Doreen Arcus

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Doreen Arcus is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Doreen Arcus has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Clinical Psychology, 4 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 3 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Doreen Arcus's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (3 papers) and Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (2 papers). Doreen Arcus is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (3 papers) and Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (2 papers). Doreen Arcus collaborates with scholars based in United States. Doreen Arcus's co-authors include Nancy Snidman, Jerome Kagan, J. Steven Reznick, Mark F. Lenzenweger, Sheila Greene, Donald B. Rubin, Hal S. Stern, Kathleen McCartney, Jeffrey S. Reznick and D. Steinberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Child Development, Psychological Science and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Doreen Arcus

19 papers receiving 935 citations

Hit Papers

Galen's Prophecy: Temperament In Human Nature 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 100 200 300 400
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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. Galen's Prophecy: Temperament In Human Nature
    1994 484 citations Jerome Kagan, Nancy Snidman et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Doreen Arcus United States 13 698 320 285 254 128 19 1.0k
Jane Gibbons United States 10 657 0.9× 235 0.7× 250 0.9× 299 1.2× 136 1.1× 17 1.0k
Louis A. Schmidt Canada 6 609 0.9× 249 0.8× 330 1.2× 173 0.7× 209 1.6× 8 870
Steven M. Alessandri United States 20 713 1.0× 601 1.9× 166 0.6× 283 1.1× 218 1.7× 31 1.5k
Helena R. Slobodskaya Russia 23 974 1.4× 466 1.5× 404 1.4× 260 1.0× 339 2.6× 68 1.5k
Julia M. Braungart United States 11 1.0k 1.4× 606 1.9× 286 1.0× 434 1.7× 73 0.6× 14 1.3k
Nathan A. Fox United States 8 915 1.3× 461 1.4× 344 1.2× 287 1.1× 418 3.3× 12 1.4k
Brenda L Lundy United States 17 724 1.0× 435 1.4× 89 0.3× 186 0.7× 232 1.8× 33 1.3k
Helen F. Dodd United Kingdom 23 798 1.1× 221 0.7× 555 1.9× 290 1.1× 264 2.1× 86 1.4k
Michael F. Lorber United States 19 1.1k 1.6× 579 1.8× 150 0.5× 148 0.6× 124 1.0× 63 1.4k
Janette B. Benson United States 12 177 0.3× 362 1.1× 170 0.6× 131 0.5× 143 1.1× 18 766

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Fields of papers citing papers by Doreen Arcus

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Doreen Arcus

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Doreen Arcus. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Doreen Arcus 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 Doreen Arcus. Doreen Arcus is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Kagan, Jerome, Nancy Snidman, Doreen Arcus, & Jeffrey S. Reznick. (2018). Galen’s Prophecy. 14 indexed citations
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Arcus, Doreen. (2002). School shooting fatalities and school corporal punishment: A look at the states. Aggressive Behavior. 28(3). 173–183. 25 indexed citations
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Lenzenweger, Mark F., et al.. (2000). Taxonic Structure of Infant Reactivity: Evidence From a Taxometric Perspective. Psychological Science. 11(4). 296–301. 59 indexed citations
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Snidman, Nancy, et al.. (1998). Childhood Derivatives of High and Low Reactivity in Infancy. Child Development. 69(6). 1483–1493. 168 indexed citations
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Kagan, Jerome, Nancy Snidman, & Doreen Arcus. (1998). Childhood Derivatives of High and Low Reactivity in Infancy. Child Development. 69(6). 1483–1483. 13 indexed citations
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Kagan, Jerome, Nancy Snidman, & Doreen Arcus. (1998). The value of extreme groups.. 24 indexed citations
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Arcus, Doreen & Jerome Kagan. (1995). Temperament and Craniofacial Variation in the First Two Years. Child Development. 66(5). 1529–1529. 14 indexed citations
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Arcus, Doreen, et al.. (1995). Asymmetry of finger temperature and early behavior. Developmental Psychobiology. 28(8). 443–451. 4 indexed citations
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Snidman, Nancy, et al.. (1995). The Role of Temperament in Social Development. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 771(1). 485–490. 27 indexed citations
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Arcus, Doreen, et al.. (1995). Temperament and Craniofacial Variation in the First Two Years. Child Development. 66(5). 1529–1540. 20 indexed citations
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Stern, Hal S., Doreen Arcus, Jerome Kagan, Donald B. Rubin, & Nancy Snidman. (1995). Using Mixture Models in Temperament Research. International Journal of Behavioral Development. 18(3). 407–423. 23 indexed citations
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Kagan, Jerome, et al.. (1995). Asymmmetry of forehead temperature and cardiac activity.. Neuropsychology. 9(1). 47–51. 6 indexed citations
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Kagan, Jerome, et al.. (1995). Asymmetry of forehead temperature and cardiac activity.. Neuropsychology. 9(1). 47–51. 8 indexed citations
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Stern, Hal S., Doreen Arcus, Jerome Kagan, Donald B. Rubin, & Nancy Snidman. (1994). Statistical Choices in Infant Temperament Research. Behaviormetrika. 21(1). 1–17. 9 indexed citations
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Kagan, Jerome, et al.. (1994). Reactivity in infants: A cross-national comparison.. Developmental Psychology. 30(3). 342–345. 2 indexed citations
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Kagan, Jerome, Nancy Snidman, Doreen Arcus, & J. Steven Reznick. (1994). Galen's Prophecy: Temperament In Human Nature. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 484 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kagan, Jerome, et al.. (1994). Reactivity in infants: A cross-national comparison.. Developmental Psychology. 30(3). 342–345. 71 indexed citations
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Kagan, Jerome, Nancy Snidman, & Doreen Arcus. (1992). Initial Reactions to Unfamiliarity. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 1(6). 171–174. 51 indexed citations
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Arcus, Doreen & Kathleen McCartney. (1989). When baby makes four: Family influences in the stability of behavioral inhibition.. 12 indexed citations

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