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Hirokazu Yoshikawa

Hirokazu Yoshikawa

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
74
Citations
27398
World Ranking
1844
National Ranking
1087

Hirokazu Yoshikawa 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 Hirokazu Yoshikawa sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 326 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hirokazu Yoshikawa 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 Hirokazu Yoshikawa 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

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Overview

Hirokazu Yoshikawa is affiliated with New York University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences and psychology, with a strong emphasis on education and clinical psychology as key subfields. The scientist's work engages deeply with early childhood education and development, poverty, education, and child welfare, as well as child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

Yoshikawa's recent published papers include significant contributions such as:

  • Effects of the Global Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic on Early Childhood Development: Short- and Long-Term Risks and Mitigating Program and Policy Actions, 2020, The Journal of Pediatrics
  • The impact of a poverty reduction intervention on infant brain activity, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The principles of Nurturing Care promote human capital and mitigate adversities from preconception through adolescence, 2021, BMJ Global Health
  • Baby's First Years: Design of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Poverty Reduction in the United States, 2021, PEDIATRICS
  • Maternal, paternal, and other caregivers' stimulation in low- and- middle-income countries, 2020, PLoS ONE

Frequent co-authors in Yoshikawa's research include:

  • Katherine Magnuson
  • Lisa A. Gennetian
  • Kimberly G. Noble
  • Greg J. Duncan
  • Nathan A. Fox

Yoshikawa's publications most commonly appear in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Child Development
  • Developmental Psychology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

A notable book published by Yoshikawa is Cradle to Kindergarten, released by Russell Sage Foundation in 2021.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Parental Involvement in Education
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Family and Disability Support Research

Yoshikawa has received professional recognition as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019 and as a Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in 2018.

Best Publications

  • Improving Access to Health Care Among African-American, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Latino Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Populations

    Partrick A. Wilson;Hirokazu Yoshikawa

  • Nurturing care: promoting early childhood development

    Pia R Britto;Stephen J Lye;Kerrie Proulx;Aisha K Yousafzai

  • The Effects of Poverty on the Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Health of Children and Youth: Implications for Prevention.

    Hirokazu Yoshikawa;J. Lawrence Aber;William R. Beardslee

  • Prevention as Cumulative Protection: Effects of Early Family Support and Education on Chronic Delinquency and Its Risks

    Hirokazu Yoshikawa

  • Investing in Our Future: The Evidence Base on Preschool Education

    Hirokazu Yoshikawa;Christina Weiland;Jeanne Brooks-Gunn;Margaret R. Burchinal

  • Impacts of a Prekindergarten Program on Children's Mathematics, Language, Literacy, Executive Function, and Emotional Skills

    Christina Weiland;Hirokazu Yoshikawa

  • Mixing Qualitative and Quantitative Research in Developmental Science: Uses and Methodological Choices

    Hirokazu Yoshikawa;Thomas S. Weisner;Ariel Kalil;Niobe Way

  • Growing up in the Shadows: The Developmental Implications of Unauthorized Status.

    Carola Suárez-Orozco;Hirokazu Yoshikawa;Robert T. Teranishi;Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco

  • Parents' Goals for Children: The Dynamic Coexistence of Individualism and Collectivism in Cultures and Individuals.

    Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda;Niobe Way;Diane Hughes;Hirokazu Yoshikawa

  • Long-term effects of early childhood programs on social outcomes and delinquency

    Hirokazu Yoshikawa

  • Immigrants Raising Citizens: Undocumented Parents and Their Young Children

    Hirokazu Yoshikawa

  • Placing emotional self-regulation in sociocultural and socioeconomic contexts.

    C. Cybele Raver

  • The Influence of Student Perceptions of School Climate on Socioemotional and Academic Adjustment: A Comparison of Chinese and American Adolescents

    Yueming Jia;Niobe Way;Guangming Ling;Hirokazu Yoshikawa

  • Familismo in Mexican and Dominican Families From Low-Income,Urban Communities:

    Esther J. Calzada;Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda;Hirokazu Yoshikawa

  • The impact of a poverty reduction intervention on infant brain activity

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  • Racial Disparities in Child Adversity in the U.S. Interactions With Family Immigration History and Income

    Natalie Slopen;Jack P. Shonkoff;Michelle A. Albert;Hirokazu Yoshikawa

  • Experimental impacts of a teacher professional development program in Chile on preschool classroom quality and child outcomes.

    Hirokazu Yoshikawa;Diana Leyva;Catherine E. Snow;Ernesto Treviño

  • Impacts of Early Childhood Education on Medium- and Long-Term Educational Outcomes.

    Dana Charles McCoy;Hirokazu Yoshikawa;Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest;Greg J. Duncan

  • Effects of the Global Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic on Early Childhood Development: Short- and Long-Term Risks and Mitigating Program and Policy Actions.

    Hirokazu Yoshikawa;Alice J. Wuermli;Pia Rebello Britto;Benard Dreyer

  • Associations between classroom quality and children's vocabulary and executive function skills in an urban public prekindergarten program

    Christina Weiland;Kchersti Ulvestad;Jason Sachs;Hirokazu Yoshikawa

  • Teacher–Child Interactions in Chile and Their Associations With Prekindergarten Outcomes

    Diana Leyva;Christina Weiland;M. Barata;Hirokazu Yoshikawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Niobe Way
Niobe Way New York University
Jerel P. Calzo
Jerel P. Calzo San Diego State University
Greg J. Duncan
Greg J. Duncan University of California, Irvine
V. Paul Poteat
V. Paul Poteat Boston College
Catherine E. Snow
Catherine E. Snow Harvard University
Xinyin Chen
Xinyin Chen University of Pennsylvania
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda
Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda New York University
Thomas S. Weisner
Thomas S. Weisner University of California, Los Angeles
Carola Suárez-Orozco
Carola Suárez-Orozco University of California, Los Angeles
Edward Seidman
Edward Seidman New York University

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