FEATURES
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Dr. David Lewis
January 2008 |
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With 59 papers cited a
total of 3,009 times. Dr. Lewis has published over 275
scientific articles, 242 of which, cited a total of
5,000 times to date, can be found in
Essential
Science IndicatorsSM. Dr. Lewis hails from
the University of Pittsburgh, where he is UPMC Endowed
Professor in Translational Neuroscience in the
Department of Psychiatry and Professor of Neuroscience
at the University of Pittsburgh, and Director of the
Translational Neuroscience Program at Western
Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. In this interview, he
talks about his research.
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Dr. Alastair Cardno
December 2007 |
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Dr. Alastair Cardno talks
with Special Topics about his article, "A twin study of
genetic relationships between psychotic symptoms," (Cardno
AG, et al., Amer. J. Psychiat. 159[4]:
539-45, April 2002). This article is a core paper in our
Research Front on the
Genetics of Schizophrenia,
which is a part of our Topic on Schizophrenia. According
to
Essential
Science IndicatorsSM, it currently has 91
citations to its credit. Dr. Cardno’s record in our
database includes 38 papers, the majority of which are
classified in Psychiatry & Psychology, cited a total of
950 times to date. Dr. Cardno is a Senior Lecturer in
Psychiatry in the Leeds Institute of Health Sciences at
the University of Leeds.
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Dr. Martha Shenton
December 2007 |
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According to our Special
Topics analysis of schizophrenia research over the past
decade, the scientist ranked at #8 is Dr. Martha Shenton,
with 72 papers cited a total of 2,673 times to date. In
Essential
Science IndicatorsSM, Dr. Shenton’s
record includes 74 papers cited a total of 2,234 times
to date in the field of Psychiatry & Psychology and 31
papers cited a total of 1,216 times to date in the field
of Neuroscience & Behavior. Dr. Shenton is Professor of
Psychiatry and Radiology as well as the Director of the
Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory at Brigham and
Women’s Hospital in Boston. Editorial Coordinator
Jennifer Minnick recently had the privilege of talking
with Dr. Shenton at her lab about her highly cited
research, as well as with two members of her team, Drs.
Sylvain Bouix and Marc Niethammer, instructors in the
Department of Psychiatry, about their current research
projects.
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Professor Paul J.
Harrison
November 2007 |
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Special Topics talks with
Professor Paul Harrison about his paper, "Genes for
schizophrenia? Recent findings and their
pathophysiological implications" (Harrison PJ and Owen
MJ, Lancet 361[9355]: 417-9, 1 February 2003),
which is a core paper in our Research Front on the
Genetics of Schizophrenia,
part of our Topic on Schizophrenia. This paper currently
has 222 cites to its credit. In
Essential
Science IndicatorsSM, Professor Harrison’s
work ranks in the top 1% in the field of Neuroscience &
Behavior. Professor Harrison hails from the University
of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital.
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An essay by:
Dr. Robert McCarley
October 2007 |
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In our September 2007
analysis of schizophrenia research over the past decade,
the work of Dr. Robert McCarley ranks at #9, with 75
papers cited a total of 2,668 times. His most-cited
paper, "A review of MRI findings in schizophrenia" (Shenton
ME, et al., Schizophrenia Research 49[1-2]: 1-52,
15 April 2001), ranks at #10 on our list of the top 20
papers on the disease published in the past decade. Over
the past decade, Dr. McCarley has published over 400
papers, of which 158 original articles and review papers
are classified as Highly Cited Papers in
Essential
Science IndicatorsSM, with a total of 4,349
citations to date. Dr. McCarley shares some of the
highlights of his career in this field with us in this
essay.
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