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Medicine

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100
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42489
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8205
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4252

Psychology

D-Index
98
Citations
40718
World Ranking
675
National Ranking
427

Maureen M. Black 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 Maureen M. Black sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 406 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maureen M. Black 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 Maureen M. Black sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Maureen M. Black is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their work encompasses a broad range of topics within medicine and health professions, with a focus on nutrition, pediatrics, and public health.

Their research spans multiple subfields including general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, nutrition and dietetics, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, as well as psychiatry and mental health.

Key topics addressed in their work include obesity, physical activity and diet; child nutrition and water access; food security and health in diverse populations; child nutrition and feeding issues; infant development and preterm care; homelessness and social issues; and early childhood education and development.

They have published frequently in venues such as:

  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Nutrition
  • PEDIATRICS
  • The Lancet

Some recent papers associated with Maureen M. Black include:

  • Nutrition in adolescent growth and development, 2021, The Lancet
  • The principles of Nurturing Care promote human capital and mitigate adversities from preconception through adolescence, 2021, BMJ Global Health
  • Health and development from preconception to 20 years of age and human capital, 2022, The Lancet
  • Severe Housing Insecurity during Pregnancy: Association with Adverse Birth and Infant Outcomes, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Effects of responsive caregiving and learning opportunities during pre-school ages on the association of early adversities and adolescent human capital: an analysis of birth cohorts in two middle-income countries, 2020, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Angela Trude
  • Alysse Kowalski
  • Erin R. Hager
  • Félice Lê-Scherban
  • Kristen Hurley

Maureen M. Black has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 1995.

Best Publications

  • Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course

    Maureen M Black;Maureen M Black;Susan P Walker;Lia C H Fernald;Christopher T Andersen

  • Inequality in early childhood: risk and protective factors for early child development

    Susan P Walker;Theodore D Wachs;Sally Grantham-McGregor;Maureen M Black

  • Strategies to avoid the loss of developmental potential in more than 200 million children in the developing world

    Patrice L Engle;Maureen M Black;Jere R Behrman;Meena Cabral de Mello

  • Development and Validity of a 2-Item Screen to Identify Families at Risk for Food Insecurity

    Erin R Hager;Anna M Quigg;Anna M Quigg;Maureen M Black;Sharon M Coleman

  • Effects of stunting, diarrhoeal disease, and parasitic infection during infancy on cognition in late childhood: A follow-up study.

    Douglas S Berkman;Andres G Lescano;Andres G Lescano;Robert H Gilman;Robert H Gilman;Sonia L Lopez

  • The who Multicentre Growth Reference Study: Planning, Study Design, and Methodology:

    Mercedes de Onis;Cutberto Garza;Cesar G. Victora;Adelheid W. Onyango

  • Food Insecurity Is Associated with Adverse Health Outcomes among Human Infants and Toddlers

    John T. Cook;Deborah A. Frank;Carol Berkowitz;Carol Berkowitz;Maureen M. Black;Maureen M. Black

  • Risk of poor development in young children in low-income and middle-income countries: an estimation and analysis at the global, regional, and country level.

    Chunling Lu;Maureen M Black;Maureen M Black;Linda M Richter

  • Micronutrient deficiencies and cognitive functioning.

    Maureen M. Black

  • The Effect of Poverty on Child Development and Educational Outcomes

    Patrice L. Engle;Maureen M. Black

  • Responsive Feeding Is Embedded in a Theoretical Framework of Responsive Parenting

    Maureen M. Black;Frances E. Aboud

  • Early Childhood Developmental Status in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: National, Regional, and Global Prevalence Estimates Using Predictive Modeling.

    Dana Charles McCoy;Evan D. Peet;Majid Ezzati;Goodarz Danaei

  • Maternal depression and early childhood growth in developing countries: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Pamela J Surkan;Caitlin E Kennedy;Kristen M Hurley;Maureen M Black

  • Social influences on the sexual behavior of youth at risk for HIV exposure.

    Daniel Romer;Maureen Black;Izabel Ricardo;Susan Feigelman

  • Effects of vitamin B12 and folate deficiency on brain development in children

    Maureen M. Black

  • Maternal Depression: A Global Threat to Children’s Health, Development, and Behavior and to Human Rights

    Theodore D. Wachs;Maureen M. Black;Patrice L. Engle

  • Zinc deficiency and child development

    Maureen M Black

  • US Housing Insecurity and the Health of Very Young Children

    Diana Becker Cutts;Alan F. Meyers;Maureen M. Black;Patrick H. Casey

  • African American Fathers in Low Income, Urban Families: Development, Behavior, and Home Environment of Their Three-Year-Old Children.

    Maureen M. Black;Howard Dubowitz;Raymond H. Starr

  • Nutrition in adolescent growth and development.

    Shane A Norris;Shane A Norris;Edward A Frongillo;Maureen M Black;Maureen M Black;Yanhui Dong

  • Household food insecurity: associations with at-risk infant and toddler development.

    Ruth Rose-Jacobs;Maureen M Black;Patrick H Casey;John T Cook

  • Maternal depression, changing public assistance, food security, and child health status

    Patrick Casey;Susan Goolsby;Carol Berkowitz;Deborah Frank

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard Dubowitz
Howard Dubowitz University of Maryland, Baltimore
Timothy Heeren
Timothy Heeren Boston University
Bonita Stanton
Bonita Stanton Seton Hall University
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
Alan J. Litrownik
Alan J. Litrownik San Diego State University
Laura E. Caulfield
Laura E. Caulfield Johns Hopkins University
Desmond K. Runyan
Desmond K. Runyan University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Linda Richter
Linda Richter University of the Witwatersrand
Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson Juvenile Protective Association
Diana J. English
Diana J. English University of Washington

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