Alan J. Fridlund

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Alan J. Fridlund is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan J. Fridlund has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Social Psychology, 17 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 15 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Alan J. Fridlund's work include Face Recognition and Perception (10 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (7 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (7 papers). Alan J. Fridlund is often cited by papers focused on Face Recognition and Perception (10 papers), Muscle activation and electromyography studies (7 papers) and Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (7 papers). Alan J. Fridlund collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Alan J. Fridlund's co-authors include John T. Cacioppo, Carlos Crivelli, Stephen C. Fowler, Avery N. Gilbert, Eyal Aharoni, Gary E. Schwartz, Dean C. Delis, John Sabini, Louis G. Tassinary and Laurie A. Lucchina and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Alan J. Fridlund

41 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Guidelines for Human Elec... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1986 400 800 1.2k
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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. Guidelines for Human Electromyographic Research
    1986 1.4k citations Alan J. Fridlund, John T. Cacioppo Psychophysiology profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan J. Fridlund United States 24 1.7k 1.4k 1.3k 475 321 42 3.3k
Steven M. Platek United States 31 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 585 1.2× 301 0.9× 73 3.2k
Daniel Algom Israel 36 2.6k 1.5× 1.4k 1.0× 756 0.6× 255 0.5× 272 0.8× 127 4.2k
Giorgio Ganis United States 32 4.1k 2.5× 1.6k 1.2× 1.7k 1.3× 453 1.0× 235 0.7× 69 5.9k
Wataru Sato Japan 36 3.5k 2.1× 1.5k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 657 1.4× 160 0.5× 188 5.1k
Ulf Dimberg Sweden 31 3.5k 2.1× 2.3k 1.6× 2.6k 1.9× 613 1.3× 413 1.3× 51 5.5k
Mark Williams Australia 38 2.8k 1.7× 1.0k 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 441 0.9× 211 0.7× 129 5.3k
Motoaki Sugiura Japan 42 3.9k 2.4× 1.3k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 426 0.9× 245 0.8× 179 5.7k
Matthew J. Hertenstein United States 16 1.1k 0.7× 797 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 405 0.9× 252 0.8× 23 2.8k
Ottmar V. Lipp Australia 36 3.8k 2.3× 2.4k 1.7× 1.2k 0.9× 997 2.1× 310 1.0× 257 5.8k
Ilse Kryspin‐Exner Austria 27 869 0.5× 736 0.5× 732 0.5× 522 1.1× 338 1.1× 65 2.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan J. Fridlund

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Patterson, Miles L., Alan J. Fridlund, & Carlos Crivelli. (2023). Four Misconceptions About Nonverbal Communication. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 18(6). 1388–1411. 13 indexed citations
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Fridlund, Alan J., et al.. (2020). The case for Douglas Merritte: Should we bury what is alive and well?. History of Psychology. 23(2). 132–148. 2 indexed citations
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Crivelli, Carlos & Alan J. Fridlund. (2018). Facial Displays Are Tools for Social Influence. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 22(5). 388–399. 184 indexed citations
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Fridlund, Alan J.. (2017). The Behavioral Ecology View of Facial Displays, 25 Years Later. Oxford University Press eBooks. 28 indexed citations
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Fridlund, Alan J.. (2017). On Scorched Earths and Bad Births: Scarantino's Misbegotten “Theory of Affective Pragmatics”. Psychological Inquiry. 28(2-3). 197–205. 4 indexed citations
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Crivelli, Carlos, Sergio Jarillo, & Alan J. Fridlund. (2016). A Multidisciplinary Approach to Research in Small-Scale Societies: Studying Emotions and Facial Expressions in the Field. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. 1073–1073. 18 indexed citations
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Fridlund, Alan J., et al.. (2012). Little Albert: A neurologically impaired child.. History of Psychology. 15(4). 302–327. 18 indexed citations
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Aharoni, Eyal, et al.. (2007). No skin off my back: retribution deficits in psychopathic motives for punishment. Behavioral Sciences & the Law. 25(6). 869–889. 8 indexed citations
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Fridlund, Alan J.. (1994). IS THERE UNIVERSAL RECOGNITION OF EMOTION FROM FACIAL EXPRESSION? A REVIEW OF THE CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES. Elsevier eBooks. 191–268. 24 indexed citations
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Fridlund, Alan J.. (1992). The behavioral ecology and sociality of human faces.. 5. 274–8. 61 indexed citations
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Fridlund, Alan J., et al.. (1992). Audience effects in affective imagery: Replication and extension to dysphoric imagery. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 16(3). 191–212. 37 indexed citations
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Fridlund, Alan J.. (1991). Evolution and facial action in reflex, social motive, and paralanguage. Biological Psychology. 32(1). 3–100. 196 indexed citations
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Fridlund, Alan J. & Jennifer M. Loftis. (1990). Relations between tickling and humorous laughter: Preliminary support for the Darwin-Hecker hypothesis. Biological Psychology. 30(2). 141–150. 23 indexed citations
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Delis, Dean C., et al.. (1988). Visuospatial dysfunction following unilateral brain damage: Dissociations in hierarchical and hemispatial analysis. Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology. 10(4). 421–431. 86 indexed citations
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Fridlund, Alan J.. (1988). What Can Asymmetry and Laterality in Emg Tell Us about the Face and Brain?. International Journal of Neuroscience. 39(1-2). 53–69. 14 indexed citations
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Fridlund, Alan J. & John T. Cacioppo. (1986). Guidelines for Human Electromyographic Research. Psychophysiology. 23(5). 567–589. 1414 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fridlund, Alan J., et al.. (1986). Anxiety and striate-muscle activation: Evidence from electromyographic pattern analysis.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 95(3). 228–236. 35 indexed citations
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Fridlund, Alan J., et al.. (1982). Low‐Noise, Optically Isolated Electromyographic Preamplifier. Psychophysiology. 19(6). 701–705. 9 indexed citations
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Fridlund, Alan J., et al.. (1981). Effects of alternative control procedures for electromyographic biofeedback relaxation training. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. 6(2). 225–233. 4 indexed citations
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Fridlund, Alan J., et al.. (1978). Use of a CRT Terminal as a Test Performance Display Device.. Educational Technology archive. 18(10). 51–53.

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