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Emma K. Adam

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
58
Citations
16918
World Ranking
3822
National Ranking
2144

Emma K. Adam 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 Emma K. Adam sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 152 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Emma K. Adam 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 Emma K. Adam sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Emma K. Adam is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields of study, mainly focusing on medicine and psychology, with particular expertise in clinical psychology and behavioral neuroscience. Other significant subfields in their work include pediatrics, perinatology and child health, sociology and political science, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their work covers a range of topics that include stress responses and cortisol, birth, development, and health, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, tryptophan and brain disorders, early childhood education and development, as well as COVID-19 and mental health.

Emma K. Adam has published numerous papers across various scientific journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Evaluation and update of the expert consensus guidelines for the assessment of the cortisol awakening response (CAR)," 2022, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • "Age Disparities in Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression Among US Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2023, JAMA Network Open
  • "The intersection of race and socioeconomic status is associated with inflammation patterns during pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes," 2021, American Journal of Reproductive Immunology
  • "High Parental Education Protects Against Changes in Adolescent Stress and Mood Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic," 2021, Journal of Adolescent Health
  • "Early and current life adversity: Past and present influences on maternal diurnal cortisol rhythms during pregnancy," 2020, Developmental Psychobiology

Emma K. Adam frequently collaborates with several researchers, among them:

  • Sarah Collier Villaume
  • Sonja Entringer
  • Richard E. Zinbarg
  • Michelle G. Craske
  • Lauren Keenan-Devlin

Their work has been published most often in the following venues:

  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • American Journal of Reproductive Immunology
  • Journal of Adolescent Health
  • Developmental Psychobiology
  • Development and Psychopathology

Best Publications

  • Neighborhoods, Obesity, and Diabetes — A Randomized Social Experiment

    Jens Ludwig;Jens Ludwig;Lisa Sanbonmatsu;Lisa Gennetian;Emma Adam

  • Assessing salivary cortisol in large-scale, epidemiological research.

    Emma K. Adam;Meena Kumari

  • Assessment of the cortisol awakening response: Expert consensus guidelines.

    Tobias Stalder;Clemens Kirschbaum;Brigitte M. Kudielka;Emma K. Adam

  • Day-to-day dynamics of experience¿cortisol associations in a population-based sample of older adults

    Emma K. Adam;Louise C. Hawkley;Brigitte M. Kudielka;John T. Cacioppo

  • Diurnal cortisol slopes and mental and physical health outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Emma K. Adam;Meghan E. Quinn;Meghan E. Quinn;Royette Tavernier;Mollie T. McQuillan

  • The High Price of Debt: Household financial debt and its impact on mental and physical health

    Elizabeth Sweet;Arijit Nandi;Emma K. Adam;Thomas W. McDade

  • Sleep timing and quantity in ecological and family context: a nationally representative time-diary study.

    Emma K. Adam;Emily K. Snell;Patricia Pendry

  • Adult Attachment, Parent Emotion, and Observed Parenting Behavior: Mediator and Moderator Models

    Emma K. Adam;Megan R. Gunnar;Akiko Tanaka

  • Sleep and the body mass index and overweight status of children and adolescents.

    Emily K. Snell;Emma K. Adam;Greg J. Duncan

  • Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing Demonstration Program -- Final Impacts Evaluation

    Lisa Sanbonmatsu;Jens Ludwig;Jens Ludwig;Lawrence F. Katz;Lawrence F. Katz;Lisa A. Gennetian

  • Relationship functioning and home and work demands predict individual differences in diurnal cortisol patterns in women

    Emma K. Adam;Megan R. Gunnar

  • Prospective prediction of major depressive disorder from cortisol awakening responses in adolescence

    Emma K. Adam;Leah D. Doane;Richard E. Zinbarg;Susan Mineka

  • Loneliness and cortisol: Momentary, day-to-day, and trait associations

    Leah D. Doane;Emma K. Adam

  • Positive youth, healthy adults: does positive well-being in adolescence predict better perceived health and fewer risky health behaviors in young adulthood?

    Lindsay T. Hoyt;P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale;Thomas W. McDade;Emma K. Adam

  • Home sweet home(s): parental separations, residential moves, and adjustment problems in low-income adolescent girls.

    Emma K. Adam;P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale

  • Transactions among adolescent trait and state emotion and diurnal and momentary cortisol activity in naturalistic settings.

    Emma K. Adam

  • Racial/ethnic differences in cortisol diurnal rhythms in a community sample of adolescents.

    Amy S. DeSantis;Emma K. Adam;Leah D. Doane;Susan Mineka

  • The cortisol awakening response predicts major depression: predictive stability over a 4-year follow-up and effect of depression history.

    S. Vrshek-Schallhorn;Leah Doane;S. Mineka;R. E. Zinbarg

  • Psychological and biological responses to race-based social stress as pathways to disparities in educational outcomes.

    Dorainne J. Levy;Jennifer A. Heissel;Jennifer A. Richeson;Emma K. Adam

  • Adult attachment classification and self-reported psychiatric symptomatology as assessed by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--2.

    Robert C. Pianta;Byron Egeland;Emma K. Adam

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudia Buss
Claudia Buss University of California, Irvine
Michelle G. Craske
Michelle G. Craske University of California, Los Angeles
Susan Mineka
Susan Mineka Northwestern University
Richard E. Zinbarg
Richard E. Zinbarg Northwestern University
Leah D. Doane
Leah D. Doane Arizona State University
Pathik D. Wadhwa
Pathik D. Wadhwa University of California, Irvine
Greg J. Duncan
Greg J. Duncan University of California, Irvine
Gregory E. Miller
Gregory E. Miller Northwestern University
Kathryn E. Grant
Kathryn E. Grant DePaul University
Megan R. Gunnar
Megan R. Gunnar University of Minnesota

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