Stephan Hamann

11.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
82 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Stephan Hamann is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephan Hamann has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 12 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 11 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Stephan Hamann's work include Memory and Neural Mechanisms (26 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (21 papers) and Memory Processes and Influences (17 papers). Stephan Hamann is often cited by papers focused on Memory and Neural Mechanisms (26 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (21 papers) and Memory Processes and Influences (17 papers). Stephan Hamann collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Canada. Stephan Hamann's co-authors include Sang Hee Kim, Timothy D. Ely, Clinton D. Kilts, Katherine Vytal, Jennifer S. Stevens, Larry R. Squire, Scott T. Grafton, Turhan Canli, Hui Mao and Carla L. Harenski and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Stephan Hamann

80 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Cognitive and neural mechanisms of emotional memory

2001 727 citations Stephan Hamann Trends in Cognitive Sciences profile →
Amygdala activity related to enhanced memory for pleasant and aversive stimuli

1999 726 citations Stephan Hamann, Timothy D. Ely et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephan Hamann United States	38	5.2k	2.1k	1.6k	901	871	82	7.7k
Håkan Fischer Sweden	49	4.6k 0.9×	2.6k 1.2×	1.3k 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	860 1.0×	190	7.2k
Florin Dolcos United States	43	5.7k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	834 0.5×	818 0.9×	687 0.8×	114	7.4k
Giuseppe Pagnoni Italy	37	3.9k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.9k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	832 1.0×	68	7.4k
Lauri Nummenmaa Finland	57	5.5k 1.1×	2.6k 1.2×	2.6k 1.6×	1.2k 1.4×	897 1.0×	196	9.6k
William M. Kelley United States	46	6.8k 1.3×	2.7k 1.3×	2.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.4×	914 1.0×	68	9.6k
Tom Johnstone United Kingdom	42	6.4k 1.2×	3.8k 1.8×	2.4k 1.5×	2.4k 2.6×	1.1k 1.2×	77	10.8k
Turhan Canli United States	46	4.7k 0.9×	3.0k 1.4×	1.7k 1.0×	1.9k 2.1×	1.0k 1.2×	81	8.8k
Leah H. Somerville United States	43	4.5k 0.9×	3.0k 1.4×	2.3k 1.4×	2.8k 3.1×	842 1.0×	91	9.4k
Joseph W. Kable United States	36	5.3k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	649 0.7×	567 0.7×	105	7.9k
Chandra Sripada United States	36	3.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	754 0.9×	102	5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephan Hamann

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Stephan Hamann's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Stephan Hamann with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Stephan Hamann more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Stephan Hamann

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Stephan Hamann. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Stephan Hamann. The network helps show where Stephan Hamann may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephan Hamann

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Manns, Joseph R., Stephan Hamann, Kelly R. Bijanki, et al.. (2024). Exploring individual differences in amygdala-mediated memory modulation. Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience. 25(1). 188–209.

Kim, Shin Ah, Stephan Hamann, & Sang Hee Kim. (2021). Neurocognitive mechanisms underlying improvement of prosocial responses by a novel implicit compassion promotion task. NeuroImage. 240. 118333–118333. 3 indexed citations

Lilienfeld, Scott O., Katheryn C. Sauvigné, Justin Reber, et al.. (2016). Potential effects of severe bilateral amygdala damage on psychopathic personality features: A case report.. Personality Disorders Theory Research and Treatment. 9(2). 112–121. 8 indexed citations

Hamann, Stephan, et al.. (2016). Decreased sleep duration is associated with increased fMRI responses to emotional faces in children. Neuropsychologia. 84. 54–62. 25 indexed citations

Kim, Shin Ah, et al.. (2013). The effect of cognitive reappraisal on long‐term emotional experience and emotional memory. Journal of Neuropsychology. 9(1). 64–76. 36 indexed citations

Li, Zhihao, Priya Santhanam, Claire D. Coles, et al.. (2013). Prenatal cocaine exposure alters functional activation in the ventral prefrontal cortex and its structural connectivity with the amygdala. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. 213(1). 47–55. 26 indexed citations

Parent, Marise B., et al.. (2011). Glucose administration enhances fMRI brain activation and connectivity related to episodic memory encoding for neutral and emotional stimuli. Neuropsychologia. 49(5). 1052–1066. 15 indexed citations

Hamann, Stephan. (2011). Affective Neuroscience: Amygdala's Role in Experiencing Fear. Current Biology. 21(2). R75–R77. 5 indexed citations

Li, Zhihao, Priya Santhanam, Claire D. Coles, et al.. (2010). Increased “default mode” activity in adolescents prenatally exposed to cocaine. Human Brain Mapping. 32(5). 759–770. 43 indexed citations

10.

Li, Zhihao, Claire D. Coles, Mary Ellen Lynch, et al.. (2009). Prenatal cocaine exposure alters emotional arousal regulation and its effects on working memory. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 31(6). 342–348. 34 indexed citations

11.

Kim, Sanghee & Stephan Hamann. (2007). The Effect of Cognitive Control of Emotion on Physiological Arousal and Emotional Memory. Korean Journal of Stress Research. 15(1). 1–8. 1 indexed citations

12.

Kim, Sang Hee & Stephan Hamann. (2007). Neural Correlates of Positive and Negative Emotion Regulation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 19(5). 776–798. 481 indexed citations

13.

Westen, Drew, Pavel S. Blagov, Keith A. Harenski, Clint Kilts, & Stephan Hamann. (2006). Neural Bases of Motivated Reasoning: An fMRI Study of Emotional Constraints on Partisan Political Judgment in the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 18(11). 1947–1958. 333 indexed citations

14.

Tessner, Kevin D., Elaine F. Walker, Karen Hochman, & Stephan Hamann. (2006). Cortisol responses of healthy volunteers undergoing magnetic resonance imaging. Human Brain Mapping. 27(11). 889–895. 70 indexed citations

15.

Hamann, Stephan, et al.. (2004). Men and women differ in amygdala response to visual sexual stimuli. Nature Neuroscience. 7(4). 411–416. 399 indexed citations

16.

Hamann, Stephan & Carla L. Harenski. (2004). Exploring the Brain's Interface Between Personality, Mood, and Emotion: Theoretical Comment on Canli et al. (2004).. Behavioral Neuroscience. 118(5). 1134–1136. 4 indexed citations

17.

Hamann, Stephan & Hui Mao. (2002). Positive and negative emotional verbal stimuli elicit activity in the left amygdala. Neuroreport. 13(1). 15–19. 320 indexed citations

18.

Hamann, Stephan. (2001). Cognitive and neural mechanisms of emotional memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 5(9). 394–400. 727 indexed citations breakdown →

19.

Hamann, Stephan, Timothy D. Ely, Scott T. Grafton, & Clinton D. Kilts. (1999). Amygdala activity related to enhanced memory for pleasant and aversive stimuli. Nature Neuroscience. 2(3). 289–293. 726 indexed citations breakdown →

20.

Hamann, Stephan. (1998). Specific binding of Drosophila nuclear protein PEP (protein on ecdysone puffs) to hsp70 DNA and RNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 26(18). 4108–4115. 12 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact