Deborah Finkel

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
114 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Deborah Finkel is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Health and Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah Finkel has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 25 papers in Health and 18 papers in Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology. Recurrent topics in Deborah Finkel's work include Cognitive Abilities and Testing (48 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (23 papers) and Aging and Gerontology Research (18 papers). Deborah Finkel is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive Abilities and Testing (48 papers), Health disparities and outcomes (23 papers) and Aging and Gerontology Research (18 papers). Deborah Finkel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Denmark. Deborah Finkel's co-authors include Nancy L. Pedersen, Chandra A. Reynolds, Matt McGue, John J. McArdle, Margaret Gatz, Brian Laythe, Maria Larsson, Ross Andel, Matt McGue and Marie Ernsth Bravell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

Deborah Finkel

106 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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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.

Longitudinal trajectories, correlations and mortality associations of nine biological ages across 20-years follow-up

2020 243 citations Chandra A. Reynolds, Deborah Finkel et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Deborah Finkel United States	33	986	652	562	547	460	114	3.8k
Beverly H. Brummett United States	36	651 0.7×	404 0.6×	245 0.4×	737 1.3×	138 0.3×	86	4.4k
Cynthia A. Berg United States	48	781 0.8×	363 0.6×	201 0.4×	619 1.1×	442 1.0×	203	6.5k
Denise Janicki‐Deverts United States	25	1.0k 1.1×	399 0.6×	580 1.0×	868 1.6×	114 0.2×	30	6.5k
Robert‐Paul Juster Canada	38	767 0.8×	527 0.8×	460 0.8×	587 1.1×	121 0.3×	149	6.4k
Andrea M. Piccinin Canada	27	348 0.4×	572 0.9×	246 0.4×	365 0.7×	74 0.2×	65	2.4k
Greg J. Norman United States	35	694 0.7×	410 0.6×	306 0.5×	272 0.5×	118 0.3×	75	3.7k
Benjamin Williams United States	44	808 0.8×	1.4k 2.1×	606 1.1×	242 0.4×	972 2.1×	73	7.2k
Janine H. Stubbe Netherlands	30	701 0.7×	337 0.5×	639 1.1×	198 0.4×	535 1.2×	97	4.0k
Laura Cousino Klein United States	28	897 0.9×	336 0.5×	390 0.7×	286 0.5×	128 0.3×	88	4.7k
Elliot Friedman United States	28	1.3k 1.3×	231 0.4×	371 0.7×	752 1.4×	50 0.1×	71	3.9k

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Finkel, Deborah, Ying Liu, Margaret Gatz, et al.. (2025). Identifying latent classes of longitudinal change in picture naming in a population-based sample. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 37(1). 262–262.

Finkel, Deborah, et al.. (2024). The existing state of knowledge about sleep health in community-dwelling older persons – a scoping review. Annals of Medicine. 56(1). 2353377–2353377. 1 indexed citations

Luczak, Susan E., Christopher R. Beam, Shandell Pahlen, et al.. (2023). Remember this: Age moderation of genetic and environmental contributions to verbal episodic memory from midlife through late adulthood. Intelligence. 99. 101759–101759.

Zhan, Yiqiang, et al.. (2023). Conversions between metabolically unhealthy and healthy obesity from midlife to late-life. International Journal of Obesity. 48(3). 433–436. 10 indexed citations

Bülow, Pia H., et al.. (2022). Aging of severely mentally ill patients first admitted before or after the reorganization of psychiatric care in Sweden. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 16(1). 35–35. 1 indexed citations

Giangrande, Evan J., Christopher R. Beam, Deborah Finkel, Deborah Winders Davis, & Eric Turkheimer. (2021). Genetically informed, multilevel analysis of the Flynn Effect across four decades and three WISC versions. Child Development. 93(1). e47–e58. 8 indexed citations

Beam, Christopher R., et al.. (2021). Genetic and environmental correlates of the nonlinear recovery of cognitive ability in Twins.. Developmental Psychology. 58(3). 535–550. 3 indexed citations

Reynolds, Chandra A., Anna K. Dahl Aslan, Deborah Finkel, et al.. (2020). Drivers of Frailty from Adulthood into Old Age: Results from a 27-Year Longitudinal Population-Based Study in Sweden. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 75(10). 1943–1950. 32 indexed citations

Lindmark, Ulrika, Marie Ernsth Bravell, Linda Johansson, & Deborah Finkel. (2020). Oral health is essential for quality of life in older adults: A Swedish National Quality Register Study. Gerodontology. 38(2). 191–198. 24 indexed citations

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Beam, Christopher R., Eric Turkheimer, Deborah Finkel, et al.. (2019). Midlife Study of the Louisville Twins: Connecting Cognitive Development to Biological and Cognitive Aging. Behavior Genetics. 50(2). 73–83. 12 indexed citations

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Franz, Carol E., Deborah Finkel, Matthew S. Panizzon, et al.. (2016). Facets of Subjective Health From Early Adulthood to Old Age. Journal of Aging and Health. 29(1). 149–171. 9 indexed citations

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Finkel, Deborah, Marie Ernsth Bravell, & Nancy L. Pedersen. (2015). Temporal Dynamics of Motor Functioning and Cognitive Aging. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 71(1). 109–116. 30 indexed citations

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Tucker–Drob, Elliot M., Chandra A. Reynolds, Deborah Finkel, & Nancy L. Pedersen. (2013). Shared and unique genetic and environmental influences on aging-related changes in multiple cognitive abilities.. Developmental Psychology. 50(1). 152–166. 43 indexed citations

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Finkel, Deborah, Chandra A. Reynolds, Maria Larsson, Margaret Gatz, & Nancy L. Pedersen. (2011). Both odor identification and ApoE-ε4 contribute to normative cognitive aging.. Psychology and Aging. 26(4). 872–883. 26 indexed citations

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Gatz, Margaret, Chandra A. Reynolds, Deborah Finkel, Nancy L. Pedersen, & Ellen E. Walters. (2010). Dementia in Swedish Twins: Predicting Incident Cases. Behavior Genetics. 40(6). 768–775. 28 indexed citations

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Finkel, Deborah, Chandra A. Reynolds, John J. McArdle, & Nancy L. Pedersen. (2007). Age changes in processing speed as a leading indicator of cognitive aging.. Psychology and Aging. 22(3). 558–568. 205 indexed citations

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Finkel, Deborah, et al.. (2005). Cohort differences in patterns of decline in cognitive abilities. The Gerontologist. 45. 362–362. 1 indexed citations

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Finkel, Deborah, Chandra A. Reynolds, John J. McArdle, Margaret Gatz, & Nancy L. Pedersen. (2003). Latent growth curve analyses of accelerating decline in cognitive abilities in late adulthood.. Developmental Psychology. 39(3). 535–550. 125 indexed citations

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Finkel, Deborah, et al.. (2002). Relationships between body modifications and very high-risk behaviors in a college population. College student journal. 36(2). 203–214. 28 indexed citations

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Finkel, Deborah. (1999). Enhancing Student Involvement and Comprehension through Group and Class Discussions.. Journal on excellence in college teaching. 10(3). 33–48. 3 indexed citations

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