorov sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 69 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 31–40 to 705+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 736. Most scientists, 736, have 101–110 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 161–170 publications, is where this scientist sits. 31–40 publications: 6 scientists 41–50 publications: 52 scientists 51–60 publications: 138 scientists 61–70 publications: 299 scientists 71–80 publications: 461 scientists 81–90 publications: 605 scientists 91–100 publications: 713 scientists 101–110 publications: 736 scientists 111–120 publications: 686 scientists 121–130 publications: 670 scientists 131–140 publications: 644 scientists 141–150 publications: 597 scientists 151–160 publications: 576 scientists 161–170 publications: 477 scientists 171–180 publications: 450 scientists 181–190 publications: 397 scientists 191–200 publications: 343 scientists 201–210 publications: 328 scientists 211–220 publications: 313 scientists 221–230 publications: 283 scientists 231–240 publications: 226 scientists 241–250 publications: 196 scientists 251–260 publications: 201 scientists 261–270 publications: 171 scientists 271–280 publications: 151 scientists 281–290 publications: 139 scientists 291–300 publications: 113 scientists 301–310 publications: 102 scientists 311–320 publications: 100 scientists 321–330 publications: 76 scientists 331–340 publications: 92 scientists 341–350 publications: 85 scientists 351–360 publications: 69 scientists 361–370 publications: 71 scientists 371–380 publications: 63 scientists 381–390 publications: 58 scientists 391–400 publications: 57 scientists 401–410 publications: 43 scientists 411–420 publications: 33 scientists 421–430 publications: 50 scientists 431–440 publications: 41 scientists 441–450 publications: 32 scientists 451–460 publications: 27 scientists 461–470 publications: 28 scientists 471–480 publications: 25 scientists 481–490 publications: 28 scientists 491–500 publications: 20 scientists 501–510 publications: 23 scientists 511–520 publications: 26 scientists 521–530 publications: 17 scientists 531–540 publications: 21 scientists 541–550 publications: 14 scientists 551–560 publications: 16 scientists 561–570 publications: 10 scientists 571–580 publications: 22 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 14 scientists 601–610 publications: 9 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 4 scientists 631–640 publications: 7 scientists 641–650 publications: 5 scientists 651–660 publications: 10 scientists 661–670 publications: 8 scientists 671–680 publications: 8 scientists 681–690 publications: 4 scientists 691–700 publications: 3 scientists 701–704 publications: 4 scientists 705+ publications: 100 scientists
31–40 publications 705+

This scientist: 168 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

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Number of Psychology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
31–40 6
41–50 52
51–60 138
61–70 299
71–80 461
81–90 605
91–100 713
101–110 736
111–120 686
121–130 670
131–140 644
141–150 597
151–160 576
161–170 477 168
171–180 450
181–190 397
191–200 343
201–210 328
211–220 313
221–230 283
231–240 226
241–250 196
251–260 201
261–270 171
271–280 151
281–290 139
291–300 113
301–310 102
311–320 100
321–330 76
331–340 92
341–350 85
351–360 69
361–370 71
371–380 63
381–390 58
391–400 57
401–410 43
411–420 33
421–430 50
431–440 41
441–450 32
451–460 27
461–470 28
471–480 25
481–490 28
491–500 20
501–510 23
511–520 26
521–530 17
531–540 21
541–550 14
551–560 16
561–570 10
571–580 22
581–590 9
591–600 14
601–610 9
611–620 11
621–630 4
631–640 7
641–650 5
651–660 10
661–670 8
671–680 8
681–690 4
691–700 3
701–704 4
705+ 100
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Alexander Todorov publication distribution in Psychology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 11,416 Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 69 ranges running from 31–40 to 705+ publications.
  • Alexander Todorov, a Psychology scholar from University of Chicago, records 168 publications - the 58th percentile of the discipline.
  • 58% of ranked Psychology scientists score the same or lower than Alexander Todorov, and about 42% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 151–160 publications range, and Alexander Todorov ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 101–110 publications, holding 736 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 72% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 705 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Alexander Todorov D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander Todorov sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 144+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 702. Most scientists, 702, have 32–33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 78–79 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30–31 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

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Number of Psychology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 398
32–33 702
34–35 671
36–37 659
38–39 641
40–41 671
42–43 617
44–45 558
46–47 495
48–49 487
50–51 445
52–53 390
54–55 408
56–57 345
58–59 325
60–61 321
62–63 248
64–65 290
66–67 218
68–69 219
70–71 215
72–73 183
74–75 169
76–77 132
78–79 137 78
80–81 120
82–83 112
84–85 86
86–87 101
88–89 83
90–91 77
92–93 70
94–95 78
96–97 58
98–99 53
100–101 57
102–103 48
104–105 53
106–107 46
108–109 24
110–111 35
112–113 27
114–115 32
116–117 31
118–119 22
120–121 16
122–123 24
124–125 18
126–127 11
128–129 19
130–131 10
132–133 16
134–135 10
136–137 12
138–139 8
140–141 5
142–143 12
144+ 98
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Alexander Todorov D-index placement in Psychology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 11,416 Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 30–31 to 144+ D-Index.
  • Alexander Todorov, a Psychology scholar from University of Chicago, records 78 D-Index - the 87th percentile of the discipline.
  • 87% of ranked Psychology scientists score the same or lower than Alexander Todorov, and about 13% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 48–49 D-Index range, and Alexander Todorov ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 32–33 D-Index, holding 702 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 68% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 58–59 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Alexander Todorov is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their primary research fields are Neuroscience and Psychology, with a particular focus on Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology as subfields. Their work also spans Sociology and Political Science, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's research topics include Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, Face Recognition and Perception, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, Social and Intergroup Psychology, Face recognition and analysis, Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics, and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior.

Recent publications by Alexander Todorov demonstrate a focus on social cognition and face perception:

  • Can we reduce facial biases? Persistent effects of facial trustworthiness on sentencing decisions (2020), Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
  • Deep models of superficial face judgments (2022), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Quantifying idiosyncratic and shared contributions to judgment (2020), Behavior Research Methods
  • A neuronal social trait space for first impressions in the human amygdala and hippocampus (2022), Molecular Psychiatry
  • Feature-based encoding of face identity by single neurons in the human amygdala and hippocampus (2020), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors associated with Todorov's work include Stefan Uddenberg, DongWon Oh, Runnan Cao, Shuo Wang, and Chujun Lin.

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in various venues, with two or more publications in the following:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Cognition
  • Scientific Reports

Alexander Todorov has contributed to book publications, including the title Testing the Creditcoin Blockchain, published by Apress eBooks in 2024.

Best Publications

  • First Impressions Making Up Your Mind After a 100-Ms Exposure to a Face

    Janine Willis;Alexander Todorov

  • The functional basis of face evaluation

    Nikolaas N. Oosterhof;Alexander Todorov

  • Inferences of Competence from Faces Predict Election Outcomes

    Alexander Todorov;Anesu N. Mandisodza;Amir Goren;Crystal C. Hall

  • Social Attributions from Faces: Determinants, Consequences, Accuracy, and Functional Significance

    Alexander Todorov;Christopher Y. Olivola;Ron Dotsch;Peter Mende-Siedlecki

  • Body cues, not facial expressions, discriminate between intense positive and negative emotions

    Hillel Aviezer;Yaacov Trope;Alexander Todorov;Alexander Todorov

  • EvaluaTiNg faCES ON TruSTwOrThiNESS afTEr miNimal TimE ExpOSurE

    Alexander Todorov;Manish Pakrashi;Nikolaas N. Oosterhof

  • Understanding evaluation of faces on social dimensions

    Alexander T. Todorov;Chris P. Said;Andrew D. Engell;Nikolaas N. Oosterhof

  • Elected in 100 milliseconds: Appearance-Based Trait Inferences and Voting

    Christopher Y. Olivola;Alexander Todorov

  • Predicting political elections from rapid and unreflective face judgments

    Charles C. Ballew;Alexander T. Todorov

  • Implicit Trustworthiness Decisions: Automatic Coding of Face Properties in the Human Amygdala

    Andrew D. Engell;James V. Haxby;Alexander Todorov

  • Evaluating face trustworthiness: A model based approach.

    Alexander T. Todorov;Sean G. Baron;Nikolaas N. Oosterhof

  • Evaluating faces on trustworthiness: an extension of systems for recognition of emotions signaling approach/avoidance behaviors.

    Alexander T. Todorov

  • The Heuristic-Systematic Model of Social Information Processing

    Alexander Todorov;Shelly Chaiken;Marlone D. Henderson

  • How Do You Say ‘Hello’? Personality Impressions from Brief Novel Voices

    Phil McAleer;Alexander Todorov;Pascal Belin

  • Fooled by first impressions? Reexamining the diagnostic value of appearance-based inferences

    Christopher Yves Olivola;Alexander Todorov

  • Shared Perceptual Basis of Emotional Expressions and Trustworthiness Impressions From Faces

    Nikolaas N. Oosterhof;Alexander T. Todorov

  • Structural Resemblance to Emotional Expressions Predicts Evaluation of Emotionally Neutral Faces

    Christopher P Said;Nicu Sebe;Alexander Todorov

  • Probability as a psychological distance: Construal and preferences

    Alexander T. Todorov;Amir Goren;Yaacov Trope

  • Spontaneous trait inferences are bound to actors' faces: evidence from a false recognition paradigm.

    Alexander T. Todorov;James S. Uleman

  • Social attributions from faces bias human choices.

    Christopher Y. Olivola;Friederike Funk;Alexander Todorov

  • The efficiency of binding spontaneous trait inferences to actors’ faces

    Alexander T. Todorov;James S. Uleman

Frequent Co-Authors

James V. Haxby
James V. Haxby Dartmouth College
Susan T. Fiske
Susan T. Fiske Princeton University
Daniel C. Javitt
Daniel C. Javitt Columbia University
Pamela D. Butler
Pamela D. Butler Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
A. Peter McGraw
A. Peter McGraw University of Colorado Boulder
Yaacov Trope
Yaacov Trope New York University
Zaira Cattaneo
Zaira Cattaneo University of Milano-Bicocca
Eldar Shafir
Eldar Shafir Princeton University
James S. Uleman
James S. Uleman New York University

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