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Barry J. Everitt
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Medicine
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2026
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Neuroscience
UK
2022

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Medicine

D-Index
155
Citations
91828
World Ranking
966
National Ranking
101

Neuroscience

D-Index
155
Citations
91956
World Ranking
133
National Ranking
21

Barry J. Everitt publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Neuroscience in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barry J. Everitt sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 491 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Barry J. Everitt D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 155 D-Index — 99th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Neuroscience in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2011 - APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology, American Psychological Association
  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Barry J. Everitt is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and specializes in the field of neuroscience with a focus on various subfields including cellular and molecular neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, molecular biology, behavioral neuroscience, and clinical psychology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics related to brain function and behavior, including:

  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Recent notable publications include:

  • "The transition to compulsion in addiction," 2020, published in Nature Reviews. Neuroscience
  • "Opposing roles for striatonigral and striatopallidal neurons in dorsolateral striatum in consolidating new instrumental actions," 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • "The Basolateral Amygdala to Nucleus Accumbens Core Circuit Mediates the Conditioned Reinforcing Effects of Cocaine-Paired Cues on Cocaine Seeking," 2020, published in Biological Psychiatry
  • "Environment-dependent behavioral traits and experiential factors shape addiction vulnerability," 2020, published in European Journal of Neuroscience
  • "Baclofen decreases compulsive alcohol drinking in rats characterized by reduced levels of GAT-3 in the central amygdala," 2021, published in Addiction Biology

Frequent co-authors in the scientist's work include:

  • David Belin
  • Mickaël Puaud
  • Maxime Fouyssac
  • Aude Belin-Rauscent
  • Chiara Giuliano

Publications have frequently appeared in journals such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • European Journal of Neuroscience
  • Addiction Biology
  • Nature Reviews. Neuroscience

Barry J. Everitt has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Cambridge University Press:

  • "Medical Statistics from A to Z," 2021

The scientist has received several awards and honors throughout their career, including:

  • APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology from the American Psychological Association in 2011
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, awarded in 2007
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

  • Neural systems of reinforcement for drug addiction: from actions to habits to compulsion

    Barry J Everitt;Trevor W Robbins

  • Emotion and motivation: the role of the amygdala, ventral striatum, and prefrontal cortex

    Rudolf N. Cardinal;John A. Parkinson;Jeremy Hall;Barry J. Everitt

  • Impulsivity, compulsivity, and top-down cognitive control.

    Jeffrey W. Dalley;Barry J. Everitt;Trevor W. Robbins

  • CENTRAL CHOLINERGIC SYSTEMS AND COGNITION

    Barry J. Everitt;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Neurobehavioural mechanisms of reward and motivation

    Trevor W Robbins;Barry J Everitt

  • Dissociable Deficits in the Decision-Making Cognition of Chronic Amphetamine Abusers, Opiate Abusers, Patients with Focal Damage to Prefrontal Cortex, and Tryptophan-Depleted Normal Volunteers: Evidence for Monoaminergic Mechanisms

    R D Rogers;B J Everitt;A Baldacchino;A J Blackshaw

  • Nucleus accumbens D2/3 receptors predict trait impulsivity and cocaine reinforcement.

    Jeffrey W. Dalley;Tim D. Fryer;Laurent Brichard;Emma S. J. Robinson

  • Drug Addiction: Updating Actions to Habits to Compulsions Ten Years On

    Barry J. Everitt;Trevor W. Robbins

  • High Impulsivity Predicts the Switch to Compulsive Cocaine-Taking

    David Belin;Adam C. Mar;Jeffrey W. Dalley;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Impulsive choice induced in rats by lesions of the nucleus accumbens core

    Rudolf N. Cardinal;David R. Pennicott;C. Lakmali Sugathapala;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Neural mechanisms underlying the vulnerability to develop compulsive drug-seeking habits and addiction

    Barry J Everitt;David Belin;Daina Economidou;Yann Pelloux

  • Independent Cellular Processes for Hippocampal Memory Consolidation and Reconsolidation

    Jonathan L.C. Lee;Barry J. Everitt;Kerrie Lorraine Thomas

  • Effects of lesions to ascending noradrenergic neurones on performance of a 5-choice serial reaction task in rats; implications for theories of dorsal noradrenergic bundle function based on selective attention and arousal

    M. Carli;T.W. Robbins;J.L. Evenden;B.J. Everitt

  • The neuropsychological basis of addictive behaviour.

    Barry J Everitt;Anthony Dickinson;Trevor W Robbins

  • Differential co-existence of neuropeptide Y (NPY)-like immunoreactivity with catecholamines in the central nervous system of the rat.

    B.J. Everitt;T. Hökfelt;L. Terenius;K. Tatemoto

  • Psychomotor Stimulant Addiction: A Neural Systems Perspective

    Barry J. Everitt;Marina E. Wolf

  • Associative processes in addiction and reward. The role of amygdala-ventral striatal subsystems

    Barry J. Everitt;John A. Parkinson;Mary C. Olmstead;Mercedes Arroyo

  • Different types of fear-conditioned behaviour mediated by separate nuclei within amygdala

    Simon Killcross;Trevor W. Robbins;Barry J. Everitt

  • Drug Seeking Becomes Compulsive After Prolonged Cocaine Self-Administration

    Louk J. M. J. Vanderschuren;Barry J. Everitt

  • From the ventral to the dorsal striatum: Devolving views of their roles in drug addiction

    Barry J. Everitt;Trevor W. Robbins

  • Drug addiction: bad habits add up.

    Trevor W. Robbins;Barry J. Everitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Trevor W. Robbins
Trevor W. Robbins University of Cambridge
David Belin
David Belin University of Cambridge
Rudolf N. Cardinal
Rudolf N. Cardinal University of Cambridge
John A. Parkinson
John A. Parkinson Bangor University
Kjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe Karolinska Institute
Angela C. Roberts
Angela C. Roberts University of Cambridge
Jonathan L.C. Lee
Jonathan L.C. Lee University of Birmingham
Janice L. Muir
Janice L. Muir Cardiff University
Anthony Dickinson
Anthony Dickinson University of Cambridge
Joe Herbert
Joe Herbert University of Cambridge

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