2026 Dante Cicchetti: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Best Scientists	176	691	633	429	384	675	127466
Psychology	177	30	26	12	10	668	135145

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
2019 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
2015 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2014 - James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science
2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1991 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Dante Cicchetti is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research work primarily falls within the field of psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, social psychology, safety research, and behavioral neuroscience.

The main topics of their scholarship include:

Child Abuse and Trauma
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Child Welfare and Adoption
Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Stress Responses and Cortisol
Resilience and Mental Health

Several papers authored or co-authored by Cicchetti provide insights into these themes. Some notable recent publications include:

"Psychological resilience: an update on definitions, a critical appraisal, and research recommendations," 2020, European Journal of Psychotraumatology
"Attachment goes to court: child protection and custody issues," 2021, Attachment & Human Development
"Child maltreatment and the development of psychopathology: The role of developmental timing and chronicity," 2021, Child Abuse & Neglect
"The role of coping strategies in the pathway between child maltreatment and internalizing and externalizing behaviors," 2020, Child Abuse & Neglect
"Child maltreatment: An intergenerational cascades model of risk processes potentiating child psychopathology," 2020, Child Abuse & Neglect

Cicchetti's collaboration network includes frequent co-authors such as:

Elizabeth D. Handley
Justin Russotti
Sheree L. Toth
Fred A. Rogosch
Jennifer M. Warmingham

Their work has been published extensively in several prominent venues, including:

Development and Psychopathology
Child Abuse & Neglect
Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
Developmental Psychology
Child Maltreatment

Throughout their career, Cicchetti has received multiple awards recognizing their contributions to psychology and related disciplines. These include:

APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2019
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2015
James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science, 2014
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011 and 1998
Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), 1991

Best Publications

The Construct of Resilience: A Critical Evaluation and Guidelines for Future Work

Suniya S. Luthar;Dante Cicchetti;Bronwyn Becker

14267
Citations
The construct of resilience: Implications for interventions and social policies

Suniya S. Luthar;Dante Cicchetti

3589
Citations
Equifinality and multifinality in developmental psychopathology

Dante Cicchetti;Fred A. Rogosch

2322
Citations
Emotion regulation among school-age children: The development and validation of a new criterion Q-sort scale.

Ann Shields;Dante Cicchetti

1888
Citations
Toward an Ecological/Transactional Model of Community Violence and Child Maltreatment: Consequences for Children’s Development

Dante Cicchetti;Michael Lynch

1886
Citations
Risk and protective factors in the development of psychopathology

Jon Rolf;Ann S. Masten;Dante Cicchetti;Keith H. Nüchterlein

1762
Citations
The Developmental Psychopathology of Child Maltreatment

Dante Cicchetti;Kurt Olsen

1676
Citations
A developmental psychopathology perspective on adolescence.

Dante Cicchetti;Fred A. Rogosch

1632
Citations
The development of depression in children and adolescents.

Dante Cicchetti;Sheree L. Toth

1611
Citations
Developmental cascades

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1607
Citations
Developmental Psychopathology and Family Process: Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications

E. Mark Cummings;Patrick Davies;Susan B. Campbell;Dante Cicchetti

1581
Citations
Longitudinal pathways linking child maltreatment, emotion regulation, peer relations, and psychopathology

Jungmeen Kim;Dante Cicchetti

1580
Citations
Disorganized/Disoriented Attachment Relationships in Maltreated Infants.

Vicki Carlson;Dante Cicchetti;Douglas Barnett;Karen Braunwald

1542
Citations
Defining child maltreatment: The interface between policy and research

Dante Cicchetti

1518
Citations
Recognizing emotion in faces: developmental effects of child abuse and neglect.

Seth D. Pollak;Dante Cicchetti;Katherine Hornung;Alex Reed

1287
Citations
Attachment in the preschool years: Theory, research, and intervention.

Mark T. Greenberg;Dante Cicchetti;E. Mark Cummings

1242
Citations
A developmental psychopathology perspective on child abuse and neglect

Dante Cicchetti;Sheree L. Toth

1200
Citations
The emergence of developmental psychopathology.

Dante Cicchetti

1178
Citations
Dimensions of child maltreatment and children's adjustment: contributions of developmental timing and subtype.

Jody Todd Manly;Jungmeen E. Kim;Fred A. Rogosch;Dante Cicchetti

1174
Citations
Reactive Aggression Among Maltreated Children: The Contributions of Attention and Emotion Dysregulation

Ann Shields;Dante Cicchetti

1077
Citations
The role of self-organization in the promotion of resilience in maltreated children

Dante Cicchetti;Fred A. Rogosch

1043
Citations
Developmental Psychopathology: Risk, Disorder, and Adaptation

Dante Cicchetti;Donald J. Cohen

753
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sheree L. Toth University of Rochester

Fred A. Rogosch University of Rochester

Patrick T. Davies University of Rochester

Melissa L. Sturge-Apple University of Rochester

E. Mark Cummings University of Notre Dame

Marjorie Beeghly Wayne State University

Douglas Barnett Wayne State University

Ann S. Masten University of Minnesota

Megan R. Gunnar University of Minnesota

Kathleen M. Thomas University of Minnesota

External Links

Personal website of Dante Cicchetti

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