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Alice H. Eagly 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 Alice H. Eagly sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 312 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Alice H. Eagly 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 Alice H. Eagly sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 112 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2009 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 1993 - Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • 1975 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Alice H. Eagly is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, with a strong focus on gender studies, sociology, political science, and social psychology. Their research spans various topics related to gender diversity, inequality, social roles, and career development.

The scientist's body of work includes numerous publications addressing gender roles and identity, work-family balance challenges, and social and intergroup psychology. Recent papers include:

  • The Vicious Cycle Linking Stereotypes and Social Roles, 2021, Current Directions in Psychological Science
  • Understanding the Magnitude of Psychological Differences Between Women and Men Requires Seeing the Forest and the Trees, 2022, Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Do the social roles that women and men occupy in science allow equal access to publication?, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Where are the women deans? The importance of gender bias and self-selection processes for the deanship ambition of female and male professors, 2021, Journal of Applied Social Psychology
  • Hidden in Plain Sight: The Inconsistent Gender Gaps in STEM and Leadership, 2021, Psychological Inquiry

Frequent co-authors include Judith A. Hall, Christa Nater, Anne M. Koenig, William Revelle, and Levke Henningsen.

The scholar's publications are often found in the following venues:

  • Sex Roles
  • Current Directions in Psychological Science
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Applied Social Psychology

The main fields of study covered in their research are social sciences with a specialization in subfields such as gender studies, sociology and political science, social psychology, safety research, and political science and international relations.

Key topics explored by the researcher across their work include:

  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Gender Roles and Identity Studies
  • Work-Family Balance Challenges
  • Gender Politics and Representation
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Career Development and Diversity
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies

Alice H. Eagly has been recognized with multiple awards, including the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012, the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology in 2009, the Donald T. Campbell Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in 1993, and became a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 1975.

Best Publications

  • The psychology of attitudes.

    Alice Hendrickson Eagly;Shelly Chaiken

  • Role congruity theory of prejudice toward female leaders.

    Alice H. Eagly;Steven J. Karau

  • Sex differences in social behavior : a social-role interpretation

    Alice Hendrickson Eagly

  • Gender and Leadership Style: A Meta-Analysis

    Alice H. Eagly;Blair T. Johnson

  • Transformational, Transactional, and Laissez-Faire Leadership Styles: A Meta-Analysis Comparing Women and Men

    Alice H. Eagly;Mary C. Johannesen-Schmidt;Marloes L. van Engen

  • Heuristic and systematic information processing within and beyond the persuasion context.

    Shelly Chaiken;Akiva Liberman;Alice H. Eagly

  • Social role theory of sex differences and similarities: A current appraisal.

    Alice H. Eagly;Wendy Wood;Amanda B. Diekman

  • Through the Labyrinth: The Truth About How Women Become Leaders

    Alice Hendrickson Eagly;Linda Lorene Carli

  • What is beautiful is good, but…: A meta-analytic review of research on the physical attractiveness stereotype.

    Alice H. Eagly;Richard D. Ashmore;Mona G. Makhijani;Laura C. Longo

  • Gender and the evaluation of leaders: A meta-analysis.

    Alice H. Eagly;Mona G. Makhijani;Bruce G. Klonsky

  • Gender stereotypes stem from the distribution of women and men into social roles

    Alice H. Eagly;Valerie J. Steffen

  • The female leadership advantage: An evaluation of the evidence

    Alice H Eagly;Linda L Carli

  • The origins of sex differences in human behavior: Evolved dispositions versus social roles

    Alice H. Eagly;Wendy Wood

  • The Leadership Styles of Women and Men

    Alice H. Eagly;Mary C. Johannesen-Schmidt

  • Attitude structure and function.

    Alice H. Eagly;Shelly Chaiken

  • Are leader stereotypes masculine? A meta-analysis of three research paradigms.

    Anne M. Koenig;Alice H. Eagly;Abigail A. Mitchell;Tiina Ristikari

  • Gender and Helping Behavior. A Meta-Analytic Review of the Social Psychological Literature

    Alice H. Eagly;Maureen Crowley

  • Gender and the effectiveness of leaders: a meta-analysis

    Alice H. Eagly;Steven J. Karau;Mona G. Makhijani

  • A cross-cultural analysis of the behavior of women and men: implications for the origins of sex differences.

    Wendy Wood;Alice H. Eagly

  • Effects of involvement on persuasion: a meta-analysis

    Blair T. Johnson;Alice H. Eagly

  • Sex Differences in Social Behavior: A Social-Role Interpretation.

    Edmund G. Doherty;Alice H. Eagly

Frequent Co-Authors

Wendy Wood
Wendy Wood University of Southern California
Sabine Sczesny
Sabine Sczesny University of Bern
Shelly Chaiken
Shelly Chaiken New York University
Amanda B. Diekman
Amanda B. Diekman Indiana University
Blair T. Johnson
Blair T. Johnson University of Connecticut
Steven J. Karau
Steven J. Karau Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Madeline E. Heilman
Madeline E. Heilman New York University
Rocio Garcia-Retamero
Rocio Garcia-Retamero University of Granada
Paul W. Eastwick
Paul W. Eastwick University of California, Davis
Agneta H. Fischer
Agneta H. Fischer University of Amsterdam

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