Stella Chess

9.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
118 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Stella Chess is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Education and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Stella Chess has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Clinical Psychology, 14 papers in Education and 13 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Stella Chess's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (35 papers), Child and Adolescent Health (11 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (9 papers). Stella Chess is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (35 papers), Child and Adolescent Health (11 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (9 papers). Stella Chess collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Stella Chess's co-authors include Alexander Thomas, Herbert G. Birch, Sam Korn, Alexander Thomas, Alexander Thomas, Alexander Thomas, Margaret E. Hertzig, Paulina Fernandez, Arnold H. Buss and Robert A. Hinde and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, American Journal of Psychiatry and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Stella Chess

114 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

Roundtable: What Is Temperament? Four Approaches 1964 2026 1984 2005 1987 1968 1964 1964 250 500 750
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. Roundtable: What Is Temperament? Four Approaches
    1987 815 citations H. Hill Goldsmith, Arnold H. Buss et al. Child Development profile →
  2. Temperament and Behavior Disorders in Children
    1968 757 citations Stella Chess, Herbert G. Birch et al. The American Journal of Psychology profile →
  3. Behavioral Individuality in Early Childhood
    1964 342 citations Alexander Thomas, Herbert G. Birch et al. profile →
  4. Behavioral individuality in early childhood.
    1964 303 citations Alexander Thomas, Stella Chess et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stella Chess United States 34 3.6k 1.3k 1.2k 1.1k 779 118 6.0k
Richard Q. Bell United States 31 3.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 1.4k 1.2× 392 0.4× 624 0.8× 69 5.4k
Herbert G. Birch United States 39 1.7k 0.5× 764 0.6× 876 0.7× 1.4k 1.3× 1.4k 1.8× 141 5.8k
Marian Radke‐Yarrow United States 37 4.1k 1.1× 2.6k 2.0× 1.2k 0.9× 496 0.5× 858 1.1× 65 5.9k
Catherine T. Howell United States 15 5.3k 1.5× 1.3k 1.0× 2.0k 1.6× 605 0.6× 771 1.0× 15 7.0k
Robert N. Emde United States 51 4.8k 1.3× 3.1k 2.4× 1.4k 1.1× 1.2k 1.1× 1.8k 2.3× 177 8.2k
Stephanie H. McConaughy United States 28 5.1k 1.4× 1.2k 0.9× 2.0k 1.6× 668 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 47 6.5k
JoAnn Robinson United States 41 4.0k 1.1× 1.9k 1.5× 1.4k 1.1× 538 0.5× 672 0.9× 103 6.4k
William B. Carey United States 26 2.8k 0.8× 751 0.6× 1.7k 1.4× 333 0.3× 575 0.7× 63 4.9k
Nancy Snidman United States 40 6.1k 1.7× 2.6k 2.0× 1.7k 1.3× 1.5k 1.4× 629 0.8× 79 9.8k
Stephan A. Ahadi United States 13 4.7k 1.3× 2.3k 1.8× 1.8k 1.5× 585 0.5× 648 0.8× 16 6.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Chess, Stella & Alexander Thomas. (1987). Know your child : an authoritative guide for today's parents. Basic Books. 10 indexed citations
2.
Goldsmith, H. Hill, Arnold H. Buss, Robert Plomin, et al.. (1987). Roundtable: What Is Temperament? Four Approaches. Child Development. 58(2). 505–505. 815 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thomas, Alexander & Stella Chess. (1985). Genesis and evolution of behavioral disorders: From infancy to early adult life.. 3 indexed citations
4.
Chess, Stella, Alexander Thomas, & David P. Schor. (1985). Origins and Evolution of Behavior Disorders. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. 6(6). 373–373. 144 indexed citations
5.
Chess, Stella. (1985). Developmental Neuropsychiatry. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 173(3). 193–193. 62 indexed citations
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Chess, Stella, et al.. (1984). Selective Bias in Educational Mainstreaming of Deaf, Intellectually Normal Adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry. 23(2). 198–202. 5 indexed citations
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Thomas, Alexander, et al.. (1980). Temperament und Entwicklung : über die Entstehung des Individuellen.
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Ferrara, Angelo, et al.. (1980). Temperament of asthmatic children. The Journal of Pediatrics. 97(3). 483–486. 24 indexed citations
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Chess, Stella. (1979). Developmental Theory Revisited: Findings of Longitudinal Study. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 24(2). 101–112. 20 indexed citations
10.
Chess, Stella. (1979). The Multihandicapped Child. The Sciences. 19(8). 12–15. 2 indexed citations
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Chess, Stella. (1978). Epidemiological Approaches in Child Psychiatry. American Journal of Psychiatry. 135(11). 1442–a. 164 indexed citations
12.
Chess, Stella. (1978). The Plasticity of Human Development: Alternative Pathways. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry. 17(1). 80–91. 9 indexed citations
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Chess, Stella, et al.. (1976). Sexual attitudes and behavior patterns in a middle-class adolescent population.. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 46(4). 689–701. 8 indexed citations
14.
Chess, Stella. (1974). The Influence of Defect on Development in Children with Congenital Rubella.. Merrill-palmer Quarterly. 4 indexed citations
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Chess, Stella. (1970). Temperament and Behavior Disorders in Mentally Retarded Children. Archives of General Psychiatry. 23(2). 122–122. 17 indexed citations
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Chess, Stella. (1966). Individuality in children, its importance to the pediatrician. The Journal of Pediatrics. 69(4). 676–684. 12 indexed citations
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Chess, Stella, Alexander Thomas, & Herbert G. Birch. (1966). DISTORTIONS IN DEVELOPMENTAL REPORTING MADE BY PARENTS OF BEHAVIORALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry. 5(2). 226–234. 30 indexed citations
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Chess, Stella, Alexander Thomas, & Herbert G. Birch. (1965). Your child is a person : a psychological approach to parenthood without guilt. 8 indexed citations
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Wenar, Charles, Alexander Thomas, Herbert G. Birch, et al.. (1965). Behavioral Individuality in Early Childhood. The American Journal of Psychology. 78(2). 330–330. 85 indexed citations
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Chess, Stella, Alexander Thomas, Herbert G. Birch, & Margaret E. Hertzig. (1960). IMPLICATIONS OF A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT FOR CHILD PSYCHIATRY. American Journal of Psychiatry. 117(5). 434–441. 35 indexed citations

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