Tanja Jovanović

21.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
287 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Tanja Jovanović is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Tanja Jovanović has authored 287 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Clinical Psychology, 112 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience and 53 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Tanja Jovanović's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (112 papers), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (99 papers) and Child Abuse and Trauma (52 papers). Tanja Jovanović is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (112 papers), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (99 papers) and Child Abuse and Trauma (52 papers). Tanja Jovanović collaborates with scholars based in United States, Croatia and Germany. Tanja Jovanović's co-authors include Kerry J. Ressler, Seth D. Norrholm, Bekh Bradley, Vasiliki Michopoulos, Erica Duncan, Jennifer S. Stevens, Negar Fani, Ebony M. Glover, Michael Davis and Abigail Powers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Tanja Jovanović

269 papers receiving 11.8k 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.

Post-traumatic stress disorder is associated with PACAP and the PAC1 receptor

2011 617 citations Kerry J. Ressler, Bekh Bradley et al. profile →
Inflammation in Fear- and Anxiety-Based Disorders: PTSD, GAD, and Beyond

2016 509 citations Vasiliki Michopoulos, Abigail Powers et al. Neuropsychopharmacology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tanja Jovanović United States	59	5.3k	4.6k	3.3k	2.0k	1.6k	287	12.0k
Eric Vermetten Netherlands	69	8.1k 1.5×	4.5k 1.0×	3.5k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	290	16.4k
Bekh Bradley United States	62	6.9k 1.3×	3.9k 0.8×	1.8k 0.5×	2.5k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	182	13.4k
Bernet M. Elzinga Netherlands	64	5.8k 1.1×	3.1k 0.7×	2.6k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	176	11.8k
Thomas C. Neylan United States	64	6.3k 1.2×	2.7k 0.6×	2.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	2.8k 1.7×	321	14.2k
Martin H. Teicher United States	76	10.4k 2.0×	4.0k 0.9×	3.7k 1.1×	3.6k 1.8×	2.1k 1.3×	228	21.5k
Seth D. Norrholm United States	47	2.7k 0.5×	3.0k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	951 0.6×	124	6.9k
Susan L. Andersen United States	51	3.7k 0.7×	3.2k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	2.8k 1.4×	723 0.4×	118	12.8k
Curt A. Sandman United States	75	5.6k 1.1×	3.7k 0.8×	3.2k 1.0×	3.5k 1.8×	961 0.6×	307	20.3k
Meena Vythilingam United States	42	3.1k 0.6×	2.4k 0.5×	2.7k 0.8×	1000 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	71	8.2k
Lisa M. Shin United States	59	6.6k 1.3×	4.7k 1.0×	9.8k 2.9×	2.5k 1.3×	4.3k 2.6×	121	19.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jovanović, Tanja, et al.. (2025). Transcribed in the nervous system: Semantic elements of trauma narratives are associated with anxiety symptoms in youth resettled as refugees. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 38(3). 489–500. 2 indexed citations

Hsiao, An‐Fu, et al.. (2025). Acupuncture for Anxiety, Depression, and Sleep in Veterans with Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(10). 3443–3443. 1 indexed citations

Machlin, Laura, Margaret A. Sheridan, Lucy A. Lurie, et al.. (2024). Alterations in fear learning as a mechanism linking childhood exposure to violence with PTSD symptoms: a longitudinal study. Psychological Medicine. 54(12). 3389–3397. 2 indexed citations

Katrinli, Şeyma, Ruth A. Lanius, Nathaniel G. Harnett, et al.. (2024). Racial Discrimination, Neural Connectivity, and Epigenetic Aging Among Black Women. JAMA Network Open. 7(6). e2416588–e2416588. 6 indexed citations

Jovanović, Tanja, et al.. (2023). Intergenerational transmission of trauma: A biological perspective. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 36(4). 662–664.

Difede, JoAnn, Barbara O. Rothbaum, Albert Rizzo, et al.. (2022). Enhancing exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a randomized clinical trial of virtual reality and imaginal exposure with a cognitive enhancer. Translational Psychiatry. 12(1). 299–299. 31 indexed citations

Reffi, Anthony N., David A. Kalmbach, Philip Cheng, et al.. (2022). Sleep reactivity as a potential pathway from childhood abuse to adult insomnia. Sleep Medicine. 94. 70–75. 9 indexed citations

Michopoulos, Vasiliki, Rebecca Hinrichs, Sanne J.H. van Rooij, et al.. (2022). Sex-dependent risk factors for PTSD: a prospective structural MRI study. Neuropsychopharmacology. 47(13). 2213–2220. 12 indexed citations

Hack, Laura M., Shota Nishitani, Anna K. Knight, et al.. (2021). Epigenetic prediction of 17β-estradiol and relationship to trauma-related outcomes in women. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 100045–100045. 2 indexed citations

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Rooij, Sanne J.H. van, Timothy D. Ely, Vasiliki Michopoulos, et al.. (2021). Hippocampal activation during contextual fear inhibition related to resilience in the early aftermath of trauma. Behavioural Brain Research. 408. 113282–113282. 19 indexed citations

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Hyatt, Courtland S., Jessica L. Maples‐Keller, Michael L Crowe, et al.. (2020). Psychometric Properties of the Personality Inventory for DSM-5-Brief Form in a Community Sample with High Rates of Trauma Exposure. Journal of Personality Assessment. 103(2). 204–213. 19 indexed citations

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Maples‐Keller, Jessica L., Loren M. Post, Matthew Price, et al.. (2020). Investigation of optimal dose of early intervention to prevent posttraumatic stress disorder: A multiarm randomized trial of one and three sessions of modified prolonged exposure. Depression and Anxiety. 37(5). 429–437. 20 indexed citations

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Harnett, Nathaniel G., Jennifer S. Stevens, Negar Fani, et al.. (2020). Acute Posttraumatic Symptoms Are Associated With Multimodal Neuroimaging Structural Covariance Patterns: A Possible Role for the Neural Substrates of Visual Processing in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 7(2). 129–138. 16 indexed citations

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Rauch, Sheila A. M., Carly Yasinski, Loren M. Post, et al.. (2020). An intensive outpatient program with prolonged exposure for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: Retention, predictors, and patterns of change.. Psychological Services. 18(4). 606–618. 31 indexed citations

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Fani, Negar, Tricia Z. King, Abigail Powers, et al.. (2018). Cognitive and neural facets of dissociation in a traumatized population.. Emotion. 19(5). 863–875. 20 indexed citations

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Jovanović, Tanja, et al.. (2017). Vocal Analysis of Acoustic Startle Responses. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio Speech and Language Processing. 26(2). 318–329. 5 indexed citations

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Jovanović, Tanja, L. Alexander Vance, Dorthie Cross, et al.. (2017). Exposure to Violence Accelerates Epigenetic Aging in Children. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 8962–8962. 132 indexed citations

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Jovanović, Tanja, et al.. (2016). The Influence of Affects on Creativity: What Do We Know by Now?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 13 indexed citations

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Andero, Raül, Shaun P. Brothers, Tanja Jovanović, et al.. (2013). Amygdala-Dependent Fear Is Regulated by Oprl1 in Mice and Humans with PTSD. Science Translational Medicine. 5(188). 188ra73–188ra73. 118 indexed citations

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Norrholm, Seth D. & Tanja Jovanović. (2010). Tailoring therapeutic strategies for treating posttraumatic stress disorder symptom clusters. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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