2026 Diane L. Putnick: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	48	5841	5429	3168	2874	148	12642

Overview

Diane L. Putnick is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a significant focus on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Clinical Psychology, Education, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, as well as Developmental and Educational Psychology.

Their work addresses a variety of topics including Birth, Development, and Health; Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues; Early Childhood Education and Development; Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy; Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development; Family and Disability Support Research; and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet.

Diane L. Putnick has contributed to several frequently publishing venues such as:

The Journal of Pediatrics
Annals of Epidemiology
PEDIATRICS
International Journal of Epidemiology
Nutrients

Notable recent publications include:

"Trajectories of Maternal Postpartum Depressive Symptoms," 2020, PEDIATRICS
"Maternal sensitivity and language in infancy each promotes child core language skill in preschool," 2020, Early Childhood Research Quarterly
"Displacement of peer play by screen time: associations with toddler development," 2022, Pediatric Research
"Little to Give, Much to Gain-What Can You Do With a Dried Blood Spot?," 2020, Current Environmental Health Reports
"Brain Responses to Emotional Infant Faces in New Mothers and Nulliparous Women," 2020, Scientific Reports

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors including Edwina Yeung, Rajeshwari Sundaram, Marc H. Bornstein, Erin M. Bell, and Sonia L. Robinson.

Best Publications

Measurement invariance conventions and reporting: The state of the art and future directions for psychological research

Diane L. Putnick;Marc H. Bornstein

3631
Citations
II. MORE THAN JUST CONVENIENT: THE SCIENTIFIC MERITS OF HOMOGENEOUS CONVENIENCE SAMPLES.

Justin Jager;Diane L. Putnick;Marc H. Bornstein

1113
Citations
Sampling in Developmental Science: Situations, Shortcomings, Solutions, and Standards

Marc H. Bornstein;Justin Jager;Diane L. Putnick

919
Citations
Cognitive and socioemotional caregiving in developing countries.

Marc H. Bornstein;Diane L. Putnick

346
Citations
A bilingual–monolingual comparison of young children's vocabulary size: Evidence from comprehension and production

Annick De Houwer;Marc H. Bornstein;Diane L. Putnick

250
Citations
Maternal chronological age, prenatal and perinatal history, social support, and parenting of infants.

Marc H. Bornstein;Diane L. Putnick;Joan T. D. Suwalsky;Motti Gini

248
Citations
Parenting cognitions → parenting practices → child adjustment? The standard model

Marc H. Bornstein;Diane L. Putnick;Joan T. D. Suwalsky

234
Citations
Parenting Attributions and Attitudes in Cross-Cultural Perspective.

Marc H. Bornstein;Diane L. Putnick;Jennifer E. Lansford

229
Citations
Parenting stress, perceived parenting behaviors, and adolescent self-concept in European American families.

Diane L. Putnick;Marc H. Bornstein;Charlene Hendricks;Kathleen M. Painter

209
Citations
Perceived mother and father acceptance-rejection predict four unique aspects of child adjustment across nine countries.

Diane L. Putnick;Marc H. Bornstein;Jennifer E. Lansford;Patrick S. Malone

189
Citations
Mother-Infant Contingent Vocalizations in 11 Countries

Marc H. Bornstein;Diane L. Putnick;Linda R. Cote;O. Maurice Haynes

186
Citations
Child Development in Developing Countries: Introduction and Methods.

Marc H. Bornstein;Pia Rebello Britto;Yuko Nonoyama-Tarumi;Yumiko Ota

183
Citations
Mother-child emotional availability in ecological perspective: three countries, two regions, two genders.

Marc H. Bornstein;Diane L. Putnick;Marianne Heslington;Motti Gini

183
Citations
Mother and father socially desirable responding in nine countries: Two kinds of agreement and relations to parenting self-reports.

Marc H. Bornstein;Diane L. Putnick;Jennifer E. Lansford;Concetta Pastorelli

183
Citations
Agreement in Mother and Father Acceptance-Rejection, Warmth, and Hostility/Rejection/Neglect of Children across Nine Countries.

Diane L. Putnick;Marc H. Bornstein;Jennifer E. Lansford;Lei Chang

178
Citations
Housing Quality and Access to Material and Learning Resources Within the Home Environment in Developing Countries

Robert H. Bradley;Diane L. Putnick

160
Citations
Neurobiology of culturally common maternal responses to infant cry

Marc H Bornstein;Diane L Putnick;Paola Rigo;Paola Rigo;Paola Rigo;Gianluca Esposito;Gianluca Esposito

149
Citations
Continuity and Stability in Development

Marc H. Bornstein;Diane L. Putnick;Gianluca Esposito;Gianluca Esposito

142
Citations
Infant Temperament: Stability by Age, Gender, Birth Order, Term Status, and Socioeconomic Status

Marc H. Bornstein;Diane L. Putnick;Maria A. Gartstein;Chun-Shin Hahn

138
Citations
Trajectories of Maternal Postpartum Depressive Symptoms

Diane L. Putnick;Rajeshwari Sundaram;Erin M. Bell;Akhgar Ghassabian

130
Citations
Maternal Chronological Age, Prenatal and Perinatal History, Social Support,

Marc H. Bornstein;Diane L. Putnick;Joan T. D. Suwalsky;Motti Gini

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc H. Bornstein National Institutes of Health

Jennifer E. Lansford Duke University

Kirby Deater-Deckard University of Massachusetts Amherst

Robert H. Bradley Arizona State University

Kenneth A. Dodge Duke University

Ann T. Skinner Duke University

O. Maurice Haynes National Institutes of Health

Suha M. Al-Hassan Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority

Arnaldo Zelli University of Rome "Foro Italico"

Laura Di Giunta Sapienza University of Rome

External Links

Personal website of Diane L. Putnick

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