LabCompass

C. Sue Carter

Psychology · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Neuroendocrine regulation and behaviorEvolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorStress Responses and CortisolAttachment and Relationship DynamicsNeuroscience of respiration and sleep

Publications

48

Citations

2,091

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

27

Publishing since 1999

Research summary
AI-generated

C. Sue Carter studies the biology of social behavior, focusing on the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin and how they shape bonding, stress responses, and emotional states in humans and animals. This work spans clinical topics such as obesity, neurodevelopmental syndromes, and human-animal interaction, as well as methodological questions about how these hormones are accurately measured. The research combines endocrinology, neuroscience, and psychology.

Oxytocin and vasopressin in social behaviorNeuroendocrine regulation of stress and bondingHormone measurement and biomarker validationNeuropeptides in clinical and neurodevelopmental conditionsHuman-animal interaction

Publication activity has grown over the last decade, rising from one to two papers per year in the late 2010s to a peak around 2023 and holding at roughly five per year recently.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 5.0/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 1 publication182019: 2 publications192020: 3 publications202021: 4 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 9 publications9232024: 5 publications242025: 5 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology×4
  • Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology×3
  • International Journal of Psychophysiology×2
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences×2
  • Pharmacological Reviews×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

Claim or correct this profile