Jay Belsky

70.0k total citations · 17 hit papers
475 papers, 47.9k citations indexed

About

Jay Belsky is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Jay Belsky has authored 475 papers receiving a total of 47.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 245 papers in Clinical Psychology, 166 papers in Social Psychology and 117 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Jay Belsky's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (201 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (119 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (98 papers). Jay Belsky is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (201 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (119 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (98 papers). Jay Belsky collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Norway. Jay Belsky's co-authors include Michael Pluess, Laurence Steinberg, Michael J. Rovine, Patricia Draper, Keith A. Crnic, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Marian J. Bakermans‐Kranenburg, Russell A. Isabella, Pasco Fearon and Bruce J. Ellis and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Jay Belsky

471 papers receiving 43.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Determinants of Paren... 1980 2026 1995 2010 1984 1984 2009 1991 1991 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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. The Determinants of Parenting: A Process Model
    1984 3.0k citations Jay Belsky Child Development profile →
  2. The Determinants of Parenting: A Process Model
    1984 2.8k citations Jay Belsky Child Development profile →
  3. Beyond diathesis stress: Differential susceptibility to environmental influences.
    2009 2.0k citations Jay Belsky, Michael Pluess profile →
  4. Childhood Experience, Interpersonal Development, and Reproductive Strategy: An Evolutionary Theory of Socialization
    1991 1.5k citations Jay Belsky et al. Child Development profile →
  5. Childhood Experience, Interpersonal Development, and Reproductive Strategy: An Evolutionary Theory of Socialization
    1991 1.2k citations Jay Belsky et al. Child Development profile →
  6. Differential susceptibility to the environment: An evolutionary–neurodevelopmental theory
    2011 1.1k citations Jay Belsky et al. Development and Psychopathology profile →
  7. For Better and For Worse
    2007 1.0k citations Jay Belsky et al. profile →
  8. Etiology of child maltreatment: A developmental€cological analysis.
    1993 961 citations Jay Belsky profile →
  9. Child maltreatment: An ecological integration.
    1980 950 citations Jay Belsky profile →
  10. Child maltreatment: An ecological integration.
    1980 890 citations Jay Belsky profile →
  11. Vulnerability genes or plasticity genes?
    2009 720 citations Jay Belsky, Michael Pluess et al. profile →
  12. Identifying Risk for Obesity in Early Childhood
    2006 612 citations Jay Belsky et al. profile →
  13. Are There Long-Term Effects of Early Child Care?
    2007 607 citations Jay Belsky, Deborah Lowe Vandell et al. Child Development profile →
  14. Do Effects of Early Child Care Extend to Age 15 Years? Results From the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development
    2010 541 citations Deborah Lowe Vandell, Jay Belsky et al. Child Development profile →
  15. Vantage sensitivity: Individual differences in response to positive experiences.
    2012 382 citations Michael Pluess, Jay Belsky profile →
  16. Classroom Effects on Children’s Achievement Trajectories in Elementary School
    2008 358 citations Robert C. Pianta, Jay Belsky et al. profile →
  17. The Value of Dimensional Models of Early Experience: Thinking Clearly About Concepts and Categories
    2021 206 citations Jay Belsky et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Jay Belsky 28.7k 16.1k 10.5k 8.5k 7.6k 475 47.9k
Marinus H. van IJzendoorn 36.5k 1.3× 23.0k 1.4× 8.8k 0.8× 6.9k 0.8× 8.7k 1.1× 755 57.5k
Laurence Steinberg 34.4k 1.2× 17.4k 1.1× 17.1k 1.6× 15.7k 1.9× 4.5k 0.6× 412 63.0k
Dante Cicchetti 47.8k 1.7× 15.5k 1.0× 9.4k 0.9× 7.2k 0.8× 5.2k 0.7× 546 60.4k
Rand D. Conger 20.4k 0.7× 10.9k 0.7× 7.9k 0.8× 11.7k 1.4× 3.7k 0.5× 328 36.4k
Marian J. Bakermans‐Kranenburg 25.9k 0.9× 16.0k 1.0× 4.1k 0.4× 4.3k 0.5× 6.2k 0.8× 504 38.5k
Michael Rutter 58.2k 2.0× 12.3k 0.8× 19.1k 1.8× 9.8k 1.2× 6.0k 0.8× 622 105.1k
Avshalom Caspi 52.6k 1.8× 20.1k 1.2× 10.5k 1.0× 15.4k 1.8× 6.3k 0.8× 535 99.0k
Mark T. Greenberg 25.6k 0.9× 11.1k 0.7× 14.2k 1.4× 4.2k 0.5× 3.7k 0.5× 376 41.0k
Robert Plomin 22.7k 0.8× 9.4k 0.6× 10.5k 1.0× 5.4k 0.6× 4.4k 0.6× 926 61.1k
Kenneth A. Dodge 46.9k 1.6× 29.3k 1.8× 19.4k 1.8× 11.4k 1.3× 3.2k 0.4× 467 64.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stenseng, Frode, et al.. (2024). Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms and bullying victimization from childhood to adolescence - A within-person cross-lagged approach. Development and Psychopathology. 37(3). 1463–1473. 2 indexed citations
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Belsky, Jay. (2024). The nature of nurture: Darwinian and mendelian perspectives. Development and Psychopathology. 36(5). 2197–2206. 1 indexed citations
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Haan, Amaranta D. de, et al.. (2019). Personality, depressive symptoms, the interparental relationship and parenting: Prospective associations of an actor–partner interdependency model.. Journal of Family Psychology. 33(6). 671–681. 12 indexed citations
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Berg‐Nielsen, Turid Suzanne, et al.. (2017). Change in attachment predicts change in emotion regulation particularly among 5-HTTLPR short-allele homozygotes.. Developmental Psychology. 53(7). 1316–1329. 17 indexed citations
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Frankenhuis, Willem E., Karthik Panchanathan, & Jay Belsky. (2015). A mathematical model of the evolution of individual differences in developmental plasticity arising through parental bet‐hedging. Developmental Science. 19(2). 251–274. 29 indexed citations
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Deighton, Jessica, Praveetha Patalay, Jay Belsky, et al.. (2013). Targeted mental health provision for children with behaviour difficulties in primary schools: Results of a national randomised trial. UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations
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Belsky, Jay & Michelle de Haan. (2011). Parenting and children's brain development: the end of the beginning. BIROn (Birkbeck, University of London). 18 indexed citations
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Melhuish, Edward, et al.. (2010). The quality of group childcare settings used by 3-4 year old children in Sure Start local programme areas and the relationship with child outcomes. Research Online (University of Wollongong). 10 indexed citations
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Pluess, Michael, et al.. (2009). Prenatal smoking and ADHD: DRD4-7R as a plasticity gene. Biological Psychiatry. 66. 2 indexed citations
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McNamara, Patrick, et al.. (2003). Infant Sleep Disorders and Attachment: Sleep Problems in Infants with Insecure-Resistant Versus Insecure-Avoidant Attachments to Mother. UCL Discovery (University College London). 41 indexed citations
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Huston, Aletha C., Jay Belsky, Robert H. Bradley, et al.. (2003). Multiple pathways to early academic achievement. Harvard Educational Review. 74(1). 1–29. 74 indexed citations
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Belsky, Jay, et al.. (1997). The Effects of Nonmaternal Care on Child Development. 1–9. 1 indexed citations
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Belsky, Jay & John J. Kelly. (1994). The transition to parenthood : how a first child changes a marriage : why some couples grow closer and others apart. 78 indexed citations
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Volling, Brenda L. & Jay Belsky. (1992). The Contribution of Mother-Child and Father-Child Relationships to the Quality of Sibling Interaction: A Longitudinal Study. Child Development. 63(5). 1209–1209. 97 indexed citations
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Belsky, Jay. (1986). Infant day care: A cause for concern?. Zero to three. 116 indexed citations
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Belsky, Jay. (1986). The Transition to Parenthood. BIROn (Birkbeck, University of London). 17 indexed citations
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Belsky, Jay. (1981). Early human experience: A family perspective.. Developmental Psychology. 17(1). 3–23. 385 indexed citations
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Belsky, Jay. (1979). The Interrelation of Parental and Spousal Behavior during Infancy in Traditional Nuclear Families: An Exploratory Analysis. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 41(4). 749–749. 72 indexed citations

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