Keith Oatley
Impact in
- Literature and Literary Theory top 0.05%
- Media Influence and Health
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- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
Papers in
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- Emotions and Moral Behavior 33
- Cultural Differences and Values 9
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics 9
- Humor Studies and Applications 9
- Action Observation and Synchronization 8
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- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition 32
- Creativity in Education and Neuroscience 9
- Co-authors
- P. N. Johnson‐Laird (14 shared papers)Raymond A. Mar (9 shared papers)Maja Djikic (18 shared papers)Jordan B. Peterson (6 shared papers)Jennifer M. Jenkins (8 shared papers)Elaine Wethington (1 shared paper)Jacob B. Hirsh (1 shared paper)Frederick Toates (9 shared papers)
- Journals
- Cognition & Emotion (13 papers)Review of General Psychology (8 papers)Nature (7 papers)Emotion Review (4 papers)Creativity Research Journal (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- CanadaUnited KingdomUnited States
In The Last Decade
Keith Oatley
173 papers receiving 8.1k citations
Keith Oatley's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 172
- Literature and Literary Theory 2.5k
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2.5k
- Social Psychology 3.5k
- Cognitive Neuroscience 2.0k
- Applied Psychology 399
Countries citing papers authored by Keith Oatley
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Fields of papers citing papers by Keith Oatley
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Keith Oatley, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 186 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Towards a Cognitive Theory of Emotions Hit paper breakdown → | 1987 | 1288 |
| 2 | The Function of Fiction is the Abstraction and Simulation of Social Experience Hit paper breakdown → | 2008 | 848 |
| 3 | 1989 | 451 | |
| 4 | Bookworms versus nerds: Exposure to fiction versus non-fiction, divergent associations with social ability, and the simulation of fictional social worlds Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 414 |
| 5 | 1995 | 364 | |
| 6 | 1992 | 336 | |
| 7 | 2009 | 334 | |
| 8 | 1999 | 331 | |
| 9 | 1992 | 275 | |
| 10 | 2010 | 262 | |
| 11 | 2000 | 254 | |
| 12 | Fiction: Simulation of Social Worlds Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 246 |
| 13 | 1999 | 210 | |
| 14 | 1992 | 191 | |
| 15 | 2014 | 181 | |
| 16 | 2009 | 160 | |
| 17 | 2013 | 136 | |
| 18 | 1985 | 131 | |
| 19 | 2011 | 129 | |
| 20 | 1987 | 124 |
About Keith Oatley
Keith Oatley is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Literature and Literary Theory and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 186 papers that have together received 9.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Emotions and Moral Behavior (33 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (32 papers), Media Influence and Health (22 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (9 papers), Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (9 papers), Humor Studies and Applications (9 papers), Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (9 papers) and Action Observation and Synchronization (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Literature and Literary Theory (2.5k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (2.5k citations), Social Psychology (3.5k citations), Cognitive Neuroscience (2.0k citations) and Applied Psychology (399 citations). Keith Oatley has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include P. N. Johnson‐Laird, Raymond A. Mar, Maja Djikic, Jordan B. Peterson, Jennifer M. Jenkins, Elaine Wethington, Jacob B. Hirsh, Frederick Toates, Mihnea Moldoveanu and Elaine Duncan. Their work appears in journals such as Cognition & Emotion, Review of General Psychology, Nature, Emotion Review and Creativity Research Journal.
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