2026 Joan C. Chrisler: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	38	8822	8240	4691	4270	153	6746

Research.com Recognitions

1995 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Joan C. Chrisler is affiliated with Connecticut College in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, notably medicine, social sciences, and psychology. The primary fields of study center on topics such as public health, environmental and occupational health, reproductive medicine, gender studies, social psychology, and general psychology.

The scientist's work focuses considerably on reproductive health and related issues. Main topics include reproductive health and technologies, reproductive health and contraception, academic and historical perspectives in psychology, diversity and career in medicine, sex and gender in healthcare, health and medical research impacts, and menstrual health and disorders.

Joan C. Chrisler has published research in various scholarly venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

American Psychologist
International Perspectives in Psychology
BMJ Open
Nature Human Behaviour
The Gerontologist

Coauthorship is a notable aspect of their work, with repeated collaborations with the following researchers:

Judith L. Gibbons
Maureen C. McHugh
Dharani Kalidasan
Azita Goshtasebi
Helen Brown

Among Joan C. Chrisler's recent publications are:

"Prospective analyses of sex/gender-related publication decisions in general medical journals: editorial rejection of population-based women's reproductive physiology" (2022, BMJ Open)
"Menstruation myths" (2024, Nature Human Behaviour)
"Documenting Reproductive Injustice, Striving for Reproductive Justice" (2024, International Perspectives in Psychology)
"Older Women Who Work: Resilience, Choice, and Change." (2021, The Gerontologist)
"Bernice Resnick Sandler (1928-2019)." (2020, American Psychologist)

Their contributions have been recognized within the professional community, including designation as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association since 1995.

Best Publications

The Menstrual Mark: Menstruation as Social Stigma

Ingrid Johnston-Robledo;Joan C. Chrisler

507
Citations
Women and weight : Gendered messages on magazine covers

Amy R. Malkin;Kimberlie Wornian;Joan C. Chrisler

361
Citations
Ageism can be Hazardous to Women's Health: Ageism, Sexism, and Stereotypes of Older Women in the Healthcare System

Joan C. Chrisler;Angela Barney;Brigida Palatino

337
Citations
Definitions of Gender and Sex: The Subtleties of Meaning

Jayde Pryzgoda;Joan C. Chrisler

271
Citations
Handbook of Gender Research in psychology

Joan C. Chrisler;Donald R. McCreary

248
Citations
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde: How PMS Became a Cultural Phenomenon and a Psychiatric Disorder

Joan C Chrisler;Paula Caplan

247
Citations
Leaks, Lumps, and Lines: Stigma and Women’s Bodies

Joan C. Chrisler

228
Citations
Body Image Issues of Older Women

Joan C. Chrisler;Laurie Ghiz

202
Citations
The media construct a menstrual monster: a content analysis of PMS articles in the popular press.

Joan C. Chrisler;Karen B. Levy

201
Citations
Gender role and attitudes toward rape in male and female college students

Lynda A. Szymanski;Ann Sloan Devlin;Joan C. Chrisler;Stuart A. Vyse

188
Citations
Body esteem, eating attitudes, and gender-role orientation in three age groups of children

Ellen C. Flannery-Schroeder;Joan C. Chrisler

172
Citations
Lectures on the Psychology of Women

Joan C. Chrisler;Carla Golden;Patricia D. Rozee

153
Citations
Queer periods: attitudes toward and experiences with menstruation in the masculine of centre and transgender community

Joan C Chrisler;Jennifer A Gorman;Jen Manion;Michael Murgo

146
Citations
Violence against Women as a Public Health Issue

Joan C. Chrisler;Sheila Ferguson

136
Citations
Menstrual Joy: The Construct and Its Consequences

Joan C. Chrisler;Ingrid K. Johnston;Nicole M. Champagne;Kathleen E. Preston

136
Citations
Feminism and psychology.

Joan C. Chrisler;Christine A. Smith

131
Citations
Body Stereotyping and Stigmatization of Obese Persons by First Graders

Amanda Goldfield;Joan C. Chrisler

118
Citations
Menarche Stories: Reminiscences of College Students From Lithuania, Malaysia, Sudan, and the United States

Chrisler Jc;Zittel Cb

107
Citations
2007 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: FEAR OF LOSING CONTROL: POWER, PERFECTIONISM, AND THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WOMEN

Joan C. Chrisler

102
Citations
Attitudes toward and experience with menstruation in the US and India.

Katherine D. Hoerster;Joan C. Chrisler;Jennifer Gorman Rose

97
Citations
Journeys of Embodiment at the Intersection of Body and Culture: The Developmental Theory of Embodiment

Unknown

77
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald R. McCreary Brock University

Mindy J. Erchull University of Mary Washington

Janette M Perz Western Sydney University

Susan Krauss Whitbourne University of Massachusetts Amherst

Jane M Ussher Western Sydney University

Jefferson A. Singer Connecticut College

Irene Hanson Frieze University of Pittsburgh

External Links

Personal website of Joan C. Chrisler Google Scholar page

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