Silvan S. Tomkins

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Silvan S. Tomkins is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and General Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Silvan S. Tomkins has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Social Psychology, 5 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 4 papers in General Psychology. Recurrent topics in Silvan S. Tomkins's work include Emotions and Moral Behavior (4 papers), Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (4 papers) and Face Recognition and Perception (2 papers). Silvan S. Tomkins is often cited by papers focused on Emotions and Moral Behavior (4 papers), Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (4 papers) and Face Recognition and Perception (2 papers). Silvan S. Tomkins collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Japan. Silvan S. Tomkins's co-authors include Bertram P. Karon, Robert E. McCarter, Donald L. Mosher, Guy E. Swanson, Paul Ekman, Wallace V. Friesen, Carroll E. Izard, George E. Atwood, Lloyd A. Fallers and Ansley J. Coale and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, American Sociological Review and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Silvan S. Tomkins

34 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Affect, imagery, consciousness, Vol. 1: The positive affe... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Affect, imagery, consciousness, Vol. 1: The positive affects.
    1992 564 citations Silvan S. Tomkins profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Silvan S. Tomkins United States 20 1.2k 835 754 701 526 35 3.0k
Marshall R. Jones United States 5 1.1k 0.9× 601 0.7× 822 1.1× 614 0.9× 939 1.8× 8 3.7k
Frederick B. Davis United States 12 1.7k 1.3× 602 0.7× 896 1.2× 1.2k 1.8× 738 1.4× 28 4.4k
Chris L. Kleinke United States 24 1.0k 0.8× 639 0.8× 798 1.1× 400 0.6× 703 1.3× 77 2.6k
Irvin L. Child United States 24 884 0.7× 583 0.7× 399 0.5× 489 0.7× 516 1.0× 49 2.6k
Irwin Silverman United States 32 780 0.6× 1.1k 1.3× 727 1.0× 484 0.7× 683 1.3× 113 3.5k
Brendan A. Maher United States 27 1.1k 0.9× 898 1.1× 1.6k 2.2× 1.4k 2.0× 507 1.0× 113 4.9k
John T. Lanzetta United States 33 1.6k 1.3× 1.0k 1.3× 1.1k 1.5× 320 0.5× 739 1.4× 70 3.3k
Robert M. Liebert United States 28 872 0.7× 850 1.0× 402 0.5× 721 1.0× 420 0.8× 91 3.0k
Jeannette M. Haviland United States 14 2.0k 1.6× 1.2k 1.4× 1.3k 1.7× 1.1k 1.6× 605 1.2× 27 4.0k
William W. Lambert United States 15 1.0k 0.8× 716 0.9× 216 0.3× 1.2k 1.7× 750 1.4× 31 2.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tomkins, Silvan S., et al.. (1995). Exploring Affect. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 92 indexed citations
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Tomkins, Silvan S., et al.. (1995). Exploring affect the selected writings of Silvan S. Tomkins. 82 indexed citations
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Tomkins, Silvan S.. (1991). The negative affects : anger and fear. Springer eBooks. 40 indexed citations
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Mosher, Donald L. & Silvan S. Tomkins. (1988). Scripting the macho man: Hypermasculine socialization and enculturation. The Journal of Sex Research. 25(1). 60–84. 162 indexed citations
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Tomkins, Silvan S.. (1982). The face of man: Expressions of universal emotions in a New Guinea village. Social Science & Medicine. 16(7). 844–845. 1 indexed citations
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Shneidman, Edwin S., Frank Barron, Nevitt Sanford, et al.. (1982). Aspects of the Personological System of Henry A. Murray. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 8(4). 604–623. 2 indexed citations
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Tomkins, Silvan S.. (1981). The role of facial response in the experience of emotion: A reply to Tourangeau and Ellsworth.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 40(2). 355–357. 38 indexed citations
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Tomkins, Silvan S.. (1981). The quest for primary motives: Biography and autobiography of an idea.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 41(2). 306–329. 128 indexed citations
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Tomkins, Silvan S.. (1978). Script theory: differential magnification of affects.. PubMed. 26. 201–36. 232 indexed citations
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Atwood, George E. & Silvan S. Tomkins. (1976). ON THE SUBJECTIVITY OF PERSONALITY THEORY. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 12(2). 166–177. 28 indexed citations
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Tomkins, Silvan S.. (1975). Distinguished Contribution Award: The Phantasy Behind the Face. Journal of Personality Assessment. 39(6). 550–562. 6 indexed citations
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Tomkins, Silvan S., et al.. (1973). The experience of affect as a determinant of smoking behavior: A series of validity studies.. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 81(2). 172–181. 123 indexed citations
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Suedfeld, Peter, Silvan S. Tomkins, & William H. Tucker. (1969). On relations among perceptual and cognitive measures of information processing. Perception & Psychophysics. 6(1). 45–46. 6 indexed citations
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Tomkins, Silvan S. & Carroll E. Izard. (1965). Affect, Cognition and Personality Empirical Studies. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 99 indexed citations
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Rosenhan, David & Silvan S. Tomkins. (1964). ON PREFERENCE FOR HYPNOSIS AND HYPNOTIZABILITY1. ETS Research Bulletin Series. 1964(1). 2 indexed citations
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Tomkins, Silvan S. & Bertram P. Karon. (1963). The negative affects. Springer eBooks. 176 indexed citations
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Tomkins, Silvan S. & Samuel Messick. (1963). Computer simulation of personality : frontier of psychological theory. J. Wiley eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Tomkins, Silvan S. & John B. Miner. (1959). PAT interpretation : scope and technique. Springer eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Karon, Bertram P., et al.. (1959). The Negro Personality: A Rigorous Investigation of the Effects of Culture.. American Sociological Review. 24(4). 590–590. 17 indexed citations
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Tomkins, Silvan S. & John B. Miner. (1955). Contributions to the Standardization of the Tomkins-Horn Picture Arrangement Test: Plate Norms. The Journal of Psychology. 39(1). 199–214. 4 indexed citations

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