J. A. Scott Kelso

35.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
281 papers, 23.1k citations indexed

About

J. A. Scott Kelso is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, J. A. Scott Kelso has authored 281 papers receiving a total of 23.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 200 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 78 papers in Social Psychology and 33 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in J. A. Scott Kelso's work include Neural dynamics and brain function (118 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (87 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (78 papers). J. A. Scott Kelso is often cited by papers focused on Neural dynamics and brain function (118 papers), Motor Control and Adaptation (87 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (78 papers). J. A. Scott Kelso collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. J. A. Scott Kelso's co-authors include Gregor Schöner, Hermann Haken, Pier–Giorgio Zanone, H. Bunz, Emmanuelle Tognoli, Elliot Saltzman, Betty Tuller, J. P. Scholz, John J. Jeka and Viktor Jirsa and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

J. A. Scott Kelso

276 papers receiving 22.0k 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.

A theoretical model of phase transitions in human hand movements

1985 1.7k citations J. A. Scott Kelso et al. Biological Cybernetics profile →
Phase transitions and critical behavior in human bimanual coordination

1984 1.2k citations J. A. Scott Kelso profile →
Dynamic Pattern Generation in Behavioral and Neural Systems

1988 749 citations Gregor Schöner, J. A. Scott Kelso profile →
Cortical coordination dynamics and cognition

2001 566 citations J. A. Scott Kelso et al. profile →
The Metastable Brain

2014 470 citations Emmanuelle Tognoli, J. A. Scott Kelso profile →
The Development of Movement Control and Coordination

1982 453 citations J. A. Scott Kelso et al. profile →
Nonequilibrium phase transitions in coordinated biological motion: critical fluctuations

1986 360 citations J. A. Scott Kelso, Gregor Schöner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. A. Scott Kelso United States	83	17.9k	7.4k	4.0k	3.3k	2.4k	281	23.1k
Mitsuo Kawato Japan	84	21.1k 1.2×	7.2k 1.0×	8.6k 2.1×	1.8k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	392	28.9k
M. T. Turvey United States	63	10.6k 0.6×	3.8k 0.5×	1.5k 0.4×	3.8k 1.1×	2.8k 1.2×	298	14.8k
Daniel M. Wolpert United Kingdom	86	33.2k 1.9×	12.8k 1.7×	9.1k 2.2×	3.8k 1.1×	2.5k 1.1×	224	39.6k
Gregor Schöner Germany	61	9.8k 0.5×	3.3k 0.4×	3.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	661 0.3×	211	13.2k
Scott Makeig United States	81	43.6k 2.4×	3.8k 0.5×	3.3k 0.8×	2.2k 0.6×	6.7k 2.8×	262	50.6k
Scott T. Grafton United States	85	20.7k 1.2×	7.2k 1.0×	1.8k 0.4×	2.5k 0.7×	3.7k 1.5×	280	27.8k
Peter J. Beek Netherlands	71	6.7k 0.4×	2.6k 0.4×	4.2k 1.1×	2.0k 0.6×	618 0.3×	377	16.2k
Karl M. Newell United States	63	8.8k 0.5×	2.9k 0.4×	5.2k 1.3×	3.0k 0.9×	487 0.2×	415	15.4k
Richard B. Ivry United States	83	19.6k 1.1×	5.7k 0.8×	2.6k 0.7×	2.8k 0.8×	3.6k 1.5×	297	25.3k
Niels Birbaumer Germany	122	47.9k 2.7×	4.1k 0.6×	6.2k 1.5×	1.7k 0.5×	5.6k 2.4×	710	62.2k

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Mannino, Michael V., et al.. (2025). Pathfinding: a neurodynamical account of intuition. Communications Biology. 8(1). 1214–1214.

Rosas, Fernando E., Andrea I. Luppi, Mengsen Zhang, et al.. (2024). Metastability demystified — the foundational past, the pragmatic present and the promising future. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 26(2). 82–100. 8 indexed citations

Dumas, Guillaume, Quentin Moreau, Emmanuelle Tognoli, & J. A. Scott Kelso. (2019). The Human Dynamic Clamp Reveals the Fronto-Parietal Network Linking Real-Time Social Coordination and Cognition. Cerebral Cortex. 30(5). 3271–3285. 44 indexed citations

Zhang, Mengsen, Christopher Beetle, J. A. Scott Kelso, & Emmanuelle Tognoli. (2019). Connecting empirical phenomena and theoretical models of biological coordination across scales. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 16(157). 20190360–20190360. 31 indexed citations

Zhang, Mengsen, J. A. Scott Kelso, & Emmanuelle Tognoli. (2018). Critical diversity: Divided or united states of social coordination. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0193843–e0193843. 26 indexed citations

Tognoli, Emmanuelle, et al.. (2018). How Interpersonal Coordination Affects Individual Behavior (and Vice Versa): Experimental Analysis and Adaptive HKB Model of Social Memory. Ecological Psychology. 30(3). 224–249. 18 indexed citations

Tognoli, Emmanuelle, Guillaume Dumas, & J. A. Scott Kelso. (2017). A roadmap to computational social neuroscience. Cognitive Neurodynamics. 12(1). 135–140. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Mengsen, Guillaume Dumas, J. A. Scott Kelso, & Emmanuelle Tognoli. (2016). Enhanced emotional responses during social coordination with a virtual partner. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 104. 33–43. 24 indexed citations

Zhang, Mengsen, et al.. (2015). Deterministic versus probabilistic causality in the brain: To cut or not to cut. Physics of Life Reviews. 15. 136–138. 2 indexed citations

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Luca, Cinzia De, Kelly J. Jantzen, Silvia Comani, Maurizio Bertollo, & J. A. Scott Kelso. (2010). Striatal Activity during Intentional Switching Depends on Pattern Stability. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(9). 3167–3174. 32 indexed citations

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Lagarde, Julien, C. Peham, Theresia Licka, & J. A. Scott Kelso. (2005). Coordination Dynamics of the Horse-Rider System. Journal of Motor Behavior. 37(6). 418–424. 111 indexed citations

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Oullier, Olivier, Gonzalo C. de Guzman, Kelly J. Jantzen, & J. A. Scott Kelso. (2003). On Context Dependence of Behavioral Variability in Inter-Personal Coordination.. 2. 8 indexed citations

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Foo, Patrick, J. A. Scott Kelso, & Gonzalo C. de Guzman. (2000). Functional stabilization of unstable fixed points: Human pole balancing using time-to-balance information.. Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance. 26(4). 1281–1297. 9 indexed citations

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Jirsa, Viktor & J. A. Scott Kelso. (2000). Spatiotemporal pattern formation in neural systems with heterogeneous connection topologies. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 62(6). 8462–8465. 102 indexed citations

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Wallenstein, Gene V., et al.. (1995). Frequency and phase characteristics of slow cortical potentials preceding bimanual coordination. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 94(1). 50–59. 12 indexed citations

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Kelso, J. A. Scott, et al.. (1994). ROAD TRANSPORT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A MAJOR RURAL EXPORTING INDUSTRY.. Road and transport research. 1 indexed citations

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Schöner, Gregor, Pier–Giorgio Zanone, & J. A. Scott Kelso. (1992). Learning as Change of Coordination Dynamics: Theory and Experiment. Journal of Motor Behavior. 24(1). 29–48. 226 indexed citations

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Kelso, J. A. Scott & A.S. Pandya. (1991). Dynamic pattern generation and recognition. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc. eBooks. 171–190. 9 indexed citations

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Schöner, Gregor & J. A. Scott Kelso. (1988). A synergetic theory of environmentally-specified and learned patterns of movement coordination. Biological Cybernetics. 58(2). 71–80. 206 indexed citations

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Kelso, J. A. Scott, Elliot Saltzman, & Betty Tuller. (1986). The dynamical perspective on speech production: data and theory. Journal of Phonetics. 14(1). 29–59. 241 indexed citations

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