Joyce Shaffer

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Joyce Shaffer is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Joyce Shaffer has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Social Psychology, 3 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 3 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Joyce Shaffer's work include Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations (3 papers), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (2 papers) and Family and Disability Support Research (2 papers). Joyce Shaffer is often cited by papers focused on Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations (3 papers), Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (2 papers) and Family and Disability Support Research (2 papers). Joyce Shaffer collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Joyce Shaffer's co-authors include David Shurtleff, William N. Friedrich, ROBERT L. BEILKE and Freda Gonot-Schoupinsky and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annual Review of Psychology and Frontiers in Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Joyce Shaffer

9 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Multiple Hypothesis Testing

1995 1.4k citations Joyce Shaffer Annual Review of Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joyce Shaffer United States	8	208	208	132	129	128	10	1.6k
Regina Nuzzo United States	10	179 0.9×	184 0.9×	177 1.3×	71 0.6×	146 1.1×	29	1.8k
John J. Kim United States	24	123 0.6×	149 0.7×	117 0.9×	59 0.5×	141 1.1×	47	2.6k
Minoo Niknian United States	17	176 0.8×	281 1.4×	129 1.0×	162 1.3×	178 1.4×	22	2.1k
Burt Holland United States	28	298 1.4×	113 0.5×	82 0.6×	79 0.6×	101 0.8×	71	3.4k
Gerhard Tutz Germany	9	417 2.0×	162 0.8×	372 2.8×	100 0.8×	136 1.1×	16	2.6k
Ulf Olsson Sweden	27	331 1.6×	176 0.8×	97 0.7×	183 1.4×	115 0.9×	112	3.2k
Allen L. Schirm United States	11	286 1.4×	78 0.4×	101 0.8×	62 0.5×	89 0.7×	24	2.1k
C. Spearman	2	84 0.4×	264 1.3×	224 1.7×	70 0.5×	165 1.3×	2	1.9k
Michael Wilde United States	21	61 0.3×	144 0.7×	150 1.1×	172 1.3×	198 1.5×	66	2.8k
Gudmund R. Iversen United States	13	293 1.4×	169 0.8×	155 1.2×	105 0.8×	70 0.5×	36	2.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joyce Shaffer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joyce Shaffer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joyce Shaffer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joyce Shaffer based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Joyce Shaffer. Joyce Shaffer is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Shaffer, Joyce & Freda Gonot-Schoupinsky. (2024). Mental health and positive aging: a positive autoethnographic case study of Joyce Shaffer. Mental Health and Social Inclusion. 28(6). 1253–1262. 8 indexed citations

2.

Shaffer, Joyce. (2024). Hacking Neuroplasticity. Productivity Press eBooks.

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Shaffer, Joyce. (2022). Enhancing Neuroplasticity Is Urgent: Music and Dance for the UN/WHO Decade of Action for Healthy Ageing for All. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 178–192. 2 indexed citations

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Shaffer, Joyce. (2021). Centenarians, Supercentenarians: We Must Develop New Measurements Suitable for Our Oldest Old. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 655497–655497. 7 indexed citations

5.

Shaffer, Joyce. (2016). Neuroplasticity and Clinical Practice: Building Brain Power for Health. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. 1118–1118. 64 indexed citations

6.

Shaffer, Joyce. (2012). Neuroplasticity and Positive Psychology in Clinical Practice: A Review for Combined Benefits. Psychology. 3(12). 1110–1115. 8 indexed citations

7.

Shaffer, Joyce. (1995). Multiple Hypothesis Testing. Annual Review of Psychology. 46(1). 561–584. 1374 indexed citations breakdown →

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Friedrich, William N., David Shurtleff, & Joyce Shaffer. (1993). Cognitive Abilities and Lipomyelomeningocele. Psychological Reports. 73(2). 467–470. 8 indexed citations

9.

Friedrich, William N., et al.. (1991). Cognitive Abilities and Achievement Status of Children with Myelomeningocele: A Contemporary Sample. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 16(4). 423–428. 41 indexed citations

10.

Shaffer, Joyce, et al.. (1985). Cognitive and Achievement Status of Children with Myelomeningocele. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 10(3). 325–336. 40 indexed citations

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