2026 James R. Booth: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	57	4338	3983	1968	1776	179	11757
Psychology	57	4050	3735	2269	2045	175	11718

Overview

James R. Booth is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a focus on the fields of psychology and neuroscience. Within these broad fields, their work concentrates on developmental and educational psychology as well as cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's publications frequently explore topics related to reading and literacy development, neurobiology of language and bilingualism, and cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills. Additional research topics include language development and disorders, functional brain connectivity studies, neuroscience, education and cognitive function, and education, achievement, and giftedness.

Their recent scholarly output includes studies published between 2020 and 2022, covering various aspects of language processing and reading skills in children. Selected papers include:

"Reciprocal relations between reading skill and the neural basis of phonological awareness in 7- to 9-year-old children" (2021, NeuroImage)
"A longitudinal neuroimaging dataset on language processing in children ages 5, 7, and 9 years old" (2022, Scientific Data)
"Both frontal and temporal cortex exhibit phonological and semantic specialization during spoken language processing in 7- to 8-year-old children" (2021, Human Brain Mapping)
"Reading Disability in Chinese Children Learning English as an L2" (2020, Child Development)
"Developmental differences in neural connectivity for semantic processing in youths with autism" (2021, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)

Recurring collaborators include Jin Wang, Brianna L. Yamasaki, Macarena Suárez-Pellicioni, Neelima Wagley, and Marisa N. Lytle. These frequent co-authors have contributed extensively alongside Booth on various research projects, reflecting ongoing partnerships in the field.

Booth's work is commonly published in selected venues such as Data in Brief and SSRN Electronic Journal, each featuring multiple publications. Other notable journals with several contributions include Neurobiology of Language, NeuroImage, and Human Brain Mapping.

Best Publications

Individual and developmental differences in semantic priming : Empirical and computational support for a single-mechanism account of lexical processing

David C. Plaut;James R. Booth

556
Citations
The role of the basal ganglia and cerebellum in language processing

James R. Booth;Lydia Wood;Dong Lu;James C. Houk

467
Citations
Neural development of selective attention and response inhibition.

James R. Booth;Douglas D. Burman;Joel R. Meyer;Zhang Lei

453
Citations
Larger deficits in brain networks for response inhibition than for visual selective attention in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

James R. Booth;James R. Booth;Douglas D. Burman;Joel R. Meyer;Zhang Lei

448
Citations
Functional Anatomy of Intra- and Cross-Modal Lexical Tasks

James R. Booth;Douglas D. Burman;Joel R. Meyer;Darren R. Gitelman

430
Citations
Sex differences in neural processing of language among children.

Douglas D. Burman;Tali Bitan;James R. Booth;James R. Booth

430
Citations
Modality independence of word comprehension.

James R. Booth;Douglas D. Burman;Joel R. Meyer;Darren R. Gitelman

324
Citations
Development of Brain Mechanisms for Processing Orthographic and Phonologic Representations

James R. Booth;Douglas D. Burman;Joel R. Meyer;Darren R. Gitelman

319
Citations
Deficient orthographic and phonological representations in children with dyslexia revealed by brain activation patterns.

Fan Cao;Tali Bitan;Tai Li Chou;Douglas D. Burman

282
Citations
Quick, Automatic, and General Activation of Orthographic and Phonological Representations in Young Readers.

James R. Booth;Charles A. Perfetti;Brian MacWhinney

239
Citations
The brain network for deductive reasoning: A quantitative meta-analysis of 28 neuroimaging studies

Jérôme Prado;Angad Chadha;James R. Booth

234
Citations
Shifts of effective connectivity within a language network during rhyming and spelling.

Tali Bitan;James R. Booth;Janet Choy;Douglas D. Burman

228
Citations
Specialization of phonological and semantic processing in Chinese word reading

James Booth;Dong Lu;Douglas D. Burman;Tai Li Chou

205
Citations
Specialization and Universals in the Development of Reading Skill: How Chinese Research Informs a Universal Science of Reading.

Charles Perfetti;Fan Cao;James Booth

202
Citations
Effective brain connectivity in children with reading difficulties during phonological processing.

Fan Cao;Tali Bitan;Tali Bitan;James R. Booth;James R. Booth

200
Citations
Distinct representations of subtraction and multiplication in the neural systems for numerosity and language.

Jérôme Prado;Rachna Mutreja;Hongchuan Zhang;Rucha Mehta

195
Citations
The development of specialized brain systems in reading and oral-language.

James R. Booth;Douglas D. Burman;Frank W Van Santen;Yasuaki Harasaki

192
Citations
Relation between brain activation and lexical performance.

James R. Booth;Douglas D. Burman;Joel R. Meyer;Darren R. Gitelman

187
Citations
Developmental and lesion effects in brain activation during sentence comprehension and mental rotation.

James R. Booth;Brian MacWhinney;Keith R. Thulborn;Kelley Sacco

167
Citations
Developmental differences in visual and auditory processing of complex sentences

James R. Booth;Brian MacWhinney;Yasuaki Harasaki

166
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

M.-Marsel Mesulam Northwestern University

Darren R. Gitelman Northwestern University

Todd B. Parrish Northwestern University

Marc F. Joanisse University of Western Ontario

Yuan Deng Beihang University

Charles A. Perfetti University of Pittsburgh

Brian MacWhinney Carnegie Mellon University

Aggelos K. Katsaggelos Northwestern University

Qi Dong Beijing Normal University

Chuansheng Chen University of California, Irvine

External Links

Personal website of James R. Booth

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