Moji Aghajani

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Moji Aghajani is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Moji Aghajani has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 13 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 11 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Moji Aghajani's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (14 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (6 papers) and Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (5 papers). Moji Aghajani is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (14 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (6 papers) and Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (5 papers). Moji Aghajani collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Moji Aghajani's co-authors include Nic J.A. van der Wee, Brenda W.J.H. Penninx, Ilja M. J. Saris, Robert Vermeiren, Ilya M. Veer, Nic J. van der Wee, Serge A.R.B. Rombouts, Steven J.A. van der Werff, Dick J. Veltman and Marie‐José van Tol and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Psychiatry and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Moji Aghajani

30 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

Social brain, social dysfunction and social withdrawal

2018 256 citations Stefano Porcelli, Nic J.A. van der Wee et al. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Moji Aghajani Netherlands	17	581	399	371	230	210	31	1.4k
Christina B. Young United States	21	998 1.7×	518 1.3×	266 0.7×	309 1.3×	240 1.1×	67	2.0k
Rayus Kuplicki United States	22	785 1.4×	463 1.2×	224 0.6×	367 1.6×	101 0.5×	102	1.9k
Eva Henje Sweden	21	568 1.0×	489 1.2×	522 1.4×	221 1.0×	127 0.6×	49	1.4k
Yuliya S. Nikolova Canada	21	471 0.8×	307 0.8×	389 1.0×	193 0.8×	144 0.7×	52	1.4k
Reagan R. Wetherill United States	27	711 1.2×	287 0.7×	268 0.7×	217 0.9×	90 0.4×	59	2.0k
Weihui Li China	20	499 0.9×	237 0.6×	438 1.2×	177 0.8×	138 0.7×	59	1.3k
Matthew D. Sacchet United States	28	1.2k 2.1×	569 1.4×	369 1.0×	300 1.3×	190 0.9×	64	2.1k
Johnna R. Swartz United States	24	588 1.0×	318 0.8×	649 1.7×	409 1.8×	191 0.9×	51	1.7k
Clarissa Trzesniak Brazil	19	433 0.7×	443 1.1×	279 0.8×	186 0.8×	124 0.6×	34	1.3k
Carsten Diener Germany	19	728 1.3×	495 1.2×	257 0.7×	440 1.9×	153 0.7×	39	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Moji Aghajani

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Zwaag, Wietske van der, Tomas Knapen, Matthan W.A. Caan, et al.. (2024). Quantitative MRI at 7-Tesla reveals novel frontocortical myeloarchitecture anomalies in major depressive disorder. Translational Psychiatry. 14(1). 262–262. 2 indexed citations

Leerssen, Jeanne, Moji Aghajani, Lara Rösler, et al.. (2023). Cognitive, Behavioral, and Circadian Rhythm Interventions for Insomnia Alter Emotional Brain Responses. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 9(1). 60–69. 5 indexed citations

Bas‐Hoogendam, Janna Marie, Nynke A. Groenewold, Max A. Laansma, et al.. (2023). 39. Subcortical Brain Volumes in Social Anxiety Disorder: An Enigma-Anxiety International Mega-Analysis of 37 Samples. Biological Psychiatry. 93(9). S85–S86.

Gao, Yidian, Marlene Staginnus, Moji Aghajani, et al.. (2023). 20. An Enigma Mega-Analysis of Cortical Structure and Subcortical Volumes in Youths With Conduct Disorder: Influence of Sex, Callous-Unemotional Traits and Age-Of-Onset. Biological Psychiatry. 93(9). S77–S77. 1 indexed citations

Saris, Ilja M. J., Moji Aghajani, Niels Jongs, et al.. (2022). Cross-disorder and disorder-specific deficits in social functioning among schizophrenia and alzheimer’s disease patients. PLoS ONE. 17(4). e0263769–e0263769. 10 indexed citations

Nawijn, Laura, Moji Aghajani, Marie‐José van Tol, et al.. (2022). Neural correlates of anxious distress in depression: A neuroimaging study of reactivity to emotional faces and resting‐state functional connectivity. Depression and Anxiety. 39(7). 573–585. 12 indexed citations

Saris, Ilja M. J., Moji Aghajani, Lianne M. Reus, et al.. (2021). Social dysfunction is transdiagnostically associated with default mode network dysconnectivity in schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry. 23(4). 264–277. 22 indexed citations

Torre‐Luque, Alejandro de la, Amy C. Bilderbeck, José Vivancos, et al.. (2021). Relationships between social withdrawal and facial emotion recognition in neuropsychiatric disorders. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 113. 110463–110463. 16 indexed citations

Bas‐Hoogendam, Janna Marie, Nynke A. Groenewold, Moji Aghajani, et al.. (2020). ENIGMA‐anxietyworking group: Rationale for and organization oflarge‐scaleneuroimaging studies of anxiety disorders. Human Brain Mapping. 43(1). 83–112. 24 indexed citations

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Saris, Ilja M. J., Brenda W.J.H. Penninx, Marie‐José van Tol, et al.. (2020). Default Mode Network Connectivity and Social Dysfunction in Major Depressive Disorder. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 194–194. 40 indexed citations

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Williams, Claire, Moji Aghajani, Sandra Báez, et al.. (2020). The neuroscience of sadness: A multidisciplinary synthesis and collaborative review. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 111. 199–228. 69 indexed citations

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Aghajani, Moji, Eduard T. Klapwijk, Henrik Andershed, et al.. (2020). Neural processing of socioemotional content in conduct-disordered juvenile offenders with limited prosocial emotions. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 105. 110045–110045. 11 indexed citations

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Penninx, Brenda W.J.H., Laura S. van Velzen, Marie‐José van Tol, et al.. (2019). White matter architecture in major depression with anxious distress symptoms. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 94. 109664–109664. 14 indexed citations

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Porcelli, Stefano, Nic J.A. van der Wee, Steven van der Werff, et al.. (2018). Social brain, social dysfunction and social withdrawal. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 97. 10–33. 256 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leerssen, Jeanne, Rick Wassing, Jennifer R. Ramautar, et al.. (2018). Increased hippocampal-prefrontal functional connectivity in insomnia. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 160. 144–150. 48 indexed citations

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Klapwijk, Eduard T., Moji Aghajani, Gert‐Jan Lelieveld, et al.. (2017). Differential Fairness Decisions and Brain Responses After Expressed Emotions of Others in Boys with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 47(8). 2390–2400. 11 indexed citations

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Aghajani, Moji, Eduard T. Klapwijk, Nic J. van der Wee, et al.. (2016). Disorganized Amygdala Networks in Conduct-Disordered Juvenile Offenders With Callous-Unemotional Traits. Biological Psychiatry. 82(4). 283–293. 47 indexed citations

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Aghajani, Moji, Ilya M. Veer, Bianca G. van den Bulk, et al.. (2013). Altered white-matter architecture in treatment-naive adolescents with clinical depression. Psychological Medicine. 44(11). 2287–2298. 73 indexed citations

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Aghajani, Moji, Ilya M. Veer, Marie‐José van Tol, et al.. (2013). Neuroticism and extraversion are associated with amygdala resting-state functional connectivity. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 14(2). 836–848. 80 indexed citations

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Aghajani, Moji, et al.. (2012). Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Anxiety Disorders. Current Psychiatry Reports. 14(3). 197–202. 76 indexed citations

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