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D-Index
74
Citations
24316
World Ranking
1858
National Ranking
1097

Harry F. Harlow 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 Harry F. Harlow sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 255 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Harry F. Harlow 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 Harry F. Harlow sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% 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

  • 1967 - US President's National Medal of Science "For original and ingenious contributions to comparative and experimental psychology, particularly in the controlled study of learning and motivations, the determinants of animal behavior, and development of affectional behavior.", Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 13, 1968.
  • 1960 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 1951 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1933 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Harry F. Harlow was a scientist affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their work focused significantly on comparative and experimental psychology, addressing areas such as learning processes, motivation, determinants of animal behavior, and the development of affectional behavior.

Over the course of their career, Harlow was recognized with multiple awards and honors. They became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1951 and were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1933. In 1960, Harlow received the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association.

One of the notable accolades was the US President's National Medal of Science awarded in 1967. The citation highlighted "original and ingenious contributions to comparative and experimental psychology, particularly in the controlled study of learning and motivations, the determinants of animal behavior, and development of affectional behavior." This award was presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 13, 1968.

The specialized fields of study and main topics linked to Harlow's research are largely drawn from their contributions to understanding psychological mechanisms in animals, although specific publications or frequent co-authors are not cataloged in this source data.

The lasting impact of Harlow's work rested on experimental paradigms that shaped subsequent studies in psychology, specifically those exploring the nuances of social and emotional behaviors in animals.

Best Publications

  • The formation of learning sets.

    Harry F. Harlow

  • The Nature of Love

    Harry F. Harlow

  • Affectional Response in the Infant Monkey: Orphaned baby monkeys develop a strong and persistent attachment to inanimate surrogate mothers

    Harry F. Harlow;Robert R. Zimmermann

  • Social deprivation in monkeys.

    Harry F. Harlow;Margaret Kuenne Harlow

  • Biological and biochemical bases of behavior

    Harry Frederick Harlow;Clinton N. Woolsey

  • Chapter 8 – The Affectional Systems1

    Harry F. Harlow

  • Total social isolation in monkeys

    Harry F. Harlow;Robert O. Dodsworth;Margaret K. Harlow

  • Love in infant monkeys.

    Harry F. Harlow

  • Learning motivated by a manipulation drive.

    Harry F. Harlow;Margaret Kuenne Harlow;Donald R. Meyer

  • Mother-infant separation in monkeys.

    Billy Seay;Ernst Hansen;Harry F. Harlow

  • Social rehabilitation of isolate-reared monkeys.

    Stephen J. Suomi;Harry F. Harlow

  • Mice, monkeys, men, and motives.

    Harry F. Harlow

  • A 10-year perspective of motherless-mother monkey behavior.

    Gerald C. Ruppenthal;Gary L. Arling;Harry F. Harlow;Gene P. Sackett

  • THE EFFECT OF REARING CONDITIONS ON BEHAVIOR.

    Harlow Hf;Harlow Mk

  • From thought to therapy: Lessons from a primate laboratory.

    Harry F. Harlow;M. K. Harlow;S. J. Suomi

  • The heterosexual affectional system in monkeys.

    Harry F. Harlow

  • Maternal separation in the rhesus monkey.

    Bill Seay;Harry F. Harlow

  • Social Recovery by Isolation-Reared Monkeys

    Harry F. Harlow;Stephen J. Suomi

  • Nature of love: Simplified.

    Harry F. Harlow;Stephen J. Suomi

  • MATERNAL BEHAVIOR OF SOCIALLY DEPRIVED RHESUS MONKEYS.

    Bill Seay;Bruce K. Alexander;Harry F. Harlow

  • Learning and satiation of response in intrinsically motivated complex puzzle performance by monkeys.

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Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Suomi
Stephen J. Suomi National Institutes of Health
Melinda A. Novak
Melinda A. Novak University of Massachusetts Amherst
James J. Gibson
James J. Gibson Cornell University
Leonard A. Rosenblum
Leonard A. Rosenblum SUNY Downstate Medical Center
B. F. Skinner
B. F. Skinner Harvard University
Jerome Kagan
Jerome Kagan Harvard University
Jerome S. Bruner
Jerome S. Bruner New York University
Leon Festinger
Leon Festinger New School
Charles E. Osgood
Charles E. Osgood University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Irving L. Janis
Irving L. Janis Yale University

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