2026 Susan A. Gelman: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	105	491	427	315	266	413	42373

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2011 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1996 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Susan A. Gelman is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Gender Studies.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

Child and Animal Learning Development
Social and Intergroup Psychology
Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Cultural Differences and Values
Gender Roles and Identity Studies
Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
Child Development and Digital Technology

Susan A. Gelman has published frequently in several prominent academic venues, notably:

Cognitive Development
Cognition
Developmental Psychology
Journal of Cognition and Development
Journal of Experimental Psychology General

Their recent papers include:

Growth mindset and academic outcomes: a comparison of US and Chinese students (2021), published in npj Science of Learning
This land is my land: Psychological ownership increases willingness to protect the natural world more than legal ownership (2020), published in Journal of Environmental Psychology
Transgender and cisgender children's essentialist beliefs about sex and gender identity (2021), published in Developmental Science
"You" speaks to me: Effects of generic-you in creating resonance between people and ideas (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Categories convey prescriptive information across domains and development (2021), published in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Susan A. Gelman include Valerie A. Umscheid, Shaylene E. Nancekivell, Ethan Kross, Danielle Labotka, and Ariana Orvell.

The scientist has received multiple recognitions including:

Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2012)
Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) (2011)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1996)

Best Publications

The Essential Child: Origins of Essentialism in Everyday Thought

Susan A. Gelman

2572
Citations
Mapping the Mind: Domain Specificity In Cognition And Culture

Lawrence A. Hirschfeld;Susan A. Gelman

2215
Citations
Categories and induction in young children

Susan A. Gelman;Ellen M. Markman

1705
Citations
Cognitive development: Foundational theories of core domains

Henry M. Wellman;Susan A. Gelman

1577
Citations
Insides and essences: Early understandings of the non-obvious

Susan A. Gelman;Henry M. Wellman

1344
Citations
Knowledge acquisition in foundational domains.

Henry M. Wellman;Susan A. Gelman

992
Citations
The development of induction within natural kind and artifact categories.

Susan A Gelman

840
Citations
Young children's inductions from natural kinds: the role of categories and appearances.

Susan A. Gelman;Ellen M. Markman

780
Citations
Psychological essentialism in children.

Susan A. Gelman

695
Citations
The role of covariation versus mechanism information in causal attribution

Woo kyoung Ahn;Charles W. Kalish;Douglas L. Medin;Susan A. Gelman

667
Citations
The importance of knowing a dodo is a bird : categories and inferences in 2-year-old children

Susan A. Gelman;John D. Coley

585
Citations
Learning from Others: Children's Construction of Concepts

Susan A. Gelman

522
Citations
Ontogeny of prosocial behavior across diverse societies

Bailey R. House;Joan B. Silk;Joseph Henrich;H. Clark Barrett

505
Citations
Putting the "Noun Bias" in Context: A Comparison of English and Mandarin.

Twila Tardif;Susan A. Gelman;Fan Xu

497
Citations
Mapping the mind: List of contributors

Lawrence A. Hirschfeld;Susan A. Gelman

485
Citations
Mapping the mind: Are domains theories?

Lawrence A. Hirschfeld;Susan A. Gelman

484
Citations
Preschoolers’ Search for Explanatory Information Within Adult–Child Conversation

Brandy N. Frazier;Susan A. Gelman;Henry M. Wellman

429
Citations
Carrot-Eaters and Creature-Believers: The Effects of Lexicalization on Children's Inferences About Social Categories

Susan A. Gelman;Gail D. Heyman

416
Citations
A developmental examination of the conceptual structure of animal, artifact, and human social categories across two cultural contexts.

Marjorie Rhodes;Susan A. Gelman

414
Citations
Mapping the Mind: Domain Specificity in Cognition and Culture.

M. Bloch;Lawrence A. Hirschfeld;Susan A. Gelman

118
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry M. Wellman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Marjorie Rhodes New York University

Charles W. Kalish University of Wisconsin–Madison

Gail D. Heyman University of California, San Diego

Andrei Cimpian New York University

Sandra R. Waxman Northwestern University

Cristine H. Legare The University of Texas at Austin

Ethan Kross University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Paul Bloom Columbia University

Marjorie Taylor University of Oregon

External Links

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