2026 Derek M. Isaacowitz: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	49	5549	5155	3030	2748	165	16869

Derek M. Isaacowitz 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 Derek M. Isaacowitz sits on this spectrum.

31 publications 705+

This scientist: 165 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Derek M. Isaacowitz 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 Derek M. Isaacowitz sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% 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

2008 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Derek M. Isaacowitz is affiliated with Northeastern University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of psychology. Their work focuses on aging and related psychological processes, contributing extensively across multiple subfields such as neuropsychology and physiological psychology, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, health, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their research addresses a variety of topics, including:

Aging and gerontology research
Psychological well-being and life satisfaction
Health disparities and outcomes
Global health workforce issues
Public health policies and education
Healthcare policy and management
Mental health research topics

Derek M. Isaacowitz has published in several prominent academic venues, notably:

Innovation in Aging
The Journals of Gerontology Series B
Aging & Mental Health
Emotion
Current Opinion in Psychology

The scientist's recent papers demonstrate their focus on aging and emotion regulation, including:

What Do We Know About Aging and Emotion Regulation? (2022), published in Perspectives on Psychological Science
Age-Related Changes in the Role of Social Motivation: Implications for Healthy Aging (2021), published in The Journals of Gerontology Series B
Aging and emotion regulation during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021), published in Aging & Mental Health
Motivation and Healthy Aging: A Heuristic Model (2021), published in The Journals of Gerontology Series B
Age differences in emotion regulation strategy use and flexibility in daily life (2023), published in Aging & Mental Health

Frequent co-authors in Derek M. Isaacowitz's research include:

Hannah Wolfe
Suzanne Meeks
Steven M. Albert
Rozalyn M. Anderson
Judith L. Howe

Recognized within their professional community, Derek M. Isaacowitz was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2008.

Best Publications

Taking Time Seriously. A Theory of Socioemotional Selectivity

Laura L. Carstensen;Derek M. Isaacowitz;Susan T. Charles

6244
Citations
Selective preference in visual fixation away from negative images in old age? An eye-tracking study.

Derek M. Isaacowitz;Heather A. Wadlinger;Deborah Goren;Hugh R. Wilson

582
Citations
Fixing Our Focus: Training Attention to Regulate Emotion:

Heather A. Wadlinger;Derek M. Isaacowitz

547
Citations
Positive mood broadens visual attention to positive stimuli

Heather A. Wadlinger;Derek M. Isaacowitz

515
Citations
Mechanisms of motivation-cognition interaction: Challenges and opportunities

Todd S. Braver;Marie K. Krug;Kimberly S. Chiew;Wouter Kool

495
Citations
Age differences in recognition of emotion in lexical stimuli and facial expressions.

Derek M. Isaacowitz;Corinna E. Löckenhoff;Richard D. Lane;Ron Wright

463
Citations
Preferences for emotional information in older and younger adults: A meta-analysis of memory and attention tasks.

Nora A. Murphy;Derek M. Isaacowitz

461
Citations
Pupillometry as a measure of cognitive effort in younger and older adults.

Tepring Piquado;Derek Isaacowitz;Arthur Wingfield

459
Citations
Is there an age-related positivity effect in visual attention? A comparison of two methodologies.

Derek M. Isaacowitz;Heather A. Wadlinger;Deborah Goren;Hugh R. Wilson

432
Citations
Looking While Unhappy Mood-Congruent Gaze in Young Adults, Positive Gaze in Older Adults

Derek M. Isaacowitz;Kaitlin Toner;Deborah Goren;Hugh R. Wilson

411
Citations
The Gaze of the Optimist

Derek M. Isaacowitz

270
Citations
Linking Process and Outcome in the Study of Emotion and Aging.

Derek M. Isaacowitz;Fredda Blanchard-Fields

242
Citations
Looking Happy: The Experimental Manipulation of a Positive Visual Attention Bias

Heather A. Wadlinger;Derek M. Isaacowitz

223
Citations
Use of gaze for real-time mood regulation: effects of age and attentional functioning.

Derek M. Isaacowitz;Kaitlin Toner;Shevaun D. Neupert

214
Citations
Motivated Gaze: The View From the Gazer

Derek M. Isaacowitz

208
Citations
Positive and Negative Affect in Very Old Age

Derek M. Isaacowitz;Jacqui Smith

206
Citations
Bringing an Ecological Perspective to the Study of Aging and Recognition of Emotional Facial Expressions: Past, Current, and Future Methods.

Derek M. Isaacowitz;Jennifer Tehan Stanley

197
Citations
The Time Course of Age-Related Preferences Toward Positive and Negative Stimuli

Derek M. Isaacowitz;Eric S. Allard;Nora A. Murphy;Mark Schlangel

173
Citations
A consensus-based transparency checklist

Balazs Aczel;Barnabas Szaszi;Alexandra Sarafoglou;Zoltan Kekecs

163
Citations
Strengths and satisfaction across the adult lifespan.

Derek M. Isaacowitz;George E. Vaillant;Martin E. P. Seligman

159
Citations
Correlates of well-being in adulthood and old age: A tale of two optimisms

Derek M. Isaacowitz

151
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Helene H. Fung Chinese University of Hong Kong

Alexandra M. Freund University of Zurich

Hugh R. Wilson York University

Scott O. Lilienfeld Emory University

David DeSteno Northeastern University

Laura L. Carstensen Stanford University

Daniel J. Simons University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

M. Gareth Gaskell University of York

Dolores Albarracín University of Pennsylvania

Martin E. P. Seligman University of Pennsylvania

External Links

Personal website of Derek M. Isaacowitz

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