Peter J. Gianaros

15.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
162 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Peter J. Gianaros is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Behavioral Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter J. Gianaros has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 51 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 50 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Peter J. Gianaros's work include Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (56 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (51 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (32 papers). Peter J. Gianaros is often cited by papers focused on Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (56 papers), Stress Responses and Cortisol (51 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (32 papers). Peter J. Gianaros collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Peter J. Gianaros's co-authors include Bruce S. McEwen, Stephen B. Manuck, J. Richard Jennings, Lei K. Sheu, Anna L. Marsland, Tor D. Wager, Ahmad R. Hariri, Karen A. Matthews, Sheldon Cohen and Hugo Critchley and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of Neuroscience and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Peter J. Gianaros

155 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Central role of the brain in stress and adaptation: Links to socioeconomic status, health, and disease

2010 1.2k citations Peter J. Gianaros et al. profile →
Stress- and Allostasis-Induced Brain Plasticity

2010 791 citations Peter J. Gianaros et al. profile →
A Stage Model of Stress and Disease

2016 343 citations Peter J. Gianaros, Stephen B. Manuck et al. profile →
The self in context: brain systems linking mental and physical health

2021 121 citations Peter J. Gianaros, Tor D. Wager et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter J. Gianaros United States	57	2.9k	2.6k	2.5k	2.0k	2.0k	162	10.9k
Andrew H. Kemp Australia	61	4.3k 1.5×	3.6k 1.4×	1.7k 0.7×	4.0k 2.0×	3.0k 1.5×	237	13.6k
William R. Lovallo United States	56	2.0k 0.7×	3.0k 1.2×	3.6k 1.4×	1.9k 0.9×	2.6k 1.3×	187	11.2k
Witte J.G. Hoogendijk Netherlands	59	1.3k 0.5×	988 0.4×	3.6k 1.4×	2.1k 1.1×	2.1k 1.0×	208	11.7k
Andreas Ströhle Germany	54	2.3k 0.8×	711 0.3×	1.5k 0.6×	2.3k 1.1×	3.2k 1.6×	269	10.5k
Matthew F. Muldoon United States	60	920 0.3×	2.7k 1.0×	1.6k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	215	11.0k
J. Richard Jennings United States	61	4.6k 1.6×	4.3k 1.6×	1.6k 0.6×	2.8k 1.4×	1.6k 0.8×	282	12.9k
J. F. Brosschot Netherlands	52	1.9k 0.6×	3.5k 1.4×	1.6k 0.7×	4.1k 2.0×	2.7k 1.4×	116	10.2k
Christian Otte Germany	46	1.3k 0.4×	866 0.3×	3.6k 1.4×	1.6k 0.8×	2.7k 1.4×	234	9.9k
Urs M. Nater Germany	47	1.8k 0.6×	956 0.4×	3.3k 1.3×	1.7k 0.9×	2.5k 1.3×	237	10.7k
Shigeto Yamawaki Japan	60	3.9k 1.4×	558 0.2×	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	379	12.6k

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Rasero, Javier, Timothy Verstynen, Thomas E. Kraynak, et al.. (2025). Stressor‐Evoked Brain Activity, Cardiovascular Reactivity, and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Midlife Adults. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(10). e034908–e034908. 1 indexed citations

Santini, Tales, Jr‐Jiun Liou, Ann D. Cohen, et al.. (2025). Brain Morphometrics Correlations With Age Among 350 Participants Imaged With Both 3T and 7T MRI: 7T Improves Statistical Power and Reduces Required Sample Size. Human Brain Mapping. 46(4). e70195–e70195. 1 indexed citations

Rasero, Javier, et al.. (2025). Resting-State Functional Connectivity Does Not Predict Individual Differences in Perceived Psychological Stress Among Midlife Adults: Evidence From a Preregistered Cross-Validation Study. PubMed. 87(2). 138–145. 1 indexed citations

Trumpff, Caroline, Seonjoo Lee, Mark R. Scudder, et al.. (2025). Effects of acute psychological stress on blood cell-free mitochondrial DNA (cf-mtDNA): A crossover experimental study. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 182. 107644–107644.

Wan, Lu, Chaeryon Kang, Peter J. Gianaros, et al.. (2025). Multilevel and multidimensional features of socioeconomic status and cognitive function in older adulthood: a cross-sectional analysis of the IGNITE study. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 50. 101206–101206.

Vize, Colin, et al.. (2025). Executive function and soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR): a longitudinal study of midlife adults. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 129. 537–546.

Rasero, Javier, et al.. (2024). Cortical and subcortical brain networks predict prevailing heart rate. Psychophysiology. 61(11). e14641–e14641. 2 indexed citations

Quigley, Karen S., Peter J. Gianaros, Greg J. Norman, et al.. (2024). Publication guidelines for human heart rate and heart rate variability studies in psychophysiology—Part 1: Physiological underpinnings and foundations of measurement. Psychophysiology. 61(9). e14604–e14604. 44 indexed citations

Molina‐Hidalgo, Cristina, George Grove, Thomas W. Kamarck, et al.. (2023). Effects of a laboratory-based aerobic exercise intervention on brain volume and cardiovascular health markers: protocol for a randomised clinical trial. BMJ Open. 13(11). e077905–e077905. 1 indexed citations

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Rasero, Javier, et al.. (2023). Similarity in evoked responses does not imply similarity in macroscopic network states. Network Neuroscience. 8(1). 335–354. 4 indexed citations

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Pressman, Sarah D., et al.. (2022). An online Trier social stress paradigm to evoke affective and cardiovascular responses. Psychophysiology. 59(10). e14067–e14067. 7 indexed citations

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Pressman, Sarah D., et al.. (2022). Does an Online Positive Psychological Intervention Improve Positive Affect in Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic?. Affective Science. 4(1). 101–117. 8 indexed citations

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Rasero, Javier, et al.. (2022). Integrating multiple brain imaging modalities does not boost prediction of subclinical atherosclerosis in midlife adults. NeuroImage Clinical. 35. 103134–103134. 3 indexed citations

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Scudder, Mark R., et al.. (2021). Dual impedance cardiography: An inexpensive and reliable method to assess arterial stiffness. Psychophysiology. 58(7). 9 indexed citations

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Tripathy, Sheila, Anna L. Marsland, Ellen Kinnee, et al.. (2021). Long-Term Ambient Air Pollution Exposures and Circulating and Stimulated Inflammatory Mediators in a Cohort of Midlife Adults. Environmental Health Perspectives. 129(5). 57007–57007. 42 indexed citations

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Cheng, Hannah, Thomas W. Kamarck, Peter J. Gianaros, et al.. (2019). Socioeconomic disparities of depressive symptoms and cytokines in hepatocellular carcinoma. Psycho-Oncology. 28(8). 1624–1632. 7 indexed citations

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Taren, Adrienne A., Peter J. Gianaros, Carol M. Greco, et al.. (2017). Mindfulness Meditation Training and Executive Control Network Resting State Functional Connectivity: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Psychosomatic Medicine. 79(6). 674–683. 130 indexed citations

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Kragel, Philip A., Michiko Kano, Lukas Van Oudenhove, et al.. (2017). Generalizable representations of pain, cognitive control, and negative emotion in medial frontal cortex. Nature Neuroscience. 21(2). 283–289. 171 indexed citations

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Gianaros, Peter J., Anna L. Marsland, Dora C.-H. Kuan, et al.. (2013). An Inflammatory Pathway Links Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk to Neural Activity Evoked by the Cognitive Regulation of Emotion. Biological Psychiatry. 75(9). 738–745. 74 indexed citations

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Harrison, Neil A., Marcus A. Gray, Peter J. Gianaros, & Hugo Critchley. (2010). The Embodiment of Emotional Feelings in the Brain. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(38). 12878–12884. 196 indexed citations

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