2026 Hildy S. Ross: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	36	9539	8921	656	616	94	5304

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Psychology

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8921

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616

5304

Overview

Hildy S. Ross is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada. Their research focuses primarily on psychology and social sciences, with significant contributions in education, clinical psychology, developmental and educational psychology, social psychology, and reproductive medicine.

The scientist has published work addressing topics such as child and animal learning development, attachment and relationship dynamics, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, child development and digital technology, parental involvement in education, early childhood education and development, and reproductive health and technologies.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Nina Howe, Sandra Della Porta, Ryan J. Persram, Julia Fuoco, and Alyssa Scirocco.

Hildy S. Ross has published in various academic journals, including Social Development, Early Education and Development, Journal of Child and Family Studies, Frontiers in Psychology, and PLoS ONE.

Young children's differential use of power during family conflict: A longitudinal study (2021), Social Development
"You Have to Do It Like the Duckies Hatch Their Egg": Parent and Sibling Teaching of Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge in Early Childhood (2023), Early Education and Development
Fairness, Rights, and Harm in Early Childhood: A 2-Year Investigation of Moral Family Conflict (2022), Journal of Child and Family Studies
Naturalistic Parent Teaching in the Home Environment During Early Childhood (2022), Frontiers in Psychology
Positive and negative actions early in the relationship predict later interactions among toddlers (2022), PLoS ONE

Best Publications

The social nature of early conflict.

Dale F. Hay;Hildy S. Ross

469
Citations
Peer relationships and social skills in childhood

Kenneth H. Rubin;Hildy S. Ross

420
Citations
A Longitudinal Investigation of the Dynamics of Mental State Talk in Families

Jennifer M. Jenkins;Sheri L. Turrell;Yuiko Kogushi;Susan Lollis

383
Citations
The Nature and Effects of Young Children's Lies

Anne E. Wilson;Melissa D. Smith;Hildy S. Ross

300
Citations
Communication within infant social games.

Hildy S. Ross;Susan P. Lollis

210
Citations
The Effects of Play on Convergent and Divergent Problem Solving.

Debra J. Pepler;Hildy S. Ross

181
Citations
Socialization, Perspective-Taking, and the Sibling Relationship.

Nina Howe;Hildy S. Ross

173
Citations
Children's Understanding and Production of Verbal Irony in Family Conversations.

Holly E. Recchia;Nina Howe;Hildy S. Ross;Stephanie Alexander

170
Citations
Negotiating principles of entitlement in sibling property disputes

Hildy S. Ross

155
Citations
Administering justice in the family.

Hildy S. Ross;Rebecca E. Filyer;Susan P. Lollis;Michal Perlman

143
Citations
The benefits of parent intervention in children's disputes: An examination of concurrent changes in children's fighting styles.

Michael Perlman;Hildy S. Ross

120
Citations
Maternal Intervention in Toddler Peer Conflict: The Socialization of Principles of Justice.

Hildy Ross;Caroline Tesla;Brenda Kenyon;Susan Lollis

119
Citations
The social structure of early conflict: Interaction, relationships, and alliances.

Hildy S. Ross;Cheryl L. Conant

108
Citations
Sibling Relations in Early and Middle Childhood

Nina Howe;Hildy S. Ross;Holly Recchia

108
Citations
Preferences for familiar or novel toys: Effect of familiarization time in 1-year-olds.

Michael A. Hunter;Hildy S. Ross;Elinor W. Ames

98
Citations
Sibling aggression: Sex differences and parents’ reactions

Jacqueline L. Martin;Hildy S. Ross

92
Citations
A social relations analysis of toddler peer relationships.

Hildy S. Ross;Susan P. Lollis

92
Citations
Training Parents to Mediate Sibling Disputes Affects Children's Negotiation and Conflict Understanding

Julie Smith;Hildy Ross

92
Citations
How siblings resolve their conflicts: the importance of first offers, planning, and limited opposition.

Hildy Ross;Michael Ross;Nancy Stein;Tom Trabasso

89
Citations
The Development of Aggression within Sibling Conflict.

Jacqueline L. Martin;Hildy S. Ross

88
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ori Friedman University of Waterloo

Michael W. Ross University of Minnesota

Michael Ross University of Waterloo

Tom Trabasso University of Chicago

Erik Z. Woody University of Waterloo

Susanne A. Denham George Mason University

Christine Howe University of Cambridge

Jeremy I. M. Carpendale Simon Fraser University

Jennifer Jenkins University of Toronto

Chester A. Insko University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

External Links

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