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Gurit E. Birnbaum

Gurit E. Birnbaum

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
34
Citations
5635
World Ranking
10150
National Ranking
120

Gurit E. Birnbaum publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 84 publications — 10th percentile

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

Gurit E. Birnbaum 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 Gurit E. Birnbaum sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Gurit E. Birnbaum is affiliated with Reichman University in Israel and conducts research primarily in psychology and social sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, sociology and political science, clinical psychology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The primary focus of Birnbaum's research lies at the intersection of evolutionary psychology and human behavior, attachment and relationship dynamics, and sexuality, behavior, and technology. Additional topics addressed in their work include marriage and sexual relationships, psychology of social influence, sexual function and dysfunction studies, and family dynamics and relationships.

Birnbaum has contributed extensively to the academic literature with notable publications such as:

  • Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Sexual Desire Mediates the Relationship-Promoting Effects of Perceived Partner Mate Value (2021, Archives of Sexual Behavior)
  • Seeing what you want to see: Sexual activation makes potential partners seem more appealing and romantically interested (2020, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships)
  • Temptation at your door: Receiving mate poaching attempts and perceived Partners' desirability (2022, Personal Relationships)
  • No pain, no gain: Perceived partner mate value mediates the desire-inducing effect of being hard to get during online and face-to-face encounters (2020, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships)

Their research has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
  • The Journal of Sex Research
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Personal Relationships

Frequent collaborators in their academic work include Harry T. Reis, Kobi Zholtack, Laura B. Luchies, Moran Mizrahi, and Amy Muise. These collaborations reflect a multidisciplinary approach within the social and psychological sciences.

Birnbaum's body of research integrates methodologies from social and experimental psychology to explore complex interpersonal behaviors and attitudes, specifically focusing on mate value, sexual desire, and relationship dynamics. Their work contributes to understanding social influence processes and individual behavioral patterns within intimate and social relationships.

Best Publications

  • When sex is more than just sex: attachment orientations, sexual experience, and relationship quality.

    Gurit E. Birnbaum;Harry T. Reis;Mario Mikulincer;Omri Gillath

  • Stress and accessibility of proximity-related thoughts: exploring the normative and intraindividual components of attachment theory.

    Mario Mikulincer;Gurit Birnbaum;David Woddis;Orit Nachmias

  • Attachment orientations, sexual functioning, and relationship satisfaction in a community sample of women

    Gurit E. Birnbaum

  • When Marriage Breaks Up-Does Attachment Style Contribute to Coping and Mental Health?

    Gurit E. Birnbaum;Idit Orr;Mario Mikulincer;Victor Florian

  • The Death-Anxiety Buffering Function of Close Relationships: Exploring the Effects of Separation Reminders on Death-Thought Accessibility

    Mario Mikulincer;Victor Florian;Gurit Birnbaum;Shira Malishkevich

  • Stress and accessibility of proximity-related thoughts: Exploring the normative and intraindividual components of attachment theory.

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  • Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies

    Samantha Joel;Paul W. Eastwick;Colleen J. Allison;Ximena B. Arriaga

  • Bound to interact: The divergent goals and complex interplay of attachment and sex within romantic relationships:

    Gurit E. Birnbaum

  • Beyond the borders of reality: Attachment orientations and sexual fantasies

    Gurit E. Birnbaum

  • What robots can teach us about intimacy

    Gurit E. Birnbaum;Moran Mizrahi;Guy Hoffman;Harry T. Reis

  • Intimately connected: The importance of partner responsiveness for experiencing sexual desire.

    Gurit E. Birnbaum;Harry T. Reis;Moran Mizrahi;Yaniv Kanat-Maymon

  • When Sex Primes Love: Subliminal Sexual Priming Motivates Relationship Goal Pursuit

    Omri Gillath;Mario Mikulincer;Gurit E. Birnbaum;Phillip R. Shaver

  • When Does Responsiveness Pique Sexual Interest? Attachment and Sexual Desire in Initial Acquaintanceships

    Gurit E. Birnbaum;Harry T. Reis

  • Women's Sexual Working Models: An Evolutionary-Attachment Perspective

    Gurit E. Birnbaum;Harry T. Reis

  • When Sex Goes Wrong: A Behavioral Systems Perspective on Individual Differences in Sexual Attitudes, Motives, Feelings, and Behaviors

    Gurit E. Birnbaum;Mario Mikulincer;Ohad Szepsenwol;Phillip R. Shaver

  • Measuring subgoals of the sexual behavioral system: What is sex good for?

    Gurit E. Birnbaum;Omri Gillath

  • The magnetism that holds us together: sexuality and relationship maintenance across relationship development

    Gurit E Birnbaum;Eli J Finkel

  • Gender Differences in the Experience of Heterosexual Intercourse

    Gurit E. Birnbaum;Dafna Laser-Brandt

  • Changes in Sexual Experiences and Relationship Quality During Pregnancy

    Dafna M. Sagiv-Reiss;Gurit E. Birnbaum;Marilyn P. Safir

  • Evolved to be connected: the dynamics of attachment and sex over the course of romantic relationships.

    Gurit E Birnbaum;Harry T Reis

  • Desire under attack: Attachment orientations and the effects of relationship threat on sexual motivations:

    Gurit E. Birnbaum;Yanna J. Weisberg;Jeffry A. Simpson

  • Robot responsiveness to human disclosure affects social impression and appeal

    Guy Hoffman;Gurit E. Birnbaum;Keinan Vanunu;Omri Sass

Frequent Co-Authors

Harry T. Reis
Harry T. Reis University of Rochester
Mario Mikulincer
Mario Mikulincer Reichman University
Omri Gillath
Omri Gillath University of Kansas
Yaniv Kanat-Maymon
Yaniv Kanat-Maymon Reichman University
Eli J. Finkel
Eli J. Finkel Northwestern University
Tsachi Ein-Dor
Tsachi Ein-Dor Reichman University
Phillip R. Shaver
Phillip R. Shaver University of California, Davis
Jeffry A. Simpson
Jeffry A. Simpson University of Minnesota
Gilad Hirschberger
Gilad Hirschberger Reichman University
Victor Florian
Victor Florian Bar-Ilan University

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