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95
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756
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476

Robert W. Levenson 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 Robert W. Levenson sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 221 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Robert W. Levenson 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 Robert W. Levenson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 95 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2014 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)

Overview

Robert W. Levenson is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with a notable focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Their scholarly work covers key topics such as Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Family Caregiving in Mental Illness, Mental Health Treatment and Access, Mental Health Research Topics, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving, and Family Support in Illness.

Frequent venues for publication include Innovation in Aging, Alzheimer's & Dementia, Clinical Psychological Science, Clinical Gerontologist, and The Gerontologist. These reflect the scientist's ongoing engagement with aging, dementia, and mental health communities in academic contexts.

Robert W. Levenson has collaborated recurrently with authors Casey L. Brown, Kuan-Hua Chen, Jennifer Merrilees, Jenna L. Wells, and Claire Yee. These partnerships indicate a sustained network within psychological and social research domains.

Recent papers by the scientist include:

  • "Mental health and clinical psychological science in the time of COVID-19: Challenges, opportunities, and a call to action." (2020, American Psychologist)
  • "The rise of affectivism" (2021, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • "Physiological linkage during shared positive and shared negative emotion." (2020, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology)
  • "Shared emotions in shared lives: Moments of co-experienced affect, more than individually experienced affect, linked to relationship quality." (2021, Emotion)
  • "Positivity resonance in long-term married couples: Multimodal characteristics and consequences for health and longevity." (2022, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology)

The scientist has received several awards including the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2018, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017, and the William James Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Autonomic nervous system activity distinguishes among emotions

    Paul Ekman;Robert W. Levenson;Wallace V. Friesen

  • Emotion elicitation using films

    James J. Gross;Robert W. Levenson

  • Hiding feelings: The acute effects of inhibiting negative and positive emotion.

    James J. Gross;Robert W. Levenson

  • Positive emotions speed recovery from the cardiovascular sequelae of negative emotions.

    Barbara L. Fredrickson;Robert W. Levenson

  • Emotional suppression: Physiology, self-report, and expressive behavior.

    James J. Gross;Robert W. Levenson

  • Voluntary facial action generates emotion-specific autonomic nervous system activity.

    Robert W. Levenson;Paul Ekman;Wallace V. Friesen

  • The tie that binds? Coherence among emotion experience, behavior, and physiology.

    Iris B. Mauss;Robert W. Levenson;Loren McCarter;Frank H. Wilhelm

  • Marital interaction: physiological linkage and affective exchange.

    Robert W. Levenson;John M. Gottman

  • Marital processes predictive of later dissolution: behavior, physiology, and health.

    John M. Gottman;Robert W. Levenson

  • Emotional behavior in long-term marriage.

    Laura L. Carstensen;John M. Gottman;Robert W. Levenson

  • Empathy: A physiological substrate.

    Robert W. Levenson;Anna M. Ruef

  • Emotion, physiology, and expression in old age.

    Robert W. Levenson;Laura L. Carstensen;Wallace V. Friesen;Paul Ekman

  • Autonomic Nervous System Differences Among Emotions

    Robert W. Levenson

  • Long-term marriage : age, gender, and satisfaction

    Robert W. Levenson;Laura L. Carstensen;John M. Gottman

  • Mental health and clinical psychological science in the time of COVID-19: Challenges, opportunities, and a call to action.

    June Gruber;Mitchell J. Prinstein;Lee Anna Clark;Jonathan Rottenberg

  • The Timing of Divorce: Predicting When a Couple Will Divorce Over a 14-Year Period

    John Mordechai Gottman;Robert Wayne Levenson

  • Physiological and affective predictors of change in relationship satisfaction.

    Robert W. Levenson;John M. Gottman

  • Emotion and autonomic nervous system activity in the Minangkabau of west Sumatra.

    Robert W. Levenson;Paul Ekman;Karl Heider;Wallace V. Friesen

  • The Intrapersonal Functions of Emotion

    Robert W. Levenson

  • Risk for Alcoholism and Individual Differences in the Stress-Response-Dampening Effect of Alcohol

    Kenneth J. Sher;Robert W. Levenson

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce L. Miller
Bruce L. Miller University of California, San Francisco
John M. Gottman
John M. Gottman University of Washington
Howard J. Rosen
Howard J. Rosen University of California, San Francisco
Claudia M. Haase
Claudia M. Haase Northwestern University
Katherine P. Rankin
Katherine P. Rankin University of California, San Francisco
Joel H. Kramer
Joel H. Kramer University of California, San Francisco
Anett Gyurak
Anett Gyurak Stanford University
James J. Gross
James J. Gross Stanford University
William W. Seeley
William W. Seeley University of California, San Francisco
Laura L. Carstensen
Laura L. Carstensen Stanford University

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