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491
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Susan A. Gelman 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 Susan A. Gelman sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 413 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susan A. Gelman 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 Susan A. Gelman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 105 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 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

  • Mapping the Mind: Domain Specificity In Cognition And Culture

    Lawrence A. Hirschfeld;Susan A. Gelman

  • Categories and induction in young children

    Susan A. Gelman;Ellen M. Markman

  • Cognitive development: Foundational theories of core domains

    Henry M. Wellman;Susan A. Gelman

  • Insides and essences: Early understandings of the non-obvious

    Susan A. Gelman;Henry M. Wellman

  • Knowledge acquisition in foundational domains.

    Henry M. Wellman;Susan A. Gelman

  • The development of induction within natural kind and artifact categories.

    Susan A Gelman

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

    Susan A. Gelman;Ellen M. Markman

  • Psychological essentialism in children.

    Susan A. Gelman

  • The role of covariation versus mechanism information in causal attribution

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

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

    Susan A. Gelman;John D. Coley

  • Learning from Others: Children's Construction of Concepts

    Susan A. Gelman

  • Ontogeny of prosocial behavior across diverse societies

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

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

    Twila Tardif;Susan A. Gelman;Fan Xu

  • Mapping the mind: List of contributors

    Lawrence A. Hirschfeld;Susan A. Gelman

  • Mapping the mind: Are domains theories?

    Lawrence A. Hirschfeld;Susan A. Gelman

  • Preschoolers’ Search for Explanatory Information Within Adult–Child Conversation

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

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

    Susan A. Gelman;Gail D. Heyman

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

    Marjorie Rhodes;Susan A. Gelman

  • Mapping the Mind: Domain Specificity in Cognition and Culture.

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry M. Wellman
Henry M. Wellman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Marjorie Rhodes
Marjorie Rhodes New York University
Sarah-Jane Leslie
Sarah-Jane Leslie Princeton University
Charles W. Kalish
Charles W. Kalish University of Wisconsin–Madison
Gail D. Heyman
Gail D. Heyman University of California, San Diego
Andrei Cimpian
Andrei Cimpian New York University
Cristine H. Legare
Cristine H. Legare The University of Texas at Austin
Sandra R. Waxman
Sandra R. Waxman Northwestern University
Ethan Kross
Ethan Kross University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Paul Bloom
Paul Bloom Columbia University

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