2026 Marc H. Bornstein: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	131	166	144	104	88	831	66813

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
1988 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1983 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Marc H. Bornstein is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a notable grounding in Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics of Bornstein's work encompass child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, early childhood education and development, attachment and relationship dynamics, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, cultural differences and values, infant development and preterm care, and infant health and development.

Bornstein has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed publications. Some recent papers include:

Effects of Parental Warmth and Behavioral Control on Adolescent Externalizing and Internalizing Trajectories Across Cultures (2020), published in Journal of Research on Adolescence
Effects of Parental Acceptance-Rejection on Children's Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors: A Longitudinal, Multicultural Study (2021), published in Journal of Child and Family Studies
Longitudinal associations between mothers' and fathers' anger/irritability expressiveness, harsh parenting, and adolescents' socioemotional functioning in nine countries (2020), published in Developmental Psychology
Cross-Cultural Examination of Links between Parent-Adolescent Communication and Adolescent Psychological Problems in 12 Cultural Groups (2020), published in Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Physical presence of spouse enhances brain-to-brain synchrony in co-parenting couples (2020), published in Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bornstein include Jennifer E. Lansford, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Ann T. Skinner, Kenneth A. Dodge, and Liane Peña Alampay.

Bornstein has also published extensively in several journals, with the highest number of publications appearing in Developmental Psychology, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Infant Behavior and Development, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Journal of Research on Adolescence.

In addition to journal articles, Bornstein has contributed to book publications, including a volume published by Cambridge University Press titled The Cambridge Handbook of Lifespan Development of Creativity (2021).

Marc H. Bornstein was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1988 and as a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1983.

Best Publications

Measurement invariance conventions and reporting: The state of the art and future directions for psychological research

Diane L. Putnick;Marc H. Bornstein

3631
Citations
Contemporary research on parenting: The case for nature and nurture.

W. Andrew Collins;Eleanor E. Maccoby;Laurence Steinberg;E. Mavis Hetherington

2740
Citations
Maternal responsiveness and children's achievement of language milestones.

Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda;Marc H. Bornstein;Lisa Baumwell

1595
Citations
Socioeconomic Status, Parenting, and Child Development

Marc H. Bornstein;Robert H. Bradley

1534
Citations
Socioeconomic status, parenting, and child development: The Hollingshead Four-Factor Index of Social Status and The Socioeconomic Index of Occupations.

Marc H. Bornstein;Robert H. Bradley

1272
Citations
Handbook of Parenting : Volume 4 Social Conditions and Applied Parenting

Marc H. Bornstein

1177
Citations
II. MORE THAN JUST CONVENIENT: THE SCIENTIFIC MERITS OF HOMOGENEOUS CONVENIENCE SAMPLES.

Justin Jager;Diane L. Putnick;Marc H. Bornstein

1113
Citations
Cultural Approaches to Parenting

Marc H. Bornstein

1085
Citations
Handbook of Parenting

Marc H. Bornstein

1037
Citations
Sampling in Developmental Science: Situations, Shortcomings, Solutions, and Standards

Marc H. Bornstein;Justin Jager;Diane L. Putnick

919
Citations
Social competence, externalizing, and internalizing behavioral adjustment from early childhood through early adolescence: developmental cascades.

Marc H. Bornstein;Chun-Shin Hahn;O. Maurice Haynes

869
Citations
Continuity in Mental Development from Infancy.

Marc H. Bornstein;Marian D. Sigman

787
Citations
Maternal responsiveness and cognitive development in children

Marc H. Bornstein;Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda

702
Citations
Color vision and hue categorization in young human infants.

Marc H. Bornstein;William Kessen;Sally Weiskopf

572
Citations
Sensitive periods in development: structural characteristics and causal interpretations.

Marc H. Bornstein

569
Citations
Maternal Responsiveness to Young Children at Three Ages: Longitudinal Analysis of a Multidimensional, Modular, and Specific Parenting Construct

Marc H. Bornstein;Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda;Chun Shin Hahn;O. Maurice Haynes

552
Citations
Cross-linguistic analysis of vocabulary in young children: spanish, dutch, French, hebrew, italian, korean, and american english.

Marc H. Bornstein;Linda R. Cote;Sharone Maital;Kathleen Painter

528
Citations
Specific and general language performance across early childhood: Stability and gender considerations:

Marc H. Bornstein;Chun-Shin Hahn;O. Maurice Haynes

485
Citations
Developmental psychology : an advanced textbook

Marc H. Bornstein;Michael E. Lamb

385
Citations
Well-Being: Positive Development across the Life Course.

Marc H. Bornstein;Lucy Davidson;Corey L. M. Keyes;Kristin A. Moore

313
Citations
Developmental Science: An Advanced Textbook

Marc H. Bornstein;Michael E. Lamb

254
Citations
Social, emotional, and personality development

Marc H. Bornstein;Michael E. Lamb

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Gianluca Esposito University of Trento

Diane L. Putnick National Institutes of Health

Jennifer E. Lansford Duke University

Kirby Deater-Deckard University of Massachusetts Amherst

Suha M. Al-Hassan Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority

Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda New York University

Kenneth A. Dodge Duke University

Ann T. Skinner Duke University

Lei Chang University of Macau

Laura Di Giunta Sapienza University of Rome

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