2026 Jerome Kagan: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	107	439	283	437	54318

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

2740
Citations
Birth to Maturity: A Study in Psychological Development

Jerome Kagan;Howard A. Moss

2665
Citations
Galen's Prophecy: Temperament In Human Nature

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

2354
Citations
Biological bases of childhood shyness.

J Kagan;JS Reznick;N Snidman

2260
Citations
The Physiology and Psychology of Behavioral Inhibition in Children.

J Kagan;J S Reznick;N Snidman

1845
Citations
Information processing in the child: Significance of analytic and reflective attitudes.

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

1660
Citations
Reflection--impulsivity: the generality and dynamics of conceptual tempo

Jerome Kagan

1205
Citations
Adolescent social anxiety as an outcome of inhibited temperament in childhood.

Carl E. Schwartz;Nancy Snidman;Jerome Kagan

1044
Citations
Human Amygdala Responsivity to Masked Fearful Eye Whites

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

995
Citations
The nature of the child

Jerome Kagan

993
Citations
Behavioral inhibition to the unfamiliar.

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

970
Citations
Behavioral inhibition in young children.

Cynthia Garcia Coll;Jerome Kagan;J. Steven Reznick

903
Citations
Further evidence of association between behavioral inhibition and social anxiety in children.

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

883
Citations
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

763
Citations
Stable behavioral inhibition and its association with anxiety disorder.

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

705
Citations
A 3-Year Follow-up of Children with and without Behavioral Inhibition

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

679
Citations
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

675
Citations
Constancy and Change in Human Development.

Carmi Schooler;Orville G. Brim;Jerome Kagan

609
Citations
Reflection-impulsivity and reading ability in primary grade children.

Jerome Kagan

590
Citations
Temperament and the reactions to unfamiliarity

Jerome Kagan

577
Citations
Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection

Jerome Kagan

17
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Nancy Snidman Harvard University

Carolyn Zahn-Waxler University of Wisconsin–Madison

Joseph J. Campos University of California, Berkeley

Robin P. Corley University of Colorado Boulder

Robert Plomin King's College London

Robert N. Emde University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

John C. DeFries University of Colorado Boulder

Barbara Rogoff University of California, Santa Cruz

Nathan A. Fox University of Maryland, College Park

Franz Resch Heidelberg University

External Links

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