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36
Citations
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9501
National Ranking
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Sydney L. Hans 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 Sydney L. Hans sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 106 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sydney L. Hans 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 Sydney L. Hans sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sydney L. Hans is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and medicine, with significant contributions in clinical psychology and public health, environmental and occupational health. Other subfields include social psychology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, as well as obstetrics and gynecology.

The main topics covered in Sydney L. Hans's work include:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
  • Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Infant Health and Development

Their recent publications reflect this thematic focus and include:

  • Increasing parenting self-efficacy: The Fussy Baby Network® intervention, 2020, Infant Mental Health Journal
  • The Educare intervention: Outcomes at age 3, 2020, Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • Making meaning of motherhood: Self and life transitions among African American adolescent mothers., 2020, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
  • A longitudinal investigation of young mothers' prenatal attachment, depressive symptoms, and early parenting behaviour, 2021, Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
  • Community-Based Doulas' Roles Within the Birth Support System: Young Black Mothers' Perspectives, 2023, Journal of Midwifery & Women s Health

Sydney L. Hans frequently publishes in a range of journals including:

  • Infant Mental Health Journal
  • Social Service Review
  • Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
  • Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Collaboration is a notable element of Hans's research practice. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Renee C. Edwards
  • Anna L. Herriott
  • Nora Y. Medina
  • Linda Gilkerson
  • Tiffany Burkhardt

Best Publications

  • Infants at risk for schizophrenia: sequelae of a genetic neurointegrative defect. A review and replication analysis of pandysmaturation in the Jerusalem Infant Development Study.

    Barbara Fish;Joseph Marcus;Sydney L. Hans;Judith G. Auerbach

  • Relation of maternal responsiveness during infancy to the development of behavior problems in high-risk youths.

    Lauren S. Wakschlag;Sydney L. Hans

  • The role of psychopathology in the parenting of drug-dependent women.

    Sydney L. Hans;Victor J. Bernstein;Linda G. Henson

  • Demographic and psychosocial characteristics of substance-abusing pregnant women

    Sydney L. Hans

  • Developmental consequences of prenatal exposure to methadone

    Sydney L. Hans

  • Children at Risk for Schizophrenia: The Jerusalem Infant Development Study: II. Neurobehavioral Deficits at School Age

    Joseph Marcus;Sydney L. Hans;Judith G. Auerbach;Aaron G. Auerbach

  • Maternal smoking during pregnancy and conduct problems in high-risk youth: a developmental framework.

    Lauren S. Wakschlag;Sydney L. Hans

  • Review of the NIMH Israeli Kibbutz-city Study and the Jerusalem Infant Development Study

    Joseph Marcus;Sydney L. Hans;Shmuel Nagler;Judith G. Auerbach

  • Neurological Findings in High-Risk Children: Childhood Assessment and 5-Year Followup

    Joseph Marcus;Sydney L. Hans;Eitan Lewow;Leland Wilkinson

  • Neurobehavioral Deficits at Adolescence in Children at Risk for Schizophrenia: The Jerusalem Infant Development Study

    Sydney L. Hans;Joseph Marcus;Keith H. Nuechterlein;Robert F. Asarnow

  • Social Adjustment of Adolescents at Risk for Schizophrenia: The Jerusalem Infant Development Study

    Sydney L. Hans;Judith G. Auerbach;Joan R. Asarnow;Benedict Styr

  • Infant risk factors associated with internalizing, externalizing, and co-occurring behavior problems in young children.

    Renee C. Edwards;Sydney L. Hans

  • Support networks of adolescent mothers: Effects on parenting experience and behavior

    Janet D. Voight;Sydney L. Hans;Victor J. Bernstein

  • A Longitudinal Study of Offspring Born to Methadone-Maintained Women. II. Dyadic Interaction and Infant Behavior at 4 Months

    Victor Bernstein;Rita Jeruchimowicz Jeremy;Sydney L. Hans;Joseph Marcus

  • Mothers' representations of their infants and parenting behavior : Associations with personal and social-contextual variables in a high-risk sample

    Margaret Szewczyk Sokolowski;Sydney L. Hans;Victor J. Bernstein;Suzanne M. Cox

  • Attachment in preterm infants and their mothers: Neonatal risk status and maternal representations

    Suzanne M. Cox;Joyce Hopkins;Sydney L. Hans

  • POSTNEONATAL MENTAL AND MOTOR DEVELOPMENT OF INFANTS EXPOSED IN UTERO TO OPIOID DRUGS

    Sydney L. Hans;Rita J. Jeremy

  • Offspring of Parents With Schizophrenia: Mental Disorders During Childhood and Adolescence

    Sydney L Hans;Judith G Auerbach;Benedict Styr;Joseph Marcus

  • Randomized Controlled Trial of Doula-Home-Visiting Services: Impact on Maternal and Infant Health.

    Sydney L. Hans;Renee C. Edwards;Yudong Zhang

  • Predicting the Developmental Outcome of Two-Year-Old Children Born Exposed to Methadone: Impact of Social-Environmental Risk Factors

    Victor J. Bernstein;Sydney L. Hans

  • Neurological dysfunctioning in offspring of schizophrenics in Israel and Denmark. A replication analysis.

    Joseph Marcus;Sydney L. Hans;Sarnoff A. Mednick;Fini Schulsinger

Frequent Co-Authors

Lauren S. Wakschlag
Lauren S. Wakschlag Northwestern University
Jerome Kagan
Jerome Kagan Harvard University
Donna M. Bryant
Donna M. Bryant University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Allan F. Mirsky
Allan F. Mirsky National Institutes of Health
Margaret Burchinal
Margaret Burchinal University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Keith H. Nuechterlein
Keith H. Nuechterlein University of California, Los Angeles
Robert F. Asarnow
Robert F. Asarnow University of California, Los Angeles
Joan Rosenbaum Asarnow
Joan Rosenbaum Asarnow University of California, Los Angeles
Karlen Lyons-Ruth
Karlen Lyons-Ruth Harvard University
Sarnoff A. Mednick
Sarnoff A. Mednick University of Southern California

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