Paul Ekman

104.2k total citations · 38 hit papers
196 papers, 58.8k citations indexed

About

Paul Ekman is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Ekman has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 58.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Social Psychology, 59 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 37 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Paul Ekman's work include Face Recognition and Perception (51 papers), Deception detection and forensic psychology (32 papers) and Emotions and Moral Behavior (30 papers). Paul Ekman is often cited by papers focused on Face Recognition and Perception (51 papers), Deception detection and forensic psychology (32 papers) and Emotions and Moral Behavior (30 papers). Paul Ekman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. Paul Ekman's co-authors include Wallace V. Friesen, Richard J. Davidson, Robert W. Levenson, Erika L. Rosenberg, Klaus R. Scherer, Maureen O’Sullivan, Mark G. Frank, Maureen J. O’Sullivan, Joseph C. Hager and Harriet Oster and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Paul Ekman

192 papers receiving 53.7k citations

Hit Papers

An argument for basic emotions 1969 2026 1988 2007 1992 1976 1971 1994 1969 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul Ekman United States 89 25.1k 23.0k 22.6k 8.3k 7.8k 196 58.8k
James A. Russell United States 77 17.8k 0.7× 16.6k 0.7× 16.1k 0.7× 4.7k 0.6× 7.6k 1.0× 320 47.2k
Klaus R. Scherer Switzerland 95 14.8k 0.6× 17.3k 0.7× 14.2k 0.6× 3.6k 0.4× 4.1k 0.5× 340 37.8k
Peter J. Lang United States 100 13.6k 0.5× 22.0k 1.0× 28.8k 1.3× 10.8k 1.3× 3.3k 0.4× 251 52.8k
Mihály Csíkszentmihályi United States 78 19.6k 0.8× 13.1k 0.6× 6.8k 0.3× 9.6k 1.2× 11.1k 1.4× 240 56.7k
Marc H. Bornstein United States 98 13.1k 0.5× 7.2k 0.3× 9.9k 0.4× 15.2k 1.8× 6.5k 0.8× 660 50.9k
Wallace V. Friesen United States 41 10.5k 0.4× 9.2k 0.4× 8.9k 0.4× 3.0k 0.4× 3.0k 0.4× 56 23.2k
Raymond J. Dolan United Kingdom 182 16.7k 0.7× 25.5k 1.1× 80.7k 3.6× 10.1k 1.2× 3.6k 0.5× 829 113.0k
Michael I. Posner United States 114 9.2k 0.4× 18.6k 0.8× 51.9k 2.3× 11.2k 1.4× 1.4k 0.2× 339 76.1k
Chris Frith United Kingdom 182 27.0k 1.1× 20.6k 0.9× 87.5k 3.9× 10.5k 1.3× 3.8k 0.5× 730 125.1k
Robert Rosenthal United States 103 14.8k 0.6× 9.3k 0.4× 8.2k 0.4× 11.3k 1.4× 10.9k 1.4× 418 58.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Ekman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Ekman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Ekman

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ekman, Paul, et al.. (2021). The Role of Emotional Awareness in Special Warfare. 7(2). 190–199.
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Kemeny, Margaret E., Carol Foltz, James F. Cavanagh, et al.. (2011). Contemplative/emotion training reduces negative emotional behavior and promotes prosocial responses.. Emotion. 12(2). 338–350. 249 indexed citations
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Sauter, Disa, Frank Eisner, Paul Ekman, & Sophie K. Scott. (2010). Cross-cultural recognition of basic emotions through nonverbal emotional vocalizations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(6). 2408–2412. 477 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ekman, Paul. (2009). Darwin's contributions to our understanding of emotional expressions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 364(1535). 3449–3451. 76 indexed citations
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Ekman, Paul. (2008). Emotional awareness : overcoming the obstacles to psychological balance and compassion : a conversation between the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman. 33 indexed citations
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Frank, Mark G. & Paul Ekman. (2004). Appearing truthful generalizes across different deception situations.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 86(3). 486–495. 72 indexed citations
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Etcoff, Nancy L., Paul Ekman, John Magee, & Mark G. Frank. (2000). Lie detection and language comprehension. Nature. 405(6783). 139–139. 67 indexed citations
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Donato, Gianluca, Marian Stewart Bartlett, Joseph C. Hager, Paul Ekman, & Terrence J. Sejnowski. (1999). Classifying facial actions. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. 21(10). 974–989. 680 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bartlett, Marian Stewart, Paul Viola, Terrence J. Sejnowski, et al.. (1995). Classifying Facial Action. Neural Information Processing Systems. 823–829. 59 indexed citations
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Ekman, Paul & Richard J. Davidson. (1994). The nature of emotion: Fundamental questions.. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1944 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ekman, Paul. (1992). An argument for basic emotions. Cognition & Emotion. 6(3-4). 169–200. 5516 indexed citations breakdown →
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Levenson, Robert W., Paul Ekman, Karl G. Heider, & Wallace V. Friesen. (1992). Emotion and autonomic nervous system activity in the Minangkabau of West Sumatra.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 62(6). 972–988. 153 indexed citations
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Zoccolotti, Pierluigi, Carlo Caltagirone, Paul Ekman, et al.. (1990). Methodological Questions on the Study of Spontaneous Emotional Responding as Compared to Non Verbal Communication in Brain Damaged Patients: Comments on Buck's Reply (1989). Cortex. 26(2). 281–289. 2 indexed citations
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Ekman, Paul, Wallace V. Friesen, & Maureen J. O’Sullivan. (1988). Smiles when lying.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 54(3). 414–420. 453 indexed citations
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Ekman, Paul & Karl G. Heider. (1988). The universality of a contempt expression: A replication. Motivation and Emotion. 12(3). 303–308. 106 indexed citations
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Ekman, Paul. (1980). The face of man. 37 indexed citations
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Ekman, Paul & Wallace V. Friesen. (1971). Constants across cultures in the face and emotion.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 17(2). 124–129. 3229 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ekman, Paul. (1970). Universal facial expressions in emotion.. Studia Psychologica. 235 indexed citations
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Ekman, Paul & Wallace V. Friesen. (1969). The Repertoire of Nonverbal Behavior: Categories, Origins, Usage, and Coding. Semiotica. 1(1). 49–98. 1786 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ekman, Paul & Wallace V. Friesen. (1967). Head and Body Cues in the Judgment of Emotion: A Reformulation . Perceptual and Motor Skills. 24(3). 711–724. 2 indexed citations

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