Nicholas T. Van Dam

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Nicholas T. Van Dam is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas T. Van Dam has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Clinical Psychology, 21 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 19 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Nicholas T. Van Dam's work include Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (19 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (18 papers) and Mental Health Research Topics (8 papers). Nicholas T. Van Dam is often cited by papers focused on Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (19 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (18 papers) and Mental Health Research Topics (8 papers). Nicholas T. Van Dam collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Nicholas T. Van Dam's co-authors include Mitch Earleywine, Paul Grossman, Jin Fan, Sean C. Sheppard, John P. Forsyth, Ashley Borders, Sharon Danoff‐Burg, Willoughby B. Britton, Kieran C. R. Fox and Andrew Olendzki and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLoS ONE and NeuroImage.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas T. Van Dam

52 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation

2017 950 citations Nicholas T. Van Dam, Willoughby B. Britton et al. profile →
Validation of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale—Revised (CESD-R): Pragmatic depression assessment in the general population

2010 496 citations Nicholas T. Van Dam, Mitch Earleywine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicholas T. Van Dam United States	27	2.6k	1.4k	1.1k	944	444	57	4.4k
Elizabeth A. Hoge United States	35	2.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	638 0.6×	889 0.9×	583 1.3×	69	4.2k
Jeong‐Ho Chae South Korea	36	2.4k 0.9×	692 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	684 0.7×	656 1.5×	167	5.1k
Christine Kuehner Germany	29	1.8k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	818 0.7×	880 0.9×	424 1.0×	76	4.5k
Martin Grosse Holtforth Switzerland	34	2.9k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	677 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	572 1.3×	184	4.4k
Kate L. Harkness Canada	38	2.9k 1.1×	1.4k 1.0×	804 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	615 1.4×	109	5.2k
Lori A. Zoellner United States	43	4.4k 1.7×	1.0k 0.7×	704 0.6×	927 1.0×	647 1.5×	137	6.0k
Blair E. Wisco United States	25	3.5k 1.3×	2.9k 2.1×	983 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	413 0.9×	55	5.6k
Anett Gyurak United States	29	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	659 1.5×	33	3.4k
Joanna J. Arch United States	33	3.4k 1.3×	2.3k 1.7×	640 0.6×	946 1.0×	473 1.1×	92	4.8k
Matthew T. Feldner United States	45	3.7k 1.4×	2.6k 1.9×	986 0.9×	718 0.8×	436 1.0×	149	5.8k

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Bailey, Cate, et al.. (2025). The psychometric performance of the EQ-HWB-9 for measuring health and wellbeing in a general population sample from Australia and New Zealand. Quality of Life Research. 34(12). 3707–3719.

Lawn, Will, Xuejun Hao, Anna B. Konova, et al.. (2025). Value signals guiding choices for cannabis versus non-drug rewards in people who use cannabis near-daily. Psychopharmacology. 242(4). 681–691.

Davies, Jonathan N., Cate Bailey, Julieta Galante, & Nicholas T. Van Dam. (2025). Prevalence and predictors of meditation use in Australia and New Zealand: results from a nationally representative survey. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 26(1). 11–11.

Karanges, Emily A., Rosemary Purcell, Patrick D. McGorry, et al.. (2025). Substance use patterns among youth seeking help for mental illness: A latent class analysis. Addictive Behaviors. 167. 108355–108355. 1 indexed citations

Dam, Nicholas T. Van, et al.. (2025). Dose–response effects of reported meditation practice on mental‐health and wellbeing: A prospective longitudinal study. Applied Psychology Health and Well-Being. 17(4). e70063–e70063. 1 indexed citations

Dam, Nicholas T. Van, et al.. (2025). Incidence and Predictors of Meditation-Related Unusual Experiences and Adverse Effects in a Representative Sample of Meditators in the United States. Clinical Psychological Science. 13(3). 632–648. 3 indexed citations

Cataldo, Francesco, Shanton Chang, Antonette Mendoza, George Buchanan, & Nicholas T. Van Dam. (2025). Exploring Technical Features to Enhance Control in Videoconferencing Psychotherapy: Quantitative Study on Clinicians’ Perspectives. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 27. e66904–e66904.

Davies, Jonathan N., et al.. (2024). Prevalence and 20-year trends in meditation, yoga, guided imagery and progressive relaxation use among US adults from 2002 to 2022. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 14987–14987. 15 indexed citations

Galante, Julieta & Nicholas T. Van Dam. (2024). Mind the Echo Chamber: Mindfulness as a Contemplative Practice That can Contribute to Public Health. Mindfulness. 16(3). 622–628. 2 indexed citations

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Gallagher, Shaun, et al.. (2024). Examination of self patterns: framing an alternative phenomenological interview for use in mental health research and clinical practice. Frontiers in Psychology. 15. 1390885–1390885. 7 indexed citations

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Xu, Pengfei, et al.. (2023). Anxiety and depression related abnormalities in socio-affective learning. Journal of Affective Disorders. 335. 322–331. 1 indexed citations

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Windt, Jennifer, et al.. (2023). Subjective Experiences of Committed Meditators Across Practices Aiming for Contentless States. Mindfulness. 14(6). 1457–1478. 7 indexed citations

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Davies, Jonathan N., et al.. (2022). Dose–response Relationship of Reported Lifetime Meditation Practice with Mental Health and Wellbeing: a Cross-sectional Study. Mindfulness. 13(10). 2529–2546. 28 indexed citations

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Kiraly, Drew D., Sarah R. Horn, Nicholas T. Van Dam, et al.. (2017). Altered peripheral immune profiles in treatment-resistant depression: response to ketamine and prediction of treatment outcome. Translational Psychiatry. 7(3). e1065–e1065. 149 indexed citations

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Dam, Nicholas T. Van, Anna Brown, Tom B. Mole, et al.. (2015). Development and Validation of the Behavioral Tendencies Questionnaire. PLoS ONE. 10(11). e0140867–e0140867. 4 indexed citations

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Balsamo, Michela, Marco Innamorati, Nicholas T. Van Dam, Leonardo Carlucci, & Aristide Saggino. (2015). Measuring anxiety in the elderly: psychometric properties of the state trait inventory of cognitive and somatic anxiety (STICSA) in an elderly Italian sample. International Psychogeriatrics. 27(6). 999–1008. 32 indexed citations

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Xu, Pengfei, Ruolei Gu, Lucas S. Broster, et al.. (2013). Neural Basis of Emotional Decision Making in Trait Anxiety. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(47). 18641–18653. 66 indexed citations

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Dam, Nicholas T. Van, Mary Sano, Effie Mitsis, et al.. (2013). Functional Neural Correlates of Attentional Deficits in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e54035–e54035. 50 indexed citations

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Gu, Xiaosi, Xun Liu, Nicholas T. Van Dam, Patrick R. Hof, & Jin Fan. (2012). Cognition–Emotion Integration in the Anterior Insular Cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 23(1). 20–27. 146 indexed citations

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Dam, Nicholas T. Van & Mitch Earleywine. (2010). Pulmonary function in cannabis users: Support for a clinical trial of the vaporizer. International Journal of Drug Policy. 21(6). 511–513. 53 indexed citations

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