Ellen Lenney

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Ellen Lenney is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen Lenney has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Social Psychology, 6 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Ellen Lenney's work include Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (3 papers) and Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (3 papers). Ellen Lenney is often cited by papers focused on Social and Intergroup Psychology (3 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (3 papers) and Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (3 papers). Ellen Lenney collaborates with scholars based in United States. Ellen Lenney's co-authors include Lidia Sandra, Joel A. Gold, Richard M. Ryckman, Linda C. Mitchell, Sarah E. Williams, Michael Jay Diamond and Francis T. McAndrew and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Ellen Lenney

15 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Sex Typing and the Avoidance of Cross-Sex Behavior.

1976 542 citations Lidia Sandra, Ellen Lenney Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ellen Lenney United States	12	730	411	378	246	166	15	1.3k
Anne Constantinople United States	8	564 0.8×	282 0.7×	267 0.7×	182 0.7×	153 0.9×	11	1.0k
Marie Crane United States	5	416 0.6×	554 1.3×	345 0.9×	166 0.7×	153 0.9×	7	1.1k
Virginia E. O’Leary United States	13	371 0.5×	344 0.8×	246 0.7×	84 0.3×	195 1.2×	27	968
Elizabeth Aries United States	17	403 0.6×	666 1.6×	506 1.3×	128 0.5×	206 1.2×	27	1.6k
Claire Etaugh United States	22	682 0.9×	612 1.5×	267 0.7×	169 0.7×	109 0.7×	73	1.3k
Tomi‐Ann Roberts United States	21	434 0.6×	371 0.9×	363 1.0×	292 1.2×	581 3.5×	43	1.6k
Anne Locksley United States	9	370 0.5×	642 1.6×	364 1.0×	144 0.6×	99 0.6×	15	1.1k
Jayne E. Stake United States	27	806 1.1×	574 1.4×	492 1.3×	341 1.4×	371 2.2×	82	2.0k
Eldon E. Snyder United States	23	546 0.7×	698 1.7×	672 1.8×	80 0.3×	106 0.6×	93	1.7k
Carol Tavris United States	16	251 0.3×	572 1.4×	469 1.2×	180 0.7×	396 2.4×	36	1.5k

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Gold, Joel A., et al.. (1998). Assessments of Trust in Intimate Relationships and the Self-Perception Process. The Journal of Social Psychology. 138(2). 217–228. 20 indexed citations

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Gold, Joel A., et al.. (1990). Infatuation and Attraction to a Dissimilar Other: Why is Love Blind?. The Journal of Social Psychology. 130(4). 433–445. 9 indexed citations

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McAndrew, Francis T., Joel A. Gold, Ellen Lenney, & Richard M. Ryckman. (1984). Explorations in immediacy: The nonverbal system and its relationship to affective and situational factors. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 8(3). 210–228. 6 indexed citations

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Lenney, Ellen, et al.. (1983). The Effect of Clear Evaluation Criteria on Sex Bias in Judgments of Performance. Psychology of Women Quarterly. 7(4). 313–328. 29 indexed citations

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Lenney, Ellen, et al.. (1983). Sex differences in self-confidence: The influence of comparison to others' ability level. Sex Roles. 9(9). 925–942. 53 indexed citations

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Williams, Sarah E., Richard M. Ryckman, Joel A. Gold, & Ellen Lenney. (1982). The effects of sensation seeking and misattribution of arousal on attraction toward similar or dissimilar strangers. Journal of Research in Personality. 16(2). 217–226. 47 indexed citations

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Lenney, Ellen & Joel A. Gold. (1982). Sex Differences in Self-Confidence. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 8(1). 74–80. 25 indexed citations

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Lenney, Ellen. (1981). What's fine for the gander isn't always good for the goose: Sex differences in self-confidence as a function of ability area and comparison with others. Sex Roles. 7(9). 905–924. 51 indexed citations

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Lenney, Ellen, et al.. (1980). What you don't know can hurt you: The effects of performance criteria ambiguity on sex differences in self-confidence1. Journal of Personality. 48(3). 306–322. 14 indexed citations

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Lenney, Ellen. (1979). Concluding comments on androgyny: Some intimations of its mature development. Sex Roles. 5(6). 829–840. 11 indexed citations

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Lenney, Ellen. (1979). Androgyny: Some audacious assertions toward its coming of age. Sex Roles. 5(6). 703–719. 28 indexed citations

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Lenney, Ellen. (1977). Women's self-confidence in achievement settings.. Psychological Bulletin. 84(1). 1–13. 33 indexed citations

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Lenney, Ellen. (1977). Women's self-confidence in achievement settings.. Psychological Bulletin. 84(1). 1–13. 452 indexed citations

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Sandra, Lidia & Ellen Lenney. (1976). Sex Typing and the Avoidance of Cross-Sex Behavior.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 33(1). 48–54. 542 indexed citations breakdown →

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Diamond, Michael Jay, et al.. (1974). An alternative approach to personality correlates of hypnotizability: Hypnosis-specific mediational attitudes. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 22(4). 346–353. 15 indexed citations

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