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Pranjal H. Mehta 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 Pranjal H. Mehta sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 65 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pranjal H. Mehta 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 Pranjal H. Mehta sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Pranjal H. Mehta is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a significant focus on experimental and cognitive psychology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, clinical psychology, applied psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their work addresses a range of topics including evolutionary psychology and human behavior, hormonal and reproductive studies, behavioral health and interventions, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, personality traits and psychology, stress responses and cortisol, as well as social and intergroup psychology.

Mehta has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications, with recent papers including:

  • Beyond the challenge hypothesis: The emergence of the dual-hormone hypothesis and recommendations for future research, 2020, Hormones and Behavior
  • Testosterone reactivity to competition and competitive endurance in men and women, 2020, Hormones and Behavior
  • Estimating the Associations between Big Five Personality Traits, Testosterone, and Cortisol, 2021, Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology
  • The causal effect of testosterone on men's competitive behavior is moderated by basal cortisol and cues to an opponent's status: Evidence for a context-dependent dual-hormone hypothesis., 2022, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • Salivary testosterone and cortisol response in acute stress modulated by seven sessions of mindfulness meditation in young males, 2024, Stress

Frequent publication venues for Mehta include:

  • Hormones and Behavior
  • Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
  • Stress

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Smrithi Prasad
  • Erik L. Knight
  • Kathleen V. Casto
  • Amar Sarkar
  • Keith M. Welker

Best Publications

  • Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science

    Alexander A. Aarts;Joanna E. Anderson;Christopher J. Anderson;Peter R. Attridge;Peter R. Attridge

  • Testosterone and cortisol jointly regulate dominance: Evidence for a dual-hormone hypothesis

    Pranjal H. Mehta;Robert A. Josephs

  • Neural mechanisms of the testosterone-aggression relation: The role of orbitofrontal cortex

    Pranjal H. Mehta;Jennifer Beer

  • The social endocrinology of dominance: basal testosterone predicts cortisol changes and behavior following victory and defeat.

    Pranjal H. Mehta;Amanda C. Jones;Robert A. Josephs

  • Testosterone change after losing predicts the decision to compete again

    Pranjal H. Mehta;Robert A. Josephs

  • The Mismatch Effect: When Testosterone and Status Are at Odds

    Robert A. Josephs;Jennifer Guinn Sellers;Matthew L. Newman;Pranjal H. Mehta

  • The dual-hormone hypothesis: a brief review and future research agenda

    Pranjal H Mehta;Smrithi Prasad

  • Testosterone and cortisol jointly modulate risk-taking.

    Pranjal H. Mehta;Keith M. Welker;Samuele Zilioli;Justin M. Carré

  • Testosterone Inhibits Trust but Promotes Reciprocity

    Maarten A. S. Boksem;Maarten A. S. Boksem;Pranjal H. Mehta;Pranjal H. Mehta;Pranjal H. Mehta;Bram Van den Bergh;Veerle van Son

  • Endogenous testosterone and cortisol jointly influence reactive aggression in women

    Thomas F. Denson;Pranjal H. Mehta;Daniela Ho Tan

  • Testosterone biases the amygdala toward social threat approach

    Sina Radke;Sina Radke;Inge Volman;Inge Volman;Pranjal Mehta;Veerle van Son

  • Testosterone and self-reported dominance interact to influence human mating behavior

    Richard B. Slatcher;Pranjal H. Mehta;Robert A. Josephs

  • A comparison of salivary testosterone measurement using immunoassays and tandem mass spectrometry

    Keith M. Welker;Bethany Lassetter;Cassandra M. Brandes;Smrithi Prasad

  • Hierarchy Stability Moderates the Effect of Status on Stress and Performance in Humans

    Erik L. Knight;Pranjal H. Mehta

  • When are low testosterone levels advantageous? The moderating role of individual versus intergroup competition.

    Pranjal H. Mehta;Elizabeth V. Wuehrmann;Robert A. Josephs

  • Importance of considering testosterone-cortisol interactions in predicting human aggression and dominance

    Justin M. Carré;Pranjal H. Mehta

  • Social Neuroendocrinology of Status: A Review and Future Directions

    Lisa Dawn Hamilton;Justin M. Carré;Pranjal H. Mehta;Nathan Olmstead

  • Exogenous testosterone in women enhances and inhibits competitive decision-making depending on victory–defeat experience and trait dominance

    Pranjal H. Mehta;Veerle van Son;Keith M. Welker;Smrithi Prasad

  • Bridging human and animal research: a comparative approach to studies of personality and health.

    Pranjal H. Mehta;Samuel D. Gosling

  • Dual-Hormone Changes Are Related to Bargaining Performance

    Pranjal H. Mehta;Shira Mor;Andy J. Yap;Smrithi Prasad

  • Losing the battle but winning the war: Uncertain outcomes reverse the usual effect of winning on testosterone

    Samuele Zilioli;Pranjal H. Mehta;Neil V. Watson

  • Routledge International Handbook of Social Neuroendocrinology

    Oliver C. Schultheiss;Pranjal H. Mehta

Frequent Co-Authors

Justin M. Carré
Justin M. Carré Nipissing University
Samuel D. Gosling
Samuel D. Gosling The University of Texas at Austin
Alan G. Sanfey
Alan G. Sanfey Radboud University
Mark J. Brandt
Mark J. Brandt Michigan State University
Karin Roelofs
Karin Roelofs Radboud University
Oliver C. Schultheiss
Oliver C. Schultheiss University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Maarten A. S. Boksem
Maarten A. S. Boksem Erasmus University Rotterdam
Brian A. Nosek
Brian A. Nosek Center for Open Science
Ulrich Mayr
Ulrich Mayr University of Oregon
Jennifer S. Beer
Jennifer S. Beer The University of Texas at Austin

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