Darlene Francis

15.7k citations
51 papers · 12.0k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 34
Topics
Stress Responses and Cortisol (38 papers)Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (30 papers)Tryptophan and brain disorders (11 papers)

In The Last Decade

Darlene Francis

51 papers receiving 11.6k citations

Hit Papers

Maternal Care, Hippocampal Glucocorticoid Receptors, and ...19962026200620161997199919982000200350010001.5k2.0k

Peers

Darlene Francis
Comparison fields: 5 of 146
  • Social Psychology 6.7k
  • Behavioral Neuroscience 6.1k
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2.5k
  • Clinical Psychology 2.0k
  • Biological Psychiatry 1.2k
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Countries citing papers authored by Darlene Francis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Darlene Francis

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Darlene Francis

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Darlene Francis. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Darlene Francis based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Darlene Francis. Darlene Francis is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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#WorkIndexed citations
1 39
2 19
3 56
4 31
5 27
6 106
7 49
8 70
9 82
10 82
11 137
12 263
13 307
14 388
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Maternal care and the development of stress responsesbreakdown →
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Early Environmental Regulation of Forebrain Glucocorticoid Receptor Gene Expression: Implications for Adrenocortical Responses to Stress; pp. 49–60breakdown →
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18 128
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About Darlene Francis

Darlene Francis is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry and Social Psychology, having authored 51 papers that have together received 12.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (38 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (30 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Behavioral Neuroscience (6.1k citations), Biological Psychiatry (1.2k citations) and Social Psychology (6.7k citations). Darlene Francis has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Michael J. Meaney, Josie Diorio, Paul M. Plotsky, Dong Liu, Christian Caldji, Shakti Sharma, Frances A. Champagne, Beth Tannenbaum, Michael J. Meaney and Deborah A. Pearson. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Neuroscience.

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