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 Melanie Killen sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 251 publications — 81st percentile
81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Melanie Killen sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 75 D-Index — 85th percentile
85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.
Melanie Killen is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences and psychology, with particular emphasis on the subfields of sociology and political science, social psychology, education, clinical psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.
The scientific contributions of Melanie Killen span multiple topics, notably social and intergroup psychology, bullying, victimization, and aggression, early childhood education and development, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, racial and ethnic identity research, education discipline and inequality, and psychology of moral and emotional judgment.
Their recent published papers include: "Moral Reasoning Enables Developmental and Societal Change" (2021) in Perspectives on Psychological Science, "Reducing Prejudice Through Promoting Cross-Group Friendships" (2021) in Review of General Psychology, "Children's evaluations of individually and structurally based inequalities: The role of status." (2020) in Developmental Psychology, and earlier works such as "A Developmental-Science Perspective on Social Inequality" (2020) in Current Directions in Psychological Science.
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Collaborations are a notable aspect of their research, with frequent coauthors including Riley N. Sims, Jacquelyn Glidden, Amanda R. Burkholder, Kathryn M. Yee, and Elise M. Kaufman.
In recognition of their work, Melanie Killen was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2014.
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