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Sandra J. Weiss 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 Sandra J. Weiss sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 94 publications — 16th percentile

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

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

Sandra J. Weiss 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 Sandra J. Weiss sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sandra J. Weiss is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans several fields including Medicine, Psychology, and subfields like Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Behavioral Neuroscience, General Health Professions, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The scientist's work frequently appears in publication venues such as the Journal of Affective Disorders, Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, Stress, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Biological Research For Nursing.

Key topics covered in their research include:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Recent papers by Sandra J. Weiss and colleagues highlight diverse areas of interest and were published in noted venues:

  • Psychological and physiological stress and burnout among maternity providers in a rural county in Kenya: individual and situational predictors, 2021, BMC Public Health
  • The role of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in depression across the female reproductive lifecycle: current knowledge and future directions, 2023, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Understanding disparities in person-centred maternity care: the potential role of provider implicit and explicit bias, 2020, Health Policy and Planning
  • Characteristics of Suicidal Ideation: A Systematic Review, 2022, Archives of Suicide Research
  • Integrative Review of Early Life Adversity and Cortisol Regulation in Pregnancy, 2021, Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing

The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors. Key collaborators include Cherry Y. Leung, Diana I. Simeonova, Bruce A. Cooper, Maria Muzik, and Ayşegül Özerdem.

Best Publications

  • Mental Health Among Parents of Children With Critical Congenital Heart Defects: A Systematic Review

    Sarah E. Woolf‐King;Alexandra Anger;Emily A. Arnold;Sandra J. Weiss

  • Brain regions associated with psychological pain: implications for a neural network and its relationship to physical pain

    Esther L. Meerwijk;Judith M. Ford;Sandra J. Weiss

  • Pain: its mediators and associated morbidity in critically ill cardiovascular surgical patients.

    Kathleen Puntillo;Sandra J. Weiss

  • The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Yoga During Pregnancy on Maternal Psychological and Physical Distress

    Amy E. Beddoe;Chin-Po Paul Yang;Holly Powell Kennedy;Sandra J. Weiss

  • Validity and reliability of the Collaborative Practice Scales.

    S J Weiss;H P Davis

  • Neurobiological alterations associated with traumatic stress.

    Sandra J. Weiss

  • The tactile context of a mother’s caregiving: implications for attachment of low birth weight infants☆

    Sandra J Weiss;Peggy Wilson;Matthew J Hertenstein;Rosemary Campos

  • The efficacy of the web-based childhood obesity prevention program in Chinese American adolescents (Web ABC study).

    Jyu Lin Chen;Sandra Weiss;Melvin B. Heyman;Bruce Cooper

  • The Impact of Cultural and Familial Context on Behavioral and Emotional Problems of Preschool Latino Children

    Sandra J. Weiss;Peggy Goebel;Aroha Page;Peggy Wilson

  • Effects of mindful yoga on sleep in pregnant women: a pilot study.

    Amy E. Beddoe;Kathryn A. Lee;Sandra J. Weiss;Holly Powell Kennedy

  • Toward a Unifying Definition of Psychological Pain

    Esther L. Meerwijk;Sandra J. Weiss

  • The language of touch.

    Sandra J. Weiss

  • Social support needs of family caregivers of psychiatric patients from three age groups

    Jane S. Norbeck;Linda Chaftez;Holly Skodol-wilson;Sandra J. Weiss

  • Efficacy of a child-centred and family-based program in promoting healthy weight and healthy behaviors in Chinese American children: a randomized controlled study

    Jyu-Lin Chen;Sandra Weiss;Melvin B. Heyman;Robert H. Lustig

  • Sleep disturbance, fatigue, and stress among Chinese-American parents with ICU hospitalized infants.

    Shih-Yu Lee;Kathryn A Lee;Sally H Rankin;Sandra J Weiss

  • Psychological and physiological stress and burnout among maternity providers in a rural county in Kenya: individual and situational predictors.

    Patience A Afulani;Linnet Ongeri;Joyceline Kinyua;Marleen Temmerman

  • Resting-state EEG delta power is associated with psychological pain in adults with a history of depression.

    Esther L. Meerwijk;Judith M. Ford;Sandra J. Weiss

  • Maternal Tactile Stimulation and the Neurodevelopment of Low Birth Weight Infants.

    Sandra J. Weiss;Peggy Wilson;Delmont Morrison

  • Factors influencing maternal mental health and family functioning during the low birthweight infant's first year of life.

    Sandra J. Weiss;Jyu-Lin Chen

  • Early Tactile Experience of Low Birth Weight Children: Links to Later Mental Health and Social Adaptation

    Sandra J. Weiss;Peggy Wilson;Mary St. Jonn Seed;Steven M. Paul

  • Acculturation and stress in Chinese-American parents of infants cared for in the intensive care unit.

    Shih-Yu Sylvia Lee;Kathryn A Lee;Sally H Rankin;Abbey Alkon

Frequent Co-Authors

Kathryn A. Lee
Kathryn A. Lee University of California, San Francisco
Robert H. Lustig
Robert H. Lustig University of California, San Francisco
Marleen Temmerman
Marleen Temmerman Aga Khan University
Claire D. Brindis
Claire D. Brindis University of California, San Francisco
Wendy Berry Mendes
Wendy Berry Mendes University of California, San Francisco
Pauline M. Maki
Pauline M. Maki University of Illinois at Chicago
Mario Mikulincer
Mario Mikulincer Reichman University
Katherine L. Rosenblum
Katherine L. Rosenblum University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christine Miaskowski
Christine Miaskowski University of California, San Francisco
Margaret A. Chesney
Margaret A. Chesney University of California, San Francisco

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