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Nancy L. Segal publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nancy L. Segal sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 341 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Nancy L. Segal D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nancy L. Segal sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 36 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1994 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Nancy L. Segal is affiliated with California State University, Fullerton in the United States. Their research spans psychology and medicine, with particular emphasis on pediatrics, perinatology and child health, experimental and cognitive psychology, gender studies, social psychology, and genetics.

Their work addresses a variety of topics including assisted reproductive technology and twin pregnancy, cognitive abilities and testing, demographic trends and gender preferences, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, birth, development, and health, family dynamics and relationships, and attachment and relationship dynamics.

Frequent coauthors include Emma Otta, Jeffrey M. Craig, Francisca J. Niculae, Elizabeth Pratt-Thompson, and Yoon-Mi Hur.

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as:

  • Twin Research and Human Genetics
  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Human Ethology
  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
  • Evolution and Human Behavior

Selected recent papers by Nancy L. Segal include:

  • "Hierarchy of attachment figures among adult twins and non-twins" (2020) published in Personality and Individual Differences
  • "Reared-apart/reared-together Chinese twins and virtual twins: Evolving research program and general intelligence findings" (2021) published in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
  • "Heteropaternal twinning: Unique case of opposite-sex twins with different fathers" (2021) published in Forensic Science International
  • "Personality traits, mental abilities and other individual differences: Monozygotic female twins raised apart in South Korea and the United States" (2022) published in Personality and Individual Differences
  • "Social closeness revisited in monozygotic and dizygotic twin families: Aunt/uncle-niece/nephew relations" (2020) published in Personality and Individual Differences

Nancy L. Segal has authored books published by Academic Studies Press eBooks, including two editions of "The Twin Children of the Holocaust" released in 2023.

In recognition of professional achievements, Nancy L. Segal was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1994.

Best Publications

  • Personality similarity in twins reared apart and together.

    Auke Tellegen;David T. Lykken;Thomas J. Bouchard;Kimerly J. Wilcox

  • Sources of human psychological differences: the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart.

    Thomas J. Bouchard;David T. Lykken;Matthew McGue;Nancy L. Segal

  • Job Satisfaction: Environmental and Genetic Components

    Richard D. Arvey;Thomas J. Bouchard;Nancy L. Segal;Lauren M. Abraham

  • Periodontal findings in adult twins.

    Bryan S Michalowicz;D. Aeppli;J. G. Virag;D. G. Klump

  • Heritability of Substance Abuse and Antisocial Behavior: A Study of Monozygotic Twins Reared Apart

    William M. Grove;Elke D. Eckert;Leonard Heston;Thomas J. Bouchard

  • Beyond the Maternal Wall: Relief for Family Caregivers Who Are Discriminated Against on the Job

    Joan C. Williams;Nancy Segal

  • Entwined Lives: Twins and What They Tell Us About Human Behavior

    Nancy L. Segal

  • Suicide in twins

    Alec Roy;Nancy L. Segal;Brandon S. Centerwall;C. Dennis Robinette

  • Work Values: Genetic and Environmental Influences

    Lauren M. Keller;Thomas J. Bouchard;Richard D. Arvey;Nancy L. Segal

  • Heritable and environmental variables affect reproduction-related behaviors, but not ultimate reproductive success

    Linda Mealey;Nancy L. Segal

  • Attempted suicide among living co-twins of twin suicide victims.

    Alec Roy;Nancy L. Segal;Marco Sarchiapone

  • Atopic disease and immunoglobulin E in twins reared apart and together.

    Bruce R Hanson;M. McGue;B. Roitman-Johnson;N. L. Segal

  • A Twin Study of Genetic Variation in Proportional Radiographic Alveolar Bone Height

    Michalowicz Bs;Aeppli Dp;Kuba Rk;Bereuter Je

  • Suicidal behavior in twins: a replication.

    Alec Roy;Nancy L Segal

  • Twins and virtual twins: bases of relative body weight revisited.

    NL Segal;DB Allison

  • Genetics of suicide in depression.

    Alec Roy;David Nielsen;Gunnar Rylander;Marco Sarchiapone

  • Uniting psychology and biology : integrative perspectives on human development

    Nancy L. Segal;Glenn E. Weisfeld;Carol Cronin Weisfeld

  • Born Together—Reared Apart: The Landmark Minnesota Twin Study

    Nancy L. Segal

  • Evidence for the construct validity and heritability of the Wilson-Patterson Conservatism Scale: A reared-apart twins study of social attitudes.

    Thomas J Bouchard;Nancy L Segal;Auke Tellegen;Matt McGue

  • Cooperation and Competition Between Twins: Findings from a Prisoner’s Dilemma Game

    Nancy L Segal;Scott L Hershberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Bouchard
Thomas J. Bouchard University of Minnesota
Wendy Johnson
Wendy Johnson University of Edinburgh
Alec Roy
Alec Roy United States Department of Veterans Affairs
David T. Lykken
David T. Lykken University of Minnesota
Matt McGue
Matt McGue University of Minnesota
Auke Tellegen
Auke Tellegen University of Minnesota
Satoshi Kanazawa
Satoshi Kanazawa London School of Economics and Political Science
Richard D. Arvey
Richard D. Arvey National University of Singapore
Marco Sarchiapone
Marco Sarchiapone University of Molise
Jeffrey M. Craig
Jeffrey M. Craig Deakin University

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