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Kimberly J. Saudino

Kimberly J. Saudino

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
42
Citations
6679
World Ranking
7604
National Ranking
4086

Kimberly J. Saudino 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 Kimberly J. Saudino sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 119 publications — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kimberly J. Saudino 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 Kimberly J. Saudino sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kimberly J. Saudino is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a total of 22 publications in this field. Within psychology, their work spans multiple subfields, including clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, psychiatry and mental health, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The scientist's research explores several main topics:

  • Child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development
  • Cognitive abilities and testing
  • Psychopathy, forensic psychiatry, sexual offending
  • Bullying, victimization, and aggression
  • Birth, development, and health
  • Genetic associations and epidemiology
  • Stalking, cyberstalking, and harassment

Among frequent co-authors are Jody M. Ganiban, I-Tzu Hung, Ariel Knafo-Noam, Lior Abramson, and Karri Silventoinen.

Saudino's publications often appear in specific academic journals. Venues where their work has been published include:

  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (3 publications)
  • Behavior Genetics (2 publications)
  • International Journal of Obesity
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Cognition and Development

Recent papers by Kimberly J. Saudino include:

  • Genetic and environmental influences on human height from infancy through adulthood at different levels of parental education, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Changing genetic architecture of body mass index from infancy to early adulthood: an individual based pooled analysis of 25 twin cohorts, 2022, International Journal of Obesity
  • Less imitation of arbitrary actions is a specific developmental precursor to callous-unemotional traits in early childhood, 2020, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Low social affiliation predicts increases in callous-unemotional behaviors in early childhood, 2021, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Lexical Processing of Nouns and Verbs at 36 Months of Age Predicts Concurrent and Later Vocabulary and School Readiness, 2020, Journal of Cognition and Development

Best Publications

  • What Is Temperament Now? Assessing Progress in Temperament Research on the Twenty‐Fifth Anniversary of Goldsmith et al. ()

    Rebecca L. Shiner;Kristin A. Buss;Sandee G. McClowry;Samuel P. Putnam

  • Behavioral genetics and child temperament.

    Kimberly J. Saudino

  • Gender differences in psychological, physical, and sexual aggression among college students using the revised conflict tactics scales.

    Denise A. Hines;Kimberly J. Saudino

  • Genetic and environmental effects on body mass index from infancy to the onset of adulthood: an individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts participating in the COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins (CODATwins) study

    Karri Silventoinen;Karri Silventoinen;Aline Jelenkovic;Aline Jelenkovic;Reijo Sund;Yoon-Mi Hur

  • Genetic and environmental influences on height from infancy to early adulthood: An individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts

    Aline Jelenkovic;Aline Jelenkovic;Reijo Sund;Yoon Mi Hur;Yoshie Yokoyama

  • Emotion Regulation and Stress

    Manjie Wang;Kimberly J. Saudino

  • Can personality explain genetic influences on life events

    Kimberly J. Saudino;Nancy L. Pedersen;Paul Lichtenstein;G. E. McClearn

  • Intergenerational Transmission of Intimate Partner Violence: A Behavioral Genetic Perspective

    Denise A. Hines;Kimberly J. Saudino

  • The validity of parent-based assessment of the cognitive abilities of 2-year-olds

    Kimberly J. Saudino;Philip S. Dale;Bonamy R Oliver;Stephen A. Petrill

  • Infant Temperament and Genetics: An Objective Twin Study of Motor Activity Level

    Kimberly J. Saudino;Warren O. Eaton

  • Parent ratings of EAS temperaments in twins, full siblings, half siblings, and step siblings.

    K J Saudino;S McGuire;D Reiss;E M Hetherington

  • Perceived competence and self-worth during adolescence: a longitudinal behavioral genetic study

    Shirley McGuire;Beth Manke;Kimberly J. Saudino;David Reiss

  • Exploring the Relationship Between Autistic-Like Traits and ADHD Behaviors in Early Childhood: Findings from a Community Twin Study of 2-Year-Olds

    Angelica Ronald;Lisa R. Edelson;Philip Asherson;Kimberly J. Saudino

  • The Etiology of Behavior Problems in 7-Year-Old Twins: Substantial Genetic Influence and Negligible Shared Environmental Influence for Parent Ratings and Ratings by Same and Different Teachers

    Kimberly J. Saudino;Angelica Ronald;Robert Plomin

  • Understanding child-based effects on parenting: temperament as a moderator of genetic and environmental contributions to parenting.

    Jody M. Ganiban;Jennifer Ulbricht;Kimberly J. Saudino;David Reiss

  • Night and day: are siblings as different in temperament as parents say they are?

    Kimberly J. Saudino;Annie E. Wertz;Jeffrey R. Gagne;Sonia Chawla

  • Stability and change in temperament during adolescence.

    Jody M. Ganiban;Kimberly J. Saudino;Jennifer Ulbricht;Jenae M. Neiderhiser

  • Parent ratings of temperament in twins: explaining the 'too low' DZ correlations.

    Kimberly J Saudino;Stacey S Cherny;Robert Plomin

  • The Validity of a Parent-based Assessment of Cognitive Abilities in Three-year Olds

    Bonamy Oliver;Philip S. Dale;Kimberly J. Saudino;Stephen A. Petrill

  • Influence of parental stress and social support on the behavioral adjustment of children with transposition of the great arteries.

    Karen J. Visconti;Kimberly J. Saudino;Leonard A. Rappaport;Jane W. Newburger

  • Moving Beyond the Heritability Question: New Directions in Behavioral Genetic Studies of Personality

    Kimberly J. Saudino

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin King's College London
Karri Silventoinen
Karri Silventoinen University of Helsinki
Catherine Derom
Catherine Derom Ghent University
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki
Michel Boivin
Michel Boivin Université Laval
Catherine Tuvblad
Catherine Tuvblad Örebro University
Richard Saffery
Richard Saffery University of Melbourne
John L. Hopper
John L. Hopper University of Melbourne
Jeffrey M. Craig
Jeffrey M. Craig Deakin University
Robin P. Corley
Robin P. Corley University of Colorado Boulder

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