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7534
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Gloria R. Leon 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 Gloria R. Leon sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 131 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Gloria R. Leon 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 Gloria R. Leon sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% 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

  • 1985 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Gloria R. Leon is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research intersects multiple disciplines related to space exploration, human performance, and safety.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics primarily centered on spaceflight and its effects. Notable papers include:

  • Challenges and interpersonal dynamics during a two-person lunar analogue Arctic mission, 2023, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Psychological adaptation in Antarctica amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, 2023, The Polar Journal
  • Mars Mission Communication Delays and Impact on Mission Controller Performance, Workload, and Stress, 2025, Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance
  • Artisanal gold mining, Mercury and Health. Paraguay, 2022, Safety and Health at Work
  • PDM volume 35 issue 3 Cover and Front matter, 2020, Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Their frequent coauthors include Pedro Marques-Quinteiro, Madison Diamond, Pablo de León, Andres Käosaar, and Paola Barros Delben. These collaborations reflect a multidisciplinary approach to exploring human factors and safety in extreme environments.

Gloria R. Leon's work has been published often in a selection of venues such as:

  • Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance
  • Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • The Polar Journal
  • Safety and Health at Work

Their research spans several subfields, including aerospace engineering, physiology, safety research, social psychology, and developmental and educational psychology. This diversity points to an integrative strategy to understand and solve complex issues related to space missions and human health.

The main topics addressed in their work involve:

  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Space Exploration and Technology
  • Career Development and Diversity
  • Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking
  • Sport Psychology and Performance
  • Spacecraft Design and Technology
  • Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment

Among their recognitions, Gloria R. Leon was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1985.

Best Publications

  • Personality and behavioral vulnerabilities associated with risk status for eating disorders in adolescent girls.

    Gloria R. Leon;Jayne A. Fulkerson;Cheryl L. Perry;Robert Cudeck

  • Prospective analysis of personality and behavioral vulnerabilities and gender influences in the later development of disordered eating

    Gloria R. Leon;Jayne A. Fulkerson;Cheryl L. Perry;Mary B. Early-Zald

  • Weight concerns, dieting behavior, and smoking initiation among adolescents: a prospective study.

    Simone A French;C. L. Perry;G. R. Leon;Jayne Fulkerson

  • Disordered Eating Precursors in Pre- and Early Adolescent Girls and Boys

    Pamela K. Keel;Jayne A. Fulkerson;Gloria R. Leon

  • Three to four year prospective evaluation of personality and behavioral risk factors for later disordered eating in adolescent girls and boys

    Gloria R. Leon;Jayne A. Fulkerson;Cheryl L. Perry;Pamela K. Keel

  • Depression in children: Parent, teacher, and child perspectives.

    Gloria Rakita Leon;Philip C. Kendall;Judy Garber

  • Psychology and culture during long-duration space missions ☆

    Nick Kanas;Gro Mjeldheim Sandal;Jennifer E. Boyd;Vadim I. Gushin

  • Dieting behaviors and weight change history in female adolescents.

    Simone A. French;Cheryl L. Perry;Gloria R. Leon;Jayne A. Fulkerson

  • Effects of anxiety on eating: does palatability moderate distress-induced overeating in dieters?

    J Polivy;C P Herman;T McFarlane

  • Eating‐disordered behaviors and personality characteristics of high school athletes and nonathletes

    Jayne A. Fulkerson;Pamela K. Keel;Gloria R. Leon;Trevor Dorr

  • Survivors of the holocaust and their children: current status and adjustment.

    Gloria R. Leon;James N. Butcher;Max Kleinman;Alan Goldberg

  • Human challenges in polar and space environments

    G. M. Sandal;G. R. Leon;L. Palinkas

  • Inability to predict cardiovascular disease from hostility scores or MMPI items related to type A behavior.

    Gloria R. Leon;Stephen E. Finn;David Murray;John M. Bailey

  • Binge eating and associated habit patterns within college student and identified bulimic populations

    Gloria R. Leon;B A Kathleen Carroll;B A Benita Chernyk;Stephen Finn

  • Obesity: psychological causes, correlations, and speculations.

    Gloria R. Leon;Lydia Roth

  • Disordered eating in adolescent males from a school-based sample.

    Pamela K. Keel;Kelly L. Klump;Gloria R. Leon;Jayne A. Fulkerson

  • Current directions in the treatment of obesity.

    Gloria R. Leon

  • Self-esteem and change in body mass index over 3 years in a cohort of adolescents

    Simone A. French;Cheryl L. Perry;Gloria R. Leon;Jayne A. Fulkerson

  • Eating disorders and sexual abuse: Lack of confirmation for a clinical hypothesis

    Stephen E. Finn;B A Marilyn Hartman;Gloria R. Leon;Loralie Lawson

  • Personality stability and change over a 30-year period--middle age to old age.

    Gloria Rakita Leon;Brenda Gillum;Richard Gillum;Marshall Gouze

Frequent Co-Authors

Jayne A. Fulkerson
Jayne A. Fulkerson University of Minnesota
Cheryl L. Perry
Cheryl L. Perry The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Gro M. Sandal
Gro M. Sandal University of Bergen
Pamela K. Keel
Pamela K. Keel Florida State University
Stephen E. Finn
Stephen E. Finn The University of Texas at Austin
Kelly L. Klump
Kelly L. Klump Michigan State University
Peter Suedfeld
Peter Suedfeld University of British Columbia
Lawrence A. Palinkas
Lawrence A. Palinkas University of California, San Diego
Deniz S. Ones
Deniz S. Ones University of Minnesota

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