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Heidi Keller 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 Heidi Keller sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 270 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Heidi Keller 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 Heidi Keller sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Heidi Keller is affiliated with Osnabrück University in Germany and has a research profile centered predominantly in the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including social psychology, education, clinical psychology, sociology and political science, as well as developmental and educational psychology.

Their research addresses a variety of topics, with a particular focus on early childhood education and development. Other main topics include cultural differences and values, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, child and animal learning development, attachment and relationship dynamics, child nutrition and water access, and intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving.

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Keller are:

  • "Poor brain development" in the global South? Challenging the science of early childhood interventions (2023, Ethos)
  • Joint Attention in Human and Chimpanzee Infants in Varied Socio-Ecological Contexts (2021, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development)
  • Parenting Culture(s): Ideal-Parent Beliefs Across 37 Countries (2022, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology)
  • Different is not deficient: respecting diversity in early childhood development (2022, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health)
  • How overstated scientific claims undermine ethical principles in parenting interventions (2021, BMJ Global Health)

The venues where Keller frequently publishes include Ethos, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, and BMJ Global Health.

Heidi Keller collaborates regularly with a number of coauthors, notably Gabriel Scheidecker, Nandita Chaudhary, Wiebke Johanna Schmidt, Mariano Rosabal-Coto, and Kim A. Bard.

Best Publications

  • Cultural Pathways Through Universal Development

    Patricia M. Greenfield;Heidi Keller;Andrew Fuligni;Ashley Maynard

  • Cultures of Infancy

    Heidi Keller

  • Cultural Models, Socialization Goals, and Parenting Ethnotheories A Multicultural Analysis

    Heidi Keller;Bettina Lamm;Monika Abels;Relindis Yovsi

  • Developmental consequences of early parenting experiences: self-recognition and self-regulation in three cultural communities.

    Heidi Keller;Relindis Yovsi;Joern Borke;Joscha Kärtner

  • Attachment and Culture

    Heidi Keller

  • The Cultural Socialization of Emotion Regulation During Infancy

    Heidi Keller;Hiltrud Otto

  • Development: The cultural solution of universal developmental tasks.

    Heidi Keller;Joscha Kärtner

  • Mother-Infant Interaction During the First 3 Months: The Emergence of Culture-Specific Contingency Patterns

    Joscha Kärtner;Heidi Keller;Relindis D. Yovsi

  • Socialization for Competence: Cultural Models of Infancy

    Heidi Keller

  • Temporal Contingency as an Independent Component of Parenting Behavior

    Heidi Keller;Arnold Lohaus;Susanne Völker;Martina Cappenberg

  • Cognitive and social influences on early prosocial behavior in two sociocultural contexts.

    Joscha Kärtner;Heidi Keller;Nandita Chaudhary

  • The Bio-Culture of Parenting: Evidence From Five Cultural Communities

    Heidi Keller;Arnold Lohaus;Petra Kuensemueller;Monika Abels

  • Universality claim of attachment theory: Children’s socioemotional development across cultures

    Heidi Keller

  • Autonomy and Relatedness Revisited: Cultural Manifestations of Universal Human Needs

    Heidi Keller

  • Cultural orientations and historical changes as predictors of parenting behaviour

    Heidi Keller;Joern Borke;Relindis Yovsi;Arnold Lohaus

  • History and Future of Development in Cross-Cultural Psychology

    Heidi Keller;Patricia M. Greenfield

  • Conceptions of Parenting in Different Cultural Communities: The Case of West African Nso and Northern German Women

    Heidi Keller;Susanne Voelker;Relindis Dzeaye Yovsi

  • Distal and Proximal Parenting as Alternative Parenting Strategies during Infants Early Months of Life. A Cross-Cultural Study

    Heidi Keller;Joern Borke;Thomas Staufenbiel;Relindis D. Yovsi

  • Similarities and differences in contingency experiences of 3-month-olds across sociocultural contexts.

    Joscha Kärtner;Heidi Keller;Bettina Lamm;Monika Abels

  • Different faces of attachment : cultural variations on a universal human need

    Hiltrud Otto;Heidi Keller

  • Parenting Infants Socialization Goals and Behaviors of Italian Mothers and Immigrant Mothers From West Africa

    Cecilia Carra;Manuela Lavelli;Heidi Keller;Joscha Kärtner

Frequent Co-Authors

Joscha Kärtner
Joscha Kärtner University of Münster
Yanjie Su
Yanjie Su Peking University
Patricia M. Greenfield
Patricia M. Greenfield University of California, Los Angeles
Kim A. Bard
Kim A. Bard University of Portsmouth
Gisela Trommsdorff
Gisela Trommsdorff University of Konstanz
Andrew J. Fuligni
Andrew J. Fuligni University of California, Los Angeles
Daniel B. M. Haun
Daniel B. M. Haun Max Planck Society
Hannes Rakoczy
Hannes Rakoczy University of Göttingen
Claudia Fichtel
Claudia Fichtel German Primate Center
Judith M. Burkart
Judith M. Burkart University of Zurich

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