Faculty Productivity — KIEFER, SARAH M

USF College of Education · Academic Analytics · snapshot Aug 2026
Program Directory
KIEFER, SARAH M
Professor · Tenured · Regular
Educational and Psychological Studies
SRI
-0.03
Terminal degree
2007
Years since TD
19
Collaborators
34
Lifetime articles
35
Lifetime citations
852
Output by year
Metric2026*2025*20242023202220212020201920182017201620152014 Win. totalLifetime
Articles 1 4 3 · · 1 4 · 1 1 3 1 4 23 35
Citations · 16 45 · · 8 40 · 11 2 181 165 31 499 852
Conf. proc. · · 3 · · · · 1 · · · · · 4 4
Books · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0 0
Chapters · · · · 1 2 · 2 · · · · · 5 5
Awards · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0 0
Patents · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0 0
Trials · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0 0
Fed. grants · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0 0
Fed. grant $ · · · · · · · · · · · · · $0 $0
* 2025–26 still filling in. "Lifetime" is AA's all‑time figure (includes pre‑2014).
Research keywords
student 4.1% school 2.6% middle 2.4% american 2.4% grade 2.2% social 2.2% goal 2.2% help 1.9% teacher 1.9% adolescent 1.7% academic 1.5% peer 1.5% behavior 1.5% care 1.5% african 1.5% engagement 1.5% community 1.3% girl 1.1% time 1.1% characteristic 1.1% achievement 1.1% high 1.1% avoidance 1.1% associate 1.1% early 1.1% adolescence 1.1% difference 0.9% european 0.9% transition 0.9% perception 0.9%
Suggested awards
AwardFitUnit wins
APA Fellow prestige
American Psychological Association
0.80 0
Fulbright Scholar prestige
United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
0.80 5
SSSP Member
Society for the Study of School Psychology
0.75 3
AERA Fellows
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
0.73 1
Journal of School Psychology/JSP Article of the Year Award
Society for the Study of School Psychology
0.73 1
Fellow prestige
National Council on Family Relations
0.65 0
SSWR Fellow
Society for Social Work and Research
0.65 0
Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences/CASBS Residency Fellow
Stanford University
0.65 0
Prevention Science Award
Society for Prevention Research
0.65 0
EPA Fellow
Eastern Psychological Association
0.65 0
ASA Fellow
American Statistical Association
0.65 0
Guggenheim Fellowship
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
0.65 0
Most-cited papers
#TitleJournalYearCitations
1Teacher and Peer Support for Young Adolescents’ Motivation, Engagement, and School Belonging RMLE Online [19404476] 2015 165
2Conceptualizing High School Students' Mental Health Through a Dual-Factor Model School Psychology Review [02796015] 2016 102
3Striving for social dominance over peers: The implications for academic adjustment during early adolescence. Journal of Educational Psychology 2008 79
4Help Seeking Among Peers: The Role of Goal Structure and Peer Climate Journal of Educational Research 2013 60
5Associations of coolness and social goals with aggression and engagement during adolescence Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology [01933973] 2016 41
6Relationships among adolescents' perceptions of friends' behaviors, academic self-concept, and math performance. Journal of Educational Psychology [00220663] 2012 38
7Do gender differences in help avoidance vary by ethnicity? An examination of African American and European American students during early adolescence. Developmental Psychology 2009 38
8Academic help seeking from peers during adolescence: The role of social goals Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology [01933973] 2016 38
9Instrumental and reactive functions and overt and relational forms of aggression: Developmental trajectories and prospective associations during middle school International Journal of Behavioral Development 2013 27
10Creating a Ninth-Grade Community of Care Journal of Educational Research 2010 27
11Students' perceptions of characteristics associated with social success: Changes during early adolescence Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 2011 27
12Adverse Childhood Experiences and Bullying During Adolescence: A Systematic Literature Review of Two Decades Adolescent Research Review [23638346] 2024 25
13The Interplay Between Adolescent Needs and Secondary School Structures: Fostering Developmentally Responsive Middle and High School Environments Across the Transition The High School Journal 2013 22
14Understanding brain development: Investing in young adolescents’ cognitive and social-emotional development Middle School Journal [00940771] 2020 22
15The Effects of Contextual and Personal Factors on Young Adolescents’ Social Goals Journal of Experimental Education 2013 20
Awards on record
AwardYear
none on record
Grants
GrantAgencyStart$Role
no matched grants