Cort A. Pedersen

10.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
137 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Cort A. Pedersen is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Cort A. Pedersen has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Social Psychology, 49 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 41 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Cort A. Pedersen's work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (88 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (49 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (25 papers). Cort A. Pedersen is often cited by papers focused on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (88 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (49 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (25 papers). Cort A. Pedersen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. Cort A. Pedersen's co-authors include Arthur J. Prange, Jack D. Caldwell, Maria L. Boccia, Susan S. Girdler, John A. Ascher, Kathleen C. Light, George Mason, Gustav F. Jirikowski, Jane Leserman and Cheryl H. Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Cort A. Pedersen

131 papers receiving 7.8k 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.

Induction of maternal behavior in virgin rats after intracerebroventricular administration of oxytocin

1979 601 citations Cort A. Pedersen et al. profile →
Oxytocin Induces Maternal Behavior in Virgin Female Rats

1982 594 citations Cort A. Pedersen et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cort A. Pedersen United States	53	5.4k	2.1k	1.8k	1.6k	1.4k	137	8.0k
Alison S. Fleming Canada	58	6.5k 1.2×	3.1k 1.4×	943 0.5×	2.6k 1.7×	920 0.7×	170	9.7k
Janet A. Amico United States	43	4.0k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	707 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	105	5.9k
Kerstin Uvnäs‐Moberg Sweden	57	5.3k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	2.0k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	237	10.8k
Tracy L. Bale United States	61	3.9k 0.7×	5.1k 2.4×	1.2k 0.7×	2.0k 1.3×	564 0.4×	128	14.2k
Darlene Francis United States	34	6.7k 1.2×	6.1k 2.9×	863 0.5×	944 0.6×	888 0.6×	51	12.0k
Oliver J. Bosch Germany	33	3.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	815 0.4×	752 0.5×	982 0.7×	62	4.3k
Aron Weller Israel	42	3.0k 0.5×	920 0.4×	965 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	735 0.5×	191	7.6k
Alison J. Douglas United Kingdom	34	2.6k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	658 0.4×	434 0.3×	56	4.1k
Manfred Schedlowski Germany	73	2.3k 0.4×	3.5k 1.6×	493 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	965 0.7×	328	16.6k
Myron A. Hofer United States	54	4.7k 0.9×	2.4k 1.1×	948 0.5×	561 0.4×	555 0.4×	165	8.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Garbutt, James C., et al.. (2021). Efficacy and tolerability of baclofen in a U.S. community population with alcohol use disorder: a dose-response, randomized, controlled trial. Neuropsychopharmacology. 46(13). 2250–2256. 46 indexed citations

Teng, Brian L., Viktoriya D. Nikolova, Natallia V. Riddick, et al.. (2016). Reversal of social deficits by subchronic oxytocin in two autism mouse models. Neuropharmacology. 105. 61–71. 53 indexed citations

Crowley, Shannon K., Cort A. Pedersen, Jane Leserman, & Susan S. Girdler. (2015). The influence of early life sexual abuse on oxytocin concentrations and premenstrual symptomatology in women with a menstrually related mood disorder. Biological Psychology. 109. 1–9. 10 indexed citations

Baker, Jessica H., Cort A. Pedersen, Jane Leserman, & Kimberly A. Brownley. (2015). Active ghrelin and the postpartum. Archives of Women s Mental Health. 19(3). 515–520. 3 indexed citations

Boccia, Maria L., Peter Petrusz, Kotaro Suzuki, Lesley Marson, & Cort A. Pedersen. (2013). Immunohistochemical localization of oxytocin receptors in human brain. Neuroscience. 253. 155–164. 211 indexed citations

Miles, Margaret Shandor, Diane Holditch‐Davis, Cort A. Pedersen, Joseph J. Eron, & Todd A. Schwartz. (2007). Emotional Distress in African American Women with HIV. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community. 33(1-2). 35–50. 20 indexed citations

Klatzkin, Rebecca R., A. Leslie Morrow, Kathleen C. Light, Cort A. Pedersen, & Susan S. Girdler. (2006). Associations of histories of depression and PMDD diagnosis with allopregnanolone concentrations following the oral administration of micronized progesterone. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 31(10). 1208–1219. 49 indexed citations

Girdler, Susan S., Andrew Sherwood, Alan L. Hinderliter, et al.. (2003). Biological Correlates of Abuse in Women with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder and Healthy Controls. Psychosomatic Medicine. 65(5). 849–856. 70 indexed citations

Boccia, Maria L., Anitha K. Panicker, Cort A. Pedersen, & Peter Petrusz. (2001). Oxytocin receptors in non-human primate brain visualized with monoclonal antibody. Neuroreport. 12(8). 1723–1726. 17 indexed citations

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Pedersen, Cort A., et al.. (2000). Strychnine Alkaloid and Avian Reproduction: Effects Occur at Lower Dietary Concentrations with Mallard Ducks Than with Bobwhite Quail. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 38(4). 530–539. 1 indexed citations

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Noonan, Linda R., B.A. McMillen, Larry W. Means, et al.. (1998). Chronic Cocaine Treatment Alters Social/Aggressive Behavior in Sprague‐Dawley Rat Dams and in Their Prenatally Exposed Offspring^a. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 846(1). 399–404. 46 indexed citations

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Girdler, Susan S., et al.. (1998). Blood Pressure-Related Hypoalgesia in Bulimia Nervosa. Psychosomatic Medicine. 60(6). 736–743. 23 indexed citations

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Johns, Josephine M., et al.. (1997). Effects of Short- and Long-Term Withdrawal from Gestational Cocaine Treatment on Maternal Behavior and Aggression in Sprague-Dawley Rats. Developmental Neuroscience. 19(4). 368–374. 42 indexed citations

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Caldwell, Jack D., et al.. (1994). Estrogen increases affinity of oxytocin receptors in the medial preoptic area-anterior hypothalamus. Peptides. 15(6). 1079–1084. 42 indexed citations

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Girdler, Susan S., Cort A. Pedersen, Robert A. Stern, & Kathleen C. Light. (1993). Menstrual cycle and premenstrual syndrome: Modifiers of cardiovascular reactivity in women.. Health Psychology. 12(3). 180–192. 6 indexed citations

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Caldwell, Jack D., C. H. Walker, Cort A. Pedersen, & George Mason. (1992). Effects of Steroids and Mating on Central Oxytocin Receptors. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 652(1). 433–436. 12 indexed citations

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Pedersen, Cort A., et al.. (1992). Oxytocin Activation of Maternal Behavior in the Rata. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 652(1). 58–69. 83 indexed citations

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Pedersen, Cort A., et al.. (1991). Corticotronpin-releasing hormone inhibits maternal behavior and induces pup-killing. Life Sciences. 48(16). 1537–1546. 60 indexed citations

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Caldwell, Jack D., et al.. (1989). Medial preoptic area oxytocin and female sexual receptivity.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 103(3). 655–662. 88 indexed citations

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Jirikowski, Gustav F., Jack D. Caldwell, Cort A. Pedersen, & Walter E. Stumpf. (1988). Estradiol influences oxytocin-immunoreactive brain systems. Neuroscience. 25(1). 237–248. 99 indexed citations

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