James A. Coan

11.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
90 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

James A. Coan is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, James A. Coan has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Social Psychology, 39 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 36 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in James A. Coan's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (18 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (18 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (18 papers). James A. Coan is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (18 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (18 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (18 papers). James A. Coan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Egypt. James A. Coan's co-authors include John J. B. Allen, Richard J. Davidson, Hillary S. Schaefer, Lane Beckes, John M. Gottman, Sybil Carrère, Catherine Swanson, Maria Nazarian, David A. Sbarra and Jennifer L. Stewart and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

James A. Coan

88 papers receiving 7.2k 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.

Frontal EEG asymmetry as a moderator and mediator of emotion

2004 1.0k citations James A. Coan, John J. B. Allen profile →
Lending a Hand

2006 753 citations James A. Coan, Hillary S. Schaefer et al. profile →
Predicting Marital Happiness and Stability from Newlywed Interactions

1998 751 citations James A. Coan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James A. Coan United States	40	3.3k	3.0k	2.4k	2.1k	804	90	7.6k
Mara Mather United States	60	8.5k 2.6×	3.2k 1.1×	3.4k 1.4×	931 0.4×	831 1.0×	208	14.7k
Emilio Ferrer United States	46	1.7k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	2.4k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	609 0.8×	161	7.2k
Eva H. Telzer United States	49	2.9k 0.9×	2.5k 0.8×	2.6k 1.1×	4.1k 2.0×	1.3k 1.7×	227	9.1k
Heather L. Urry United States	28	2.3k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	2.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	351 0.4×	55	5.8k
Jeremy R. Gray United States	44	6.2k 1.9×	2.0k 0.7×	4.4k 1.9×	2.8k 1.4×	595 0.7×	69	11.3k
Jennifer S. Silk United States	53	2.0k 0.6×	3.4k 1.1×	3.8k 1.6×	8.0k 3.9×	1.1k 1.4×	189	11.5k
Philippe R. Goldin United States	47	3.2k 1.0×	2.1k 0.7×	5.1k 2.1×	5.5k 2.6×	414 0.5×	106	9.6k
Florian Schmiedek Germany	42	2.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	2.8k 1.2×	847 0.4×	351 0.4×	137	6.7k
Philip J. Corr United Kingdom	49	2.8k 0.9×	2.4k 0.8×	3.0k 1.2×	3.3k 1.6×	1.3k 1.6×	200	9.2k
Denis Gerstorf Germany	49	1.9k 0.6×	2.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.6×	962 1.2×	273	9.4k

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MacCormack, Jennifer K., et al.. (2024). The role of perceived negative partner behavior in daily snacking behavior: A dynamical systems approach. Appetite. 199. 107393–107393.

Stern, Jessica, et al.. (2024). Does attachment in adolescence predict neural responses to handholding in adulthood? A functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 41(8). 2276–2296.

Prause, Nicole, Greg J. Siegle, & James A. Coan. (2021). Partner intimate touch is associated with increased interpersonal closeness, especially in non-romantic partners. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0246065–e0246065. 8 indexed citations

Saxbe, Darby, Lane Beckes, Sarah A Stoycos, & James A. Coan. (2019). Social Allostasis and Social Allostatic Load: A New Model for Research in Social Dynamics, Stress, and Health. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 15(2). 469–482. 49 indexed citations

Brown, Casey L., Lane Beckes, Joseph P. Allen, & James A. Coan. (2017). Subjective General Health and the Social Regulation of Hypothalamic Activity. Psychosomatic Medicine. 79(6). 670–673. 15 indexed citations

Coan, James A., et al.. (2017). Relationship status and perceived support in the social regulation of neural responses to threat. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 12(10). 1574–1583. 74 indexed citations

Ein‐Dor, Tsachi, James A. Coan, Abira Reizer, et al.. (2015). Sugarcoated isolation: evidence that social avoidance is linked to higher basal glucose levels and higher consumption of glucose. Frontiers in Psychology. 6. 492–492. 24 indexed citations

Stewart, Jennifer L., James A. Coan, David N. Towers, & John J. B. Allen. (2014). Resting and task‐elicited prefrontal EEG alpha asymmetry in depression: Support for the capability model. Psychophysiology. 51(5). 446–455. 129 indexed citations

Beckes, Lane, James A. Coan, & J. P. Morris. (2013). Implicit conditioning of faces via the social regulation of emotion: ERP evidence of early attentional biases for security conditioned faces. Psychophysiology. 50(8). 734–742. 19 indexed citations

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Coan, James A., Lane Beckes, & Joseph P. Allen. (2013). Childhood maternal support and social capital moderate the regulatory impact of social relationships in adulthood. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 88(3). 224–231. 37 indexed citations

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Zhang, Tingting, Fan Li, Lane Beckes, & James A. Coan. (2013). A semi-parametric model of the hemodynamic response for multi-subject fMRI data. NeuroImage. 75. 136–145. 18 indexed citations

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Coan, James A., et al.. (2013). Mutuality and the social regulation of neural threat responding. Attachment & Human Development. 15(3). 303–315. 39 indexed citations

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Sherman, Gary D., Jonathan Haidt, Ravi Iyer, & James A. Coan. (2012). Individual differences in the physical embodiment of care: Prosocially oriented women respond to cuteness by becoming more physically careful.. Emotion. 13(1). 151–158. 50 indexed citations

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Coan, James A.. (2011). The Social Regulation of Emotion. Oxford University Press eBooks. 42 indexed citations

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Nusslock, Robin, Alexander J. Shackman, Eddie Harmon‐Jones, et al.. (2011). Cognitive vulnerability and frontal brain asymmetry: Common predictors of first prospective depressive episode.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 120(2). 497–503. 87 indexed citations

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Stewart, Jennifer L., David N. Towers, James A. Coan, & John J. B. Allen. (2010). The oft‐neglected role of parietal EEG asymmetry and risk for major depressive disorder. Psychophysiology. 48(1). 82–95. 76 indexed citations

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Stewart, Jennifer L., Andrew W. Bismark, David N. Towers, James A. Coan, & John J. B. Allen. (2010). Resting frontal EEG asymmetry as an endophenotype for depression risk: Sex-specific patterns of frontal brain asymmetry.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 119(3). 502–512. 187 indexed citations

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Accortt, Eynav Elgavish, Jennifer L. Stewart, James A. Coan, Rachel Manber, & John J. B. Allen. (2010). Prefrontal brain asymmetry and pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder symptomatology. Journal of Affective Disorders. 128(1-2). 178–183. 13 indexed citations

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Coan, James A. & John J. B. Allen. (2003). Varieties of Emotional Experience during Voluntary Emotional Facial Expressions. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1000(1). 375–379. 40 indexed citations

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Coan, James A., John J. B. Allen, & Eddie Harmon‐Jones. (2001). Voluntary facial expression and hemispheric asymmetry over the frontal cortex. Psychophysiology. 38(6). 912–925. 215 indexed citations

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