Melvin Zax

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Melvin Zax is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melvin Zax has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Clinical Psychology, 12 papers in Applied Psychology and 7 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Melvin Zax's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (12 papers), Psychological Testing and Assessment (9 papers) and Cognitive Abilities and Testing (5 papers). Melvin Zax is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (12 papers), Psychological Testing and Assessment (9 papers) and Cognitive Abilities and Testing (5 papers). Melvin Zax collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Tanzania. Melvin Zax's co-authors include Arnold J. Sameroff, Ronald Seifer, Emory L. Cowen, Ralph Barocas, Stanley I. Greenspan, Tim Kasser, Richard M. Ryan, Elmer A. Gardner, Norman Garmezy and Shigeo Takahashi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Bulletin and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Melvin Zax

62 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Intelligence Quotient Scores of 4-Year-Old Children: Soci... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 200 400 600
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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. Intelligence Quotient Scores of 4-Year-Old Children: Social-Environmental Risk Factors
    1987 654 citations Arnold J. Sameroff, Ronald Seifer et al. PEDIATRICS profile →

Peers

Melvin Zax
Ruth S. Smith United States
Gerald Caplan Israel
Bonnie R. Strickland United States
Shirley L. Jessor United States
Alfred L. Baldwin United States
Lewayne D. Gilchrist United States
S. B. Sells United States
George W. Albee United States
Susan B. Silverberg United States
Eric Crouch United Kingdom
Ruth S. Smith United States
Melvin Zax
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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Melvin Zax. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Melvin Zax 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 Melvin Zax. Melvin Zax is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Kasser, Tim, Richard M. Ryan, Melvin Zax, & Arnold J. Sameroff. (1995). The relations of maternal and social environments to late adolescents' materialistic and prosocial values.. Developmental Psychology. 31(6). 907–914. 28 indexed citations
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Kasser, Tim, Richard M. Ryan, Melvin Zax, & Arnold J. Sameroff. (1995). The relations of maternal and social environments to late adolescents' materialistic and prosocial values.. Developmental Psychology. 31(6). 907–914. 343 indexed citations
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Sameroff, Arnold J., Ronald Seifer, Ralph Barocas, Melvin Zax, & Stanley I. Greenspan. (1987). Intelligence Quotient Scores of 4-Year-Old Children: Social-Environmental Risk Factors. PEDIATRICS. 79(3). 343–350. 654 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dorr, Darwin, et al.. (1983). The Psychology of discipline. 3 indexed citations
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Zax, Melvin, Arnold J. Sameroff, & Haroutun M. Babigian. (1977). Birth outcomes in the offspring of mentally disordered women.. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 47(2). 218–230. 105 indexed citations
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Nichols, Michael P. & Melvin Zax. (1976). Catharsis in Psychotherapy. 57 indexed citations
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Zax, Melvin, et al.. (1975). Childbirth education, maternal attitudes, and delivery. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 123(2). 185–190. 59 indexed citations
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Zax, Melvin, et al.. (1974). An introduction to community psychology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 72 indexed citations
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Sameroff, Arnold J. & Melvin Zax. (1973). PERINATAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE OFFSPRING OF SCHIZOPHRENIC WOMEN. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 157(3). 191–199. 52 indexed citations
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Cowen, Emory L., et al.. (1968). Objectification of Screening for Early Detection of Emotional Disorder. Child Development. 39(4). 1177–1177. 5 indexed citations
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Zax, Melvin, et al.. (1968). Extremeness in Evaluative Responses to Clinical Test Materials. The Journal of Social Psychology. 75(2). 175–183. 2 indexed citations
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Cowen, Emory L., Elmer A. Gardner, & Melvin Zax. (1967). Emergent approaches to mental health problems. Appleton-Century-Crofts eBooks. 247 indexed citations
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Cowen, Emory L., Melvin Zax, & James D. Laird. (1966). A college student volunteer program in the elementary school setting. Community Mental Health Journal. 2(4). 319–328. 47 indexed citations
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Cowen, Emory L., et al.. (1966). Prevention of emotional disorders in the school setting: A further investigation.. Journal of Consulting Psychology. 30(5). 381–387. 64 indexed citations
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Goldfried, Marvin R. & Melvin Zax. (1965). The Stimulus Value of the TAT. Journal of Projective Techniques and Personality Assessment. 29(1). 46–57. 11 indexed citations
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Zax, Melvin, et al.. (1964). Identifying emotional disturbance in the school setting.. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 34(3). 447–454. 23 indexed citations
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Cowen, Emory L., et al.. (1963). A Preventive Mental Health Program in the School Setting: Description and Evaluation. The Journal of Psychology. 56(2). 307–356. 60 indexed citations
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Zax, Melvin, et al.. (1961). Demographic Characteristics of Alcoholic Outpatients and the Tendency to Remain in Treatment. Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 22(1). 98–105. 27 indexed citations
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Zax, Melvin, et al.. (1960). Psychological response to chlorpromazine in a group of psychiatric patients. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 16(4). 440–442. 5 indexed citations
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Zax, Melvin, et al.. (1955). Double alternation performance as a measure of educability in cerebral palsied children.. PubMed. 59(4). 658–65. 3 indexed citations

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