2026 Adriana Galván: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	71	2371	2168	1123	1010	216	23602
Psychology	66	2666	2441	1535	1372	176	21807

Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Troland Research Awards, United States National Academy of Sciences For her experimental advances characterizing the neurobiological mechanisms underlying adaptive and risky adolescent behavior, elucidating theoretical models of adolescence and the impact of this research on decisions of juvenile justice.

Overview

Adriana Galván is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience, with a notable focus on Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Their work also engages with the subfields of Social Psychology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's studies concentrate on topics including Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, and Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, and Cognitive Processes. Additional areas of investigation cover Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, as well as Sleep and related disorders.

Galván has contributed to a variety of publication venues. Frequent outlets include Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, Journal of Research on Adolescence, and Journal of Youth and Adolescence.

Frequent coauthors across their body of work are:

Andrew J. Fuligni
Sarah M. Tashjian
Naomi I. Eisenberger
Maira Karan
Amanda E. Baker

Several recent papers showcase the scope of Galván's research contributions:

"Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams" (2020), published in Nature
"Baseline brain function in the preadolescents of the ABCD Study" (2021), published in Nature Neuroscience
"Adolescent Brain Development and Contextual Influences: A Decade in Review" (2021), published in Journal of Research on Adolescence
"Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial that Altruism Moderates the Effect of Prosocial Acts on Adolescent Well-being" (2020), published in Journal of Youth and Adolescence
"Exploring Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Juvenile Justice System Over the Year Following First Arrest" (2020), published in Journal of Research on Adolescence

Galván has been recognized with the Troland Research Award from the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2019. The award citation highlights their experimental advances in characterizing neurobiological mechanisms underlying adaptive and risky adolescent behavior. It also notes the elucidation of theoretical models of adolescence and the impact on decisions within juvenile justice.

Best Publications

Earlier development of the accumbens relative to orbitofrontal cortex might underlie risk-taking behavior in adolescents.

Adriana Galvan;Todd A Hare;Cindy E Parra;Jackie Penn

1649
Citations
The adolescent brain

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1579
Citations
Biological substrates of emotional reactivity and regulation in adolescence during an emotional go-nogo task.

Todd A. Hare;Nim Tottenham;Adriana Galvan;Henning U. Voss

1196
Citations
Image processing and analysis methods for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study.

Donald J. Hagler;Sean N. Hatton;M. Daniela Cornejo;Carolina Makowski

1152
Citations
Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams

Rotem Botvinik-Nezer;Rotem Botvinik-Nezer;Felix Holzmeister;Colin F. Camerer;Anna Dreber;Anna Dreber

1128
Citations
Prolonged institutional rearing is associated with atypically large amygdala volume and difficulties in emotion regulation.

Nim Tottenham;Todd A. Hare;Brian T. Quinn;Thomas W. McCarry

1078
Citations
A shift from diffuse to focal cortical activity with development.

Sarah Durston;Matthew C. Davidson;Nim Tottenham;Adriana Galvan

863
Citations
Risk-taking and the adolescent brain: who is at risk?

Adriana Galvan;Todd Hare;Henning Voss;Gary Glover

797
Citations
Pathophysiology of Parkinsonism

Adriana Galvan;Thomas Wichmann

681
Citations
Changes in cerebral functional organization during cognitive development

BJ Casey;Adriana Galvan;Todd A Hare

651
Citations
Adolescent Development of the Reward System

Adriana Galvan

599
Citations
The effects of poor quality sleep on brain function and risk taking in adolescence.

Eva H. Telzer;Andrew J. Fuligni;Matthew D. Lieberman;Adriana Galván

353
Citations
Measurement and reliability of response inhibition.

Eliza Congdon;Jeanette A. Mumford;Jessica R. Cohen;Adriana Galvan

333
Citations
Stress and the adolescent brain: Amygdala-prefrontal cortex circuitry and ventral striatum as developmental targets.

Nim Tottenham;Adriana Galván

319
Citations
Peer influence in involuntary social groups: Lessons from research on bullying.

Jaana Juvonen;Adriana Galván

313
Citations
Differential effects of DRD4 and DAT1 genotype on fronto-striatal gray matter volumes in a sample of subjects with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, their unaffected siblings, and controls.

S. Durston;S. Durston;J.A. Fossella;B.J. Casey;H.E. Hulshoff Pol

307
Citations
When Is an Adolescent an Adult? Assessing Cognitive Control in Emotional and Nonemotional Contexts

Alexandra O. Cohen;Kaitlyn Breiner;Laurence Steinberg;Richard J. Bonnie

304
Citations
An Upside to Reward Sensitivity: The Hippocampus Supports Enhanced Reinforcement Learning in Adolescence

Juliet Y. Davidow;Juliet Y. Davidow;Karin Foerde;Adriana Galván;Daphna Shohamy

289
Citations
The Role of Ventral Frontostriatal Circuitry in Reward-Based Learning in Humans

Adriana Galvan;Todd A. Hare;Matthew Davidson;Julie Spicer

269
Citations
The thalamostriatal system in normal and diseased states

Y Smith;A Galvan;T J Ellender;N Doig

266
Citations
The Thalamostriatal Systems: Anatomical and Functional Organization in Normal and Parkinsonian States

Yoland Smith;Dinesh Raju;Bijli Nanda;Jean-Francois Pare

249
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoland Smith Emory University

Thomas Wichmann Emory University

B. J. Casey Barnard College

Andrew J. Fuligni University of California, Los Angeles

Eva H. Telzer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Nim Tottenham Columbia University

Matthew D. Lieberman University of California, Los Angeles

Todd A. Hare University of Zurich

Russell A. Poldrack Stanford University

Jeanette A. Mumford University of Wisconsin–Madison

External Links

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