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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Psychology D-index 114 Citations 153,841 215 World Ranking 212 National Ranking 138

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Awards & Achievements

1970 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Social psychology
  • Cognition

His primary areas of study are Facial expression, Social psychology, Cognitive psychology, Face and Facial Action Coding System. His Facial expression research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Developmental psychology, Emotional expression, Nonverbal communication, Problem of universals and Cross-cultural studies. His Social psychology study typically links adjacent topics like Social perception.

His Cognitive psychology study frequently links to other fields, such as Arousal. His studies deal with areas such as Applied psychology, Association, Communication and Internet privacy as well as Face. His Nonverbal behavior study, which is part of a larger body of work in Communication, is frequently linked to Display rules, bridging the gap between disciplines.

His most cited work include:

  • An argument for basic emotions (4819 citations)
  • Pictures of Facial Affect (3488 citations)
  • Facial action coding system (3230 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Facial expression, Cognitive psychology, Social psychology, Developmental psychology and Facial Action Coding System are his primary areas of study. His study looks at the relationship between Facial expression and fields such as Nonverbal communication, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems. His study in Cognitive psychology is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Action, Cognition, Affect and Problem of universals.

His studies link Face with Social psychology. His Developmental psychology study focuses on Emotionality in particular. His work in the fields of Deception, such as Detecting deception, intersects with other areas such as Lying and Body movement.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Facial expression (39.45%)
  • Cognitive psychology (29.36%)
  • Social psychology (27.06%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2003-2021)?

  • Facial expression (39.45%)
  • Cognitive psychology (29.36%)
  • Social psychology (27.06%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of investigation include Facial expression, Cognitive psychology, Social psychology, Deception and Affect. His study on Facial Action Coding System is often connected to Darwin as part of broader study in Facial expression. His work deals with themes such as Face and Cognition, which intersect with Cognitive psychology.

His research integrates issues of Psychotherapist, Consciousness, Social cognition and Psychoanalysis in his study of Social psychology. The various areas that he examines in his Deception study include Feeling, Interview, Applied psychology and Forensic psychology. The concepts of his Affect study are interwoven with issues in Anxiety, Empathy, Prosocial behavior, Rumination and Mindfulness.

Between 2003 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Facial action coding system (3230 citations)
  • Emotion in the Human Face (1466 citations)
  • What the face reveals : basic and applied studies of spontaneous expression using the facial action coding system (FACS) (1172 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Social psychology
  • Cognition

His scientific interests lie mostly in Facial expression, Social psychology, Facial Action Coding System, Deception and Emotion classification. The study incorporates disciplines such as Affect, Cognitive psychology and Nonverbal communication in addition to Facial expression. His Cognitive psychology research integrates issues from Movement, Nonverbal behavior, Face, Facial movement and Coding.

In the field of Social psychology, his study on Happiness overlaps with subjects such as Perspective. His Facial Action Coding System study incorporates themes from Observer based, Speech recognition, Emotional expression and Computer Applications. His Emotion classification study combines topics in areas such as Epistemology and Anger.

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Best Publications

Facial Action Coding System (FACS)

P. Ekman.
A Human Face (2002)

13619 Citations

An argument for basic emotions

Paul Ekman.
Cognition & Emotion (1992)

10858 Citations

Unmasking the face : a guide to recognizing emotions from facial clues

Paul Ekman;Wallace V. Friesen.
(1975)

8082 Citations

Emotion in the Human Face: Guidelines for Research and an Integration of Findings

Paul Ekman;Wallace V. Friesen;Phoebe Ellsworth.
(1972)

6623 Citations

Constants across cultures in the face and emotion

Paul Ekman;Wallace V. Friesen.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (1971)

6461 Citations

Pictures of Facial Affect

P. Ekman.
Consulting Psychologists Press (1976)

5942 Citations

Facial action coding system

Paul Ekman;Wallace V. Friesen.
A technique for the measurement of facial action. (2019)

5862 Citations

The Repertoire of Nonverbal Behavior : Categories, Origins, Usage, and Coding

Paul Ekman;Wallace V. Friesen.
Semiotica (1969)

5706 Citations

Facial action coding system: a technique for the measurement of facial movement

Paul Ekman;Wallace V. Friesen.
(1978)

4574 Citations

Autonomic nervous system activity distinguishes among emotions

Paul Ekman;Robert W. Levenson;Wallace V. Friesen.
Science (1983)

3875 Citations

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