David Estes

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

David Estes is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Estes has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 12 papers in Social Psychology and 6 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in David Estes's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (13 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 papers) and Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (4 papers). David Estes is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (13 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (5 papers) and Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (4 papers). David Estes collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. David Estes's co-authors include Ethan A. McMahan, Henry M. Wellman, Michael E. Lamb, Ross A. Thompson, Karen Bartsch, William Gardner, Eric L. Charnov, Jacqueline D. Woolley, Abraham Sagi and Keith J. Horvath and has published in prestigious journals such as Child Development, Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Journal of Youth and Adolescence.

In The Last Decade

David Estes

29 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The effect of contact with natural environments on positive and negative affect: A meta-analysis
    2015 587 citations Ethan A. McMahan, David Estes The Journal of Positive Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Estes United States 20 1.1k 870 577 513 398 30 2.5k
Edmond P. Bowers United States 28 999 0.9× 274 0.3× 747 1.3× 139 0.3× 988 2.5× 68 2.6k
Mary Gauvain United States 25 461 0.4× 785 0.9× 597 1.0× 39 0.1× 1.2k 3.1× 78 2.4k
K. Alison Clarke‐Stewart United States 30 784 0.7× 630 0.7× 2.0k 3.4× 158 0.3× 2.0k 5.0× 50 3.9k
Brian R. Little Canada 27 1.7k 1.5× 274 0.3× 765 1.3× 73 0.1× 166 0.4× 63 3.3k
Joel Weinberger United States 25 1.1k 1.0× 259 0.3× 1.6k 2.7× 86 0.2× 124 0.3× 52 3.3k
Ginette Dionne Canada 38 1.3k 1.1× 908 1.0× 2.2k 3.7× 68 0.1× 1.3k 3.2× 156 4.4k
Lisa A. Serbin Canada 40 1.2k 1.1× 461 0.5× 2.1k 3.6× 27 0.1× 1.5k 3.7× 132 4.8k
Robert L. Munroe United States 20 389 0.3× 225 0.3× 158 0.3× 49 0.1× 305 0.8× 85 1.6k
Marshall P. Duke United States 21 692 0.6× 414 0.5× 780 1.4× 49 0.1× 374 0.9× 53 2.1k
Nina Howe Canada 25 651 0.6× 718 0.8× 1.2k 2.1× 27 0.1× 930 2.3× 121 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Estes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Estes

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Estes. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Estes based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Estes. David Estes is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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McMahan, Ethan A., et al.. (2018). Nature Connectedness Moderates the Effect of Nature Exposure on Explicit and Implicit Measures of Emotion. 2(2). 128–148. 18 indexed citations
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McMahan, Ethan A. & David Estes. (2015). The effect of contact with natural environments on positive and negative affect: A meta-analysis. The Journal of Positive Psychology. 10(6). 507–519. 587 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mousseau, Alicia C., Walter Dill Scott, & David Estes. (2013). Values and Depressive Symptoms in American Indian Youth of the Northern Plains: Examining the Potential Moderating Roles of Outcome Expectancies and Perceived Community Values. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 43(3). 426–436. 10 indexed citations
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McMahan, Ethan A. & David Estes. (2011). Age-Related Differences in Lay Conceptions of Well-Being and Experienced Well-Being. Journal of Happiness Studies. 13(1). 79–101. 37 indexed citations
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McMahan, Ethan A. & David Estes. (2010). Hedonic Versus Eudaimonic Conceptions of Well-being: Evidence of Differential Associations With Self-reported Well-being. Social Indicators Research. 103(1). 93–108. 152 indexed citations
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McMahan, Ethan A. & David Estes. (2010). Measuring Lay Conceptions of Well-Being: The Beliefs About Well-Being Scale. Journal of Happiness Studies. 12(2). 267–287. 81 indexed citations
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Estes, David. (1998). Young Children's Awareness of Their Mental Activity: The Case of Mental Rotation. Child Development. 69(5). 1345–1345. 92 indexed citations
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Estes, David. (1998). Young Children's Awareness of Their Mental Activity: The Case of Mental Rotation. Child Development. 69(5). 1345–1360. 115 indexed citations
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Bartsch, Karen & David Estes. (1996). Individual differences in children's developing theory of mind and implications for metacognition. Learning and Individual Differences. 8(4). 281–304. 57 indexed citations
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Estes, David. (1994). Developmental psychology for the twenty-first century. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 17(4). 715–716.
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Estes, David. (1994). Young children's understanding of the mind: Imagery, introspection, and some implications. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 15(4). 529–548. 10 indexed citations
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Estes, David, Henry M. Wellman, & Jacqueline D. Woolley. (1989). Children's Understanding of Mental Phenomena. Advances in child development and behavior. 22. 41–87. 111 indexed citations
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Wellman, Henry M. & David Estes. (1987). Children's early use of mental verbs and what they mean. Discourse Processes. 10(2). 141–156. 17 indexed citations
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Wellman, Henry M. & David Estes. (1986). Early Understanding of Mental Entities: A Reexamination of Childhood Realism. Child Development. 57(4). 910–910. 229 indexed citations
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Wellman, Henry M. & David Estes. (1986). Early Understanding of Mental Entities: A Reexamination of Childhood Realism. Child Development. 57(4). 910–923. 249 indexed citations
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Sagi, Abraham, et al.. (1985). Security of Infant-Mother, -Father, and -Metapelet Attachments among Kibbutz-Reared Israeli Children. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 50(1/2). 257–257. 146 indexed citations
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Dickstein, Susan, Ross A. Thompson, David Estes, Catherine Malkin, & Michael E. Lamb. (1984). Social referencing and the security of attachment. Infant Behavior and Development. 7(4). 507–516. 40 indexed citations
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Thompson, Ross A., Michael E. Lamb, & David Estes. (1983). Harmonizing Discordant Notes: A Reply to Waters. Child Development. 54(2). 521–521. 23 indexed citations
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Thompson, Ross A., Michael E. Lamb, & David Estes. (1982). Stability of Infant-Mother Attachment and Its Relationship to Changing Life Circumstances in an Unselected Middle-Class Sample. Child Development. 53(1). 144–148. 128 indexed citations
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Thompson, Ross A., Michael E. Lamb, & David Estes. (1982). Stability of Infant-Mother Attachment and Its Relationship to Changing Life Circumstances in an Unselected Middle-Class Sample. Child Development. 53(1). 144–144. 93 indexed citations

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