Keith Oatley

14.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
151 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Keith Oatley is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith Oatley has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Social Psychology, 44 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 28 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Keith Oatley's work include Emotions and Moral Behavior (28 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (27 papers) and Media Influence and Health (18 papers). Keith Oatley is often cited by papers focused on Emotions and Moral Behavior (28 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (27 papers) and Media Influence and Health (18 papers). Keith Oatley collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Keith Oatley's co-authors include P. N. Johnson‐Laird, Raymond A. Mar, Maja Djikic, Jordan B. Peterson, Jennifer M. Jenkins, Elaine Wethington, Jacob B. Hirsh, Frederick Toates, Mihnea Moldoveanu and G. D. Sullivan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Keith Oatley

144 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

Towards a Cognitive Theory of Emotions 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 2008 2005 250 500 750 1000

Peers

Keith Oatley
Comparison fields: 5 of 170
  • Social Psychology 2.9k
  • Literature and Literary Theory 2.2k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2.1k
  • Cognitive Neuroscience 1.7k
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.5k
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Gün R. Semin Netherlands
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Countries citing papers authored by Keith Oatley

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Fields of papers citing papers by Keith Oatley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keith Oatley

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 6
2 205
3 167
4 24
5 3
6
The mind's flight simulator.
17
7 208
8
Human emotions : a reader
54
9
The communicative theory of emotions: Empirical tests, mental models, and implications for social interaction.
94
10 1
11
Review of The creative process: a computer model of storytelling and creativity by Scott R. Turner. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 1994.
12
12 49
13 163
14 3
15
Information flow in a user interface: the effect of experience and context on the recall of MacWrite screens
3
16 14
17
Cognitive science and the understanding of emotion
1
18 22
19 1
20 29

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