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Karen R. Dobkins 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 Karen R. Dobkins sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 128 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Karen R. Dobkins 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 Karen R. Dobkins sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Karen R. Dobkins is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with particular attention to clinical psychology, cognitive neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, developmental and educational psychology, and social psychology. The body of work includes studies related to mindfulness and compassion interventions, mind wandering and attention, child and animal learning development, reading and literacy development, neural and behavioral psychology studies, environmental education and sustainability, as well as anxiety, depression, psychometrics, treatment, and cognitive processes.

The scientist has published papers in various academic venues, with frequent contributions to Consciousness and Cognition, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, International behavioral sciences/International journal of behavioral sciences, Frontiers in Public Health, and Emotion. Their recent publications include:

  • Psychometric Validation of the Farsi Version of the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) in a Sample of Iranian Students in the USA, 2021, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
  • Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Rehabilitation in Reducing Stress among Hard of Hearing Adolescent Girls, 2021, International behavioral sciences/International journal of behavioral sciences
  • Changing the landscape of mental health among college students: a community case study of a course on learning sustainable well-being, 2023, Frontiers in Public Health
  • When is a wandering mind unhappy? The role of thought valence., 2024, Emotion
  • Visual contrast sensitivity in clinical high risk and first episode psychosis, 2024, Schizophrenia Research

Frequent coauthors collaborating with this researcher include Debra Lindsay, Stephen Raynes, Roghieh Nooripour, Nikzad Ghanbari, and Simin Hoseinian, who have jointly contributed to multiple publications.

Their main research topics and thematic focuses are highlighted as follows:

  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Mind wandering and attention
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes

The primary fields of expertise linked to this researcher cover:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Social Psychology

Best Publications

  • Recurrence risk for autism spectrum disorders: a Baby Siblings Research Consortium study.

    Sally J Ozonoff;Gregory S. Young;Alice Carter;Daniel Messinger

  • Visual stimuli activate auditory cortex in the deaf.

    Eva M. Finney;Ione Fine;Karen R. Dobkins

  • Clinical Assessment and Management of Toddlers With Suspected Autism Spectrum Disorder: Insights From Studies of High-Risk Infants

    Lonnie Zwaigenbaum;Susan Bryson;Catherine Lord;Sally J Rogers

  • Decreased levels of protein kinase C in Alzheimer brain.

    Gregory Cole;Karen R. Dobkins;Lawrence A. Hansen;Robert D. Terry

  • Beyond Autism: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium Study of High-Risk Children at Three Years of Age

    Daniel Messinger;Gregory S. Young;Sally J Ozonoff;Karen Dobkins

  • Comparing the Effects of Auditory Deprivation and Sign Language within the Auditory and Visual Cortex

    Ione Fine;Eva M. Finney;Geoffrey M. Boynton;Karen R. Dobkins

  • Visual stimuli activate auditory cortex in deaf subjects: evidence from MEG.

    Eva M. Finney;Brett A. Clementz;Gregory Hickok;Karen R. Dobkins

  • The face inversion effect in infants is driven by high, and not low, spatial frequencies.

    Karen R. Dobkins;Rachael Harms

  • Early sex differences are not autism-specific: A Baby Siblings Research Consortium (BSRC) study

    Daniel S. Messinger;Gregory S. Young;Sara Jane Webb;Sally J Ozonoff

  • The effects of spatial attention on motion processing in deaf signers, hearing signers, and hearing nonsigners.

    Rain G. Bosworth;Karen R. Dobkins

  • Atypical face versus object processing and hemispheric asymmetries in 10-month-old infants at risk for autism.

    Joseph P. McCleery;Natacha Akshoomoff;Karen R. Dobkins;Leslie J. Carver

  • Abnormal Magnocellular Pathway Visual Processing in Infants at Risk for Autism

    Joseph P. McCleery;Elizabeth Allman;Leslie J. Carver;Karen R. Dobkins

  • Non-ASD outcomes at 36 months in siblings at familial risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD): A baby siblings research consortium (BSRC) study.

    Tony Charman;Gregory S. Young;Jessica Brian;Alice Carter

  • Attentional effects on contrast discrimination in humans: evidence for both contrast gain and response gain.

    Liqiang Huang;Karen R. Dobkins

  • Visual field asymmetries for motion processing in deaf and hearing signers.

    Rain G. Bosworth;Karen R. Dobkins

  • Left-Hemisphere Dominance for Motion Processing in Deaf Signers

    Rain G. Bosworth;Karen R. Dobkins

  • Visual contrast sensitivity in deaf versus hearing populations: exploring the perceptual consequences of auditory deprivation and experience with a visual language

    Eva M Finney;Karen R Dobkins

  • What happens if it changes color when it moves?: Psychophysical experiments on the nature of chromatic input to motion detectors

    Karen R. Dobkins;Thomas D. Albright

  • Attention enhances adaptability: evidence from motion adaptation experiments.

    Amy Rezec;Bart Krekelberg;Karen R. Dobkins

  • Slow mapping: color word learning as a gradual inductive process.

    Katie Wagner;Karen Dobkins;David Barner

  • Attentional Effects on Contrast Discrimination in Humans: Evidence for both Contrast Gain and Response Gain

    Karen R. Dobkins;Liqiang Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Leslie J. Carver
Leslie J. Carver University of California, San Diego
Thomas D. Albright
Thomas D. Albright Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Rebecca Landa
Rebecca Landa Kennedy Krieger Institute
Jana M. Iverson
Jana M. Iverson University of Pittsburgh
Lonnie Zwaigenbaum
Lonnie Zwaigenbaum University of Alberta
Daniel S. Messinger
Daniel S. Messinger University of Miami
Sally J Ozonoff
Sally J Ozonoff University of California, Davis
Wendy L. Stone
Wendy L. Stone University of Washington
Susan E. Bryson
Susan E. Bryson Dalhousie University
Alice S. Carter
Alice S. Carter University of Massachusetts Boston

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