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Susan Golombok 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 Golombok sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 246 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Susan Golombok 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 Golombok sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 83 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.

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Susan Golombok is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Medicine, with particular focus on subfields such as Reproductive Medicine, Demography, Sociology and Political Science, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Safety Research.

Their work concentrates on several key topics, including:

  • Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy

Frequent venues for publication by Susan Golombok include:

  • Human Reproduction
  • Journal of Family Psychology
  • Reproductive BioMedicine Online
  • Sociology
  • Fertility and Sterility

Recent papers authored by them include:

  • "Impact of New Family Forms on Parenting and Child Development" (2020) published in Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
  • "Children with Trans Parents: Parent-Child Relationship Quality and Psychological Well-being" (2020) published in Parenting
  • "A longitudinal study of families formed through third-party assisted reproduction: Mother-child relationships and child adjustment from infancy to adulthood." (2023) published in Developmental Psychology
  • "Making the child mine: Mothers' thoughts and feelings about the mother-infant relationship in egg donation families." (2020) published in Journal of Family Psychology
  • "Single mothers by choice: Parenting and child adjustment in middle childhood." (2020) published in Journal of Family Psychology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Susan Golombok include:

  • Vasanti Jadva
  • Susan Imrie
  • Sarah Foley
  • Joanna Lysons
  • Kate Shaw

Their recognition includes holding the title of Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • Modern Psychometrics: The Science of Psychological Assessment

    John Rust;Susan Golombok

  • CHILDREN IN LESBIAN AND SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLDS: PSYCHOSEXUAL AND PSYCHIATRIC APPRAISAL

    Susan Golombok;Ann Spencer;Michael Rutter

  • Do Parents Influence the Sexual Orientation of Their Children? Findings from a Longitudinal Study of Lesbian Families.

    Susan Golombok;Fiona Tasker

  • The GRISS: A Psychometric Instrument for the Assessment of Sexual Dysfunction

    John Rust;Susan Golombok

  • Children with Lesbian Parents: A Community Study.

    Susan Golombok;Beth Perry;Amanda Burston;Clare Murray

  • Children Raised in Fatherless Families from Infancy: Family Relationships and the Socioemotional Development of Children of Lesbian and Single Heterosexual Mothers

    Susan Golombok;Fiona Tasker;Clare Murray

  • Families Created by the New Reproductive Technologies: Quality of Parenting and Social and Emotional Development of the Children

    Susan Golombok;Rachel Cook;Alison Bish;Clare Murray

  • Donor insemination: child development and family functioning in lesbian mother families.

    A Brewaeys;I Ponjaert;E V Van Hall;S Golombok

  • Children raised in fatherless families from infancy: a follow‐up of children of lesbian and single heterosexual mothers at early adolescence

    Fiona MacCallum;Susan Golombok

  • Parenting: What Really Counts?

    Susan Golombok

  • Modern Families: Parents and Children in New Family Forms

    Susan Golombok

  • The European study of assisted reproduction families: family functioning and child development

    S. Golombok;A. Brewaeys;R. Cook;M.T. Giavazzi

  • The Golombok-Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS)

    John Rust;Susan Golombok

  • Adults raised as children in lesbian families.

    Fiona Tasker;Susan Golombok

  • The European study of assisted reproduction families: the transition to adolescence

    S. Golombok;A. Brewaeys;M.T. Giavazzi;D. Guerra

  • Surrogacy: the experiences of surrogate mothers

    Vasanti Jadva;Clare Murray;Emma Lycett;Fiona MacCallum

  • Growing Up in a Lesbian Family: Effects on Child Development.

    Fiona L. Tasker;Susan Golombok

  • The experiences of adolescents and adults conceived by sperm donation: comparisons by age of disclosure and family type

    Vasanti Jadva;Tabitha Freeman;Wendy Kramer;Susan Golombok

  • Adoptive Gay Father Families: Parent–Child Relationships and Children's Psychological Adjustment

    Susan Golombok;Laura Mellish;Sarah Jennings;Polly Casey

  • Infants’ Preferences for Toys, Colors, and Shapes: Sex Differences and Similarities

    Vasanti Jadva;Melissa Hines;Susan Golombok

  • Testosterone during Pregnancy and Gender Role Behavior of Preschool Children: A Longitudinal, Population Study

    Melissa Hines;Susan Golombok;John Rust;Katie J. Johnston

  • Non-genetic and non-gestational parenthood: consequences for parent–child relationships and the psychological well-being of mothers, fathers and children at age 3

    S. Golombok;C. Murray;V. Jadva;E. Lycett

Frequent Co-Authors

John Rust
John Rust University of Cambridge
Fiona Tasker
Fiona Tasker Birkbeck, University of London
Fiona Maccallum
Fiona Maccallum University of Warwick
Melissa Hines
Melissa Hines University of Cambridge
Michael E. Lamb
Michael E. Lamb University of Cambridge
Jean Golding
Jean Golding University of Bristol
Howard Steele
Howard Steele New School
Malcolm Lader
Malcolm Lader King's College London
Miriam Steele
Miriam Steele New School
Anke A. Ehrhardt
Anke A. Ehrhardt Columbia University

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