Marjorie Rhodes

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Marjorie Rhodes is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Marjorie Rhodes has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 47 papers in Social Psychology and 44 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Marjorie Rhodes's work include Child and Animal Learning Development (58 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (39 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (34 papers). Marjorie Rhodes is often cited by papers focused on Child and Animal Learning Development (58 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (39 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (34 papers). Marjorie Rhodes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and China. Marjorie Rhodes's co-authors include Susan A. Gelman, Sarah‐Jane Leslie, Lisa Chalik, Daniel Brickman, Tara M Mandalaywala, Christina M. Tworek, Marianne G. Taylor, Rachel Leshin, Emily Foster‐Hanson and Ryan F. Lei and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Marjorie Rhodes

85 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

Cultural transmission of social essentialism 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. Cultural transmission of social essentialism
    2012 249 citations Marjorie Rhodes, Sarah‐Jane Leslie et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marjorie Rhodes United States 31 1.6k 1.5k 1.3k 716 679 90 3.1k
Kristin Shutts United States 25 1.2k 0.8× 933 0.6× 913 0.7× 484 0.7× 493 0.7× 54 2.5k
Yarrow Dunham United States 31 2.1k 1.4× 901 0.6× 1.5k 1.1× 875 1.2× 458 0.7× 117 3.2k
Andrew Scott Baron Canada 25 1.7k 1.1× 671 0.4× 1.1k 0.9× 578 0.8× 451 0.7× 51 2.6k
Lawrence A. Hirschfeld United States 20 1.3k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 680 0.9× 528 0.8× 44 3.8k
Melissa A. Koenig United States 23 890 0.6× 2.7k 1.8× 887 0.7× 885 1.2× 793 1.2× 60 3.6k
Kathleen H. Corriveau United States 31 1.1k 0.7× 2.9k 1.9× 1.1k 0.8× 979 1.4× 1.0k 1.5× 95 4.3k
Gil Diesendruck Israel 30 853 0.5× 1.7k 1.1× 946 0.7× 656 0.9× 333 0.5× 80 2.8k
Gail D. Heyman United States 41 1.6k 1.1× 2.2k 1.5× 2.0k 1.6× 1.1k 1.6× 1.1k 1.6× 158 4.8k
Charlie Lewis United Kingdom 34 928 0.6× 2.4k 1.6× 1.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.8× 1.2k 1.8× 127 5.2k
Harriet Over United Kingdom 29 1.0k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 1.4k 1.1× 919 1.3× 257 0.4× 89 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Marjorie Rhodes

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marjorie Rhodes

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marjorie Rhodes

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leshin, Rachel, et al.. (2025). “Kids and Girls”: Parents convey a male default in child-directed speech. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(11). e2420810122–e2420810122. 1 indexed citations
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Rhodes, Marjorie, Susan A. Gelman, & Sarah‐Jane Leslie. (2024). How generic language shapes the development of social thought. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 29(2). 122–132. 3 indexed citations
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Rizzo, Michael T., Steven O. Roberts, & Marjorie Rhodes. (2023). The effect of group status on children's hierarchy‐reinforcing beliefs. Developmental Science. 26(6). e13393–e13393. 3 indexed citations
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Foster‐Hanson, Emily & Marjorie Rhodes. (2022). Stereotypes as prototypes in children's gender concepts. Developmental Science. 26(4). e13345–e13345. 8 indexed citations
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Foster‐Hanson, Emily, Sarah‐Jane Leslie, & Marjorie Rhodes. (2022). Speaking of Kinds: How Correcting Generic Statements can Shape Children's Concepts. Cognitive Science. 46(12). e13223–e13223. 8 indexed citations
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Rizzo, Michael T., et al.. (2022). Developmental origins of anti-Black bias in White children in the United States: Exposure to and beliefs about racial inequality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(47). e2209129119–e2209129119. 17 indexed citations
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Lei, Ryan F. & Marjorie Rhodes. (2021). Why Developmental Research on Social Categorization Needs Intersectionality. Child Development Perspectives. 15(3). 143–147. 29 indexed citations
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Foster‐Hanson, Emily, et al.. (2020). Developmental Changes in Strategies for Gathering Evidence About Biological Kinds. Cognitive Science. 44(5). e12837–e12837. 7 indexed citations
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Lei, Ryan F., Rachel Leshin, & Marjorie Rhodes. (2020). The Development of Intersectional Social Prototypes. Psychological Science. 31(8). 911–926. 52 indexed citations
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Rhodes, Marjorie, et al.. (2020). Asking young children to “do science” instead of “be scientists” increases science engagement in a randomized field experiment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(18). 9808–9814. 15 indexed citations
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Foster‐Hanson, Emily & Marjorie Rhodes. (2020). How origin stories shape children’s social reasoning. Cognitive Development. 56. 100962–100962. 2 indexed citations
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Rhodes, Marjorie, et al.. (2019). Subtle Linguistic Cues Increase Girls’ Engagement in Science. Psychological Science. 30(3). 455–466. 56 indexed citations
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Foster‐Hanson, Emily & Marjorie Rhodes. (2019). Normative Social Role Concepts in Early Childhood. Cognitive Science. 43(8). e12782–e12782. 12 indexed citations
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Lei, Ryan F., et al.. (2019). Children lose confidence in their potential to “be scientists,” but not in their capacity to “do science”. Developmental Science. 22(6). e12837–e12837. 25 indexed citations
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Chalik, Lisa & Marjorie Rhodes. (2018). Learning about social category-based obligations. Cognitive Development. 48. 117–124. 15 indexed citations
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Mandalaywala, Tara M & Marjorie Rhodes. (2016). Racial Essentialism is Associated With Prejudice Towards Blacks in 5- and 6-Year-Old White Children.. Cognitive Science. 4 indexed citations
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Leslie, Sarah‐Jane, et al.. (2016). How Does Generic Language Elicit Essentialist Beliefs. Cognitive Science. 1 indexed citations
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Kachergis, George, Marjorie Rhodes, & Todd M. Gureckis. (2016). Desirable difficulties in the development of active inquiry skills. Cognitive Science. 2477–2482. 4 indexed citations
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Rhodes, Marjorie, Elizabeth Bonawitz, Patrick Shafto, & Annie Chen. (2014). Controlling the message: Preschoolers' use of evidence to teach and deceive others. Cognitive Science. 2 indexed citations
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Rhodes, Marjorie & Amanda C. Brandone. (2014). Three-year-olds’ theories of mind in actions and words. Frontiers in Psychology. 5. 263–263. 24 indexed citations

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