World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
34
Citations
4542
World Ranking
10252
National Ranking
5388

Victoria J. Molfese 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 Victoria J. Molfese sits on this spectrum.

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 publications 705+

This scientist: 124 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Victoria J. Molfese 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 Victoria J. Molfese sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Victoria J. Molfese is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology and social sciences, with a particular emphasis on experimental and cognitive psychology, education, clinical psychology, sociology and political science, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

The main topics of their work include sleep and related disorders, early childhood education and development, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, infant development and preterm care, sleep and wakefulness research, child development and digital technology, and the impact of technology on adolescents.

Their notable recent papers include:

  • Sleep across early childhood: implications for internalizing and externalizing problems, socioemotional skills, and cognitive and academic abilities in preschool (2020) published in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Screen use before bedtime: Consequences for nighttime sleep in young children (2020) published in Infant Behavior and Development
  • The Family Context of Toddler Sleep: Routines, Sleep Environment, and Emotional Security Induction in the Hour before Bedtime (2020) published in Behavioral Sleep Medicine
  • Heterotypic continuity of inhibitory control in early childhood: Evidence from four widely used measures (2021) published in Developmental Psychology
  • Sustained attention across toddlerhood: The roles of language and sleep (2021) published in Developmental Psychology

Frequent co-authors of Victoria J. Molfese include:

  • Caroline P. Hoyniak
  • John E. Bates
  • Maureen E. McQuillan
  • Angela D. Staples
  • Kathleen Moritz Rudasill

Their publications appear regularly in several journals, with the most frequent venues being:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Infant Behavior and Development
  • Behavioral Sleep Medicine
  • Affective Science

Best Publications

  • Hemisphere and Stimulus Differences as Reflected in the Cortical Responses of Newborn Infants to Speech Stimuli.

    Dennis L. Molfese;Victoria J. Molfese

  • Electrophysiological indices of auditory discrimination in newborn infants: The bases for predicting later language development?*

    Dennis L. Molfese;Victoria J. Molfese

  • The Role of Environment in the Development of Reading Skills A Longitudinal Study of Preschool and School-Age Measures

    Victoria J. Molfese;Arlene Modglin;Dennis L. Molfese

  • Discrimination of Language Skills at Five Years of Age Using Event-Related Potentials Recorded at Birth

    Dennis L. Molfese;Victoria J. Molfese

  • Temperament and Personality Development Across the Life Span

    Victoria J. Molfese;Dennis L. Molfese;Robert R. McCrae

  • Snoring in Preschoolers: Associations with Sleepiness, Ethnicity, and Learning

    Hawley E. Montgomery-Downs;V. Faye Jones;Victoria J. Molfese;David Gozal

  • Effects of environmental measures on intelligence in young children: Growth curve modeling of longitudinal data

    Kimberly Andrews Espy;Victoria J. Molfese;Lisabeth F. DiLalla

  • Cortical response of preterm infants to phonetic and nonphonetic speech stimuli

    Dennis L. Molfese;Victoria J. Molfese

  • Alphabetic skills in preschool: a preliminary study of letter naming and letter writing.

    Victoria J. Molfese;Jennifer Beswick;Andrew Molnar;Jill Jacobi-Vessels

  • Infant Temperament, Maternal Personality, and Parenting Stress as Contributors to Infant Developmental Outcomes

    Victoria J. Molfese;Kathleen Moritz Rudasill;Jennifer L. Beswick;Jill L. Jacobi-Vessels

  • Letter Knowledge, Phonological Processing, and Print Knowledge Skill Development in Nonreading Preschool Children

    Victoria J. Molfese;Arlene A. Modglin;Jennifer L. Beswick;Jessica D. Neamon

  • Preschool Student Learning in Literacy and Mathematics: Impact of Teacher Experience, Qualifications, and Beliefs on an At-Risk Sample

    E. Todd Brown;Victoria J. Molfese;Peter Molfese

  • Smoking during pregnancy affects speech-processing ability in newborn infants.

    Alexandra P.F. Key;Melissa Ferguson;Dennis L. Molfese;Kelley Peach

  • Development of auditory event-related potentials in young children and relations to word-level reading abilities at age 8 years

    Kimberly Andrews Espy;Dennis L. Molfese;Victoria J. Molfese;Arlene Modglin

  • Evidence of alphabetic knowledge in writing: connections to letter and word identification skills in preschool and kindergarten

    Victoria J. Molfese;Jennifer L. Beswick;Jill L. Jacobi-Vessels;Natalie E. Armstrong

  • Newborn and Preschool Predictors of Second-Grade Reading Scores An Evaluation of Categorical and Continuous Scores

    Victoria J. Molfese;Dennis L. Molfese;Arlene A. Modgline

  • Executive function skills of 6–8 year olds: Brain and behavioral evidence and implications for school achievement

    Victoria J. Molfese;Peter J. Molfese;Dennis L. Molfese;Kathleen Moritz Rudasill

  • Prediction of the intelligence test scores of 3- to 8-year-old children by home environment, socioeconomic status, and biomedical risks

    Victoria J. Molfese;Lisabeth F. DiLalla;Debra Bunce

  • Temperament and Preschool Children's Peer Interactions.

    Ibrahim H Acar;Kathleen Moritz Rudasill;Victoria J. Molfese;Julia C. Torquati

  • A One-Hour Sleep Restriction Impacts Brain Processing in Young Children Across Tasks: Evidence From Event-related Potentials

    Dennis L. Molfese;Anna Ivanenko;Alexandra Fonaryova Key;Adrienne Roman

  • Stability of Temperament in Childhood: Laboratory Infant Assessment to Parent Report at Seven Years

    Victoria J. Molfese;Dennis L. Molfese;Robert R. McCrae

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis L. Molfese
Dennis L. Molfese University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Robert R. McCrae
Robert R. McCrae Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
David Gozal
David Gozal Marshall University
John E. Bates
John E. Bates Indiana University
Kimberly Andrews Espy
Kimberly Andrews Espy Wayne State University
Zvia Breznitz
Zvia Breznitz University of Haifa
Jeffrey D. Long
Jeffrey D. Long University of Iowa
Mary K. Rothbart
Mary K. Rothbart University of Oregon
Virginia W. Berninger
Virginia W. Berninger University of Washington
Samuel P. Putnam
Samuel P. Putnam Bowdoin College

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring online psychology degrees opens a variety of career pathways, from clinical practice to roles in research, education, or human resources. Choosing the right program can play a crucial role in shaping your future, which is why many students seek out rankings by region to make informed decisions.

For those interested in metropolitan opportunities, see the best psychology degree rankings in New York City or explore the best psychology degree rankings in Newark to compare leading programs and student outcomes on the East Coast. If you’re considering New England, the best psychology degree programs ranking in New Hampshire provide insight into reputable institutions in a smaller state setting.

Those looking toward the West Coast might review the best psychology degree rankings in Orange to find top programs in California. No matter where you choose, a degree in psychology helps build foundational skills in communication, analysis, and critical thinking—beneficial in diverse and growing job markets.

Best Scientists Citing Victoria J. Molfese

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles