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Dante Cicchetti 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 Dante Cicchetti sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 668 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dante Cicchetti 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 Dante Cicchetti sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 177 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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

  • 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

  • The construct of resilience: Implications for interventions and social policies

    Suniya S. Luthar;Dante Cicchetti

  • Equifinality and multifinality in developmental psychopathology

    Dante Cicchetti;Fred A. Rogosch

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

    Ann Shields;Dante Cicchetti

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

    Dante Cicchetti;Michael Lynch

  • Risk and protective factors in the development of psychopathology

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

  • The Developmental Psychopathology of Child Maltreatment

    Dante Cicchetti;Kurt Olsen

  • A developmental psychopathology perspective on adolescence.

    Dante Cicchetti;Fred A. Rogosch

  • The development of depression in children and adolescents.

    Dante Cicchetti;Sheree L. Toth

  • Developmental cascades

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  • Developmental Psychopathology and Family Process: Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications

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

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

    Jungmeen Kim;Dante Cicchetti

  • Disorganized/Disoriented Attachment Relationships in Maltreated Infants.

    Vicki Carlson;Dante Cicchetti;Douglas Barnett;Karen Braunwald

  • Defining child maltreatment: The interface between policy and research

    Dante Cicchetti

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

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

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

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

  • A developmental psychopathology perspective on child abuse and neglect

    Dante Cicchetti;Sheree L. Toth

  • The emergence of developmental psychopathology.

    Dante Cicchetti

  • 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

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

    Ann Shields;Dante Cicchetti

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

    Dante Cicchetti;Fred A. Rogosch

  • Developmental Psychopathology: Risk, Disorder, and Adaptation

    Dante Cicchetti;Donald J. Cohen

Frequent Co-Authors

Sheree L. Toth
Sheree L. Toth University of Rochester
Fred A. Rogosch
Fred A. Rogosch University of Rochester
Patrick T. Davies
Patrick T. Davies University of Rochester
Melissa L. Sturge-Apple
Melissa L. Sturge-Apple University of Rochester
E. Mark Cummings
E. Mark Cummings University of Notre Dame
Marjorie Beeghly
Marjorie Beeghly Wayne State University
Douglas Barnett
Douglas Barnett Wayne State University
Ann S. Masten
Ann S. Masten University of Minnesota
Megan R. Gunnar
Megan R. Gunnar University of Minnesota
Kathleen M. Thomas
Kathleen M. Thomas University of Minnesota

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