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Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff

Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
59
Citations
16142
World Ranking
3664
National Ranking
2059

Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff 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 Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 163 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.

Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff 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 Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff is affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields including Medicine, Neuroscience, and Psychology, with significant focus on behavioral and clinical aspects of neuroendocrinology.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Shirtcliff's work covers several subfields of study:

  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Social Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Their primary research topics include:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Hormonal and reproductive studies
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

Recent publication venues where Shirtcliff has contributed frequently are:

  • Psychoneuroendocrinology (25 publications)
  • Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (4 publications)
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (2 publications)
  • Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology (2 publications)
  • Developmental Psychobiology (2 publications)

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • A Researcher's Guide to the Measurement and Modeling of Puberty in the ABCD Study® at Baseline, 2021, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Evoking stress reactivity in virtual reality: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2022, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Multimethod assessment of pubertal timing and associations with internalizing psychopathology in early adolescent girls, 2021, Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science
  • A systematic review of hair cortisol during pregnancy: Reference ranges and methodological considerations, 2020, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Testosterone and hippocampal trajectories mediate relationship of poverty to emotion dysregulation and depression, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent coauthors in their scientific collaborations include:

  • Kristine Marceau
  • Jenny Phan
  • Shannin N. Moody
  • Olivia C. Robertson
  • Cecile D. Ladouceur

Best Publications

  • The Adaptive Calibration Model of stress responsivity.

    Marco Del Giudice;Bruce J. Ellis;Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff

  • Disorders of childhood and adolescence: gender and psychopathology.

    Carolyn Zahn-Waxler;Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff;Kristine Marceau

  • Behavioral Problems After Early Life Stress: Contributions of the Hippocampus and Amygdala

    Jamie L. Hanson;Brendon M. Nacewicz;Matthew J. Sutterer;Amelia A. Cayo

  • Pubertal development: correspondence between hormonal and physical development.

    Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff;Ronald E. Dahl;Seth D. Pollak

  • Early stress is associated with alterations in the orbitofrontal cortex: a tensor-based morphometry investigation of brain structure and behavioral risk.

    Jamie L. Hanson;Moo K. Chung;Brian B. Avants;Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff

  • Use of salivary biomarkers in biobehavioral research: cotton-based sample collection methods can interfere with salivary immunoassay results.

    Elizabeth A Shirtcliff;Douglas A Granger;Eve Schwartz;Mary J Curran

  • The ''trouble'' with salivary testosterone

    Douglas A Granger;Elizabeth A Shirtcliff;Alan Booth;Katie T Kivlighan

  • Puberty and the human brain: Insights into adolescent development.

    Nandita Vijayakumar;Zdena Op de Macks;Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff;Jennifer H. Pfeifer

  • Neurobiology of empathy and callousness: Implications for the development of antisocial behavior

    Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff;Michael J. Vitacco;Alexander R. Graf;J B A Andrew Gostisha

  • Testosterone, cortisol, and women's competition.

    Helen S Bateup;Alan Booth;Elizabeth A Shirtcliff;Douglas A Granger

  • Low salivary cortisol levels and externalizing behavior problems in youth

    Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff;Douglas A. Granger;Alan Booth;David Johnson

  • Neuroendocrine dysregulation following early social deprivation in children

    Alison B. Wismer Fries;Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff;Seth D. Pollak

  • Influence of early life stress on later hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis functioning and its covariation with mental health symptoms: A study of the allostatic process from childhood into adolescence

    Marilyn J. Essex;Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff;Linnea R. Burk;Paula L. Ruttle

  • Correspondence between hair cortisol concentrations and 30-day integrated daily salivary and weekly urinary cortisol measures

    Sarah J. Short;Tobias Stalder;Kristine Marceau;Sonja Entringer

  • Quantifying blood leakage into the oral mucosa and its effects on the measurement of cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone, and testosterone in saliva

    Katie T Kivlighan;Douglas A Granger;Eve B Schwartz;Vincent Nelson

  • Concurrent and longitudinal associations of basal and diurnal cortisol with mental health symptoms in early adolescence.

    Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff;Marilyn J. Essex

  • Longitudinal stability and developmental properties of salivary cortisol levels and circadian rhythms from childhood to adolescence.

    Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff;Amber L. Allison;Jeffrey M. Armstrong;Marcia J. Slattery

  • Quality of early family relationships and the timing and tempo of puberty: Effects depend on biological sensitivity to context

    Bruce J. Ellis;Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff;W. Thomas Boyce;Julianna Deardorff

  • Disentangling psychobiological mechanisms underlying internalizing and externalizing behaviors in youth: Longitudinal and concurrent associations with cortisol

    Paula L. Ruttle;Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff;Lisa A. Serbin;Dahlia Ben-Dat Fisher

  • Development and Psychopathology

    Elizabeth P. Hayden;C. Emily Durbin

Frequent Co-Authors

Douglas A. Granger
Douglas A. Granger University of California, Irvine
Carolyn Zahn-Waxler
Carolyn Zahn-Waxler University of Wisconsin–Madison
Katherine P. Theall
Katherine P. Theall Tulane University
Seth D. Pollak
Seth D. Pollak University of Wisconsin–Madison
Marilyn J. Essex
Marilyn J. Essex University of Wisconsin–Madison
Julianna Deardorff
Julianna Deardorff University of California, Berkeley
Bonnie Klimes-Dougan
Bonnie Klimes-Dougan University of Minnesota
Michael J. Vitacco
Michael J. Vitacco Augusta University
Carol A. Van Hulle
Carol A. Van Hulle University of Wisconsin–Madison
Brenda Eskenazi
Brenda Eskenazi University of California, Berkeley

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