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Sonia J. Lupien

Sonia J. Lupien

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Psychology 82 1298 1151 69 59 283 41265

Sonia J. Lupien publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Sonia J. Lupien between 1989 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Sonia J. Lupien published across 38 years, from 1989 to 2026, averaging 9 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2024. 10 of the 341 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2024. 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 1 publication 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 5 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 8 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 12 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 16 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 16 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 12 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 20 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 23 publications 2020: 20 publications 2021: 23 publications 2022: 13 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 27 publications 2025: 9 publications 2026: 1 publication
1989 2026

341 publications in total across all disciplines

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Sonia J. Lupien: publications per year, 1989 to 2026
Year Publications
1989 1
1990 1
1991 0
1992 0
1993 1
1994 1
1995 2
1996 1
1997 5
1998 3
1999 4
2000 8
2001 4
2002 5
2003 7
2004 6
2005 12
2006 10
2007 16
2008 9
2009 10
2010 16
2011 17
2012 12
2013 14
2014 5
2015 6
2016 20
2017 12
2018 7
2019 23
2020 20
2021 23
2022 13
2023 10
2024 27
2025 9
2026 1
Total 341
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Sonia J. Lupien 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 Sonia J. Lupien sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 69 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 31–40 to 705+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 736. Most scientists, 736, have 101–110 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 281–290 publications, is where this scientist sits. 31–40 publications: 6 scientists 41–50 publications: 52 scientists 51–60 publications: 138 scientists 61–70 publications: 299 scientists 71–80 publications: 461 scientists 81–90 publications: 605 scientists 91–100 publications: 713 scientists 101–110 publications: 736 scientists 111–120 publications: 686 scientists 121–130 publications: 670 scientists 131–140 publications: 644 scientists 141–150 publications: 597 scientists 151–160 publications: 576 scientists 161–170 publications: 477 scientists 171–180 publications: 450 scientists 181–190 publications: 397 scientists 191–200 publications: 343 scientists 201–210 publications: 328 scientists 211–220 publications: 313 scientists 221–230 publications: 283 scientists 231–240 publications: 226 scientists 241–250 publications: 196 scientists 251–260 publications: 201 scientists 261–270 publications: 171 scientists 271–280 publications: 151 scientists 281–290 publications: 139 scientists 291–300 publications: 113 scientists 301–310 publications: 102 scientists 311–320 publications: 100 scientists 321–330 publications: 76 scientists 331–340 publications: 92 scientists 341–350 publications: 85 scientists 351–360 publications: 69 scientists 361–370 publications: 71 scientists 371–380 publications: 63 scientists 381–390 publications: 58 scientists 391–400 publications: 57 scientists 401–410 publications: 43 scientists 411–420 publications: 33 scientists 421–430 publications: 50 scientists 431–440 publications: 41 scientists 441–450 publications: 32 scientists 451–460 publications: 27 scientists 461–470 publications: 28 scientists 471–480 publications: 25 scientists 481–490 publications: 28 scientists 491–500 publications: 20 scientists 501–510 publications: 23 scientists 511–520 publications: 26 scientists 521–530 publications: 17 scientists 531–540 publications: 21 scientists 541–550 publications: 14 scientists 551–560 publications: 16 scientists 561–570 publications: 10 scientists 571–580 publications: 22 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 14 scientists 601–610 publications: 9 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 4 scientists 631–640 publications: 7 scientists 641–650 publications: 5 scientists 651–660 publications: 10 scientists 661–670 publications: 8 scientists 671–680 publications: 8 scientists 681–690 publications: 4 scientists 691–700 publications: 3 scientists 701–704 publications: 4 scientists 705+ publications: 100 scientists
31–40 publications 705+

This scientist: 283 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Psychology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
31–40 6
41–50 52
51–60 138
61–70 299
71–80 461
81–90 605
91–100 713
101–110 736
111–120 686
121–130 670
131–140 644
141–150 597
151–160 576
161–170 477
171–180 450
181–190 397
191–200 343
201–210 328
211–220 313
221–230 283
231–240 226
241–250 196
251–260 201
261–270 171
271–280 151
281–290 139 283
291–300 113
301–310 102
311–320 100
321–330 76
331–340 92
341–350 85
351–360 69
361–370 71
371–380 63
381–390 58
391–400 57
401–410 43
411–420 33
421–430 50
431–440 41
441–450 32
451–460 27
461–470 28
471–480 25
481–490 28
491–500 20
501–510 23
511–520 26
521–530 17
531–540 21
541–550 14
551–560 16
561–570 10
571–580 22
581–590 9
591–600 14
601–610 9
611–620 11
621–630 4
631–640 7
641–650 5
651–660 10
661–670 8
671–680 8
681–690 4
691–700 3
701–704 4
705+ 100
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Sonia J. Lupien 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 Sonia J. Lupien sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30–31 to 144+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 702. Most scientists, 702, have 32–33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 82–83 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 558 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 86 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 78 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30–31 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Psychology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 11,416 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30–31 398
32–33 702
34–35 671
36–37 659
38–39 641
40–41 671
42–43 617
44–45 558
46–47 495
48–49 487
50–51 445
52–53 390
54–55 408
56–57 345
58–59 325
60–61 321
62–63 248
64–65 290
66–67 218
68–69 219
70–71 215
72–73 183
74–75 169
76–77 132
78–79 137
80–81 120
82–83 112 82
84–85 86
86–87 101
88–89 83
90–91 77
92–93 70
94–95 78
96–97 58
98–99 53
100–101 57
102–103 48
104–105 53
106–107 46
108–109 24
110–111 35
112–113 27
114–115 32
116–117 31
118–119 22
120–121 16
122–123 24
124–125 18
126–127 11
128–129 19
130–131 10
132–133 16
134–135 10
136–137 12
138–139 8
140–141 5
142–143 12
144+ 98
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Overview

Sonia J. Lupien is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada. Their research spans fields such as psychology and medicine, with a focus on subfields including clinical psychology, behavioral neuroscience, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and education. The primary research themes cover stress responses and cortisol, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, early childhood education and development, child abuse and trauma, COVID-19 and mental health, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, and neuroendocrine regulation and behavior.

The scientist has published frequently in a range of academic venues. The most notable publication venues include:

  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Anxiety Stress & Coping
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Sonia J. Lupien are:

  • Evaluation and update of the expert consensus guidelines for the assessment of the cortisol awakening response (CAR), 2022, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Gender roles in relation to symptoms of anxiety and depression among students and workers, 2020, Anxiety Stress & Coping
  • Human nail cortisol as a retrospective biomarker of chronic stress: A systematic review, 2020, Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Mental Health and Social Support of Sexual and Gender Diverse People from Québec, Canada During the COVID-19 Crisis, 2022, LGBT Health
  • Associations between developmental trajectories of peer victimization, hair cortisol, and depressive symptoms: a longitudinal study, 2020, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Sonia J. Lupien include:

  • Charles-Édouard Giguère
  • Robert-Paul Juster
  • Isabelle Ouellet-Morin
  • Audrey-Ann Journault
  • Michel Boivin

The research work notably addresses the biological and psychosocial aspects of stress, its measurement, and its role in mental health and development across different populations and age groups. Topics such as cortisol measurement, anxiety, depression, trauma, and the effects of social support are recurrent themes.

Best Publications

  • Effects of stress throughout the lifespan on the brain, behaviour and cognition

    Sonia J. Lupien;Bruce S. McEwen;Megan R. Gunnar;Christine Heim

  • Allostatic load biomarkers of chronic stress and impact on health and cognition.

    Robert-Paul Juster;Bruce S. McEwen;Sonia J. Lupien

  • Cortisol levels during human aging predict hippocampal atrophy and memory deficits.

    Sonia J. Lupien;Mony de Leon;Susan de Santi;Antonio Convit

  • The effects of stress and stress hormones on human cognition: Implications for the field of brain and cognition.

    S.J. Lupien;F. Maheu;M. Tu;A. Fiocco

  • The acute effects of corticosteroids on cognition: integration of animal and human model studies

    Sonia J. Lupien;Bruce S. McEwen

  • Assessment of the cortisol awakening response: Expert consensus guidelines.

    Tobias Stalder;Clemens Kirschbaum;Brigitte M. Kudielka;Emma K. Adam

  • Can poverty get under your skin? basal cortisol levels and cognitive function in children from low and high socioeconomic status.

    Sonia J. Lupien;S. King;M. J. Meaney;B. S. McEwen

  • Volumetry of Hippocampus and Amygdala with High-resolution MRI and Three-dimensional Analysis Software: Minimizing the Discrepancies between Laboratories

    J.C. Pruessner;L.M. Li;W. Serles;M. Pruessner

  • The Montreal Imaging Stress Task : using functional imaging to investigate the effects of perceiving and processing psychosocial stress in the human brain

    Katarina Dedovic;Robert Renwick;Najmeh Khalili Mahani;Veronika Engert

  • Chronic stress, cognitive functioning and mental health

    Marie-France Marin;Catherine Lord;Julie Andrews;Robert-Paul Juster

  • Basal cortisol levels and cognitive deficits in human aging

    S. Lupien;A. R. Lecours;I. Lussier;G. Schwartz

  • Stress hormones and human memory function across the lifespan

    Sonia J. Lupien;Alexandra Fiocco;Nathalie Wan;Francoise Maheu

  • Child's stress hormone levels correlate with mother's socioeconomic status and depressive state

    Sonia J Lupien;Suzanne King;Michael J Meaney;Bruce S McEwen

  • Working memory is more sensitive than declarative memory to the acute effects of corticosteroids: a dose-response study in humans.

    Sonia J. Lupien;Christian J. Gillin;Richard L. Hauger

  • Deactivation of the Limbic System During Acute Psychosocial Stress: Evidence from Positron Emission Tomography and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies

    Jens C. Pruessner;Katarina Dedovic;Najmeh Khalili-Mahani;Veronika Engert

  • Stress, memory, and the hippocampus: can't live with it, can't live without it.

    Sonia J Lupien;Martin Lepage

  • Self-reported depressive symptoms and stress levels in healthy young men: associations with the cortisol response to awakening.

    Marita Pruessner;Dirk H. Hellhammer;Jens C. Pruessner;Sonia J. Lupien

  • Effects of relaxing music on salivary cortisol level after psychological stress.

    Stéphanie Khalfa;Simone Dalla Bella;Mathieu Roy;Isabelle Peretz

  • Stress-induced declarative memory impairment in healthy elderly subjects: relationship to cortisol reactivity.

    S. J. Lupien;S. J. Lupien;S. Gaudreau;B. M. Tchiteya;F. Maheu

  • Do corticosteroids damage the brain

    J. Herbert;I. M. Goodyer;A. B. Grossman;M. H. Hastings

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert-Paul Juster
Robert-Paul Juster University of Montreal
Jens C. Pruessner
Jens C. Pruessner University of Konstanz
Marie-France Marin
Marie-France Marin University of Quebec at Montreal
Michael J. Meaney
Michael J. Meaney McGill University
Isabelle Ouellet-Morin
Isabelle Ouellet-Morin University of Montreal
Bruce S. McEwen
Bruce S. McEwen Rockefeller University
Richard L. Hauger
Richard L. Hauger University of California, San Diego
Michel Boivin
Michel Boivin Université Laval
Richard E. Tremblay
Richard E. Tremblay University of Montreal
William S. Kremen
William S. Kremen University of California, San Diego

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