Arthur Aron

29.8k total citations · 10 hit papers
137 papers, 18.1k citations indexed

About

Arthur Aron is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Arthur Aron has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 18.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Social Psychology, 55 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 38 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Arthur Aron's work include Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (48 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (37 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (20 papers). Arthur Aron is often cited by papers focused on Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (48 papers), Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (37 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (20 papers). Arthur Aron collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Arthur Aron's co-authors include Elaine N. Aron, Stephen C. Wright, Lucy L. Brown, Helen Fisher, Debra Mashek, John Tudor, Greg Nelson, Tracy McLaughlin‐Volpe, Donald G. Dutton and Jadzia Jagiellowicz and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Arthur Aron

133 papers receiving 17.0k citations

Hit Papers

Inclusion of Other in the... 1974 2026 1991 2008 1992 1991 1997 1997 2005 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Inclusion of Other in the Self Scale and the structure of interpersonal closeness.
    1992 3.4k citations Arthur Aron, Elaine N. Aron et al. profile →
  2. Close relationships as including other in the self.
    1991 1.3k citations Arthur Aron, Elaine N. Aron et al. profile →
  3. The extended contact effect: Knowledge of cross-group friendships and prejudice.
    1997 933 citations Arthur Aron et al. profile →
  4. Sensory-processing sensitivity and its relation to introversion and emotionality.
    1997 600 citations Elaine N. Aron, Arthur Aron profile →
  5. Reward, Motivation, and Emotion Systems Associated With Early-Stage Intense Romantic Love
    2005 574 citations Arthur Aron, Helen Fisher et al. Journal of Neurophysiology profile →
  6. The Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness: A Procedure and Some Preliminary Findings
    1997 557 citations Arthur Aron, Elaine N. Aron et al. profile →
  7. Cross-Group Friendships and Intergroup Attitudes
    2011 541 citations Arthur Aron et al. profile →
  8. Love and the Expansion of Self: Understanding Attraction and Satisfaction
    1988 525 citations Arthur Aron, Elaine N. Aron et al. profile →
  9. Some evidence for heightened sexual attraction under conditions of high anxiety.
    1974 449 citations Arthur Aron et al. profile →
  10. The Extended Contact Hypothesis: A Meta-Analysis on 20 Years of Research
    2018 174 citations Arthur Aron et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Arthur Aron 10.0k 6.3k 4.8k 4.1k 2.9k 137 18.1k
Steven J. Heine 10.6k 1.1× 8.1k 1.3× 3.9k 0.8× 3.7k 0.9× 3.5k 1.2× 105 20.2k
June P. Tangney 11.9k 1.2× 7.0k 1.1× 3.5k 0.7× 8.5k 2.1× 3.4k 1.2× 119 21.1k
C. Nathan DeWall 9.0k 0.9× 4.6k 0.7× 3.2k 0.7× 5.3k 1.3× 2.7k 0.9× 170 16.0k
Harry T. Reis 10.1k 1.0× 5.3k 0.8× 4.2k 0.9× 4.8k 1.2× 1.2k 0.4× 217 17.6k
Timothy D. Wilson 7.1k 0.7× 6.3k 1.0× 4.3k 0.9× 2.6k 0.6× 5.2k 1.8× 131 22.3k
Elaine N. Aron 6.0k 0.6× 3.5k 0.6× 3.2k 0.7× 3.1k 0.8× 1.9k 0.6× 75 11.8k
Jennifer Crocker 9.8k 1.0× 10.0k 1.6× 3.0k 0.6× 5.6k 1.4× 1.4k 0.5× 186 20.7k
Gerald L. Clore 10.2k 1.0× 5.8k 0.9× 6.0k 1.2× 2.4k 0.6× 6.0k 2.0× 120 21.7k
Ara Norenzayan 10.8k 1.1× 10.0k 1.6× 4.2k 0.9× 2.7k 0.7× 4.4k 1.5× 106 22.3k
Laura L. Carstensen 14.4k 1.4× 6.0k 1.0× 8.2k 1.7× 5.0k 1.2× 6.3k 2.1× 201 35.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lionetti, Francesca, Daniel N. Klein, Elaine N. Aron, et al.. (2025). Observer-rated environmental sensitivity and its characterization at behavioral, genetic, and physiological levels. Development and Psychopathology. 37(5). 2302–2316.
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Jagiellowicz, Jadzia, et al.. (2024). The relationship between sensory processing sensitivity and medication sensitivity: brief report. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1320695–1320695. 1 indexed citations
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Dávid, Szabolcs, Lucy L. Brown, Anneriet M. Heemskerk, et al.. (2022). Sensory processing sensitivity and axonal microarchitecture: identifying brain structural characteristics for behavior. Brain Structure and Function. 227(8). 2769–2785. 11 indexed citations
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Lionetti, Francesca, Daniel N. Klein, Massimiliano Pastore, et al.. (2021). The role of environmental sensitivity in the development of rumination and depressive symptoms in childhood: a longitudinal study. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 31(11). 1815–1825. 39 indexed citations
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Acevedo, Bianca P., et al.. (2021). Sensory Processing Sensitivity Predicts Individual Differences in Resting-State Functional Connectivity Associated with Depth of Processing. Neuropsychobiology. 80(2). 185–200. 36 indexed citations
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Beckes, Lane, et al.. (2020). Manipulation of Self-Expansion Alters Responses to Attractive Alternative Partners. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 938–938. 4 indexed citations
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Lionetti, Francesca, Elaine N. Aron, Arthur Aron, Daniel N. Klein, & Michael Pluess. (2019). Observer-rated environmental sensitivity moderates children’s response to parenting quality in early childhood.. Developmental Psychology. 55(11). 2389–2402. 66 indexed citations
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Fisher, Helen, Xiaomeng Xu, Arthur Aron, & Lucy L. Brown. (2016). Intense, Passionate, Romantic Love: A Natural Addiction? How the Fields That Investigate Romance and Substance Abuse Can Inform Each Other. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. 687–687. 77 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaomeng, et al.. (2014). An fMRI Study of Nicotine-Deprived Smokers' Reactivity to Smoking Cues during Novel/Exciting Activity. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e94598–e94598. 9 indexed citations
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Aron, Arthur, Gary Lewandowski, Debra Mashek, & Elaine N. Aron. (2013). The Self-Expansion Model of Motivation and Cognition in Close Relationships. Oxford University Press eBooks. 170 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaomeng, et al.. (2012). Intense Passionate Love Attenuates Cigarette Cue-Reactivity in Nicotine-Deprived Smokers: An fMRI Study. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e42235–e42235. 20 indexed citations
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Barber, Sarah J., Suparna Rajaram, & Arthur Aron. (2010). When two is too many: Collaborative encoding impairs memory. Memory & Cognition. 38(3). 255–264. 64 indexed citations
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Younger, Jarred, Arthur Aron, Sara C. Parke, Neil Chatterjee, & Sean Mackey. (2010). Viewing Pictures of a Romantic Partner Reduces Experimental Pain: Involvement of Neural Reward Systems. PLoS ONE. 5(10). e13309–e13309. 197 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaomeng, Arthur Aron, Lucy Brown, et al.. (2010). Reward and motivation systems: A brain mapping study of early‐stage intense romantic love in Chinese participants. Human Brain Mapping. 32(2). 249–257. 122 indexed citations
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Ketay, Sarah, Arthur Aron, & Trey Hedden. (2009). Culture and attention: evidence from brain and behavior. Progress in brain research. 178. 79–92. 20 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaomeng, Anna H. L. Floyd, J. Lee Westmaas, & Arthur Aron. (2009). Self-expansion and smoking abstinence. Addictive Behaviors. 35(4). 295–301. 35 indexed citations
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Omura, Kentaro, Arthur Aron, & Turhan Canli. (2005). Variance maps as a novel tool for localizing regions of interest in imaging studies of individual differences. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 5(2). 252–261. 11 indexed citations
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Fisher, Helen, Arthur Aron, & Lucy L. Brown. (2005). Romantic love: An fMRI study of a neural mechanism for mate choice. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 493(1). 58–62. 199 indexed citations
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Aron, Arthur, Helen Fisher, Debra Mashek, et al.. (2005). Reward, Motivation, and Emotion Systems Associated With Early-Stage Intense Romantic Love. Journal of Neurophysiology. 94(1). 327–337. 574 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aron, Arthur. (1981). The Transcendental Meditation Program in the College Curriculum: A 4-Year Longitudinal Study of Effects on Cognitive and Affective Functioning.. College student journal. 15(2). 17 indexed citations

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