Joel T. Nigg

40.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
260 papers, 26.2k citations indexed

About

Joel T. Nigg is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joel T. Nigg has authored 260 papers receiving a total of 26.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 197 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 133 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 100 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Joel T. Nigg's work include Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (196 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (85 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (77 papers). Joel T. Nigg is often cited by papers focused on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (196 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (85 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (77 papers). Joel T. Nigg collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Joel T. Nigg's co-authors include Erik G. Willcutt, Alysa E. Doyle, Bruce F. Pennington, Stephen V. Faraone, Michelle M. Martel, Cynthia Huang‐Pollock, Molly A. Nikolas, Damien A. Fair, Robert A. Zucker and B.J. Casey and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Joel T. Nigg

258 papers receiving 25.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Validity of the Executive Function Theory of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Meta-Analytic Review

2005 2.6k citations Joel T. Nigg et al. profile →
On inhibition/disinhibition in developmental psychopathology: Views from cognitive and personality psychology and a working inhibition taxonomy.

2000 1.4k citations Joel T. Nigg profile →
Annual Research Review: On the relations among self‐regulation, self‐control, executive functioning, effortful control, cognitive control, impulsivity, risk‐taking, and inhibition for developmental psychopathology

2016 994 citations Joel T. Nigg Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry profile →
Emotion Dysregulation in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

2014 787 citations Joel T. Nigg et al. profile →
Temperament and developmental psychopathology

2006 696 citations Joel T. Nigg Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry profile →
Causal Heterogeneity in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Do We Need Neuropsychologically Impaired Subtypes?

2004 675 citations Joel T. Nigg, Edmund Sonuga‐Barke et al. profile →
Is ADHD a disinhibitory disorder?

2001 668 citations Joel T. Nigg profile →
Validity of DSM-IV attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptom dimensions and subtypes.

2012 651 citations Joel T. Nigg, Luís Augusto Rohde et al. profile →
The Heterogeneity Problem: Approaches to Identify Psychiatric Subtypes

2019 245 citations Óscar Miranda-Domínguez, Alice M. Graham et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Pupillary unrest is attenuated in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) 2025 ·Neuroscience Letters ·Claudio M. Privitera, Sean Noah, Thom Carney, Stanley A. Klein, Agatha Lenartowicz, Stephen P. Hinshaw, James T. McCracken, Joel T. Nigg, Sarah L. Karalunas, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gregory V. Simpson	1
2	Adipokines measured during pregnancy and at birth are associated with infant negative affect 2024 ·Brain Behavior and Immunity ·Elinor L. Sullivan, (unknown), Geoffrey A. Dunn, (unknown), Anna S. Young, Jennifer M. Loftis, Jennifer C. Ablow, Joel T. Nigg, Hanna Gustafsson	2
3	Factors Associated with Confirmed and Unconfirmed Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis in Children Volunteering for Research 2024 ·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders ·Susanne W. Duvall, Rachel K. Greene, (unknown), Tara M. Rutter, Sheila Markwardt, Julia Grieser Painter, Michaela Cordova, (unknown), Olivia Doyle, Joel T. Nigg, Éric Fombonne, Damien A. Fair	1
4	Youth Polygenic Scores, Youth ADHD Symptoms, and Parenting Dimensions: An Evocative Gene-Environment Correlation Study 2023 ·Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology ·(unknown), Michael A. Mooney, Peter Ryabinin, (unknown), (unknown), Joel T. Nigg, (unknown)	6
5	1 The Influence of Depression and Anxiety on Working Memory in Children with ADHD 2023 ·Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society ·(unknown), (unknown), Joel T. Nigg	0
6	The Relationship Between Emotion Dysregulation and Error Monitoring in Adolescents with ADHD 2023 ·Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Brittany R. Alperin, (unknown), Joel T. Nigg, Sarah L. Karalunas	4
7	Considerations toward an epigenetic and common pathways theory of mental disorder. 2023 ·Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science ·Joel T. Nigg	14
8	Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Restricted Phenotypes Prevalence, Comorbidity, and Polygenic Risk Sensitivity in the ABCD Baseline Cohort 2022 ·Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ·Michaela Cordova, (unknown), Peter Ryabinin, (unknown), Michael A. Mooney, Nathan F. Dieckmann, Óscar Miranda-Domínguez, Bonnie J. Nagel, Damien A. Fair, Joel T. Nigg	28
9	Annual Research Review: Perspectives on progress in ADHD science – from characterization to cause 2022 ·Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry ·Edmund Sonuga‐Barke, Stephen Becker, Sven Bölte, F. Xavier Castellanos, Barbara Franke, Jeffrey H. Newcorn, Joel T. Nigg, Luís Augusto Rohde, Emily Simonoff	70
10	Early development of negative and positive affect: Implications for ADHD symptomatology across three birth cohorts 2021 ·Development and Psychopathology ·Hanna Gustafsson, Saara Nolvi, Elinor L. Sullivan, Jerod M. Rasmussen, Lauren E. Gyllenhammer, Sonja Entringer, Pathik D. Wadhwa, Thomas G. O’Connor, Linnéa Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson, Riikka Korja, Claudia Buß, Alice M. Graham, Joel T. Nigg	7
11	Individual differences in functional brain connectivity predict temporal discounting preference in the transition to adolescence 2018 ·Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience ·(unknown), Kathryn L. Mills, Eric Earl, (unknown), Óscar Miranda-Domínguez, Damion V. Demeter, (unknown), Sarah L. Karalunas, Joel T. Nigg, Damien A. Fair	24
12	Integration of symptom ratings from multiple informants in ADHD diagnosis: A psychometric model with clinical utility. 2015 ·Psychological Assessment ·Michelle M. Martel, Ulrich Schimmack, Molly A. Nikolas, Joel T. Nigg	43
13	Emotion Regulation and Heterogeneity in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 2013 ·Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ·Erica D. Musser, Hilary Galloway-Long, Paul J. Frick, Joel T. Nigg	102
14	Is the fluency of language outputs related to individual differences in intelligence and executive function? 2013 ·Acta Psychologica ·Paul E. Engelhardt, Joel T. Nigg, Fernanda Ferreira	57
15	Distinct neuropsychological subgroups in typically developing youth inform heterogeneity in children with ADHD 2012 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Damien A. Fair, Deepti R. Bathula, Molly A. Nikolas, Joel T. Nigg	356
16	Parsing the Undercontrol–Disinhibition Pathway to Substance Use Disorders: A Multilevel Developmental Problem 2011 ·Child Development Perspectives ·Robert A. Zucker, Mary M. Heitzeg, Joel T. Nigg	162
17	Cognitive Impairments Found With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 2009 ·The Psychiatric times ·Joel T. Nigg	4
18	Potential hormonal mechanisms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder: A new perspective 2009 ·Hormones and Behavior ·Michelle M. Martel, Kelly L. Klump, Joel T. Nigg, S. Marc Breedlove, Cheryl L. Sisk	86
19	Attentional versus motor inhibition in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. 2006 ·Neuropsychology ·(unknown), Joel T. Nigg, John M. Henderson	60
20	Searching for the attention deficit in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: The case of visuospatial orienting 2003 ·Clinical Psychology Review ·Cynthia Huang‐Pollock, Joel T. Nigg	127

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