Arthur Aron

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

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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, Lucy L. Brown, Stephen C. Wright, 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

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Inclusion of Other in the Self Scale and the structure of interpersonal closeness.

1992 3.4k citations Arthur Aron, Elaine N. Aron et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Close relationships as including other in the self.

1991 1.3k citations Arthur Aron, Elaine N. Aron et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
The extended contact effect: Knowledge of cross-group friendships and prejudice.

1997 933 citations Arthur Aron et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
Sensory-processing sensitivity and its relation to introversion and emotionality.

1997 600 citations Elaine N. Aron, Arthur Aron Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
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 →
The Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness: A Procedure and Some Preliminary Findings

1997 557 citations Arthur Aron, Elaine N. Aron et al. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin profile →
Cross-Group Friendships and Intergroup Attitudes

2011 541 citations Arthur Aron et al. profile →
Love and the Expansion of Self: Understanding Attraction and Satisfaction

1988 525 citations Arthur Aron, Elaine N. Aron et al. profile →
Some evidence for heightened sexual attraction under conditions of high anxiety.

1974 449 citations Arthur Aron et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
The Extended Contact Hypothesis: A Meta-Analysis on 20 Years of Research

2018 174 citations Arthur Aron et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Observer-rated environmental sensitivity and its characterization at behavioral, genetic, and physiological levels 2025 ·Development and Psychopathology ·(unknown), Francesca Lionetti, Daniel N. Klein, Elaine N. Aron, Arthur Aron, Elizabeth P. Hayden, Lea R. Dougherty, Shiva M. Singh, Monika A. Waszczuk, Roman Kotov, Anna R. Docherty, Andrey A. Shabalin, Michael Pluess	0
2	The relationship between sensory processing sensitivity and medication sensitivity: brief report 2024 ·Frontiers in Psychology ·Jadzia Jagiellowicz, Bianca P. Acevedo, (unknown), Arthur Aron, Elaine N. Aron	1
3	Sensory processing sensitivity and axonal microarchitecture: identifying brain structural characteristics for behavior 2022 ·Brain Structure and Function ·Szabolcs Dávid, Lucy L. Brown, Anneriet M. Heemskerk, Elaine N. Aron, Alexander Leemans, Arthur Aron	11
4	The role of environmental sensitivity in the development of rumination and depressive symptoms in childhood: a longitudinal study 2021 ·European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ·Francesca Lionetti, Daniel N. Klein, Massimiliano Pastore, Elaine N. Aron, Arthur Aron, Michael Pluess	39
5	Manipulation of Self-Expansion Alters Responses to Attractive Alternative Partners 2020 ·Frontiers in Psychology ·(unknown), Lane Beckes, Arthur Aron	4
6	Observer-rated environmental sensitivity moderates children’s response to parenting quality in early childhood. 2019 ·Developmental Psychology ·Francesca Lionetti, Elaine N. Aron, Arthur Aron, Daniel N. Klein, Michael Pluess	66
7	Intense, Passionate, Romantic Love: A Natural Addiction? How the Fields That Investigate Romance and Substance Abuse Can Inform Each Other 2016 ·Frontiers in Psychology ·Helen Fisher, Xiaomeng Xu, Arthur Aron, Lucy L. Brown	77
8	Preoccupation in an Early-Romantic Relationship Predicts Experimental Pain Relief 2014 ·Pain Medicine ·Aneesha S. Nilakantan, Jarred Younger, Arthur Aron, Sean Mackey	9
9	Temperament trait of sensory processing sensitivity moderates cultural differences in neural response 2010 ·Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience ·Arthur Aron, Sarah Ketay, Trey Hedden, Elaine N. Aron, Hazel Rose Markus, John D. E. Gabrieli	75
10	Affective forecasting and individual differences: Accuracy for relational events and anxious attachment. 2010 ·Emotion ·Jennifer M. Tomlinson, Cheryl L. Carmichael, Harry T. Reis, Arthur Aron	21
11	Viewing Pictures of a Romantic Partner Reduces Experimental Pain: Involvement of Neural Reward Systems 2010 ·PLoS ONE ·Jarred Younger, Arthur Aron, Sara C. Parke, Neil Chatterjee, Sean Mackey	197
12	Culture and attention: evidence from brain and behavior 2009 ·Progress in brain research ·Sarah Ketay, Arthur Aron, Trey Hedden	20
13	Self-expansion and smoking abstinence 2009 ·Addictive Behaviors ·Xiaomeng Xu, Anna H. L. Floyd, J. Lee Westmaas, Arthur Aron	35
14	Romantic love: An fMRI study of a neural mechanism for mate choice 2005 ·The Journal of Comparative Neurology ·Helen Fisher, Arthur Aron, Lucy L. Brown	199
15	Variance maps as a novel tool for localizing regions of interest in imaging studies of individual differences 2005 ·Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience ·Kentaro Omura, Arthur Aron, Turhan Canli	11
16	Reward, Motivation, and Emotion Systems Associated With Early-Stage Intense Romantic Love breakdown → 2005 ·Journal of Neurophysiology ·Arthur Aron, Helen Fisher, Debra Mashek, Greg Strong, Haifang Li, Lucy L. Brown	574
17	Confusions of Self With Close Others 2003 ·Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin ·Debra Mashek, Arthur Aron, (unknown)	122
18	Defining the Brain Systems of Lust, Romantic Attraction, and Attachment 2002 ·Archives of Sexual Behavior ·Helen Fisher, Arthur Aron, Debra Mashek, Haifang Li, Lucy L. Brown	194
19	Sensory-processing sensitivity and its relation to introversion and emotionality. 1997 ·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ·Elaine N. Aron, Arthur Aron	453
20	The Transcendental Meditation Program in the College Curriculum: A 4-Year Longitudinal Study of Effects on Cognitive and Affective Functioning. 1981 ·College student journal ·Arthur Aron	17

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