Robert F. Simons

18.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
124 papers, 13.7k citations indexed

About

Robert F. Simons is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert F. Simons has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 13.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 38 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 25 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Robert F. Simons's work include Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (45 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (19 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (19 papers). Robert F. Simons is often cited by papers focused on Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (45 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (19 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (19 papers). Robert F. Simons collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Netherlands. Robert F. Simons's co-authors include Greg Hajcak, Jason S. Moser, Mark A. Miles, Roger S. Ulrich, Nicole M. McDonald, Clay B. Holroyd, Jason W. Krompinger, Jonathan D. Huppert, Benjamin H. Detenber and Edna B. Foa and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, American Journal of Psychiatry and Child Development.

In The Last Decade

Robert F. Simons

124 papers receiving 13.1k 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.

Stress recovery during exposure to natural and urban environments

1991 3.9k citations Robert F. Simons et al. profile →
The feedback-related negativity reflects the binary evaluation of good versus bad outcomes

2005 580 citations Greg Hajcak, Jason S. Moser et al. Biological Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert F. Simons United States	51	6.4k	3.6k	3.3k	2.8k	2.7k	124	13.7k
Marc G. Berman United States	42	3.3k 0.5×	1.8k 0.5×	3.3k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	983 0.4×	128	9.4k
Sander L. Koole Netherlands	53	2.0k 0.3×	3.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.3×	4.6k 1.7×	3.1k 1.2×	144	10.5k
Gary W. Evans United States	54	1.5k 0.2×	1.3k 0.3×	3.5k 1.0×	2.6k 0.9×	3.3k 1.2×	127	14.4k
Gary W. Evans United States	60	1.2k 0.2×	1.3k 0.4×	3.7k 1.1×	2.8k 1.0×	3.0k 1.1×	148	15.4k
Timo Partonen Finland	62	2.2k 0.3×	4.7k 1.3×	781 0.2×	1.0k 0.4×	1.8k 0.7×	365	13.3k
Peter Kirsch Germany	58	5.1k 0.8×	3.1k 0.9×	561 0.2×	3.6k 1.3×	2.3k 0.9×	196	11.9k
Christian Cajochen Switzerland	68	7.0k 1.1×	7.9k 2.2×	1.2k 0.3×	1.3k 0.5×	351 0.1×	265	17.3k
Heike Tost Germany	41	3.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.4×	797 0.2×	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	159	7.1k
Stefan Wüst Germany	48	1.3k 0.2×	1.9k 0.5×	729 0.2×	2.5k 0.9×	2.3k 0.9×	99	11.7k
Sonia Lupien Canada	66	3.8k 0.6×	3.0k 0.8×	645 0.2×	5.9k 2.1×	5.5k 2.1×	238	24.5k

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Simons, Robert F., et al.. (2021). Unsupportive romantic partner behaviors increase neural reactivity to mistakes. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 170. 12–19. 2 indexed citations

Bernard, Kristin, et al.. (2018). CPS-referred mothers’ psychophysiological responses to own versus other child predict sensitivity to child distress.. Developmental Psychology. 54(7). 1255–1264. 5 indexed citations

Most, Steven B., et al.. (2012). Response monitoring and cognitive control in childhood obesity. Biological Psychology. 92(2). 199–204. 17 indexed citations

Simons, Robert F.. (2011). For distinguished contributions to psychophysiology: Niels Birbaumer. Psychophysiology. 49(1). 1–2. 5 indexed citations

Grasso, Damion J. & Robert F. Simons. (2010). Perceived parental support predicts enhanced late positive event-related brain potentials to parent faces. Biological Psychology. 86(1). 26–30. 29 indexed citations

Simons, Robert F.. (2009). The way of our errors: Theme and variations. Psychophysiology. 47(1). 1–14. 139 indexed citations

Mikes, Anette, et al.. (2009). Gestionando el riesgo en un nuevo mundo. Harvard business review. 87(10). 67–75. 2 indexed citations

Moser, Jason S. & Robert F. Simons. (2009). The neural consequences of flip‐flopping: The feedback‐related negativity and salience of reward prediction. Psychophysiology. 46(2). 313–320. 49 indexed citations

Moser, Jason S., Jonathan D. Huppert, Elizabeth R. Duval, & Robert F. Simons. (2008). Face processing biases in social anxiety: An electrophysiological study. Biological Psychology. 78(1). 93–103. 141 indexed citations

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Moser, Jason S., Greg Hajcak, Robert F. Simons, & Edna B. Foa. (2007). Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in trauma-exposed college students: The role of trauma-related cognitions, gender, and negative affect. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 21(8). 1039–1049. 101 indexed citations

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Hajcak, Greg, Jason S. Moser, & Robert F. Simons. (2006). Attending to affect: Appraisal strategies modulate the electrocortical response to arousing pictures.. Emotion. 6(3). 517–522. 242 indexed citations

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Simons, Robert F.. (2005). Diseñar cargos de alto desempeño. Harvard business review. 83(7). 34–43. 1 indexed citations

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Hajcak, Greg, Jason S. Moser, Clay B. Holroyd, & Robert F. Simons. (2005). The feedback-related negativity reflects the binary evaluation of good versus bad outcomes. Biological Psychology. 71(2). 148–154. 580 indexed citations breakdown →

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Schaaf, Marike van der, Hester Vermeulen, M. N. Storm-Versloot, et al.. (2004). Effectiveness of lactulose syrup after cardiac surgery. Applied Nursing Research. 17(1). 48–54. 8 indexed citations

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Hajcak, Greg, Nicole M. McDonald, & Robert F. Simons. (2004). Error-related psychophysiology and negative affect. Brain and Cognition. 56(2). 189–197. 342 indexed citations

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Hajcak, Greg, Jonathan D. Huppert, Robert F. Simons, & Edna B. Foa. (2003). Psychometric properties of the OCI-R in a college sample. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 42(1). 115–123. 288 indexed citations

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Simons, Robert F.. (1995). Los sistemas de control como instrumentos para la renovación estratégica. Harvard-Deusto business review. 14(68). 22–40. 3 indexed citations

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Simons, Robert F., et al.. (1994). Emotional imagery and physical anhedonia. Psychophysiology. 31(5). 513–521. 68 indexed citations

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Simons, Robert F.. (1988). Long latency event related potentials some apparent misattributions. Psychophysiology. 25(4). 426–427. 5 indexed citations

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Simons, Robert F., et al.. (1987). Evocation and habituation of autonomic and event-related potential responses in a nonsignal environment. Journal of Psychophysiology. 1(1). 45–59. 62 indexed citations

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