2026 Christopher Hertzog: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	82	1333	1185	801	693	246	25963

Research.com Recognitions

1989 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Christopher Hertzog is affiliated with Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with specific attention to experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, neuropsychology and physiological psychology, and demography.

The scientist's recent scholarly contributions include:

Fostering Self-Management of Everyday Memory in Older Adults: A New Intervention Approach (2021) published in Frontiers in Psychology
Aging and Peak Human Performance: A Glance Back (2020) published in The Journals of Gerontology Series B
Are age differences in recognition-based retrieval monitoring an epiphenomenon of age differences in memory? (2021) published in Psychology and Aging
Category norms with a cross-sectional sample of adults in the United States: Consideration of cohort, age, and historical effects on semantic categories (2020) published in Behavior Research Methods
Initial Evidence for the Efficacy of an Everyday Memory and Metacognitive Intervention (2020) published in Innovation in Aging

Frequent coauthors include:

MacKenzie Hughes
Ann Pearman
Taylor Curley
Emily Lustig
Emily L. Giannotto

Notable publication venues where Christopher Hertzog has contributed multiple works consist of:

Innovation in Aging
The Journals of Gerontology Series B
Psychology and Aging
Aging Neuropsychology and Cognition
Neurobiology of Aging

The main topics covered by their research span:

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Cognitive Functions and Memory
Aging and Gerontology Research
Memory Processes and Influences
Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
Cognitive Abilities and Testing

Christopher Hertzog is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), an honor awarded in 1989.

Best Publications

Factors Predicting the Use of Technology: Findings From the Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE)

Sara J. Czaja;Neil Charness;Arthur D. Fisk;Christopher Hertzog

2626
Citations
Enrichment Effects on Adult Cognitive Development: Can the Functional Capacity of Older Adults Be Preserved and Enhanced?

Christopher Hertzog;Arthur F. Kramer;Robert S. Wilson;Ulman Lindenberger

1860
Citations
Use it or lose it: Engaged lifestyle as a buffer of cognitive decline in aging?

David F. Hultsch;Christopher Hertzog;Brent J. Small;Roger A. Dixon

1297
Citations
A multivariate model of gender differences in adolescents' internalizing and externalizing problems.

Bonnie J. Leadbeater;Gabriel P. Kuperminc;Sidney J. Blatt;Christopher Hertzog

1125
Citations
Measurement properties of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) in older populations.

Christopher Hertzog;Judith Van Alstine;Paul D. Usala;David F. Hultsch

609
Citations
Effect of age on event-based and time-based prospective memory.

Denise C. Park;Christopher Hertzog;Daniel P. Kidder;Roger W. Morrell

478
Citations
The Metamemory in Adulthood (MIA) questionnaire

R A Dixon;D F Hultsch;C Hertzog

458
Citations
Metacognition in adulthood and old age.

Christopher Hertzog;David F. Hultsch

436
Citations
Assessing psychological change in adulthood: an overview of methodological issues.

Christopher Hertzog;John R. Nesselroade

403
Citations
Beyond autoregressive models: some implications of the trait-state distinction for the structural modeling of developmental change.

Christopher Hertzog;John R. Nesselroade

379
Citations
Relationships between metamemory, memory predictions, and memory task performance in adults.

Christopher Hertzog;Roger A. Dixon;David F. Hultsch

374
Citations
Medication adherence in rheumatoid arthritis patients: older is wiser.

Denise C. Park;Christopher Hertzog;Howard Leventhal;Roger W. Morrell

368
Citations
Age-Related Differences in Absolute but Not Relative Metamemory Accuracy

Lisa Tabor Connor;John Dunlosky;Christopher Hertzog

358
Citations
Cross-sectional age variance extraction: what's change got to do with it?

Ulman Lindenberger;Timo von Oertzen;Paolo Ghisletta;Christopher Hertzog

341
Citations
Training Programs to Improve Learning in Later Adulthood: Helping Older Adults Educate Themselves

John Dunlosky;Christopher Hertzog

318
Citations
Short-term longitudinal change in cognitive performance in later life.

David F. Hultsch;Christopher Hertzog;Brent J. Small;Leslie McDonald-Miszczak

301
Citations
Latent change models of adult cognition: are changes in processing speed and working memory associated with changes in episodic memory?

Christopher Hertzog;Roger A. Dixon;David F. Hultsch;Stuart W. S. MacDonald

300
Citations
Aging and deficits in associative memory: what is the role of strategy production?

John Dunlosky;Christopher Hertzog

288
Citations
Repeated-measures analysis of variance in developmental research: selected issues.

Christopher Hertzog;Michael Rovine

286
Citations
Stability and Change in Adult Personality Over 6 Years: Findings From the Victoria Longitudinal Study

Brent J. Small;Christopher Hertzog;David F. Hultsch;Roger A. Dixon

271
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

John Dunlosky Kent State University

Roger A. Dixon University of Alberta

David F. Hultsch University of Victoria

Arthur D. Fisk Georgia Institute of Technology

Ulman Lindenberger Max Planck Institute for Human Development

Fredda Blanchard-Fields Georgia Institute of Technology

Paolo Ghisletta University of Geneva

Denise C. Park The University of Texas at Dallas

Brent J. Small University of South Florida

Tomaso Vecchi University of Pavia

External Links

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