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Bette L. Bottoms

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
35
Citations
5950
World Ranking
9793
National Ranking
5182

Bette L. Bottoms 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 Bette L. Bottoms sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 127 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bette L. Bottoms 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 Bette L. Bottoms sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% 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

  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Bette L. Bottoms is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the fields of psychology and social sciences, with significant contributions in clinical psychology, social psychology, education, gender studies, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's work focuses on a variety of interconnected topics, including:

  • Child abuse and trauma
  • Sexual assault and victimization studies
  • Psychopathy, forensic psychiatry, and sexual offending
  • Deception detection and forensic psychology
  • Psychology of moral and emotional judgment
  • Criminal justice and corrections analysis
  • Education discipline and inequality

Bette L. Bottoms has authored several papers, with recent publications including:

  • "A customized belonging intervention improves retention of socially disadvantaged students at a broad-access university" (2020) published in Science Advances
  • "Child victim empathy mediates the influence of jurors' sexual abuse experiences on child sexual abuse case judgments: Meta-analyses." (2020) published in Psychology Public Policy and Law
  • "International perspectives on procedural justice: Trust and respect matter even when body-worn cameras are present." (2021) published in Law and Human Behavior
  • "Jurors' Gender and Their Fear of False Child Sexual Abuse Accusations Are Related to Their Belief in Child Victims' Allegations" (2021) published in Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
  • "Harming cats and dogs: People are as morally outraged, but not as punitive, in animal versus human abuse cases." (2021) published in The Humanistic Psychologist

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Science Advances
  • Psychology Public Policy and Law
  • Law and Human Behavior
  • Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Among recurring collaborators, Bottoms works often with:

  • Tayler M. Jones
  • Kelly C. Burke
  • Margaret C. Stevenson
  • Kajal Sachdev
  • Cynthia J. Najdowski

Bette L. Bottoms was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2003. This designation reflects professional standing within the psychological community.

Best Publications

  • Children’s Testimony About a Stressful Event: Improving Children’s Reports

    Gail S. Goodman;Bette L. Bottoms;Beth M. Schwartz-Kenney;Leslie Rudy

  • Linguistic and Socioemotional Influences on the Accuracy of Children's Reports

    Cathleen A. Carter;Bette L. Bottoms;Murray Levine

  • Perceptions of Children's Credibility in Sexual Assault Cases1

    Bette L. Bottoms;Gail S. Goodman

  • Children's concerns and memory: Issues of ecological validity in the study of children's eyewitness testimony.

    Gail S. Goodman;Leslie Rudy;Bette L. Bottoms;Christine Aman

  • Child victims, child witnesses: Understanding and improving testimony.

    Gail S. Goodman;Bette L. Bottoms

  • Effects of social support on children's eyewitness reports: a test of the underlying mechanism.

    Suzanne L. Davis;Bette L. Bottoms

  • In the Name of God: A Profile of Religion-Related Child Abuse

    Bette L. Bottoms;Phillip R. Shaver;Gail S. Goodman;Jianjian Qin

  • Stereotype threat and racial differences in citizens' experiences of police encounters.

    Cynthia J. Najdowski;Bette L. Bottoms;Phillip Atiba Goff

  • Empathy and jurors' decisions in patricide trials involving child sexual assault allegations.

    Tamara M. Haegerich;Bette L. Bottoms

  • A customized belonging intervention improves retention of socially disadvantaged students at a broad-access university

    Mary C. Murphy;Maithreyi Gopalan;Evelyn R. Carter;Katherine T. U. Emerson

  • An analysis of ritualistic and religion-related child abuse allegations.

    Bette L. Bottoms;Phillip R. Shaver;Gail S. Goodman

  • Effects of Victim and Defendant Race on Jurors' Decisions in Child Sexual Abuse Cases1

    Bette L. Bottoms;Suzanne L. Davis;Michelle A. Epstein

  • A Review of Factors Affecting Jurors’ Decisions in Child Sexual Abuse Cases

    Bette L. Bottoms;Jonathan M. Golding;Maggie C. Stevenson;Tisha R. A. Wiley

  • Determinants of the Child Victim’s Perceived Credibility

    Gail S. Goodman;Bette L. Bottoms;Barbara B. Herscovici;Phillip Shaver

  • Understanding children's use of secrecy in the context of eyewitness reports.

    Bette L. Bottoms;Gail S. Goodman;Beth M. Schwartz-Kenney;Sherilyn N. Thomas

  • Noncognitive Factors and College Student Success

    Susan P. Farruggia;Cheon-woo Han;Lakeshia Watson;Thomas P. Moss

  • Emotional evidence and jurors' judgments: the promise of neuroscience for informing psychology and law

    M B A Jessica Salerno;Bette L. Bottoms

  • Religion-Related Child Physical Abuse: Characteristics and Psychological Outcomes.

    Bette L. Bottoms;Michael D. Nielsen;Regan Murray;Henrietta H. Filipas

  • The influence of the interviewer-provided social support on children's suggestibility, memory, and disclosures.

    Bette L. Bottoms;Jodi A. Quas;Suzanne L. Davis

  • Jurors' perceptions of adolescent sexual assault victims who have intellectual disabilities.

    Bette L. Bottoms;Kari L. Nysse-Carris;Twana Harris;Kimberly Tyda

Frequent Co-Authors

Gail S. Goodman
Gail S. Goodman University of California, Davis
Phillip R. Shaver
Phillip R. Shaver University of California, Davis
Jodi A. Quas
Jodi A. Quas University of California, Irvine
Alicia K. Matthews
Alicia K. Matthews University of Illinois at Chicago
Jonathan M. Golding
Jonathan M. Golding University of Kentucky
Allison D. Redlich
Allison D. Redlich George Mason University
Gregory M. Walton
Gregory M. Walton Stanford University
N. Dickon Reppucci
N. Dickon Reppucci University of Virginia
Andrew R. A. Conway
Andrew R. A. Conway Claremont Graduate University
Shari Seidman Diamond
Shari Seidman Diamond Northwestern University

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