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19 November 2019

IoPPN Increases Number of Highly Cited Researchers

31 researchers and academics from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience have been named Highly Cited Researchers, according to the Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list released today. In 2018, IoPPN had 23 researchers and academics listed.

The 2019 Highly Cited Researchers List has been released
The 2019 Highly Cited Researchers List has been released

The annual list identifies researchers with multiple papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for their field and year, demonstrating significant research influence among their peers. This year’s list continues to recognise researchers whose citation records position them in the very highest strata of influence and impact, including 23 Nobel laureates.

This is terrific news and another testament to the truly world class researchers that we have here at the IoPPN. I feel enormously proud and I congratulate all the highly cited researchers

Professor Ian Everall, Executive Dean of the IoPPN

King’s College London has 38 entries in this year’s list, with 31 of those working at the IoPPN. These are:

Ammar Al-Chalabi, Professor of Neurology & Complex Disease Genetics

Andrea Danese, Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Ann McNeill, Professor of Tobacco Addiction

Avshalom Caspi, Professor of Personality Development

Dr Brendon Stubbs, NIHR Clinical Lecturer

Carmine Pariante, Professor of Biological Psychiatry

Christopher Shaw, Professor of Neurology 

Craig Morgan, Professor of Social Epidemiology

Dag Aarsland, Professor of Old Age Psychiatry

Daniel Stahl, Professor of Medical Statistics & Statistical Learning

Professor David Mataix-Cols, Honorary Senior Research Fellow

Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke, Professor of Developmental Psychology, Psychiatry & Neuroscience

Gerome Breen, Professor of Neuropsychiatric & Translational Genetics

Dr Helen L. Fisher, Reader in Developmental Psychopathology

Helen Cox, Professor of Pharmacology

Dr Ilaria Bonoldi, Honorary Clinical Research Fellow

Jim Van Os, Visiting Professor

Dr Joaquim Radua, Honorary Research Associate

Jonathan Mill, Professor of Psychiatric Epigenetics

Katya Rubia, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience

Louise Arseneault, Professor of Developmental Psychology

Dr Lucia Valmaggia, Reader in Clinical Psychology & Digital Mental Health

Oliver Howes, Professor of Molecular Psychiatry

Paola Dazzan, Professor of Neurobiology of Psychosis

Dr Paolo Fusar-Poli, Reader of Psychiatry & Youth Mental Health

Peter Goadsby, Professor of Experimental Medicine & Therapeutics 

Peter McGuffin, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatric Genetics 

Philip McGuire, Professor of Psychiatry & Cognitive Neuroscience

Sir Robin Murray, Professor of Psychiatric Research

Terrie Moffitt, Chair in Social Behaviour & Development

Tony Charman, Professor of Clinical Child Psychology

Colleagues from other King’s faculties appearing on the list were

Professor Frederic Geissmann, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine

Dr Hak-Keung Lam, Faculty of Natural & Mathematical Sciences

Professor Irene J. Higginson, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care

Dr Jordana T. Bell, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine

Professor Kypros H. Nicolaides, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine

Professor Tim D. Spector, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine

Professor Tim Hubbard, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine

The full 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list and executive summary can be found here, and the methodology can be found  here.