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Patricia M. Greenfield

University of California, Los Angeles
United States

D-Index & Metrics D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.

Discipline name Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking

Psychology D-index 83 Citations 31,494 245 World Ranking 889 National Ranking 573

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

1980 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

Social psychology
Social science
Linguistics

Her primary areas of investigation include Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Cognitive development, Computer-mediated communication and The Internet. Her Developmental psychology research includes elements of Video game, Social cognition and Action. Patricia M. Greenfield focuses mostly in the field of Social psychology, narrowing it down to topics relating to Social network and, in certain cases, Social comparison theory.

Patricia M. Greenfield focuses mostly in the field of Cognitive development, narrowing it down to matters related to Social change and, in some cases, Content analysis, Psychological mindedness and Everyday life. The various areas that she examines in her Computer-mediated communication study include Conversation, Personal identity and Nonverbal communication. Her The Internet study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Context and Academic achievement.

Her most cited work include:

Studies in cognitive growth (1256 citations)
Cultural Pathways Through Universal Development (668 citations)
Language, tools and brain: The ontogeny and phylogeny of hierarchically organized sequential behavior (587 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Her primary scientific interests are in Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Social change, Human development and Linguistics. In the field of Social psychology, her study on Socialization overlaps with subjects such as Collectivism. Her Developmental psychology research integrates issues from Social relation, Computer-mediated communication, The Internet, Cognition and Video game.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Cognitive development, Urbanization, Gender studies, Sociocultural evolution and Socioeconomics in addition to Social change. Much of her study explores Cognitive development relationship to Cognitive psychology. Her biological study deals with issues like Communication, which deal with fields such as Language development.

She most often published in these fields:

Social psychology (24.79%)
Developmental psychology (20.94%)
Social change (17.95%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

Social change (17.95%)
Social psychology (24.79%)
Human development (10.26%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Patricia M. Greenfield mainly focuses on Social change, Social psychology, Human development, Developmental psychology and Collectivism. Her study in Social change is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Obedience, Sociocultural evolution and Socioeconomics. Her Social psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Cultural diversity and Value.

Her study on Human development also encompasses disciplines like

Adolescent development and related Human sexuality,
Research design together with Data collection and Conceptualization. Her Developmental psychology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Cognition and Perception, Social perception. Her Child development study combines topics in areas such as Cognitive development and Novelty.

Between 2014 and 2021, her most popular works were:

The Power of the Like in Adolescence: Effects of Peer Influence on Neural and Behavioral Responses to Social Media (163 citations)
Cultural evolution over the last 40 years in China: Using the Google Ngram Viewer to study implications of social and political change for cultural values (102 citations)
Peer Influence Via Instagram: Effects on Brain and Behavior in Adolescence and Young Adulthood. (51 citations)

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