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Jerome Kagan 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 Jerome Kagan sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 706+

This scientist: 437 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 706 publications or more.

Jerome Kagan 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 Jerome Kagan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 107 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 1989 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)
  • 1987 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 1987 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1968 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1963 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1961 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Jerome Kagan was affiliated with Harvard University in the United States throughout their career. Their research contributions spanned the field of Psychology with a focus on Clinical Psychology, Pharmacy, Social Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Genetics.

The primary topics addressed in their work included:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Infant Health and Development
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Language Development and Disorders
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies

Jerome Kagan published research in a variety of notable academic venues, including:

  • Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
  • Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
  • American Journal of Psychiatry
  • The American Journal of Psychology
  • Yale University Press eBooks

Their recent published papers include:

  • Effect of Maternal Distress on Perceptions of Infant Behavior May Differ in Chinese-American and European-American Mothers and Infants, 2020, Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
  • Temperamental and Theoretical Contributions to Clinical Psychology, 2022, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
  • The Ambiguity of Maltreatment, 2020, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • The Fading of a Bad Idea, 2020, The American Journal of Psychology
  • Index, 2020, Yale University Press eBooks

Frequent co-authors who collaborated on publications with Kagan included Cindy H. Liu, Nancy Snidman, and Ed Tronick.

In addition to articles, Kagan authored books published by World Scientific and Yale University Press. Notable titles include "A Trio of Pursuits" released in 2020 with one citation, and "On Being Human" published the same year.

Throughout their career, Jerome Kagan received several awards and honors, such as:

  • William James Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science in 1989
  • APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association in 1987
  • Membership in the National Academy of Medicine in 1987
  • Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1968
  • Fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 1963
  • Fellowship of the American Psychological Association since 1961

Best Publications

  • Contemporary research on parenting: The case for nature and nurture.

    W. Andrew Collins;Eleanor E. Maccoby;Laurence Steinberg;E. Mavis Hetherington

  • Birth to Maturity: A Study in Psychological Development

    Jerome Kagan;Howard A. Moss

  • Galen's Prophecy: Temperament In Human Nature

    Jerome Kagan;Nancy Snidman;Doreen Arcus;J. Steven Reznick

  • Biological bases of childhood shyness.

    J Kagan;JS Reznick;N Snidman

  • The Physiology and Psychology of Behavioral Inhibition in Children.

    J Kagan;J S Reznick;N Snidman

  • Information processing in the child: Significance of analytic and reflective attitudes.

    Jerome Kagan;Bernice L. Rosman;Deborah Day;Joseph Albert

  • Reflection--impulsivity: the generality and dynamics of conceptual tempo

    Jerome Kagan

  • Adolescent social anxiety as an outcome of inhibited temperament in childhood.

    Carl E. Schwartz;Nancy Snidman;Jerome Kagan

  • Human Amygdala Responsivity to Masked Fearful Eye Whites

    Paul J. Whalen;Jerome Kagan;Robert G. Cook;F. Caroline Davis

  • The nature of the child

    Jerome Kagan

  • Behavioral inhibition to the unfamiliar.

    Jerome Kagan;J. Steven Reznick;Charlotte Clarke;Nancy Snidman

  • Behavioral inhibition in young children.

    Cynthia Garcia Coll;Jerome Kagan;J. Steven Reznick

  • Further evidence of association between behavioral inhibition and social anxiety in children.

    Joseph Biederman;Dina R. Hirshfeld-Becker;Jerrold F. Rosenbaum;Christine Hérot

  • Inhibited and Uninhibited Infants ``Grown Up'': Adult Amygdalar Response to Novelty

    Carl E. Schwartz;Christopher I. Wright;Christopher I. Wright;Lisa M. Shin;Lisa M. Shin;Jerome Kagan

  • Stable behavioral inhibition and its association with anxiety disorder.

    Dina R. Hirshfeld;Jerrold F. Rosenbaum;Joseph Biederman;Elizabeth A. Bolduc

  • A 3-Year Follow-up of Children with and without Behavioral Inhibition

    Joseph Biederman;Jerrold F. Rosenbaum;Elizabeth A. Bolduc-Murphy;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Psychiatric Correlates of Behavioral Inhibition in Young Children of Parents With and Without Psychiatric Disorders

    Joseph Biederman;Jerrold F. Rosenbaum;Dina R. Hirshfeld;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Constancy and Change in Human Development.

    Carmi Schooler;Orville G. Brim;Jerome Kagan

  • Reflection-impulsivity and reading ability in primary grade children.

    Jerome Kagan

  • Temperament and the reactions to unfamiliarity

    Jerome Kagan

  • Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection

    Jerome Kagan

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy Snidman
Nancy Snidman Harvard University
Carolyn Zahn-Waxler
Carolyn Zahn-Waxler University of Wisconsin–Madison
Joseph J. Campos
Joseph J. Campos University of California, Berkeley
Robin P. Corley
Robin P. Corley University of Colorado Boulder
Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin King's College London
Robert N. Emde
Robert N. Emde University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
John C. DeFries
John C. DeFries University of Colorado Boulder
Barbara Rogoff
Barbara Rogoff University of California, Santa Cruz
Nathan A. Fox
Nathan A. Fox University of Maryland, College Park
Franz Resch
Franz Resch Heidelberg University

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