Megan R. Gunnar

44.5k total citations · 10 hit papers
347 papers, 31.4k citations indexed

About

Megan R. Gunnar is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Megan R. Gunnar has authored 347 papers receiving a total of 31.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 175 papers in Clinical Psychology, 128 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 96 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Megan R. Gunnar's work include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (134 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (128 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (92 papers). Megan R. Gunnar is often cited by papers focused on Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (134 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (128 papers) and Early Childhood Education and Development (92 papers). Megan R. Gunnar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Megan R. Gunnar's co-authors include Bruce S. McEwen, Sonia Lupien, Christine Heim, Bonny Donzella, Karina Quevedo, Camelia E. Hostinar, Amanda R. Tarullo, Delia M. Vázquez, Sarah C. Mangelsdorf and Philip A. Fisher and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Psychological Bulletin and Nature reviews. Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Megan R. Gunnar

334 papers receiving 30.0k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of stress throughout the lifespan on the ... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2009 2006 2002 2001 2009 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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.

  1. Effects of stress throughout the lifespan on the brain, behaviour and cognition
    2009 4.4k citations Sonia Lupien, Bruce S. McEwen et al. Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →
  2. The Neurobiology of Stress and Development
    2006 1.3k citations Megan R. Gunnar, Karina Quevedo profile →
  3. Social regulation of the cortisol levels in early human development
    2002 793 citations Megan R. Gunnar, Bonny Donzella Psychoneuroendocrinology profile →
  4. Low cortisol and a flattening of expected daytime rhythm: Potential indices of risk in humandevelopment
    2001 711 citations Megan R. Gunnar et al. Development and Psychopathology profile →
  5. Prolonged institutional rearing is associated with atypically large amygdala volume and difficulties in emotion regulation
    2009 605 citations Nim Tottenham, Megan R. Gunnar et al. profile →
  6. Child maltreatment and the developing HPA axis
    2006 541 citations Amanda R. Tarullo, Megan R. Gunnar profile →
  7. Developmental changes in hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal activity over the transition to adolescence: Normative changes and associations with puberty
    2009 534 citations Megan R. Gunnar et al. Development and Psychopathology profile →
  8. Psychobiological mechanisms underlying the social buffering of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical axis: A review of animal models and human studies across development.
    2013 528 citations Megan R. Gunnar et al. profile →
  9. Behavioral Inhibition and Stress Reactivity: The Moderating Role of Attachment Security
    1996 503 citations Megan R. Gunnar et al. profile →
  10. Annual Research Review: Early adversity, the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical axis, and child psychopathology
    2017 306 citations Megan R. Gunnar et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Megan R. Gunnar United States 93 16.9k 11.1k 9.5k 6.1k 4.5k 347 31.4k
Katie A. McLaughlin United States 94 22.0k 1.3× 3.5k 0.3× 6.9k 0.7× 3.7k 0.6× 2.6k 0.6× 334 32.0k
Nathan A. Fox United States 109 21.7k 1.3× 2.7k 0.2× 9.5k 1.0× 5.7k 0.9× 3.3k 0.7× 606 39.3k
Frank C. Verhulst Netherlands 109 24.3k 1.4× 2.0k 0.2× 7.3k 0.8× 7.6k 1.2× 7.8k 1.7× 767 44.0k
Dante Cicchetti United States 122 47.8k 2.8× 3.0k 0.3× 15.5k 1.6× 9.4k 1.5× 3.0k 0.7× 546 60.4k
Marian J. Bakermans‐Kranenburg Netherlands 94 25.9k 1.5× 1.9k 0.2× 16.0k 1.7× 4.1k 0.7× 2.7k 0.6× 504 38.5k
Michael J. Meaney Canada 117 12.1k 0.7× 24.9k 2.2× 23.4k 2.5× 4.2k 0.7× 14.8k 3.3× 561 62.1k
Thomas G. O’Connor United States 79 12.5k 0.7× 1.6k 0.1× 4.6k 0.5× 2.6k 0.4× 4.7k 1.0× 297 22.7k
Christine Heim Germany 61 9.9k 0.6× 10.4k 0.9× 5.9k 0.6× 1.5k 0.2× 3.7k 0.8× 217 26.5k
E. Jane Costello United States 102 28.1k 1.7× 1.4k 0.1× 7.0k 0.7× 7.2k 1.2× 2.8k 0.6× 224 38.8k
Adrian Angold United States 93 27.1k 1.6× 1.5k 0.1× 6.3k 0.7× 7.5k 1.2× 2.7k 0.6× 174 36.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Reid, Brie M., C. Desjardins, Bharat Thyagarajan, Michael A. Linden, & Megan R. Gunnar. (2024). Early Life Stress Is Associated with Alterations in Lymphocyte Subsets Independent of Increased Inflammation in Adolescents. Biomolecules. 14(3). 262–262. 3 indexed citations
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Donzella, Bonny, et al.. (2024). Comparison of a one- vs. two-session online version of the Trier Social Stress Test. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 172. 107271–107271.
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Howland, Mariann A., Brie M. Reid, Bonny Donzella, & Megan R. Gunnar. (2024). Earlier pubertal timing, not tempo, links time-limited early adversity with psychopathology. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 107. 107420–107420. 1 indexed citations
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Donzella, Bonny, et al.. (2023). Interaction on Social Media Moderates the Effect of Stress on Insomnia. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 153. 106185–106185. 1 indexed citations
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Gunnar, Megan R., Aaron S. Kelly, Simone A. French, et al.. (2022). Household food insecurity and obesity risk in preschool-aged children: A three-year prospective study. Social Science & Medicine. 307. 115176–115176. 8 indexed citations
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DePasquale, Carrie E., Max P. Herzberg, & Megan R. Gunnar. (2021). The pubertal stress recalibration hypothesis: Potential neural and behavioral consequences. Child Development Perspectives. 15(4). 249–256. 24 indexed citations
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Miller, Robert, Tobias Stalder, Marc N. Jarczok, et al.. (2016). The CIRCORT database: Reference ranges and seasonal changes in diurnal salivary cortisol derived from a meta-dataset comprised of 15 field studies. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 73. 16–23. 157 indexed citations
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Gunnar, Megan R.. (2016). Early Life Stress: What Is the Human Chapter of the Mammalian Story?. Child Development Perspectives. 10(3). 178–183. 9 indexed citations
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Johnson, Anna E., Jacqueline Bruce, Amanda R. Tarullo, & Megan R. Gunnar. (2011). Growth delay as an index of allostatic load in young children: Predictions to disinhibited social approach and diurnal cortisol activity. Development and Psychopathology. 23(3). 859–871. 39 indexed citations
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Lupien, Sonia, Bruce S. McEwen, Megan R. Gunnar, & Christine Heim. (2009). Effects of stress throughout the lifespan on the brain, behaviour and cognition. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 10(6). 434–445. 4354 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cicchetti, Dante & Megan R. Gunnar. (2009). Meeting the challenge of translational research in child psychology. Wiley eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Casey, B.J., Charles E. Glatt, Nim Tottenham, et al.. (2009). Brain-derived neurotrophic factor as a model system for examining gene by environment interactions across development. Neuroscience. 164(1). 108–120. 111 indexed citations
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Gunnar, Megan R. & Karina Quevedo. (2007). The Neurobiology of Stress and Development. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Donzella, Bonny, et al.. (2000). Cortisol and vagal tone responses to competitive challenge in preschoolers: Associations with temperament. Developmental Psychobiology. 37(4). 209–220. 109 indexed citations
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Stansbury, Kathy & Megan R. Gunnar. (1994). ADRENOCORTICAL ACTIVITY AND EMOTION REGULATION. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 59(2-3). 108–134. 208 indexed citations
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Gunnar, Megan R.. (1992). Reactivity of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenocortical System to Stressors in Normal Infants and Children. PEDIATRICS. 90(3). 491–497. 148 indexed citations
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Gunnar, Megan R. & Michael P Maratsos. (1992). Modularity and constraints in language and cognition. 98 indexed citations
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Gunnar, Megan R. & L. Alan Sroufe. (1991). Self processes and development. 297 indexed citations

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