Ellen Berscheid

17.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
60 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Ellen Berscheid is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen Berscheid has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Social Psychology, 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 16 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ellen Berscheid's work include Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (16 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (12 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (10 papers). Ellen Berscheid is often cited by papers focused on Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (16 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (12 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (10 papers). Ellen Berscheid collaborates with scholars based in United States and Cameroon. Ellen Berscheid's co-authors include Elaine Walster, Karen K. Dion, G. William Walster, Mark Snyder, Harry T. Reis, Elaine Hatfield, Mary K. Utne, William G. Austin, Jane Traupmann and Elizabeth Decker Tanke and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ellen Berscheid

59 papers receiving 9.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

What is beautiful is good.

1972 2.7k citations Ellen Berscheid, Elaine Walster et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Equity : theory and research

1978 1.7k citations Elaine Hatfield, G. William Walster et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
New directions in equity research.

1973 1.2k citations Elaine Walster, Ellen Berscheid et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Social perception and interpersonal behavior: On the self-fulfilling nature of social stereotypes.

1977 850 citations Mark Snyder, Elizabeth Decker Tanke et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
The Relationship Closeness Inventory: Assessing the closeness of interpersonal relationships.

1989 638 citations Ellen Berscheid, Mark Snyder et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
The relationship context of human behavior and development.

2000 554 citations Harry T. Reis, W. Andrew Collins et al. Psychological Bulletin profile →
Physical attractiveness and dating choice: A test of the matching hypothesis

1971 411 citations Ellen Berscheid, Elaine Walster et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ellen Berscheid United States	34	4.5k	4.4k	3.5k	2.4k	2.0k	60	11.2k
Margaret S. Clark United States	57	4.8k 1.1×	6.9k 1.6×	2.4k 0.7×	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.6×	147	13.2k
Ladd Wheeler United States	34	3.8k 0.8×	4.6k 1.0×	2.3k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	660 0.3×	77	9.7k
Elaine Hatfield United States	39	3.2k 0.7×	3.9k 0.9×	2.1k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	705 0.3×	99	8.3k
Daphna Oyserman United States	59	7.0k 1.5×	7.4k 1.7×	2.4k 0.7×	3.3k 1.4×	1.2k 0.6×	173	16.3k
Douglas T. Kenrick United States	54	6.4k 1.4×	4.4k 1.0×	7.3k 2.1×	2.8k 1.2×	2.8k 1.4×	181	13.6k
Elaine Walster United States	27	3.0k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	2.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	39	7.5k
Abraham Tesser United States	50	3.8k 0.8×	4.2k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	735 0.4×	154	9.0k
Barry Schwartz United States	49	3.9k 0.9×	3.7k 0.8×	1.0k 0.3×	991 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	197	13.1k
EDWARD E. JONES United States	45	6.9k 1.5×	6.2k 1.4×	1.8k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	657 0.3×	106	14.1k
Wendi L. Gardner United States	39	5.1k 1.1×	7.0k 1.6×	2.1k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	75	12.7k

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Frederick, David A., George W. Bohrnstedt, Elaine Hatfield, & Ellen Berscheid. (2014). Factor Structure and Validity of the Body Parts Satisfaction Scale: Results from the 1972 Psychology Today Survey. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21 indexed citations

Berscheid, Ellen, Mark Snyder, & Allen M. Omoto. (2004). Measuring Closeness: The Relationship Closeness Inventory (RCI) Revisited. 91–112. 23 indexed citations

Berscheid, Ellen & W. Andrew Collins. (2000). Who cares? For whom and when, how, and why?. Psychological Inquiry. 11. 107–109. 4 indexed citations

Reis, Harry T., W. Andrew Collins, & Ellen Berscheid. (2000). The relationship context of human behavior and development.. Psychological Bulletin. 126(6). 844–872. 554 indexed citations breakdown →

Berscheid, Ellen. (1999). The greening of relationship science.. American Psychologist. 54(4). 260–266. 163 indexed citations

Berscheid, Ellen. (1999). The greening of relationship science.. American Psychologist. 54(4). 260–266. 169 indexed citations

Berscheid, Ellen & Harry T. Reis. (1998). Attraction and close relationships.. 436 indexed citations

Attridge, Mark, Ellen Berscheid, & Jeffry A. Simpson. (1995). Predicting relationship stability from both partners versus one.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 69(2). 254–268. 4 indexed citations

Berscheid, Ellen. (1994). Interpersonal Relationships. Annual Review of Psychology. 45(1). 79–129. 15 indexed citations

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Berscheid, Ellen. (1992). A glance back at a quarter century of social psychology.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 63(4). 525–533. 5 indexed citations

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Berscheid, Ellen. (1991). The emotion-in-relationships model: Reflections and update.. 15 indexed citations

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Berscheid, Ellen. (1990). Contemporary vocabularies of emotion.. 7 indexed citations

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Berscheid, Ellen. (1985). Interpersonal Modes of Knowing. Teachers College Record The Voice of Scholarship in Education. 86(6). 60–76. 3 indexed citations

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Snyder, Mark, Ellen Berscheid, & Peter Glick. (1985). Focusing on the exterior and the interior: Two investigations of the initiation of personal relationships.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 48(6). 1427–1439. 105 indexed citations

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Graziano, William, Thomas Brothen, & Ellen Berscheid. (1978). Height and attraction: Do men and women see eye-to-eye?1. Journal of Personality. 46(1). 128–145. 40 indexed citations

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Hatfield, Elaine, G. William Walster, Ellen Berscheid, et al.. (1978). Equity : theory and research. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1726 indexed citations breakdown →

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Snyder, Mark, Elizabeth Decker Tanke, & Ellen Berscheid. (1977). Social perception and interpersonal behavior: On the self-fulfilling nature of social stereotypes.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 35(9). 656–666. 850 indexed citations breakdown →

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Berscheid, Ellen, et al.. (1973). Anticipating informed consent: An empirical approach.. American Psychologist. 28(10). 913–925. 33 indexed citations

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Walster, Elaine, Ellen Berscheid, & G. William Walster. (1973). New directions in equity research.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 25(2). 151–176. 1201 indexed citations breakdown →

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Walster, Elaine, Ellen Berscheid, & Andrew M. Barclay. (1967). A determinant of preference among modes of dissonance reduction.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 7(2, Pt.1). 211–216. 30 indexed citations

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