David R. Vago

10.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
50 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

David R. Vago is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, David R. Vago has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Clinical Psychology, 22 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 21 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in David R. Vago's work include Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (26 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (20 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (9 papers). David R. Vago is often cited by papers focused on Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (26 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (20 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (9 papers). David R. Vago collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. David R. Vago's co-authors include Sara W. Lazar, David Silbersweig, Tim Gard, Britta K. Hölzel, Zev Schuman‐Olivier, Ulrich Ott, Fadel Zeidan, Andrew Olendzki, Catherine E. Kerr and David E. Meyer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

David R. Vago

50 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective

2011 1.9k citations Sara W. Lazar, Tim Gard et al. profile →
Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation

2017 950 citations David R. Vago, Sara W. Lazar et al. profile →
Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART): a framework for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness

2012 857 citations David R. Vago, David Silbersweig Frontiers in Human Neuroscience profile →
The Varieties of Self-Transcendent Experience

2017 363 citations David R. Vago et al. profile →
Moving Beyond Mindfulness: Defining Equanimity as an Outcome Measure in Meditation and Contemplative Research

2014 315 citations Tim Gard, Sara W. Lazar et al. Mindfulness profile →

Peers

David R. Vago

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Alberto Chiesa Italy

Thomas M. Olino United States

Moria J. Smoski United States

Michael Pluess United Kingdom

Judson A. Brewer United States

Lena C. Quilty Canada

Britta K. Hölzel Germany

Alice T. Sawyer United States

Joseph A. Himle United States

Jonathan Rottenberg United States

Alberto Chiesa Italy

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PMH

Citations per year, relative to David R. Vago David R. Vago (= 1×) peers Alberto Chiesa

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David R. Vago

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20 of 20 papers shown

Dusek, Jeffery A., Gene Kallenberg, Alan B. Storrow, et al.. (2024). Acupuncture in the emergency department (ACUITY): Results from a BraveNet multi-center feasibility randomized controlled trial. Integrative Medicine Research. 13(4). 101095–101095. 2 indexed citations

Berkovich‐Ohana, Aviva, Kirk Warren Brown, Shaun Gallagher, et al.. (2024). Pattern Theory of Selflessness: How Meditation May Transform the Self-Pattern. Mindfulness. 15(8). 2114–2140. 10 indexed citations

Gallagher, Shaun, Antonino Raffone, Aviva Berkovich‐Ohana, et al.. (2023). The Self-Pattern and Buddhist Psychology. Mindfulness. 15(4). 795–803. 13 indexed citations

Mishra, Kavita, David Victorson, Darshan H. Mehta, & David R. Vago. (2022). Personalized Mind–Body Medicine in Integrative Oncology: Meeting the Moment with Each Patient. Journal of Integrative and Complementary Medicine. 28(6). 457–462. 3 indexed citations

Vago, David R., et al.. (2022). Meta-analytic evidence that mindfulness training alters resting state default mode network connectivity. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 12260–12260. 39 indexed citations

Schuman‐Olivier, Zev, Marcelo Trombka, David Lovas, et al.. (2020). Mindfulness and Behavior Change. Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 28(6). 371–394. 210 indexed citations

Loucks, Eric B., et al.. (2020). Mindfulness-Based College: A Stage 1 Randomized Controlled Trial for University Student Well-Being. Psychosomatic Medicine. 83(6). 602–614. 27 indexed citations

Schoenberg, Poppy L. A. & David R. Vago. (2019). Mapping meditative states and stages with electrophysiology: concepts, classifications, and methods. Current Opinion in Psychology. 28. 211–217. 27 indexed citations

Loucks, Eric B., Roee Gutman, Ian M. Kronish, et al.. (2019). Mindfulness-Based Blood Pressure Reduction (MB-BP): Stage 1 single-arm clinical trial. PLoS ONE. 14(11). e0223095–e0223095. 29 indexed citations

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Vago, David R., et al.. (2018). Measuring cognitive outcomes in mindfulness-based intervention research: a reflection on confounding factors and methodological limitations. Current Opinion in Psychology. 28. 143–150. 34 indexed citations

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Vieten, Cassandra, Helané Wahbeh, B. Rael Cahn, et al.. (2018). Future directions in meditation research: Recommendations for expanding the field of contemplative science. PLoS ONE. 13(11). e0205740–e0205740. 73 indexed citations

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Hadash, Yuval, et al.. (2016). Experiential self-referential and selfless processing in mindfulness and mental health: Conceptual model and implicit measurement methodology.. Psychological Assessment. 28(7). 856–869. 41 indexed citations

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Perez, David L., Hong Pan, Daniel S. Weisholtz, et al.. (2015). Altered threat and safety neural processing linked to persecutory delusions in schizophrenia: a two-task fMRI study. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. 233(3). 352–366. 21 indexed citations

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Cheek, Julianne, et al.. (2015). Dynamic Reflexivity in Action. Qualitative Health Research. 25(6). 751–762. 13 indexed citations

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Gard, Tim, Jessica J. Noggle, Crystal L. Park, David R. Vago, & Angela L. Wilson. (2014). Potential self-regulatory mechanisms of yoga for psychological health. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8. 770–770. 287 indexed citations

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Davis, Jake H. & David R. Vago. (2013). Can enlightenment be traced to specific neural correlates, cognition, or behavior? No, and (a qualified) Yes. Frontiers in Psychology. 4. 870–870. 25 indexed citations

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Davidson, Richard J., John D. Dunne, Jacquelynne S. Eccles, et al.. (2012). Contemplative Practices and Mental Training: Prospects for American Education. Child Development Perspectives. 6(2). 146–153. 187 indexed citations

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Vago, David R., Jane Epstein, Eva Catenaccio, & Emily Stern. (2011). Identification of Neural Targets for the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders: The Role of Functional Neuroimaging. Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. 22(2). 279–305. 5 indexed citations

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Vago, David R. & Raymond P. Kesner. (2008). Disruption of the direct perforant path input to the CA1 subregion of the dorsal hippocampus interferes with spatial working memory and novelty detection. Behavioural Brain Research. 189(2). 273–283. 71 indexed citations

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Vago, David R., et al.. (2007). The role of the direct perforant path input to the CA1 subregion of the dorsal hippocampus in memory retention and retrieval. Hippocampus. 17(10). 977–987. 81 indexed citations

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