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Betty Pfefferbaum

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
66
Citations
24638
World Ranking
2655
National Ranking
1527

Betty Pfefferbaum publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 282 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Betty Pfefferbaum 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 Betty Pfefferbaum sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Betty Pfefferbaum is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of psychology with a strong focus on clinical psychology. The subfields of study include clinical psychology, emergency medical services, sociology and political science, neurology, and general health professions.

The scientist's research encompasses several main topics, which include:

  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Migration, Health and Trauma
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Betty Pfefferbaum has published numerous papers, notably including:

  • "Mental Health and the Covid-19 Pandemic," 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Challenges for Child Mental Health Raised by School Closure and Home Confinement During the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2021, Current Psychiatry Reports
  • "Parental Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Psychological Outcomes and Risk and Protective Factors," 2023, Current Psychiatry Reports
  • "Children's Reactions to Media Coverage of War," 2020, Current Psychiatry Reports
  • "The association of mass trauma media contact with depression and anxiety: A meta-analytic review," 2020, Journal of Affective Disorders Reports

The most frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Current Psychiatry Reports
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Annals of Clinical Psychiatry
  • New England Journal of Medicine

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Betty Pfefferbaum are:

  • Carol S. North
  • Pascal Nitiéma
  • Phebe Tucker
  • Elana Newman
  • Richard L. Van Horn

Best Publications

  • Community Resilience as a Metaphor, Theory, Set of Capacities, and Strategy for Disaster Readiness

    Fran H. Norris;Fran H. Norris;Fran H. Norris;Susan P. Stevens;Susan P. Stevens;Susan P. Stevens;Betty Pfefferbaum;Betty Pfefferbaum;Betty Pfefferbaum;Karen Fraser Wyche;Karen Fraser Wyche;Karen Fraser Wyche

  • Mental Health and the Covid-19 Pandemic.

    Betty Pfefferbaum;Carol S. North

  • Mental Health Response to Community Disasters: A Systematic Review

    Carol S North;Betty Pfefferbaum

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder in children: a review of the past 10 years.

    Betty Pfefferbaum

  • Psychiatric Disorders in Rescue Workers After the Oklahoma City Bombing

    Carol S. North;Laura Tivis;J. Curtis McMillen;Betty Pfefferbaum

  • Television exposure in children after a terrorist incident.

    Betty Pfefferbaum;Sara Jo Nixon;Rick D. Tivis;Debby E. Doughty

  • Posttraumatic stress two years after the Oklahoma City bombing in youths geographically distant from the explosion.

    Betty Pfefferbaum;Thomas W. Seale;Nicholas B. Mcdonald;Edward N. Brandt

  • Coping, functioning, and adjustment of rescue workers after the Oklahoma City bombing

    Carol S. North;Laura Tivis;J. Curtis McMillen;Betty Pfefferbaum

  • Posttraumatic Stress Responses in Bereaved Children After the Oklahoma City Bombing

    Betty Pfefferbaum;Sara Jo Nixon;Phebe M. Tucker;Rick D. Tivis

  • RISK-TAKING AND SELF-CONTROL: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF DELINQUENCY

    Peter B. Wood;Betty Pfefferbaum;Bruce J. Arneklev

  • Clinical needs assessment of middle and high school students following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing

    Betty Pfefferbaum;Sara Jo Nixon;Ronald S. Krug;Rick D. Tivis

  • Research on the mental health effects of terrorism.

    Carol S. North;Betty Pfefferbaum

  • The Communities Advancing Resilience Toolkit (CART): an intervention to build community resilience to disasters.

    Rose L. Pfefferbaum;Betty Pfefferbaum;Richard L. Van Horn;Richard W. Klomp

  • Building Resilience to Mass Trauma Events

    Betty J. Pfefferbaum;Dori B. Reissman;Rose L. Pfefferbaum;Richard W. Klomp

  • Disaster News: Framing and Frame Changing in Coverage of Major U.S. Natural Disasters, 2000–2010

    J. Brian Houston;Betty Pfefferbaum;Cathy Ellen Rosenholtz

  • A Conceptual Framework to Enhance Community Resilience Using Social Capital

    Betty Pfefferbaum;Richard L. Van Horn;Rose L. Pfefferbaum;Rose L. Pfefferbaum

  • Disaster media coverage and psychological outcomes: descriptive findings in the extant research.

    Betty Pfefferbaum;Elana Newman;Summer D. Nelson;Pascal Nitiéma

  • Sensation-Seeking and Delinquent Substance Use: An Extension of Learning Theory

    Peter B. Wood;John K. Cochran;Betty Pfefferbaum;Bruce J. Arneklev

  • Determinants of counseling for children in Manhattan after the September 11 attacks.

    Jennifer Stuber;Gerry Fairbrother;Sandro Galea;Betty Pfefferbaum

  • Posttraumatic Stress Reactions in New York City Children After the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks

    Gerry Fairbrother;Jennifer Stuber;Sandro Galea;Alan R. Fleischman

  • Predictors of post-traumatic stress symptoms in Oklahoma City: exposure, social support, peri-traumatic responses

    Phebe Tucker;Betty Pfefferbaum;Sara Jo Nixon;Warren Dickson

  • American Behavioral Scientist

    J. Brian Houston;Rose L. Pfefferbaum;Betty Pfefferbaum;Pascal Nitiéma

Frequent Co-Authors

Carol S. North
Carol S. North The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Elana Newman
Elana Newman University of Tulsa
Sara Jo Nixon
Sara Jo Nixon University of Florida
David E. Pollio
David E. Pollio National Institutes of Health
Fran H. Norris
Fran H. Norris Dartmouth College
Edward L. Spitznagel
Edward L. Spitznagel Washington University in St. Louis
Robert S. Pynoos
Robert S. Pynoos University of California, Los Angeles
Sandro Galea
Sandro Galea Washington University in St. Louis
David W. Foy
David W. Foy Pepperdine University
John A. Fairbank
John A. Fairbank Duke University

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