2026 Ellen Berscheid: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	50	5319	4935	2908	2635	159	21610

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
1998 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1997 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
1984 - Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
1973 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Ellen Berscheid is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, with a focus on physics, astronomy, and engineering. The specific subfields of study include atomic and molecular physics, optics, and biomedical engineering.

Their work covers a range of main topics, notably:

Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Mechanical and Optical Resonators
Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques

One recent publication by Ellen Berscheid is titled "Student-focused development of a next-generation centrifuge force microscope", published in 2020 in the venue bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory). This paper has attracted citations, indicating engagement from the research community.

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

Kassidy J. Tompkins
N. Venkatesh
Andrew Adamek
Amy Beckman
Marian Esler

A significant number of their publications have appeared in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), among other venues related to their field.

Ellen Berscheid has received several awards over the course of their career. These include:

William James Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science in 2012
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1998
APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association in 1997
Donald T. Campbell Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in 1984
Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 1973

Best Publications

What is beautiful is good.

Karen Dion;Ellen Berscheid;Elaine Walster

5099
Citations
Social Perception and Interpersonal Behavior: On the Self-Fulfilling Nature of Social Stereotypes

Mark Snyder;Elizabeth Decker Tanke;Ellen Berscheid

2342
Citations
New directions in equity research.

Elaine Walster;Ellen Berscheid;G. William Walster

2341
Citations
Attraction and close relationships.

Ellen Berscheid;Harry T. Reis

1660
Citations
The relationship context of human behavior and development.

Harry T. Reis;W. Andrew Collins;Ellen Berscheid

1374
Citations
The Relationship Closeness Inventory: Assessing the closeness of interpersonal relationships.

Ellen Berscheid;Mark Snyder;Allen M. Omoto

1031
Citations
Physical attractiveness and dating choice: A test of the matching hypothesis☆

Ellen Berscheid;Karen Dion;Elaine Walster;G.William Walster

784
Citations
Outcome dependency: Attention, attribution, and attraction.

Ellen Berscheid;William Graziano;Thomas Monson;Marshall Dermer

718
Citations
The Psychology of Interpersonal Relationships

Ellen S. Berscheid;Pamela C. Regan

399
Citations
Group Dynamics: The Psychology of Small Group Behavior. 3rd ed.

Ellen Berscheid

394
Citations
The greening of relationship science.

Ellen Berscheid

364
Citations
Physical Attractiveness and Peer Perception Among Children

Karen K. Dion;Ellen Berscheid

327
Citations
Love in the Fourth Dimension

Ellen Berscheid

296
Citations
Focusing on the exterior and the interior: Two investigations of the initiation of personal relationships.

Mark Snyder;Ellen Berscheid;Peter Glick

247
Citations
Opinion change and communicator-communicatee similarity and dissimilarity.

Ellen Berscheid

223
Citations
Predicting relationship stability from both partners versus one.

Mark Attridge;Ellen Berscheid;Jeffry A. Simpson

206
Citations
15 – A Little Bit about Love

Ellen Berscheid

197
Citations
Lust: What We Know about Human Sexual Desire

Pamela C. Regan;Ellen Berscheid

193
Citations
Emotional Experience in Close Relationships

Ellen Berscheid;Hilary Ammazzalorso

164
Citations
When does a harm-doer compensate a victim?

Ellen Berscheid;Elaine Walster

151
Citations
Joining Together: Group Theory and Group Skills

Ellen Berscheid

2
Citations
The Pollyanna Principle: Selectivity in Language, Memory, and Thought

Ellen S. Berscheid

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Elaine Walster University of Wisconsin–Madison

Mark Snyder University of Minnesota

William G. Graziano Purdue University West Lafayette

Harry T. Reis University of Rochester

Susan Sprecher Illinois State University

Jeffry A. Simpson University of Minnesota

Karen K. Dion University of Toronto

Robert S. Wyer University of Cincinnati

W. Andrew Collins University of Minnesota

David A. Frederick Chapman University

External Links

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