Tim Gard

9.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
24 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Tim Gard is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Gard has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Clinical Psychology, 13 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 11 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Tim Gard's work include Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (20 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (11 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (8 papers). Tim Gard is often cited by papers focused on Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions (20 papers), Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (11 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (8 papers). Tim Gard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Netherlands. Tim Gard's co-authors include Britta K. Hölzel, Sara W. Lazar, David R. Vago, Ulrich Ott, Zev Schuman‐Olivier, Márk Vangel, James Carmody, Dieter Vaitl, Catherine E. Kerr and Jessica J. Noggle and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Biological Psychiatry and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Tim Gard

23 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanism... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2011 2010 2015 2014 2016 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective
    2011 1.9k citations Britta K. Hölzel, Sara W. Lazar et al. profile →
  2. Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density
    2010 1.1k citations Britta K. Hölzel, James Carmody et al. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging profile →
  3. Interoception, contemplative practice, and health
    2015 395 citations Norman A. S. Farb, Jennifer Daubenmier et al. Frontiers in Psychology profile →
  4. Moving Beyond Mindfulness: Defining Equanimity as an Outcome Measure in Meditation and Contemplative Research
    2014 315 citations Gaëlle Desbordes, Tim Gard et al. Mindfulness profile →
  5. Allostatic Self-efficacy: A Metacognitive Theory of Dyshomeostasis-Induced Fatigue and Depression
    2016 287 citations Klaas Ε. Stephan, Zina M. Manjaly et al. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tim Gard United States 19 4.2k 2.2k 1.6k 1.3k 1.3k 24 5.9k
Thomas M. Olino United States 49 5.2k 1.2× 2.5k 1.2× 1.4k 0.9× 1.5k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 257 7.6k
Britta K. Hölzel Germany 25 6.0k 1.4× 3.1k 1.4× 2.2k 1.4× 1.4k 1.0× 1.7k 1.3× 39 7.9k
Alberto Chiesa Italy 31 4.5k 1.1× 2.2k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 81 6.6k
Norman A. S. Farb Canada 32 3.1k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 1.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 69 5.0k
Catherine E. Kerr United States 29 2.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 2.8k 1.7× 1.6k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 54 6.7k
James L. Abelson United States 48 3.0k 0.7× 1.8k 0.8× 2.0k 1.3× 669 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 147 6.7k
Bernet M. Elzinga Netherlands 64 5.8k 1.4× 1.9k 0.9× 2.6k 1.6× 1.9k 1.4× 1.9k 1.5× 176 11.8k
Giovanni Abrahão Salum Brazil 36 4.6k 1.1× 1.7k 0.8× 2.0k 1.2× 3.1k 2.3× 1.0k 0.8× 228 8.9k
Alice T. Sawyer United States 17 4.2k 1.0× 2.7k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 931 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 22 6.7k
Bonnie Klimes‐Dougan United States 42 3.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 1.6k 1.3× 166 6.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Gard

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Gard

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Gard

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sevinc, Günes, Jonathan Greenberg, Britta K. Hölzel, et al.. (2023). Mindfulness training and exercise differentially impact fear extinction neurocircuitry. Psychological Medicine. 54(4). 835–846. 1 indexed citations
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Sevinc, Günes, Britta K. Hölzel, Tim Gard, et al.. (2020). Hippocampal circuits underlie improvements in self‐reported anxiety following mindfulness training. Brain and Behavior. 10(9). e01766–e01766. 18 indexed citations
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Sevinc, Günes, Britta K. Hölzel, Jonathan Greenberg, et al.. (2019). Strengthened Hippocampal Circuits Underlie Enhanced Retrieval of Extinguished Fear Memories Following Mindfulness Training. Biological Psychiatry. 86(9). 693–702. 44 indexed citations
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Jong, Marasha de, Chelsea Dale, Tim Gard, et al.. (2018). Metabolic Syndrome in Dutch Patients With Bipolar Disorder. The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders. 20(6). 10 indexed citations
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Jong, Marasha de, Frenk Peeters, Tim Gard, et al.. (2017). A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Unipolar Depression in Patients With Chronic Pain. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 79(1). 26–34. 22 indexed citations
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Petzschner, Frederike H., Lilian Weber, Tim Gard, & Klaas Ε. Stephan. (2017). Computational Psychosomatics and Computational Psychiatry: Toward a Joint Framework for Differential Diagnosis. Biological Psychiatry. 82(6). 421–430. 103 indexed citations
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Hölzel, Britta K., Tim Gard, Douglas N. Greve, et al.. (2016). Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Fear Conditioning, and The Uncinate Fasciculus: A Pilot Study. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 10. 124–124. 37 indexed citations
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Stephan, Klaas Ε., Zina M. Manjaly, Christoph Mathys, et al.. (2016). Allostatic Self-efficacy: A Metacognitive Theory of Dyshomeostasis-Induced Fatigue and Depression. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 10. 550–550. 287 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jong, Marasha de, Sara W. Lazar, Wolf Mehling, et al.. (2016). Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Body Awareness in Patients with Chronic Pain and Comorbid Depression. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. 967–967. 147 indexed citations
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Farb, Norman A. S., Jennifer Daubenmier, Cynthia Price, et al.. (2015). Interoception, contemplative practice, and health. Frontiers in Psychology. 6. 763–763. 395 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gard, Tim, et al.. (2015). Greater widespread functional connectivity of the caudate in older adults who practice kripalu yoga and vipassana meditation than in controls. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 9. 137–137. 34 indexed citations
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Gard, Tim, et al.. (2014). Fluid intelligence and brain functional organization in aging yoga and meditation practitioners. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 69 indexed citations
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Gard, Tim, Maxime Taquet, Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, et al.. (2014). Fluid intelligence and brain functional organization in aging yoga and meditation practitioners. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 6. 76–76. 4 indexed citations
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Gard, Tim, Jessica J. Noggle, Crystal L. Park, David R. Vago, & Angela L. Wilson. (2014). Potential self-regulatory mechanisms of yoga for psychological health. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8. 770–770. 287 indexed citations
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Desbordes, Gaëlle, Tim Gard, Elizabeth A. Hoge, et al.. (2014). Moving Beyond Mindfulness: Defining Equanimity as an Outcome Measure in Meditation and Contemplative Research. Mindfulness. 6(2). 356–372. 315 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gard, Tim. (2014). Different neural correlates of facing pain with mindfulness: Contributions of strategy and skill. Physics of Life Reviews. 11(3). 564–566.
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Hölzel, Britta K., Elizabeth A. Hoge, Douglas N. Greve, et al.. (2013). Neural mechanisms of symptom improvements in generalized anxiety disorder following mindfulness training. NeuroImage Clinical. 2. 448–458. 208 indexed citations
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Gard, Tim, Britta K. Hölzel, Alexander T. Sack, et al.. (2011). Pain Attenuation through Mindfulness is Associated with Decreased Cognitive Control and Increased Sensory Processing in the Brain. Cerebral Cortex. 22(11). 2692–2702. 193 indexed citations
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Hölzel, Britta K., et al.. (2010). Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density. Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging. 191(1). 36–43. 1111 indexed citations breakdown →

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