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Allan H. Young publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Allan H. Young sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 789 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Allan H. Young D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 122 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Allan H. Young is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research output spans several fields within medicine and psychology, with a focus on neuroscience-related topics. The scientist has contributed extensively to the understanding of psychiatric and mental health disorders, especially in the areas of treatment-resistant depression and bipolar disorder.

Their scholarly work includes publications in prominent journals such as the Journal of Psychopharmacology, Journal of Affective Disorders, BJPsych Open, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Bipolar Disorders. Their research covers the following primary fields of study:

  • Medicine
  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Within these broader fields, the subfields of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pharmacology, Clinical Psychology, Biological Psychiatry, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology constitute their main areas of investigation.

Allan H. Young's work addresses several major topics, including:

  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Psychedelics and Drug Studies

Among their frequently cited recent publications are:

  • "Single-Dose Psilocybin for a Treatment-Resistant Episode of Major Depression" (2022), published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Bipolar disorders" (2020), published in The Lancet
  • "Perturbations in Gut Microbiota Composition in Psychiatric Disorders" (2021), published in JAMA Psychiatry
  • "Synthesizing the Evidence for Ketamine and Esketamine in Treatment-Resistant Depression: An International Expert Opinion on the Available Evidence and Implementation" (2021), published in American Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Treatment-resistant depression: definition, prevalence, detection, management, and investigational interventions" (2023), published in World Psychiatry

In collaboration, Allan H. Young frequently works with a set of co-authors including Rebecca Strawbridge, Anthony J. Cleare, Eduard Vieta, Mário F. Juruena, and Roland Zahn.

Their contributions also extend to book publications, with a notable work titled Bipolar Disorder: From Neuroscience to Treatment published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Paul R. Burton;David G. Clayton;Lon R. Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • The harmony of illusions

    Allan Young

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • The Harmony of Illusions: Inventing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

    Allan Young

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 30 loci associated with bipolar disorder

    Eli A. Stahl;Eli A. Stahl;Gerome Breen;Andreas J. Forstner;Andrew McQuillin

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Genome-wide association study of more than 40,000 bipolar disorder cases provides new insights into the underlying biology

    Niamh Mullins;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Andreas J. Forstner;Kevin S. O'Connell;Kevin S. O'Connell;Brandon Coombes

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Collaborative genome-wide association analysis supports a role for ANK3 and CACNA1C in bipolar disorder

    Manuel A R Ferreira;Michael C O'Donovan;Yan A Meng;Ian R Jones

  • Association scan of 14,500 nonsynonymous SNPs in four diseases identifies autoimmunity variants

    Paul R Burton;David G Clayton;Lon R Cardon;Nick Craddock

  • A meta-analysis of cognitive deficits in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder

    Lucy J. Robinson;Jill M. Thompson;Peter Gallagher;Utpal Goswami

  • Evidence-based guidelines for treating bipolar disorder: Revised third edition recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology

    G. M. Goodwin;P. M. Haddad;I. N. Ferrier;J. K. Aronson

  • Culture and somatization: clinical, epidemiological, and ethnographic perspectives.

    Laurence J. Kirmayer;Allan Young

  • A genome-wide search for quantitative trait loci underlying asthma

    S. E. Daniels;S. Bhattacharrya;A. James;N. I. Leaves

  • Genome-wide association study of CNVs in 16,000 cases of eight common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

    Nick Craddock;Matthew E. Hurles;Niall Cardin;Richard D. Pearson

  • The International Society for bipolar Disorders (ISBD) task force report on antidepressant use in bipolar disorders

    Isabella Pacchiarotti;David J. Bond;Ross J. Baldessarini;Willem A. Nolen

  • Evidence-based guidelines for treating depressive disorders with antidepressants: A revision of the 2008 British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines

    Anthony Cleare;Carmine Pariante;Allan Young;I M Anderson

  • Genomic Dissection of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia, Including 28 Subphenotypes

    Douglas M. Ruderfer;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Andrew McQuillin;James Boocock

  • Cortical abnormalities in bipolar disorder : An MRI analysis of 6503 individuals from the ENIGMA Bipolar Disorder Working Group

    D P Hibar;L T Westlye;L T Westlye;N T Doan;N T Doan;N Jahanshad

  • Neurocognitive impairment in drug-free patients with major depressive disorder

    Richard J Porter;Peter Gallagher;Jill M Thompson;Allan H Young

  • Localization of type 1 diabetes susceptibility to the MHC class I genes HLA-B and HLA-A

    Sergey Nejentsev;Joanna M. M. Howson;Neil M. Walker;Jeffrey Szeszko

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony J. Cleare
Anthony J. Cleare King's College London
Eduard Vieta
Eduard Vieta University of Barcelona
Peter Gallagher
Peter Gallagher Newcastle University
I. Nicol Ferrier
I. Nicol Ferrier Newcastle University
Charles L. Bowden
Charles L. Bowden The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Ian Jones
Ian Jones Cardiff University
Gerome Breen
Gerome Breen King's College London
Jules Angst
Jules Angst University of Zurich
Giulio Perugi
Giulio Perugi University of Pisa
Nicholas John Craddock
Nicholas John Craddock Cardiff University

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