Paul D. MacLean

10.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
84 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Paul D. MacLean is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul D. MacLean has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 19 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 14 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Paul D. MacLean's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (18 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (14 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (10 papers). Paul D. MacLean is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (18 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (14 papers) and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (10 papers). Paul D. MacLean collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Paul D. MacLean's co-authors include Detlev Ploog, Neil Greenberg, JoséM.R. Delgado, Timothy B. Rowe, Nicholas Hotton, Jan J. Roth, Harvey B. Lillywhite, Karl H. Pribram, John A. Gergen and John D. Newman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Comparative Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Paul D. MacLean

82 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

The Triune Brain in Evolution: Role in Paleocerebral Functions

1990 574 citations Paul D. MacLean profile →
The Ecology and Biology of Mammal-Like Reptiles

1987 445 citations Paul D. MacLean et al. profile →
Some psychiatric implications of physiological studies on frontotemporal portion of limbic system (Visceral brain)

1952 416 citations Paul D. MacLean Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology profile →

Peers

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Peter J. Morgane United States

Rudolf Nieuwenhuys Netherlands

Victor H. Denenberg United States

Michel A. Hofman Netherlands

Sergio M. Pellis Canada

Marian C. Diamond United States

H. Hécaen France

Jean Delacour France

Christiana M. Leonard United States

Francisco Aboitiz Chile

Peter J. Morgane United States

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul D. MacLean

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul D. MacLean

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paul D. MacLean. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paul D. MacLean 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 Paul D. MacLean. Paul D. MacLean is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Shi, Shengjing, Sandeep Kumar, Sandra Young, Paul D. MacLean, & Ruy Jáuregui. (2023). Evaluation of 16S rRNA gene primer pairs for bacterial community profiling in an across soil and ryegrass plant study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). 500–512. 9 indexed citations

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MacLean, Paul D.. (1994). Human Nature: Duality or Triality?. Politics and the Life Sciences. 13(1). 107–112. 2 indexed citations

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MacLean, Paul D. & John D. Newman. (1988). Role of midline frontolimbic cortex in production of the isolation call of squirrel monkeys. Brain Research. 450(1-2). 111–123. 90 indexed citations

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Greenberg, Neil, Paul D. MacLean, & John L. Ferguson. (1979). Role of the paleostriatum in species-typical display behavior of the lizard (Anolis carolinensis). Brain Research. 172(2). 229–241. 59 indexed citations

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MacLean, Paul D.. (1977). The Triune Brain in Conflict. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 28(1-4). 207–220. 22 indexed citations

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MacLean, Paul D., et al.. (1977). Effects of vagal volleys on units of intralaminar and juxtalaminar thalamic nuclei in monkeys. Brain Research. 130(2). 271–286. 21 indexed citations

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MacLean, Paul D.. (1973). A Triune Concept of the Brain and Behaviour. University of Toronto Press eBooks. 122 indexed citations

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Poletti, Charles E., et al.. (1973). Hippocampal influence on unit activity of hypothalamus, preoptic region, and basal forebrain in awake, stting squirrel monkeys.. Journal of Neurophysiology. 36(2). 308–324. 31 indexed citations

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MacLean, Paul D.. (1973). A Triune Concept of the Brain and Behaviour. 47 indexed citations

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MacLean, Paul D.. (1969). THE INTERNAL-EXTERNAL BONDS OF THE MEMORY PROCESS. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 149(1). 40–47. 7 indexed citations

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MacLean, Paul D., et al.. (1968). Photically sustained on-responses of units in posterior hippocampal gyrus of awake monkey.. Journal of Neurophysiology. 31(6). 870–883. 36 indexed citations

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Gergen, John A. & Paul D. MacLean. (1962). A stereotaxic atlas of the squirrel monkey's brain (Saimiri sciureus) /. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 147 indexed citations

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Coggeshall, R. E. & Paul D. MacLean. (1958). Hippocampal Lesions Following Administration of 3-Acetylpyridine. Experimental Biology and Medicine. 98(4). 687–689. 66 indexed citations

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MacLean, Paul D.. (1958). Contrasting functions of limbic and neocortical systems of the brain and their relevance to psychophysiological aspects of medicine. The American Journal of Medicine. 25(4). 611–626. 134 indexed citations

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MacLean, Paul D.. (1957). Visceral Functions of the Nervous System. Annual Review of Physiology. 19(1). 397–416. 6 indexed citations

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MacLean, Paul D.. (1955). THE LIMBIC SYSTEM ("VISCERAL BRAIN") AND EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR. Archives of Neurology And Psychiatry. 73(2). 130–130. 108 indexed citations

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MacLean, Paul D.. (1955). The Limbic System ("Visceral Brain") in Relation to Central Gray and Reticulum of the Brain Stem. Psychosomatic Medicine. 17(5). 355–366. 58 indexed citations

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MacLean, Paul D.. (1954). The Limbic System and Its Hippocampal Formation. Journal of neurosurgery. 11(1). 29–44. 122 indexed citations

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MacLean, Paul D.. (1952). Some psychiatric implications of physiological studies on frontotemporal portion of limbic system (Visceral brain). Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. 4(4). 407–418. 416 indexed citations breakdown →

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MacLean, Paul D., et al.. (1951). BASAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 113(1). 485–496. 3 indexed citations

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