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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Best female scientists D-index 120 Citations 117,358 271 World Ranking 330 National Ranking 209
Psychology D-index 121 Citations 118,986 260 World Ranking 161 National Ranking 102

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2022 - Research.com Best Female Scientist Award

2019 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

2010 - APA Award for Lifetime Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association.

2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

2003 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

2001 - William James Fellow Award, Association for Psychological Science (APA)

1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

1996 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association

1995 - Donald T. Campbell Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology

1983 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Social psychology
  • Cognition
  • Developmental psychology

Her primary scientific interests are in Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Coping, Cognition and Social support. Her Social psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Mental health, Positive illusions and Coping behavior. Her Developmental psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Offspring, Neurocognitive and Distress.

The Coping study combines topics in areas such as Stressor, Feeling and Immune system. Shelley E. Taylor has included themes like Cognitive psychology, Eidetic imagery, Arousal and Breast cancer in her Cognition study. The concepts of her Social support study are interwoven with issues in Social relation, Sex factors, Social stress and Social environment.

Her most cited work include:

  • Illusion and well-being: a social psychological perspective on mental health (6294 citations)
  • Adjustment to threatening events: A theory of cognitive adaptation. (2517 citations)
  • Social cognition, 2nd ed. (2437 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Her primary areas of study are Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology, Social support and Coping. Her Social psychology study incorporates themes from Perception, Cognition and Coping behavior. She focuses mostly in the field of Cognition, narrowing it down to matters related to Cognitive psychology and, in some cases, Social cognition.

Her Developmental psychology study which covers Mental health that intersects with Illusion. As part of one scientific family, Shelley E. Taylor deals mainly with the area of Clinical psychology, narrowing it down to issues related to the Psychosocial, and often Anxiety. Her Social support research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Social relation, Distress and Affect.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Social psychology (41.26%)
  • Developmental psychology (27.14%)
  • Clinical psychology (15.99%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2011-2021)?

  • Developmental psychology (27.14%)
  • Clinical psychology (15.99%)
  • Young adult (5.58%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology, Young adult, Social psychology and Stressor are her primary areas of study. Her Developmental psychology research incorporates themes from Social threat, Functional magnetic resonance imaging and Psychological intervention. Her Clinical psychology study combines topics in areas such as Depression and Amygdala.

Her work in Young adult addresses issues such as Immunology, which are connected to fields such as Physical therapy, Depressive symptoms and Gene. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Neglect and Mediation. In her study, which falls under the umbrella issue of Stressor, Systemic inflammation and Physical health is strongly linked to Proinflammatory cytokine.

Between 2011 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Evidence for social working memory from a parametric functional MRI study (150 citations)
  • Neural and behavioral bases of age differences in perceptions of trust. (143 citations)
  • Childhood abuse, parental warmth, and adult multisystem biological risk in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study (121 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Social psychology
  • Cognition
  • Internal medicine

Shelley E. Taylor mainly focuses on Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Young adult and Clinical psychology. Her Developmental psychology research incorporates elements of Social threat, Insula, Feeling and Psychological intervention. Her studies deal with areas such as Endocrinology, Vasopressin and Oxytocin as well as Social psychology.

Shelley E. Taylor interconnects Prefrontal cortex and Self-affirmation in the investigation of issues within Functional magnetic resonance imaging. Her work deals with themes such as Tumor necrosis factor alpha, Immunology, Stressor, Proinflammatory cytokine and Interpersonal relationship, which intersect with Young adult. Her Clinical psychology research integrates issues from Social anxiety, Depression and Amygdala.

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Best Publications

Social Cognition, from Brains to Culture

Susan T. Fiske;Shelley E. Taylor.
(1984)

14620 Citations

Illusion and well-being: a social psychological perspective on mental health

Shelley E. Taylor;Jonathon D. Brown.
Psychological Bulletin (1988)

12318 Citations

Adjustment to threatening events: A theory of cognitive adaptation.

Shelley E. Taylor.
American Psychologist (1983)

5332 Citations

Biobehavioral responses to stress in females: tend-and-befriend, not fight-or-flight.

Shelley E. Taylor;Laura Cousino Klein;Brian P. Lewis;Tara L. Gruenewald.
Psychological Review (2000)

4590 Citations

Social cognition, 2nd ed.

Susan T. Fiske;Shelley E. Taylor.
(1991)

3901 Citations

Risky Families: Family Social Environments and the Mental and Physical Health of Offspring

Rena L. Repetti;Shelley E. Taylor;Teresa E. Seeman.
Psychological Bulletin (2002)

3784 Citations

Asymmetrical effects of positive and negative events: The mobilization-minimization hypothesis.

Shelley E. Taylor.
Psychological Bulletin (1991)

3315 Citations

Positive illusions: Creative self-deception and the healthy mind.

Shelley E. Taylor.
(1989)

2560 Citations

A stitch in time: Self-regulation and proactive coping.

Lisa G. Aspinwall;Shelley E. Taylor.
Psychological Bulletin (1997)

2528 Citations

Schematic bases of social information processing

S. E. Taylor.
Social Cognition (1981)

2272 Citations

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