2009
Elms, A. C. (2009). Obedience lite. American Psychologist, 64, 32-36.
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2008
Elms, A. C. (2008). Twenty-two years in the Karen Fowler Writing Group: An appreciation of its not-quite-founder and sort-of-leader. SFRA Review, #286, Fall 2008, 5-8.
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2007
Elms, A. C. (2007). Erikson, Erik Homburger. In New Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Volume 2. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale/Cengage Learning.

Elms, A. C. (2007). Psychobiography and case study methods. In R. W. Robins, R. C. Fraley, & R. F. Krueger (Eds.), The Handbook of Research Methods in Personality Psychology. New York: Guilford Press, pp. 97-113.

2006
Elms, A. C. (2007). The woman we didn’t see. Science Fiction Studies, 34, 117-128.

2005
Elms, A. C. (2005). If the glove fits: Choosing a theory in psychobiography. In W. T. Schultz (Ed.), The Handbook of Psychobiography. New York: Oxford University Press.

Elms, A. C. (2005). Introduction to “The Case of Brew.” Journal of Personality, 73, 1109-1110.

Elms, A. C. (2005). Jung’s lives. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 41, 331-346.
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Elms, A. C. (2005). Metafiction and recursiveness (519-521); Psychology (638-640); Norstrilia by Cordwainer Smith (1186-1188). In G. Westfahl (Ed.), The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Elms, A. C., & Heller, B. (2005). Twelve ways to say ‘Lonesome’: Assessing error and control in the music of Elvis Presley. In W. T. Schultz (Ed.), The Handbook of Psychobiography. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Elms, A. C., & Song, A. V. (2005). Alive and kicking: The problematics of political psychology. In W. T. Schultz (Ed.), The Handbook of Psychobiography. New York: Oxford University Press.

2004
Elms, A. C. (2004). The psychologist who empathized with rats: James Tiptree, Jr. as Alice B. Sheldon, PhD. Science Fiction Studies, 31, 81-96.

2003
Elms, A. C. (2003). Sigmund Freud, psychohistorian. Annual of Psychoanalysis, vol. XXXI, Psychoanalysis and History, pp. 65-78. Hillsdale, NJ: Analytic Press.
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2002
Elms, A. C. (2002). Behind the jet-propelled couch: Cordwainer Smith and Kirk Allen. New York Review of Science Fiction, May.
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Elms, A. C. (2002). Cordwainer Smith in Japan. Science Fiction Studies, 29, p. 529.

Elms, A. C. (2002). Psychoanalysis and biography. In E. Erwin (Ed.), The Freud Encyclopedia. New York: Routledge.

Elms, A. C. (2002). Responsibilities. In R. J. Pellegrini & T. R. Sarbin (Eds.), Between Fathers and Sons: Critical Incident Narratives in the Development of Men’s Lives, pp. 69-76. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
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2001
Elms, A. C. (2001). Apocryphal Freud: Sigmund Freud’s most famous ‘quotations’ and their actual sources. Annual of Psychoanalysis, Volume XXIX: Sigmund Freud and His Impact on the Modern World, pp. 83-104. Hillsdale, NJ: Analytic Press.
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Elms, A. C. (2001). Between Mottile and Ambiloxi: Cordwainer Smith as a Southern writer. Extrapolation, 42, 124-136.
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2000
Elms, A. C. (2000). From Canberra to Norstrilia: The Australian adventures of Cordwainer Smith. Foundation, 29 (whole #78), 44-58.

Elms, A. C. (2000). Literature and psychology. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Psychology. New York: American Psychological Association and Oxford University Press.

Elms, A. C. (2000). Painwise in space: The psychology of isolation in Cordwainer Smith and James Tiptree, Jr. In G. Westfahl (Ed.), Space and Beyond: The Frontier Theme in Science Fiction. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 131-140.
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1999
Elms, A. C. (1999). Sigmund Freud. In M. Runco & S. Pritzker (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Creativity, vol. 1, 745-751. San Diego: Academic Press.

1998
Elms, A. C. (1998). Psychohistory and enlightenment. Clio’s Psyche: A Psychohistory Forum Quarterly, 5 (1), 28-29.

1996
Book review: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Vol. 1: The Ultimate Egoist, ed. P. Williams. Extrapolation, 1996, 37 (1), 100-102.

1995
Elms, A. C. (1995). A psychologist investigates Cordwainer Smith. Alpha Ralpha Boulevard [Tokyo], #10, 7-8.

Elms, A. C. (1995). Introduction to Norstrilia. In Cordwainer Smith, Norstrilia, corrected edition, ed. James Mann, vii-xiii. Framingham, MA: NESFA Press.

Elms, A. C. (1995). Obedience in retrospect. Journal of Social Issues, 51 (3), 21-31.

1994
Elms, A. C. (1994). Uncovering Lives: The Uneasy Alliance of Biography and Psychology. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Paperback reprint, 1997.

Heller, B., & Elms, A. C. (1994). Elvis Presley: Character and charisma. In G. DePaoli (Ed.), Elvis + Marilyn: 2 x Immortal, 73-97. New York: Rizzoli.

1993
Elms, A. C. (1993.) Allport’s Personality and Allport’s personality. In K. M. Craik, R. T. Hogan, & R. N. Wolfe (Eds.), Fifty Years of Personality Psychology, 39-55. New York: Plenum.

1991
Elms, A. C. (1991). Origins of the underpeople: Cats, Kuomintang and Cordwainer Smith. In T. Shippey (Ed.), Fictional Space: Essays on Contemporary Science Fiction (Essays and Studies 1990), 166-193. Oxford: Basil Blackwell/Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press.

Elms, A. C. (1991.) Cordwainer Smith. In M. J. Bruccoli (Ed.), Bibliography of American Fiction: 1919-1988, Vol. 2, 461-462. New York: Facts on File.

1990
Elms, A. C. (1989). Darker than he thought: Jack Williamson’s fictionalization of his psychoanalysis. Extrapolation, 30, 205-218.

1989
Elms, A. C. (1989). Cloud, castle, claustrum: Nabokov as a Freudian in spite of himself. In D. Rancour-Laferriere (Ed.), Russian Literature and Psychoanalysis. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

Elms, A. C. (1989). Darker than he thought: Jack Williamson’s fictionalization of his psychoanalysis. Extrapolation, 30, 205-218.

1988
Elms, A. C. (1988). (a) Psychology in science fiction. (b) Cordwainer Smith (Paul M. A. Linebarger). In J. Gunn (Ed.), The New Science Fiction Encyclopedia. New York: Viking Penguin. (a) pp. 370-372; (b) pp. 422-423.

Elms, A. C. (1988). Freud as Leonardo: Why the first psychobiography went wrong. Journal of Personality, 56, 19-40.

1987
Elms, A. C. (1987). From “Nightfall” to Dawn: Asimov as acrophobe. Extrapolation, 28, 130-139.
Elms, A. C. (1987). The personalities of Henry A. Murray. Perspectives in Personality, 2, 1-14.

1986
Elms, A. C. (1986). From House to Haig: Private life and public style in American foreign policy advisers. Journal of Social Issues, 42(2), 33-53.

1984
Elms, A. C. (1984). Psychology and political science. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), Psychology in Relation to Allied Disciplines, Vol. 2, Psychology and the Social Sciences, pp. 185-206. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Elms, A. C. (1984). The creation of Cordwainer Smith. Science-Fiction Studies, 11,264-283.

1983
Elms, A. C. (1983). Oz in science fiction film. The Baum Bugle: A Journal of Oz, 27(3), 2-6.

1982
Elms, A. C. (1982). Freud and Minna. Psychology Today, 16(12), 40-46.

Elms, A. C. (1982). Keeping deception honest: Justifying conditions for social scientific research stratagems. In T. L. Beauchamp et al. (Eds.), Ethical Issues in Social Science Research, pp. 232-245. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

1981
Elms, A. C. (1981). Skinner’s dark year and Walden Two. American Psychologist, 36, 470-479.

1980

Elms, A. C. (1980). Freud, Irma, Martha: Sex and marriage in the “Dream of Irma’s injection.” Psychoanalytic Review, 67, 83-109.

1977
Elms, A. C. (1977). “The Three Bears”: Four interpretations. Journal of American Folklore, 90, 257-273.
Elms, A. C. (1977). Alias Johnny Hooker. Psychology Today, 10(9), 17.

1976
Elms, A. C. (1976). Attitudes. Milton Keynes, England: Open University Press.

Elms, A. C. (1976). Personality in Politics. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Elms, A. C. (1976). Psychological candidates. Human Behavior, 5(10), 25-28.

Elms, A. C. (1976). The istists. Psychology Today, 10(6), 22.

1975

Elms, A. C. (1975). The crisis of confidence in social psychology. American Psychologist, 30, 967-976.

Luscutoff, S. A., & Elms, A. C. (1975). Advice in the abortion decision. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 22, 140-146.

1972
Elms, A. C. (1972). Social Psychology and Social Relevance. Boston: Little, Brown.

Elms, A. C. (1972). Allport, Freud, and the clean little boy. Psychoanalytic Review, 59, 627-632.

Elms, A. C. (1972). Horoscopes and Ardrey. Psychology Today, 6(5), 36, 38, 44, 126-127.

1970
Elms, A. C. (1970). Right wingers in Dallas: Pathology and politics. Psychology Today, 3(9), 27-31, 58-59.

1969
Elms, A. C. (1969). Psychological factors in right-wing extremism. In R. A. Schoenberger (Ed.), The American Right Wing, pp. 143-163. New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston.

Elms, A. C. (Ed.) (1969). Role Playing, Reward, and Attitude Change. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.

1968
Elms, A. C. (1968). The obverse of dissonance is inconsistency. Psychological Record, 18, 167-170.

1967
Elms, A. C. (1967). Role playing, incentive, and dissonance. Psychological Bulletin, 68, 132-148.

1966
Elms, A. C. (1966). Influence of fantasy ability on attitude change through role playing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 4, 36-43.

Elms, A. C., & Milgram, S. (1966). Personality characteristics associated with obedience and defiance toward authoritative command. Journal of Experimental Research in Personality, 1,282-289.
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1965
Elms, A. C., & Janis, I. L. (1965). Counter-norm attitudes induced by consonant versus dissonant conditions of role-playing. Journal of Experimental Research in Personality, 1, 50-60.