Larry Nucci

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Larry Nucci is a scholar working on Education, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Larry Nucci has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Education, 27 papers in Social Psychology and 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Larry Nucci's work include Values and Moral Education (20 papers), Education and Critical Thinking Development (15 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (12 papers). Larry Nucci is often cited by papers focused on Values and Moral Education (20 papers), Education and Critical Thinking Development (15 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (12 papers). Larry Nucci collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Brazil. Larry Nucci's co-authors include Elliot Turiel, Elsa K. Weber, Judith G. Smetana, Geoffrey B. Saxe, Nancy G. Guerra, Sandra Bosacki, Kristin Hansen Lagattuta, Frank A. Beach, Melanie Killen and Darcia Narváez and has published in prestigious journals such as Child Development, Brain Research and Endocrinology.

In The Last Decade

Larry Nucci

83 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Education in the Moral Domain 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Education in the Moral Domain
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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
Larry Nucci United States 30 1.7k 1.3k 1.2k 1.0k 949 87 3.7k
Joan G. Miller United States 34 2.9k 1.7× 596 0.5× 1.8k 1.5× 767 0.7× 949 1.0× 75 4.6k
Robert L. Selman United States 31 1.6k 0.9× 1.9k 1.5× 1.0k 0.8× 1.8k 1.8× 317 0.3× 95 4.7k
Cecilia Wainryb United States 30 1.4k 0.8× 618 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 732 0.7× 612 0.6× 91 2.7k
Lawrence J. Walker Canada 37 1.8k 1.0× 788 0.6× 1.4k 1.1× 934 0.9× 1.4k 1.5× 97 4.2k
Sam A. Hardy United States 32 1.5k 0.9× 550 0.4× 1.5k 1.3× 1.2k 1.2× 471 0.5× 91 3.8k
William F. Arsenio United States 23 1.9k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 601 0.5× 2.0k 1.9× 542 0.6× 41 3.3k
Jacob L. Gewirtz United States 27 1.1k 0.6× 484 0.4× 537 0.4× 945 0.9× 913 1.0× 66 3.1k
Janet Strayer Canada 24 2.3k 1.3× 978 0.8× 782 0.6× 2.1k 2.0× 617 0.7× 46 4.1k
Claudia Dalbert Germany 32 2.4k 1.4× 696 0.6× 2.2k 1.8× 984 1.0× 670 0.7× 91 4.3k
Charles C. Helwig Canada 26 843 0.5× 510 0.4× 812 0.7× 409 0.4× 653 0.7× 46 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Larry Nucci

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Larry Nucci

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Larry Nucci. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Larry Nucci 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 Larry Nucci. Larry Nucci is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Nucci, Larry. (2018). Character: A Developmental System. Child Development Perspectives. 13(2). 73–78. 32 indexed citations
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Nucci, Larry, et al.. (2018). From Peer Discourse to Critical Moral Perspectives. 1. 58–74. 3 indexed citations
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Nucci, Larry, et al.. (2017). Continuities and Discontinuities in the Development of Moral Judgments. Human Development. 60(6). 279–341. 59 indexed citations
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White, Stuart F., et al.. (2017). Neural correlates of conventional and harm/welfare-based moral decision-making. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 17(6). 1114–1128. 11 indexed citations
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Sokol, Bryan W., Nancy Budwig, Frédérick M. E. Grouzet, et al.. (2013). Self-Regulation and Autonomy. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 40 indexed citations
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Nucci, Larry, et al.. (2005). Adolescent psychological well-being and parental control of the personal. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. 2005(108). 17–30. 17 indexed citations
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Nucci, Larry. (2004). Finding Commonalities: Social Information Processing and Domain Theory in the Study of Aggression. Child Development. 75(4). 1009–1012. 6 indexed citations
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Nucci, Larry & Michael A. Neblo. (1998). The Emergence of Postculturalism. Human Development. 41(3). 172–179. 1 indexed citations
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Nucci, Larry. (1997). Culture, universals, and the personal. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. 1997(76). 5–22. 12 indexed citations
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Nucci, Larry, et al.. (1996). Social Class Effects on Northeastern Brazilian Children's Conceptions of Areas of Personal Choice and Social Regulation. Child Development. 67(3). 1223–1223. 60 indexed citations
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Nucci, Larry & Judith G. Smetana. (1996). Mothers' Concepts of Young Children's Areas of Personal Freedom. Child Development. 67(4). 1870–1870. 54 indexed citations
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Nucci, Larry & Elsa K. Weber. (1995). Social Interactions in the Home and the Development of Young Children's Conceptions of the Personal. Child Development. 66(5). 1438–1438. 103 indexed citations
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Nucci, Larry & Elliot Turiel. (1993). God's Word, Religious Rules, and Their Relation to Christian and Jewish Children's Concepts of Morality. Child Development. 64(5). 1475–1475. 68 indexed citations
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Nucci, Larry. (1989). Moral development and character education : a dialogue. 87 indexed citations
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Nucci, Larry. (1987). Synthesis of Research on Moral Development.. Educational leadership. 44(5). 86–92. 19 indexed citations
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Nucci, Larry. (1981). The Distinction between Morality and Social Convention: Implications for Values Instruction.. Phi Delta Kappan. 62(7). 1 indexed citations
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Nucci, Larry. (1981). Conceptions of Personal Issues: A Domain Distinct from Moral or Societal Concepts. Child Development. 52(1). 114–114. 363 indexed citations

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