Robert B. McCall

13.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
249 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Robert B. McCall is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Safety Research and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert B. McCall has authored 249 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Clinical Psychology, 41 papers in Safety Research and 40 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Robert B. McCall's work include Child Welfare and Adoption (37 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (30 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (28 papers). Robert B. McCall is often cited by papers focused on Child Welfare and Adoption (37 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (30 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (28 papers). Robert B. McCall collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Canada. Robert B. McCall's co-authors include Mark I. Appelbaum, George K. Aghajanian, Michael S. Carriger, Mark E. Clement, Emily C. Merz, Christina J. Groark, Jerome Kagan, Lorri T. Harris, Stella Chess and Mary K. Rothbart and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Robert B. McCall

241 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

Roundtable: What Is Temperament? Four Approaches 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 250 500 750
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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. Roundtable: What Is Temperament? Four Approaches
    1987 815 citations Robert B. McCall et al. Child Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert B. McCall United States 51 2.6k 1.9k 1.6k 1.4k 1.3k 249 9.7k
David W. Fulker United States 55 3.2k 1.2× 2.1k 1.1× 1.6k 1.0× 483 0.3× 1.6k 1.2× 195 11.3k
Jeffrey D. Long United States 55 3.1k 1.2× 824 0.4× 1.7k 1.0× 2.7k 2.0× 1.9k 1.4× 223 11.4k
Robin P. Corley United States 57 4.1k 1.6× 1.9k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 238 11.9k
Lea Pulkkinen Finland 64 4.3k 1.7× 1.3k 0.7× 1.6k 1.0× 271 0.2× 2.5k 1.9× 292 13.4k
John K. Hewitt United States 65 6.8k 2.6× 1.2k 0.6× 1.5k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 1.7k 1.3× 331 17.3k
Elena L. Grigorenko United States 56 1.4k 0.6× 3.4k 1.8× 2.4k 1.5× 353 0.3× 1.6k 1.2× 354 10.5k
Irwin D. Waldman United States 63 7.1k 2.7× 1.0k 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 2.5k 1.9× 185 14.0k
Renate Houts United States 63 6.5k 2.5× 1.1k 0.5× 2.2k 1.3× 465 0.3× 2.7k 2.0× 132 17.9k
Hiram E. Fitzgerald United States 49 3.4k 1.3× 628 0.3× 1.7k 1.1× 500 0.4× 1.2k 0.9× 235 8.1k
Sarnoff A. Mednick United States 62 5.2k 2.0× 843 0.4× 682 0.4× 684 0.5× 2.3k 1.8× 237 14.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hawk, Brandi N., et al.. (2018). CAREGIVER SENSITIVITY AND CONSISTENCY AND CHILDREN'S PRIOR FAMILY EXPERIENCE AS CONTEXTS FOR EARLY DEVELOPMENT WITHIN INSTITUTIONS. Infant Mental Health Journal. 39(4). 432–448. 13 indexed citations
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Groark, Christina J. & Robert B. McCall. (2018). Lessons Learned From 30 Years of a University-Community Engagement Center. Journal of higher education outreach & engagement. 22(2). 7–30. 7 indexed citations
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McLaughlin, Shane, et al.. (2017). Motorcyclists' self-reported riding mileage versus actual riding mileage in the following year. Journal of Safety Research. 63. 121–126. 5 indexed citations
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Merz, Emily C., Katia M. Harlé, Kimberly G. Noble, & Robert B. McCall. (2016). Executive Function in Previously Institutionalized Children. Child Development Perspectives. 10(2). 105–110. 27 indexed citations
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Gonzales, Andrea J., William R. Humphrey, Timothy J. Fleck, et al.. (2013). Interleukin‐31: its role in canine pruritus and naturally occurring canine atopic dermatitis. Veterinary Dermatology. 24(1). 48–48. 101 indexed citations
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McCall, Robert B., et al.. (2012). The role of transitions to new age groups in the development of institutionalized children. Infant Mental Health Journal. 33(4). 421–429. 10 indexed citations
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Hawk, Brandi N. & Robert B. McCall. (2010). CBCL Behavior Problems of Post-Institutionalized International Adoptees. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. 13(2). 199–211. 101 indexed citations
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McCall, Robert B.. (2009). Evidence-Based Programming in the Context of Practice and Policy and commentaries. 23(3). 1–20. 21 indexed citations
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McCall, Robert B. & Beth L. Green. (2004). Beyond the Methodological Gold Standards of Behavioral Research: Considerations for Practice and Policy. 18(2). 1–20. 79 indexed citations
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Piercey, Montford F., A. H. Tang, Robert A. Lahti, et al.. (1994). Pharmacology of a mixed 5-hydroxytryptamine1A/dopamine agonist.. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 268(3). 1304–1310. 7 indexed citations
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Haadsma‐Svensson, Susanne R., Robert A. Lahti, Robert B. McCall, et al.. (1993). Centrally acting serotonergic and dopaminergic agents. 1. Synthesis and structure-activity relationships of 2,3,3a,4,5,9b-hexahydro-1H-benz[e]indole derivatives. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 36(8). 1053–1068. 11 indexed citations
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McCall, Robert B., et al.. (1992). High school underachievers. SAGE Publications eBooks. 16 indexed citations
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Ramage, Andrew G., Mark E. Clement, & Robert B. McCall. (1992). 8-OH-DPAT-induced inhibition of renal sympathetic nerve activity and serotonin neuronal firing. European Journal of Pharmacology. 219(1). 165–167. 5 indexed citations
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Ennis, Michael D., et al.. (1992). Novel indolodioxanes with antihypertensive effects: potent ligands for the 5-HT1A receptor. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 35(16). 3058–3066. 11 indexed citations
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McCall, Robert B., Lorri T. Harris, & Kathryn A. King. (1991). Sympatholytic action of yohimbine mediated by S-HT1A receptors. European Journal of Pharmacology. 199(2). 263–265. 20 indexed citations
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McCall, Robert B.. (1990). Infancy Research: Individual Differences.. Merrill-palmer Quarterly. 36(1). 10 indexed citations
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McCall, Robert B.. (1989). A.D.D. Alert. Learning Research and Practice. 17(5). 66–69. 3 indexed citations
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McCall, Robert B., et al.. (1973). Habituation Rate and the Infant's Response to Visual Discrepancies. Child Development. 44(2). 280–280. 29 indexed citations
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McCall, Robert B.. (1972). Smiling and Vocalization in Infants as Indices of Perceptual-Cognitive Processes.. Merrill-palmer Quarterly. 26 indexed citations

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