Kevin Head

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Kevin Head is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cognitive Neuroscience and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Head has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 12 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Kevin Head's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (9 papers), Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (7 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (7 papers). Kevin Head is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (9 papers), Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (7 papers) and Birth, Development, and Health (7 papers). Kevin Head collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Kevin Head's co-authors include Elysia Poggi Davis, Curt A. Sandman, Claudia Buß, L. Tugan Muftuler, Richard J. Haier, Rex E. Jung, Ronald A. Yeo, Michael T. Alkire, Deborah A. Wing and Anton N. Hasso and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, NeuroImage and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Kevin Head

38 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Children's Brain Development Benefits from Longer Gestation

2011 756 citations Elysia Poggi Davis, Claudia Buß et al. Frontiers in Psychology profile →
Maternal cortisol over the course of pregnancy and subsequent child amygdala and hippocampus volumes and affective problems

2012 483 citations Claudia Buß, Elysia Poggi Davis et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin Head United States	23	1.4k	971	930	640	625	40	3.7k
Gabriel Leonard Canada	38	1.8k 1.3×	860 0.9×	420 0.5×	344 0.5×	387 0.6×	80	4.5k
Nandita Vijayakumar Australia	30	1.2k 0.9×	408 0.4×	365 0.4×	1.3k 2.0×	599 1.0×	114	3.2k
Randal G. Ross United States	44	1.7k 1.2×	448 0.5×	469 0.5×	741 1.2×	343 0.5×	108	5.3k
J. Eric Schmitt United States	41	1.7k 1.3×	482 0.5×	456 0.5×	387 0.6×	543 0.9×	119	5.1k
G. Caroline M. van Baal Netherlands	36	1.3k 1.0×	524 0.5×	276 0.3×	496 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	66	4.1k
David Q. Beversdorf United States	42	2.6k 1.9×	523 0.5×	360 0.4×	1.0k 1.6×	660 1.1×	163	6.2k
Ronald L. Cowan United States	37	2.1k 1.5×	313 0.3×	483 0.5×	1.2k 1.9×	683 1.1×	104	5.2k
Sherif Karama Canada	34	2.0k 1.4×	415 0.4×	262 0.3×	578 0.9×	1.0k 1.7×	79	4.1k
Marco P. Boks Netherlands	49	1.8k 1.3×	913 0.9×	424 0.5×	1.3k 2.1×	803 1.3×	204	8.4k
Lindsay M. Squeglia United States	42	1.7k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	369 0.4×	1.0k 1.6×	693 1.1×	130	5.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Kevin Head

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kevin Head

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin Head

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kevin Head. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kevin Head based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kevin Head. Kevin Head is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Davis, Elysia Poggi, Benjamin L. Hankin, Laura M. Glynn, et al.. (2019). Prenatal Maternal Stress, Child Cortical Thickness, and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms. Child Development. 91(2). e432–e450. 49 indexed citations

Davis, Elysia Poggi, Kevin Head, Claudia Buß, & Curt A. Sandman. (2016). Prenatal maternal cortisol concentrations predict neurodevelopment in middle childhood. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 75. 56–63. 83 indexed citations

Sandman, Curt A., Claudia Buß, Kevin Head, & Elysia Poggi Davis. (2014). Fetal Exposure to Maternal Depressive Symptoms Is Associated With Cortical Thickness in Late Childhood. Biological Psychiatry. 77(4). 324–334. 160 indexed citations

Head, Kevin, et al.. (2014). The personal development tutor role: An exploration of student and lecturer experiences and perceptions of that relationship. Nurse Education Today. 34(9). 1207–1213. 24 indexed citations

Davis, Elysia Poggi, Curt A. Sandman, Claudia Buß, Deborah A. Wing, & Kevin Head. (2013). Fetal Glucocorticoid Exposure Is Associated with Preadolescent Brain Development. Biological Psychiatry. 74(9). 647–655. 146 indexed citations

Muftuler, L. Tugan, Elysia Poggi Davis, Claudia Buß, et al.. (2012). Development of white matter pathways in typically developing preadolescent children. Brain Research. 1466. 33–43. 26 indexed citations

Buß, Claudia, Elysia Poggi Davis, Jens C. Pruessner, et al.. (2011). Increased Risk for Affective Disorders Programmed In Utero? High Prenatal Maternal Cortisol Concentrations and Volumes of the Amygdala and Hippocampus in the Offspring at 6-9 Years of Age. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 2. 1 indexed citations

Drew, Barry R., et al.. (2011). Analytical techniques for characterization of raw materials in cell culture media. BMC Proceedings. 5(S8). P5–P5. 1 indexed citations

Wing, Deborah A., et al.. (2011). Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrates long-term changes in brain structure in children born preterm and exposed to chorioamnionitis. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 205(4). 384.e1–384.e8. 35 indexed citations

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Davis, Elysia Poggi, Claudia Buß, L. Tugan Muftuler, et al.. (2011). Children's Brain Development Benefits from Longer Gestation. Frontiers in Psychology. 2. 1–1. 756 indexed citations breakdown →

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Muftuler, L. Tugan, Elysia Poggi Davis, Claudia Buß, et al.. (2011). Cortical and subcortical changes in typically developing preadolescent children. Brain Research. 1399. 15–24. 45 indexed citations

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Haier, Richard J., David H. Schroeder, Cheuk Y. Tang, Kevin Head, & Roberto Colom. (2010). Gray matter correlates of cognitive ability tests used for vocational guidance. BMC Research Notes. 3(1). 206–206. 14 indexed citations

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Buß, Claudia, Elysia Poggi Davis, L. Tugan Muftuler, Kevin Head, & Curt A. Sandman. (2009). High pregnancy anxiety during mid-gestation is associated with decreased gray matter density in 6–9-year-old children. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 35(1). 141–153. 312 indexed citations

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Haier, Richard J., Roberto Colom, David H. Schroeder, et al.. (2009). Gray matter and intelligence factors: Is there a neuro-g?. Intelligence. 37(2). 136–144. 68 indexed citations

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Head, Kevin, et al.. (2007). Neuroimaging of individuals with Down’s syndrome at-risk for dementia: Evidence for possible compensatory events. NeuroImage. 39(3). 1324–1332. 50 indexed citations

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Francis, Susan, et al.. (2006). The Effect of Flavanol-rich Cocoa on the fMRI Response to a Cognitive Task in Healthy Young People. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 47(Supplement 2). S215–S220. 239 indexed citations

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Wild, Damian, Kevin Head, & Deborah A. Hall. (2006). Safe magnetic resonance scanning of patients with metallic middle ear implants. Clinical Otolaryngology. 31(6). 508–510. 2 indexed citations

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Tapp, P. Dwight, Kevin Head, Elizabeth Head, et al.. (2005). Application of an automated voxel-based morphometry technique to assess regional gray and white matter brain atrophy in a canine model of aging. NeuroImage. 29(1). 234–244. 52 indexed citations

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Jung, Rex E., et al.. (2005). Structural brain variation, age, and response time. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 5(2). 246–251. 18 indexed citations

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Haier, Richard J., Rex E. Jung, Ronald A. Yeo, Kevin Head, & Michael T. Alkire. (2004). Structural brain variation and general intelligence. NeuroImage. 23(1). 425–433. 407 indexed citations

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