Catherine E. Kerr

10.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
54 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Catherine E. Kerr is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Complementary and alternative medicine and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Catherine E. Kerr has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 19 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine and 15 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Catherine E. Kerr's work include Pain Management and Placebo Effect (17 papers), Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (16 papers) and Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (12 papers). Catherine E. Kerr is often cited by papers focused on Pain Management and Placebo Effect (17 papers), Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (16 papers) and Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (12 papers). Catherine E. Kerr collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Catherine E. Kerr's co-authors include Sara W. Lazar, Ted J. Kaptchuk, Christopher I. Moore, Lisa Conboy, Eric Jacobson, Roger B. Davis, Anthony Lembo, Rachel H. Wasserman, Irving Kirsch and David R. Vago and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Neuroscience and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Catherine E. Kerr

51 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness
    2005 1.0k citations Sara W. Lazar, Catherine E. Kerr et al. profile →
  2. Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation
    2017 950 citations Sara W. Lazar, Catherine E. Kerr et al. profile →
  3. Components of placebo effect: randomised controlled trial in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
    2008 833 citations Ted J. Kaptchuk, Lisa Conboy et al. profile →
  4. Interoception, contemplative practice, and health
    2015 395 citations Norman A. S. Farb, Jennifer Daubenmier et al. Frontiers in Psychology profile →
  5. Moving Beyond Mindfulness: Defining Equanimity as an Outcome Measure in Meditation and Contemplative Research
    2014 315 citations Tim Gard, Catherine E. Kerr et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Catherine E. Kerr United States 29 2.9k 2.8k 1.6k 1.4k 1.3k 54 6.7k
Christian Rück Sweden 52 4.0k 1.4× 1.7k 0.6× 1.2k 0.7× 2.8k 1.9× 181 0.1× 198 7.5k
Erik Hedman‐Lagerlöf Sweden 52 4.2k 1.5× 703 0.3× 1.6k 1.0× 4.1k 2.9× 267 0.2× 183 9.8k
Susan Gaylord United States 28 2.6k 0.9× 375 0.1× 463 0.3× 992 0.7× 379 0.3× 90 4.1k
Martin Hautzinger Germany 54 4.2k 1.5× 1.6k 0.6× 2.0k 1.3× 2.7k 1.9× 105 0.1× 331 9.5k
Michael Hollifield United States 36 2.3k 0.8× 1.3k 0.5× 518 0.3× 1.9k 1.3× 167 0.1× 85 4.6k
Britta K. Hölzel Germany 25 6.0k 2.1× 2.2k 0.8× 1.4k 0.9× 3.1k 2.2× 255 0.2× 39 7.9k
W. Edward Craighead United States 45 4.8k 1.7× 1.2k 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 2.6k 1.8× 318 0.2× 182 9.8k
Kenneth A. Holroyd United States 42 1.1k 0.4× 750 0.3× 2.8k 1.8× 830 0.6× 285 0.2× 91 5.2k
Michael A. Rapp Germany 43 1.1k 0.4× 1.8k 0.6× 2.1k 1.3× 998 0.7× 93 0.1× 230 6.3k
Roberta Ball United States 6 2.4k 0.8× 1.2k 0.4× 1.3k 0.8× 1.8k 1.3× 87 0.1× 9 6.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Conboy, Lisa, et al.. (2020). “Honorable Toward Your Whole Self”: Experiences of the Body in Fatigued Breast Cancer Survivors. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 1502–1502. 5 indexed citations
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Kerr, Catherine E., et al.. (2016). The Effects of Tai Chi Practice on Intermuscular Beta Coherence and the Rubber Hand Illusion. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 10. 37–37. 9 indexed citations
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Farb, Norman A. S., Jennifer Daubenmier, Cynthia Price, et al.. (2015). Interoception, contemplative practice, and health. Frontiers in Psychology. 6. 763–763. 395 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kerr, Catherine E., Matthew D. Sacchet, Sara W. Lazar, Christopher I. Moore, & Stephanie R. Jones. (2013). Mindfulness starts with the body: somatosensory attention and top-down modulation of cortical alpha rhythms in mindfulness meditation. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. 12–12. 211 indexed citations
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Jensen, Karin, Predrag Petrović, Catherine E. Kerr, et al.. (2013). Sharing pain and relief: neural correlates of physicians during treatment of patients. Molecular Psychiatry. 19(3). 392–398. 71 indexed citations
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Wells, Rebecca Erwin, Gloria Y. Yeh, Catherine E. Kerr, et al.. (2013). Meditation's impact on default mode network and hippocampus in mild cognitive impairment: A pilot study. Neuroscience Letters. 556. 15–19. 132 indexed citations
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Kerr, Catherine E., Stephanie R. Jones, Qian Wan, et al.. (2011). Effects of mindfulness meditation training on anticipatory alpha modulation in primary somatosensory cortex. Brain Research Bulletin. 85(3-4). 96–103. 98 indexed citations
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Mehling, Wolf, Judith Wrubel, Jennifer Daubenmier, et al.. (2011). Body Awareness: a phenomenological inquiry into the common ground of mind-body therapies. Philosophy Ethics and Humanities in Medicine. 6(1). 6–6. 287 indexed citations
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Kerr, Catherine E., et al.. (2010). Developing an observing attitude: an analysis of meditation diaries in an MBSR clinical trial. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. 18(1). 80–93. 96 indexed citations
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Jones, Stephanie R., Catherine E. Kerr, Qian Wan, et al.. (2010). Cued Spatial Attention Drives Functionally Relevant Modulation of the Mu Rhythm in Primary Somatosensory Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(41). 13760–13765. 208 indexed citations
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Kelley, John M., Anthony Lembo, J. Stuart Ablon, et al.. (2009). Patient and Practitioner Influences on the Placebo Effect in Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Psychosomatic Medicine. 71(7). 789–797. 145 indexed citations
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Lembo, Anthony, Lisa Conboy, Ted J. Kaptchuk, et al.. (2009). Adequate Relief in a Treatment Trial With IBS Patients: A Prospective Assessment. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 104(4). 912–919. 45 indexed citations
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Conboy, Lisa, Mary T. Quilty, Catherine E. Kerr, Jessica R. Shaw, & Peter M. Wayne. (2008). A Qualitative Analysis of Adolescents' Experiences of Active and Sham Japanese-Style Acupuncture Protocols Administered in a Clinical Trial. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 14(6). 699–705. 19 indexed citations
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Kerr, Catherine E., Rachel H. Wasserman, & Christopher I. Moore. (2007). Cortical Dynamics As A Therapeutic Mechanism for Touch Healing. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 13(1). 59–66. 23 indexed citations
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McManus, Claire, Ted J. Kaptchuk, Rosa N. Schnyer, et al.. (2007). Experiences of Acupuncturists in a Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Clinical Trial. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 13(5). 533–538. 20 indexed citations
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Highfield, Ellen Silver, Marc R. Laufer, Rosa N. Schnyer, et al.. (2006). Adolescent Endometriosis-Related Pelvic Pain Treated with Acupuncture: Two Case Reports. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 12(3). 317–322. 25 indexed citations
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Conboy, Lisa, Rachel H. Wasserman, Eric Jacobson, et al.. (2006). Investigating placebo effects in irritable bowel syndrome: A novel research design. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 27(2). 123–134. 19 indexed citations
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Schnyer, Rosa N., Lisa Conboy, Eric Jacobson, et al.. (2005). Development of a Chinese Medicine Assessment Measure: An Interdisciplinary Approach Using the Delphi Method. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 11(6). 1005–1013. 37 indexed citations
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Stone, David A., et al.. (2005). Patient expectations in placebo‐controlled randomized clinical trials. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 11(1). 77–84. 58 indexed citations
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Stason, William B., Anna Legedza, Sun Myeong Ock, et al.. (2005). The placebo effect in irritable bowel syndrome trials: a meta‐analysis1. Neurogastroenterology & Motility. 17(3). 332–340. 240 indexed citations

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