2026 Myron A. Hofer: Psychology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Psychology	71	2201	2005	1278	1137	178	15496

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Psychology

2201

2005

1278

1137

178

15496

Overview

Myron A. Hofer is a researcher affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several interconnected subfields. These include Ecology, Developmental Biology, Pharmacy, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research topics reflect a strong emphasis on animal behavior and ecological dynamics. Main topics covered by their publications include:

Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
Marine animal studies overview
Infant Health and Development
Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Avian ecology and behavior
Marine and fisheries research

Hofer's frequent collaborators demonstrate interdisciplinary engagement, with coauthors such as Raffaela Lesch, Thomas Schwaha, Andrea Orozco, Margaret Shilling, and Susan A. Brunelli contributing to their work.

Their publications have appeared in venues such as the Journal of Anatomy and Revista Catalana d'Ornitologia. Two notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Hofer include:

"Selection on vocal output affects laryngeal morphology in rats," published in 2021 in the Journal of Anatomy
"Predation dynamics and breeding parameters of Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens and Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae nests in western Catalonia," published in 2025 in Revista Catalana d'Ornitologia

Best Publications

Relationships as regulators: a psychobiologic perspective on bereavement.

Myron A. Hofer

852
Citations
Early relationships as regulators of infant physiology and behavior

Myron A Hofer

607
Citations
HIDDEN REGULATORS IN ATTACHMENT, SEPARATION, AND LOSS

Myron A. Hofer

596
Citations
Hidden regulators: Implications for a new understanding of attachment, separation, and loss.

Myron A. Hofer

494
Citations
Early social relationships: a psychobiologist's view.

Myron A. Hofer

467
Citations
Altered depression-related behaviors and functional changes in the dorsal raphe nucleus of serotonin transporter-deficient mice.

Alena Lira;Mingming Zhou;Nathalie Castanon;Mark S Ansorge

440
Citations
Psychobiological Roots of Early Attachment

Myron A. Hofer

410
Citations
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFENSES AND MEAN URINARY 17-HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROID EXCRETION RATES. I. A PREDICTIVE STUDY OF PARENTS OF FATALLY ILL CHILDREN.

Carl T. Wolff;Stanford B. Friedman;Myron A. Hofer;John W. Mason

339
Citations
MULTIPLE REGULATORS OF ULTRASONIC VOCALIZATION IN THE INFANT RAT

Myron A. Hofer

320
Citations
The roots of human behavior : an introduction to the psychobiology of early development

Myron A. Hofer

318
Citations
Ultrasonic vocalization during social interaction and isolation in 2-week-old rats

Myron A. Hofer;Harry Shair

290
Citations
ON THE NATURE AND CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY LOSS

Myron A. Hofer

276
Citations
Maternal behavior of SHR rats and its relationship to offspring blood pressures.

Michael M. Myers;Susan A. Brunelli;Jonathan M. Squire;Richard D. Shindeldecker

252
Citations
Family Nurture Intervention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit improves social-relatedness, attention, and neurodevelopment of preterm infants at 18 months in a randomized controlled trial

Martha G. Welch;Morgan R. Firestein;Judy Austin;Amie A. Hane;Amie A. Hane

249
Citations
Psychobiological origins of infant attachment and separation responses.

H. Jonathan Polan;Myron A. Hofer

238
Citations
Anxiety, motor activation, and maternal-infant interactions in 5HT1B knockout mice.

Brunner D;Buhot Mc;Hen R;Hofer M

235
Citations
Isolation distress in two-week-old rats: influence of home cage, social companions, and prior experience with littermates.

Myron A. Hofer;Harry N. Shair

203
Citations
Studies on how early maternal separation produces behavioral change in young rats.

Myron A. Hofer

198
Citations
Evidence that maternal ventral skin substances promote suckling in infant rats.

Myron A. Hofer;Harry Shair;Pauline Singh

196
Citations
Sensory processes in the control of isolation-induced ultrasonic vocalization by 2-week-old rats.

Myron A. Hofer;Harry Shair

186
Citations
Brain, behavior, and bodily disease

Herbert Weiner;Myron A. Hofer;Albert J. Stunkard

131
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Aron Weller Bar-Ilan University

Charles H. Zeanah Tulane University

Patrick Bateson University of Cambridge

Lila Davachi Columbia University

External Links

Personal website of Myron A. Hofer

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