2026 Bruce M. Hood: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	37	9178	8578	920	880	99	6073

Bruce M. Hood 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 Bruce M. Hood sits on this spectrum.

31 publications 705+

This scientist: 99 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Bruce M. Hood 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 Bruce M. Hood sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% 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

1997 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Bruce M. Hood is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of psychology. Their research spans various domains within psychology, with a primary focus on psychological well-being and life satisfaction, COVID-19 and mental health, as well as evolutionary psychology and human behavior.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

Illusory Essences: A Bias Holding Back Theorizing in Psychological Science, 2021, published in Perspectives on Psychological Science
Benefits of a psychoeducational happiness course on university student mental well-being both before and during a COVID-19 lockdown, 2021, published in Health Psychology Open
A systematic review of the effect of university positive psychology courses on student psychological wellbeing, 2022, published in Frontiers in Psychology
Evaluation of a credit-bearing online administered happiness course on undergraduates' mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022, published in PLoS ONE
The origins and development of attachment object behaviour, 2020, published in Current Opinion in Psychology

Bruce M. Hood's collaborations reveal a frequent engagement with several co-authors, notably:

Sarah A. Jelbert
Catherine Hobbs
Laurie R. Santos
Cameron Brick
Vebjørn Ekroll

The scientist has published multiple articles in prominent journals, with the most frequent venues being:

PLoS ONE
Perspectives on Psychological Science
Frontiers in Psychology
Health Psychology Open
Higher Education

Bruce M. Hood's academic focus encompasses several fields and subfields of study, which include:

Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Social Psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Sociology and Political Science

Their main research topics cover:

Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
COVID-19 and Mental Health
Mental Health Research Topics
Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Child and Animal Learning Development
Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Memory and Neural Mechanisms

In addition to research articles, Bruce M. Hood has contributed to academic books. Notably, they have a publication titled The Science of Happiness, published in 2024 by Rowman & Littlefield.

Among their recognitions, Bruce M. Hood was named a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1997.

Best Publications

Adult's Eyes Trigger Shifts of Visual Attention in Human Infants

BM Hood;JD Willen;J Driver

953
Citations
The stress of the transition to university: A longitudinal study of psychological disturbance, absent-mindedness and vulnerability to homesickness

Shirley Fisher;Bruce M. Hood

499
Citations
Are You Looking at Me? Eye Gaze and Person Perception

C. Neil Macrae;Bruce M. Hood;Alan B. Milne;Angela C. Rowe

424
Citations
Two Intact Executive Capacities in Children with Autism: Implications for the Core Executive Dysfunctions in the Disorder

James Russell;Christopher Jarrold;Bruce Hood

256
Citations
Look into my eyes: Gaze direction and person memory

Malia F Mason;Bruce M Hood;C Neil Macrae

235
Citations
Eye remember you: the effects of gaze direction on face recognition in children and adults

Bruce M. Hood;C. Neil Macrae;Victoria Cole-Davies;Melanie Dias

216
Citations
Children prefer certain individuals over perfect duplicates

Bruce M. Hood;Paul Bloom

204
Citations
Predicting the Outcomes of Physical Events: Two‐Year‐Olds Fail to Reveal Knowledge of Solidity and Support

Bruce Hood;Susan Carey;Sandeep Prasada

187
Citations
Gravity rules for 2- to 4-year olds?

Bruce M. Hood

183
Citations
Gravity biases in a non‐human primate?

Bruce M. Hood;Marc D. Hauser;Linda Anderson;Laurie Santos

162
Citations
The Effect of Creative Labor on Property-Ownership Transfer by Preschool Children and Adults

Patricia Kanngiesser;Nathalia Gjersoe;Bruce M. Hood

157
Citations
Looking and search measures of object knowledge in preschool children

Bruce Hood;Victoria Cole-Davies;Melanie Dias

137
Citations
Children with autism are neither systematic nor optimal foragers

Elizabeth Pellicano;Alastair D. Smith;Filipe Cristino;Bruce M. Hood

122
Citations
Picasso Paintings, Moon Rocks, and Hand-Written Beatles Lyrics: Adults' Evaluations of Authentic Objects.

Brandy N. Frazier;Susan A. Gelman;Alice Wilson;Bruce M. Hood

112
Citations
Is visual search really like foraging

Iain D Gilchrist;Alice North;Bruce Hood

112
Citations
The self illusion : how the social brain creates identity

Bruce Hood

89
Citations
Gravity does rule for falling events

Bruce M. Hood

84
Citations
Picture yourself: Self-focus and the endowment effect in preschool children.

Bruce Hood;Sandra Weltzien;Lauren Marsh;Patricia Kanngiesser

75
Citations
The intention to act improves unilateral left neglect : two demonstrations

Ian H. Robertson;Daniele Nico;Bruce M. Hood

65
Citations
Illusory Essences: A Bias Holding Back Theorizing in Psychological Science.

Cameron Brick;Cameron Brick;Bruce Hood;Vebjørn Ekroll;Lee de-Wit

52
Citations
Cognitive neuroscience of attention: A developmental perspective

Bruce M Hood;J Atkinson;O Braddick

18
Citations
Adult's eyes trigger shifts of visual attention in human infants

Bruce M. Hood;J.Douglas Willen;Jon Driver

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Iain D. Gilchrist University of Bristol

Laurie R. Santos Yale University

Janette Atkinson University College London

Oliver Braddick University of Oxford

Paul Bloom Columbia University

C. Neil Macrae University of Aberdeen

Ian H. Robertson Trinity College Dublin

Shoji Itakura Kyoto University

Susan Carey Harvard University

Alan M. Leslie Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

External Links

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