Brian Laythe

879 total citations
27 papers, 576 citations indexed

About

Brian Laythe is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Laythe has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 576 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Social Psychology, 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Brian Laythe's work include Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs (14 papers), Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (7 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (4 papers). Brian Laythe is often cited by papers focused on Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs (14 papers), Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (7 papers) and Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (4 papers). Brian Laythe collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and Australia. Brian Laythe's co-authors include Deborah Finkel, Robert G. Bringle, Lee A. Kirkpatrick, James Houran, Kenneth Drinkwater, Neil Dagnall, Kenneth I. Mavor, Winnifred R. Louis, Rense Lange and Lorraine Sheridan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Frontiers in Psychology and Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.

In The Last Decade

Brian Laythe

23 papers receiving 497 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian Laythe United States 11 356 309 170 49 37 27 576
Megan C. Haggard United States 7 142 0.4× 162 0.5× 64 0.4× 65 1.3× 16 0.4× 11 304
Phil Zuckerman United States 16 583 1.6× 126 0.4× 378 2.2× 46 0.9× 81 2.2× 33 761
Collin D. Barnes United States 10 293 0.8× 242 0.8× 89 0.5× 88 1.8× 10 0.3× 15 455
Erin K. Davisson United States 7 229 0.6× 293 0.9× 70 0.4× 132 2.7× 27 0.7× 13 527
Stacey E. McElroy United States 11 143 0.4× 227 0.7× 84 0.5× 136 2.8× 9 0.2× 18 363
Shauna M. Bowes United States 11 316 0.9× 167 0.5× 43 0.3× 137 2.8× 20 0.5× 31 516
Pumla Gobodo‐Madikizela South Africa 12 295 0.8× 198 0.6× 26 0.2× 161 3.3× 23 0.6× 33 521
Dave Grossman Netherlands 4 286 0.8× 116 0.4× 52 0.3× 131 2.7× 61 1.6× 7 547
Eva Kundtová Klocová Czechia 10 320 0.9× 193 0.6× 165 1.0× 14 0.3× 27 0.7× 18 434
Wiebke Neberich Germany 12 291 0.8× 346 1.1× 139 0.8× 168 3.4× 9 0.2× 13 576

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Laythe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Laythe

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Laythe, Brian, et al.. (2025). Haunted People Syndrome Redux: Concurrent Validity From an Independent Case Study. Journal of Scientific Exploration. 39(1). 85–106.
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Houran, James, Adam J. Rock, Brian Laythe, & Patrizio Tressoldi. (2023). Dead Reckoning: A Multiteam System Approach to Commentaries on the Drake-S Equation for Survival. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies. 42(1). 1 indexed citations
3.
Houran, James, et al.. (2023). Rethinking a Ghostly Episode in the Legacy Literature. 23(1). 77–102. 1 indexed citations
4.
Houran, James & Brian Laythe. (2023). Phenomenology of AI-Generated "Entity Encounter" Narratives. 3(2). 335–368. 2 indexed citations
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Laythe, Brian & James Houran. (2022). Adversarial Collaboration on a Drake-S Equation for the Survival Question. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 36(1). 130–160. 7 indexed citations
6.
Houran, James & Brian Laythe. (2022). Case Study of Recognition Patterns in Haunted People Syndrome. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 879163–879163. 5 indexed citations
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Laythe, Brian, James Houran, Neil Dagnall, & Kenneth Drinkwater. (2021). Conceptual and clinical implications of a “Haunted People Syndrome”.. Spirituality in Clinical Practice. 8(3). 195–214. 19 indexed citations
8.
Drinkwater, Kenneth, et al.. (2020). Understanding Consumer Enchantment via Paranormal Tourism: Part I—Conceptual Review. Cornell Hospitality Quarterly. 63(2). 195–215. 20 indexed citations
9.
Houran, James, Rense Lange, & Brian Laythe. (2020). Understanding Consumer Enchantment via Paranormal Tourism: Part II—Preliminary Rasch Validation. Cornell Hospitality Quarterly. 63(2). 216–230. 11 indexed citations
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Lange, Rense, James Houran, Lorraine Sheridan, et al.. (2020). Haunted people syndrome revisited: empirical parallels between subjective paranormal episodes and group-stalking accounts. Mental Health Religion & Culture. 23(7). 532–549. 10 indexed citations
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Dagnall, Neil, et al.. (2020). Things That Go Bump in the Literature: An Environmental Appraisal of “Haunted Houses”. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 1328–1328. 16 indexed citations
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Houran, James, et al.. (2019). The Dr. John Hall story: a case study in putative “Haunted People Syndrome”. Mental Health Religion & Culture. 22(9). 910–929. 12 indexed citations
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Drinkwater, Kenneth, et al.. (2019). Exploring gaslighting effects via the VAPUS model for ghost narratives. Bucks New University Repository (Bucks New University). 17 indexed citations
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Houran, James, et al.. (2019). Quantifying the Phenomenology of Ghostly Episodes: Part I - Need for a Standard Operationalization. Journal of Parapsychology. 83(1). 25–46. 23 indexed citations
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Laythe, Brian, et al.. (2018). "Meme-Spirited”: I. The VAPUS Model for Understanding the Prevalence and Potency of Ghost Narratives.. Bucks New University Repository (Bucks New University). 13 indexed citations
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Laythe, Brian. (2017). A Test of Owen Genre Séances: Examining Anomalous Events, Psychosomatic Symptoms, and Electromagnetic Fields. Journal of Scientific Exploration. 31(4). 1 indexed citations
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Laythe, Brian, et al.. (2013). A Critical Test of the EMF-Paranormal Phenomena Theory: Evidence from a Haunted Site without Electricity-Generating fields/Una Prueba Critica De la Teoria Paranormal De Fenomenos EMF-GMF: Investigacion De Una Casa Encantada Sin Campos Generadores De electricidad/Un Test Critique De la Theorie Des Phenomenes Paranormaux Par Champs Electro-Magnetiques (EMF): Preuves En. Journal of Parapsychology. 77(2). 212. 2 indexed citations
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Laythe, Brian, et al.. (2012). Paranormal Belief and the Strange Case of Haunt Experiences: Evidence of a Neglected population/Creencia Paranormal Y El Extrano Caso De Experiencias De Casas Encantadas: Evidencia De Una Poblacion ignorada/La Croyance Paranormale et L'etrange Cas Des Experiences De Hantise : Elements Prouvant L'existante D'une Population negligee/Paranormales Beliefsystem Und der Merkawurdige Fall Spukhafter. Journal of Parapsychology. 76(1). 79. 3 indexed citations
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Mavor, Kenneth I., Winnifred R. Louis, & Brian Laythe. (2011). Religion, Prejudice, and Authoritarianism: Is RWA a Boon or Bane to the Psychology of Religion?. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 50(1). 22–43. 42 indexed citations
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Laythe, Brian, Deborah Finkel, Robert G. Bringle, & Lee A. Kirkpatrick. (2002). Religious Fundamentalism as a Predictor of Prejudice: A Two‐Component Model. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 41(4). 623–635. 166 indexed citations

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