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James G. Pfaus

James G. Pfaus

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Neuroscience
Czechia
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Neuroscience

D-Index
66
Citations
16013
World Ranking
3002
National Ranking
2

Psychology

D-Index
66
Citations
15873
World Ranking
2715
National Ranking
1

James G. Pfaus publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James G. Pfaus sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 706+

This scientist: 215 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 706 publications or more.

James G. Pfaus D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James G. Pfaus sits on this spectrum.

30–31 D-Index: 398 scientists 32–33 D-Index: 702 scientists 34–35 D-Index: 671 scientists 36–37 D-Index: 659 scientists 38–39 D-Index: 641 scientists 40–41 D-Index: 671 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 617 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 559 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 495 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 487 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 445 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 390 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 408 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 345 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 325 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 321 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 248 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 290 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 218 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 219 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 215 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 183 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 169 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 132 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 137 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 120 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 112 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 87 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 101 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 83 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 77 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 70 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 79 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 58 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 53 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 57 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 48 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 53 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 46 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 24 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 35 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 27 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 32 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 31 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 22 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 24 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 11 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 19 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 10 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 16 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 10 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 5 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 12 scientists 144+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Czechia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Czechia Leader Award

Overview

James G. Pfaus is affiliated with Charles University in the Czech Republic and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and psychology. Their work covers multiple subfields, including clinical psychology, social psychology, reproductive medicine, psychiatry and mental health, as well as experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist's research themes encompass neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, sexual function and dysfunction studies, hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones, sexuality, behavior and technology, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, hormonal and reproductive studies, and stress responses with cortisol.

Frequent publication venues for Pfaus include:

  • Archives of Sexual Behavior
  • The Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Sexual Medicine Reviews
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Pfaus are:

  • "International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH) Review of Epidemiology and Pathophysiology, and a Consensus Nomenclature and Process of Care for the Management of Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder/Genito-Pelvic Dysesthesia (PGAD/GPD)" (2021) published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine
  • "The Neurobiology of Behavior and Its Applicability for Animal Welfare: A Review" (2022) published in Animals
  • "The non-aromatizable androgen dihydrotestosterone (DHT) facilitates sexual behavior in ovariectomized female rats primed with estradiol" (2020) published in Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • "Assessment and treatment of compulsive sexual behavior disorder: a sexual medicine perspective" (2024) published in Sexual Medicine Reviews
  • "Conditioning of Sexual Interests and Paraphilias in Humans Is Difficult to See, Virtually Impossible to Test, and Probably Exactly How It Happens: A Comment on Hsu and Bailey (2020)" (2020) published in Archives of Sexual Behavior

Frequent collaborators of James G. Pfaus include Oscar González-Flores, Marcos García-Juárez, Raymundo Domínguez-Ordóñez, Gonzalo R. Quintana, and Ailyn Luna-Hernández. These partnerships reflect sustained cooperative efforts in related research areas.

Best Publications

  • Summary of the recommendations on sexual dysfunctions in men

    Francesco Montorsi;Ganesan Adaikan;Edgardo Becher;Francois Giuliano

  • REVIEWS: Pathways of Sexual Desire

    James G. Pfaus

  • Ultrasonic vocalizations of rats (Rattus norvegicus) during mating, play, and aggression: Behavioral concomitants, relationship to reward, and self-administration of playback.

    Jeffrey Burgdorf;Roger A. Kroes;Joseph R. Moskal;James G. Pfaus

  • Dopamine functions in appetitive and defensive behaviours.

    James R. Blackburn;James G. Pfaus;Anthony G. Phillips

  • Sexual behavior increases dopamine transmission in the nucleus accumbens and striatum of male rats: comparison with novelty and locomotion.

    Geert Damsma;James G. Pfaus;Danielle Wenkstern;Anthony G. Phillips

  • Sexual behavior enhances central dopamine transmission in the male rat.

    J. G. Pfaus;Geert Damsma;George G. Nomikos;D. G. Wenkstern

  • Conditioning and Sexual Behavior: A Review

    James G. Pfaus;Tod E. Kippin;Soraya Centeno

  • Role of dopamine in anticipatory and consummatory aspects of sexual behavior in the male rat.

    James G. Pfaus;Anthony G. Phillips

  • Sexual activity increases dopamine transmission in the nucleus accumbens and striatum of female rats

    J.G. Pfaus;G. Damsma;D. Wenkstern;H.C. Fibiger

  • Opioids and sexual behavior.

    James G. Pfaus;Boris B. Gorzalka

  • Implications of Immediate-Early Gene Induction in the Brain Following Sexual Stimulation of Female and Male Rodents

    James G Pfaus;Michaela M Heeb

  • Sexual stimulation activates c-fos within estrogen-concentrating regions of the female rat forebrain.

    J.G. Pfaus;S.P. Kleopoulos;C.V. Mobbs;R.B. Gibbs

  • Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder: International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH) Expert Consensus Panel Review

    Irwin Goldstein;Noel N. Kim;Anita H. Clayton;Leonard R. DeRogatis

  • Who, What, Where, When (and Maybe Even Why)? How the Experience of Sexual Reward Connects Sexual Desire, Preference, and Performance

    James G. Pfaus;Tod E. Kippin;Genaro A. Coria-Avila;Hélène Gelez

  • What can animal models tell us about human sexual response

    James G Pfaus;Tod E Kippin;Genaro Coria-Avila

  • Sex for fun: a synthesis of human and animal neurobiology

    Janniko R. Georgiadis;Morten L. Kringelbach;James G. Pfaus

  • Dopamine transmission increases in the nucleus accumbens of male rats during their first exposure to sexually receptive female rats

    D. Wenkstern;J.G. Pfaus;H.C. Fibiger

  • Sexual behavior increases c-fos expression in the forebrain of the male rat

    G.S. Robertson;J.G. Pfaus;L.J. Atkinson;H. Matsumura

  • The Common Neural Bases Between Sexual Desire and Love: A Multilevel Kernel Density fMRI Analysis

    Stephanie Cacioppo;Stephanie Cacioppo;Francesco Bianchi‐Demicheli;Chris Frum;James G. Pfaus

  • Appetitive and Consummatory Sexual Behaviors of Female Rats in Bilevel Chambers: I. A Correlational and Factor Analysis and the Effects of Ovarian Hormones

    James G. Pfaus;Wendy J. Smith;Carol B. Coopersmith

  • Neurobiology of sexual behavior

    James G Pfaus

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony G. Phillips
Anthony G. Phillips University of British Columbia
Donald W. Pfaff
Donald W. Pfaff Rockefeller University
Andrew G. Ryder
Andrew G. Ryder Concordia University
Margaret M. McCarthy
Margaret M. McCarthy University of Maryland, Baltimore
Sonia J. Lupien
Sonia J. Lupien University of Montreal
Jens C. Pruessner
Jens C. Pruessner University of Konstanz
Jack van Honk
Jack van Honk Utrecht University
Robert-Paul Juster
Robert-Paul Juster University of Montreal
Boris B. Gorzalka
Boris B. Gorzalka University of British Columbia
Koen B.E. Böcker
Koen B.E. Böcker Utrecht University

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