Heidi Keller

12.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
216 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Heidi Keller is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Education and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heidi Keller has authored 216 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Social Psychology, 76 papers in Education and 68 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Heidi Keller's work include Early Childhood Education and Development (71 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (65 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (53 papers). Heidi Keller is often cited by papers focused on Early Childhood Education and Development (71 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (65 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (53 papers). Heidi Keller collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and India. Heidi Keller's co-authors include Relindis D. Yovsi, Joscha Kärtner, Patricia M. Greenfield, Bettina Lamm, Andrew J. Fuligni, Ashley E. Maynard, Nandita Chaudhary, Arnold Lohaus, Hiltrud Otto and Susanne Voelker and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Heidi Keller

208 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Cultural Pathways Through Universal Development

2002 590 citations Patricia M. Greenfield, Heidi Keller et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heidi Keller Germany	42	3.0k	2.2k	2.0k	1.9k	1.3k	216	6.6k
Jennifer M. Jenkins Canada	46	2.3k 0.8×	4.0k 1.8×	1.6k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	175	7.9k
Ross D. Parke United States	55	3.6k 1.2×	5.5k 2.5×	3.2k 1.6×	1.1k 0.6×	2.3k 1.8×	190	9.1k
Stephanie A. Shepard United States	35	2.9k 1.0×	5.9k 2.6×	3.2k 1.6×	666 0.4×	859 0.7×	45	7.5k
Richard M. Lerner United States	38	1.9k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	2.6k 1.3×	810 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	131	6.6k
Wim Beyers Belgium	45	3.6k 1.2×	3.0k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.0×	2.2k 1.7×	110	7.5k
Bridget C. Murphy United States	38	3.7k 1.2×	6.7k 3.0×	3.5k 1.7×	791 0.4×	976 0.8×	61	8.7k
Robert F. Corwyn United States	33	1.2k 0.4×	3.5k 1.5×	3.2k 1.6×	904 0.5×	1.6k 1.3×	78	8.9k
Geert Jan J. M. Stams Netherlands	45	2.4k 0.8×	4.7k 2.1×	896 0.4×	562 0.3×	1.7k 1.4×	218	7.4k
Susan G. O'Ĺeary United States	37	1.3k 0.4×	3.5k 1.6×	977 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	703 0.6×	79	5.1k
Nicole M. Else‐Quest United States	22	1.2k 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	648 0.3×	940 0.7×	38	4.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heidi Keller

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bard, Kim A., Heidi Keller, & David A. Leavens. (2025). Let’s go WILD: Increasing Inclusivity in Theories of Developmental Psychology. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 1–60.

Lamm, Bettina, et al.. (2023). Growing up in Nso: Changes and continuities in children's relational networks during the first three years of life. Ethos. 51(1). 27–46. 2 indexed citations

Borke, Jörn & Heidi Keller. (2020). Kultursensitive Frühpädagogik.

Keller, Heidi & Kim A. Bard. (2017). The cultural nature of attachment : contextualizing relationships and development. MIT Press eBooks. 27 indexed citations

Otto, Hiltrud & Heidi Keller. (2015). Good Child is a Calm Child: Mothers' Social Status, Maternal Conceptions of Proper Demeanor, and Stranger Anxiety in One-Year Old Cameroonian Nso Children. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

Keller, Heidi. (2015). Attachment. A pancultural need but a cultural construct. Current Opinion in Psychology. 8. 59–63. 32 indexed citations

Otto, Hiltrud & Heidi Keller. (2014). Different faces of attachment : cultural variations on a universal human need. Refubium (Universitätsbibliothek der Freien Universität Berlin). 68 indexed citations

Schwarzer, Gudrun, Claudia Freitag, Marc Vierhaus, et al.. (2012). The Other‐Race Effect in a Longitudinal Sample of 3‐, 6‐ and 9‐Month‐Old Infants: Evidence of a Training Effect. Infancy. 18(4). 516–533. 31 indexed citations

Keller, Heidi. (2012). Cross-Cultural Psychology: Taking People, Contexts, and Situations Seriously. Oxford University Press eBooks. 9 indexed citations

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Keller, Heidi, et al.. (2011). Cultural Expressions of Preschoolers' Emerging Self : Narrative and Iconic Representations. Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology. 10(1). 77–95. 14 indexed citations

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Keller, Heidi. (2011). Autonomy and Relatedness Revisited: Cultural Manifestations of Universal Human Needs. Child Development Perspectives. 6(1). 12–18. 124 indexed citations

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Bösner, Stefan, Jörg Haasenritter, Maren Abu Hani, et al.. (2010). Accuracy of General Practitioners’ Assessment of Chest Pain Patients for Coronary Heart Disease in Primary Care: Cross-sectional Study with Follow-up. Croatian Medical Journal. 51(3). 243–249. 11 indexed citations

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Keller, Heidi. (2009). Cultures of Infancy. The Foundation of Developmental Pathways. Language arts journal of Michigan. 4 indexed citations

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Keller, Heidi, Zaira Papaligoura, Monika Abels, et al.. (2009). Distal and proximal parenting strategies during infants’ early months of life: A cross –cultural study. International Journal of Behavioral Development. 2 indexed citations

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Bösner, Stefan, Annette Becker, Jörg Haasenritter, et al.. (2009). Chest pain in primary care: Epidemiology and pre-work-up probabilities. European Journal of General Practice. 15(3). 141–146. 99 indexed citations

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Bösner, Stefan, Jörg Haasenritter, Annette Becker, et al.. (2009). Heartburn or angina? Differentiating gastrointestinal disease in primary care patients presenting with chest pain: a cross sectional diagnostic study. International Archives of Medicine. 2(1). 40–40. 8 indexed citations

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Keller, Heidi & Carolin Demuth. (2008). The Discursive Construction of Selfhood in Chinese and Euro-American Mother-Infant Interactions. Language arts journal of Michigan. 5 indexed citations

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Georgas, James, John W. Berry, Çiğdem Kâğıtçıbaşı, et al.. (2006). Families Across Cultures. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 223 indexed citations

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Alba, Richard, Klaus J. Bade, Michael Bommes, et al.. (2005). IMIS-Beiträge Heft 23 - Themenheft: Migration - Integration - Bildung. Grundfragen und Problembereiche. osnaDocs (Osnabrück University). 2 indexed citations

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Keller, Heidi, Gustav Jahoda, Anne E. Russon, et al.. (2002). Between Culture and Biology. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 47 indexed citations

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