World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Psychology

D-Index
34
Citations
7797
World Ranking
10050
National Ranking
5297

W. Jake Jacobs 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 W. Jake Jacobs 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: 76 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

W. Jake Jacobs 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 W. Jake Jacobs 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

W. Jake Jacobs is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research focuses broadly within the fields of psychology and social sciences, with particular attention to subfields including sociology and political science, clinical psychology, behavioral neuroscience, applied psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their scholarly work addresses a range of topics, notably stress responses and cortisol, behavioral health and interventions, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, geographies of human-animal interactions, memory, trauma, and commemoration, wildlife conservation and criminology analyses, and gun ownership and violence research.

Recent publications by W. Jake Jacobs include the following papers:

  • Risky Decision Making Under Stressful Conditions: Men and Women With Smaller Cortisol Elevations Make Riskier Social and Economic Decisions (2022), published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • Constructing a desert labyrinth: The psychological and emotional geographies of deterrence strategy on the U.S. / Mexico border (2021), published in Emotion, Space and Society
  • Comparing and Contrasting Rates of Firearm Homicides and Suicides (2022), published in Evolutionary Psychological Science
  • Completing the Deficit Model of Psychopathy: The Critical Role of Rule Governance (2024), published in Criminal Justice and Behavior

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jacobs include Anna J. Dreyer, Dale C Stephen, Robyn Human, Tarah L. Swanepoel, and Leanne Adams. Their work has been published in a variety of venues such as Frontiers in Psychology, Emotion, Space and Society, Evolutionary Psychological Science, and Criminal Justice and Behavior.

Best Publications

  • Consilience and Life History Theory: From Genes to Brain to Reproductive Strategy.

    Aurelio José Figueredo;Geneva Vásquez;Barbara H. Brumbach;Stephanie M.R. Schneider

  • The evolutionary basis of risky adolescent behavior: Implications for science, policy, and practice

    Bruce J. Ellis;Marco Del Giudice;Thomas J. Dishion;Aurelio José Figueredo

  • The K-factor: Individual differences in life history strategy

    Aurelio José Figueredo;Geneva Vásquez;Barbara Hagenah Brumbach;Jon Adam Sefcek

  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Improves Emotional Reactivity to Social Stress: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial ☆

    Willoughby B. Britton;Ben Shahar;Ohad Szepsenwol;W. Jake Jacobs

  • Stress administered prior to encoding impairs neutral but enhances emotional long-term episodic memories

    Jessica D. Payne;Eric D. Jackson;Siobhan Hoscheidt;Lee Ryan

  • The impact of stress on neutral and emotional aspects of episodic memory

    Jessica D. Payne;Eric D. Jackson;Lee Ryan;Siobhan Hoscheidt

  • The effects of experimentally induced stress on false recognition

    Jessica D. Payne;Lynn Nadel;John J.B. Allen;Kevin G.F. Thomas

  • Instructional control of reinforcement learning: A behavioral and neurocomputational investigation

    Bradley B. Doll;W. Jake Jacobs;Alan G. Sanfey;Michael J. Frank

  • Self, friends, and lovers: structural relations among Beck Depression Inventory scores and perceived mate values.

    Beth R Kirsner;Aurelio José Figueredo;W.Jake Jacobs

  • Traumatic Memory Is Special

    Lynn Nadel;W. Jake Jacobs

  • Topographical disorientation in community-residing patients with Alzheimer's disease.

    Ming Chyi Pai;W. Jake Jacobs

  • Emotional memory: The effects of stress on "cool" and "hot" memory systems.

    Janet Metcalfe;W. Jake Jacobs

  • Stress differentially modulates fear conditioning in healthy men and women.

    Eric D. Jackson;Jessica D. Payne;Lynn Nadel;W. Jake Jacobs

  • Place Learning in Virtual Space I: Acquisition, Overshadowing, and Transfer

    W.Jake Jacobs;Holly E. Laurance;Kevin G.F. Thomas

  • Life History strategy, Psychopathic Attitudes, personality, and general intelligence

    Paul Robert Gladden;Aurelio José Figueredo;W. Jake Jacobs

  • The psychometric assessment of human life history strategy: A meta-analytic construct validation.

    Aurelio José Figueredo;Pedro Sofio Abril Wolf;Sally Gayle Olderbak;Paul Robert Gladden

  • Place Learning in Virtual Space: II. Topographical Relations as One Dimension of Stimulus Control☆☆☆

    W.Jake Jacobs;Kevin G.F. Thomas;Kevin G.F. Thomas;Holly E. Laurance;Lynn Nadel

  • The Biopsychology of Trauma and Memory

    Jessica D. Payne;Lynn Nadel;Willoughby B. Britton;W. Jake Jacobs

  • Aggression, risk-taking, and alternative life history strategies: The behavioral ecology of social deviance

    Aurelio José Figueredo;W. Jake Jacobs

  • Evolutionary Personality Psychology

    Aurelio José Figueredo;Jon A. Sefcek;Geneva Vasquez;Barbara H. Brumbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Aurelio José Figueredo
Aurelio José Figueredo University of Arizona
Lynn Nadel
Lynn Nadel University of Arizona
Kevin G. F. Thomas
Kevin G. F. Thomas University of Pretoria
Jessica D. Payne
Jessica D. Payne University of Notre Dame
Lee Ryan
Lee Ryan University of Arizona
Norman P. Li
Norman P. Li Singapore Management University
Michael J. Frank
Michael J. Frank Brown University
Alan G. Sanfey
Alan G. Sanfey Radboud University
Janet Metcalfe
Janet Metcalfe Columbia University
Willoughby B. Britton
Willoughby B. Britton Brown University

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

Studying psychology in the USA opens doors to a variety of online degrees and diverse career paths. Many students pursue roles in counseling, mental health, and addiction services. Each state and city has its own regulations and requirements for those interested in specialized careers such as substance abuse counseling.

For those considering this path, understanding how to become a substance abuse counselor in Chicago is a crucial first step. Requirements often include formal education, supervised experience, and passing certification exams. In California, the Chula Vista substance abuse counselor certification requirements detail the necessary credentials, which may differ from those in other regions.

Educational background is critical—discover the Cincinnati substance abuse counselors education requirements to compare standards across states. Likewise, understanding the Cleveland substance abuse counselor certification requirements can help aspiring professionals plan their academic journeys.

Online degrees in psychology and related counseling fields can prepare you for these rewarding careers, offering flexibility while meeting core licensure and certification standards nationwide.

Best Scientists Citing W. Jake Jacobs

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles