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The 20 Most-Cited Scientists in Psychiatry & Psychology,
1996-2006 |
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month, in-cites presents a listing of the top 20 scientists who, as of
the latest bimonthly update of Essential Science Indicators ,
attracted the highest total citations to their papers published in
Thomson Scientific-indexed journals of Psychiatry & Psychology
over the past 10 years. These names are the top 20 out of a pool of
1,964 scientists comprising the top 1% ranked by total citation count
in this field.
Leading the way is Harvard Medical School’s Ronald
C. Kessler, with 116 papers cited a total of 6,573 times to date.
Dr. Kessler is no stranger to our lists, having been cited by Science
Watch® as the top author of high-impact papers in
this field for the 1990-8 period, and by in-cites for his 1994 paper,
"Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of DSM-III-R psychiatric
disorders in the United States—results from the National Comorbidity
Study," (Arch. Gen. Psychiat. 51[1]:8-19, Jan. 1994). He
is the principal investigator for the aforementioned study, as well as
director of the World Health Organization’s World Mental Health
Surveys.
Close on Dr. Kessler’s heels is his colleague, Joseph
Biederman, who has 214 papers cited a  total of 5,871 times to
date. Dr. Biederman’s research focus is on ADD/ADHD,
and he was named by Special Topics in 2005 as the most-cited
researcher in this area. Dr. Biederman is a Professor of Psychiatry at
Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Clinical and Research Program
in Pediatric Psychopharmacology at Massachusetts General Hospital in
Boston.
Ranking at #3 is Stephen
Faraone, with 190 papers cited a total of 5,222 times to date. He
was also cited
in our Special Topic on ADD/ADHD last year. Dr. Faraone is Professor
of Psychiatry  and Behavioral Sciences, Director of Medical Genetics
Research, and Head of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Research at SUNY
Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York.
Kenneth S. Kendler of Virginia Commonwealth University comes in at
#4, with 165 papers cited a total of 4,711 times to date. Dr. Kendler’s
research interests include genetic epidemiology and psychiatric
genetics.
Our #5 scientist is Michael Rutter, with 113 papers cited a total
of 4,306 times to date. He also ranked #1
in  our Special Topic on autism
in 2004. Professor Rutter hails from the King’s College London
Institute of Psychiatry, where he works under the aegis of the Social,
Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre.
The sixth person on our list is also from the Institute of
Psychiatry: Robin M. Murray, with 153 papers cited a total of 3,879
times to date. His research mainly focuses on the causes of schizophrenia
and bipolar disorder. He was named the #1
schizophrenia researcher in our inaugural Special Topic in 2001.
Susan McElroy from the Psychopharmacology Research Program of the
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine ranks at #7, with 114
papers cited a total of 3,755 times to date. Dr. McElroy is a
Professor of Psychiatry and the Director of Psychopharmacology
Research, and her interests include bipolar disorder, impulse control
disorders, and eating disorders.
Dr. McElroy’s colleague Paul
Keck follows closely at #8, with 126 papers garnering 3,705 total
citations to date. Last month, in-cites spoke with Dr. Keck about his
paper, "A placebo-controlled, double-blind study of  the efficacy
and safety of aripiprazole in patients with acute bipolar mania,"
(Amer. J. Psychiat. 160[9]: 1651-8, September 2003), which was
named a top Hot
Paper in the field. Dr. Keck is Professor of Psychiatry,
Pharmacology, and Neuroscience as well as the Executive Vice Chairman
in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cincinnati
College of Medicine. He is also the Director of the Cincinnati VAMC
General Clinic Research Center.
Scoring the #9 slot with 38 papers cited a total of 3,651 times to
date is Gary D. Tollefson. His most-cited paper at present is, "Olanzapine
versus haloperidol in the treatment of schizophrenia and
schizoaffective and schizophreniform disorders: results of an
international collaborative trial" (Amer. J. Psychiat.
154[4]: 457-65, April 1997), with 573 cites to date. Earlier this
year, Dr. Tollefson was appointed president and chief executive
officer of Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc., a company which is focusing on
new treatments for obesity.
Rounding out the top 10 is Michael E. Thase, with 141 papers cited
a total of 3,373 times to date. Dr. Thase hails from the University of
Pittsburgh Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, and is also
affiliated with the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. His
research interests include bipolar disorder, unipolar psychotic
depression, schizophrenia, and chronic depression, among others.
The full list of the top 20 scientists in Psychiatry &
Psychology is given below:
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Rank |
Scientist |
Papers |
Citations |
Citations Per
Paper |
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1 |
KESSLER,
RC
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116
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6,573
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56.66
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2 |
BIEDERMAN,
J |
214
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5,871
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27.43
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3 |
FARAONE,
SV |
190
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5,222
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27.48
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4 |
KENDLER, KS |
165
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4,711
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28.55
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5 |
RUTTER, M |
113
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4,306
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38.11
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6 |
MURRAY, RM |
153
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3,879
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25.35
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7 |
MCELROY, SL |
114
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3,755
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32.94
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8 |
KECK,
PE |
126
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3,705
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29.40
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9 |
TOLLEFSON, GD |
38
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3,651
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96.08
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10 |
THASE, ME |
141
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3,373
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23.92
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11 |
JENSEN, PS |
79
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3,314
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41.95
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12 |
AKISKAL, HS |
122
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3,290
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26.97
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13 |
RUSH, AJ |
143
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3,179
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22.23
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14 |
KELLER, MB |
114
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3,143
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27.57
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15 |
CHARNEY, DS |
70
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3,134
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44.77
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16 |
CASPI, A |
85
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3,045
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35.82
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17 |
KUPFER, DJ |
143
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3,006
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21.02
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18 |
MOFFITT, TE |
74
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2,962
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40.03
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19 |
TOHEN,
M |
84
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2,838
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33.79
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20 |
NEMEROFF,
CB |
64
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2,795
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43.67
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[Citations to
papers by these scientists published in journals outside of the
field of Psychiatry & Psychology were not taken into account
for these rankings.]
SOURCE: Essential Science Indicators from the
May
1, 2006 update covering a ten-year plus two-month period,
January 1996 - February 28, 2006. This is the first bimonthly
period.
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