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Elizabeth F. Loftus 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 F. Loftus sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 467 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Elizabeth F. Loftus 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 F. Loftus sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 111 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% 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

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2005 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 2005 - Grawemeyer Award in Psychology, University of Louisville
  • 2004 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • 2003 - APA Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2001 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
  • 1997 - James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science

Overview

Elizabeth F. Loftus is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with substantial contributions to cognitive neuroscience and social psychology. Additional subfields of study include sociology and political science, clinical psychology, and developmental and educational psychology.

The scientist's main research topics cover memory processes and influences, deception detection and forensic psychology, misinformation and its impacts, identity, memory, and therapy, media influence and health, memory and neural mechanisms, and posttraumatic stress disorder research.

Recent publications by Elizabeth F. Loftus include:

  • Prosocial motives underlie scientific censorship by scientists: A perspective and research agenda, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nevertheless, partisanship persisted: fake news warnings help briefly, but bias returns with time, 2021, Cognitive Research Principles and Implications
  • Pandemics and infodemics: Research on the effects of misinformation on memory, 2020, Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies
  • Cannabis increases susceptibility to false memory, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Belief in Unconscious Repressed Memory Persists, 2021, Perspectives on Psychological Science

Frequent publication venues where their work appears include Applied Cognitive Psychology, Memory, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Psychology Crime and Law, and Topics in Cognitive Science.

Collaborations are evident with several frequent co-authors such as Howard Burton, Henry Otgaar, Rebecca Hofstein Grady, Rachel Leigh Greenspan, and Gillian Murphy.

Elizabeth F. Loftus has also authored books, including The Malleability of Memory, published by Open Agenda Publishing eBooks in 2020.

The scientist's awards consist of fellowships and distinctions from various scientific organizations, including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2016)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2005)
  • Grawemeyer Award in Psychology, University of Louisville (2005)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2004)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2003)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (2003)
  • APA Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology, American Psychological Association (2003)
  • William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (2001)
  • James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (1997)

Best Publications

  • A spreading-activation theory of semantic processing

    Allan M. Collins;Elizabeth F. Loftus

  • Reconstruction of automobile destruction: An example of the interaction between language and memory

    Elizabeth F. Loftus;John C. Palmer

  • Semantic Integration of Verbal Information Into a Visual Memory.

    Elizabeth F. Loftus;David G. Miller;Helen J. Burns

  • The reality of repressed memories.

    Elizabeth F. Loftus

  • Planting misinformation in the human mind: A 30-year investigation of the malleability of memory

    Elizabeth F. Loftus

  • The Formation of False Memories

    Elizabeth F Loftus;Jacqueline E Pickrell

  • Leading questions and the eyewitness report

    Elizabeth F. Loftus

  • The Myth of Repressed Memory: False Memories and Allegations of Sexual Abuse

    Elizabeth F. Loftus;Katherine Ketcham

  • Reconstructing Reality in the Courtroom: Justice and Judgment in American Culture

    W. Lance Bennett;Martha S. Feldman

  • On the permanence of stored information in the human brain.

    Elizabeth F. Loftus;Geoffrey R. Loftus

  • Imagination Inflation: Imagining a Childhood Event Inflates Confidence That It Occurred

    Maryanne Garry;Charles G. Manning;Elizabeth F. Loftus;Steven J. Sherman

  • Some facts about “weapon focus”

    Elizabeth F. Loftus;Geoffrey R. Loftus;Jane Messo

  • Creating False Memories

    Elizabeth F. Loftus

  • Misinformation and Memory: The Creation of New Memories

    Elizabeth F. Loftus;Hunter G. Hoffman

  • Remembering emotional events: the fate of detailed information

    Sven-Åke Christianson;Elizabeth F. Loftus

  • Repeatedly Thinking about a Non-event: Source Misattributions among Preschoolers

    Stephen J. Ceci;Mary Lyndia Crotteau Huffman;Elliott Smith;Elizabeth F. Loftus

  • The Possible Role of Source Misattributions in the Creation of False Beliefs Among Preschoolers

    Stephen J. Ceci;Elizabeth F. Loftus;Michelle D. Leichtman;Maggie Bruck

  • Mind at Play; The Psychology of Video Games

    Geoffrey R. Loftus;Elizabeth F. Loftus

  • Make-believe memories.

    Elizabeth F. Loftus

  • Since the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, has anyone beaten you up? Improving the accuracy of retrospective reports with landmark events

    Elizabeth F. Loftus;Wesley Marburger

  • Eyewitness testimony : psychological perspectives

    Gary L. Wells;Elizabeth F. Loftus

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel M. Bernstein
Daniel M. Bernstein Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Maryanne Garry
Maryanne Garry University of Waikato
Edith Greene
Edith Greene University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Geoffrey R. Loftus
Geoffrey R. Loftus University of Washington
Scott O. Lilienfeld
Scott O. Lilienfeld Emory University
Chuansheng Chen
Chuansheng Chen University of California, Irvine
Linda J. Levine
Linda J. Levine University of California, Irvine
Qi Dong
Qi Dong Beijing Normal University
Jonathan W. Schooler
Jonathan W. Schooler University of California, Santa Barbara
Steven Jay Lynn
Steven Jay Lynn Binghamton University

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