Elizabeth Meins

8.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
89 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Elizabeth Meins is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elizabeth Meins has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Clinical Psychology, 51 papers in Social Psychology and 33 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Elizabeth Meins's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (45 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (35 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (28 papers). Elizabeth Meins is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (45 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (35 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (28 papers). Elizabeth Meins collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Elizabeth Meins's co-authors include Charles Fernyhough, Michelle R. Tuckey, Bronia Arnott, Mani Das Gupta, David Clark‐Carter, Annie Bernier, Susan Leekam, James A. Russell, Luna C. Muñoz Centifanti and Marc de Rosnay and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Elizabeth Meins

85 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Rethinking Maternal Sensitivity: Mothers’ Comments on Inf... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2017 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. Rethinking Maternal Sensitivity: Mothers’ Comments on Infants’ Mental Processes Predict Security of Attachment at 12 Months
    2001 527 citations Elizabeth Meins, Charles Fernyhough et al. profile →
  2. Mind matters: A meta-analysis on parental mentalization and sensitivity as predictors of infant–parent attachment.
    2017 251 citations Elizabeth Meins et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Elizabeth Meins United Kingdom 39 3.7k 2.9k 1.7k 1.1k 917 89 5.6k
Marjorie Beeghly United States 39 2.7k 0.7× 1.5k 0.5× 1.8k 1.0× 1.3k 1.2× 834 0.9× 100 5.7k
Beatrice Beebe United States 40 3.6k 1.0× 2.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 670 0.6× 369 0.4× 116 5.6k
Susan J. Spieker United States 39 3.0k 0.8× 1.5k 0.5× 819 0.5× 1.0k 1.0× 759 0.8× 106 4.8k
Dale F. Hay United Kingdom 41 4.0k 1.1× 2.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 2.1k 2.0× 1.2k 1.3× 109 6.8k
Annie Bernier Canada 41 4.1k 1.1× 2.3k 0.8× 737 0.4× 1.3k 1.2× 1.8k 2.0× 169 6.5k
Judi Mesman Netherlands 42 4.2k 1.1× 2.1k 0.7× 763 0.4× 1.2k 1.2× 1.9k 2.1× 172 6.6k
Brian E. Vaughn United States 42 3.2k 0.9× 2.6k 0.9× 764 0.4× 695 0.7× 1.3k 1.4× 148 5.3k
Sheryl L. Olson United States 40 3.4k 0.9× 1.4k 0.5× 718 0.4× 492 0.5× 1.6k 1.8× 86 4.4k
O. Maurice Haynes United States 33 2.3k 0.6× 1.2k 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 473 0.4× 1.3k 1.4× 51 4.4k
Marian Radke‐Yarrow United States 37 4.1k 1.1× 2.6k 0.9× 858 0.5× 967 0.9× 1.2k 1.3× 65 5.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Fearon, Pasco, et al.. (2025). Intranasal oxytocin increases breast milk oxytocin, but has a reduced effect in depressed mothers: A randomized controlled trial. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 174. 107374–107374. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Grace, et al.. (2023). Early psychosocial risk factors and postnatal parental reflective functioning. Infancy. 28(5). 864–881. 7 indexed citations
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Schacht, Robin, Elizabeth Meins, Charles Fernyhough, et al.. (2017). Proof of concept of a mind–mindedness intervention for mothers hospitalized for severe mental illness. Development and Psychopathology. 29(2). 555–564. 39 indexed citations
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Meins, Elizabeth, et al.. (2016). How does restricted and repetitive behavior relate to language and cognition in typical development?. Development and Psychopathology. 29(3). 863–874. 28 indexed citations
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Bernier, Annie, et al.. (2014). The roles of maternal mind-mindedness and infant security of attachment in predicting preschoolers’ understanding of visual perspective taking and false belief. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 125. 48–62. 66 indexed citations
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Meins, Elizabeth. (2011). Sometimes Words Will Do. Child Development Perspectives. 5(3). 181–182. 5 indexed citations
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Meins, Elizabeth, et al.. (2011). Self‐knowledge in childhood: Relations with children's imaginary companions and understanding of mind. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 29(3). 680–686. 29 indexed citations
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Meins, Elizabeth, Charles Fernyhough, Bronia Arnott, et al.. (2011). Individual Differences in Infants’ Joint Attention Behaviors With Mother and a New Social Partner. Infancy. 16(6). 587–610. 24 indexed citations
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Pawlby, Susan, Charles Fernyhough, Elizabeth Meins, et al.. (2010). Mind-mindedness and maternal responsiveness in infant–mother interactions in mothers with severe mental illness. Psychological Medicine. 40(11). 1861–1869. 67 indexed citations
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Meins, Elizabeth, et al.. (2010). Relations between Peer Attachment, Self-Esteem, and Perceived Parental Bonding in Greek Cypriot and British Young Adults. 22(1). 61–77.
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Meins, Elizabeth, et al.. (2010). The roles of private speech and inner speech in planning during middle childhood: Evidence from a dual task paradigm. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 107(4). 438–451. 78 indexed citations
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Fernyhough, Charles, et al.. (2009). Brief Report: Inner Speech Impairment in Children with Autism is Associated with Greater Nonverbal than Verbal Skills. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 39(8). 1222–1225. 31 indexed citations
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Arnott, Bronia & Elizabeth Meins. (2008). Continuity in mind-mindedness from pregnancy to the first year of life. Infant Behavior and Development. 31(4). 647–654. 54 indexed citations
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Meins, Elizabeth, et al.. (2007). Attachment dimensions and schizotypy in a non-clinical sample. Personality and Individual Differences. 44(4). 1000–1011. 25 indexed citations
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Meins, Elizabeth, et al.. (2006). Mind‐mindedness in children: Individual differences in internal‐state talk in middle childhood. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 24(1). 181–196. 91 indexed citations
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Meins, Elizabeth. (2004). Infants' minds, mothers' minds, and other minds: How individual differences in caregivers affect the co-construction of mind. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 27(1). 116–116. 2 indexed citations
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Meins, Elizabeth. (1999). Sensitivity, security and internal working models: Bridging the transmission gap. Attachment & Human Development. 1(3). 325–342. 117 indexed citations

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