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James R. Booth 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 James R. Booth sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 175 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James R. Booth 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 James R. Booth sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • The role of the basal ganglia and cerebellum in language processing

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

  • Neural development of selective attention and response inhibition.

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

  • 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

  • Functional Anatomy of Intra- and Cross-Modal Lexical Tasks

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

  • Sex differences in neural processing of language among children.

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

  • Modality independence of word comprehension.

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

  • Development of Brain Mechanisms for Processing Orthographic and Phonologic Representations

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Jérôme Prado;Angad Chadha;James R. Booth

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

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

  • Specialization of phonological and semantic processing in Chinese word reading

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

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

    Charles Perfetti;Fan Cao;James Booth

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

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

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

    Jérôme Prado;Rachna Mutreja;Hongchuan Zhang;Rucha Mehta

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

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

  • Relation between brain activation and lexical performance.

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

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

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

  • Developmental differences in visual and auditory processing of complex sentences

    James R. Booth;Brian MacWhinney;Yasuaki Harasaki

Frequent Co-Authors

M.-Marsel Mesulam
M.-Marsel Mesulam Northwestern University
Darren R. Gitelman
Darren R. Gitelman Northwestern University
Todd B. Parrish
Todd B. Parrish Northwestern University
Guosheng Ding
Guosheng Ding Beijing Normal University
Yuan Deng
Yuan Deng Beihang University
Marc F. Joanisse
Marc F. Joanisse University of Western Ontario
Charles A. Perfetti
Charles A. Perfetti University of Pittsburgh
Aggelos K. Katsaggelos
Aggelos K. Katsaggelos Northwestern University
Brian MacWhinney
Brian MacWhinney Carnegie Mellon University
Chuansheng Chen
Chuansheng Chen University of California, Irvine

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