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41
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5897
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Arpi Minassian publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arpi Minassian sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 124 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Arpi Minassian D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arpi Minassian sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Arpi Minassian is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their work primarily intersects the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with numerous publications contributing to subfields such as Virology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pharmacology, Neurology, and Biological Psychiatry.

The main research topics addressed by Minassian include:

  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Sleep and Related Disorders

Minassian has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed papers. Some recent notable publications include:

  • "The Effects of Cannabis Use on Cognitive Function in Healthy Aging: A Systematic Scoping Review," 2020, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
  • "The Impact of Cannabis Use on Cognition in People with HIV: Evidence of Function-Dependent Effects and Mechanisms from Clinical and Preclinical Studies," 2024, Current HIV/AIDS Reports
  • "Both HIV and Tat expression decrease prepulse inhibition with further impairment by methamphetamine," 2020, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
  • "HIV Transgenic Rats Demonstrate Impaired Sensorimotor Gating But Are Insensitive to Cannabinoid (Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol)-Induced Deficits," 2021, The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "The relationship between novelty-seeking traits and behavior: Establishing construct validity for the human Behavioral Pattern Monitor," 2022, Psychiatry Research

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Minassian include:

  • Jared W. Young
  • William Perry
  • Mark A. Geyer
  • Alannah Miranda
  • T. Jordan Walter

Minassian's research has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
  • Psychiatry Research

Best Publications

  • Sensorimotor Gating Deficits in Adults with Autism

    William Perry;Arpi Minassian;Brian Lopez;Leeza Maron

  • Adjunctive intranasal oxytocin reduces symptoms in schizophrenia patients.

    David Feifel;Kai Macdonald;Angel Nguyen;Patrice Cobb

  • Sensorimotor gating deficits in bipolar disorder patients with acute psychotic mania

    William Perry;Arpi Minassian;Arpi Minassian;David Feifel;David L Braff

  • Heart rate variability in bipolar mania and schizophrenia.

    Brook L. Henry;Arpi Minassian;Martin P. Paulus;Martin P. Paulus;Mark A. Geyer;Mark A. Geyer

  • Working Memory in Schizophrenia: Transient “Online” Storage Versus Executive Functioning

    William Perry;Robert K. Heaton;Eric Potterat;Tresa Roebuck

  • A Reverse-Translational Study of Dysfunctional Exploration in Psychiatric Disorders: From Mice to Men

    William Perry;Arpi Minassian;Martin P. Paulus;Jared W. Young

  • Association of Predeployment Heart Rate Variability With Risk of Postdeployment Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Active-Duty Marines

    Arpi Minassian;Adam X. Maihofer;Dewleen G. Baker;Dewleen G. Baker;Caroline M. Nievergelt;Caroline M. Nievergelt

  • Genetic loci associated with heart rate variability and their effects on cardiac disease risk

    Ilja M. Nolte;M. Loretto Munoz;Vinicius Tragante;Azmeraw T. Amare;Azmeraw T. Amare

  • Adjunctive intranasal oxytocin improves verbal memory in people with schizophrenia.

    David Feifel;Kai MacDonald;Patrice Cobb;Arpi Minassian

  • Heart rate variability characteristics in a large group of active-duty Marines and relationship to posttraumatic stress

    Arpi Minassian;Mark A. Geyer;Dewleen G. Baker;Caroline M. Nievergelt

  • A reverse-translational approach to bipolar disorder: rodent and human studies in the Behavioral Pattern Monitor.

    Jared W. Young;Arpi Minassian;Martin P. Paulus;Martin P. Paulus;Mark A. Geyer;Mark A. Geyer

  • The catecholaminergic-cholinergic balance hypothesis of bipolar disorder revisited.

    Jordy van Enkhuizen;Jordy van Enkhuizen;David S. Janowsky;Berend Olivier;Arpi Minassian

  • Effect of methamphetamine dependence on everyday functional ability.

    Brook L. Henry;Arpi Minassian;William Perry

  • The quantitative assessment of motor activity in mania and schizophrenia.

    Arpi Minassian;Brook L. Henry;Mark A. Geyer;Martin P. Paulus

  • Visual scanning deficits in schizophrenia and their relationship to executive functioning impairment

    Arpi Minassian;Eric Granholm;Steven Verney;William Perry

  • GBR 12909 administration as a mouse model of bipolar disorder mania: mimicking quantitative assessment of manic behavior

    Jared W. Young;Andrew K. L. Goey;Arpi Minassian;William Perry

  • Information processing deficits in acutely psychotic schizophrenia patients medicated and unmedicated at the time of admission.

    William Perry;David Feifel;Arpi Minassian;Indira Bhattacharjie

  • Frequent Emergency Department Visits are More Prevalent in Psychiatric, Alcohol Abuse, and Dual Diagnosis Conditions than in Chronic Viral Illnesses Such as Hepatitis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus

    Arpi Minassian;Gary M. Vilke;Michael P. Wilson

  • Quantifying over-activity in bipolar and schizophrenia patients in a human open field paradigm

    William Perry;Arpi Minassian;Brook Henry;Meegin Kincaid

  • Reduced dopamine transporter functioning induces high-reward risk-preference consistent with bipolar disorder

    Jordy van Enkhuizen;Brook L Henry;Arpi Minassian;William Perry

  • A Reverse-Translational Study of Dysfunctional Exploration in Psychiatric Disorders

    William Perry;Arpi Minassian;Martin P. Paulus;Jared W. Young

Frequent Co-Authors

William Perry
William Perry University of California, San Diego
Mark A. Geyer
Mark A. Geyer University of California, San Diego
Jared W. Young
Jared W. Young University of California, San Diego
Martin P. Paulus
Martin P. Paulus Laureate Institute for Brain Research
Victoria B. Risbrough
Victoria B. Risbrough University of California, San Diego
Dewleen G. Baker
Dewleen G. Baker University of California, San Diego
David Feifel
David Feifel University of California, San Diego
Igor Grant
Igor Grant University of California, San Diego
Caroline M. Nievergelt
Caroline M. Nievergelt University of California, San Diego
Robert K. Heaton
Robert K. Heaton University of California, San Diego

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