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9416
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Candice A. Alfano 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 Candice A. Alfano sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 173 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Candice A. Alfano 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 Candice A. Alfano sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 19th percentile

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

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

Overview

Candice A. Alfano is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a significant body of work spanning 79 publications in this field. Within psychology, Alfano's subfields of study include Experimental and Cognitive Psychology with 44 publications, Clinical Psychology with 30 publications, Safety Research with 18, Cognitive Neuroscience with 15, and Education with 12.

The main topics addressed in Alfano's work revolve around sleep and related disorders, reflected in 74 publications. Other topics include child welfare and adoption with 36 publications, sleep and wakefulness research (26 publications), child nutrition and feeding issues (16 publications), family and disability support research (16 publications), homelessness and social issues (12 publications), and spaceflight effects on biology (10 publications).

Alfano has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Psychological, addictive, and health behavior implications of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020) - Behaviour Research and Therapy
  • Sleep loss and emotion: A systematic review and meta-analysis of over 50 years of experimental research (2023) - Psychological Bulletin
  • Associations of adverse childhood experiences with adolescent total sleep time, social jetlag, and insomnia symptoms (2021) - Sleep Medicine
  • Later sleep timing predicts accelerated summer weight gain among elementary school children: a prospective observational study (2021) - International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
  • Bidirectional relationships between sleep and biomarkers of stress and immunity in youth (2020) - International Journal of Psychophysiology

Frequent co-authors in Alfano's publications include Anthony Cifre (18 collaborations), Joanne L. Bower (17), Megan Rech (16), Christine So (14), and Eleanor L. McGlinchey (13). These collaborative efforts are reflected in research published predominantly in journals such as SLEEP (35 publications), Acta Astronautica (4), Sleep Medicine (3), Children and Youth Services Review (2), and Sleep Health (2).

In addition to articles, Alfano has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Frontiers Media: How Does Sleep Help Regulate Negative Emotion? (2023).

Best Publications

  • Sleep and emotion regulation: An organizing, integrative review

    Cara A. Palmer;Candice A. Alfano

  • Sleep-related problems among children and adolescents with anxiety disorders.

    Candice A. Alfano;Golda S. Ginsburg;Julie Newman Kingery

  • Sleep problems and their relation to cognitive factors, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents.

    Candice A. Alfano;Alan H. Zakem;Natalie M. Costa;Leslie K. Taylor

  • Cognition in childhood anxiety: conceptual, methodological, and developmental issues

    Candice A Alfano;Deborah C Beidel;Samuel M Turner

  • Cognitive correlates of social phobia among children and adolescents.

    Candice A. Alfano;Deborah C. Beidel;Samuel M. Turner

  • Sleep and anxiety in late childhood and early adolescence.

    Dana L. McMakin;Candice A. Alfano

  • Pre-Sleep Arousal and Sleep Problems of Anxiety-Disordered Youth

    Candice A. Alfano;Armando A. Pina;Argero A. Zerr;Ian K. Villalta

  • Social skills and social phobia: an investigation of DSM-IV subtypes.

    Deborah C. Beidel;Patricia A. Rao;Lindsay Scharfstein;Nina Wong

  • The Role of Sleep in Childhood Psychiatric Disorders

    Candice A. Alfano;Amanda L. Gamble

  • Associations among adolescent sleep problems, emotion regulation, and affective disorders: Findings from a nationally representative sample.

    Cara A. Palmer;Benjamin Oosterhoff;Joanne L. Bower;Julie B. Kaplow

  • Psychological, addictive, and health behavior implications of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Michael J. Zvolensky;Michael J. Zvolensky;Lorra Garey;Andrew H. Rogers;Norman B. Schmidt

  • The impact of social skills training for social anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled trial.

    Deborah C. Beidel;Candice A. Alfano;Michael J. Kofler;Patricia A. Rao

  • Preliminary evidence for sleep complaints among children referred for anxiety.

    Candice A. Alfano;Deborah C. Beidel;Samuel M. Turner;Daniel S. Lewin

  • Children with generalized anxiety disorder do not have peer problems, just fewer friends.

    Lindsay Scharfstein;Candice Alfano;Deborah Beidel;Nina Wong

  • Sleep fears, sleep disturbance, and PTSD symptoms in minority youth exposed to Hurricane Katrina

    Tyish Hall Brown;Thomas A. Mellman;Candice A. Alfano;Carl F. Weems

  • Mediators and Moderators of Outcome in the Behavioral Treatment of Childhood Social Phobia

    Candice A. Alfano;Armando A. Pina;Ian K. Villalta;Deborah C. Beidel

  • Impact of sleep restriction versus idealized sleep on emotional experience, reactivity and regulation in healthy adolescents.

    Radhika Reddy;Radhika Reddy;Cara A. Palmer;Christine Jackson;Samantha G. Farris;Samantha G. Farris

  • Polysomnographic sleep patterns of non-depressed, non-medicated children with generalized anxiety disorder

    Candice A. Alfano;Katharine Reynolds;Nikia Scott;Ronald E. Dahl

  • Sleep loss and emotion: A systematic review and meta-analysis of over 50 years of experimental research.

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  • The Relations among Measurements of Informant Discrepancies within a Multisite Trial of Treatments for Childhood Social Phobia

    Andres De Los Reyes;Candice A. Alfano;Deborah C. Beidel

  • The impact of military deployment on children: Placing developmental risk in context.

    Candice A. Alfano;Simon Lau;Jessica Balderas;Brian E. Bunnell

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah C. Beidel
Deborah C. Beidel University of Central Florida
Michael J. Zvolensky
Michael J. Zvolensky University of Houston
Richard J. Simpson
Richard J. Simpson La Trobe University
Armando Pina
Armando Pina Arizona State University
Carla Sharp
Carla Sharp University of Houston
Carl F. Weems
Carl F. Weems Iowa State University
Andres De Los Reyes
Andres De Los Reyes University of Maryland, College Park
Lea R. Dougherty
Lea R. Dougherty University of Maryland, College Park
Matthew W. Gallagher
Matthew W. Gallagher University of Houston
Lorra Garey
Lorra Garey University of Houston

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