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Phyllis Zelkowitz

Phyllis Zelkowitz

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Psychology

D-Index
44
Citations
6371
World Ranking
7044
National Ranking
476

Phyllis Zelkowitz 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 Phyllis Zelkowitz sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 138 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Phyllis Zelkowitz 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 Phyllis Zelkowitz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Phyllis Zelkowitz is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and focuses primarily on research within the fields of Medicine and Psychology. Their work spans several subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Clinical Psychology; Reproductive Medicine; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; and Social Psychology.

The research topics most commonly addressed by Zelkowitz encompass maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, reproductive health and technologies, infant development and preterm care, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, assisted reproductive technology and twin pregnancy, maternal and perinatal health interventions, as well as ovarian function and disorders.

Frequent publication venues for Zelkowitz include:

  • Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
  • International Journal of Mental Health Systems
  • Human Fertility
  • Journal of Personality Disorders
  • Biological Psychiatry

Several papers demonstrate the scope and focus of Zelkowitz's scholarly output. Notable recent papers include:

  • A comparative study of mothers of infants hospitalized in an open ward neonatal intensive care unit and a combined pod and single-family room design (2020, BMC Pediatrics)
  • Responding to the challenge of Adolescent Perinatal Depression (RAPiD): protocol for a cluster randomized hybrid trial of psychosocial intervention in primary maternal care (2020, Trials)
  • 'I felt less alone knowing I could contribute to the forum': psychological distress and use of an online infertility peer support forum (2021, Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine)
  • Examining the role of mother-child interactions and DNA methylation of the oxytocin receptor gene in understanding child controlling attachment behaviors (2020, Attachment & Human Development)
  • Infertility and perceived stress: the role of identity concern in treatment-seeking men and women (2020, Human Fertility)

Zelkowitz has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Stéphanie Robins
  • Eden Noah Gelgoot
  • Oye Gureje
  • Lola Kola
  • Bibilola Oladeji

Best Publications

  • Posttraumatic stress among mothers of very low birthweight infants at 6 months after discharge from the neonatal intensive care unit.

    Nancy Feeley;Phyllis Zelkowitz;Carole Cormier;Lyne Charbonneau

  • Oxytocin in pregnancy and the postpartum: relations to labor and its management

    Marie Prevost;Phyllis Zelkowitz;Togas Tulandi;Barbara Hayton

  • Persistent maternal anxiety affects the interaction between mothers and their very low birthweight children at 24 months.

    Phyllis Zelkowitz;Apostolos Papageorgiou;Claudette Bardin;Tongtong Wang

  • Outcome of small-for-gestational age and appropriate-for-gestational age infants born before 27 weeks of gestation

    Claudette Bardin;Phyllis Zelkowitz;Apostolos Papageorgiou

  • Screening for post-partum depression in a community sample.

    P Zelkowitz;T H Milet

  • Factors Associated with Depression in Pregnant Immigrant Women

    Phyllis Zelkowitz;Joy Schinazi;Lilly Katofsky;Jean François Saucier

  • Psychopathology in Offspring of Mothers with Borderline Personality Disorder: A Pilot Study:

    Margaret Weiss;Phyllis Zelkowitz;Ronald B Feldman;Judy Vogel

  • Fathers’ perceptions of the barriers and facilitators to their involvement with their newborn hospitalised in the neonatal intensive care unit

    Nancy Feeley;Elana Waitzer;Kathryn Sherrard;Linda Boisvert

  • The course of postpartum psychiatric disorders in women and their partners.

    Phyllis Zelkowitz;Tamara H. Milet

  • Postpartum psychiatric disorders: their relationship to psychological adjustment and marital satisfaction in the spouses.

    Phyllis Zelkowitz;Tamara H. Milet

  • Depression screening and patient outcomes in pregnancy or postpartum: A systematic review

    Brett D. Thombs;Erin Arthurs;Stephanie Coronado-Montoya;Stephanie Coronado-Montoya;Michelle Roseman

  • Anxiety affects the relationship between parents and their very low birth weight infants

    Phyllis Zelkowitz;Claudette Bardin;Apostolos Papageorgiou

  • Stability and change in depressive symptoms from pregnancy to two months postpartum in childbearing immigrant women.

    P. Zelkowitz;J.-F. Saucier;T. Wang;L. Katofsky

  • Risk factors for borderline pathology in children.

    Jaswant Guzder;Joel Paris;Phyllis Zelkowitz;Keith Marchessault

  • Psychosocial stress moderates the relationships between oxytocin, perinatal depression, and maternal behavior.

    Phyllis Zelkowitz;Phyllis Zelkowitz;Ian Gold;Nancy Feeley;Barbara Hayton

  • The socialization of sex-differentiated skills and academic performance: a mediational model

    Lisa A. Serbin;Phyllis Zelkowitz;Anna-Beth Doyle;Dolores Gold

  • A comparison of the families of mothers with borderline and nonborderline personality disorders

    Ronald B Feldman;Phyllis Zelkowitz;Margaret Weiss;Judy Vogel

  • Diatheses and stressors in borderline pathology of childhood: the role of neuropsychological risk and trauma.

    Phyllis Zelkowitz;Joel Paris;Jaswant Guzder;Ronald Feldman

  • Psychological risk factors for borderline pathology in school-age children.

    Jaswant Guzder;Joel Paris;Phyllis Zelkowitz;Ronald Feldman

  • Neuropsychological factors associated with borderline pathology in children.

    Joel Paris;Phyllis Zelkowitz;Jaswant Cuzder;Shari Joseph

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel Paris
Joel Paris McGill University
Togas Tulandi
Togas Tulandi McGill University
Rob Whitley
Rob Whitley McGill University
C. Sue Carter
C. Sue Carter Indiana University
Gustavo Turecki
Gustavo Turecki Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Cindy-Lee Dennis
Cindy-Lee Dennis University of Toronto
Oye Gureje
Oye Gureje University of Ibadan
Lola Kola
Lola Kola King's College London
Catherine S. Fichten
Catherine S. Fichten McGill University
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Laurence J. Kirmayer McGill University

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