Karen E. Muñoz

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Karen E. Muñoz is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen E. Muñoz has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 5 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Karen E. Muñoz's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (4 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (3 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (2 papers). Karen E. Muñoz is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (4 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (3 papers) and Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (2 papers). Karen E. Muñoz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Philippines. Karen E. Muñoz's co-authors include Venkata S. Mattay, Daniel R. Weinberger, Emily M. Drabant, Bhaskar Kolachana, Michael Egan, Ahmad R. Hariri, Andreas Meyer‐Lindenberg, Beth A. Verchinski, Lukas Pezawas and Ahmad R. Hariri and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Nature Neuroscience and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Karen E. Muñoz

12 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

5-HTTLPR polymorphism impacts human cingulate-amygdala in... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2005 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. 5-HTTLPR polymorphism impacts human cingulate-amygdala interactions: a genetic susceptibility mechanism for depression
    2005 1.5k citations Lukas Pezawas, Andreas Meyer‐Lindenberg et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →
  2. A Susceptibility Gene for Affective Disorders and the Response of the Human Amygdala
    2005 631 citations Ahmad R. Hariri, Emily M. Drabant et al. Archives of General Psychiatry profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karen E. Muñoz United States 11 1.2k 836 758 698 571 13 3.0k
Christa Hohoff Germany 31 858 0.7× 677 0.8× 983 1.3× 684 1.0× 612 1.1× 68 3.4k
Christian Grillon United States 32 1.7k 1.4× 734 0.9× 555 0.7× 612 0.9× 873 1.5× 52 3.1k
Emily M. Drabant United States 16 1.6k 1.3× 1.1k 1.4× 917 1.2× 830 1.2× 664 1.2× 17 3.9k
Isabelle M. Rosso United States 33 1.3k 1.1× 596 0.7× 925 1.2× 435 0.6× 376 0.7× 77 3.6k
Anthony P. King United States 28 994 0.8× 575 0.7× 1.2k 1.6× 248 0.4× 676 1.2× 69 3.1k
Xiongzhao Zhu China 31 856 0.7× 695 0.8× 1.1k 1.5× 218 0.3× 300 0.5× 90 2.8k
P. Cédric M. P. Koolschijn Netherlands 26 1.7k 1.4× 541 0.6× 327 0.4× 325 0.5× 328 0.6× 34 2.9k
Jennifer S. Stevens United States 32 786 0.6× 439 0.5× 1.4k 1.8× 213 0.3× 799 1.4× 102 2.9k
Mark W. Gilbertson United States 21 1.5k 1.2× 466 0.6× 2.1k 2.7× 561 0.8× 1.5k 2.6× 42 4.5k
Juergen Gallinat Germany 25 1.3k 1.0× 592 0.7× 402 0.5× 354 0.5× 122 0.2× 46 2.7k

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All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Muñoz, Karen E., Mariam Davtyan, & Brandon Brown. (2014). Revisiting the condom riddle: Solutions and implications. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 17.
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Davtyan, Mariam, Karen E. Muñoz, Lianne A. Urada, & Brandon Brown. (2013). Transactional Sex: A Client's Perspective from Peru. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 16. 1 indexed citations
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White, Michael G., Ryan Bogdan, Patrick M. Fisher, et al.. (2012). FKBP5 and emotional neglect interact to predict individual differences in amygdala reactivity. Genes Brain & Behavior. 11(7). 869–878. 138 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Karen E., Andreas Meyer‐Lindenberg, Ahmad R. Hariri, et al.. (2009). Abnormalities in neural processing of emotional stimuli in Williams syndrome vary according to social vs. non-social content. NeuroImage. 50(1). 340–346. 30 indexed citations
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Gerber, Andrew J., Bradley S. Peterson, Karen E. Muñoz, Luke W. Hyde, & Ahmad R. Hariri. (2009). Imaging Genetics. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 48(4). 356–361. 11 indexed citations
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Fakra, É., Luke W. Hyde, Adam X. Gorka, et al.. (2009). Effects of HTR1A C(−1019)G on Amygdala Reactivity and Trait Anxiety. Archives of General Psychiatry. 66(1). 33–33. 124 indexed citations
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Fisher, Patrick M., Karen E. Muñoz, & Ahmad R. Hariri. (2008). Identification of neurogenetic pathways of risk for psychopathology. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical Genetics. 148C(2). 147–153. 12 indexed citations
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Garolera, Maite, Richard Coppola, Karen E. Muñoz, et al.. (2007). Amygdala activation in affective priming: a magnetoencephalogram study. Neuroreport. 18(14). 1449–1453. 30 indexed citations
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Drabant, Emily M., Ahmad R. Hariri, Andreas Meyer‐Lindenberg, et al.. (2006). Catechol O-methyltransferase Val158Met Genotype and Neural Mechanisms Related to Affective Arousal and Regulation. Archives of General Psychiatry. 63(12). 1396–406. 302 indexed citations
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Hariri, Ahmad R., Emily M. Drabant, Karen E. Muñoz, et al.. (2005). A Susceptibility Gene for Affective Disorders and the Response of the Human Amygdala. Archives of General Psychiatry. 62(2). 146–146. 631 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meyer‐Lindenberg, Andreas, Ahmad R. Hariri, Karen E. Muñoz, et al.. (2005). Neural correlates of genetically abnormal social cognition in Williams syndrome. Nature Neuroscience. 8(8). 991–993. 267 indexed citations
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Pezawas, Lukas, Andreas Meyer‐Lindenberg, Emily M. Drabant, et al.. (2005). 5-HTTLPR polymorphism impacts human cingulate-amygdala interactions: a genetic susceptibility mechanism for depression. Nature Neuroscience. 8(6). 828–834. 1468 indexed citations breakdown →
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Compton, Rebecca J., et al.. (2003). Relationship between coping styles and perceptual asymmetry.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 84(5). 1069–1078. 10 indexed citations

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