2026 Jamil Zaki: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	64	2910	2671	1670	1499	133	24951

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Jamil Zaki is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research concentrates primarily in the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a particular focus on subfields including Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Applied Psychology.

The main topics that characterize their work include:

Social and Intergroup Psychology
COVID-19 and Mental Health
Cultural Differences and Values
Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Behavioral Health and Interventions
Media Influence and Health

Key recent publications by Jamil Zaki include:

"Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response" (2020), published in Nature Human Behaviour
"Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward" (2022), published in Perspectives on Psychological Science
"Policy stringency and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of data from 15 countries" (2022), published in The Lancet Public Health
"Catastrophe Compassion: Understanding and Extending Prosociality Under Crisis" (2020), published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences
"A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioural science during COVID-19" (2023), published in Nature

Jamil Zaki frequently publishes in several scientific venues, notably:

Nature Human Behaviour
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Emotion
SSRN Electronic Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Their research collaborations involve frequent co-authors such as:

Desmond C. Ong
Robb Willer
Patricia Chen
Jay Joseph Van Bavel
Mina Cikara

An award received by Jamil Zaki includes the Hellman Fellow honor in 2013.

Best Publications

Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response.

Jay J. Van Bavel;Katherine Baicker;Paulo S. Boggio;Valerio Capraro

5562
Citations
Social effects of oxytocin in humans: context and person matter.

Jennifer A. Bartz;Jamil Zaki;Niall Bolger;Kevin N. Ochsner

1873
Citations
The neuroscience of empathy: progress, pitfalls and promise

Jamil Zaki;Kevin N Ochsner

1358
Citations
Interpersonal emotion regulation.

Jamil Zaki;W. Craig Williams

1129
Citations
Empathy: a motivated account.

Jamil Zaki

941
Citations
Building long-term empathy: A large-scale comparison of traditional and virtual reality perspective-taking.

Fernanda Herrera;Jeremy Bailenson;Erika Weisz;Elise Ogle

682
Citations
It Takes Two The Interpersonal Nature of Empathic Accuracy

Jamil Zaki;Niall Bolger;Kevin Ochsner

575
Citations
Overlapping activity in anterior insula during interoception and emotional experience

Jamil Zaki;Joshua Ian Davis;Kevin N. Ochsner

573
Citations
Oxytocin Selectively Improves Empathic Accuracy

Jennifer A. Bartz;Jamil Zaki;Niall Bolger;Eric Hollander

565
Citations
The neural bases of empathic accuracy.

Jamil Zaki;Jochen Weber;Niall Bolger;Kevin Ochsner

541
Citations
The Emerging Study of Positive Empathy

Sylvia A. Morelli;Matthew D. Lieberman;Jamil Zaki

412
Citations
Social Influence Modulates the Neural Computation of Value

Jamil Zaki;Jessica Schirmer;Jason P. Mitchell

412
Citations
Mental health during the First Year of the COVID-19 pandemic: a review and recommendations for moving forward

L Aknin;J-E De Neve;E Dunn;D Fancourt

407
Citations
Interpersonal emotion regulation: Implications for affiliation, perceived support, relationships, and well-being.

W. Craig Williams;Sylvia A. Morelli;Desmond C. Ong;Jamil Zaki

375
Citations
Emotional and instrumental support provision interact to predict well-being.

Sylvia A. Morelli;Ihno A. Lee;Molly E. Arnn;Jamil Zaki

365
Citations
Policy stringency and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of data from 15 countries

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349
Citations
Intuitive Prosociality

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328
Citations
Effects of oxytocin on recollections of maternal care and closeness

Jennifer A. Bartz;Jamil Zaki;Kevin N. Ochsner;Niall Bolger

310
Citations
Addressing the empathy deficit: Beliefs about the malleability of empathy predict effortful responses when empathy is challenging.

Karina Schumann;Jamil Zaki;Carol S. Dweck

310
Citations
The Need for a Cognitive Neuroscience of Naturalistic Social Cognition

Jamil Zaki;Kevin Ochsner

282
Citations
The anatomy of suffering: Understanding the relationship between nociceptive and empathic pain

Jamil Zaki;Tor D. Wager;Tania Singer;Christian Keysers;Christian Keysers

262
Citations
Different circuits for different pain: Patterns of functional connectivity reveal distinct networks for processing pain in self and others

Jamil Zaki;Kevin N. Ochsner;Josh Hanelin;Tor D. Wager

250
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin N. Ochsner Columbia University

Niall Bolger Columbia University

Jason P. Mitchell Harvard University

Jeremy N. Bailenson Stanford University

June Gruber University of Colorado Boulder

Robb Willer Stanford University

Mina Cikara Harvard University

Jay J. Van Bavel New York University

M. Mercedes Perez-Rodriguez Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Carol S. Dweck Stanford University

External Links

Personal website of Jamil Zaki

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