Sandra Scarr

13.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
145 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

Sandra Scarr is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Education and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sandra Scarr has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 35 papers in Education and 23 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Sandra Scarr's work include Cognitive Abilities and Testing (35 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (30 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (19 papers). Sandra Scarr is often cited by papers focused on Cognitive Abilities and Testing (35 papers), Early Childhood Education and Development (30 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (19 papers). Sandra Scarr collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. Sandra Scarr's co-authors include Kathleen McCartney, Richard A. Weinberg, Deborah Phillips, Kirby Deater‐Deckard, Marlene Eisenberg, Louise Carter‐Saltzman, Harold D. Grotevant, Philip Salapatek, Martha Abbott–Shim and Irwin D. Waldman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Sandra Scarr

135 papers receiving 8.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

How People Make Their Own Environments: A Theory of Genotype Environment Effects

1983 1.9k citations Sandra Scarr, Kathleen McCartney Child Development profile →
Developmental Theories for the 1990s: Development and Individual Differences

1992 584 citations Sandra Scarr Child Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sandra Scarr United States	50	3.7k	3.4k	3.4k	1.9k	1.7k	145	9.9k
Kathleen McCartney United States	48	4.1k 1.1×	1.4k 0.4×	4.8k 1.4×	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	93	9.0k
Eric Turkheimer United States	51	4.7k 1.3×	3.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.4×	1.6k 0.8×	1.7k 1.1×	189	10.5k
et al United States	43	2.9k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	1.2k 0.4×	2.8k 1.4×	4.6k 2.8×	422	11.9k
Martin L. Hoffman United States	37	4.4k 1.2×	1.1k 0.3×	2.5k 0.7×	2.7k 1.4×	4.8k 2.9×	68	11.4k
Hiram E. Fitzgerald United States	49	3.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.4×	1.7k 0.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	235	8.1k
E. Mavis Hetherington United States	57	6.3k 1.7×	2.0k 0.6×	2.6k 0.8×	4.7k 2.4×	3.6k 2.2×	147	12.8k
Diane N. Ruble United States	60	2.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.5×	2.7k 0.8×	2.6k 1.4×	3.6k 2.2×	165	10.3k
Yuichi Shoda United States	44	5.2k 1.4×	3.6k 1.1×	1.5k 0.5×	3.2k 1.6×	5.0k 3.0×	96	13.7k
Jack Block United States	55	9.5k 2.6×	3.4k 1.0×	1.7k 0.5×	3.1k 1.6×	5.5k 3.3×	160	16.3k
Ross A. Thompson United States	55	8.9k 2.4×	2.3k 0.7×	3.3k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	5.6k 3.4×	176	13.8k

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Scarr, Sandra. (1999). Freedom of choice for poor families.. American Psychologist. 54(2). 144–145. 1 indexed citations

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Scarr, Sandra. (1998). American child care today.. American Psychologist. 53(2). 95–108. 110 indexed citations

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Scarr, Sandra. (1998). On Arthur Jensen's integrity. Intelligence. 26(3). 227–232. 10 indexed citations

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Scarr, Sandra. (1997). Toward a Free Market in Research Ideas. APS observer. 10(3). 3 indexed citations

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Scarr, Sandra. (1996). Individuality and community: The contrasting role of the state in family life in the United States and Sweden¹. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 37(1). 93–102. 6 indexed citations

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Scarr, Sandra. (1995). Inheritance, Intelligence, and Achievement.. Planning for higher education. 23(3). 1–9. 6 indexed citations

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Scarr, Sandra & Richard A. Weinberg. (1994). Educational and occupational achievements of brothers and sisters in adoptive and biologically related families. Behavior Genetics. 24(4). 301–325. 21 indexed citations

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Scarr, Sandra. (1993). Biological and Cultural Diversity: The Legacy of Darwin for Development. Child Development. 64(5). 1333–1333. 118 indexed citations

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Scarr, Sandra. (1993). Child Care Research: Issues, Perspectives, Results. Annual Review of Psychology. 44(1). 613–644. 2 indexed citations

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Scarr, Sandra. (1992). Developmental Theories for the 1990s: Development and Individual Differences. Child Development. 63(1). 1–1. 418 indexed citations

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McCartney, Kathleen & Sandra Scarr. (1989). Far from the Point: A Reply to Levenstein. Child Development. 60(2). 517–517. 1 indexed citations

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Scarr, Sandra & Kathleen McCartney. (1988). Far from Home: An Experimental Evaluation of the Mother-Child Home Program in Bermuda. Child Development. 59(3). 531–531. 48 indexed citations

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Tower, Roni Beth & Sandra Scarr. (1985). The Measurement of Three Lifestyle Values: Resourcefulness, Responsibility and Relationships to others. Imagination Cognition and Personality. 5(2). 167–189. 8 indexed citations

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Scarr, Sandra & Richard A. Weinberg. (1983). The Minnesota Adoption Studies: Genetic Differences and Malleability. Child Development. 54(2). 260–260. 101 indexed citations

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Scarr, Sandra & Richard A. Weinberg. (1983). The Minnesota Adoption Studies: genetic differences and malleability.. PubMed. 54(2). 260–7. 122 indexed citations

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Scarr, Sandra & Kathleen McCartney. (1983). How People Make Their Own Environments: A Theory of Genotype --> Environment Effects. Child Development. 54(2). 424–424. 75 indexed citations

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Scarr, Sandra & Kathleen McCartney. (1983). How People Make Their Own Environments: A Theory of Genotype Environment Effects. Child Development. 54(2). 424–435. 1949 indexed citations breakdown →

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Scarr, Sandra. (1982). Effects of birth weight on later intelligence. Biodemography and Social Biology. 29(3-4). 230–237. 2 indexed citations

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Grotevant, Harold D., Sandra Scarr, & Richard A. Weinberg. (1977). Intellectual Development in Family Constellations with Adopted and Natural Children: A Test of the Zajonc and Markus Model. Child Development. 48(4). 1699–1699. 49 indexed citations

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Scarr, Sandra. (1966). Genetic Factors in Activity Motivation. Child Development. 37(3). 663–663. 46 indexed citations

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