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Gail D. Heyman 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 Gail D. Heyman sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 173 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gail D. Heyman 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 Gail D. Heyman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gail D. Heyman is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a significant number of publications in both areas. The main topics explored in their work include child and animal learning development, social and intergroup psychology, and the psychology of moral and emotional judgment. Other thematic areas cover cultural differences and values, academic integrity and plagiarism, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and misinformation and its impacts.

Heyman's frequent co-authors include Brian J. Compton, Kang Lee, Jamie Amemiya, Genyue Fu, and Li Zhao. This collaboration spans multiple studies reflecting broad research interests.

The scientist has published extensively in several academic journals. Notable publication venues include Child Development, the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Developmental Science, the Journal of Experimental Psychology General, and Psychological Science.

Among recent articles authored by Heyman are:

  • "Academic dishonesty and its relations to peer cheating and culture: A meta-analysis of the perceived peer cheating effect" (2022), published in Educational Research Review
  • "Testing the Ability of Teachers and Students to Differentiate between Essays Generated by ChatGPT and High School Students" (2023), published in Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies
  • "Delay of Gratification as Reputation Management" (2020), published in Psychological Science
  • "Thinking Structurally: A Cognitive Framework for Understanding How People Attribute Inequality to Structural Causes" (2022), published in Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • "Using environmental nudges to reduce academic cheating in young children" (2021), published in Developmental Science

Heyman's research interests cover several subfields of study, including developmental and educational psychology, sociology and political science, cognitive neuroscience, social psychology, and safety research. Research contributions reflect a multidisciplinary approach with a strong emphasis on understanding development, social behavior, and ethical considerations within educational and social contexts.

Best Publications

  • Achievement goals and intrinsic motivation : their relation and their role in adaptive motivation

    Gail D. Heyman;Carol S. Dweck

  • Young Children's Vulnerability to Self‐Blame and Helplessness: Relationship to Beliefs about Goodness

    Gail D. Heyman;Carol S. Dweck;Kathleen M. Cain

  • Carrot-Eaters and Creature-Believers: The Effects of Lexicalization on Children's Inferences About Social Categories

    Susan A. Gelman;Gail D. Heyman

  • Children's Thinking about Traits: Implications for Judgments of the Self and Others

    Gail D. Heyman;Carol S. Dweck

  • Young children's beliefs about the relationship between gender and aggressive behavior.

    Jessica W. Giles;Gail D. Heyman

  • The Development of Distrust.

    Kimberly E. Vanderbilt;David Liu;Gail D. Heyman

  • The use of trait labels in making psychological inferences.

    Gail D. Heyman;Susan A. Gelman

  • Preschool Children's Use of Trait Labels to Make Inductive Inferences

    Gail D. Heyman;Susan A. Gelman

  • Cross-Cultural Differences in Children’s Choices, Categorizations, and Evaluations of Truths and Lies

    Genyue Fu;Fen Xu;Catherine Ann Cameron;Gail Heyman

  • Children’s Critical Thinking When Learning From Others

    Gail D. Heyman

  • Developmental changes in the coherence of essentialist beliefs about psychological characteristics.

    Susan A. Gelman;Gail D. Heyman;Cristine H. Legare

  • Preschool Children's Reasoning About Ability

    Gail D. Heyman;Caroline L. Gee;Jessica W. Giles

  • Beliefs about the origins of human psychological traits.

    Gail D. Heyman;Susan A. Gelman

  • Preschoolers' Ability to Make Dispositional Predictions Within and Across Domain.

    Kathleen M. Cain;Gail D. Heyman;Michael E. Walker

  • Children's Reasoning about Lie-telling and Truth-telling in Politeness Contexts.

    Gail D. Heyman;Monica A. Sweet;Kang Lee

  • Young children use motive information to make trait inferences.

    Gail D. Heyman;Susan A. Gelman

  • Children's evaluation of sources of information about traits

    Gail D. Heyman;Cristine H. Legare

  • Children's Beliefs About Gender Differences in the Academic and Social Domains

    Gail D. Heyman;Cristine H. Legare

  • Source Monitoring Reduces the Suggestibility of Preschool Children

    Jessica W. Giles;Alison Gopnik;Gail D. Heyman

  • GENDER AND ACHIEVEMENT-RELATED BELIEFS AMONG ENGINEERING STUDENTS

    Gail D. Heyman;Bryn Martyna;Sangeeta Bhatia

Frequent Co-Authors

Kang Lee
Kang Lee University of Toronto
Paul C. Quinn
Paul C. Quinn University of Delaware
Susan A. Gelman
Susan A. Gelman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David Barner
David Barner University of California, San Diego
Cristine H. Legare
Cristine H. Legare The University of Texas at Austin
Carol S. Dweck
Carol S. Dweck Stanford University
Olivier Pascalis
Olivier Pascalis Grenoble Alpes University
Shoji Itakura
Shoji Itakura Kyoto University
Piotr Winkielman
Piotr Winkielman University of California, San Diego

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