2026 Robert F. Simons: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	64	2913	2674	1672	1501	105	23221

Overview

Robert F. Simons is a researcher affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their scholarly work primarily situates within the field of Psychology, with a focused contribution to Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Health. They have also contributed to Civil and Structural Engineering, indicating interdisciplinary research interests.

The scientist's research covers various topics, including:

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
Child Abuse and Trauma
Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Construction Engineering and Safety

Robert F. Simons has published multiple papers, with recent notable works as follows:

Early parenting intervention accelerates inhibitory control development among CPS-involved children in middle childhood: A randomized clinical trial, 2020, Developmental Science
Early exposure to parent-perpetrated intimate partner violence predicts hypervigilant error monitoring, 2022, International Journal of Psychophysiology
Champlain Towers South Collapse: Frequency, Governance and Liability Issues, 2022, Journal of Sustainable Real Estate
Timing of adoption is associated with electrophysiological brain activity and externalizing problems among children adopted internationally, 2022, Developmental Psychobiology
Unsupportive romantic partner behaviors increase neural reactivity to mistakes, 2021, International Journal of Psychophysiology

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

International Journal of Psychophysiology
Developmental Science
Journal of Sustainable Real Estate
Developmental Psychobiology
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Their collaborative network involves several frequent co-authors, among whom are:

Erin N. Palmwood
Mary Dozier
Alexandra R. Tabachnick
Marta Korom
A Goldstein

Best Publications

Stress recovery during exposure to natural and urban environments

Roger S. Ulrich;Robert F. Simons;Barbara D. Losito;Evelyn Fiorito

7219
Citations
The feedback-related negativity reflects the binary evaluation of good versus bad outcomes

Greg Hajcak;Jason S. Moser;Clay B. Holroyd;Robert F. Simons

849
Citations
Attention and Orienting : Sensory and Motivational Processes

Peter J. Lang;Robert F. Simons;Marie T. Balaban

765
Citations
To err is autonomic: error-related brain potentials, ANS activity, and post-error compensatory behavior.

Greg Hajcak;Nicole McDonald;Robert F. Simons

703
Citations
On the ERN and the significance of errors.

Greg Hajcak;Jason S. Moser;Nick Yeung;Robert F. Simons

690
Citations
Observational, Physiological, and Self–Report Measures of Children’s Anger: Relations to Reactive versus Proactive Aggression

Julie A. Hubbard;Catherine M. Smithmyer;Sally R. Ramsden;Elizabeth H. Parker

684
Citations
Brain potentials associated with expected and unexpected good and bad outcomes.

Greg Hajcak;Clay B. Holroyd;Jason S. Moser;Robert F. Simons

607
Citations
It's worse than you thought: The feedback negativity and violations of reward prediction in gambling tasks

Greg Hajcak;Jason S. Moser;Clay B. Holroyd;Robert F. Simons

606
Citations
Anxiety and error-related brain activity

Greg Hajcak;Nicole McDonald;Robert F. Simons

576
Citations
Error-related psychophysiology and negative affect ☆

Greg Hajcak;Nicole McDonald;Robert F. Simons

545
Citations
Intentional modulation of emotional responding to unpleasant pictures: An ERP study

Jason S. Moser;Greg Hajcak;Emily Bukay;Robert F. Simons

525
Citations
Psychometric properties of the OCI-R in a college sample.

Greg Hajcak;Jonathan D Huppert;Robert F Simons;Edna B Foa

440
Citations
Error-related brain activity in obsessive–compulsive undergraduates

Greg Hajcak;Robert F. Simons

417
Citations
Attending to affect: appraisal strategies modulate the electrocortical response to arousing pictures

Greg Hajcak;Jason S. Moser;Robert F. Simons

360
Citations
Roll ‘em!: The effects of picture motion on emotional responses

Benjamin H. Detenber;Robert F. Simons;Gary G. Bennett

353
Citations
Increased error-related brain activity in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder before and after treatment.

Greg Hajcak;Martin E. Franklin;Edna B. Foa;Robert F. Simons

311
Citations
N400 to semantically anomalous pictures and words

Arti Nigam;James E. Hoffman;Robert F. Simons

306
Citations
Proactive and reactive aggression in delinquent adolescents: relations to aggression outcome expectancies.

Catherine M. Smithmyer;Julie A. Hubbard;Robert F. Simons

286
Citations
Emotion processing in three systems: the medium and the message.

Robert F. Simons;Benjamin H. Detenber;Thomas M. Roedema;Jason E. Reiss

280
Citations
Electrophysiological correlates of decreasing and increasing emotional responses to unpleasant pictures.

Jason S. Moser;Jason W. Krompinger;Jenna Dietz;Robert F. Simons

254
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Greg Hajcak Santa Clara University

Jason S. Moser Michigan State University

Mary Dozier University of Delaware

Jonathan D. Huppert Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Edna B. Foa University of Pennsylvania

James E. Hoffman University of Delaware

Kristin Bernard Stony Brook University

Frances K. Graham University of Wisconsin–Madison

Martin E. Franklin University of Pennsylvania

Julie A. Hubbard University of Delaware

External Links

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