Karen E. Adolph

12.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
150 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Karen E. Adolph is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen E. Adolph has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 35 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 26 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Karen E. Adolph's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (75 papers), Hearing Impairment and Communication (21 papers) and Infant Development and Preterm Care (21 papers). Karen E. Adolph is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (75 papers), Hearing Impairment and Communication (21 papers) and Infant Development and Preterm Care (21 papers). Karen E. Adolph collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Netherlands. Karen E. Adolph's co-authors include John M. Franchak, Marion A. Eppler, Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda, Kari S. Kretch, Kasey C. Soska, Lana B. Karasik, Eleanor J. Gibson, Beatrix Vereijken, Justine E. Hoch and Sarah E. Berger and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Psychological Review.

In The Last Decade

Karen E. Adolph

145 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

Motor Development: Embodied, Embedded, Enculturated, and ... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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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. Motor Development: Embodied, Embedded, Enculturated, and Enabling
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karen E. Adolph United States 48 4.1k 2.4k 1.6k 1.6k 1.1k 150 7.6k
Claes von Hofsten Sweden 43 3.4k 0.8× 3.2k 1.3× 1.9k 1.2× 510 0.3× 540 0.5× 99 5.8k
Esther Thelen United States 57 6.5k 1.6× 4.9k 2.0× 2.9k 1.8× 2.3k 1.4× 2.2k 2.0× 120 13.3k
Geert J.P. Savelsbergh Netherlands 42 3.1k 0.8× 2.3k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 660 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 258 6.7k
Philippe Rochat United States 47 3.3k 0.8× 2.4k 1.0× 2.7k 1.7× 325 0.2× 394 0.4× 124 6.0k
Bennett I. Bertenthal United States 40 2.4k 0.6× 2.5k 1.0× 2.0k 1.3× 357 0.2× 388 0.4× 118 5.1k
John P. Spencer United States 39 2.1k 0.5× 2.4k 1.0× 741 0.5× 541 0.3× 520 0.5× 175 4.8k
Joseph J. Campos United States 51 3.0k 0.7× 2.1k 0.9× 3.2k 2.0× 951 0.6× 749 0.7× 127 8.6k
Kevin A. Pelphrey United States 60 2.1k 0.5× 9.8k 4.0× 3.1k 2.0× 559 0.4× 1.9k 1.8× 185 13.6k
George Butterworth United Kingdom 38 4.1k 1.0× 2.5k 1.0× 1.9k 1.2× 243 0.2× 225 0.2× 94 6.4k
Daniel S. Messinger United States 43 1.8k 0.4× 4.6k 1.9× 1.2k 0.8× 698 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 161 7.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cole, Whitney G. & Karen E. Adolph. (2023). Learning to Move in a Changing Body in a Changing World. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 63(3). 653–663. 2 indexed citations
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Rachwani, Jaya, et al.. (2022). The process of learning the designed actions of toys. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 221. 105442–105442. 3 indexed citations
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Ossmy, Ori, et al.. (2021). Real-time processes in the development of action planning. Current Biology. 32(1). 190–199.e3. 10 indexed citations
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Cole, Whitney G., Beatrix Vereijken, Jesse W. Young, Scott R. Robinson, & Karen E. Adolph. (2018). Use it or lose it? Effects of age, experience, and disuse on crawling. Developmental Psychobiology. 61(1). 29–42. 11 indexed citations
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Adolph, Karen E.. (2016). Video as Data. APS observer. 29(3). 3 indexed citations
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Adolph, Karen E. & Catherine S. Tamis‐LeMonda. (2014). The Costs and Benefits of Development: The Transition From Crawling to Walking. Child Development Perspectives. 8(4). 187–192. 92 indexed citations
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Franchak, John M., et al.. (2013). Perception–action development from infants to adults: Perceiving affordances for reaching through openings. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 117. 92–105. 35 indexed citations
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Adolph, Karen E., et al.. (2012). How Do You Learn to Walk? Thousands of Steps and Dozens of Falls per Day. Psychological Science. 23(11). 1387–1394. 232 indexed citations
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Kretch, Kari S., et al.. (2012). What infants see depends on locomotor posture. Journal of Vision. 12(9). 182–182. 6 indexed citations
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Adolph, Karen E. & Scott R. Robinson. (2011). Sampling Development. Journal of Cognition and Development. 12(4). 411–423. 24 indexed citations
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Franchak, John M. & Karen E. Adolph. (2010). Visually guided navigation: Head-mounted eye-tracking of natural locomotion in children and adults. Vision Research. 50(24). 2766–2774. 109 indexed citations
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Adolph, Karen E., et al.. (2010). Developmental continuity? Crawling, cruising, and walking. Developmental Science. 14(2). 306–318. 71 indexed citations
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Soska, Kasey C., Karen E. Adolph, & Scott P. Johnson. (2010). Systems in development: Motor skill acquisition facilitates three-dimensional object completion.. Developmental Psychology. 46(1). 129–138. 275 indexed citations
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Tamis‐LeMonda, Catherine S., et al.. (2008). When infants take mothers' advice: 18-month-olds integrate perceptual and social information to guide motor action.. Developmental Psychology. 44(3). 734–746. 71 indexed citations
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Adolph, Karen E., et al.. (2008). What is the shape of developmental change?. Psychological Review. 115(3). 527–543. 175 indexed citations
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Adolph, Karen E., et al.. (2008). Locomotor experience and use of social information are posture specific.. Developmental Psychology. 44(6). 1705–1714. 49 indexed citations
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Adolph, Karen E. & Marion A. Eppler. (1998). Development of Visually Guided Locomotion. Ecological Psychology. 10(3). 303–321. 305 indexed citations
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Adolph, Karen E., et al.. (1998). Learning to crawl.. PubMed. 69(5). 1299–312. 158 indexed citations
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Adolph, Karen E., et al.. (1998). Learning to Crawl. Child Development. 69(5). 1299–1299. 85 indexed citations
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Adolph, Karen E., Marion A. Eppler, & Eleanor J. Gibson. (1993). Crawling versus Walking Infants' Perception of Affordances for Locomotion over Sloping Surfaces. Child Development. 64(4). 1158–1158. 101 indexed citations

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