2026 Loraine K. Obler: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	50	5466	5078	2984	2708	227	9041
Neuroscience	50	5759	5301	2538	2290	224	9002

Loraine K. Obler 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 Loraine K. Obler sits on this spectrum.

31 publications 705+

This scientist: 227 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Loraine K. Obler 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 Loraine K. Obler sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Loraine K. Obler is affiliated with the City University of New York in the United States. Their research spans across the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with a focus on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Physiology.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics including Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism, Reading and Literacy Development, Stuttering Research and Treatment, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Language Development and Disorders, and Second Language Acquisition and Learning.

Loraine K. Obler has published in a variety of peer-reviewed journals, including:

The Journals of Gerontology Series B
Bilingualism Language and Cognition
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
Aphasiology

Their recent papers include:

Demographic Effects on Longitudinal Semantic Processing, Working Memory, and Cognitive Speed (2020) in The Journals of Gerontology Series B
Strengthening the semantic verb network in multilingual people with aphasia: within- and cross-language treatment effects (2022) in Bilingualism Language and Cognition
Rehabilitating an attrited language in a bilingual person with aphasia (2022) in Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics
Measuring treatment outcome in severe Wernicke's aphasia (2020) in Aphasiology
Focusing Our Attention on Socially Responsive Professional Education to Serve Ethnogeriatric Populations With Neurogenic Communication Disorders in the United States (2023) in American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Frequent collaborators include Aviva Lerman, Mira Goral, Eve Higby, Lisa A. Edmonds, and Jet M. J. Vonk. Collaboration patterns indicate a focus on clinical and cognitive aspects of language disorders and bilingualism.

Best Publications

Right hemisphere emotional perception: evidence across multiple channels.

Joan C. Borod;Barbara A. Cicero;Loraine K. Obler;Joan Welkowitz

662
Citations
Agrammatic aphasia : a cross-language narrative sourcebook

Lise Menn;Loraine K. Obler;Gabriele Miceli;M. O'Connor

446
Citations
Empty speech in Alzheimer's disease and fluent aphasia.

Marjorie Nicholas;Loraine K. Obler;Martin L. Albert;Nancy Helm-Estabrooks

383
Citations
The Bilingual Brain: Neuropsychological and Neurolinguistic Aspects of Bilingualism

Martin L. Albert;Loraine K. Obler

331
Citations
Lexical retrieval in healthy aging.

Marjorie Nicholas;Loraine Obler;Martin Albert;Harold Goodglass

311
Citations
Right hemisphere specialization for the identification of emotional words and sentences: evidence from stroke patients.

Joan C. Borod;Fani Andelman;Loraine K. Obler;James R. Tweedy

295
Citations
Narrative Strategies of Aphasic and Normal-Speaking Subjects

Jean Berko Gleason;Harold Goodglass;Loraine Obler;Eugene Green

259
Citations
Auditory comprehension and aging: Decline in syntactic processing

Loraine K. Obler;Deborah Fein;Marjorie Nicholas;Martin L. Albert

224
Citations
Change in Object Naming Ability During Adulthood

Lisa Tabor Connor;Avron Spiro;Loraine K. Obler;Martin L. Albert

220
Citations
The exceptional brain: Neuropsychology of talent and special abilities.

Loraine K. Obler;Deborah Fein

203
Citations
Naming ability across the adult life span

Rhoda Au;Philip Joung;Marjorie Nicholas;Loraine K. Obler

191
Citations
Bilingualism Across the Lifespan: Aspects of acquisition, maturity, and loss

Kenneth Hyltenstam;Loraine K. Obler

184
Citations
Naming Errors in Healthy Aging and Dementia of the Alzheimer Type

Nancy L. Bowles;Loraine K. Obler;Loraine K. Obler;Martin L. Albert;Martin L. Albert

175
Citations
Semantic Degradation and Lexical Access in Age-Related Naming Failures*

Barbara A. Barresi;Marjorie Nicholas;Lisa Tabor Connor;Loraine K. Obler

159
Citations
Exceptional language and linguistics

Loraine K. Obler;Lise Menn

154
Citations
Relationships among facial, prosodic, and lexical channels of emotional perceptual processing

Joan C. Borod;Joan C. Borod;Lawrence H. Pick;Susan Hall;Martin Sliwinski

145
Citations
Aphasia type and aging.

Loraine K. Obler;Martin L. Albert;Harold Goodglass;D.Frank Benson

142
Citations
Speech monitoring skills in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and normal aging.

Patrick McNamara;Patrick McNamara;Loraine K. Obler;Loraine K. Obler;Rhoda Au;Rhoda Au;Raymon Durso;Raymon Durso

142
Citations
Cerebral lateralization in bilinguals: methodological issues.

Loraine K. Obler;Robert J. Zatorre;Linda Galloway;Jyotsna Vaid

141
Citations
Language and the brain

Loraine K. Obler;Kris GJerlow

128
Citations
The Bilingual Brain: Neuropsychological and Neurolinguistic Aspects of Bilingualism. Perspectives in Neurolinguistics and Psycholinguistics.

Martin L. Albert;Loraine K. Obler

62
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin L. Albert Boston University

Avron Spiro Boston University

Lisa Tabor Connor Washington University in St. Louis

Joan C. Borod City University of New York

Rhoda Au Boston University

Joan Welkowitz New York University

Martin J. Sliwinski Pennsylvania State University

Harold Goodglass Boston University

Patrick J. McNamara University of Iowa

Deborah Fein University of Connecticut

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