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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Psychology 37 9171 8571 4863 4429 121 6233

Deborah Finkel publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Deborah Finkel between 1993 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Deborah Finkel published across 33 years, from 1993 to 2025, averaging 5.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 26 publications in 2025. 42 of the 192 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1993 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 26. Peak 26 publications in 2025. 1993: 2 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 5 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 3 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 5 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 4 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 4 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 1 publication 2011: 1 publication 2012: 1 publication 2013: 4 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 12 publications 2024: 16 publications 2025: 26 publications
1993 2025

192 publications in total across all disciplines

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Deborah Finkel: publications per year, 1993 to 2025
Year Publications
1993 2
1994 0
1995 4
1996 5
1997 1
1998 3
1999 1
2000 5
2001 4
2002 2
2003 3
2004 1
2005 4
2006 1
2007 4
2008 0
2009 3
2010 1
2011 1
2012 1
2013 4
2014 5
2015 10
2016 6
2017 5
2018 12
2019 18
2020 9
2021 11
2022 12
2023 12
2024 16
2025 26
Total 192
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Deborah Finkel 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 Deborah Finkel sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 69 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 31–40 to 705+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 736. Most scientists, 736, have 101–110 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 121–130 publications, is where this scientist sits. 31–40 publications: 6 scientists 41–50 publications: 52 scientists 51–60 publications: 138 scientists 61–70 publications: 299 scientists 71–80 publications: 461 scientists 81–90 publications: 605 scientists 91–100 publications: 713 scientists 101–110 publications: 736 scientists 111–120 publications: 686 scientists 121–130 publications: 670 scientists 131–140 publications: 644 scientists 141–150 publications: 597 scientists 151–160 publications: 576 scientists 161–170 publications: 477 scientists 171–180 publications: 450 scientists 181–190 publications: 397 scientists 191–200 publications: 343 scientists 201–210 publications: 328 scientists 211–220 publications: 313 scientists 221–230 publications: 283 scientists 231–240 publications: 226 scientists 241–250 publications: 196 scientists 251–260 publications: 201 scientists 261–270 publications: 171 scientists 271–280 publications: 151 scientists 281–290 publications: 139 scientists 291–300 publications: 113 scientists 301–310 publications: 102 scientists 311–320 publications: 100 scientists 321–330 publications: 76 scientists 331–340 publications: 92 scientists 341–350 publications: 85 scientists 351–360 publications: 69 scientists 361–370 publications: 71 scientists 371–380 publications: 63 scientists 381–390 publications: 58 scientists 391–400 publications: 57 scientists 401–410 publications: 43 scientists 411–420 publications: 33 scientists 421–430 publications: 50 scientists 431–440 publications: 41 scientists 441–450 publications: 32 scientists 451–460 publications: 27 scientists 461–470 publications: 28 scientists 471–480 publications: 25 scientists 481–490 publications: 28 scientists 491–500 publications: 20 scientists 501–510 publications: 23 scientists 511–520 publications: 26 scientists 521–530 publications: 17 scientists 531–540 publications: 21 scientists 541–550 publications: 14 scientists 551–560 publications: 16 scientists 561–570 publications: 10 scientists 571–580 publications: 22 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 14 scientists 601–610 publications: 9 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 4 scientists 631–640 publications: 7 scientists 641–650 publications: 5 scientists 651–660 publications: 10 scientists 661–670 publications: 8 scientists 671–680 publications: 8 scientists 681–690 publications: 4 scientists 691–700 publications: 3 scientists 701–704 publications: 4 scientists 705+ publications: 100 scientists
31–40 publications 705+

This scientist: 121 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Psychology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
31–40 6
41–50 52
51–60 138
61–70 299
71–80 461
81–90 605
91–100 713
101–110 736
111–120 686
121–130 670 121
131–140 644
141–150 597
151–160 576
161–170 477
171–180 450
181–190 397
191–200 343
201–210 328
211–220 313
221–230 283
231–240 226
241–250 196
251–260 201
261–270 171
271–280 151
281–290 139
291–300 113
301–310 102
311–320 100
321–330 76
331–340 92
341–350 85
351–360 69
361–370 71
371–380 63
381–390 58
391–400 57
401–410 43
411–420 33
421–430 50
431–440 41
441–450 32
451–460 27
461–470 28
471–480 25
481–490 28
491–500 20
501–510 23
511–520 26
521–530 17
531–540 21
541–550 14
551–560 16
561–570 10
571–580 22
581–590 9
591–600 14
601–610 9
611–620 11
621–630 4
631–640 7
641–650 5
651–660 10
661–670 8
671–680 8
681–690 4
691–700 3
701–704 4
705+ 100
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Deborah Finkel 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 Deborah Finkel sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 144+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 702. Most scientists, 702, have 32–33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 36–37 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30–31 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.

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Number of Psychology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 398
32–33 702
34–35 671
36–37 659 37
38–39 641
40–41 671
42–43 617
44–45 558
46–47 495
48–49 487
50–51 445
52–53 390
54–55 408
56–57 345
58–59 325
60–61 321
62–63 248
64–65 290
66–67 218
68–69 219
70–71 215
72–73 183
74–75 169
76–77 132
78–79 137
80–81 120
82–83 112
84–85 86
86–87 101
88–89 83
90–91 77
92–93 70
94–95 78
96–97 58
98–99 53
100–101 57
102–103 48
104–105 53
106–107 46
108–109 24
110–111 35
112–113 27
114–115 32
116–117 31
118–119 22
120–121 16
122–123 24
124–125 18
126–127 11
128–129 19
130–131 10
132–133 16
134–135 10
136–137 12
138–139 8
140–141 5
142–143 12
144+ 98
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Overview

Deborah Finkel is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine with a specific focus on health and aging. Their work spans multiple domains including health disparities, frailty in older adults, and geriatric care.

Finkel's research covers core topics such as:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Frailty in older adults
  • Aging and gerontology research
  • Birth, development, and health
  • Nutrition and health in aging
  • Geriatric care and nursing homes
  • Cognitive abilities and testing

Main fields of study include medicine, with subfields focusing on health, general health professions, physiology, psychiatry and mental health, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Deborah Finkel has published in several venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • Aging & Mental Health
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series B
  • Child Development
  • Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Frequent collaboration has been a key aspect of Finkel's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Chandra A. Reynolds
  • Nancy L. Pedersen
  • Marie Ernsth Bravell
  • Ida Karlsson
  • Linda Johansson

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Finkel include:

  • Longitudinal trajectories, correlations and mortality associations of nine biological ages across 20-years follow-up (2020, eLife)
  • Drivers of Frailty from Adulthood into Old Age: Results from a 27-Year Longitudinal Population-Based Study in Sweden (2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series A)
  • Longitudinal analyses indicate bidirectional associations between loneliness and health (2022, Aging & Mental Health)
  • Oral health is essential for quality of life in older adults: A Swedish National Quality Register Study (2020, Gerodontology)
  • Longitudinal associations between use of antihypertensive, antidiabetic, and lipid-lowering medications and biological aging (2023, GeroScience)

Best Publications

  • Predicting prejudice from religious fundamentalism and right-wing authoritarianism : a multiple-regression approach

    Brian Laythe;Deborah Finkel;L. E. E. A. Kirkpatrick

  • Longitudinal trajectories, correlations and mortality associations of nine biological ages across 20-years follow-up

    Xia Li;Alexander Ploner;Yunzhang Wang;Patrik Ke Magnusson

  • Age changes in processing speed as a leading indicator of cognitive aging.

    Deborah Finkel;Chandra A. Reynolds;John J. McArdle;Nancy L. Pedersen

  • Factors associated with grip strength decline in older adults

    Ola Sternäng;Chandra A. Reynolds;Deborah Finkel;Marie Ernsth-Bravell

  • Religious Fundamentalism as a Predictor of Prejudice: A Two-Component Model

    Brian Laythe;Deborah G. FinkeL;Robert G. Bringle;Lee A. Kirkpatrick

  • Odor Identification Influences of Age, Gender, Cognition, and Personality

    Maria Larsson;Deborah Finkel;Nancy L. Pedersen

  • The role of occupational complexity in trajectories of cognitive aging before and after retirement.

    Deborah Finkel;Ross Andel;Margaret Gatz;Nancy L. Pedersen

  • Processing Speed and Longitudinal Trajectories of Change for Cognitive Abilities: The Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging

    Deborah Finkel;Nancy L. Pedersen

  • Sex differences and nonadditivity in heritability of the multidimensional personality questionnaire scales

    Deborah Finkel;Matt McGue

  • Heritability of cognitive abilities in adult twins: Comparison of Minnesota and Swedish data.

    Deborah Finkel;Nancy L. Pedersen;Matt McGue;Gerald E. McClearn

  • Latent growth curve analyses of accelerating decline in cognitive abilities in late adulthood.

    Deborah Finkel;Chandra A Reynolds;John J McArdle;Margaret Gatz

  • The longitudinal relationship between processing speed and cognitive ability: genetic and environmental influences.

    Deborah Finkel;Chandra A. Reynolds;John J. McArdle;Nancy L. Pedersen;Nancy L. Pedersen

  • Quantitative Genetic Analysis of Latent Growth Curve Models of Cognitive Abilities in Adulthood.

    Chandra A. Reynolds;Deborah Finkel;John J. McArdle;Margaret Gatz

  • Grip Strength and Cognitive Abilities: Associations in Old Age

    Ola Sternäng;Ola Sternäng;Chandra A. Reynolds;Deborah Finkel;Marie Ernsth-Bravell

  • Longitudinal and cross-sectional twin data on cognitive abilities in adulthood: the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging.

    Deborah Finkel;Nancy L. Pedersen;Robert Plomin;Gerald E. McClearn

  • Preliminary results from a twin study of infant--caregiver attachment.

    Deborah Finkel;Diane E. Wille;Adam P. Matheny

  • Cohort Differences in Trajectories of Cognitive Aging

    Deborah Finkel;Chandra A. Reynolds;John J. McArdle;Nancy L. Pedersen

  • Genetic and Environmental Influences on Functional Age: A Twin Study

    Deborah Finkel;Keith Whitfield;Matt McGue

  • Gender Differences in Longitudinal Trajectories of Change in Physical, Social, and Cognitive/Sedentary Leisure Activities.

    Deborah Finkel;Ross Andel;Nancy L Pedersen;Nancy L Pedersen

  • Sources of influence on rate of cognitive change over time in Swedish twins: an application of latent growth models.

    Chandra A. Reynolds;Deborah Finkel;Margaret Gatz;Nancy L. Pedersen

  • The origins of individual differences in memory among the elderly: a behavior genetic analysis.

    Deborah Finkel;Matt McGue

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute
Chandra A. Reynolds
Chandra A. Reynolds University of California, Riverside
Margaret Gatz
Margaret Gatz University of Southern California
Matt McGue
Matt McGue University of Minnesota
Carol E. Franz
Carol E. Franz University of California, San Diego
John J. McArdle
John J. McArdle University of Southern California
Eric Turkheimer
Eric Turkheimer University of Virginia
Ross Andel
Ross Andel University of South Florida
Scott M. Hofer
Scott M. Hofer University of Victoria
Charles F. Emery
Charles F. Emery The Ohio State University

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