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D-Index
87
Citations
22677
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13798
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7002

Alec Roy publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alec Roy sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 329 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Alec Roy D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alec Roy sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 87 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alec Roy is affiliated with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with specific contributions to subfields such as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Hematology, and Internal Medicine.

Their recent publications include:

  • The 2024 international survey of platelet products and practice, 2025, published in Transfusion and Apheresis Science
  • IOT Based Monitoring Brain's 'MTCCH' Function and Activity, 2024, published in International Research Journal on Advanced Engineering and Management (IRJAEM)

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Platelet Disorders and Treatments
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Hitoshi Ohto
  • Willy A. Flegel
  • Pieter F. van der Meer
  • Alain M. Ngoma
  • Kenneth E. Nollet

The venues in which Alec Roy has published most notably include:

  • Transfusion and Apheresis Science
  • International Research Journal on Advanced Engineering and Management (IRJAEM)

Best Publications

  • Responses to corticotropin-releasing hormone in the hypercortisolism of depression and Cushing's disease. Pathophysiologic and diagnostic implications.

    P. W. Gold;D. L. Loriaux;A. Roy;M. A. Kling

  • Psychiatric implications of basic and clinical studies with corticotropin-releasing factor.

    P W Gold;G Chrousos;C Kellner;R Post

  • Increased BDNF promoter methylation in the Wernicke area of suicide subjects.

    Simona Keller;Marco Sarchiapone;Federica Zarrilli;Alja Videtič

  • Suicide in chronic schizophrenia.

    Alec Roy

  • Risk Factors for Suicide in Psychiatric Patients

    Alec Roy

  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Monoamine Metabolites and Suicidal Behavior in Depressed Patients: A 5-Year Follow-up Study

    Alec Roy;J. De Jong;M. Linnoila

  • Longitudinal Measurement of Plasma Homovanillic Acid Levels in Schizophrenic Patients: Correlation With Psychosis and Response to Neuroleptic Treatment

    David Pickar;Rodrigo Labarca;Allen R. Doran;Owen M. Wolkowitz

  • Family history of suicide.

    Alec Roy

  • Suicide in twins

    Alec Roy;Nancy L. Segal;Brandon S. Centerwall;C. Dennis Robinette

  • Pathological gambling. A psychobiological study.

    Alec Roy;Bryon Adinoff;Laurie Roehrich;Danuta Lamparski

  • Neuroleptic-induced decrease in plasma homovanillic acid and antipsychotic activity in schizophrenic patients.

    David Pickar;Rodrigo Labarca;Markku Linnoila;Alec Roy

  • Interaction of FKBP5, a stress-related gene, with childhood trauma increases the risk for attempting suicide.

    Alec Roy;Elena Gorodetsky;Qiaoping Yuan;David Goldman

  • Norepinephrine and Its Metabolites in Cerebrospinal Fluid, Plasma, and Urine: Relationship to Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Function in Depression

    Alec Roy;David Pickar;Judith De Jong;Farouk Karoum

  • Plasma Norepinephrine Level in Affective Disorders: Relationship to Melancholia

    Alec Roy;David Pickar;Markku Linnoila;William Z. Potter

  • Addictions Biology: Haplotype-Based Analysis for 130 Candidate Genes on a Single Array

    Colin A. Hodgkinson;Qiaoping Yuan;Ke Xu;Pei-Hong Shen

  • Reduced CSF concentrations of homovanillic acid and homovanillic acid to 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid ratios in depressed patients: Relationship to suicidal behavior and dexamethasone nonsuppression.

    Alec Roy;Hans Agren;David Pickar;Markku Linnoila

  • CSF corticotropin-releasing hormone in depressed patients and normal control subjects.

    Alec Roy;David Pickar;Stephen Paul;Allen Doran

  • Haplotype-Based Linkage of Tryptophan Hydroxylase 2 to Suicide Attempt, Major Depression, and Cerebrospinal Fluid 5-Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid in 4 Populations

    Zhifeng Zhou;Alec Roy;Robert Lipsky;Kavi Kuchipudi

  • Personality and cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolites in alcoholics and controls.

    Rhona Limson;David Goldman;Alec Roy;Danuta Lamparski

  • Characteristics of cocaine dependent patients who attempt suicide.

    Alec Roy

Frequent Co-Authors

Markku Linnoila
Markku Linnoila University of Helsinki
David Pickar
David Pickar National Institutes of Health
Marco Sarchiapone
Marco Sarchiapone University of Molise
David Goldman
David Goldman National Institutes of Health
Owen M. Wolkowitz
Owen M. Wolkowitz University of California, San Francisco
Philip W. Gold
Philip W. Gold National Institutes of Health
George P. Chrousos
George P. Chrousos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Nancy L. Segal
Nancy L. Segal California State University, Fullerton
Matti Virkkunen
Matti Virkkunen University of Helsinki
Qiaoping Yuan
Qiaoping Yuan National Institutes of Health

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