Naomi I. Eisenberger Google Scholar: h-index, Total Citations, and Citation Map
Naomi I. Eisenberger's h-index is 85 (171 i10-index, 43,712+ total citations across 283+ publications) according to Google Scholar as of October 2026. Naomi I. Eisenberger is affiliated with Professor of Psychology, UCLA.
Naomi I. Eisenberger is a researcher affiliated with Professor of Psychology, UCLA, specializing in social neuroscience, affective neuroscience, social psychology. Their work has been cited 43,712 times. This profile visualizes their global influence, highlighting strong citation networks in United States.
Naomi I. Eisenberger's Citation Metrics
Bibliometric impact based on 283 indexed publications. Of these, 19 are original research articles — the rest are literature highlights, conference abstracts or theses.
- H-Index
- 85
- i10-Index
- 171
- Total Citations
- 43,712
- Citing Countries
- 70
As of October 2026.
Naomi I. Eisenberger has an h-index of 85 and 43,712 total citations across 283 publications, with research cited by institutions in 70 countries.
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Does Rejection Hurt? An fMRI Study of Social Exclusion
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The researcher pioneered the use of fMRI to investigate the neural mechanisms of social exclusion, establishing a foundational link between social pain and physical pain processing.
The researcher established a seminal theoretical framework linking physical and social pain through a common neural alarm system, fundamentally reshaping understanding of social rejection.
The researcher established that verbal labeling of emotions disrupts amygdala activity, providing a foundational neurobiological mechanism for how language regulates affective responses.
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About Naomi I. Eisenberger's research
Naomi I. Eisenberger is a researcher in social neuroscience, affective neuroscience and social psychology at Professor of Psychology, UCLA. Their work has been cited 43,712 times across 283 publications (h-index 85), according to Google Scholar.
Their most-cited work, “Does Rejection Hurt? An fMRI Study of Social Exclusion” (2003), has accumulated 6,934 citations. Other influential works include “Putting feelings into words: affect labeling disrupts amygdala activity in response to affective stimuli” (2007) with 2,247 citations and “Why rejection hurts: a common neural alarm system for physical and social pain” (2004) with 2,204 citations.
Citations of Naomi I. Eisenberger's research come primarily from United States, China and United Kingdom, reflecting international research impact across 5+ countries. The interactive citation map above shows the full geographic distribution of the institutions citing this work.
