Emily B. Falk

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
145 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Emily B. Falk is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Applied Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Emily B. Falk has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 54 papers in Applied Psychology and 52 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Emily B. Falk's work include Behavioral Health and Interventions (51 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (32 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (28 papers). Emily B. Falk is often cited by papers focused on Behavioral Health and Interventions (51 papers), Mental Health Research Topics (32 papers) and Social and Intergroup Psychology (28 papers). Emily B. Falk collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Emily B. Falk's co-authors include Matthew D. Lieberman, Elliot T. Berkman, Matthew Brook O’Donnell, Joseph Bayer, Christopher N. Cascio, Christin Scholz, Sarita Schoenebeck, Nicole B. Ellison, Danielle S. Bassett and Yoona Kang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Emily B. Falk

131 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emily B. Falk United States	39	1.7k	1.4k	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	145	5.0k
Bruce D. Bartholow United States	43	2.6k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	1.8k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	143	6.6k
Elizabeth Pugzles Lorch United States	45	1.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	837 0.7×	661 0.5×	873 0.8×	102	5.9k
Pierre Maurage Belgium	45	2.5k 1.4×	2.9k 2.1×	1.0k 0.8×	996 0.8×	2.2k 1.9×	247	8.2k
Rick B. van Baaren Netherlands	34	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	2.0k 1.6×	593 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	68	4.7k
Roland Deutsch Germany	25	1.5k 0.9×	1.9k 1.4×	1.7k 1.4×	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	55	4.9k
Isabela Granic Netherlands	40	917 0.5×	1.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	117	6.4k
Jason Chein United States	42	3.3k 1.9×	1.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	2.4k 2.1×	74	7.6k
Elliot T. Berkman United States	39	1.9k 1.1×	739 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	1.6k 1.4×	91	5.4k
Gregory R. Samanez‐Larkin United States	39	2.8k 1.6×	946 0.7×	2.6k 2.1×	1.2k 1.0×	1.8k 1.6×	88	8.7k
Jacob B. Hirsh Canada	33	2.0k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	2.0k 1.6×	943 0.8×	1.9k 1.7×	44	6.7k

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Kang, Yoona, et al.. (2025). Empathy and helping: the role of affect in response to others’ suffering. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 3256–3256. 6 indexed citations

Scholz, Christin, Hang‐Yee Chan, Maarten A.S. Boksem, et al.. (2025). Brain activity explains message effectiveness: A mega-analysis of 16 neuroimaging studies. PNAS Nexus. 4(11). pgaf287–pgaf287.

Cosme, Danielle, Hang‐Yee Chan, Alyssa H. Sinclair, et al.. (2025). Perceived self and social relevance of content motivates news sharing across cultures and topics. PNAS Nexus. 4(2). pgaf019–pgaf019. 1 indexed citations

Sinclair, Alyssa H., et al.. (2025). Behavioral interventions motivate action to address climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(20). e2426768122–e2426768122. 6 indexed citations

Lauharatanahirun, Nina, Steven M. Thurman, Jean M. Vettel, et al.. (2025). Flexibility of Brain Networks May Curtail Cognitive Consequences of Poor Sleep. Human Brain Mapping. 46(14). e70362–e70362.

Falk, Emily B., et al.. (2025). Workplace Inclusion: A Social Network Perspective.

Zhou, Dale, Yoona Kang, Danielle Cosme, et al.. (2023). Mindful attention promotes control of brain network dynamics for self-regulation and discontinues the past from the present. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(2). e2201074119–e2201074119. 14 indexed citations

Andrews, Mary E., Nicole Cooper, Bradley D. Mattan, et al.. (2023). Causal effects of point-of-sale cigarette promotions and subjective social status on cigarette craving: a randomised within-person experiment. Tobacco Control. 34(2). 220–227.

Scholz, Christin, Elisa C Baek, & Emily B. Falk. (2023). Invoking self-related and social thoughts impacts online information sharing. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 18(1). 9 indexed citations

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Chan, Hang‐Yee, et al.. (2023). Neural signals predict information sharing across cultures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(44). e2313175120–e2313175120. 6 indexed citations

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Pei, Rui, et al.. (2023). Cultural influence on COVID‐19 cognitions and growth speed: The role of collectivism. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 17(12). 3 indexed citations

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Falk, Emily B., et al.. (2022). Brain system integration and message consistent health behavior change.. Health Psychology. 41(9). 611–620. 4 indexed citations

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McGowan, Amanda L., Yoona Kang, Peter J. Mucha, et al.. (2022). Within-Person Associations Among Physical Activity, Sleep, and Well-being in Situ: Opportunities for Whole-Person Well-being. Iproceedings. 8(1). e39268–e39268.

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McGowan, Amanda L., Yoona Kang, Peter J. Mucha, et al.. (2022). Within-Person Temporal Associations Among Self-Reported Physical Activity, Sleep, and Well-Being in College Students. Psychosomatic Medicine. 85(2). 141–153. 7 indexed citations

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Kang, Yoona, et al.. (2021). Social networks and neural receptivity to persuasive health messages.. Health Psychology. 40(4). 285–294. 5 indexed citations

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Mattan, Bradley D., et al.. (2021). Social-Cognitive and Affective Antecedents of Code Switching and the Consequences of Linguistic Racism for Black People and People of Color. Affective Science. 3(1). 5–13. 28 indexed citations

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Tompson, Steven, Emily B. Falk, Matthew Brook O’Donnell, et al.. (2020). Response Inhibition in Adolescents is Moderated by Brain Connectivity and Social Network Structure. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 15(8). 827–837. 10 indexed citations

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Scholz, Christin, Bruce Doré, Nicole Cooper, & Emily B. Falk. (2019). Neural valuation of antidrinking campaigns and risky peer influence in daily life.. Health Psychology. 38(7). 658–667. 9 indexed citations

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Pegors, Teresa K., Steven Tompson, Matthew Brook O’Donnell, & Emily B. Falk. (2017). Predicting behavior change from persuasive messages using neural representational similarity and social network analyses. NeuroImage. 157. 118–128. 20 indexed citations

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Falk, Emily B., et al.. (2013). Creating Buzz: The Neural Correlates of Effective Message Propagation. ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania). 3 indexed citations

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